Connecticut Colonial Governor. With a formal education, he became a successful weaver in Windsor, Connecticut. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1709 and practiced law in Windsor, Connecticut. He served as Clerk of the House Connecticut, (1710 to 1711), Deputy to the colony's Lower House, (1709 to 1714, 1718 to 1719) and Commissioner of Connecticut for the Adjustment of Colonial boundaries. In addition, he was Judge of the Hartford County Court in 1723, Judge of the colony's Superior Court, (1723 to 1741) and Colonel of the First Regiment Connecticut Militia. In 1741, he was elected as the Deputy Connecticut Colonial Governor and also served as the Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Connecticut, until 1750. With the death of Governor Jonathan Law in 1750, Wolcott was appointed the Connecticut Colonial Governor, serving until 1754. After leaving office, he retired from public life to study and pursue literary pursuits.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
Inscription
Here lyeth the body of the Hon. Roger Wolcott, who for several years was the Governor of the Colony of Connecticut and died May 17 Anno Aetatis 89 salutis 1767. Earth's highest station ends in her he lies. An dust to dust concludes her noblest song.
Family Members
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Simon Wolcott
1625–1687
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Martha Pitkin Wolcott
1639–1719
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Sarah Drake Wolcott
1686–1747
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Elizabeth Wolcott Cooley
1662–1706
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Martha Wolcott Allyn
1664–1687
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Simon Wolcott
1666–1732
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Joanna Wolcott Colton
1668–1755
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Henry Wolcott
1670–1746
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Christopher Wolcott
1672–1693
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Mary Wolcott
1674–1676
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William Wolcott
1676–1749
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Roger Wolcott
1704–1759
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Elizabeth Wolcott Newberry
1706–1775
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Samuel Wolcott
1710–1717
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Sarah Wolcott
1712–1712
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Alexander Doc Wolcott
1712–1795
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Sarah Wolcott
1715–1735
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Hepzibah Wolcott Strong
1717–1780
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Josiah Wolcott
1718–1802
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Erastus Wolcott
1721–1722
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Epaphras Wolcott
1721–1733
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Erastus Wolcott
1722–1793
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Ursula Wolcott Griswold
1724–1788
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Oliver Wolcott
1726–1797
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Marian Wolcott Williams
1730–1798
Flowers
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Records on Ancestry
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North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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Handy Book of American Authors, 1907
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Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889
Roger Wolcott
Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970
Roger Wolcott
Connecticut, U.S., Hale Collection of Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934
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