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Oliver
Wolcott
Jr.
Born in Litchfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Oliver Wolcott Sr.
and Laura (Collins) Wolcott
Husband of
Elizabeth (Stoughton) Wolcott
— married
6 Jun 1785 in Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Laura (Wolcott) Gibbs
Died
at age 73
in New York City, New York, United States
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| Preceded by 1st Secretary Alexander Hamilton Preceded by 23rd Governor John Cotton Smith |
Oliver Wolcott Jr. 2nd United States Secretary of the Treasury  24th Governor of Connecticut  |
Succeeded by 3rd Secretary Samuel Dexter Succeeded by 25th Governor Gideon Tomlinson |
Biography
Oliver Wolcott Jr. is Notable.
Birth
- Jan. 11, 1760 in the homestead on South Street, Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut (Boswell)
Sources
- Gibbs, George. Memoir of Oliver Wolcott, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1850) Vol. 4, page 1-11
- "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7PN-JPV : 31 March 2016), Oliver Wolcott and Betsy Stoughton, 1785. (This record give marriage location as Connecticut, date listed is noted to be correct, 06 Jun 1785)
- Boswell, George Copeland. The Litchfield Book of Days (Alex B. Shumway, Litchfield, 1899) Page 21
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Oliver by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- Gary Wolcott
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-Y22158, FTDNA kit #255142, MitoYDNA ID T10751 [compare] - Eric Wolcott :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-Y20600, FTDNA kit #70894
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