Came to America on “The Mary & John” in 1630 with wife and three sons. 1364

The first Wolcott family in the American colonies was that of Henry Wolcott of Tolland, Somerset, and his wife, Elizabeth Saunders, who emigrated to America in 1630. Henry was the son of John Wolcott, Jr. of Tolland, Somerset, son of John Wolcott of Tolland, son of Thomas Wolcott who was living at Tolland in 1525.

Henry, b. 1578 Tolland, Somerset, d. 1655 Windsor CT.   Henry, his wife, and three of their sons sailed from Plymouth on the Mary and John .  They arrived in Dorchester MA 31 May 1630.  Their two daughters and youngest son arrived a few years later.  Henry settled at Windsor CT in 1636.   He was a member of the CT House of Delegates in 1637 and years following, and was a member of the House of Magistrates from 1643 until his death.  Henry and his wife, Elizabeth Saunders Wolcott, both died in 1665, and are buried in the churchyard of the First Congregational Church at Windsor CT.  Their children were:
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THE WOLCOTT FAMILY OF SOMERSET, ENGLAND

An account of the English ancestry of Henry Wolcott, who immigrated to America in 1630, and his third-cousin, John Wolcott, who immigrated in 1634.

Revised May 2003

Among documents which belonged to Henry Wolcott, the immigrant, is an ancient manuscript dated 1618, conveying to Henry's brother, Christopher Wolcott, land in the parishes of Tolland and Lydiard St. Lawrence in the county of Somerset "which now are or lately were parcel of the Manor of Gauldon." Henry Wolcott inherited these lands when Christopher died in 1639.

American Wolcotts came to believe that the property Henry Wolcott inherited from his brother was the principle residence at Tolland known as "Gauldon Manor". An Inquest Post Mortem, taken at the time that Christopher Wolcott died, however, shows that the property purchased by Christopher was only part of the manor, consisting of three houses and a mill. One of these houses, with the adjacent mill, was the home of Henry's father and grandfather, and probably Henry's birthplace. This house has been renovated and is now a residence called Watersmeet Farm.

Most of the remainder of the lands that once were the manor of Gauldon, including the main farm called Gauldon Farm, a fulling mill adjacent to it, twelve acres of wood, and two enclosed lots of eight acres called Serles, was purchased by John Turberville of Sampford Peverell, Devon, in 1615. Gauldon Farm was refurbished by the Turbervilles with the ornate plaster decorations with the Turberville coat of arms that distinguish the house today. The house remained in the Turberville family until 1731, after which it passed to successive owners. The house is known today as Gauldon Manor and has recently been renovated and landscaped. It is now open to the public on certain days for a fee.

The earliest record of Wolcotts that have been found in Somerset is the will of a William Wulcote of Dulverton written in 1500 and proved in 1530. William 's will mentions his wife, Elizabeth, and several godchildren, but no children. He apparently died childless. His relationship to other Wolcotts is unknown. All other records of Wolcotts at Somerset, prior to 1550, are from the parish of Tolland.

Most of Tolland parish lay within the manor of Gauldon. In the fourteenth century, the manor of Gauldon was given by Andrew de Bovedon to Taunton Priory, a house of the Knights Templar. The Templars still owned the manor when the Wolcotts first appeared there in 1525. On 12 February 1539, Taunton Priory surrendered all its lands, including Gauldon manor, to Henry VIII. In 1544, the manor was sold by the Crown for 212L to William Standish of London, with remainder to his daughter, Alice, and her husband, Francis Southwell of Norfolk, and their heirs, and failing such heirs, to John Mynne and his heirs. William Standish died in 1553, and the manor went to his daughter, Alice Southwell, who died childless. Gauldon then went to the Mynne family in accordance with the original deed.

The manor of Gauldon never had a conventional manor house with a resident "lord of the manor." Instead, the Priory at Taunton leased out the properties and collected the rents. In 1520 John Selleck obtained a lease on the principal farm in the manor and a fulling mill adjoining it for life, with successive leases to his wife Agnes and their sons, John and Henry. This is the house known today as Gauldon Manor. In 1525, John Selleck and John Stodden were the largest landowners in the Tolland parish. Selleck paid a tax of 26 shillings, and Stodden 30 shillings. John Stodden left the parish soon after, but the Selleck family stayed on. John's grandson, Robert Selleck (1554-1623), lived in the house that had been his grandfather's. He married Elizabeth Blake, aunt and probably namesake of Elizabeth Saunders, wife of Henry Wolcott, the immigrant. Robert Selleck was also a witness to the will of Roger Wolcott in 1592, and acted as an agent for Robert Mynne when he sold a portion of Gauldon Manor to Christopher Wolcott in 1618.

The names of William and Thomas "Wolcot" appear in 1525 on the earliest lay subsidy tax roll found for Tolland. Thomas was taxed on land valued at 5 pounds per year with a tax of 2 shillings 6 pence, and William on land valued at 3 pounds per year with a tax of 18 pence. As far as is known, they were the only Wolcott heads of families living in Somerset at this time. Both William and Thomas Wolcott's names also appear on the Tolland subsidy rolls of 1535 and 1539. The 1535 and the 1539 tax rolls are nearly identical, with the exception that the tax for William Wolcott was substantially changed, from 17s 1/2d in 1535 to 1s 5 1/2d in 1539, while Thomas, like most others, paid the same tax each time; in his case, 8s 1 1/2d. William apparently increased and then decreased his Tolland land holdings. Interestingly, the Sellacks and Wolcotts are the only surnames from 1525 that remain the same on the Tolland tax rolls of 1535. The 1539 tax roll is the last time William's name appears at Tolland, so he either died or left Tolland soon after this. He appears to have been older than Thomas, and so was probably Thomas' father. Thomas appears to have been the ancestor of all other Tolland Wolcotts.

Thomas was formerly thought to have been a descendant of the Walcott family of Shropshire.  Recent research has found no evidence to support this. It seems likely that he was related to the Wolcott's of Devonshire.  For information on this family, see "The Wolcott Family of Devonshire". 

(1) Thomas Wolcott, c.1500-c.1555, tucker, is the only Wolcott on the Tolland tax rolls in 1550. He was apparently the same Thomas who was on the tax roll of 1525. Tucking and fulling were names for the finishing process of cloth making, in which newly woven wool cloth was prepared for sale by soaking and beating, usually by means of a water driven mill. Thomas Wolcott apparently leased the fulling mill from the Sellacks. Thomas Wolcott's name is also found in several wills of the period. The will of Elizabeth Hervye of Tolland, dated 1550, has Thomas Wolkot as a witness. The will of William Howe of Tolland, dated 1551, has Thomas Wolcott, the elder, as a witness, and mentions a debt due from John Wolcott for eleven yards of raw cloth. The will of John Seller of Tolland, dated 1553, also has Thomas Wolcott, the elder, as witness. Thomas was a property owning adult in 1525 and still alive in 1553, so he was probably born sometime between around 1500. The information in the 1986 Wolcott Genealogy that he was born in 1487, died 5 June 1554, and was married to a Margaret Welling, appears to be fabricated, as he left no will, and birth, marriage, and death records don't begin at Tolland until 1598. Thomas appears to have been the father of all of the next generation of Tolland Wolcotts, Thomas Wolcott, John Wolcott, Henry Wolcott, and Roger Wolcott, who were all adults living in 1572. An Elizabeth Wolcott died at Lydiard St. Lawrence in 1565. The will of Elizabeth Woolcott of Lawrence Lydiard, widow, is dated 1565 and was proved 26 September 1565. In it, Elizabeth asks that she be buried at Tolland, and bequeaths all her property to Thomas Winter, her servant, who she appoints executor of her will. No one else is mentioned. She may have been the widow of Thomas.

(2) Thomas Wolcott,"the younger", c.1525-1572, was a witness to the will of John Toven of Tolland, dated 1551. The will of Alice Howe of Tolland, dated 1565, mentions her godfather, Thomas Woolcott, and also Henry Woolcott, and has Thomas Woolcott and Thomas Venn as overseers. The will of Thomas Wolcott, tucker, of Tolland, dated and proved in 1572, bequeaths 10 pounds to his son, John Wolcott, the elder; an ewe sheep each to his son, Simon, and two unnamed daughters, 4 pence each to several unnamed god-children, and the remainder to his wife Alice. He appoints John Dawe, his brother-in-law, and John Wolcott, his son, as overseers of the will. Whether his wife, Alice, was a Dawe or his sister was married to John Dawe is uncertain.

(3) John Wolcott, c.1545-1589, was the eldest son of Thomas Wolcott, Jr. John, was a successful clothier. As a cloth merchant he probably purchased wool and farmed it out for spinning and weaving. John's eldest son, Henry, was born in 1565, and his fourth son, Richard, in 1580, according to depositions they gave as adults. When John wrote his will in 1585, Henry was old enough to act as his father's executor, but the other eight children were all minors. This Henry, therefore, could not have been Henry Wolcott, the immigrant, who was not born until 1578. John's will bequeathed 30 pounds to his son, William; 50 pounds each to his sons John, Edward, Richard, and Nicholas; 66 pounds each to his daughters Elizabeth and Agnes; 60 pounds to his son David, and the remainder to his son, Henry, who he named executor. The custody of John's children, except for Henry, was given to his uncle, Henry Woolcott of Elworthy, Christopher Nation of Bishops Lydiard, and his brother, Simon. John is mentioned in several other wills. The will of John Seller of Tolland, dated 4 October 1572, has John Woolcott and John Dawe as witnesses. The will of John Seller of Tolland, dated 18 January 1581, appoints John Wolcotte the elder and Thomas Dawe of Tolland as overseers, and mentions a debt of 21 shillings owed to Roger Wolcott of Tolland and a debt of 20 shillings owed to widow Wolcotte. John Dawe was John Wolcott's uncle, and Thomas Dawe probably his cousin. As these are mentioned in the two Seller wills along with John, the clothier, and John Seller was a witness to his father, Thomas Wolcott's will, it seems likely that the Sellers were also relatives of John.

(4) Henry Wolcott, 1562-c.1642, the eldest of John's sons, was executor of his father's will in 1572, and was a clothier like his father. He was executor of the will of Thomas Dawe in 1592, and is on the Tolland tax rolls for 1593, 1597, 1610, 1622 and 1623. In 1606 he served as church warden at Tolland, and was tithingman there in 1623 and 1629. In 1609, Edward Warr of Chipleigh, esq., leased to Henry Woollcott of Tolland, clothier, for 248L, a messuage and tenement in East Towne in the parish of Tolland, to hold for 99 years or the lives of Henry, John, and George, sons of the said Henry. Henry surrendered this property in 1621. A survey of the manor of Brompton Ralph made 3 March 1615, records that Henry Wolcott held by copy of the court rolls dated 1602, for a term of 99 years, or for the term of the lives of Henry Wolcott, and Henry and John Wolcott his sons, four fenced meadows, called Rode Meade, Rodemeadehill, Flaxhaye, and Longmeade or Wester Longmeade, containing 10 acres, valued at 13L 6s 8d per year. In 1618 Henry Woolcott acted as an agent for Robert Mynne in the sale of land in Gauldon Manor to Christopher Woolcott of Wellington. This was apparently the Henry listed on the manor roll as "Henry Woolcote for one cottage in length 80 ft. and in breadth 80 ft. upon the waste of the lord of Tolland in the King's Highway there called the Church House next the rectory there, formerly of Robert Selleck and the late Elizabeth Selleck, by grant of David Selleck. In 1631, a Special Commission of the Exchequer held an investigation at Taunton "in distraint of knighthood". In order to raise money, King James was requiring that all men with lands or goods valued at a certain amount be knighted, for which honor they were required to pay a large sum of money into the Exchequer. Many men tried to avoid this dubious honor. On the list of men examined by this commission appears the name of Henry Woolcot, followed by the notation, "not seized". On a later list, the same name appears, with the notation, "will plead". The first note apparently meant that Henry did not hold land directly from the King, and the second note that he would appear before the commission at a later date. Henry successfully avoided this "honor".

Henry's wife, Joan, is buried under the large stone tomb in the Tolland churchyard. The Tolland parish register for 1637 reads: "7 April - Joan wife of Henry Woolcott the elder buried". She is buried with her eldest son in the tomb which bears the inscription, "The body of John Wolcot 21 Mar 1618 Here also lieth the bodie of Johne Woolcot mother of the saide John Wolcot who deceased the 5th of April 1637." This tomb is next to a similar one on which the inscription has been obliterated, which may cover Joan's husband, Henry.

(5) Henry Wolcott, c.1595-1650, is probably the one named in a manor roll of 1630: "Henry Woolcott junior of Tolland for one cottage with appurtenances standing by the end of Tonebridge called le Dye House in the tithing of Mullane, formerly of Elizabeth Nichols, by grant of Richard Nicholas. Fine 13s d4." In 1633, Henry Woolcott and George Woolcott were appointed attorneys to deliver seizin of Grove tenement in Tolland. Henry and his brother, George, were defendants in extensive litigation which took place in 1636 in the Chancery case of Rogers v. Wolcott. Henry married Joan ____, who is listed in the parish records as mother of his daughter born in 1637. Henry Wollcot of Tolland, gent., was the overseer of the will of Giles Locke of Nynehead, written in 1644, and was probably the Henrie Wollcott who acted as an attorney for Henry Wolcott of New England in 1650.

(6) Joan Wolcott, c. 1630-1684, m. Robert Proctor. Their children, the Proctors, Gales and Thurstons, are named in the will of Joan's brother, John Wolcott, dated 1699.

(6) Henry Wolcott, c. 1635-1670, apparently never married, and died relatively young leaving a sizeable estate, said to be worth 4,000L. His will bequeaths to his sister Joan Proctor, his nieces, Ann Gale and Joan Proctor, and his nephews Henry and Robert Proctor 200 pounds each; to his cousin Joan, daughter of his uncle George, of Tolland, recently deceased, 100 pounds; to Mr. Francis Colby, minister of Tolland ten pounds; to his godson, Henry Neuton ten ewe sheep; to Anne Gardner 10 pounds; to William Newton, butcher, my tenant, 10 pounds; to each of my household servants 20 shillings; to each of my covenant ship servants 20 shillings; to George Woolcott of Greenway, 5 pounds; to Richard and George Woolcott, sons of Richard Woolcott late of Bishops Lydiard 5 pounds each; and "all the rest of my goods and chattels, parts of ships and plantations beyound sea, I do give and bequeath unto my brother John Woolcott." Henry's bequest to his cousin Joan Wolcott was the basis of a legal dispute between Henry's brother, John, and Joan's half brother, John Walsh. John Walsh complained that "Henry Woolcott late of Tolland, gentleman, deceased, being in his lifetime possessed of a very great personal and testamentary estate consisting in goods chattels ready money jewels plate vessels household stuffs etc. to the value of 4,000L and more left in his will among other legacies and bequests unto one Joan Wolcott his cousin germain, daughter of his uncle George Woolcott of Tolland, late before deceased, the sum of 100L.... John Woolcott, his brother and executor... did scruple the payment of the aforesaid 100L and questioned the validity of the deceased passing the right to her legacy to John Walsh ...."

(6) Helen Wolcott, 1637-38, daughter of Henry and Joan Woolcott, was baptized at Tolland in 1637 and buried there in 1638.

(6) Infant daughter, 1639-39, of Henry Woolcott was buried at Tolland, unbaptized, in 1639.

(6) John Wolcott, 1640-1700, was the residual heir of his brother, Henry, who died in 1670. A ship mentioned in Henry's will was probably the ship, Adventure, mentioned in a deposition taken in 1682: "About four months since came into this harbor the ship Adventure, Morgan Byneham master, of which John Woollcots of Tolland was part owner and was loaded with wine brandy linen cloth and salt. The salt entered and paid duty at Minehead but the wine brandy and cloth all run and was a considerable parcel for there was not less than thirty men at work between two and three hours delivering the same." Whether or not John Wolcott was a party to this smuggling operation is unknown. The will of John Wolcott was proved in 1700. It leaves 20L to his kinswoman Frances Procter, widow of Henry Proctor, gent; 30L to Henry Proctor, his godson; 15L to Frances Proctor; 20L to Ann Gale his kinswoman, wife of Thomas Gale, Esq.; 20L to Robert Gale his Godson; and 10L each to Thomas, Henry, Ann, and Joan Gale; 20L to Joan, wife of Edward Thurston Esq., and 20L to Joan Thurston, his goddaughter; and to all the other children of Joan and Edward Thurston, 60 pounds be equally divided. The will mentions his land called Lambrooke lying in the parish of West Monkton, which would go to John Galhampton when he reached the age of 21, and land in Tolland in the possession of Christian Rossiter which would go to his daughter, Joan, for life after the decease of the said Christian Rossiter and then to John Galhampton. Property called Burts Tenement, and meadow called Watkins Meade and four acres of ground at Tolland he left to Joan Galhampton for life and then to John Galhampton. Certain furniture in his dwelling house he left to Ann and John Galhampton. His cattle, sheep, swine, and grain he left to his daughter, Joan. To his kinsman, Samuel Date, was bequeathed two guineas, and unto such servant maid living with him he left 20 shillings. All other lands and properties he bequeathed to John Galhampton, naming Edward Galhampton and John Webber, the elder, of Stogumber as executors.

(7) Joan Wolcott, b. 1670, married Edward Galhampton about 1690. Edward was the son of Edward Galhampton of Lydiard St. Lawrence, who died in 1673, and his wife Ann Trebyll. Joan and Edward had children, John and Ann, and at least two more daughters. Edward Galhampton purchased the house called Gauldon Manor at Tolland in 1699, and died in 1703. His son, John, was apparently deceased in 1720 when his three married sisters sold Gauldon. One of these sisters was apparently the Joan Galhampton who married Benjamin Wolcott of New England at Tolland in 1719. Benjamin was the great-great-grandson of the Henry Wolcott who emigrated to America in 1630. Benjamin had returned to England attempting to settle a disputed inheiritance of the family's land at Tolland. Henry, the emigrant, had entailed the property to his male heirs, a common practice in those days. His grandson, Henry Wolcott, having no sons, bequeathed the property in England to his two daughters, Benjamin's cousins, in 1718. Benjamin was not successful in his attempt to claim the family lands, but his visit to England did result in his marriage to Joan Galhampton. By her he had a son, Henry, baptized at Tolland.

(8) Henry Wolcott, b. 1721.

(5) John Wolcott, c.1595-1618, is buried in a tomb in the Tolland churchyard.

(5) George Wolcott, 1599-c.1668, was baptized at Tolland in 1599. He is at Tolland on the tax roll of 1642, but he later lived at Taunton. In 18 Sept. 1640, George Woolcott witnessed a deed of land at Tolland by Henry Standish to to William Doble. In 1647, George Woolcott of Taunton, merchant, was appointed overseer of the will of Robert Matthew alias Proctor of Rushton, Somerset, apparently the husband of his niece, Joan Wolcott. In 1654 George Woolcott of Taunton, gent., was named overseer of the will of his cousin, William Woollcott of Lydiard St. Lawrence.

(6) Joan Wolcott, b. c.1630. The will of her cousin, Henry Wolcott, dated 1670, leaves a bequest of 100 pounds to "my cozen Joane Woolcott, daughter of my Unckle George Woolcott of Tolland lately deceased".

(4) William Wolcottt, c.1567-c.1635, was churchwarden at Tolland in 1627. A lease by John Venn of Lydiard St. Lawrence to William Selleck of Plainsfield, gent, of six Messuages, occupied by William Wolcott and six others, cites an earlier undated lease to William Wolcott of closes called Bromecrofte, Burrage Crofte, Great Hill, Little Hill, Butts, and ground in John Venn's orchard, for 99 years or the lives of William Wolcott, Richard Wolcott, and John Govier.

(5) William Wolcott, c.1600-1645, married a Katherine, perhaps Katherine Locke, and lived at Lydiard St. Lawrence. In his will, dated 1644, Giles Locke of Nynhead bequeathed seven pounds in money and a coffer to the daughter of William Woolcott of Lydiard St. Lawrence, twenty marks and a chest to William Woolcott, his godson, three pounds and a coffer to George the son of William Woolcot, and the residue of his estate, after other bequests, to his kinswoman, Katherine Wollcott of Lydiard St. Lawrence. Henry Wollcot of Tolland, gent, was named overseer of this will. William's name is on the Protestation Returns for Lidiard St. Lawrence in 1641. The will of William Woollcott, clothier, dated 1645, leaves 20 shillings each to Edward Buckrom, John Fliewood, and Frances Lanrum; household effects, clothing, tools, and 20 pounds to his son, William; 20 pounds and use of his house in Lydiard St. Lawrence and household effects for life to his wife, Katherine, after which the house would be his son, William's; the remainder of his goods to be divided between his children, George and Agatha; and appoints George Woollcott of Taunton, gent., and Thomas Stanfast of Lydiard St. Laurence to be overseers.

(6) William Wolcott, c. 1625-1646, died shortly after his father. The will of William Woolcott of Lydiard St. Lawrence, clothier, dated 1646, leaves 10 pounds to Robert Collens of Rod, 10 pounds and all his clothing to his "kinsman",William Lock , 50 shillings to Dorothy Gower, one pound to his goddaughter, Sally Totendell, 30 pounds to Joan, daughter of Robert Collens; and the remainder to his mother, Katherine Woollcott; with Robert Collens and William Lock as overseers.

(6) Agatha Wolcott is mentioned in her father's will dated 1635.

(6) George Wolcott, b. 1631, was baptized at Lydiard St. Lawrence in 1631. He is mentioned in his father's will dated 1635.

(6) Edith Wolcott, b. 1637, daughter of William and Katherine Wolcott, was baptized at Lydiard St. Lawrence in 1637.

(4) John Wolcott, b. 1568, was a clothier, and lived at Tolland on a farm called Greenway. John Wollcott served as churchwarden at Tolland in 1605. In 1654, Mary Lottisham sold the propery called Greenway to John Turberville of Tolland. The property was described at that time as having been leased to John Wolcott and his sons, George and Thomas.

(5) John Wolcott, b. 1603, was baptized at Tolland in 1603. John Woolcott of Greenway served as churchwarden of the Tolland parish church in 1640.

(5) Elizabeth Wolcott, b. 1605, daughter of John & Mary Woollcott, was baptized at Tolland in 1605.

(5) George Wolcott, 1608-c.1670, was baptized at Tolland in 1608. George served as tithingman at Tolland in 1631 and was churchwarden there in 1636. George Woolcot made his mark as churchwarden at Tolland in 1662, and George Woolcot, yeoman, is listed on the Tolland tax rolls in 1663. The names of George Wolcott, Sr. and George Wolcott, Jr., appear on the Tolland tax roll of 1664. Only one other Wolcott appears on this tax roll, Joan Wolcott, widow, probably the widow of George's cousin Henry Wolcott. George Woolcott, the elder, of Greenway, was bequeathed five pounds by Henry Wolcott of Tolland, his cousin's son.

(6) George Wolcott, b. 1636, appears on the Tolland tax roll of 1664.

(6) John Wolcott, 1638-1638, son of George and Elizabeth Woolcot, was baptized and buried in 1638 at Tolland.

(6) John Wolcott, b. 1641, was baptized at Tolland in 1641.

(5) Elinore Wolcott, b. 1608, was baptized in 1608 at Tolland. Elinore married Roger God at Tolland in 1629.

(5) Joan Wolcott, 1613-1613, was baptized and buried in 1613 at Tolland.

(5) Thomas Wolcott, b. c.1615, was living at Greenway in 1654.

(4) Edward Wolcott, c. 1570-c.1640, married Mary Phippen at Axbridge in 1598. Mary died in 1619. Edward Wolcott of Axbridge, linen draper, and Sarah Hill of Axbridge, widow, were married at St. Cuthbert's, Wells in 1619. Edward Wolcott was mayor of Axbridge in 1623, and in the same year was a witness to the will of his brother in law, Hugh Norman. In 1629 his occupation was that of mercer. In 1638 Edward Wolcott of Axbridge was involved in the settlement of the estate of John Woolcott of Glaston, below.

(5) John Wolcott, 1599-1638, was baptized at Axbridge in 1599. John Woolcott of Axbridge, woolen draper. m. Mary Wrentmore of St. Johns, Glastonbury, in 1621. In a quitclaim dated March 1634, John Wolcot of Glaston, yeoman, filed a quitclaim to the mayor of Axbridge for a house and land called Tennys Court in Axbridge, which had been held by his father, Edward Wolcot, by deed dated 1610. In 1634 John emigrated to America on the Recovery which sailed from Wemouth 31 March 1634. John Wolcott of Glaston, England, planter and yeoman, was admitted a freeman at Waterford, Massachusetts, in 1634. He owned property in the neighboring township of Cambridge in 1635, and purchased and resold the Higginson-Roger Williams house in Salem that same year. His first wife died in England, and shortly after his arrival in America he married Winnifred Crawford, a widow, by whom he had a daughter, Sarah, and perhaps a son as well. John died about 1638.

(6) Elizabeth Wolcott, b. 1620, was baptized in1622 at St. John's, Glastonbury. In 1638 Elizabeth and Mary Wolcott, filed a petition to have their uncles, Richard Vayle (or Nayle) of Glaston and Christopher Atkins, mercer, act as guardians of their lands at Glaston. Elizabeth Wolcott married David Offley, and later, as a widow, sold the lands at Glaston to Edmund White. In the notebooks of Thomas Lechford, lawyer, of Boston, there is an entry, "Elizabeth and Mary Wolcott, daughters of John Wolcott of Glaston, Somerset, England, appoint their uncles, Richard Vayle and Christopher Atkins of Glaston, attorneys". A note in the margin reads, "Write to Henry Wolcott of Windsor, New England, and Edward Wolcott of Axbridge, Somerset."

(6) Mary Wolcott, b. 1624, was baptized at St. John's, Glastonbury, in 1624. She apparently went to America with her father and was living in 1638.

(6) Martha Wolcott, 1626-1626, died in infancy.

(6) Martha Wolcott, b. 1628 was baptized at Axbridge in 1628. Martha died young for she was not an heir to her father's property.

(5) Elizabeth Wolcott, b. 1603, was bapt. in 1603 at Axbridge.

(5) Marie Wolcott, b. 1608, was bapt. in 1608 at Axbridge.

(5) Joan Wolcott, 1620-1637, was bapt. in 1620 at Axbridge and died at Axbridge.

(5) Anne Wolcott. b. 1621, was baptized at Axbridge in 1621.

(5) Edward Wolcott, b. 1624, was bapt. in 1624 at Axbridge. The wife of Edward Wolcott, Jr. d. in 1649 at Axbridge. Edward m. (2) Ann _____.

(5) William Wolcott, 1626-1626, was bapt. and bur. at Axbridge.

(5) Agnes Wolcott, b. 1628 was bapt. in 1628 at Axbridge.

(5) Sarah Wolcott, 1628, was bapt. in 1628 at Axbridge.

(5) James Wolcott, 1633-1633, was bapt. and buried atAxbridge.

(4) Richard Wolcott, c.1575-c.1652, was a tithingman at Tolland in 1604, 1628 and 1633, and church warden there in 1613 and 1628. In a deposition taken in 1636 in the Chancery Proceedings, Rogers v. Wolcott, he is described as Richard Wolcott of Bishops Lydiard, clothier, age 56. Richard moved from Tolland to Bishops Lydiard some time between 1633 and 1636. The Protestation returns for 1641 show Richard Wolcott residing at Bishops Lydiard. In 1652, an investigation was held into a dispute concerning a house at Bishops Lydiard known as "Willcott's tenement" in the tenure of Richard Willcotts, who claimed that he held in right of Magdalen Nation of East Comb, widow. Ownership of the property, worth 15 shillings per year, was declared to have reverted to the Crown, for lack of proof of tenure.

(5) Joan Wolcott, b. 1606, was baptized at Bishop's Lydiard in 1606, probably in her mother's home parish.

(5) Richard Wolcott, c. 1610-1658, and his sister-in-law, Agatha Wolcott, widow, were involved in a legal dispute with the Carse family in 1634 regarding a bakehouse, a tucking mill adjoining, a plot of ground on which two racks stood, a garden plot, and one half acre of meadow adjoining the mill, at Stogumber. In about 1623, Richard and Hugh Wolcott, sons of Richard Wolcott, deceased, "being then but children", were given a lease of the property, except for the bakehouse and two rooms above it, for 21 years at 3L per year by John Carse of Poughill, Devon. In 1634, the Carses complained that the rent was one year in arrears, the premises going to decay, and the racks broken, so they were claiming forfeiture of the Wolcott's 40L bond. Richard Wolcott, fuller, died at Stogumber in 1658. His will leaves 20 pounds to his son, Richard, and 5 shillings each to his five children; 5 pounds each to his grandchildren, John, Richard, and Thomas Webber and 10 pounds to Elizabeth Webber, all under age 21; 10 shillings to his grandson, Richard Wolcot; 10 shillings to Christopher Goodin of Murber; and the remainder to John Webber his son-in-law.

(6) dau., b. c. 1633; m. John Webber. Her children, John, Richard, Thomas, and Elizabeth Webber are mentioned in her father's will.

(6) Richard Wolcott, b. c.1635. In his father's will dated 1658 he and his five children are mentioned. In 1670, Henry Woolcott of Tolland left bequests to Richard and George Woolcott, sons of Richard Woolcott, late of Bishops Lydiard.

(6) Joan Wolcott, b. 1639, daughter of Richard and Reddigund Woolcott, was baptized at Bishops Lydiard in 1639.

(5) Hugh Wolcott, c. 1610-1632, married Agatha Bishop at Tolland in 1628. Hugh's will was proved at Taunton in 1632, but is missing. His widow was a defendant in the legal suit given above.

(4) Nicholas Wolcott, b. c.1576, was a child when his father died in 1585. Nothing further is known of him.

(4) Elizabeth Wolcott, b. c.1577, married David Ingram, and by him had two daughters, Elizabeth and Joan. Joan married Humphrey Cordwent, and had two children, John and Elizabeth. Elizabeth, born about 1607, married Daniel Rogers about 1629, causing a series of suits between Daniel and the Wolcott family over her money. In 1630, Daniel claimed that when his wife, Elizabeth, was single, she had personal estate worth 400L, including lands worth 30L per year. She had used Henry Wolcott, Jr., as her man of business, as did her sister, Joan, then wife of Humphrey Cordwent. Evidence was given by Richard Woolcott of Bishops Lydiard, age about 56 years. He stated that he had known Daniel Rogers for about 5 years, Elizabeth Rogers, Henry and George Wolcott, and the Cordwent children from childhood, and Humphrey Cordwent for about 15 years. He did not know what estate Elizabeth had five years ago when she married, but had heard that she was then worth about 103L in goods, money and debts owing.

(4) David Wolcott, b. c.1578, married Denise Clawsey at Tolland in 1605. Nothing further is known of him.

(4) Agnes Wolcott, b. c.1579, married Hugh Norman of Orchard Portman in 1596. Hugh Norman's will, dated 1623, leaves bequests to his wife, Agnes, and to their children Phillis, Ann, Hugh, and William, all under age, and appointed his "cousin", Henry Woolcott, and his "cousin", Richard Sweeting, as overseers of his will. The will of John Wolcott, the clothier, had Richard Sweeting as a witness and bondsman, and in 1644, George Saunders, writing to his uncle Henry, son of John, the miller, also mentions "cousin" Richard Sweeting.

Hugh Norman's eldest son, Hugh, emigrated to Plymouth, New England. He married Mary White of Plymouth, October 1639. He later abandoned his family and returned to his English home at Orchard, near Taunton. A deposition of Thomas Allyn of 1654 states "Being requested by goodman White to relate in what condition I found hugh Norman to bee in att my last being in ould England; which was about five yeares sence, ...I tooke a Journey of purpose to speake with him being att Orchyard a little Parisse about 2 or 3 miles from Taunton where hee lived in a great house that had been plundered; and as I was credably Informed hee kept there with 2 or 3 whores and none else in the house and had spent all hee had that hee had not clothes to were fiting to companie with men soe that I could not come to speake with him; Wheruppon haveing understood that Mr Richards lived ther abouts I went unto him hee being his Cozen and brought him over to New England soe hee tould mee of his wickednes and his bad life hee then lived in as I had been tould of by many; And the yeare before his mother Died and left him sixty pounds in money and a tennement hee sould for an hundred pounds all which hee spent in less then a yeares time; Mr Richards was Divers times with him hee tould mee; and pswaded him what hee could to reclame & to send somthing to his wife and children but could not gitt soe much as sixpence from him and tould him that hee had noe wife and would not owne her nor would goe more unto her...."

(3) Simon Wolcott, c.1558-1644, was probably quite a bit younger than his brother, John, for in their father's will dated 1572 he was left only one sheep, a bequest often made to a child. Simon settled at Heathfield, a village about 5 miles southeast of Tolland. The court books of Taunton Deane show that he was the miller there from 1585 to 1603, and was tithingman there in 1585. Robert, his son, took over the mill in 1603. Simon apparently moved to Tolland, for the John Wolcott, who was miller at Tolland, in his will dated 1623, bequeathed "unto Symon Wolcott my kinsman now dweling wyth me ils vid in money". The will of Simon Wolcott of Heathfield was filed at the Taunton Probate Registry about 1644, but is now missing.

(4) Thomas Wolcott, c.1580-1603. The will of Thomas Wolcott of Heathfield was proved at Taunton in 1603, but has disappeared.

(4) Robert Wolcott, c.1580-1652, took over the mill at Heathfield from his father. The Court Books of Taunton Deane show him as miller at Heathfield from 1603 to 1636. Robert Wolcott and his son, Robert, signed the 1641 Protestation return at Heathfield. Robert Wolcott of Heathfield paid a tax of 11s on the Lay Subsidy of 1642, which was the second largest tax paid by any Wolcott in Sopmerset on that tax roll, after Henry Wolcott, Sr. of Tolland, who paid 15s 2d. Robert's will, dated 1652, leaves 3 shil;lings 4 pence to his son, John; 5 pounds to his son, Richard; household furnishings to Agnes Marten; various household effects to his grandchildren, Agnes, Simon, and Robert Wolcott and to Lewis Wolcott and Elizabeth Oliver; and the remainder to his son, Robert, with Robert Wolcott, John Harris, and James Wolcott as witnesses.

(5) Robert Wolcott Jr., c.1600-c.1665, m. Anne Langford. Robert signed the 1641 Protestation return at Heathfield, and was named executor of his father's will in 1652. Anne, wife of Robert Woolcott, was buried at Heathfield 4 July 1662.

(6) Robert Wolcott, b. c.1630, was a cooper living at Bishops Lydiard.

(6) Anne Wolcott, b. c.1630. An undated reference says that Anne Woolcott of Bishops Lydiard, spinster, 20 years of age, grandaughter of John Langford of Oake, was born at Heathfield but was residing with her brother, Robert Woolcott, cooper, of Bishops Lydiard.

(6) Simon Wolcott, c.1630-1636,was buried at Heathfield 9 October 1636.

(5) John Wolcott, b. c.1608, is mentioned in his father's will dated 1652.

(5) Richard Wolcott, b. c.1610, signed the 1641 Protestation return at Heathfield. The only Wolcott on the Heathfield tax roll in 1671 was a Joan Wollcott, who may have been Richard's wife.

(4) Richard Wolcott, c.1580-c.1645. Robert's will mentions James and Lewis Wolcott and Elizabeth Oliver, but does not say what relation they are to him. They appear to have been the children of a Richard Wolcott who was probably Robert's brother. These names are found in the records for Holford, located on the east side of the Quantock Hills, a mile north of Doddington. Richard Woolcott was a churchwarden at Holford in 1640.

(5) James Wolcott, b. c.1610, m. Mary c.1630. James Wolcott married his second wife, Alice Hall, at nearby Doddington in 1634.

(6) Richard Wolcott, 1632-1632, son of James and Mary Woolcott was baptized and buried in 1632 at Holford.

(6) Lewis Wolcott, b. 1635, son of James and Alice Woolcott was baptized in 1635 at Holford. Lewis was mentioned in the will of Robert Wolcott of Heathfield in 1652.

(6) Elizabeth Wolcott, b. 1640, daughter of James and Alice Woolcott was baptized in 1640 at Holford. In 1661 Elizabeth married Hugh Sherwood at Holford.

(5) Elizabeth Wolcott, b. 1615, daughter of Richard and Dorothie Woolcott was baptized in 1615 at Holford. Elizabeth Woolcott married Walter Oliver at Norton Fitzwarren, a village 2 miles south of Heathfield, in 1637.

(2) John Wolcott, c.1525-1571. John was apparently another son of Thomas Wolcott the elder. Like Thomas the younger, he was a miller. There appear to have been two mills at Tolland, a tucking mill and a grist mill. Thomas seems to have run the former and John the latter. John's name appears with that of Thomas, the elder in the will of William Howe dated 1551 as owing William for raw cloth. John must have been an adult at that time, so was probably born somewhere around 1525. He married Agnes who apparently died in 1606, for Tolland parish records show that Agnes Woollcot, widow, was buried there on 6 November 1606. The will John Woolcot of Tolland, miller, leaves 4 pence to John Howe of Tolland, a kettle and a bullock to his son, John; 10 pounds and household items to each of his unmarried daughters, Alice and Mary; a sheep to Agnes Meyn; and the remainder to his wife, Agnes, with his brothers, Henry and Roger Woolcote as overseers.

(3) John Wolcott, c. 1547-1623, was the miller at Tolland, as his father had been before him. The court books of Taunton Deane record the name of John Wolcott or Wulcott as miller at Tolland from 1585 until 1603, and show that he was elected tithingman for Tolland for 1585/6. After 1603 the names of Henry Wolcott and John Wolcott alternate as miller until 1636. The mill was part of the property that John's son, Christopher, purchased freehold in 1618. John's other son, John, operated the mill after Henry, emigrated to America in 1630. "John Wolcot and Agnes Crosse al. Aishe" were married at Lydiard St. Lawrence in 1579. Agnes may have been a widow, and Ash the name of her first husband. The will of Thomas Crosse of Tolland, husbandman, dated 1583, requests that "his good friend" John Woolcot be one of his overseers. The will of Francis Crosse of Tolland, dated 23 January 1588 also has John Woolcott as overseer, and John and Henry Wolcott as witnesses. These men must have been Agnes' relatives, and they were all probably related to Walter Crosse, AB, who was the Tolland parish priest from 1480 to 1517, and John Crosse, AM, who was the Tolland parish priest from 1517 to 1554. John Crosse was replaced as rector at Tolland in 1554 when about one fifth of the parish priests in England were replaced by order of Queen Mary, most of them because they were married. Agnes Crosse, wife of John Wolcott, may have been John Crosse's grandaughter. A John Crosse of Tolland left a will dated 1544 which was proved at Taunton, but has since been destroyed. Another member of the Crosse family, William Crosse, was rector at Stawley, a village 5 miles south of Wivilscomb, from 1515 until his death there in 1531. Henry Howe of Stawley, who died in 1528, left a bequest to William Crosse, his curate, and the will was witnessed by John Crosse, parson, probably the rector of Tolland.

In 1592, John Woollcott of Tolland was executor of the will of Robert Goodgrome of Nettlecombe, his brother-in-law. Robert left 40 shillings to his sister, Avis Denborowe, and 20 shillings to each of her 3 children; 30 shillings to his sister Agnes Cross; 20 shillings to each child of his brother-in-law Thomas Duddridge, 20 shillings each to the 4 children of John Woollcott, and the remainder to John. Another will, that of Walter Washer of Lydiard St. Lawrence, dated September 1592, has John Wolcott as overseer. He is probably the John Woolcott involved in a dispute with the rector of Lydeard St. Lawrence in 1607. Witness testified that John had owned three or four acres in Lydiard St. Lawrence for ten years, which he, his son, and servants and laborers used "for tiling or healing stones to cover houses." He had kept two, three, or four horses or mares " to carry his heling or tyling stones to be sold," sometimes at Tolland and sometimes at Brompton Ralph. In 1612, John Woolcott of Tolland, husbandman, made a deposition on behalf of Robert Sellack of Tolland. He said he had lived at Tolland for about 50 years, and before that at Elworthy since infancy, and that he was born at Tolland and was age 65 or thereabouts (b. c. 1547). His son, John Woollcott, junior, of Tolland, yeoman, also testified, saying he was age 30 of thereabouts and had lived at Tolland since birth.

John's will, dated and proved in 1623, leaves household items and 5 shillings 8 pence to Hugh, Agnes, and Mary, children of his son, John; 6 shillings 8 pence to each child of his son, Henry; 2 shillings 6 pence to "Symon Wolcott my kinsman now dwelinge wth me"; 2 shillings 6 pence to his servant, Giles More; 7 pence each to Richard Locke and Alexander Shattuck; 12 pence to John Sealey; 2 shillings to Maudlen Engram; and the remainder to his son, Johni; with Christopher and Henry Woolcot as witnesses.

(4) Henry Wolcott, 1578-1655, was baptized at Lydiard St. Lawrence in 1578. In 1594, Henry's great uncle, Henry Wolcott of Elworthy, clothier, granted a house and land at Holford tithing in the manor of Brompton Ralph to his "nephew", Henry, when he should come of age. This must have been this Henry, for his cousin who was also named Henry was to old to have been a minor in 1594. In 1596, when the elder Henry died, the land was given to John, father of the younger Henry, to hold until his son was 21 years old. Henry must have taken possession of this land in 1599 when he came of age. Beginning in 1603, the name of Henry Wolcott alternates with that of John Wolcott as miller at Tolland, and this continues until 1636. Apparently Henry continued to help his father and brother John operate the Tolland mill. In 1621, Henry Woolcott of Holford and Holford Carsley paid a tax or fee of 40s on property located in the parish of Tolland. This may have been a fine paid for taking over his father's property. On 9 Sept. 1630 a fine was registed in the manor accounts for vacating his property at Holford: "Henry Woolcott for licence to demise at farm and to dwell away from one messuage and one ferling of bondland in the tithing of Holford late of Henry Woolcott... for 16 years. Fine 26s 8d."

Henry Wolcott & Elizabeth Saunders were married at Lydiard St. Lawrence in 1606. Elizabeth was the daughter of Thomas Saunders of Lydiard St. Lawrence, and his wife, Anne Blake and was baptized at Lydiard St. Lawrence in 1584. Thomas Saunder's will dated 1609 leaves, among numerous bequests,10 shillings to his daughter, Elizabeth Wolcott, and 20 shillings to her son John. His sons-in-law, Thomas Wrentmore alias Bond and Henry Wolcott of Ash Priors were named overseers of the will. Anne Blake Saunders was the sister of Elizabeth Blake, wife of Robert Selleck who then lived in the Gauldon Manor house.

The court records for the manor of Brompton Ralph say that in 1608 Henry Wolcott recorded a document in which he gave to Elizabeth, his wife, a jointure of 16L for life from a house and land in the tithing of Holford, to be paid after his death. Henry Woolcott and his wife, Elizabeth, were presented at the Diocesan Court in July 1609 for the offence of incontinence. "They weare marryed two yeeres agon and shee was delivered of childe within thirtye weekes after." At his time Henry and Elizabeth are described as residing at Lydiard St. Lawrence. When the hearing was held, in 1609, however, they were living at Ash Priors. They were admonished, and the case was dismissed.

On 20 March 1630, Henry and Elizabeth, with their sons Henry, Christopher and George, emigrated to America on the ship Mary and John. Apparently the family was motivated by strong Puritan religious beliefs. Henry may have been influenced also by Simon Venn of Lydiard St. Lawrence, who Henry later appointed as overseer of his property he inheirited at Tolland. Simon was a brother of John Venn of London, one of the partners in the Massachusets Bay Company in 1628 and 1629. The Wolcotts settled at Dorchester, Massachusetts where Henry was registered on the first list of freemen dated 19 October 1630. Their two daughters, Anna and Mary, and their younger son, Simon, joined them there sometime after 1631. In 1636 the family moved to Windsor, Connecticut. Henry was one of the first twelve men elected to the lower house of Connecticut's first General Assembly in 1637, and in 1643 he was elected to the Magistrates, the upper house of that assembly where he was a member until his death on 30 May 1665.

(5) John Wolcott, b. 1606, was baptized at Lydiard St. Lawrence in 1606. John remained in England when his family emigrated to America. A letter to Henry Wolcott, Jr., from his cousin in England dated 1631 says: "Your Brother John continues in his old course of living", whatever that means. Henry Wolcott, John's father, in a deed dated 1642 refers to his second son, Henry, as his oldest son.

John may have been the John Wolcott who lived at Brompton Ralph, but this is uncertain as there were other Johns in the area at that time. Mary, daughter of John Wolcot, was buried at Brompton Ralph in 1634, and John, the son of John and Mary Wolcot was baptized there in 1640. John Wolcot is also listed at Brompton Ralph on the Protestation Returns of 1641. On the 1642 Brompton Ralph lay subsidy roll, Henry Woolcott and John Wolcott are both listed, the first taxed at 3s 10d, and the latter at 1s 8d. The first was probably Henry Wolcott, Jr., the clothier, who leased property called Easter Gansted and Gozes at Brompton Ralph in 1626. The other was probably the before mentioned John.

(5) Henry Wolcott, 1610-1680. The property at Tolland inherited by Henry Wolcott from his brother, Christopher, was deeded to his son, Henry, in 1642. Henry Wolcott, Jr. died in 1670. His will leaves to his son, Henry, "housing and lands at Tolland now or late in the improvement of John Dart, land at Wellington called Longforth, eleven acres of land at Tolland now in the possession of John Wolcott after the termination of the estate that was granted by my uncle Christopher Wolcott unto John Wolcott, Sr., long since deceased." The properties at Tolland were eventually sold in 1787 for 850 pounds sterling by the Henry's daughters, Elizabeth Allyn and Sarah Chauncey.

(4) John Wolcott, c.1580-1653. The family's copyhold was held in the names of "John Wolcott the father, John Wolcott the son, and Christopher Wolcott". John operated the mill at Tolland, like his father before him. Elizabeth, wife of John Woolcot, was buried at Tolland in 1629. John must have remarried, as one of his letters to his brother mentions his wife, as does his will dated 1652. John was still operating the mill at Tolland in 1634, but by 1639 had moved to Bishops Lydiard, from where he wrote to his brother, Henry: " it hath pleased the Lord to take to his mersie the soull of our deare brother Christopher Wollcott of Wellington who decesed the 25th of March 1639: in the morninge he died untestat and tharby as I understand that his Land faleth unto yourself or your sonne which maketh me to write unto you to know your minde what you will have done in it I desire your answer as soone as maye be for I am informed that his land falleth unto you and all his prsonall estate falleth unto his wiffe and for my partt I shall have nothinge yeat you knowe deare brother that I have supported him by his breeding and his beinge in Fraunce and by byeing him lande by copie into Tolland Mill living and into John Greenslades living which never cost him a pennie and nowe in requitall of it I shall not have a pennie which greveth the verie harte of me that it should soe fall out for he did promise our father in his death bed that my sonne John Wolcott should be his heare unto Tolland Mill."

A letter from John's son, Hugh, written in 1642 from Wellington, says, "soe it is we are removed from Venns to Wellington at Micklemas last and my father and mother doth live in the house that was my uncles Chr Wollcott and I and my wife doth live with them." On the Lay Subsidy Roll of 1642, John Wolcott paid a tax of 2s 3d at Wellington. A letter from John, dated 1650, says: "at mickelmas 1649 I left of housekeping and myselfe and wife and Daughter Elizabeth doth rent 2 or three roomes of my sonne Hugh Wollcott in the house my sister did lieve and since that time my sonne did take Longforth of your Trustees...." Another letter from Hugh says: "my father is dead he died the 17th of februr 1652... and for Tolland mill there are som goods wch were my grand fathers and my fathers and now I preceaive by my Cozen Henrie you have noe Intent to Departe wth the Estate: you shall buy such household goods as I have there if you plese for I am loth they should be removed ."

John's will, proved in 1653, leaves 10 shillings each to his daughter, Agnes Kist, and her two daughters; household items and the balance unpaid on the marriage portion of 45 pounds to his daughter, Mary, wife of Richard Coomer; 10 shillings to his daughter, Elizabeth Roach; his interest in a house occupied by Thomas Mundy to his grandchild, Christopher Woolcott; 50 shillings each to the two daughters of his son, Hugh Woolcott; a brass pot to Alice Woolcott; 5 shillings each to George Bickeham and his two daughters; use of his house and land at Tolland to his wife for life; and the residue to his son, Hugh.

(5) John Wolcott, b. c.1610, was probably about the age of his cousin, Henry, who he refers to in a letter of 1631 as his "unseperable cousin." John may have then gone to sea, for in a letter of 1639 his father says, "my sonne John is not com home from the Indens", probably referring to the Indies. The Lay Subsidy Roll of 1642 lists a "John Woolcott at Mill", paying a tax of 6s 5d at Tolland, which is probably this John, for his father was then residing at Bishops Lydiard. When his uncle, Henry Wolcott, deeded the Wolcott lands at Tolland to his son, he described it as land now or late in the possession of John Wolcott, except one estate that the said John Wolcott holds by copy of the Court Roll. John is not mentioned in his father's will in 1652, but Alice Wolcott, mentioned in that will, may have been John's wife or daughter.

(5) Hugh Wolcott, b. c. 1618, was living at Bishops Lydiard in 1641, and moved with his parents to Wellington in 1642. He leased the land called Longforth for 10L per year from his uncle Henry in 1649, and still held it in 1654, at which time he was also paying rent to his cousin Henry for Tolland mill. Hugh still held Longforth in 1670. He married Elizabeth, who was referred to as "my cousin" by Mary Greenslade Wolcott in her will of 1644. Their son, Christopher, and two daughters were born prior to 1652.

(5) Agnes Wolcott, b. c.1620, and her 2 daughters were mentioned in her father's will in 1652; m. ____ Kist.

(5) Mary Wolcott, b. 1624, was baptized in 1624 at Tolland; m. Richard Coomer.

(6) Elizabeth Coomer, mentioned in her grandfather's will.

(5) Elizabeth Wolcott, b.1627, was baptized in 1627 at Tolland; m. ____ Roach.

(4) Christopher Wolcott, c.1583-1639, was the godson of his great-uncle, Roger Wolcott of Tolland, who bequeathed Christopher one sheep in his will dated 1592. A deposition taken in 1630 states that Christopher was born at Tolland, was then about 47 years of age, had lived at Wellington for the past 21 years, that is since 1609, and was a mercer, a dealer in textiles. A survey of the manor of Brompton Ralph, taken 3 March 1615, says that John Wolcott, 30, and Christopher Wolcott, 24, held by copy of the court roll dated 1602 three fenced properties called Greenmore, Redpitts, and Redpitts meadow. Christopher was a witness to a will at Wellington in 1614. By 1616 Christopher had acquired sufficient capital to purchase freehold, from Robert Mynne, for 220 pounds, property consisting of two messuages, one mill, three gardens, three orchards, eight acres of meadow, and seventy-four acres of pasture in Tolland and Lydiard St. Lawrence; land which John Wolcott, the father, John Wolcott, the son, and the said Christopher Wolcott held by copy of the Court Roll, and property held by William Pyke by copy of the court roll, all now or lately part of the Manor of Galdon. Robert Catford , William Selleck, and Edward Webber were witnesses. Christopher purchased another piece of land in 1624 called Nollands, or Rowlands, located in Wellington, for the remainder of a term of 60 years. In 1620, Christopher married Mary Greenslade Partridge, widow. She was one of nine children of John Greenslade of Wellington, who died in 1620. Mary was childless and she and Christopher had no children.

Christopher served as Constable of Wellington in 1627, resulting in Chancery Proceedings brought against him by Christopher Haddon. Christopher Haddon, yeoman, and Christopher Woolcott, mercer, both of Wellington, were chosen to serve as constables for the borough. Christopher Haddon was the senior, but since Christopher Woolcott was reputed to be a great monied man and was accustomed to handling money, Haddon asked him to take charge of collecting all taxes levied in the year and to make all necessary payments. At the end of the year, Christopher Woolcott was to present an account of his dealings and Haddon was to share the cost of any defecit. Haddon claimed that Christopher Wolcott collected 60L and paid out less than that, but gave a false accounting. This caused Haddon's arrest for a debt of 30L which Christopher Woolcott claimed was the defecit. Christopher Wolcott replied that he had collected only 30L 16s 4d and had paid out 63L 17s, mostly on conducting soldiers.

Christopher died intestate, in 1639. An Inquisition Post Mortem was taken in 1641. It states that by an indenture taken in 1619, John Greenslade, in consideration of the marriage of his natural daughter Mary Partridge to Christopher Woollcott, enfeeofed to the couple a house and lands at Wellington, and 11 acres of land called Longforth, to be Mary's during her lifetime, with remainder to Christopher Woollcott, his heirs and assigns, forever, to be held by male descent. Christopher also held in his own right field land called Brambles Land at Wellington. In addition, he held in capite, from the King, three messuages and tenements and 80 acres of land, meadow, and pasture, with appurtenances, at Tolland, in the tenure of John Woolcott, Sr., John Woolcott, Jr., and Valentine Date for the duration of their lives. Christopher also held one messuage and garden at Wellington in the tenure of George Spiring for his life; a house, garden and orchard, with free plowed meadow and pasture at Wellington in tenure of Christopher's wife, Mary, for her life; and another house and garden at Wellington called Crooke. Christopher had signed a deed of entail, which provided that the properties at Wellington were all to be his wife's until her death. The document states that Henry Woollcott, Christopher's brother and heir, was 50 years of age and more. After Christophers death, his widow remained at Wellington, where she paid a tax of 10s in the Lay Subsidy of 1642. Her will, dated 1644, leaves bequests to her siblings, and "to my Cosen Elizabeth Wulcot Hugh Wulcotes wife the cupboard and presse in the parlour & the bord & my best Serge petticote." John Wolcott was one of the witnesses.

(2) Henry Wolcott, c.1530-1596. Henry purchased a house and one furlong of land at Holford in 1555, and in 1556 was granted licence to "demise the same at farm for 21 years and dwell away from it." Henry then lived at Elworthy, about three miles northwest of Tolland. He is mentioned in the will of Alice Dawe, together with Thomas Wolcott the younger, in 1565, and is listed on the muster roll for Elworthy in 1569. He was the overseer of the will of his brother, John, in 1571. He was also one of the overseers of the will of John, son of Thomas Wolcott the younger in 1589, and one of the guardians of John's children. He apparently had no children of his own.

In 1594, a grant of land was registered in the manor court of Brompton Ralph to "Henry Wullcote, son of John Wullcote, for a piece of bondland 20 ft. long and 10 ft. wide in the tithing of Holford by grant of Henry Wullcote, senior, uncle, to attract after it the rest of the messuage and land of the said Henry, vis. a messuage and ferlong of bondland in the said tithing, herriot a cow, price 33s 3d, on condition that he pays 40L as in the will of the said Henry, senior, and that if the said Henry Wullcote, senior, should die before the said Henry Wullcote, junior, is 21 then the said John Wullcote should have the same until he is aged 21. Fine 12s." The elder Henry died in 1596.

(2) Roger Wolcott, c. 1535-1615, was an overseer of the will of his brother, John, in 1571, and was named in the will of John Seller of Tolland in 1581. In 1575 a citation was issued against "Andrew Geffries, clerk, rector of Tolland, Roger Wulcotte of the same, John Gibbs, and Thomas Warmowthe of Lydyarde St. Lawrence, and Christofer Foweracres of Bradforde to answer concerning the goods of John Sellacke late of Tolland aforesaid who died intestate." Roger's name is found on the Subsidy Roll of 1581, and on the Tolland tax rolls in 1593, 1597 and 1610. He was a churchwarden at Tolland in 1599 and in 1611. Roger's wife, Alice, was the daughter of John Gibbs alias Hall, husbandman, of Lidiard St. Lawrence. Roger, Alice, and their daughters Marie and Elizabeth, are all mentioned in John Gibbs's will, dated 1579. Roger's will dated 1592 and proved in 1615, leaves certain household effects and 40 pounds to his daughter, Mary; 5 shillings to his wife's godson, John Jenkins; 12 pence to each godchild; a sheep to his godson, Christopher Woolcott; his house and the residue of his goods to Alice, his wife, and Elizabeth, his daughter; with Robert Sellack of Tolland, John White of Elworthy, and John Standfast of Tolland as overseers and Richard Wrentmore and John Standfast as witnesses.

(3) Mary Wolcott, b. c.1565.

(3) Elizabeth Wolcott, b. c.1565