See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

ROGER See also:

• ROGER WOLCOTT (1679-1767)

WOLCOTT (1679-1767)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor, See also:

• CONNECTICUT

Connecticut, on the 4th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1679, the son of See also:

• SIMON, ABRAHAM (1622-1692)
• SIMON, JULES FRANCOIS (1814–1896)
• SIMON, RICHARD (1638–1712)
• SIMON, SIR JOHN (1816–1904)
• SIMON, THOMAS (c. 1623-1665)

Simon See also:

• WOLCOTT, ROGER (1679-1767)

Wolcott (d . 1687) . He was a See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

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

Manor, Tolland, See also:

• SOMERSET, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• SOMERSET, EDMUND BEAUFORT, DUKE OF (c. 1404–1455)
• SOMERSET, EDWARD SEYMOUR, DUKE OF (c. 1506–1552)
• SOMERSET, LORD ROBERT EDWARD HENRY (1776-1842)
• SOMERSET, ROBERT CARR (or KER), EARL OF (e. 1590-1645)

Somerset, who emigrated to New See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in 1628, assisted See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

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
• CONN, LOUGH

Conn., in 1635, and was a member of the first See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly of Connecticut in 1637 and of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Magistrates from 1643 to his See also:

• DEATH

death.' See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger Wolcott was See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early apprenticed to a See also:

• WEAVER, JAMES BAIRD (1833- )

weaver and throve at this See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade; he was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly in 1709, one of the See also:

• BENCH (an O.E. and Eng. form of a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Bank, Dan. baenk and the Eng. doublet " bank ")

Bench of Justices in 1710, See also:

• COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

commissary of the Connecticut forces in the expedition of 1711 against See also:

• CANADA

Canada, a member of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council in 1714, See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge of the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court in 1721 and of the See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior court in 1732, and See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor and See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief-See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of the superior court in 1741 . He was second in command to See also:

• SIR

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, SIR WILLIAM (1696-1759)

Pepperrell, with See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

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
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East Windsor, on the 17th of May 1767 . He wrote Poetical Meditations (1725), an.epic on Tji Agency of the See also:

• HONOURABLE (Fr. honorable, from Lat. honorabilis, worthy of honour)

Honourable John See also:

• WINTHROP
• WINTHROP, JOHN (1588-1649)
• WINTHROP, JOHN (1606-1676)
• WINTHROP, ROBERT CHARLES (1809-1894)

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 (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series i, Collections of See also:

• MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts See also:

• HISTORICAL

Historical Society), and a pamphlet to prove that " the New England Congregational churches are and always have been consociated churches." His See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

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, THOMAS (1524-1583)

ERASTUS WOLCOTT (1722-1793) was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly and its See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker; he was a brigadier-general of Connecticut See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, and afterwards a judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut . Another son, See also:

• OLIVER, ISAAC (c. 1566--1617)
• OLIVER, PETER (1594-1648)

OLIVER WOLCOTT (1726-1797), graduated at Yale in 1747 and studied See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine with his See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander (1712-1795) . In 1751 he was made See also:

• SHERIFF

sheriff of the newly established See also:

• LITCHFIELD

Litchfield county and settled in Litchfield, where he practised See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law .

He was a member of the Council in 1774-1786 and of the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress in 1775-1776, 1778 and 178o-1784 . Congress made him a See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of See also:

• INDIAN

Indian affairs for the See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

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 (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

Declaration of Independence; commanded Connecticut militia that helped to defend New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1776; in 1777 organized more Connecticut See also:

• VOLUNTEERS

volunteers and took See also:

• PART

part in the last few days of the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against General John See also:

• BURGOYNE, JOHN (1722-1792)
• BURGOYNE, SIR JOHN FOX

Burgoyne; and in 1779 commanded the militia during the See also:

• BRITISH

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 (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of 1662 . In 1786-1796 he was See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-governor of Connecticut, and in See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1787 was a member of the Connecticut See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention which ratified the Federal Constitution; he became governor in 1796 upon the death (15th See also:

• JAN

Jan.) of See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• HUNTINGTON
• HUNTINGTON, DANIEL (1816-1906)
• HUNTINGTON, FREDERIC DAN (1819–1904)

Huntington, and served until his death on the 1st of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1797 . See the See also:

• SKETCH (directly adapted from Dutch schets, which was taken from Ital. schizzo, a rough draft, Lat. schedium, something hastily made, Gr. oxE&os, sudden, off-hand, axeb6v, near by; Ger. Skizze and Fr. esquisse are from the same source)

sketch by his son Oliver in See also:

• SANDERSON, ROBERT (1587-1663)

Sanderson's See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence (See also:

• PHILADELPHIA

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 (O. E. gerefa)
• REEVE, CLARA (1729–1807)
• REEVE, HENRY (1813–1895)

Reeve, and was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1781 . With Oliver See also:

• ELLSWORTH
• ELLSWORTH, OLIVER (1745–1807)

Ellsworth he was appointed (May 1784) a commissioner to adjust the claims of Connecticut against the See also:

• UNITED

United States . In 1788 he was made See also:

• COMPTROLLER

comptroller of public accounts of Connecticut; in the next See also:

• YEAR

year was appointed auditor of the Federal See also:

• TREASURY

Treasury; in See also:

• JUNE

June 1791 became comptroller of the Treasury, and in See also:

• FEBRUARY

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, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter attack by the Democratic-Republican See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press, against which he defended himself in an Address to the See also:

• PEOPLE

People of the United States . In 1801-1802 he was judge of the See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

Circuit Court of the Second See also:

• DISTRICT

District (Connecticut, See also:

• VERMONT

Vermont and New York), and then entered business in New York City, where he was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-lived Merchants' See also:

• BANK

Bank (1803) and president (1812-1814) of the Bank of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America . With a brother he then founded factories at Wolcottville (near Litchfield) . He re-entered politics as a See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of the " See also:

• TOLERATION (from Lat. tolerare, to endure)

Toleration Republicans," attempting to oust the Congregational See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy from See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power by adopting a more liberal constitution in See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the charter; he was defeated for governor in 1815, but in 1817 presided over the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

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
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• GIBBS, JOSIAH WILLARD (1839-1903)
• GIBBS, OLIVER WOLCOTT (1822-1908)

Gibbs (1815-1873), in 1846 edited See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

Administration of See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

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 (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

Influence on the Affairs of the United States Proved and Explained (1804) .