Display Patriot - P-323218 - Oliver WOLCOTT Sr

Oliver WOLCOTT Sr

SAR Patriot #: P-323218

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State of Service: CT      Qualifying Service: Major General / Signer of the Declaration of Independence / Patriotic Service
DAR #: A127429

Birth: 20 Nov 1726 Windsor / Hartford / CT
Death: 01 Dec 1797 Litchfield / Litchfield / CT

Qualifying Service Description:
  1. Major General
  2. Signer of Declaration of Independence
  3. Member of Congtinenetal Congress 1776, 1777, 1778
  4. CT State Legislator
  5. BGEN, 6TH BRIGADE
  6. COLONEL 17TH REG
  7. COMMITTEE OF INSPECTION
  8. MODERATOR
  9. COMMISSARY IN LITCHFIELD

Additional References:
  1. Rolls and Lists of Connecticut Men in the Revolution, 1775-1783,Hartford, Connecticut, 1901, pg 210
  2. Roll of State Officers and Members of the General Assembly from 1776-1881,Hartford, CT, 1881, pg 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, 30, 34, 459, 460
  3. Connecticut Military Record, 1775-1848,pg 429, 438, 446, 512
  4. BARTHELMAS, THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, pg 296-297
  5. JOHNSTON, CT MEN IN THE REV, pg 429, 430, 438, 446, 553
  6. MULLEN, CT TOWN MEETING RECS, VOL 1, pg 505, 507, 508, 510, 511, 513

Spouse: Lorraine/Lorain/Laura Collins
Children: Oliver Jr; Frederick; Laura; Mary Ann;
Members Who Share This Ancestor
Date Approved Society ACN SAR Member Info Lineage via Child View Application Detail
2018-06-29 AZ 81708 Nicolas Kurtz Williams (208062) Oliver   
2019-09-13 AZ 88393 Peter Merker Williams (213011) Oliver   
Burial:
East Cemetery (C-0064064)
Location:
Litchfield / Litchfield / CT / USA
Find A Grave Cemetery #:
103308
Grave Plot #:
Grave GPS Coordinates:
41.748140 / -73.181760
Find A Grave Memorial #:
2816
Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:
04 Jul 2017

Comments:

Raised Tomb with brass plaque - photos used with permission of Compatriot Mitchell Anderson, 229001, KYSSAR



Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:


Author: Nicolas Kurtz Williams

Oliver Wolcott, Sr., graduated from Yale in 1747 and was commissioned as a captain by the governor of New York.  Oliver raised a company of volunteers and served on the northern frontier.  When the regiment was disbanded, he studied medicine with his brother, but never practiced.  In 1751, he was appointed sheriff of Litchfield County, Connecticut.  He rose through militia ranks, eventually becoming Major General.  In January 1776, he became a member of the Second Congress, where he stayed until the Declaration of Independence was debated, then drafted.  Oliver was appointed to command 14 militia regiments by the governor of Connecticut with the militia being sent to protect New York City.  He returned to Congress in October 1776, and signed the Declaration of Independence.  In 1785, he was appointed one of the commissioners of Indian affairs who negotiated a treaty of peace with Six Nations.   In 1796, he was elected Governor of Connecticut.  Oliver and Laura, his wife, had five children.

 


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