Hannah Moore Wolcott

24 July 1823–1 March 1898 (Age 74)
Litchfield, Litchfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States

The Life Summary of Hannah Moore

When Hannah Moore Wolcott was born on 24 July 1823, in Litchfield, Litchfield Township, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Elijah Wolcott I, was 43 and her mother, Elizabeth Emma Park, was 36. She died on 1 March 1898, at the age of 74, and was buried in Park Cemetery, Canton, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elijah Wolcott I
1780–1840
Elizabeth Emma Park
1786–1873
Susannah Park Wolcott
1806–1848
Thomas Park Wolcott
1807–1887
Silas Park Wolcott
1809–1870
Samuel Park Wolcott
1811–1882
Maria Cook Wolcott
1813–1900
Elijah Wolcott
1816–1904
William Reed Wolcott
1821–1876
Mary Wolcott
1821–1900
Hannah Moore Wolcott
1823–1898
Amos Prentice Wolcott
1826–1898
Louisa Jane Wolcott
1829–1897
Marion Elizabeth Wolcott
1831–1917

Parents and Siblings

Siblings

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World Events (7)

1825 · The Crimes Act
Age 2
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 7
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1846
Age 23
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English (Devon and Surrey): habitational name from Wollacott in Thrushelton (Devon), named from the Old English personal name Wulfnōth + cot ‘cottage, hut, shelter’. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain.History: Henry Wolcott (1578–1655), clothier, came from Tolland, Somerset, England, and settled in Windsor, CT, in 1636. His grandson Roger (1679–1767) was colonial governor of CT; his great-grandson Oliver (1726–1797) was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Woolcott
Woolcock

Sources (2)

  • Hannah Wolcott in household of Amos P Wolcott, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Hannah Moore Wolcott, "Find A Grave Index"

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