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- !BIRTH: Barbour Collection, Microfilm, Roll 2982, Wethersfield, Hartford CT.; pg.303, WOLCOTT, Sam[ue]ll, s. Samuell & Judeth, b. Apr 11, 1679, Vol.1, Pg.6. !MARRIAGE: Barbour Collection, Microfilm, Roll 2982, Wethersfield, Hartford CT.; pg.303, WOLCOTT, Samuell, m. Abigail COLLINS, d. wid. [___], Dec 27, 1706, by Capt. Nathaniell WHITE, J.P. Vol.1, Pg.32. !DEATH: Barbour Collection, Microfilm, Roll 2982, Wethersfield, Hartford CT.; pg.304, WOLCOTT, Samuell, Capt., d. Sept 15, 1734. Vol.1, Pg.32. !BURIAL: Wethersfield Inscriptions, a Complete Record of the Inscriptions in The Five Burial Places in the Ancient Town of Wethersfield, including the Towns of Rocky Hill, Newington, and Beckley Quarter (in Berlin), also a portion of the Inscriptions in the Oldest Cemetery in Glastonbury, compiled by Edward Sweetser TILLOTSON, published by Willia F. BOARDMAN, Hartford, CT. 1899; pg.144, Here lyes Buried the Body of Samuel Wolcott, Who died Sep'tr ye 15th 1734, in the 58th year of his Age. !PROBATE RECORD: WILL; A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. Compiled by Charles William Manwaring, Vol. I. Hartford District, 1635 - 1700. Hartford, Conn., R.S. PECK & Co. Printers 1904; Vol.3, p.211, [Vol., page 261] WOLCOTT, Samuel, Wethersfield. Invt. L~4400-12-03. Taken 18 November, 1734, by Nathaniel Stilman, Elizur GOODRICH and Jonathan BELDING. Will dated 29 August, 1734. I, Samuel WOLCOTT of Wethersfield, do make and ordain this my last will and testament: I give to Abigail, my wife, all such and so much estate, goods and chattels which pertained unto her at the day of our intermarriage and which by virtue thereof hath been brought into my family (viz.) her proper pportion which I received with or by her, to have and to hold sd. estate (both real and personal) to her and her heirs forever. I also give to my wife sforesd. 1-3 part of the residue of my moveable and personal estate herein nextly devised (that is to say), 1-3 part of my household goods, quick or live stock, and utensils and implements of husbandry, to have and hold the same to her and her heirs forever. I give and bequeath to my aforesd. wife the use and improvement of 1-2 of my present mansion house wherein I now dwell, to be to her use during such time she shall survive as my widow, sole and unmarried againe, and also the improvement of 1-3 part of my real estate. I give unto my sons Oliver, Samuel, Elisha and Josiah WOLCOTT, after the abovesd. bequest is made out lawful debts by me contracted satisfied and paid, all the residue of my estate, both real and personal or mixt, to be equally divided amongst my sons, saving and excepting my son Elisha, whose part and portion in the premises is to be L~60 less than an equal part in regard of his advancement in a trade, and saving and excepting my eldest son Oliver, whose portion is to be double the sd. share and part of ye aforesd. So have Oliver, Samuel, Elisha and Josiah WOLCOTT in such their respective portions, and to their heirs and assigns forever. Furthermore, my will is that the partition of the above divided premises to my sons be made by them or their guardians. I give to my aforesd. sons all the reversion and remainder of that estate, goods and chattels afore divided and bequeathed to my wife for and during the term of her natural life, to be divided amongst them at her decease, according to the rule and in proportion as above. I give to my two daughters, Abigail, the wife Abraham WATERUS, and Mehetabell, the wife of Jonathan RUSSELL, L~100 apiece, and to each of them in addition to what they have already received, to be paid either in money or out of the moveable part of my estate at inventory price, at the election of my sons, to be borne and paid by them or their legal representatives. Lastly, I hereby constitute and appoint Oliver, my eldest son, sole executor. I entreat the Rev. William BURNHAM of Kensington and Mr. John STILMANof Wethersfield to oversee the excution of my will. Samuel WOLCOTT, LS. Witness Willian BURNHAM, Amasa ADAMS, Abraham HARRIS. Court record, Page II- 1 September, 1734: Will Proven.
Documentation
!BIRTH: The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Register
of Pedigrees and Services of Ancestors, page 236. Barbour - Vital Records
of Wethersfield, Conn., page 303.
!MARRIAGE: Source - Barbour - V.R. of Wethersfield, Conn., page 303. The
ceremony was performed by Capt. Nathaniell White, J.P.
!DEATH: Source - same as birth. page 304.
Source - Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Volume I, page 476.
Researched Middletown Land Records by Frank Farnsworth Starr, also
gravestone states that Abigail is the daughter of "ye Rev'd Mr Nathaniel
Collins of Middletown.
Source - Genealogies of Connecticut Families, Voolume I, page 476. Researched Middletown Land Records by Frank Farnsworth Starr, also gravestone states that Abigail is the daughter of "ye Rev'd Mr Nathaniel Collins of Middletown.
While a youth, Samuel lived for a time with his uncle, Josiah Wolcott, Es q., of Salem, MA; in one of his letters, Josiah expressed his favorable o pinion of Samuel.
When Samuel was 16, his father died, and as the eldest of eight chil dren, Samuel took responsibility for the family. He appears to have inte rrupted his education at this time to work as an importing merchant. Dur ing Queen Ann's War he commanded a military company. The house which h e built on Wolcott Hill later became famous as Washington's headquarter s in Wethersfield.
The inventory of his estate amounted to L5,097, 2s., 10d -- a larg e sum for his time. His tombstone in the Wethersfield churchyard is a br own stone monument supported by five columns, with the Wolcott coat of ar ms on the table top.
Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut
Person Page - 269
Rev. Nathaniel Collins was born in 1642. He was the son of Deacon Edward Collins and Martha (?). Rev. Nathaniel Collins married Mary Whiting, daughter of Rev. Samuel Whiting. Rev. Nathaniel Collins died in 1684.
Child of Rev. Nathaniel Collins and Mary Whiting
Abigail Whiting+ b. 1681, d. 1758
Citations
[S55] Maude Pinney Kuhns, The MARY AND JOHN, Page 93.
Mary Whiting
Mary Whiting was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Whiting. Mary Whiting married Rev. Nathaniel Collins, son of Deacon Edward Collins and Martha (?).
Child of Mary Whiting and Rev. Nathaniel Collins
Abigail Whiting+ b. 1681, d. 1758
Rev. Samuel Whiting
b. 1597, d. 1679
Rev. Samuel Whiting was born in 1597. He died in 1679.
Child of Rev. Samuel Whiting
Mary Whiting+
Abigail Whiting
b. 1681, d. 1758
Abigail Whiting was born in 1681. She was the daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Collins and Mary Whiting. Abigail Whiting married Samuel Wolcott, son of Samuel Wolcott and Judith Appleton, in 1705. Abigail Whiting died in 1758.
Child of Abigail Whiting and Samuel Wolcott
Mehitable Wolcott b. 1715
Mehitable Wolcott1
b. 1715
Mehitable Wolcott married Jonathan Russell. Mehitable Wolcott was born in 1715. She was the daughter of Samuel Wolcott and Abigail Whiting.
Citations
[S132] Chandler Wolcott, The Family of Henry Wolcott, Page 67/Item 120-4.
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1679 - 1734 (55 years)