Henry
Wolcott
Sr
Born in Tolland, Somerset, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Wolcott Jr
and Agnes (Crosse) Wolcott
Brother of
John Wolcott [half], Christopher Wolcott [half], Elizabeth Wolcott [half] and John Wolcott
Husband of
Elizabeth (Saunders) Wolcott
— married
19 Jan 1606 in Lydeard St Lawrence, Somerset, England
Descendants 
Father of
John Wolcott, Anna Wolcott, Henry Wolcott Jr, Christopher Wolcott, Elizabeth Wolcott, George Wolcott Sr., Marih (Wolcott) Drake, Anna (Wolcott) Griswold and Simon Wolcott I
Died
at age 76
in Windsor, Connecticut Colony, New England
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Biography
Henry Wolcott[1]
- Christening 26 DEC 1578 Lydiard, St Lawrence, Somersetshire, England
- Burial 1655 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
- Christening 6 Dec 1579 Lydiard, St Lawrence, Somersetshire, England Henry, son of John Wolcott. [2]
- Marriage 19 Jan 1606 Lydiard, St Lawrence, Somersetshire, England Henry Walcott to Elizabeth Saunders. [3] [4]
Henry died May 30, 1655 and was buried at Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Connecticut. His memorial has some biographical material, a photo of his grave site and links to those of family members.[5]
Research Notes
Sources
- ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T–Y. (Boston; NEHGS, 2011).
- ↑ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\L.St.L/2/1/1. Image 2 by subscription https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb7803_d-p-l-st-l-2-1-1_m_00002?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=6f9d4af8595015080838648206bc925a&usePUB=true&_phsrc=fzx3&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=4532577
- ↑ Lydiard, St Lawrence, Somersetshire, England Image 13 by subscription https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb7803_d-p-l-st-l-2-1-1_m_00013?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=6f9d4af8595015080838648206bc925a&usePUB=true&_phsrc=fzx3&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=4532577
- ↑ Somerset : Lydeard St Lawrence : St Lawrence with Brompton : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58185eb6e93790eb7fac6133 : viewed 10 Dec 2021) marriage Henry Wolcott to Elizabeth Sawnders 19 Jan 1606/7
- ↑ Henry Wolcott memorial at Find A Grave.
See also--
- Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., paginated continuously (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), 2049-202 (Henry Wolcott); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
- Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011), 531-542 (John Woolcott); digital images by subscription, AmericanAncestors.
- Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892. Burke's American families with British ancestry : the lineages of 1,600 families of British origin now resident in the United States of America. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1975. pg 2981 subscription needed
- Banks, Charles Edward, 1854-1931, and Elijah Ellsworth Brownell. Topographical Dictionary of 2885 English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650. Philadelphia, Pa: [The Bertram press], 1937. pg 146
- [1] Information from Wolcott Family Society Homepage & Wolcott Family in America 1578-1985 genealogy published by the Wolcott Family Society
- Genealogies. The Wolcott Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1847) Vol. 1, Page 251
- Gibbs, George. Memoir of Oliver Wolcott, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1850) Vol. 4, Vol. 4, Page 1
- John B Wolcott
- "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934," database, FamilySearch [2] : 3 December 2014), Henry Wolcott, 30 May 1655; citing Windsor, Connecticut, reference p 32; FHL microfilm 3,229.
- Wolcott, Samuel. Memorial of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, and of Some of His Descendants (A.D.F. Randolph & Co., New York, 1881) Page 11 & Page 28: Will dated May 13, 1655
- Barber, John Warner. Connecticut Historical Collections (Durrie & Peck and J.W. Barber, 1849) Page 132
- Welles, Edwin. Births, Marriages, and Deaths Returned from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield (Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1898) Page 43
- Stott, Clifford L., Humphrey Blake (1494?–1558) and His Descendants in New England and South Carolina: Blake, Richards, Selleck, Torrey, and Wolcott, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 2009) Vol. 163, WN 652.
- Page 283-4: bap. Lydiard St. Lawrence 6 Dec. 1579
- Bergquist, Donald. The Wolcotts of Windsor, [Conn.], Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1978) Vol. 11, Page 3-12
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Noting several profile improvement needs here. Will review and as necessary update PGM maintenance categories. --Gene
1. Found the opening, "Few families have been more distinguished in the annals ..." repeated on several other user generated genealogical sites. Profile likely needs to be improved to summarize passages that were, perhaps unknowingly, copied into the biography.
2. The narrative seems to have duplicate comments about the same information, likely the result of incomplete integration following prior merge activity. While it may take a little work, the effort to integrate the different but similar sections would materially improve the biography--it may also highlight unnecessary or conflicting information.
3. The biography contains more than about 2700 words, but there are only two inline citations. There are many other sources listed, so certainly this can be improved upon.
Edited to add: A year later ... Have created a space page for what appears the problem passages. See Henry Wolcott Miscellaneous.
edited by GeneJ X
Baptism is year 1579, Dec 6 Lydeard St Lawrence as per Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: D\P\L.St.L/2/1/1. Image 2 by subscription. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/60856/images/englb7803_d-p-l-st-l-2-1-1_m_00002?ssrc=&backlabel=Return
edited by Beryl Meehan
I can not access the link americanancestors others use
Husband of Agnes (Crosse) Wolcott married February 9, 1578 in St Lawrence, Somerset, England. So mother must be Agnes, not Joan.
Some of the material looks like it was copied directly from Findagrave.
All of this is a violation of Wikitree policy. It is proper to cite the sources and use quotes. Thanks