Joanna (Wolcott) Colton (1668 - 1755)

Born 30 Jun 1668 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Colton I — married 2 Sep 1690 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1755 at age 86 in Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Joanna was born Jun 30 1668. She was the daughter of Simon Wolcott, of Windsor, Connecticut ^[1] and Martha Pitkin ^[2]

Joanna married John Colton as his 2nd wife Sep 2 1690. ^[3]

John and Joanna had the following children, all born in Longmeadow: ^[4]

1. Sarah, b Sep 6 1692
2. Martha, b Jun 4 1694, mar Luke Hitchcock, d May 11 1754
3. Joanna, b 1695, mar Jonathan Cooley, d May 21 1765
4. John, Lt, b May 9 1697, mar Mercy Stebbins, d jan 5 1766
5. Mary, b 1699, mar Samuel Keep, d Feb 15 1737
6. George, b May 27 1702, d Feb 15 1725
7. Eunice, b Feb 22 1705, mar 1st John Ely, mar 2nd Hon. Roger Wolcott, mar 3rd Capt Joel White, d mar 30 1778
8. Simon, b and d Oct 26 1707
9. Roger, twin of Simon, b and d Oct 26 1707
10. Simon, Capt, b 1709, mar 1st Abigail Burt, mar 2nd Rebecca Hale, d May 29 1796

She died Jan 10 1755^[3]

She is buried in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts ^[5]

Notes

Place of birth and death also found as Longmeadow, MA, as well as death in Springfield, Hampshire Co., MA.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WP-PZ7 : 3 December 2014), Simon Wolcot in entry for Joanna Wolcot, 30 Jun 1668; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
2. ↑ Colton: pg 475 Wolcott
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Colton: pg 4 Colton, #9 viii, pg 10-12 #9 John Colton, pg 475 Wolcott
4. ↑ Colton: pg 10-12 #9 John Colton
5. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 25 September 2019), memorial page for Joanna Wolcott Colton (30 Jun 1668–10 Jan 1755), Find A Grave: Memorial #113332162, citing Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by M Cooley (contributor 47154454) .

See also:

• Wolcott, Samuel. Memorial of Henry Wolcott, One of the First Settlers of Windsor, Connecticut, and of Some of His Descendants (A.D.F. Randolph & Co., New York, 1881) Page 52
• Colton, George Woolworth. A Genealogical Record of the Descendents of Quartermaster George Colton (Wickersham Print. Co., Lancaster, Pa., 1912)
• Hawley, Elias. The Hawley Record (E. H. Hutchinson & Co., Buffalo, N.Y., 1890) Page 453
• Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).