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John Wolcott 1660 – 1749 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 OCT 1660

Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Death Date: AFT 9 MAY 1749

Death Location: Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Father: John Woolcott

Mother: Mary Thorley

Spouse(s): Johanna Emerson

Children(s): Joanna Wolcott, Sarah Wolcott, Ruth Woolcott, John Wolcott, Sarah Wolcott, Nathaniel Woolcott, Lydia Woolcott, Hannah Woolcott

In 1660, John Wolcott entered the world in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, born to John Woolcott and Mary Thorley. John Wolcott married Johanna Emerson, and had children including Joanna Wolcott, Sarah Wolcott, Ruth Woolcott, John Wolcott, Sarah Joanna Wolcott, Nathaniel Woolcott, Lydia Woolcott, Hannah Woolcott. John Wolcott passed away in 1749 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • In 1660, John Wolcott entered the world in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, born to John Woolcott and Mary Thorley.
  • John Wolcott married Johanna Emerson, and had children including Joanna Wolcott, Sarah Wolcott, Ruth Woolcott, John Wolcott, Sarah Joanna Wolcott, Nathaniel Woolcott, Lydia Woolcott, Hannah Woolcott.
  • John Wolcott passed away in 1749 in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Woolcott
1636 – 1690
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
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Mary Thorley
1636 – 1692
Birth Location: Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Johanna Emerson
1663 – 1751
Birth Location: Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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Children(s)

Joanna Wolcott
1686 – 1751
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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Sarah Wolcott
1675 – 1699
Birth Location: Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Ruth Woolcott
1690 – 1723
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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John Wolcott
1696 – 1728
Birth Location: Brookfield, Worcester, Colony of Massachusetts, British Colonial America
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Sarah Wolcott
1698 – 1777
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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Nathaniel Woolcott
1700 – 1771
Birth Location: Brookfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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Lydia Woolcott
1703 – 1750
Birth Location: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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Hannah Woolcott
1704 – 1794
Birth Location: Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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John Wolcott's Ancestors

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John Wolcott
1660 – 1749
Birth Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Parents
John Woolcott
1636 – 1690
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
Mary Thorley
1636 – 1692
Holme-on-Spalding-Moor, Yorkshire, England
Grandparents
John Wolcott
1599 – 1638
Axbridge, Somerset, England
Winifred Longman
1603 – 1701
Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, England, United Kingdom
Richard Thorley
1601 – 1685
East Ridding Yorkshire England
Jane Booth
1610 – 1683
Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Edward Wolcott
Mary Phippen
1567 – 1619
Francis Thorley
1579 –
Anne Morse
1579 –
Robert Booth
1570 – 1628
Catherine Johnson
1584 – 1630
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Wolcott
1531 – 1589
Elizabeth Wolcott
1532 – 1594
John Phippen
Sir Booth
1540 – 1579
Elizabeth Warburton
1546 – 1628
William Johnson
1548 – 1621
Maude Wetherhead
1553 – 1617

John Wolcott's Descendants

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John Wolcott (25 OCT 1660 – AFT 9 MAY 1749) m. Johanna Emerson (1663 – 4 JUL 1751)
  1. 1. Joanna Wolcott (22 JAN 1686 – 4 JUL 1751) m. Samuel Wheeler (23 JAN 1680 – AFT 17 OCT 1761)
    1. 1. Mary Wheeler (18 OCT 1706 – 11 JUN 1743) m. John Hamilton (26 AUG 1699 – 4 MAY 1746)
      1. 1. John Hamilton (1728 – 2 JUN 1806) m. Jane Wilson (1734 – 1799)
        1. 1. Martha Hamilton (17 SEP 1768 – 29 AUG 1808) m. David Perry (8 AUG 1759 – 28 NOV 1836)
        2. 2. Nancy Hamilton (1767 – 1793) m. Whitmore
        3. 3. William Hamilton (1771 – 9 JUL 1826) m. Rachel Hamilton (1787 – 1855) m. Elizabeth Thomas (ABT 1774 – 21 JUN 1829)
        4. 4. John Hamilton (18 DEC 1772 – 13 SEP 1843) m. Nancy Hopkins (13 JAN 1776 – 23 AUG 1861)
        5. 5. James Hamilton (1773 – 28 NOV 1845) m. Betsey Hopkins (26 MAR 1784 – 10 APR 1849)
        6. 6. Miriam Hamilton (3 OCT 1780 – 21 AUG 1818) m. James (S.) Dixon (26 FEB 1779 – 24 FEB 1870)
        7. 7. Mary Hamilton (16 JUL 1783 – 8 DEC 1852) m. Peter Douglas (19 DEC 1775 – 11 SEP 1861)
      2. 2. Reuben Hamilton (6 NOV 1726 – 14 JUL 1790) m. Lucretia Hubbard (28 APR 1737 – ABT 1805)
      3. 3. John Hamilton (18 DEC 1728 – 16 JUN 1806) m. Joanna Woolcott (26 SEP 1732 – 1813)
      4. 4. Levi Hamilton (25 DEC 1730 – 1761) m. Hamilton (ABT 1732 – BEF 1800)
      5. 5. Hannah Hamilton (10 DEC 1733 – ) m. Nathaniel Woolcott (3 MAY 1730 – )
      6. 6. Silas Hamilton (21 FEB 1736 – 10 FEB 1810) m. Hannah Hoit (6 SEP 1744 – 9 MAY 1842)
      7. 7. Mary Hamilton (4 NOV 1739 – 1835) m. Aaron Goodrich (30 APR 1749 – 14 APR 1776)
    2. 2. Jonathan (B.) Wheeler (14 SEP 1705 – 10 DEC 1755)
    3. 3. Joanna Wheeler (13 AUG 1708 – 11 JAN 1772) m. Ephraim Hayward (26 JUL 1697 – 16 SEP 1770)
    4. 4. Elizabeth Wheeler (9 JAN 1710 – 19 FEB 1716)
    5. 5. Ruth Wheeler (23 JUL 1712 – 9 OCT 1780) m. Nathan Hamilton (1707 – 14 FEB 1795)
    6. 6. Samuel Wheeler (23 JUL 1714 – AFT 25 FEB 1774) m. Hepzibah Owen (4 MAY 1712 – 25 OCT 1768)
    7. 7. Josiah Wheeler (26 JUL 1716 – 22 MAR 1806) m. Zerviah Rice (23 SEP 1721 – 21 MAR 1741) m. Hannah Adams (25 MAR 1724 – 25 DEC 1809)
    8. 8. Mercy Wheeler (18 OCT 1718 – 27 MAR 1819) m. Thomas Banister (15 JUN 1715 – 11 AUG 1791) m. John Goffe (17 FEB 1727 – 3 FEB 1816)
    9. 9. Lydia Wheeler (5 AUG 1720 – 25 MAR 1805) m. Josiah Putnam (3 MAR 1718 – 4 FEB 1795)
    10. 10. Thankful Wheeler (5 JUL 1722 – 11 DEC 1745)
  2. 2. Sarah Wolcott (1675 – 1699)
  3. 3. Ruth Woolcott (ABT 1690 – 11 APR 1723)
  4. 4. John Wolcott (15 DEC 1696 – AFT 17 APR 1728) m. Dinah Walker (1706 – 6 MAR 1785)
  5. 5. Sarah (Joanna) Wolcott (22 JAN 1698 – 6 OCT 1777) m. Thomas Gibbs (19 AUG 1689 – 1771)
  6. 6. Nathaniel Woolcott (1700 – OCT 1771) m. Deborah Walker (ABT 1702 – BEF 1744) m. Beulah Woolson (1 MAR 1714 – OCT 1755) m. Dorothy Richardson m. Mary Hayward (6 DEC 1708 – 30 JUL 1803)
  7. 7. Lydia Woolcott (1703 – 1750) m. Ebenezer Howe (1 MAY 1701 – 1754) m. Ebenezer Howe (23 APR 1697 – 30 JUN 1753)
  8. 8. Hannah Woolcott (ABT 1704 – MAY 1794) m. Roger Stevens (22 MAY 1708 – MAY 1792)

John Wolcott's Timeline

2 Records

1660
25 OCT 1660
Birth of John Wolcott in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
1749
AFT 9 MAY 1749
Age 89
Death of John Wolcott in Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 OCT 1660
    Event Place: Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: AFT 9 MAY 1749
    Event Place: Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
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