Josiah Wolcott1,2
#1917, b. 27 March 1720, d. 28 March 1773
Father | Samuel Wolcott b. 26 Mar 1679, d. 15 Sep 1734 |
Mother | Abigail Collins b. 13 Jul 1680, d. 6 Feb 1758 |
Spouse | Lois Goodrich b. 12 Apr 1729, d. 9 Oct 1775 |
BMDB
Josiah Wolcott was born at Wethersfield, Hartford, Conn, on 27 March 1720.3 He married Lois Goodrich, daughter of Gideon Goodrich and Sarah Williams, on 13 November 1752 at Conn; This was her second marriage. Her first married name was Robbins.1 He died at Conn on 28 March 1773 at age 53; Per grave marker.1 He was buried at Center Cemetery Rocky Hill, Hartford, Conn, on 30 March 1773.4Other Events
Josiah graduated from Yale, class of 1742.5Charts | Descendants of Samuel Appleton Descendants of Thomas Newberry Descendants of William Whiting Descendants of Henry Wolcott Deacon's Descendants Edward + 3G Edward + 4G Edward + 5G |
Citations
- Chandler Wolcott, Wolcott Genealogy, The Family of Henry Wolcott, one of the first settlers of Windsor, Conn. (Rochester: The Genesee Press, 1912), 090.
- Henry R. Styles, The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, 2 vols. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904), 2:843 (Family 5a).
- Barbour Collection, citing Vital Records of Wethersfield, 1:32.
- Find A Grave Memorial.
- Conrad Edick Wright, Colonial Collegians: Biographies of Those Who Attended American Colleges before the War for Independence, CD_ROM (Boston: NEGHS and Massachusetts Historical Society, 2005).