Capt. Nathaniel Walcott

Added by Elwin C. Nickerson: Capt. Nathaniel Woolcott, b. c.1700 Brookfield MA, d. 1771 Brookfield; Action Fort William Henry- granted 60 acres of land at Brookfield in 1718 and received additional grants totalling 230 acres in all; Nathaniel Walcott of Brookfield was a subscriber to the Land Bank of 1740; Capt. Nathaniel Woolcott and Ens. Emerson Woolcott are the only Woolcotts on a Brookfield tax list in 1750; service in French and Indian War1754, Capt. of the militia company that marched to the relief of Ft. William Henry 1757, Capt. 3rd Co. Worchester Co. militia 1761; in 1758 Nathan Woolcott was an innkeeper at Brookfield, the inn inherited from his father and willed by him to his daughter Martha and her husband, John Waite. His will dated 1771 left 20 pounds to son Oliver who had "already received his portion", 5 shillings to son John who had "already received his portion", to son Emerson land bordering his house and the mill pond, to daughter Martha and her husband John Waite the residue of his estate, with them to pay legacies to daughters Ruth Henshaw and Joanna Hamilton, and granddaughter Sarah Buckminster. Nathaniel Woolcott/Wilcott m. (1) Deborah Walker 1723 Brookfield MA; m. (2) Beulah Woolson of Weston MA 1743; m. (3) Dorothy Richardson 1755 Brookfield; (4) m. 1758 Concord MA to Mary Hayward, widow of Capt. Ephraim Jones of Concord MA, and she m. (3) Capt. William Ayres 1772. Served with 3rd Regiment Worcestor Co, Massaachusetts Militia ECN

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CPT Nathaniel Wolcott Birth 1700 Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Death 1771 (aged 70-71) Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Burial Brookfield Cemetery Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Show Map Memorial ID 171955204

He served in the French and Indian War. He was a Captain of the militia company that marched to the relief of Fort William Henry in 1757, and a Captain of the third company of Worchester County militia in 1761. He was an innkeeper in Brookfield. Family Members Parents

John Wolcott

1660-1747 Johanna Emerson Wolcott

1663-1751

Siblings

Joanna Wolcott Wheeler

1687-1751 John Wilcott

1695-1770 Sarah Woolcott Gibbs

1698-1777

Children

Oliver Wolcott

1727-1802 Martha Woolcot Waite

1728-1807 Photo John Woolcott

1734-1807 Deborah Wolcott Buckminster

1736-1760 Emerson Wolcott

1738-1811

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