Maj. Gen. Erastus Wolcott

1722 - 1793  (70 years)

• 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

  
  

• 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.