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Maj. Gen. Erastus Wolcott

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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]
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
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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.