| Birth* |
20 November 1726 |
East Windsor, Hartford, CT1 |
| Education* |
1747 |
graduated Yale College, New Haven, New Haven, CT2 |
| Military* |
1747 |
Received a commision as a Captain in the army. At the head of a company, which was raised by his own exertions, he proceeded tothe defense ofhte northern frontiers, where the continued until the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle.2 |
| Event-Misc* |
1751 |
Appointed Sherrif of Litchfield County, Litchfield, CT2 |
| Marriage* |
21 January 1755 |
Laura Collins2,3 |
| Event-Misc |
1774 |
Appointed an assistant in the council of state continued to be re-elected until 1786, Hartford, Hartford, CT2 |
| Event-Misc |
1776 |
Represented CT in the Contential Congress, Philadelphia, PA, Voted to adopt the Declaration of Independence2 |
| Event-Misc |
1777 |
Paraticipated in the Battle of Saratoga, Saratoga, NY2 |
| Event-Misc |
1786 |
Elected Lt. Governor, continued to be relected until 1796, Hartford, Hartford, CT2 |
| Death* |
1 December 1797 |
Lebanon, New Haven, CT1 |
| Birth* |
17 January 1760 |
Litchfield, Litchfield, CT, US Treasury web site has birth date as Jan 17, 1760. I'm inclined to accept it over FHL.2,1,3 |
| Military* |
1777 |
1779, served in the Contential Army3,4 |
| Education* |
1778 |
graduated from Yale, New Haven, New Haven, CT3 |
| Occupation* |
1781 |
admitted to the bar, prob in, Hartford, Hartford, CT3 |
| Event-Misc |
1781 |
until 1782, Clerk, Office of the COmmittee on Pay Table, CT4 |
| Event-Misc |
1782 |
until 1784 Commissioner, CT Commission of Pay Table, Hartford, Hartford, CT4 |
| Event-Misc |
1784 |
Commissioner to settle claims of CT against US4 |
| Marriage* |
1 June 1785 |
Elizabeth Stoughton; Litchfield, LItchfield, CT5 |
| Event-Misc* |
1788 |
until 1789 served as Comptroller of Accounts for CT3 |
| Event-Misc |
1789 |
until 1791, auditor of the United States, NY, NY3,4 |
| Event-Misc |
1791 |
helped Hamilton organize the Bank of the United States, Philadelphia, PA6 |
| Event-Misc |
1791 |
until 1795, served as Comptroller of the United States while Hamilton was Secretary of the Treasury, Philadelphia, PA3 |
| Event-Misc |
3 February 1795 |
until Dec. 31, 1800 served as Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Washington and Adams, Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia was Capital of the US from 1790 until 1795. It was proceed by NY, and followed by Washington, DC.3 |
| Event-Misc |
20 February 1801 |
until July 1, 1802, Judge of the 2nd United States Circuit Court, CT6 |
| Event-Misc |
1803 |
became president of the Merchant's Bank of New York, New York, NY6 |
| Event-Misc |
1803 |
until 1815, moved to, New York, NY, "In 1803, with Hamilton's aid, he mjoved to New York where, with four leading New York merchands, Oliver Wolcott & Co. was founded. Although it was dissolved after a year, Wolcott continued in business, concentrating his efforts in the China trade, until 1815 whe he returned to Litchfield."
Evidently, we was involved in the China trade as part of the Litchfield China Trading Company with Julius Deming (1755-1838) and CO. Benjamin Talmadge. Wolcott ran the New York office. Their ship -- the Trident -- sailed from New York. The Company lasted until 1814 (failed due to the embargo of 1812-1813).
as per "Merchants of New York", he came to NY in 1801 [sic] and went into business at 52 Pine Street, under the firm of "Oliver Wolcott & Co.". In 1802 he was elected president of the Merchants' Bank, charted thatyear, and was surrounded by such grand old fellows as Joshua Sands, Richard Varick, Henry A. Coster, Lynde Catlin, Henry Wyckoff, William W. Woolsy, Peter Jay Munro, and other great names of the city To be a bank director inthis city, when there were but four banks, "New York," "Manhattan Company," "US Bank," and "Merchants," was a nnhonr, and it gave great financial power.
He resigned the presidency of the bank in 1805, and devoted himself especially to merchandizing, keeping his store at 52, and his residence in an old-fashioned dwelling house, 26 Pine Street.3,6,7 |
| Event-Misc |
1812 |
helped to found, and became president of the Bank of America, New York, NY, The Merchants' Bank is a predecessor of Chase Manhattan Bank,
The Olde Merchants of NYC says that the Bank of America was charted [when?] with a capital of $4,000,000. This was twice the capital of any other bank chartered. It was the 6th bank chartered by the State of NY. The president was Oliver Wolcott ... The directors were Jonathan BUrrell, Archibald Gracie [this is Wolcott's son-in law], William Bayard, Stephen Whitney, George Newbold and others who had been old United States Bank directors.
This web page is from "The Old Merchants of New York CIty", bu Walter Barrett (Carleton, New York, 1863).6,7 |
| Event-Misc |
1815 |
moved back to, Litchfield, Litchfield, CT, and became a farmer (briefly)4 |
| Event-Misc |
1816 |
CT, organized a party coalition of liberal Federalists and Democratic-Republicans in CT as the "Toleration Party". Runs for Governor of CT, but is defeated by John Cotton.3,6 |
| Event-Misc |
1817 |
until 1827, elected (and re-elected) Governor of CT, Hartford, Hartford, CT3 |
| Event-Misc |
1818 |
Hartford, Hartford, CT, As president of the 1818 State constitutional convention, he led the successful fight for a wider suffrage, and independent judiciary, and the disestablishment of the Congregationalist Church. (see http://www.bartleby.com/65/e-/E-Wolcott02.htm) |
| Death* |
1 June 1833 |
NY, NY2,1,3 |