Frederick Wolcott
(1767-1837)
BIRTH
November 2, 1767
PLACE
DEATH
May 28, 1837
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
Oliver Wolcott
(1726-1797)
MOTHER
Laura Collins Wolcott
(1731-1794)
BROTHER
Oliver Wolcott
(1726-1797)
SISTER
Laura Wolcott Moseley
(1761-1814)
SISTER
Mary Ann Wolcott Goodrich
(1765-1805)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
NOT YET RESEARCHED
NOT YET RESEARCHED
MEMBERSHIPS
CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES FELLOW, LITCHFIELD COUNTY EDUCATION SOCIETY PRESIDENT, LITCHFIELD COUNTY FOREIGN MISSION SOCIETY PRESIDENT, LITCHFIELD FEMALE ACADEMY BOARD OF TRUSTEES PRESIDENT, YALE COLLEGE FELLOW
AWARDS
Frederick Wolcott (1767–1837) was a Connecticut judge, legislator and businessman from Litchfield. A Yale and Litchfield Law School graduate, he served as a court clerk and probate judge rather than immediately opening a law practice. He joined his brother Oliver and Benjamin Tallmadge in financing voyages to China, and helped operate the Wolcottville woolen mill. He represented Litchfield in the legislature and supported local education as a trustee of the Female Academy.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Frederick Wolcott’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
Wolcott served in judicial and legislative offices and held leadership roles in civic and educational institutions.
CAREER
DEATH
Frederick Wolcott was a Connecticut judge, legislator and businessman from Litchfield. A Yale and Litchfield Law School graduate, he served as a court clerk and probate judge rather than immediately opening a law practice. Wolcott served in judicial and legislative offices and held leadership roles in civic and educational institutions. Frederick Wolcott died on May 28, 1837. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
East Cemetery
148 East Street, Litchfield, Connecticut, 06759, USA
GRAVE
POPULAR BIOGRAPHIES
Frederick Wolcott (1767–1837) was a Connecticut judge, legislator and businessman from Litchfield. Editorial selections prioritize biographical coverage; five standalone biographies were not established. Family and collective biographies, primary writings, references and related studies are labelled individually. Multi-volume works and series are counted as one selection.
1. Memorial of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, and of Some of His Descendants — Samuel Wolcott. [Family biographical reference] Find on Amazon
2. The Biographical History of Litchfield County, Connecticut — Payne Kenyon Kilbourne. [Collective biography] Find on Amazon
3. The Bench and Bar of Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1709–1909 — Dwight C. Kilbourn. [Collective biography] Find on Amazon
4. Memoirs of the Administrations of Washington and John Adams, Edited from the Papers of Oliver Wolcott, Secretary of the Treasury — George Gibbs (editor). [Related primary family papers; collected work] Find on Amazon
5. Benjamin Tallmadge: Revolutionary Soldier and American Businessman — Charles Swain Hall. [Related biography of his business associate] Find on Amazon
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