Simon WOLCOTT
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 11 Sep 1624 - Golden Manor, Tolland, Somersetshire, England
Christening:
Death: 29 Apr 1687 - Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut
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Parents
Father: Henry , Esq. WOLCOTT (1578-1655) 1
Mother: Elizabeth SAUNDERS (1589-1655) 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Martha PITKIN (12 Dec 1639 - 13 Oct 1719) 1
Marriage: 17 Oct 1661 - Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut 1
Children:
1. Elizabeth WOLCOTT (1662-1707) 1
2. Martha WOLCOTT (1664- ) 1
3. Simon II WOLCOTT (1665- ) 1
4. Joanna WOLCOTT (1668-1755) 1
5. Lt. Henry WOLCOTT (1670-1746) 1
6. Christopher WOLCOTT (1672- ) 1
7. Mary WOLCOTT (1674- ) 1
8. William WOLCOTT (1676- ) 1
9. Gov. Roger WOLCOTT (1679-1767) 1
Notes
General:
Source: FTM Online GenealogyLibrary.com
Memoir of Rev William Robinson, page 198
SIMON WOLCOTT was the youngest son of Henry
Wolcott. He lived at East Windsor; which, until 1768, was
only a parish in the town of Windsor. He married Martha
Pitkin, a sister of the Hon. William Pitkin of East Hartford,
a lady of high culture, who had received an accomplished
education in London. They had nine children.
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Source: FTM Online , GenealogyLibrary.com
The Cooley Genealogy, page 448
Simon Wolcott3, the youngest son, was born Sept. 11,
1624/5, in England. His parents removed to America when
he was about five years old; after getting settled in this
country, they sent for the children. The exact date of their
arrival is not known. Simon Wolcott was a freeman in
1654. After leaving Windsor, he lived in Simsbury, Conn.,
where in 1673 he was captain of a trainband, and in 1674 a
selectman. He received a grant of 200 acres from the
General Court in 1680, and was one of the few men in the
Colony honored with the title of "Mister."
Simon Wolcott m. (1) Mar. 19, 1657, Joanna Cook, b. Aug.
5, 1638, d. Apr. 27, 1657, about six weeks after her
marriage, when she was only eighteen years old; he was (2)
the successful suitor for the hand of Martha Pitkin, after she
arrived in Windsor in 1661, and on Oct. 17, 1661, they
were married. After the death of Simon Wolcott, Martha m.
Daniel Clark, Esq. She died Oct. 13, 1719, aged 80