Henry Wolcott, Esq., was born A. D. 1578; and on or about the year
1607, married Elisabeth Sanders, who was born in 1589. He lived in
Tolland, near Taunton in Somersetshire, England, till the year 1630,
and then to avoid persecution, came with his family into New England,
and settled at Dorchester. In the year 1636, he went with his family
to Windsor in Connecticut. Mr. Wolcott, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Newberry,
Mr. Stoughton, and Major Mason, were the five gentlemen that
undertook the settling of the town. Mr. Wolcott was one of the first
magistrates in the Colony of Connecticut; he lived in that post in
Windsor, till he died, May 30, 1655. His wife died July 7, 1655, and
she and her husband lie buried in one tomb in Windsor. Their children
were
1. Anna, who m. Matthew Griswold and d. at Lyme. 2. Henry
Wolcott, Esq., b. 1610, d. at Windsor, July 12, 1680. 3. George,
who d. at Wethersfield, Feb. 12, 1663. 4. Christopher, who d. in
Windsor, Sept. 7, 1662. 5. Mary, m. Job Drake, and d. in Windsor,
Sept. 6, 1689. 6. Simon, b. 1625, d. in Windsor, Sept. 11, 1687;
his wife d. Oct. 13, 1719.