Thomas Wolcott

  Noted events in his life were:

• Web Reference: Wolcott Family of Somerset, England. ⁵⁴¹
Thomas Wolcott was living in Tolland in 1525. He appears in the earliest existing lay subsidy tax roll for Tolland. He was taxed two shillings six pence on land valued at five pounds. He again appears on the 1535, 1539 and 1550 Tolland subsidy rolls.

Another older Wolcott named William also appears on the 1525-1539 tax rolls of Tolland, and he may possibly be the father of Thomas.

Thomas was a "tucker." Tucking and fulling were names for the finish process of cloth making. This is the process of soaking and beating newly woven cloth, usually by means of a water driven mill.

Thomas's name shows up in several wills of the period. He was a witness to the will of William Howe of Tolland, which was dated in 1551. Thomas was also a witness for the will of John Seller of Tolland, dated 1553.

Thomas appears to have been the father of the following generation of Tolland Wolcotts. They were Thomas, John, Henry and Roger Wolcott. All were adults living in 1672.

• Ancestory. ⁵⁴¹
From page 11 of the Wolcott genealogy, by Chandler Wolcott, 1912:

"The following table tracing the family back to the eleventh century in Wales is found in a footnote to Hollister's History of Connecticut, Vol I, page 189.

"Through the researches of Mr. Somerby, of Boston, in the herald's office, among the subsidy rolls, wills, and parish records of England, the genealogy of Henry Wolcott, Esquire, (the emigrant) has been traced, through fifteen generations, back to Sir John Wolcott, knight, as follows:
1. Jeran Wolcott (son of Sir John of Wolcott, who married Anna, daughter of John Mynde, of Shropshire
2. Roger Wolcott, of Wolcott, married Edith, daughter of Sir. William Donnes, knight.
3. Sir Phillip Wolcott, of Wolcott, who married Julian, daughter of John Herle.
4. John Wolcott, of Wolcott, who married Alice, daughter of David Lloyd, Esquire
5. Sir John Wolcott, of Wolcott, knight, 1382
6. Thomas Wolcott
7. John Wolcott, of Wolcott
8. John Wolcott, of Wolcott, who married Matilda, daughter of Sir Richard Cornwall, of Bereford, knight
9. Roger Wolcott, Esquire, who married Margaret, daughter of David Lloyd, Esquire
10. William Wolcott, settled in Tolland, Somersetwhire
11. William Wolcott, who married elizabeth. His will is dated A.D. 1500
12. Thomas Wolcott, who was living in Tolland in 1552
13. Thomas Wolcott, who married Alice, will dated 4 Nov 1572
14. John Wolcott, of Golden Manor, in tolland, Will proved 10 Nov 1623
15. Henry Wolcott (the emigrant), who conveyed the manor house to his son Henry."