Maj. Gen. Erastus Wolcott

1722 - 1793  (70 years)

• Name	Erastus Wolcott  [1]
  Prefix	Maj. Gen.
  Born	21 Sep 1722	Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Sep 1793	South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut   [2]
  Buried	South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut   [2]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Maj. Gen. Erastus Wolcott ,   b. 21 Sep 1722, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut ,   d. 14 Sep 1793, South Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age 70 years) + 2. Oliver Wolcott, Governor of Connecticut ,   b. 20 Nov 1726, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut ,   d. 1 Dec 1797, Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age 71 years)
  Person ID	I18117	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of DDB
  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)
  Married	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)
  Married	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)
  Last Modified	25 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F11072	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.

  
  

• 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.