HENRY WOLCOTT OF WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT

Revised - 2015

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The first Wolcott family in the American colonies was that of Henry Wolcott of Tolland, Somerset, and his wife, Elizabeth Saunders, who emigrated to America in 1630. Henry was the son of John Wolcott, Jr. of Tolland, Somerset, son of John Wolcott of Tolland, son of Thomas Wolcott who was living at Tolland in 1525.

Henry Wolcott was born in 1578 at Tolland, Somerset and died in 1655 at Windsor CT.  He married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Saunders of Lydeard St. Lawrence, Somerset, in 1606. Henry, Elizabeth, and three of their sons sailed from Plymouth on the Mary and John .  They arrived in Dorchester MA 31 May 1630.  Their two daughters and youngest son arrived a few years later.  Henry settled at Windsor CT in 1636.   He was a member of the CT House of Delegates from1637 to 1643, and was a member of the House of Magistrates from 1643 until his death in 1655.  Henry and Elizabeth Wolcott, both died in 1655, and are buried in the churchyard of the First Congregational Church at Windsor CT.