Oliver Wolcott1

#2583, b. 20 November 1726, d. 1 December 1797
FatherRoger Wolcott b. 28 Jan 1678/79, d. 17 May 1767
MotherSarah Drake b. c 1684, d. 1748

Spouse

Laura/Lorraine Collins b. 1 Jan 1730/31, d. 19 Apr 1794

BMDB

     Oliver Wolcott was born on 20 November 1726 at Windsor, Hartford, Conn. He married Laura/Lorraine Collins, daughter of Daniel Collins and Lois Cornwell/Cornwall, on 21 January 1755. Oliver Wolcott died on 1 December 1797 at Woodstock, Windham, Conn, at age 71; Woodstock VRs, page 340. He was buried on 3 December 1797 at East Cemetery Litchfield, Litchfield, Conn.2

Other Events

     Oliver graduated from Yale, class of 1747.
Oliver Wolcott was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Time Line

Birth1726, Windsor, Hartford, Conn
Graduation1747
Marriage1755Laura/Lorraine Collins
Death of Wife1794, ConnLaura/Lorraine Collins
Death1797, Woodstock, Windham, Conn
Burial1797, East Cemetery Litchfield, Litchfield, Conn2
ChartsDescendants of William Chittenden
Descendants of John the Shoemaker
Descendants of John the Shoemaker, Smith List
Descendants of Samuel Cornwall/Cornwell
Descendants of William Leete
Descendants of Henry Wolcott

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), 079.
  2. Find A Grave Memorial.