Brief Life History of Jesse
When Jesse Wolcott was born in 1798, in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, his father, Amos Wolcott, Sr, was 25 and his mother, Lydia Borden, was 26. He married Elizabeth Knott on 7 October 1824, in Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Ocean Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years. He died on 12 May 1876, in Eatontown, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Shrewsbury Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
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- Jepe Wollcott, "United States Census, 1850"
- Jesey Wollcott, "New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956"
- Jesse Wolcott, "Find A Grave Index"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1804
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr had been political enemies with intense personal differences for quite some time. Burr accused Hamilton of publicly disparaging his character during the elections of 1800 and 1804. On the morning of July 11, the two politicians went to Weehawken, New Jersey to resolve the disputes with an official duel. Both men were armed with a pistol. Hamilton missed, but Burr's shot fatally wounded Hamilton, who would die by the following day. The duel custom had been outlawed in New York by 1804, resulting in Burr fleeing the state due to an arrest warrant. He would later be accused of treason, but ultimately be acquitted.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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.
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