Other Events:

• FamilySearch Id: LCQD-XGY

Notes:

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctsmfsd/CollinsInDepth.pdf
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Sources of Information:
1. Notebooks of Naoma Manwaring Harker and Mark Whiting.

Notes:
1. Named in her father's 1647 will.

Mary married Collins, Reverend Nathaniel I on 3 Aug 1664 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. Nathaniel (son of Collins, Deacon Edward and Baylie, Martha) was born on 7 Mar 1642 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 28 Dec 1684 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• MARR: Jan 1685

Notes:

!SOURCE: THE COLLINS-CADWELL GENEALOLGY, 1983 EDITION, PG 286

!1666 BIRTH: Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England; Vol. I; p. 436.

!FGR: Page 223, 228; BOOK Ancestry of Lawrence Williams, Part II, compiled by Cornelia Bartow Williams, Privately printed Chicago, 1915 copy % Pat Roberts, American Fork, Utah. BURIED: East Burial Place (Riverside Cemetery) Middletown, Conn. DEATH: ? page 228 says 3 May 1772. Tombstone inscription 5th Day of May 1772 !LDS: B: E: SS: SP: DATES; IGI CD-ROM 1/95 ED.

!1. BIRTH: "Genealogies of Connecticut Families," Nehgr, Vol. 1, A-G, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, page 471. !2. MARRIAGE: Vol. 1, page 89, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT TR, "SaybrookColony Vital Records," Elizebeth Plimpton, Saybrook Press, Old Saybrook, 1985, page 18. !3. DEATH: "Genealogies of Connecticut Families," Nehgr, Vol. 1, A-G, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, page 471.

!Birthdate from Barbour - Middleton, Conn. V.R., page 113. !Marriage Date - Same source.

Mary married Hamlin, John in Jan 1683/1684 in Middletown, Connecticut. John was born in 1650 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; was christened in Jul 1670 in Middletown, New Castle, Delaware, United States; died on 9 Aug 1717 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Chapman, Deacon Nathaniel Sr on 16 Feb 1653 in of Saybrook, Middx., Connecticut. Nathaniel was born on 16 Feb 1653 in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; died on 5 Apr 1726 in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Cypress Cemetery Old Saybrook Middlesex County Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Williams, John. John was born on 15 Apr 1662 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• MARR: 24 Dec 1707

Notes:

Citations
Lucius Barnes Barbour, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, (Baltimore, MD: The Genealogical Publishing Co, 55 volumes: 1994-2002), Middletown, Page 134, Vol LR2, Page 12. Hereinafter cited as The Barbour Collection.
The Barbour Collection, Middletown, Page 135, Vol LR2, Page 12.
The Barbour Collection, Middletown, Page 134, Vol LD2, Page 12.
http://www.thaddeus-collins.org/index.htm?ssmain=p405.htm;
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Family/Spouse: Dixwell, Mary. Mary was born on 9 Jun 1679 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• MARR: 26 May 1692

Susannah married Hamblin, William on 26 May 1692 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. William was born on 3 Feb 1667 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 22 May 1733 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was buried in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• MARR: 1702

Notes:

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.

http://www.holcombegenealogy.com/data/p269.htm

DEATH: Age 76
Birth: Jul. 31, 1681
Death: Feb. 6, 1758, USA

"Here lies Interr'd the body of Mrs. Abigail Wolcott, Relict to Capt. Samuel Wolcott, and daughter to ye Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Collins of Middletown. Who departed this life Feb'ry ye 6: 1758. in the 77th year of her age."

Burial:
Wethersfield Village Cemetery
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Created by: Marsha Redden
Record added: May 17, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 8775337
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8775337
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BIRTH: Also shown as Born 13 Jul 1681

DEATH: Also shown as Died Woolverstone, Suffolk, England.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 6 Feb 1768

Abigail married Wolcott, Captain Samuel Junior on 27 Dec 1705 in Pb Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Samuel (son of Wolcott, Samuel and Appleton, Judith) was born on 11 Apr 1679 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened in in Have Will; died on 15 Sep 1734 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; was buried in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• MARR: 15 Dec 1705

Notes:

DEATH: Age 73

Martha married Hurlbert, Thomas on 15 Dec 1705 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Thomas was born on 20 Oct 1674 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died in DECEASED; was buried in Feb 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

DEATH: Some have 6 Feb 1768 West Cemetery, Tolland, Connecticut and some 19 Feb 1756.

BIOGRAPHY: Rev. Nathaniel Collins the first settled minister of Enfield. He received the ministerial allotment in 1701. After having the pastoral charge of the church & society a number of years [?] he resigned the office & subsequently was Town Clerk for 6 years. He died 1756, left 3 sons, 2 settled in Enfield & one in Somers.
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Descendants of Nathaniel Collins

1 Nathaniel Collins 1677 - 1756 b: June 13, 1677 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut d: December 31, 1756 in Somers, Tolland Co., Connecticut Burial: West Cemetery, Somers, Tolland Co., Connecticut +Alice Adams 1682 - 1734/35 b: April 03, 1682 in Middletown, Connecticut d: February 19, 1734/35 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Burial: West Cemetery, Somers, Tolland Co., Connecticut m: January 07, 1700/01 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut

2 Ann Collins 1702 - 1778 b: December 20, 1702 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: December 10, 1778 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Ephraim Terry 1701 - 1783 b: October 24, 1701 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: October 14, 1783 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: September 13, 1723 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Nathaniel Collins 1709 - 1787 b: August 17, 1709 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts d: December 05, 1787 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts +Abigail Pease 1708 - 1792 b: June 07, 1708 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts d: May 01, 1792 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts m: July 17, 1735 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 William Collins 1711 - 1804 b: June 20, 1711 d: May 05, 1804 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Anne Jones 1714 - b: Abt. 1714 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: May 03, 1734 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Alice Collins 1715/16 - b: March 14, 1715/16 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut d: in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut +Nathaniel Parsons 1708/09 - b: March 15, 1708/09 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut d: in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut m: January 15, 1734/35 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut

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Rev. Nathaniel Collins, son of Rev. Nathaniel Collins, of Middletown Connecticut; graduated at Harvard College, in 1697: was the first settled pastor of the church in Enfield, Connecticut 1699 to 1724: was town clerk of Enfield 1729 to 1735. He married (1st) 7 June 1700/1701 Alice Adams daughter of Rev. William Adams of Dedham and great granddaughter of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower. She died 19 Feb. 1735, in her 53d year (gravestone). He married (2d) Rachel Smith daughter of Samuel Smith of Glastonbury, Connecticut before 22 June 1737. She outlived him. The land records of Enfield and Glastonbury, CT, indicate that the last twenty years of his life he resided in Glastonbury. He died 31 Dec 1756 in his 80th year and is buried by his first wife. Ref: History of Enfield

And also in the same History of Enfield, in a section of Graveyard Inscriptions page 2457 there is a listing for a Collins Monument. It appears that it is in the South Cemetery in Somers, CT. It gives the following. 1300. (Collins Monument) (West side) In memory of Edward Collins who settled in Cambridge 1630, - Nathaniel his son First Minister at Middletown - Nathaniel Collins, Jr. - First Minister at Enfield Died 1757 - Alice Adams his wife great grand Daughter of William Bradford who came from England in the Mayflower, 31 years Gov. of Plymouth Colony. Monument Erected 1896, by Jabez Collins and Mrs. L. Collins Whitney

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Nathaniel Parsons, son of Philip and Anna Parsons, was born at Enfield, March 11, 1709-10. He or a son of the same name fought as a soldier in the French and Indian War in 1758 in Lieutenant David Parson's company, under General Phinehas Lyman, Third Company, First Regiment. He bought land on the Scantic River, January 26, 1728-29; and various other property at Enfield. Another Nathaniel Parsons appears to have lived at Enfield at the same time. He moved to Somers, Connecticut, and his wife Mary died there in her eighty-second year. They had a son, Stephen, born February 20, 1730-31. Nathaniel Parsons, son of Philip Parsons, married Alice Collins, January 29, 1735-36.

Alice (Collins) Parsons was born March 14, 1716, the daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel Collins, minister of the Enfield Church, who was graduated from Harvard College in 1697; married, in 1701, Alice Adams. She was the daughter of the Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, Massachusetts; and died February 19, 1755. The Rev. Nathaniel Collins was born June 13, 1681, died February 6, 1758. He was the son of the Rev. Nathaniel Collins who was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 7, 1642, and died at Middletown, Connecticut, December 28, 1684; was graduated at Harvard College in 1660; and was ordained minister at Middletown, Connecticut, November 4, 1666. He was married August 3, 1664, to Mary Whiting, daughter of William Whiting. Deacon Edward Collins, father of the Rev. Nathaniel Collins, Sr., appearing in Cambridge as early as 1638; was deacon of the first church there. He was admitted a freeman, May 13, 1640; lived many years on Governor Cradock's plantation, which he finally purchased. He was deputy to the General Court for many years; died in Charleston, April 9, 1689; aged eighty-six years.

Alice (Adams) Collins was a descendant of Henry Adams, the immigrant, of Braintree, Massachusetts, ancestor of John Adams, and John Quincy Adams, presidents of the United States. Alice (Bradford) Adams, wife of the Rev. William Adams, was the daughter of Major William Bradford and of Alice (Richards) Bradford, a granddaughter of Governor William Bradford, and his wife, Alice (Carpenter) Bradford. Governor Bradford, the most distinguished of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims, was a son of William Bradford, of Yorkshire, England. Children of Nathaniel and Alice (Collins) Parsons, born in Enfield: Nathaniel; Asa, born February 4, 1742; Edward, born in 1745; died in Springfield; Ebenezer, born in 1748; William, born in 1750; Shubael, of further mention; and Alice.

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Rev. Nathaniel Collins was the son of Edward and his wife Mary England

On the ship, The Defence, the Rev. Shepherd with several parishioners, including John Russell and Roger Harlakendon, set sail for New England in 1635. Accompanying them in this settlement was Mr. Edward Collins.

Edward Collins went on to establish himself in nearby Medford, where he acquired Gov. Craddock's massive estate, and later sold 1600 acres of his plantation to Richard Russell. The first preserved documentation from England that Daniel Markham, born in June 1641, in Earls Colne, was the same as the Cambridge, MA. Resident is provided by the will of a Daniel Collins, written in 1639 and probated in 1643. In it, he leaves fifty pounds British currency to "the wife of Cousin Markham." In the same will, he mentions his brother, Samuel, Vicar of Braintree, and Edward Collins, "now in New England," and names several children of Edward Collins.

He also mentioned his mother was buried at Braintree. The town of Braintree is in Essex, next to Earls Colne. Daniel Collins referred to "the lease of the Dolphin." There is property named, "The Dolphin, in Halstead, which also borders Earls Colne. This same property is mentioned in the records of Earls Coln in association with other plots of ground, which have been identified with James Markham, which also was held by a John Collins prior to James Markham.

In 1670, Daniel Markham, then also of Medford, MA, was deposed to testify on behalf of Edward Collins, plaintiff, involving an alleged theft of a mare and colt by a neighbor. During his testimony, he, Daniel, on several occasions referred to Mr. Collins as his uncle. The court reporter mentioned that the deponent, Daniel Markham, "was aged 25 years or thereabouts," which is consistent with the christening records of Earls Colne, which would put him at the age of 27 at this time. (Ref: Court records of Middlesex County, MA)

By his own words, as recorded in the MA Court records, Daniel Markham identified his uncle Edward Collins. From England, Daniel Collins, in his will, identified his cousin Markham (referring to James Markham and his wife Martha Collins) as his relative, Edward Collins, in New England. And, in Earls Colne, Essex, there is a documentation of the marriage of James Markham and Martha Collins, who had a son, Daniel, born in 1641.

Descendants of Nathaniel Collins

1 Nathaniel Collins 1709 - 1787 b: August 17, 1709 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts d: December 05, 1787 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts +Abigail Pease 1708 - 1792 b: June 07, 1708 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts d: May 01, 1792 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts m: July 17, 1735 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Eliphlet Collins 1744 - 1815 b: July 11, 1744 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: May 22, 1815 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Abagail Abbe 1750 - 1844 b: May 13, 1750 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: June 22, 1844 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: November 01, 1770 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

Nathaniel Collins was the son of Rev. Nathaniel Collins and Alice Adams. Rev. Nathaniel was the son of Nathaniel Collins and Mary Whitting. He was a graduate of Harvard University 1660.

Ref: Origin of Early Settlers, Before and in 1670 those in the latter year being householders and acknowledged as Proprietors, Centennial Address. David D. Field, D. D. Middletown, Conn., 1853 pp 143 - 149. Nathaniel Collins, the first settled pastor in Middletown, and his brother Samuel Collins, were from Cambridge, Massachusetts, sons of Deacon Collins.

Descendants of Eliphlet Collins

1 Eliphlet Collins 1744 - 1815 b: July 11, 1744 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: May 22, 1815 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Abagail Abbe 1750 - 1844 b: May 13, 1750 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: June 22, 1844 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: November 01, 1770 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Mary Collins 1783 - b: 1783 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Nathan Pease 1782 - 1857 b: April 01, 1782 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: March 18, 1857 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: January 20, 1803 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

Descendants of Nathan Pease

1 Nathan Pease 1782 - 1857 b: April 01, 1782 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: March 18, 1857 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Mary Collins 1783 - b: 1783 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: January 20, 1803 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Orlando Pease 1803 - 1886 b: September 02, 1803 in Winsted, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: March 12, 1886 in Holmesville, Gage Co., Nebraska Burial: Stark Cemetery, Holmesville, Gage Co., Nebraska +Asenath Goddard 1807 - 1884 b: 1807 in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut d: September 24, 1884 in Holmesville, Gage Co., Nebraska Burial: Stark Cemetery, Holmesville, Gage Co., Nebraska m: December 20, 1832 in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut

2 Alvah Pease 1805 - 1808 b: August 31, 1805 in Enfield, Connecticut d: August 05, 1808 in Enfield, Connecticut

2 Achsah Pease 1807 - b: June 10, 1807 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: in Groveland, NY +Almon Lesalle 1807 - b: Abt. 1807 d: in Groveland, NY m: Abt. 1827 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Alvah Pease 1809 - b: June 21, 1809

2 Eliphalet C. Pease 1811 - b: June 17, 1811 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Simon Pease 1813 - b: June 04, 1813 in Enfield, Connecticut d: in Dansville, NY +Selina Chalker *2nd Wife of Simon Pease: +Mary S. Hatch 1817 - b: Abt. 1817 m: 1837

2 Mary Pease 1815 - b: September 17, 1815 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Daniel Vaughn 1815 - b: Abt. 1815 m: July 03, 1844 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Nathan S. Pease 1818 - 1821 b: September 26, 1818 in Enfield, Connecticut d: January 12, 1821 in Enfield, Connecticut Burial: Enfield, Connecticut

Descendants of Thomas Abbe, Jr.

1 Thomas Abbe, Jr. 1731 - 1817 b: April 11, 1731 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: December 05, 1817 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Penelope Terry 1729/30 - b: February 05, 1729/30 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: Abt. 1749 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Abagail Abbe 1750 - 1844 b: May 13, 1750 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: June 22, 1844 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Eliphlet Collins 1744 - 1815 b: July 11, 1744 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: May 22, 1815 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: November 01, 1770 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Obadiah Abbe 1752 - b: June 15, 1752 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Jane McClester 1752 - b: Abt. 1752 m: Abt. 1772 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Penelope Abbe 1755 - b: March 24, 1755 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Josiah Bicknell 1755 - b: Abt. 1755 m: Abt. 1775 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Mary Abbe 1755 - 1759 b: March 24, 1755 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: May 18, 1759 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Thomas Abbe 1764 - b: March 22, 1764 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Ruth Bush 1764 - b: Abt. 1764 m: Abt. 1784

2 Mary Abbe 1766 - b: July 07, 1766 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +George Prior 1766 - b: Abt. 1766 in of East Windsor, CT. m: Abt. 1786

2 Peter Abbe 1769 - b: July 20, 1769 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Hannah Alden 1769 - b: Abt. 1769 m: Abt. 1789 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Simeon Abbe 1772 - b: February 03, 1772 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Tabitha Killam 1772 - b: Abt. 1772 m: Abt. 1792

More About These Family Connections

Captain Thomas Abbe, son of Thomas Abbe, Sr. and Mary Pease, married in Enfield, June 22, 1749, Penelope Terry, born in Enfield, February 5, 1729-30; died there December 5 1817.

Penelope Terry was the daughter of Dr. (or Captain) Ebenezer and Mary (Helms) Terry.

Children, born in Enfield Abigail Abbey, b. May 13, 1750; d. June 22, 1844. Resided in the east part of Enfield, CT. Married in Enfield, Nov. 1, 1770, Eliphalet Collins, b. in Enfield, July 11, 1744; d. May 22, 1815, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Pease) Collins.

Taken from the book, Abbe history: And then a murmuring of bees Broke in upon the house of prayer; And then a wind-song swept the trees, And then a snarl from wolfish lair; And then a charge of grenadiers, And then a flight of drum-beat cheers. So drum and doctrine rudely blent, The casements rattled strange accord; No mortal knew what either meant; "Twas double-grad and Holy Word, Thus saith the drum and thus the Lord. The captain raised so wild a rout He drummed the congregation out. The people gathered round amazed; The soldier bared his head and spoke, And every sentence burned and blazed, As trenchant as a sabre stroke: "Tis time to pick the flint to day, To sling the knapsack, and away! "The green of Lexington is red With British redcoats, brothers' blood! In rightful cause the earliest dead Are always best beloved of God. Mark time! Now let the march begin! All bound for Boston fall right in " Then rub-a-dub the drum jarred on, The throbbing role of battle beat; "Fall in, my men!" and one by one They rhymed the tune with heart and feet, And so they made a Sabbath march To glory 'neath the elm-tree arch. The Continental line unwound Along the Church-yard's breathless sod, And holier grew the hallowed ground Where Virtue slept and Valor trod, Two hundred strong that April day They rallied out and marched away. Brigaded there at Bunker Hill, Their names are writ on glories page. The brave old captain's Sunday drill Has drummed its way across the age.

The church around which Captain Abbey beat the long roll was completed in the January preceding, and stood near the present church. It was used as a church for the town until 1849, when it was bought by the town and moved to the west side of the street, where it now stands and has been used as a town hall ever since. A memorial to Captain Abbey and others of the family is about to be erected by Mr. Alden Freeman with his mother and sisters.

The Abbey Memorial will be on the Green in Enfield, on the site of the church out of which Captain Abbey drummed the congregation at the Lexington Alarm. The actual site of the old church is just in front of the present edifice. The design calls for a marble statue on a pedestal surrounded by four marble seats in the Greek style. On the backs of these seats are inscriptions commemorating the achievements of some of the best known descendants of the Abbey family, in the fields of war, literature and science. The sculptor, Sherry E. Fry, used as a model for the face and figure for the statue of Captain Abbey, a daguerreotype of his grandson, Seth Alden Abbey, taken at the same age.

Daniel C. French, sculptor of the "Minute Men" unveiled at Concord Bridge in 1875, has taken great interest in the work of Mr. Fry, and loaned him the simple Colonial suit used for the presentation of Captain Abbey.

The following is an extract from a letter written by Seth Alden Abbey to his son, Henry G. Abbey, dated June 15, 1872, telling something of Thomas Abbey: When a small boy, I was frequently at his house for a week at a time and have heard him tell many a thrilling tale of his hairbreadth escapes, hardships, sufferings, etc. During the French War he received a commission as Ensign in the Colonial troops and saw considerable service against the French and Indians. At the breaking out of the Revolution, a volunteer company was formed in his neighborhood and he was elected their captain and they were soon ordered to join Colonel Willett's Regiment in New York. I have heard him say, frequently, that he had chances of promotion, often, but his men would not consent to his leaving them. When a boy I saw many of his old soldiers who had served during the war; and the neighbors were as particular in addressing any of them, in giving them their title, as Corporal such a one, or Sergeant such a one, as they would be in addressing a General. Thomas Abbey died in 1811, and was as anxious for a fight with old England, which was then much talked of, just before his death, as in his younger days. He died suddenly with apoplexy.

Bradford Generation Chart

13 Generation 12 Generation 11 Generation 10 Generation 9 Generation
Gov. William and Alice (Carpenter) Bradford - He came on the Mayflower. Died at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, MA Major - Lt Gov William & Alice (Richards) Bradford - Died at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, MA Rev. William & Alice (Adams) Bradford - Married in Dedham, Suffolk, MA. Graduated from Harvard 1671. He was the second minister at Dedham. He was ordained 3 Dec 1673. Rev. Nathaniel and Alice (Bradford) Collins - Graduated from Harvard 1697. He was the first settled pastor of the church in Enfield, Connecticut 1699 to 1724. Rev. Nathaniel & Abigail (Pease) Collins -From Enfield, Hampshire, MA
8 Generation 7 Generation 6 Generation 5 Generation 4 Generation
Eliphlet and Abigail (Abbe) Collins - My Rev. War Soldier - DAR. Buried at Enfield, Hartford Co., CT


Nathan & Mary (Collins) Pease Buried at Enfield, Hartford Co., CT Orlando & Asentha (Goddard) Pease Buried on the Nebraska Prairie in Gage Co., at Stark Cemetery. He was a stone mason - a brick layer. James Alvin and Janetta (Fetrow) Pease - Civil War Soldier - served from CT as Union soldier, died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie Cemetery. He was a farmer. James Harvey and Ella Mae (Pease) Mooney died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie Cemetery. Soldier of the Spanish American War - little drummer boy. He owned a grocery store.
3 Generation
Lloyd Patrick & Ruth (Berryhill) Mooney died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie Cemetery - WW I soldier. He was a farmer.
Abbe Generation Chart

13 Generation 12 Generation 11 Generation 10 Generation 9 Generation
John & Mary (Loring) Abbe, born Stgeorgecolegate, Norwich, Norfolk, England, died Windham, Windham, Connecticut Thomas & Sarah (Fairfield) Abbe, Sr., of Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Thomas & Mary (Pease) Abbe, Sr., of Enfield, Hartford, CT. Among the first settlers to Enfield area of Hartford, CT. Thomas & Penelope (Terry) Abbe, Jr. of Enfield, Hartford, CT
8 Generation 7 Generation 6 Generation 5 Generation 4 Generation
Eliphlet and Abigail (Abbe) Collins - My Rev. War Soldier. Buried at Enfield, Hartford Co., CT


Nathan & Mary (Collins) Pease -buried at Enfield, Hartford Co., CT Orlando & Asentha (Goddard) Pease - Buried on the Nebraska Prairie in Gage Co. He was a stone mason - a brick layer. James Alvin and Janetta (Fetrow) Pease - Civil War Soldier - Union - served from CT, died in Barry Co., MO. He was a farmer. James Harvey and Ella Mae (Pease) Mooney They died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie. He was a little drummer boy in the Spanish- American War. He owned a grocery store.
3 Generation
Lloyd Patrick & Ruth (Berryhill) Mooney died in Barry Co., MO. He was a nurse in WW I. They are buried at Washburn Prairie Cemetery, Barry Co., MO. He was a farmer.
Collins Generation Chart

13 Generation 12 Generation 11 Generation 10 Generation 9 Generation
Deacon Edward & Mary (England) Collins - he was born in Bramford, Suffolk County, England, and died Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was married twice, first to Martha Bylie. Rev. Nathaniel & Mary (Whiting) Collins - lived in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, Mary was the dt. of Major William & Susan (Wiggin) Whiting. Rev. Nathaniel and Alice (Bradford) Collins - Graduated from Harvard 1697. He was the first settled pastor of the church in Enfield, Connecticut 1699 to 1724. Rev. Nathaniel & Abigail (Pease) Collins - From Enfield, Hampshire, MA. This connection creates another line of Pease families for me.
8 Generation 7 Generation 6 Generation 5 Generation 4 Generation
Eliphlet and Abigail (Abbe) Collins - My Rev. War Soldier - DAR. They are buried in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. His name is engraved on the Abbe monument in Enfield.


Nathan & Mary (Collins) Pease - They are buried in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. Orlando & Asentha (Goddard) Pease Buried on the Nebraska Prairie in Gage Co., in Stark Cemetery. He was a stone mason - a brick layer. James Alvin and Janetta (Fetrow) Pease - Civil War Soldier - served from CT as an Union soldier, died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie Cemetery. He was a farmer. James Harvey and Ella Mae (Pease) Mooney died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie Cemetery. Soldier of the Spanish American War - little drummer boy. He owned a grocery store.
3 Generation
Lloyd Patrick & Ruth (Berryhill) Mooney died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie Cemetery - WW I soldier. He was a farmer.
"Collins, Joseph, Eastham, m. 20 Mar. 1672, Duty Knowles, had Sarah, b. 2 Jan. 1673; John, 18 Dec. 1674; Lydia, July 1676; Joseph, June 1678; Hannah, Feb. 1680; Jonathan, 20 Aug. 1682; Jane, 3 Mar. 1684; Benjamin, 6 [[vol. 1, p. 436]] Feb. 1687; and James, 10 Mar. 1689, d. at 3 wks. Moses, Scarborough, s. of Christopher, was, in 1671, whip. as a Quaker. Nathaniel, Middletown, s. of deac. Edward, ord. 4 Nov. 1668, m. 3 Aug. 1664, Mary, d. of William Whiting of Hartford, d. 28 Dec. 1684, had Mary, b. 11 May 1666; John, 31 Jan. 1668; Susanna, 26 Nov.1669; Sibyl, 20 Aug. 1672, d. young; Martha, 26 Dec. 1674; Nathaniel, 13 June 1677, H. C. 1697; Abigail, 31 July 1681; and Daniel, or Samuel, 16 Apr. 1683, d. in 1 wk. His wid. d. 26 Oct. 1709. Mary m. Jan. 1685, John Hamlin; Susanna m. 26 May 1692, William Hamlin; and Abigail m. 1702, William Ward; but she may have been d. of Samuel. Nathaniel, Hatfield, k. by the Ind. 19 Oct. 1675. Peter, New London 1650, is not thot. to be s. of any in our country, nor to have had w. or ch. at his d. May or June 1655, div. his prop. among John Gager and other neighb. Peter, Pemaquid, in 1674 sw. fidel. to Mass. Robert, came in the Arabella, from London, 1671, but I kn. no more of him, unless he were f.-in-law of that Daniel Rolfe in 1672, wh. was k. in Philip's war. Samuel, Middletown, br. of Rev. Nathaniel, b. in Eng. aft. com. with his f. to Cambridge, there m. bef. 1664, and had Edward, b. 8 Jan. 1664, went to Scotland, perhaps a. 1658 or 9, came back soon, and was, perhaps, casually at Cambridge 1675, and Charlestown 1678, but sat down at M. there was rep. 1672, and d. 1696, leav. Edward; Martha, b. 3 Mar. 1666; Samuel, 21 Oct. 1668; Sibyl, 25 Feb. 1671; Mary, 16 June 1672; Abigail, 2 June 1673; and Daniel, 5 Oct. 1675. His w. d. 5 Mar. 1714. See Hutch. Coll. 475. Samuel, New London 1680-3; perhaps rem. to Lyme, m. 6 Aug. 1695, Rebecca, wid. of Joseph Hunt of Duxbury, wh. d. 15 June preced. Samuel, Salisbury, s. of Benjamin of the same, m. 16 Mar. 1699, Sarah White, had Benjamin, b. 5 Dec. 1699; and Joseph, 27 June 1702. Thomas, Boston 1677, merch. Thomas, Warwick, eldest s. of Elizur of the same, m. Abigail House, had Elizur, b. 17 Nov. 1693; William, 8 Feb. 1695; Thomas, 3 Jan. 1697; Sarah, 31 Oct. 1698; Thankful, 27 Aug. 1700; and by sec. w. Ann had Ann, 16 July 1707; Samuel, 30 May 1709; and Abigail, 20 Nov. 1711. William, New London 1664, tax. in 1667, but is not kn. to have had fam. perhaps rem. to New Haven, and that yr. m. 1 Jan. Sarah, d. of Henry Morrill; and was a propr. 1685. He had a d. b. 1670, whose name is not seen; John, 10 Mar. 1673; William, 4 Mar. 1675; Daniel, 28 May 1677; Sarah, 31 Dec. 1679; Jonathan, 25 May 1682; and Nathaniel, 25 Jan. 1685. Gov. Winthrop in II. 8, 38, and 136, ment. a scholar, of this name, wh. came 1640, from Barbados, was a preacher, m. a d. of William Hutchinson, and was cut off by the Ind. when the fam. of the prophetess was brok. up; but he does not give the bapt. prefix which in Backus is found to be William. Of this name, in 1834, four had been gr. at Harv. and fourteen at other N. E. coll." Ref: A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, Volume #1, Pgs 430 - 440, Cole - Condy - By James Savage



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Nathaniel married Adams, Alice on 7 Jan 1701 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Alice was born on 3 Apr 1682 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died on 19 Feb 1735 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Smith, Rachel before 22 Jun 1737. Rachel was born est 1680 in of Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!FGR: Page 223; BOOK Ancestry of Lawrence Williams, Part II, compiled by Cornelia Bartow Williams, Privately printed Chicago, 1915 copy % Pat Roberts, American Fork, Utah. !LDS: SP: DATE; IGI CD-ROM 1/95 ED.

DOCUMENTATION

!BIRTH: Source - Barbour - "Vital Records of Middletown, Conn", page 114.
!DEATH: Source - same as birth.

Cutter states that Samuel Collins was born 10 April 1683. Birth-date and death-date taken from Barbour - Middletown, Conn. V.R., page 114.

Notes:

FIRST SETTLERS IN NEW ENGLAND BEFORE 1692

SOURCE: "The History Of Hadley, Massachusetts", Republished, 1976 by New Hampshire Publishing Company, Somersworth. With "Family Genealogies", by Lucius M. Boltwood, 1905. Pg. 108.

!FGR: Page 229; BOOK Ancestry of Lawrence Williams, Part II, compiled by Cornelia Bartow Williams, Privately printed Chicago, 1915 copy % Pat Roberts, American Fork, Utah. !LDS: B: E: SP: DATES; IGI CD-ROM 1/95 ED.

Family/Spouse: Morse, Elisabeth. Elisabeth was born on 1 Feb 1724 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts; was christened on 7 Oct 1688 in Massachusetts; died after Nov 1739. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!FGR: Page 229; BOOK Ancestry of Lawrence Williams, Part II, compiled by Cornelia Bartow Williams, Privately printed Chicago, 1915 copy % Pat Roberts, American Fork, Utah. !LDS: B: E: SP: DATES; IGI CD-ROM 1/95 ED.

!Birthdate from Barbour - V.R. of Middletown, Conn.

Mary married Blague, (Dea.) Joseph on 18 Apr 1718 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. (Dea.) was born in 1694 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 20 Sep 1742 in Saybrook, Mdsx, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Death: Bef 1704, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut

Notes:

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 7 Mar 1689

DEATH: Also shown as Died Deceased

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 30 Mar 1700

Notes:

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Jul

DEATH: Also shown as Died Deceased

Birthdate from Barbour - V.R. of Middletown, Conn., page 209.

!FGR: Page 217, 229-230; BOOK Ancestry of Lawrence Williams, Part II, compiled by Cornelia Bartow Williams, Privately printed Chicago, 1915 copy % Pat Roberts, American Fork, Utah. BURIED: East Burial Place, (Riverside Cemetery), Middletown, Conn. !LDS: B: E: SP: DATES; IGI 1/1995 CD-ROMS.

DOCUMENTATION

BIRTH: Source - V.R. ov Middletown, Conn., page 209
BAPTISM:
MARRIAGE:
DEATH:

Jabez Hamlin was the first mayor of Middletown, Connecticut.
A portrait of Jabez Hamlin has been restored and is in the Connecticut
the Connecticut Historical Society. Artist unknown.
Source - "The Seymour Family"

Jabez married Christophers, Mary on 19 Nov 1729 in First Church of Christ, New London, New London, Connecticut. Mary was born on 25 Aug 1712 in New London, Connecticut; was christened on 29 Aug 1714 in New London, New London, Connecticut; died on 3 Apr 1736 in Connecticut; was buried in Oct 1755 in Old Burying Ground, New London, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Carruthers, John on 10 May 1737 in Wethersfield, Massachusetts. John was born in <1706> in Of Guilford, , Vermont, United States; died after 1793 in Bennington, , Vermont, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Birthdate from Barbour - V.R. of Middletown, Conn., page 210.

William married Stedman, Abigail about 1724 in of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Abigail was born about 1698 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened on 23 Jan 1703/1704 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died in in Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Harris, Sarah on 16 Sep 1725 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Sarah was born on 9 Jan 1703 in Middleton, Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 30 Jan 1704; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Birthdate and Marriage date from Barbour - V.R. of Middletown, Conn., page 208. !Edward was living in 1733, Manwaring Early Conn. Probate Records, Volume III, page 62.

Edward married Stow, Phebe on 18 Dec 1734 in prob Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Phebe was born about 1702 in ; was christened on 5 Aug 1706 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Susanna

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Middletown, New York.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1710

DEATH: Also shown as Died Deceased

Family/Spouse: Wolcott, Peter. Peter was born about 1706 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened in 1706 in Connecticut, United States; died in 1733 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!Birthdate from Barbour - V.R. of Middletown, Conn. page 208. !Living in 1733, sole executor of father's estate, Manwaring - ECPR, Volume III, page 62.

Charles married Starr, Elizabeth on 18 Dec 1735 in Middletown, Connecticut. Elizabeth (daughter of Starr, Joseph and Baldwin, Abigail) was born on 11 Nov 1715 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut; was christened on 13 Nov 1715 in 1st Church, Middletown, Midx., Connecticut; died on 16 Sep 1736 in Middletown, Mdsx, Connecticut, ag25; was buried in Sep 1736 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hormer, Ann. Ann died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Waterhouse, capt Abraham WFT est 1707-1745. Abraham was born on 16 Jul 1700 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, UNITED STATES; died in 1765 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SAMUEL was a farmer. He built a house on Wolcott Hill in Wethersfield in 1750.

!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; p.144, Wethersfield Cemetery, "In memory of Mr. Samuel Wolcott, who died Apr. 11th 1800, aged 88 Years"

929.273 W 83W WOLCOTT GEN. P89

DOCUMENTATION

!BIRTH: Genealogies of Conn. Families, Vol.III, page 569. Also Barbour -
V.R. of Wethersfield, Conn., page 304.
!MARRIAGE: Source - The Family of Henry Wolcott by Chandler Wolcott, (1912).
!DEATH: Source - same as marriage.

Samuel married Wyatt, Mary on 11 Mar 1731 in Cnnt.. Mary was born on 19 Nov 1716 in Colchester, New London, Connecticut; died on 6 Jun 1758 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; was buried in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Sherman, Sarah after 1731 in Cnnt.. Sarah was born on 23 Jul 1715 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; was christened in Feb 1718; died on 6 Mar 1794; was buried in Newington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mahitable married Russell, Jonathan about 1726 in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Jonathan was born on 7 Jan 1705 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 10 Sep 1759 in Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

ELISHA's father died when Elisha was 18. Probate records say that in Feb. 1736 he chose John Stillman of Wethersfield as his guardian. He is said to have lived in the house on Wolcott Hill that his brother, Samuel, built in 1750. He was a deacon in the Wethersfield church, and in 1790 owned one slave.

DOCUMENTATION
!BIRTH: The Society of Colonial Wars in The State of Connecticut, Register
of Pedigrees and Services of Ancestors, page 236. Barbour - V.R. of
Wethersfield, Conn., page 302.
!MARRIAGES: Source - Barbour - same page. The ceremony was performed by .
Rev. Lockwood.
!DEATH: Source - Colonial Wars - same as birth.

(Dea) married Nott, Sarah on 28 Jan 1746 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Sarah was born on 12 Mar 1727 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died in 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joshiah married Goodrich, Lois about 1741 in . Lois was born about 1721; was christened on 13 Apr 1728 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died in 1768. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

DOCUMENTATION

!SOURCE - "Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography" from The America Historical
Society, Vol. II or IV, page 16 & 17.

!SOURCE - Genealogies of Conn. Families, (NEHGR) Vol. III, page 570.
!SOURCE - Barbour - "Vital Records of Litchfield, Conn.", page 241 Oliver was a State Representative May 1767, Oct 1768, Oct 1770, Oct 1764.

!SPOUSE: Alvan Talcott, FAMILIES OF EARLY GUILFORD, CT; 1639-1890; Baltimore; Genealogical Pub Co; 1984; indexed; p 224. Note: Dr. Talcott served as Registrar of Guilford, and spent 50 years researching this book. The Barbour Collection of Connectivut Vital Records supplies the facts for earliest dates. The Connecticut Society of Genealogists directed the publication of this book, and consulted the New Haven Colony Historical Society. !MARRIAGE: BARBOUR COLLECTION; Connecticut Vital Records; Guilford Births, Marriages, Deaths 1639-1850; FHL film 0002971; p51. !SPOUSE-DEATH: GENEALOGIES OF CONNECTICUT FAMILIES From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register Vol,1, Adams-Gates; Baltimore; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983; "Edward and John Collins and Their Descendants," compiled by Hon. Ralph C. Smith, and communicated by Dr. Bernard C. Steiner; p. 468-476; El Paso Public Library, Geneal 929.3746 G286 V. 1.

Signer of the Declaration of Independence for Connecticut, governor of
Connecticut.

Oliver Wolcott
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Oliver Wolcott, Signer of the Declaration of Independence
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Oliver served as a Corporal in the French and Indian War, 3rd Compan y, 1st Regiment.

DOCUMENTATION

BIRTH: Genealogies of Conn. Families, (NEHGR) Vol. III, page 569. Also
Barbour - Vital Records of Wethersfield, Conn., page 303.
MARRIAGE:
DEATH: Source - same as birth.
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Wolcott was born in Windsor, Connecticut, the youngest of fourteen children of the colonial governor Roger Wolcott. He attended Yale College, graduating in 1747. He was commissioned to raise a militia company to fight in the French and Indian War, and he served the King as Captain in this unit on the northern frontier. At the end of the war, Wolcott studied medicine with his brother, Alexander,[1] then was appointed sheriff of the newly created Litchfield County, Connecticut, serving from about 1751 to 1771. He married Lorraine (Laura) Collins of Guilford, Connecticut, on January 21, 1755.[2] They had five children, Oliver (who died young), Oliver Jr., Laura, Mariann, and Frederick.

Oliver Wolcott The descendants of Henry Wolcott have acted a conspicuous part in the field and in the legislative hall. Oliver Wolcott, was the youngest son of Roger Wolcott, who was appointed governor of Connecticut in 1751. Oliver was born the 26th of November, 1726, and graduated at Yale College at the age of 21. The same year he was commissioned to command a company which he raised and marched to the defense of the northern frontier, where he remained until the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle. He then returned, applied himself to the study of medicine, until he was appointed the first sheriff of the county of Litchfield, formed in 1751. In 1755 he married Laura Collins, an amiable and discreet woman of great merit. In 1774 he was appointed counselor, which station he filled for twelve successive years. He was also chief judge of the common plea court, and, for a long time, a judge of the court of probate. As a military officer he rose from the grade of captain to that of major-general. In the summer of 1776, he commanded the fourteen regiments raised by Governor Trumbull to act with the army in New York. He headed his brigade at the memorable battle that resulted in the capture of Burgoyne and revived the drooping cause of the bleeding colonies. He was uniformly consulted on important military movements, and was listened to with great confidence and respect. From his common ways he was a big and ardent supporter of the revolution. In 1775 he was appointed by congress a commissioner of Indian affairs for the northern department, a trust of high importance at that time. During the same year his influence was happily shown in reconciling disputes between the neighboring colonies relative to their respective boundaries. Admirable and persuasive in his manners, aided by a sound hatred and a correct sense of justice, he was well calculated to be a mediator between contending parties. In 1776 he took his seat in congress, and remained until he affixed his signature to that Declaration which burst the chains of slavery, gave birth to a nation in a day, astonished gazing millions, made the British king tremble on his throne, and stamped the names of its signers with a fame that will endure, unimpaired, through the rolling ages of time. He then returned and took his station in the field, and on all occasions proved himself a brave, skillful, and prudent officer. When he deemed his services more useful in Congress, he occasionally took his seat in that body until 1783. In 1785 he was associated with Arthur Lee and Richard Butler to conclude a peace with the Six Nations. The year following he was elected lieutenant-governor, which station he filled for ten years, when he was chosen governor, the dignified duties of which station he performed until death closed his mortal career on the first of December, 1797, in the seventy-first year of his age, regretted by all, and most by those who knew him best. In addition to his numerous public services, always performed without pomp or noise, his private character shone with peculiar luster. He possessed all the sterling virtues, was a devout and consistent Christian, an honorable and honest man.

§Death and legacy[edit]
On December 1, 1797, he died in Farmington, Connecticut. He is interred at East Cemetery, Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Oliver Wolcott, Jr., his son, served as Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents George Washington and John Adams and as Governor of Connecticut. The town of Wolcott, Connecticut was named in honor of Oliver and his son, Oliver Jr. His home in Litchfield was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971. In Torrington, Connecticut there is a school named after him Oliver Wolcott Technical High School. He was passionate about poetry.

About 1798, Fort Washington on Goat Island in Newport, Rhode Island was renamed Fort Wolcott. Fort Wolcott was an active fortification until 1836. It later became the site of the United States Naval Torpedo Station.

Oliver married Collins, Laura in 1751 in Of, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. Laura was born on 1 Jan 1732 in Guilford, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; died on 19 Apr 1794 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hurlburt, Sarah. Sarah (daughter of Hurlbut, Joseph and Fitch, Sibell) was born on 18 May 1716 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 2 Jul 1710 in Wethersfield, , Hartford, Connecticut; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Birth is 15 Nov 1701/2 and death is 17 Feb 1702. She was born in the winter and died the same winter.

Notes:

DEATH: Some have 10 or 18 Dec 1778. Age 75

Notes:

BIRTH: Some have 7 Nov 1704/5.

Notes:

BIOGRAPHY: A descendant of Gov. Bradford of Plymouth Colony. Rev. Nathaniel Collins was the second son of Rev. Nathaniel Collins the first Clergyman of Enfield. He was an officer in the Cape Breton expedition. He afterwards was for many years the minister of the Second Congregational Society in this town. He died in 17-- one son who settled in Enfield

BIOGRAPHY: A descendant of Gov. Bradford of Plymouth Colony.

Nathaniel married Pease, Abigail on 17 Jul 1735 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Abigail was born on 7 Jun 1708 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 1 May 1792 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Some have 20 Jun 1711.

Family/Spouse: Hale, Rebecca. Rebecca was born on 3 Nov 1727 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 1 Aug 1785 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 25 Mar 1732

DEATH: Also shown as Died Deceased

Notes:

!Birth, death and marriage dates from "The Hamlin Family" Genealogy by Hon. H. Franklin Andrews, pages 61, 81, 84.

Sarah married Sage, Comfort on 16 Jan 1752 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Comfort was born on 22 Aug 1730 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 14 Mar 1799 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was buried in Mortimer, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Captain married Allen, Hannah on 28 Jun 1750 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Hannah was born on 10 Apr 1728 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; died on 9 May 1807 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Captain married Stow, Elizabeth in 1808 in Westfield, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. Elizabeth died in 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Fuller, John on 10 Feb 1746/1747 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticutt. John was born on 29 Jan 1727 in Easthadopm Middle Sex, Connecticut, United States; died on 7 Mar 1789 in East Hampton, Connecticutt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Warren, Jabez Jr.. Jabez was born on 23 Apr 1727 in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; died on 9 Nov 1795 in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

!From Father's will

Charles married Rogers, Elizabeth in 1OCT1761 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Elizabeth was born on 4 May 1743 in Middletown Twp, Middlesex, Connecticut; died in 1831 in Ainsville, Oneida, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samll. married Ely, Thankful on 31 Oct 1771 in Middletown, Midds., Connecticut. Thankful was born on 8 Feb 1745 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was christened on 28 Jan 1745 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts; died on 22 Jan 1801. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Death: 1770, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Notes:

Abigail married Root, Thomas on 6 Feb 1762 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. Thomas was born on 13 Apr 1723 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MARRIAGE: Westfield Genealogical Record Series Vol. 8 by Rev John Ballentine

BURIAL: Age 80

Elce married Tremain, Simeon on 19 May 1757. Simeon was born on 18 Mar 1730 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 22 Mar 1730 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; died on 4 May 1801 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• MARR: 1 Nov 1770

Eliphalet married Abbe, Abigail on 1 Nov 1770 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Abigail was born on 13 May 1750 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 22 Jun 1844. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jerusha married Parsons, Elijah on 16 Oct 1766 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Elijah was born on 21 Jul 1745 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 31 Aug 1797. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1 Jul 1753

Family/Spouse: Ellsworth. was born est 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• MARR: 18 Aug 1777