Wolcotts entered the church yard from 1525 until after 1650 through where this gate now stands. In 1914 Margaret Lucas presented a decorative iron gate at the entrance to the churchyard, bearing the inscription, “Enter Into His Gates With Thanksgiving”. The gates were repaired and restored in 2021. The Wolcott Society makes financial contributions to help maintain the church. Donations may be sent to the Society Treasurer.
Wolcotts worshiped here from 1525 until after 1650. Services are now held here only occasionally. The Wolcott Society makes financial contributions to help maintain the church. Donations may be sent to the Society Treasurer.
Wolcotts worshiped here from 1525 until after 1650. The Wolcott Society makes financial contributions to help maintain the church. Donations may be sent to the Society Treasurer.
Wolcotts worshiped here from 1525 until after 1650. The Wolcott Society makes financial contributions to help maintain the church. Donations may be sent to the Society Treasurer.
Wolcotts worshiped here from 1525 until after 1650. The Wolcott Society makes financial contributions to help maintain the church. Donations may be sent to the Society Treasurer.
This is the birthplace of Henry Wolcott, the immigrant. Henry's grandfather, John Wolcott, was the miller at Tolland since 1562. The former grist mill is at the left. When this photo was taken, the house had no electricity or running water. There was a hand pump for water in the kitchen, at the left end of the house. The stone wall kept farm animals out of the front yard.
Watersmeet Farm, Somerset, 2002. The house was renovated and the grounds landscaped by the owners, Dr. David and Mrs. Sue James
Another View
All the mill machinery, and part of the left end of the mill have been removed since the 1930s picture was taken.
Thomas Wolcott operated the Tolland Tucking Mill and would have lived in the house nearby. This sluice would have directed water to or around the mill.
Three great granddaughter of Thomas Wolcott (abt. 1500), Joan Wolcott and her husband Edward Galhampton purchased the Gaulden Manor home. Following Edward's death in 1721, Joan married Benjamin Wolcott, a fourth great grandson of the same Thomas Wolcott, while he was pursuing a estate suit against his cousins over the Watersmeet Farm & mill properties. Photo by PA Wolcott, June 1998.
Photo of the lands surrounding Gaulden Manor. Photo by PA Wolcott, June 1998.
The Wolcotts were well known for producing apple & pear cider. This press from an earlier era is located within the out buildings at Gaulden Manor. Photo by PA Wolcott, June 1998.
Woolcott's, 2018; leased copyhold by Henry Wolcott, clothier, in 1609, and purchased freehold by his son, Henry Wolcott, Jr. in 1637
This property bequeathed by John Woolcott to his daughter Joan Galhampton in 1700. In 1699, Edward & Joan Galhampton had purchased the home at Gaulden Manor in 1699.
This property bequeathed by John Woolcott to his daughter Joan Galhampton in 1700.
Lydeard St. Lawrence, Somerset, Church of St. Lawrence, 2002. Interior view. This is the church in which Elizabeth Saunders was baptized, and in which Henry and Elizabeth Saunders were married in 1606.
This is the church in which John Wolcott, who emmigrated to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1634, was baptized in 1599. John was a third cousin of Henry Wolcott, the immigrant. John's father, Edward Wolcott, was mayor of Axbridge.
Interior view.
Thrushleton Church, interior. 2002. Devonshire Wolcotts worshiped here in the 1400s.
Ancestral home and surname source of the Devonshire Wolcotts. This house was built after the Wolcotts lived here, but probably near the spot where their home was located.
Outbuilding with animal stalls; possibly part of an earlier house.
Early map of the Woolacott homes and farm from which the Devon Wolcotts derive their name.
The property was formerly called Lower Wreyford. Thomas Wolcott took tenancy here in 1480. Lower Wreyford was the birthplace of Thomas' sons, John and William Wolcott.
This property, formerly called Middle Wreyford, is adjacent to Lower Wreyland. In 1496 it was leased to John, eldest son of Thomas Wolcott of Lower Wreyland.
John Wolcott, son of Thomas Wolcott of Lower Wreyford, moved here from Middle Wreyford about 1520, and lived here until his death in 1554. Owner, Henry Bond and his daughter, Hillary, stand at the front door. Henry is a sheep and cattle farmer.
Shute farm is adjascent to Pullbrook farm. Richard Wolcott, eldest son of John Wolcott of Pullbrook, lived here until his death in 1552. The farm was renovated and restored by the current owners, David and Rozie Pether, who are currently building a small lake between Pullbrook and Shute.
Buttor, in the parish of Hennock, Devon, was home of Peter Wolcott, for whom Thomas Wolcott of Wreyland was guardian in 1501.
Chagford, Devon, Church of St. Michael, 2002. This was the church attended by John Wolcott of Chagford, c.1420-c.1470, grandfather of Thomas Wolcott of Lower Wreyford.