John Wolcott, 2nd

Added by Elwin Nickerson II, My 8th Great Grandfather. Died Sept. 30,1690, Springfield, Massachusetts, After Being Driven From His Home By Indians.

http://www.wolcottfamily.com/watertown.html

…. John then moved his family to Brookfield MA, where his son, John, had settled the previous year. The deed to his land-grant at Brookfield, dated 1687, reads "granted to Mr. Woolcott 40 acres of upland bounded West by his son John's land." He had another 20 acres adjoining the land of his son, Joseph. He died three years later. John's will, recorded at Northampton MA, reads: "John Woolcot of Squabaug alias Brookfield, his last wil & testamt as followg. Dated in Brookfield this 21 day of Septr 1690. This by the will of Mr. John Woolcot is given to his daughter Mary fifteen pound and to his daughter Sarah fifteen pound and to his daughter Elizabeth thirty pound wch Legacy is to be paid as my wife is able or she shall se cause & al the Rest of my goods I leave wth my wife for her life tyme & maintenance & after her death to be divided among my three daughters wch are unmarried equally among ym And to my Two sons my two pieces of Land at Newbury and my farm at Watertown wch Lands is to be divided equally between ym And I give my Two sons al my Land & meadow here onely my son John is to have this part where the house standeth And as for Jeames I leave him wth my wife for her life & after her decease to be free...." The estate amounted to something over 700L. The family quarrelled over distribution of the estate, and the court assigned sole distribution to his widow, Mary. A year later, an accord was reached and ratified by the court. Apparently John received the larger share, for Joseph remonstrated so violently that he was hauled into court and fined for his actions. Subsequently, John, Jr., and Joseph, with the widow, Mary assenting, sold 22 acres of common land at Newbury for 25L.

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from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wolcott-614

"Gary Lynn Wolcott's positive result for DNA SNP Y22158 provides definitive proof that descendants of Silas Wolcott of Pennsylvania are descended from John Wolcott I of Watertown, MA including the Wolcott community of Brookfield, MA. ."

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