See also:ROGER See also:WOLCOTT (1679-1767)
, See also:American See also:administrator, was See also:born in See also:Windsor, See also:Connecticut, on the 4th of See also:January 1679, the son of See also:Simon See also:Wolcott (d
.
1687)
.
He was a See also:grandson of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry Wolcott (1578-1655) of Galdon See also:Manor, Tolland, See also:Somerset, who emigrated to New See also:England in 1628, assisted See also:John See also:- MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
- MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
- MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
- MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
- MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
- MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
- MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
- MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
- MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
- MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)
Mason and others to found Windsor, See also:Conn., in 1635, and was a member of the first See also:General See also:Assembly of Connecticut in 1637 and of the See also:House of Magistrates from 1643 to his See also:death.' See also:Roger Wolcott was See also:early apprenticed to a See also:weaver and throve at this See also:trade; he was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly in 1709, one of the See also:Bench of Justices in 1710, See also:commissary of the Connecticut forces in the expedition of 1711 against See also:Canada, a member of the See also:Council in 1714, See also:judge of the See also:county See also:court in 1721 and of the See also:superior court in 1732, and See also:deputy-See also:governor and See also:chief-See also:justice of the superior court in 1741
.
He was second in command to See also:Sir See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Pepperrell, with See also:rank of See also:major-general in the expedition (1745) against Louisbourg, and was governor of Connecticut in 1751-1754
.
He died in what is now See also:East Windsor, on the 17th of May 1767
.
He wrote Poetical Meditations (1725), an.epic on Tji Agency of the See also:Honourable John See also:Winthrop in the Court of See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Chary the Second (printed in pp
.
262-298 of vol
.
Iv., See also:series i, Collections of See also:Massachusetts See also:Historical Society), and a pamphlet to prove that " the New England Congregational churches are and always have been consociated churches." His See also:Journal at the See also:Siege of Louisbourg is printed in pp 131-161 of vol. i
.
(186o) of the Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society
.
His son, See also:ERASTUS WOLCOTT (1722-1793) was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly and its See also:speaker; he was a brigadier-general of Connecticut See also:militia in the See also:War of See also:Independence, and afterwards a judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut
.
Another son, See also:OLIVER WOLCOTT (1726-1797), graduated at Yale in 1747 and studied See also:medicine with his See also:brother See also:Alexander (1712-1795)
.
In 1751 he was made See also:sheriff of the newly established See also:Litchfield county and settled in Litchfield, where he practised See also:law
.
He was a member of the Council in 1774-1786 and of the See also:Continental See also:Congress in 1775-1776, 1778 and 178o-1784
.
Congress made him a See also:commissioner of See also:Indian affairs for the See also:Northern See also:Department in 1775, and during the early years of the War of Independence he was active in raising militia in Connecticut
.
He was one of the signers of the See also:Declaration of Independence; commanded Connecticut militia that helped to defend New See also:York See also:City in See also:August 1776; in 1777 organized more Connecticut See also:volunteers and took See also:part in the last few days of the See also:campaign against General John See also:Burgoyne; and in 1779 commanded the militia during the See also:British invasion of Connecticut
.
In 1784, as one of the commissioners of Indian affairs for the Northern Department, he negotiated the treaty of Fort Stanwix (22nd Oct.) settling the boundaries of the Six Nations
.
' Henry Wolcott the younger (d
.
168o) was one of the patentees of Connecticut under the See also:charter of 1662
.
In 1786-1796 he was See also:lieutenant-governor of Connecticut, and in See also:November 1787 was a member of the Connecticut See also:Convention which ratified the Federal Constitution; he became governor in 1796 upon the death (15th See also:Jan.) of See also:Samuel See also:Huntington, and
served until his death on the 1st of See also:December 1797
.
See the See also:sketch by his son Oliver in See also:Sanderson's See also:Biography of the
Signers of the Declaration of Independence (See also:Philadelphia, 1820-1827)
.
Oliver's son, OLIVER WOLCOTT, jun
.
(176o-1833), graduated
at Yale in 1778, studied law in Litchfield under Judge Tapping See also:Reeve, and was admitted to the See also:bar in 1781
.
With Oliver See also:Ellsworth he was appointed (May 1784) a commissioner to adjust the claims of Connecticut against the See also:United States
.
In 1788 he was made See also:comptroller of public accounts of Connecticut; in the next See also:year was appointed auditor of the Federal See also:Treasury; in See also:June 1791 became comptroller of the Treasury, and in See also:February 1795 succeeded Alexander See also:- HAMILTON
- HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
- HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
- HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
- HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
- HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
- HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
- HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
- HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
- HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
- HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
- HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
- HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
- HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
- HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)
Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury
.
At the end of 1800 he resigned after a See also:bitter attack by the Democratic-Republican See also:press, against which he defended himself in an Address to the See also:People of the United States
.
In 1801-1802 he was judge of the See also:Circuit Court of the Second See also:District (Connecticut, See also:Vermont and New York), and then entered business in New York City, where he was See also:president of the See also:short-lived Merchants' See also:Bank (1803) and president (1812-1814) of the Bank of See also:North See also:America
.
With a brother he then founded factories at Wolcottville (near Litchfield)
.
He re-entered politics as a See also:leader of the " See also:Toleration Republicans," attempting to oust the Congregational See also:clergy from See also:power by adopting a more liberal constitution in See also:place of the charter; he was defeated for governor in 1815, but in 1817 presided over the See also:state convention which adopted a new constitution, and in the same year was elected governor, serving until 1827
.
He died in New York City on the 1st of
June 1833
.
His grandson, See also:George See also:Gibbs (1815-1873), in 1846 edited See also:Memoirs of the See also:Administration of See also:Washington and John See also:- ADAMS
- ADAMS, ANDREW LEITH (1827-1882)
- ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS (1807-1886)
- ADAMS, HENRY (1838— )
- ADAMS, HENRY CARTER (1852— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT (i858— )
- ADAMS, HERBERT BAXTER (1850—1901)
- ADAMS, JOHN (1735–1826)
- ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY (1767-1848)
- ADAMS, SAMUEL (1722-1803)
- ADAMS, THOMAS (d. c. 1655)
- ADAMS, WILLIAM (d. 162o)
Adams
.
. . from the Papers of Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury
.
Wolcott wrote British See also:Influence on the Affairs of the United States Proved and Explained (1804)
.
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