Josiah Wolcott1,2

#1917, b. 27 March 1720, d. 28 March 1773
FatherSamuel Wolcott b. 26 Mar 1679, d. 15 Sep 1734
MotherAbigail 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 1773.4

Other Events

     Josiah graduated from Yale, class of 1742.5
ChartsDescendants of Samuel Appleton
Descendants of Thomas Newberry
Descendants of William Whiting
Descendants of Henry Wolcott
Deacon's Descendants
Edward + 3G
Edward + 4G
Edward + 5G

Flags

F-A-G Memorial Found

Citations

  1. Chandler Wolcott, Wolcott Genealogy, The Family of Henry Wolcott, one of the first settlers of Windsor, Conn. (Rochester: The Genesee Press, 1912), 090.
  2. Henry R. Styles, The History of Ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut, 2 vols. (New York: The Grafton Press, 1904), 2:843 (Family 5a).
  3. Barbour Collection, citing Vital Records of Wethersfield, 1:32.
  4. Find A Grave Memorial.
  5. 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).