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Prudence WALCOTT

Prudence WALCOTT

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Prudence WALCOTT was born on 10 Jul 1699 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of Capt Jonathan WALCOTT and Deliverance PUTNAM).

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Capt Jonathan WALCOTT was born in Mar 1639 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (son of William WALCOTT and Alice INGERSOLL); died on 16 Dec 1699 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Religion: Puritan - Salem Village Church
    • Military Event: Militia - Capt, Salem, MA
    • Military Flag: Y
    • Witchcraft connection?: Y
    • Witch Description: His daughter, Mary, was one of the accusers in the Salem witchcraft trials, and Jonathan, himself, was a complainant in several of these cases.

    Notes:

    m1 26 Nov 1664 Mary SIBLEY (8 Sep 1644—26 Oct 1683), d/o John SIBLEY & Rachel LEACH; 5 children
    m2 233 Apr 1685 Deliverance PUTNAM; 5 children
    m3 Mary PUTNAM; 1 child

    Jonathan Walcott was admitted a freeman, April 18, 1690, was elected captain of a military company in 1690, and was on the list of taxpayers of Danvers, Massachusetts, in 1692.

    In 1675 he gave his age as 35. He was a witness at Salem in 1662, admitted a freeman of Salem in 1690, elected Captain of the military company at Salem in 1690, a taxpayer at Salem Village, now Danvers, in 1692, owned land there adjoined that of the Ingersolls.

    Jonathan married Deliverance PUTNAM on 23 Apr 1685 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Deliverance (daughter of Lt Thomas PUTNAM and Anne HOLYOKE) was born on 5 Sep 1656 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jul 1699 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Deliverance PUTNAM was born on 5 Sep 1656 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts (daughter of Lt Thomas PUTNAM and Anne HOLYOKE); died on 10 Jul 1699 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Religion: Puritan - Salem Village Church
    • Witchcraft connection?: Y
    • Witch Description: Accuser during Salem Witch Trials
    • Baptism: 10 May 1657, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts

    Children:
    1. Thomas WALCOTT was born on 25 May 1688 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1688 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    2. Ann WALCOTT was born on 27 Jan 1686 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died before 16 Jun 1736.
    3. Samuel WALCOTT was born in 1687 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    4. William WALCOTT was born on 27 Jan 1691 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 13 Nov 1777 in Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island; was buried in Peck Cemetery, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island.
    5. Thomas WALCOTT was born on 5 Jun 1689 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    6. Ebenezer WALCOTT was born on 19 Apr 1693 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    7. 1. Prudence WALCOTT was born on 10 Jul 1699 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William WALCOTT was born on 6 Sep 1608 in Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, England (son of Humphrey WOLCOTT and Anna DOCURA); died about 1660 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Also Known As: WOOLCOTT, WOLCOT
    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Migration: Bef 1630
    • Migration: 1638

    Notes:

    1636, was granted 30 acres of land at Jeffrey's Creek near Salem Massachusetts.

    He must have returned to England, as he is listed as leaving England for America in 1638: "William Walcot for Capt. Butler, passenger for Providence Island by the Swallow".

    William held land at Salem for a family of 4 people in 1640.

    He married Alice Ingersoll, daughter of Richard Ingersoll of Salem. Richard Ingersoll died in 1644 and his wife married John Knight in 1647 and moved to Newbury. Richard Ingersoll's 's daughter, Alice Walcott, was mentioned in his will to receive "my house at town with 10 acres upland & meadow after my wifes decease."

    William Walcott was one of several residents of Salem, including the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams, who were censured in a letter from the Salem church to the Dorchester Church, dated 1/5/39: "William Walcott for refusing to bring his child to the ordinance, neglecting willingly family duties, etc." This probably means that he did not have his child baptized, and may indicate he was a follower of Roger Williams who advocated adult baptism. The Quarterly Court at Salem ordered in 1642 that William Walcott be whipped for idleness. Essex Co. Quarterly Court records state: "Willia. Walcotts wife children & estate committed to Richard Inkersell hs father in law 27:10:1643 to be disposed of according to God and the said Wm. Walcott to bee & Remaine as his servant."

    William is thought to have left Salem about 1644, leaving his family behind. In that year a law was passed saying that all who opposed infant baptism were subject to banishment from the colony. In 1651 he or another William Walcott was a shoals witness in Maine. In 1652 the Salem records show that "means were taken by the court to preserve his estate." This probably included selling his land, because in 1652, Robert Goodell of Salem owned land at Salem which included 30 acres that had formerly been granted to William Walcott.
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    According to the Wolcott DNA website (http://www.wolcottfamily.com/dna.html), William is from genetic group, Group I1A, which in England usually indicates early Danish or Norman origins. The family probably originated in eastern England where these invaders settled.

    William married Alice INGERSOLL about 1630 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Alice (daughter of Richard INGERSOLL and Ann Agnes LANGLEY) was born on 12 Dec 1612 in Swithens, Bedfordshire, England; died after 1645 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Alice INGERSOLL was born on 12 Dec 1612 in Swithens, Bedfordshire, England (daughter of Richard INGERSOLL and Ann Agnes LANGLEY); died after 1645 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Migration: 1629

    Children:
    1. Alice WALCOTT was born about 1636; died in 1714 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts.
    2. Abraham WALCOTT was born about 1640 in Salem Village [Danvers], Essex, Massachusetts; died in 1699 in Salem Village [Danvers], Essex, Massachusetts.
    3. 2. Capt Jonathan WALCOTT was born in Mar 1639 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 16 Dec 1699 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    4. Elizabeth WALCOTT was born in 1643 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

  3. 6.  Lt Thomas PUTNAM was born about 1614 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England (son of John PUTNAM and Priscilla GOULD); died on 5 May 1686 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: First clerk of Salem village
    • Military Event: Militia
    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Military Flag: Y
    • Baptism: 7 Mar 1615, Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England
    • Freeman: 1642, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts
    • Anecdote: 1643, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    m1 17 Oct 1643 Ann HOLYOKE; 9 children
    Ancestors to President Herbert Clark HOOVER
    m2 14 Sep 1666 Mary INGERSOLL VEREN, w/o Nathaniel VEREN; 1 child
    ——
    Lieutenant in the militia. Was a constable and prominent in military, ecclesiastical, and municipal affairs.

    Anecdote:
    Elected Selectman

    Thomas married Anne HOLYOKE on 17 Aug 1643 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Anne (daughter of Edward HOLYOKE and Prudence STOCKTON) was born on 18 Jan 1620 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England; died on 1 Sep 1665 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Anne HOLYOKE was born on 18 Jan 1620 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England (daughter of Edward HOLYOKE and Prudence STOCKTON); died on 1 Sep 1665 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Cause of Death: Childbirth

    Notes:

    She died the same day her last child, Joseph, was born.

    The Holyoke family was one of the most prominent and aristocratic families in the colony.

    Children:
    1. Ann PUTNAM was born on 25 Aug 1645 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 14 Nov 1676 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown.
    2. Sarah PUTNAM was born in 1648 in Salem Village [Danvers], Essex, Massachusetts; died on 1 Dec 1650 in Salem Village [Danvers], Essex, Massachusetts.
    3. Mary PUTNAM was born on 17 Oct 1649 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died about 1651 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried on 19 Mar 1651 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    4. Thomas PUTNAM was born on 12 Mar 1652 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 24 May 1699 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    5. Deacon Edward PUTNAM was born on 4 May 1654 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 10 Mar 1747 in Middleton, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    6. 3. Deliverance PUTNAM was born on 5 Sep 1656 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jul 1699 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Burying Point Cemetery, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.
    7. Elizabeth PUTNAM was born on 30 Aug 1659 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died on 12 Dec 1705 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.
    8. Prudence PUTNAM was born on 28 Dec 1661 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died about 1745 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Humphrey WOLCOTT was born in 1586 in Walcot Hall, Walcot, Shropshire, England (son of Humfrye WOLCOTT and Alice HALE); died on 6 Jun 1650 in Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, England.

    Notes:

    The family legend is that Humphrey drank away all his money and was forced to sell the estate.

    Humphrey married Anna DOCURA. Anna was born in 1586 in Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, England; died in 1675 in Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Anna DOCURA was born in 1586 in Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, England; died in 1675 in Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, England.

    Notes:

    d/o Thomas DOCURA (1556—?)

    Children:
    1. 4. William WALCOTT was born on 6 Sep 1608 in Stokeinteignhead, Devonshire, England; died about 1660 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

  3. 10.  Richard INGERSOLL was born on 10 Mar 1587 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England; died on 21 Jul 1644 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Migration: 29 Jun 1629

    Notes:

    Departed Gravesend, London, England, on the Mayflower with the the famous Captain William Pierce as Master. There was a total of 35 passangers.
    ——
    Had a servant named Joseph Houlton (future 2nd husband of Richard's daughter Sarah)

    Richard married Ann Agnes LANGLEY on 10 Oct 1611 in St Swithins Church, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England. Ann was born on 27 Mar 1576 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England; died on 30 Jul 1677 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Ann Agnes LANGLEY was born on 27 Mar 1576 in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England; died on 30 Jul 1677 in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Migration: 29 Jun 1629, “Mayflower”

    Notes:

    Ann (Langley) and her husband Richard Ingersoll and family sailed on the Mayflower (2nd voyage) with the Rev. Francis Higginson.

    Children:
    1. 5. Alice INGERSOLL was born on 12 Dec 1612 in Swithens, Bedfordshire, England; died after 1645 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts.

  5. 12.  John PUTNAM was born about 1580 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England (son of Nicholas PUTNAM and Margaret GOODSPEED); died on 30 Dec 1662 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Wadsworth Cemetery, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Religion: Puritan
    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Baptism: 17 Jan 1580, Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England
    • Migration: Abt 1640

    John married Priscilla GOULD in 1611 in Wingrave, Buckinghamshire, England. Priscilla (daughter of Richard GOULD and Mary COLDER) was born about 1586 in Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 30 Dec 1662 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Wadsworth Cemetery, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Priscilla GOULD was born about 1586 in Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England (daughter of Richard GOULD and Mary COLDER); died on 30 Dec 1662 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in Wadsworth Cemetery, Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Religion: Puritan
    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Baptism: 3 Jun 1586, Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England

    Children:
    1. 6. Lt Thomas PUTNAM was born about 1614 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 5 May 1686 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown.
    2. Capt John PUTNAM was born about May 1627 in Aston Abbots, Buckinghamshire, England; died on 7 Apr 1710 in Salem Village [Danvers], Essex, Massachusetts.

  7. 14.  Edward HOLYOKE was born in Feb 1586 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England (son of John HOLYOKE and Elizabeth STOKES); died on 4 May 1660 in Rumney Marsh, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Occupation: Minister
    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Baptism: 15 Feb 1586, Alcester, Warwickshire, England
    • Migration: 1637

    Notes:

    Associate Judge of the Salem Court, reappointed in 1640, 1641, and 1642. He served as Deputy to the General Court for Lynn in 1639-43, 1647-48, and as Deputy for Springfield in 1650 1639 Salem, Essex Co, Massachusetts

    Resided about 1637 Lynn, Essex, MA

    Edward married Prudence STOCKTON on 17 Jun 1612 in Kimcote, Leicestershire, England. Prudence (daughter of John STOCKTON and Susannah MNU) was born in Dec 1584 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England; died about 1645 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Prudence STOCKTON was born in Dec 1584 in Alcester, Warwickshire, England (daughter of John STOCKTON and Susannah MNU); died about 1645 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts.

    Other Events:

    • Immigrant?: Y
    • Baptism: 20 Dec 1584, Alcester, Warwickshire, England
    • Migration: 1637

    Children:
    1. John HOLYOKE was born about 1613 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England; died about 1635.
    2. Elizabeth HOLYOKE was born about 1615 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England; died about 1659.
    3. Capt Elizur HOLYOKE was born on 4 May 1617 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England; died on 9 Feb 1676 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts.
    4. Edward HOLYOKE was born about 1619 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England; died about 1631.
    5. 7. Anne HOLYOKE was born on 18 Jan 1620 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England; died on 1 Sep 1665 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; was buried in unknown.
    6. Dora HOLYOKE was born about 1623 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England; died about 1637.
    7. Mary HOLYOKE was born on 7 Jul 1625 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England; died about 1712 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    8. Susanna HOLYOKE was born about 1629 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England; died about 1716.
    9. Sarah HOLYOKE was born about 1631 in Tamworth, Staffordshire, England; died about 1666.


Notes

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Updated 23 Dec 2023