Laura Collins Wolcott
(1731-1794)
BIRTH
1731
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NAME
Laura Collins
DEATH
1794
PLACE
FAMILY
MOTHER
Frederick Wolcott
(1767-1837)
HUSBAND
Oliver Wolcott
(1726-1797)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Laura Collins Wolcott was the wife of Connecticut statesman Oliver Wolcott and the mother of Treasury secretary Oliver Wolcott Jr. She lived in Litchfield and taught her eldest surviving son before he entered the town grammar school to prepare for Yale. The Connecticut Historical Society dates her life to 1732–1794, while the master record gives 1731 for her birth. That discrepancy remains open; her identity and family connections are clear.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Laura Collins 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.
No distinct public profession or office for Laura Collins Wolcott is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Laura Collins Wolcott died in 1794. Laura Collins Wolcott was the wife of Connecticut statesman Oliver Wolcott and the mother of Treasury secretary Oliver Wolcott Jr. She lived in Litchfield and taught her eldest surviving son before he entered the town grammar school to prepare for Yale. The Connecticut Historical Society dates her life to 1732–1794, while the master record gives 1731 for her birth. That discrepancy remains open; her identity and family connections are clear. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
East Cemetery
148 East Street, Litchfield, Connecticut, 06759, USA
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