| Maternal |
| WALCOTT, c.1608-1762 |
Migration:
England>Salem,
MA>Boxford, MA>Windham, CT>Mansfield, CT>Nova Scotia, CAN>Mansfield, CT
England>Newbury, MA>Springfield, MA
England>Newbury, MA>Springfield, MA
(1) William Walcott,
born about 1608 in England, died about 1660 in Maine or Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts.
DNA testing of documented descendants, performed by the Wolcott
Family Society in 2007, show that William was likely related to the Walcott
family of Buckinghamshire and Hampshire, England, and that he is not likely
related to the Walcotts of the Devonshire, Somerset and Shropshire (excluding
William Walcott the mariner of Stokinteignhead and Newfoundland as his ancestor).
In William Walcott was granted
30 acres of land at Jeffrey's Creek near Salem, Massachusetts, in 1636. He must
have returned to England, however, as he is listed as leaving England for America
in 1638:
"William Walcot for Capt. Butler, passenger for Providence Island by the Swallow".William held land at Salem for a family of four people in 1640. He married Alice Ingersoll, of Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts. Her father, Richard Ingersoll died in 1644 and his wife married John Knight in 1647 and moved to Newbury. Richard's daughter, Alice Walcott, was mentioned in his will to receive "my house at town with 10 acres upland & meadow after my wifes decease."
William Walcot was one of several residents of Salem, including the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams, who were censured in a letter from the Salem church to the Dorchester Church, dated 1/5/39:
" William Walcott for refusing to bring his child to the ordinance, neglecting willingly family duties, etc."This probably means that he did not have his child baptized, and may indicate he was a follower of Roger Williams who advocated adult baptism. William Walcott was ordered to be whipped for idleness by the Quarterly Court at Salem in 1642. Essex Co. Quarterly Court records state:
"Willia. Walcotts wife children & estate committed to Richard Inkersell hs father in law 27:10:1643 to be disposed of according to God and the said Wm. Walcott to bee & Remaine as his servant."William is thought to have left Salem by 1644. In that year a law was passed saying that all who opposed infant baptism were subject to banishment from the colony.
In 1651 William Walcott was a shoals witness in Maine. He must have stayed away from Salem for some time, for in 1652 the Salem records show that "means were taken by the court to preserve his estate." This probably included selling his land, because in 1652, Robert Goodell of Salem owned land at Salem which included 30 acres that had formerly been granted to William Walcott.
Several young men appear in New England in the 1670s. They appear to have been sons of William. William had at least two children in 1638, and may have had more before he left Salem in 1644 at the age of 24. Jonathan and Abraham Walcott, both of Salem, are almost certainly his and Alice Ingersoll's. The others, Thomas, Samuel, William, and Hugh all spelled their name Wilcott, and many of them or their descendants were mariners. They may have been children of another mother and may have been born in Newfoundland.
Children:
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John,
born 1632, died 30 September 1690 Springfield, Hampden Co., Massachusetts;
married 20 November 1653 in Essex Co., Massachusetts, Mary
Thorley, born about 1636 in England, Richard
& Jane Thorley. Parents of:
- Sarah, born 23 August 1657 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married 6 April 1674 in Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts, Thomas Chadwick.
- Jonathan Walcott, born about 1640 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, died 1699 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts. In 1675 he reported his age as 35. In 1664, he married Mary Sibley, who died 1683. He married second in 1685 at Salem, Deliverance Putnam. Deliverance Walcott was admitted to full communion in the Salem church in 1686. Jonathan was admitted freeman of Salem in 1690, and elected captain of the military company at Salem the same year. His daughter, Mary, was one of the accusers in the Salem witchcraft trials, and Jonathan, himself, was a complainant in several of the cases. He was a witness at Salem in 1662, a taxpayer at Salem Village, now Danvers, in 1692, and owned land there when he died. His land adjoined that of the Ingersolls. Jonathan and Mary were parents of:
- Jonathan Walcott, yoeman, was born 1670 in Salem, Essex Co., Massachusetts, died 1745 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. In 1694, he married Priscilla Bailey of Newbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts. They resided in Salem until about 1713, whenceforth they moved to Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts until about 1723, and finally settled in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut where Jonathan died.
- Mary, born 1696, died 1746 in Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut; never married.
- Sarah, born about 1698; married in 1725 Jonathan French of Windham.
- Priscilla, born about 1700; married in 1722 Francis Spofford of Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts
- Rachel, married first Daniel Huntington of Norwich, New London Co., Connecticut; married second in 1742 Joseph Bingham; married third Thomas Welch.
- Joseph Walcott, born 1710, baptized 1718 in Boxford, Essex Co., Massachusetts; married 1731 Sarah Walden of Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut. They had their residence in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut, where Joseph was a farmer.
- Sarah, born 1732 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut; married in 1753 in Mansfield, Gideon Flint.
- Miriam Walcott, born 1735, died 1762 in Nova Scotia, Canada; married in 1756 in Mansfield Ephraim Hall.
- Joseph, born 1736 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut, died 1737.
- Eunice, born 1738 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut; married in 1763 Isaac Crane.
- Nathaniel, born 1741 in Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut, died 1780; married in 1764 Lydia Flint of Windham, Windham Co., Connecticut, where they were living in 1790. He was a conductor of supplies from Connecticut to the Continental Army in 1777.
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