John Wolcott

1516 - 1571  (55 years)

• Name	John Wolcott
  Birth	10 Sep 1516	Taunton, Somersetshire, England   [1]
  Will	9 Feb 1571 (54 years)	Tolland, Somersetshire, England   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  The will of John Woolcott, of Tolland, dated Feb. g, 1571, and proved April II, 1572, bequeaths "my soule to Almightie god my creaf and to o' Lord Jesus Christ my redeemer and my bodie to Xtian buriall," with bequests " to ye cathedrall churche of Welles," " to John my sonne," " to Alice my daughter," " to Mary my daughter," " to John Howe," " to Agnes Meyn," and " unto Agnes my wief," — appointing as overseers " Henry Woolcot and Roger Woolcot my brothers."
  Death	7 Dec 1571	Taunton, Somersetshire, England   [1]
  Burial	Aft 7 Dec 1571	St John The Baptist Churchyard, Tolland, Somersetshire, England St John The Baptist Churchyard,  Tolland, Somersetshire, England   [1]
  Probate/Proved	11 Apr 1572 (55 years)	Tolland, Somersetshire, England   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  His will was proved on 11 April 1572.
  Siblings	2 brothers
  + 1. John Wolcott,   b. 10 Sep 1516, Taunton, Somersetshire, England d. 7 Dec 1571, Taunton, Somersetshire, England  (Age 55 years) ▻ Agnes Butler   2. Henry Wolcott   3. Roger Wolcott
  Patriarch & Matriarch	father Wolcott   (Father)
  Person ID, Branch	I1000	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	father Wolcott
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F928	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Agnes Butler,   b. 1523, Taunton, Somersetshire, England d. 6 Nov 1606, Taunton, Somersetshire, England (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [4, 5, 6, 7]
  Children	1 son and 2 daughters
  +   1. John Wolcott  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Joan Cross  m. 9 Feb 1578/79     2. Alice Wolcott  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Mary Wolcott  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2022

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1John Wolcott(1516 – 1571) 2father Wolcott 3

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Sep 1516 - Taunton, Somersetshire, England Will - 9 Feb 1571 - Tolland, Somersetshire, England Death - 7 Dec 1571 - Taunton, Somersetshire, England Burial - Aft 7 Dec 1571 - St John The Baptist Churchyard, Tolland, Somersetshire, England Probate/Proved - 11 Apr 1572 - Tolland, Somersetshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 171949034 John Wolcott Sr. [S1884] Jackson, Joseph C. British and American Family of Wolcott: Origin, Lineage, Service, (New York: Joseph C. Jackson, 1912). [S705] Keatley, Vivien Bulloch. The Cooley Genealogy, the Descendants of Ensign Benjamin Cooley, (Rutland, Vermont: Tuttle Publishing Co., 1941). [S1627] Rudd, Alice Böhmer. Wolcott Genealogy: The Family of Henry Wolcott, one of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, (Washington, DC: Guild Publishing Company, 1950). [S1882] Salisbury, Edward Elbridge. Family-Histories and Genealogies, (New Haven, Connecticut: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1892). [S1626] Wolcott, Chandler. Wolcott Genealogy: The Family of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Conn., (Rochester, New York: Genese Press, 1912). [S1623] Wolcott, Samuel. Memorial of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, and of Some of His Descendants, (New York: Anson D. F. Randolph and Company, 1881).