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	WOLCOTT - LoveToKnow Article on WOLCOTT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		His son, ERASTUS WOLCOTT (1722-1793) was a member of the Connecticut General Assembly and its speaker; he was a brigadier-general of Connecticut militia in the War of Independence, and afterwards a judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut.
		Oliver's son, OLIVER WOLCOTT, jun. (1760-1833), graduated at Yale in 1778, studied law in Litchfield under Judge Tapping Reeve, and was admitted to the bar in 1781.
		EDWARD OLIVER WOLCOTT (1848-1905), a member of the same family,went to Colorado, became interested in silver mining there, was a U.S. Senator in 1889-1901, and was a prominent Republican bimetallist.
	38.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WO/WOLCOTT.htm (766 words)

	Oliver Wolcott, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Born in Litchfield, Connecticut, son of Oliver Wolcott, he graduated from Yale University in 1778, later studying law at Litchfield Law School and being admitted to the bar in 1781.
		Wolcott was appointed in 1784 as one of the commissioners to mediate claims between the U.S. and the state of Connecticut.
		Wolcott died in New York City and is interred at East Cemetery in Litchfield.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Oliver_Wolcott%2C_Jr. (259 words)

	Oliver Wolcott - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Oliver Wolcott (December 1, 1726–December 1, 1797), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Connecticut.
		Oliver Wolcott was born in Windsor, Connecticut, the second of fourteen children of the Royal Governor Roger Wolcott.
		At the end of the war, Wolcott studied medicine, then was appointed sheriff of the newly created Litchfield County, Connecticut, serving from about 1751 to 1771.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oliver_Wolcott (251 words)

	Wolcott, Oliver
		Wolcott, Oliver (1760-1833) Secretary of the Treasury: Oliver Wolcott was born on January 17, 1760, in Litchfield, Connecticut.
		Wolcott's position was eliminated by the Anti-Federalists in 1802, after which he became a weathy merchant in New York City.
		Wolcott was elected Governor of Connecticut several times, from 1817 to 1827, and presided over the state constitutional convention in 1818.
	www.multied.com /bio/nn/Wolcott.html (245 words)

	American Revolution - Governor Oliver Wolcott, Sr.
		Oliver Wolcott, American patriot and soldier of the Revolutionary War, was born in 1726 in Windsor, CT. He was the youngest son of Roger Wolcott, who was colonial governor of Connecticut in 1751-54.
		Wolcott was chosen as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1775-78 and 1780-84 but was absent much of the time on military duty as major general in charge of Connecticut's militia.
		Wolcott led 14 Connecticut regiments to the defense of New York in 1776.
	www.americanrevolution.com /OliverWolcott.htm (437 words)

	Oliver Wolcott
		Oliver was a man of integrity and a professional politician who had spent most of his adult life in public affairs.
		Oliver Wolcott was appointed by the governor of Connecticut to the command of the fourteen regiments of Connecticut militia that were sent for the defense of New York.
		Wolcott devoted his life to public service and the military, and was appointed in 1785 as one of the commissioners of Indian affairs who negotiated a treaty of peace with the Six Nations.
	www.oliverwolcott.com (660 words)

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		Oliver Wolcott was born in Windsor, Connecticut, on November 20, 1726, the youngest son of Roger Wolcott (1679-1767) and Sarah (Drake) Wolcott (1684?-1748).
		Wolcott was a representative of the town in the General Assembly, and in 1774 he was chosen an Assistant or Councillor, a position to which he was annually elected until 1786.
		Oliver Wolcott died December 1, 1797, and is buried in Litchfield, Connecticut.
	www.chs.org /library/ead/htm_faids/wolco1797.htm (1800 words)

	Oliver Wolcott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Oliver Wolcott (December 1, 1726 - December 1, 1797), wasa signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Connecticut.
		Oliver Wolcott was born in Windsor, Connecticut, theyoungest of fourteen children of the Royal Governor Roger Wolcott.
		At the end of the war, Wolcott studied medicine, then was appointed sheriff of the newly created Litchfield County, Connecticut, serving fromabout 1751 to 1771.
	www.therfcc.org /oliver-wolcott-47597.html (227 words)

	Colonial Hall: Biography of Oliver Wolcott
		Roger Wolcott, who is distinguished both in the civil and military annals of the state, was the youngest son of Simon Wolcott.
		Oliver Wolcott, the subject of the present memoir, was the youngest son of Roger Wolcott.
		Wolcott was one of the strong pillars of the American cause.
	www.colonialhall.com /wolcott/wolcott.php (1057 words)

	Oliver Wolcott Sr. (CT)
		"Oliver Wolcott, the second member of that famous family to occupy the office of governor, was a distinguished soldier, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a member of Congress.
		In 1774 he was elected a member of the Council and continued holding the office until 1786, notwithstanding the fact that he was, during the same period, a delegate to the Continental Congress, judge of he Litchfield County Court, and judge of probate for the district.
		In 1786, General Wolcott was chosen lieutenant-governor of Connecticut and was re-elected to the office every year until 1796, when he was chosen governor of his native state.
	history.rays-place.com /bios/oliver_wolcott_sr.htm (1064 words)

	Colonial Hall: Biography of Laura Collins Wolcott
		Her husband was the youngest son of Roger Wolcott, a former governor of the State and was thirty-three years old at the time of their marriage, ten years the senior of the bride he brought to his home in the old town of Litchfield.
		Wolcott wrote in March, 17777: "I have this instant rec'd a Letter from Dr. Smith, of the 12th, wherein he tells me that you and the children have been inoculated for the Small Pox and that he apprehended you were so far thro' it as to be out of Danger, Casualities excepted....
		Wolcott was no less known for the transparent simplicity and integrity of his character than for his intellectual powers and unremitting devotion to the public duty.
	www.colonialhall.com /wolcott/wolcottLaura.php (1382 words)

	wolcott (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wolcott - Wolcott is the name of a number of places in the United States of America: Wolcott, Colorado Wolcott, Connecticut Wolcott, Indiana Wolcott, K...
		Wolcott, New York - Wolcott, New York is the name of two places in Wayne County, New York: Village of Wolcott Wolcott (town), New York Tow...
		Oliver Wolcott - Oliver Wolcott (December 1, 1726 - December 1, 1797), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of...
	www.serebella.com /search/topic-wolcott.html (431 words)

	Find A Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records and Online Memorials
		Wolcott was elected to the Connecticut legislature in 1764, and in 1775, to the Second Continental Congress.
		Wolcott placed the remaining pieces of the statue into a wagon and shipped it to his home in Litchfield, where it was melted down and made into bullets for the Revolutionary Army.
		His son, Oliver Wolcott, Jr., was the nation’s Secretary of the Treasury, from 1795 to 1800.
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2816 (370 words)

	Revenue Cutter Wolcott
		Oliver Wolcott (1760-1833) was appointed by President George Washington to be the 2nd Secretary of the Treasury.
		Wolcott was retained in office by President John Adams and Served from March 4, 1797 to December 31, 1800.
		Wolcott, a third generation scion of an American family prominent in Connecticut and national affairs during the colonial and early national periods, had attracted attention as a specialist in public finance for his work in settling the financial dispute between Connecticut and the Federal Government in 1784.
	www.uscg.mil /HQ/G-CP/HISTORY/WEBCUTTERS/Wolcott_1831.html (428 words)

	OLIVERWOLCOTT
		Oliver Wolcott was born in 1726 to an important Connecticut politician, Roger Wolcott.
		Wolcott’s work in the public sphere began in 1751 when he held the position of county sheriff (until 1771).
		He also served as a member of the upper house in the colonial State legislature from 1771 until 1786, and between 1774 and 1778, he was the county judge.
	www.multied.com /Bio/RevoltBIOS/WolcottOliver.html (210 words)

	Oliver Wolcott Sr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Oliver Wolcott was a doctor, a soldier and a statesman.
		General Wolcott studied medicine under the direction of his older brother, Dr. Alexander Wolcott and began a practice in Goshen, CT although he was soon appointed the first sheriff of the newly-organized county of Litchfield.
		In 1774 General Wolcott was elected representative for the town in the General Assembly, a position to which he was re-elected annually until 1786.
	www.owlibrary.org /oliver_wolcott_sr.htm (398 words)

	American President (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wolcott gained his first professional experience in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, performing duties as his father's aide-de-camp and then as quartermaster (1779-1881).
		Wolcott then went to work on the national level, becoming the first auditor of the federal treasury in 1789.
		Wolcott left the cabinet following accusations of improprieties by political enemies and served briefly as judge for the Second Circuit Court (1801-1802).
	www.americanpresident.org /history/GeorgeWashington/cabinet/Cabinet/oliverwolcott/email.html (278 words)

	Secretary of the Treasury - Oliver Wolcott, Jr. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Secretary of the Treasury - Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
		Wolcott resigned in 1800 under a storm of criticism from Jeffersonians in Congress.
		His portrait of Oliver Wolcott, painted in 1880, nearly fifty years after Wolcott's death, was copied from an 1806 life portrait by John Trumbull.
	www.ustreas.gov /offices/management/curator/collection/secretary/wolcott.htm (237 words)

	GIBBS, OLIVER WOLCOTT - LoveToKnow Article on GIBBS, OLIVER WOLCOTT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		After a short time spent on thcmissions of Baltimore, he was called to be secretary to Arch-bishop Martin J. Spalding and assistant at the cathedral.
		GIBBS, OLIVER WOLCOTT (18221908), American chemist, was born at New York on the 21st of February 1822.
		Entering Columbia Collegein 1837, Wolcott (the Oliver he dropped at an early date)graduated in 1841, and, having assisted Robert Hare at Penn- sylvania University for several months, he next entered theCollege of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, qualifying asa doctor of medicine in 1845.
	63.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GI/GIBBS_OLIVER_WOLCOTT.htm (1152 words)

	The Woolcott Sailing on the Mary and John ~ 1630
		Henry Wolcott of Gaulden Manor, second son of Sir John, was baptized at Lydiard, St. Lawrence, the adjoining parish, 6th December, 1578, and married, 10th January, 1606, Elizabeth Saunders, daughter of Thomas Saunders of Lydiard, St. Lawrence, born 1589.
		Roger Wolcott's great-grandson, Oliver Wolcott, a Federalist from the town of Litchfield, was the governor of Connecticut during 1796-97.
		Roger Wolcott's great-great-grandson, Oliver Wolcott Jr., a Jeffersonian Republican from the town of Litchfield, was the governor of Connecticut during 1817-27.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~familyrosebush/1630.html (2147 words)

	Oliver Wolcott -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Oliver Wolcott was born in (The British royal family since 1917) Windsor, (A New England state; one of the original 13 colonies) Connecticut, the youngest of fourteen children of the Royal Governor (Click link for more info and facts about Roger Wolcott) Roger Wolcott.
		At the end of the war, Wolcott studied medicine, then was appointed sheriff of the newly created (Click link for more info and facts about Litchfield County, Connecticut) Litchfield County, Connecticut, serving from about 1751 to 1771.
		He served again as an Indian Commissioner, and was elected Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1786, assuming the Governorship on the death of Samuel Huntington in 1796, and was reelected to the position, dying in office at the age of seventy-one.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/ol/oliver_wolcott.htm (291 words)

	Anson Wolcott b.1819 son of James & Louisa (Gould) Wolcott
		ANSON WOLCOTT is a native of Oneida County, New York, son of JAMES and LOUISA (GOULD) WOLCOTT, born October 21, 1819, and is the second in a family of five children.
		WOLCOTT is a distant relative of OLIVER WOLCOTT, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
		WOLCOTT came to Princeton Township in 1858, and in 1866 was elected to the State Senate.
	genforum.genealogy.com /ny/messages/38938.html (351 words)

	Governor Roger Wolcott
		He was the father of Oliver Wolcott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence as well as Governor of Connecticut from 1796-1797, and the grandfather of Oliver Wolcott, Junior, Governor of Connecticut from 1817-1827.
		Wolcott was chosen an Assistant in 1714, serving during a period when Connecticut's government chose to cooperate with England in order to offset the continuing efforts of British politicians to portray Connecticut as a rebellious colony and revoke her liberal 1662 Charter.
		Wolcott spent the much of the remainder of his life on his farm, cultivating his land, and served as an elder statesman, on call if the government needed him.
	www.cslib.org /gov/wolcottr.htm (2038 words)

	U.S. Treasury - Biography of Secretary Oliver Wolcott Jr.
		Oliver Wolcott was appointed by President George Washington to be the 2nd
		Secretary of the Treasury, resigned from the Cabinet, President Washington appointed Wolcott, placing in the office a man known to be a vigorous supporter of Alexander Hamilton's financial program.
		Returning to political life in 1812, Wolcott organized a party coalition of liberal Federalists and Democratic-Republicans in Connecticut in 1816 as the "Toleration Party," and was elected Governor of the State for several terms from 1817-1827.
	www.ustreas.gov /education/history/secretaries/owolcottjr.html (279 words)

	Connecticut's Heritage Gateway
		Attempts to demonstrate that, though opposing and working against Adams' reelection in 1800, Wolcott operated in the open and maintained mutually respectful relations with Adams.
		"Oliver Wolcott: His Political Role and Thought between 1789 and 1800." Doctoral dissertation, St. John's University, 1969.
		A sound, scholarly study which shows that Wolcott tried to work with John Adams but became disgusted with the President by 1800.
	www.ctheritage.org /biography/bioindividuals/wolcottjr.htm (117 words)

	National Park Service - Signers of the Declaration (Oliver Wolcott)
		Wolcott was the youngest son in a family of 15.
		Throughout his tour, Wolcott devoted portions of each year to militia duty, highlighted by participation as a brigadier general in the New York campaigns of 1776-77 that culminated in the surrender of Gen. John Burgoyne in October of the latter year at Saratoga (Schuylerville).
		On the State level, Wolcott continued his long period of service in the upper house of the legislature (ended 1786); enjoyed a lengthy stint as Lieutenant Governor (1787-96); attended the convention (1788) that ratified the U.S. Constitution; and, like his father before him and his son after him, held the office of Governor (1796-97).
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/declaration/bio55.htm (502 words)

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