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Maj. Gen. Erastus Wolcott

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Name Erastus Wolcott [1] Prefix Maj. Gen. Birth 21 Sep 1722 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut [2]
Gender Male Death 14 Sep 1793 South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut [2]
Burial South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut [2]
Person ID I18117 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 22 Nov 2020
Father Roger Wolcott, Governor of Connecticut, b. 4 Jan 1679, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut d. 17 May 1767, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
(Age 88 years)
Mother Sarah Drake, b. 10 May 1686, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut d. 20 Jan 1748, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
(Age 61 years)
Marriage 3 Dec 1702 Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut [2]
Family ID F11083 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jerusha Wolcott, b. 18 Jan 1719, South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut d. 2 Jun 1789, South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
(Age 70 years)
Marriage 10 Feb 1746 [2] Children + 1. Jerusha Wolcott, b. 29 Nov 1755, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut d. 19 Mar 1844, East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut
(Age 88 years)
Family ID F11072 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Nov 2018
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Notes - He was a representative to the Connecticut general assembly for many terms, and a speaker of the assembly. Also a justice of the peace, probate judge, and chief judge of the county court.
He commanded a regiment of Connecticut militia in 1776, helping to raise the siege of Boston. In 1777 he led troops guarding the Hudson. He was appointed by Washington to the court-martial conducting the trial of Major Andre. After the war, he was a judge of the Connecticut supreme court. Yale College, it is said, gave him an honorary degree.
- He was a representative to the Connecticut general assembly for many terms, and a speaker of the assembly. Also a justice of the peace, probate judge, and chief judge of the county court.
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Sources - [S2419] Wolcott Genealogy: The Family of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut by Chandler Wolcott. Rochester, New York: The Genesee Press, 1912.
- [S2420] Wolcott Immigrants and Their Early Descendants (The First Six Generations) by John Benjamin Wolcott and Charles V. Waid. Society of Descendants of Henry Wolcott, 2002.
- [S2419] Wolcott Genealogy: The Family of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut by Chandler Wolcott. Rochester, New York: The Genesee Press, 1912.