WOOLCOTT FAMILIES OF LONDON
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Robert Woolcott appeared in London in the 1640s, possibly Robert, son of Robert Woolcott and Mary Story, b. 1616 Wiveliscombe, Somerset.
(1) Robert Woolcott, b. c.1620, lived at St. Botolph Aldgate from 1642 to 1658; m. Bridget ____, she d. 1658 St. Botolph.
(2) Thomas Woolcott, b. 1642, d. 1645 St. Botolph Aldgate.
(2) Mary Woolcott, b. 1644 St. Botolph Aldgate.
(2) Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Bridget Woolcott, b. 1646 St. Botolph Aldgate, d. 1647.
(2) Susanna Woolcott, b. 1648 St. Botolph Aldgate, d. 1649.
(2) Daniel, son of Robert and Bridget Woolcott, b. 1651 St. Botolph Aldgate.
(3) Robert Woolcott, b. c.1670, tailor; paid taxes in Aldgate from 1705 to 1738; m. Mary Clifton 1698 St. Dunstan, London.
(4) Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Mary Woolcott, 1699-1700 St. Katherine Creechurch.
(4) Robert, son of Robert and Mary Woolcott, 1701-1775 St. Katherine Creechurch; apprenticed to a sadler 1715, paid land tax at Aldgate 1766-75; m. Sarah ____ 1737 London.
(5) Elizabeth Woolcott. b. c.1737 St. Katherine Kreechurch; m. William Wright 1756 All Hallows Lombard St..
(5) George Woolcott, b. 1740 St. Martin in the Field; m. Gladys Clamp.
(6) Mary Woolcott, b. c.1770 London; m. William Burgess 1799 St. Martin in the Field.
(6) Ann Woolcott, b. c.1780 London; m. Charles Lepine 1803 St. Martin in the Field.
(4) Agnes Woolcott, b. 1704, d. 1706 St. Katherine Creechurch.
(4) Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Mary Woolcott, b. 1706 St. Katherine Creechurch.
(4) Sarah, daughter of Robert and Mary Woolcott, b. 1708, d. 1709 St. Katherine Creechurch.
(4) Agnes Woolcott, b. 1710 St. Katherine Creechurch.
(4) Susannah Woolcott, b. 1712 St. Katherine Creechurch.
(4) Martha, daughter of Robert and Mary Woolcott, b. 1714 St. Katherine Creechurch.
(4) William Woolcott, d. 1717 St. Katherine Creechurch.
(4) James, son of Robert and Mary Woolcott, b. 1718 St. Katherine Creechurch.
(2) Edward Woolcott, b., d. 1655 St. Botolph Aldgate.
Another Woolcott family appears in London at Hackney about 1720, possibly descendants of Lewis Woolcott of Holford, Somerset, 1635-, who moved to London from Holford with wife Elizabeth and had sons James, son of Lewis and Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1668 Westminster, and John, son of Lewis and Elizabeth Woolcott, carpenter of London, 1671-1752 London. Nothing is known of James other than his birth. John's 1752 will mentions only his wife, Mary.
(1) James Woolcott; b. c.1690; shopman for a London cheese dealer in 1732, night watchman for Hackney 1734 and 1739, and lived at Hackney in 1753; m. Elizabeth Harby 1720 St Botolph Bishopgate. Hackney is a London suburb.
(2) James Woolcott, Jr., b. 1721, d. 1722 Hackney.
(2) Elizabeth, b. 1722 St. John, Hackney; m. Edmund Sutton 1751 St. Butolph Bishopgate.
(2) Thomas Woolcott, b. 1723 St. John Hackney, d. 1789 Bermondsey, carpenter. Thomas Woollcott, son of James Woollcott of Hackney in the County of Middlesex, Gardner, bound to William Coates for seven years 1739; citizen of London and member of the London Carpenters Guild 1753-1789; l. St. Olave Southwark 1749-1773; m. Margaret ____.
(3) Uriah Woolcott, b. 1748 St. Marylebon, d. 1814 Westminster age 66; carpenter and joiner, held land in Bermondsey 1795-1808; he was sketched by artist Sir John Sloan in 1780; clerk of the works for the addition to Laxton Hall, Northamptonshire c.1805; m. (1) Ann Williams 1774 Lambeth, m. (2) Ann Ashley 1814 St. George Hanover Square.
(4) Uriah Woolcott Jr., b. 1776 Clapham, Surrey, d. 1810 Plumstead, Kent, unm..
(4) James, son of Uriah and Ann Woolcott, b. 1778 St. Marylebone, d. c.1855 Bermondsey; carpenter; m. Charlotte Pope 1803 St. Mary, Lambeth; was at St. Giles in 1841 and a widower at Bermondsey in 1851.
(5) Charlotte, daughter of James and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1805 St. Giles, Holborn, d. 1887 Wandsworth; at Chatham, Kent 1871, domestic servant living alone unm..
(5) Harriet, daughter of James and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1808 St. Giles, Holborn.
(5) James Uriah, son of James and Charlotte Woolcott, b.1810 St. Giles, Holborn, d. 1856 St. Anne, Soho, broom maker; m. (1) Hannah Elizabeth Knight 1834 St. James, Westminster, m. (2) Rachel Perry 1854 St. Martin, Westminster.
(6) James William, son of James and Hannah Woolcott, b. 1835 St. Clement Danes, London, d. c.1875 Whitechapel, grocer; 1861 Whitechapel; coffeehouse keeper at St. Botolph Aldgate 1871; m. Jane Haines 1861 Newington.
(7) Alice Woolcott, b. London; with parents 1861-1891, domestic servant 1891, with brother William at Hackney 1901.
(7) Edwin James Woolcott, b. 1867 London, laborer; m. Elizabeth Blaney 1890 St. Luke Hackney.
(7) Frederick Woolcott, b. 1868 London; with parents 1871..
(7) George Woolcott, b. 1870 London; with parents 1871-1901.
(7) William Woolcott, b. 1872 Wapping, Middlesex, with mother 1881; train conductor at Hackney 1901 with mother and sister Alice living with him; immigrated to Canada c. 1953; m. Jane Little 1897 St. John Hackney.
(6) Harriet Woolcott, b. 1837 St. James Pickadillyr.
(6) Hannah Sarah, dau. of James Uraih and Hannah Wolcott, b. 1838 St. James Pickadilly; with parents 1841; a domestic cook for the Elwell family in St. Marylebon, 1901, d. unm..
(6) Eliza, dau. of James Uriah and Hannah Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1840 St. James Pickadilly; with parents 1841-1851.
(6) Edwin, son of James Uriah and Hanna Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1844 St. James Pickadilly.
(6) Caroline Woolcott, b. 1848 St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
(6) Louise Woolcott, b. 1850 St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
(6) Rachel Woolcott, b. 1855, St. George the Martyr, Southwark.
(5) Charlotte Woolcot, b. 1811 St. Giles, Holborn.
(3) James, son of Thomas and Margaret Woolcott, b. 1749 St. John, Horsley Down.
(3) Thomas, son of Thomas and Margaret Woolcott, b. 1749 Southwark, d. 1819 Hampton, Middlesex; Nonconformist; carpenter; apprenticed to Thomas Woollcott his father of Tooley Street Southwark Citizen & Carpenter of London and made freeman of London at the end of his apprenticeship 1772, took Peter Parker as an apprentice at Southwark in 1773; carpenter at Southwark 1777, Clerkenwell 1785; lived Compton St., Clerkenwell, where he took his brother, Samuel, as apprentice in 1783; m. (1) Ann Hilton 1775 Clerkenwell; she buried Bunhill Fields, a Nonconformist Cemetery 1794; m. (2) Sarah Wheeler 1796 Clerkenwell.
(4) Richard, son of Thomas and Ann Woollcott, 1775-1779 St. James Clerkenwell; bur. Bunhills Fields.
(4) Thomas, son of Thomas and Ann Woollcott, b. 1777 St. James Clerkenwell; timber merchant in partnership with Richard Woollcott, in St John Street; m. Sarah Wheeler 1796 St. James Clerkenwell.
(4) Samuel, son of Thomas and Ann Woollcott, 1778-1778 St. James Clerkenwell, bur Bunhill Fields.
(4) Richard, son of Thomas and AnnWoolcott, b. 1779 Clerkenwell, d. 1838 Islington. Richard Woollcott bound to his father Thomas Woollcott of Saint James Clerkenwell, citizen and carpenter of London 1794; a timber merchant, in partnership with Thomas Woollcott, in St John Street 1806; carpenter & builder, Islington Rd. 1823.
(4) Ann Woolcott, b., d. 1783 Clerkenwell, bur Bunhill Fields.
(4) James Woolcott, b., d. 1785 Clerkenwell, bur. Bunhill Fields.
(4) Elizabeth Woolcott, b., d. 1790 Clerkenwell, bur. Bunhill Fields.
(3) Robert Woolcott, b. 1751 Southwark, d. 1795 Bermondsey; completed his carpenter apprenticeship to his father 1774; m. Ann Bignall 1775 St. Giles Camberwell. 1791 lighterman at Dock Head, Bermondsey
(4) John Woolcott, b. 1776 Southwark, d.y..
(4) Patty Woolcott, b. 1779, Bermondsey.
(4) Robert Woolcott, Jr., b. 1780 Bermondsey.
(4) John Woolcott, b. 1783 Bermondsey, d. 1846 Bermondsey, rope maker; m. Ann Young 1813 St. Mary, Lambeth.
(5) Ann Elizabeth, dau. of John and Ann Woolcott, b. 1814 Bermondsey; m. Hugh James Smith, rope maker, 1837 St. Mary Lambeth, Surrey, 1837
(5) Margaret, dau. of John and Ann Woolcott, b. 1819 Bermondsey; m. Thomas Holloway 1846 St. Mary Newington.
(5) William Henry, son of John and Ann Woolcott, b. 1823 Bermondsey, tailor; m. (1) Mrs. Mary Gould, m. (2) Mrs. Mary Ann Richards Looper 1871 St. Stephen. Southwark. 1851-71 Bermondsey.
(5) Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1827 Bermondsey, d. 1865 St. Giles Camberwell.
(4) Stephen Syeds, son of Robert, lighterman of Dockhead, and Ann Woolcott, b. 1785 Bermondsey.
(4) Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Robert, lighterman of Dockhead, and Ann Woolcott, b. 1787 Bermondsey.
(4) George Bernard, son of Robert, lighterman of Dockhead, and Ann Woolcott, b. 1791 BermondseyWoolcott, b. 1789, d. 1790 Bermondsey.
(4) James, son of Robert, lighterman of Dockhead, and Ann Woolcott, b. 1789 Bermondsey, d. 1829 Bermondsey.
(3) William Woolcott, b. c.1757 Southwark. William Woolcott of the New Road Southwark, carpenter, son of Thomas Woolcott of the same place carpenter and also citizen and carpenter of London made free by Patrimony; m. Lydia Little 1784 St. Giles Cripplegate, London, brother, Robert, witness.
(4) William, son of Wiliam and Lydia Woollcott, b., d. 1785 Whitechapel, London.
(4) Thomas, son of William and Lydia Woolcott, b. 1788 Finsbury, d. 1866 Clerkenwell, carpenter; 1843 declared bankruptcy; m. Maria Davenport 1812 Aldersgate, London, witness Margaret Woolcott. 1841-51 Clerkenwell, 1861 Islington.
(5) Thomas Samuel Woolcott, b. 1814 St. James Clerkenwell, carpenter; declared bankruptcy in 1843; m. Ann Carter 1835 Camden, Middlesex. 1841 Hackney, 1851 Clerkenwell; 1861 Islington.
(5) Frances Woolcott, b. 1815 St. John Finsbury; m. William Henry Richards 1837 London.
(5) George William Woolcott, b. 1817 St. John Finsbury, carpenter; m. Ann Panton 1840 Newgate, London.
(5) Joseph Woolcott, b. 1819 St. John Finsbury, Middlesex, commercial traveller; m. Maria Frances Prior 1842 Westminster.
(5) Edward Woolcott, b. 1822 Finsbury, Middlesex, d. 1822 Pentonville, London.
(5) John Woolcott, b. 1823 Finsbury, Middlesex.
(5) Charles Woolcott, b., d. 1823 Clerkenwell.
(5) Maria Jessie Woolcott, b. 1826 Finsbury; m. William Francis Reed 1842 Westminster. He was a Professor of Music at St.Pancras, London. William bigamously married Catherine Plamping (1834-1905) and they had three children. On William's death, 1898, Maria turned up at the home of Catherine requesting William's expensive violin and cello. On Maria's death certificate, 1910, it states that she is the widow of William Reed.
(4) Margaret Little, daughter of William and Lydia Woolcott, b. 1790 St. James, Clerkenwell, d. 1878 London; m.(1) Andrew Christey 1813 St. James, Clerkenwel, m. (2) Robert Wigzell 1829 St. George Southwark.
(4) Ann Hilton, daughter of William and Lydia Woolcott, b. 1791 St. James Clerkenwell; named for her aunt Ann Hilton; m. John Brittle 1813 Clerkenwell.
(4) William, son of William and Lydia Woolcott Jr., b. 1793 St. James Clerkenwell, d. 1871 Hoxton, Middlesex,bricklayer; m. (1) Mary Ann ____ 1826, m. (2) Ann Norris 1851 Hoxton, Middlesex. 1861-1871 . Shoreditch and Hoxton.
(5) Harriet Woolcott, b. c. 1830 London; m. Henry Baker Vincent 1853 Hoxton, Middlesex.
(4) John, son of William and Lydia Woolcott, b. 1797 St. James Clerkenwell.
(4) Richard, son of William and Lydia Woolcott, b. 1801 Clerkenwell, d. 1868 London, d.s.p.
(3) John Woolcott, b. 1756 St. Olave Southwark, d. 1807 Bermondsey; carpenter and lighterman. John Woolcott of Paris Street Tooley Street, Lighterman, son of Thomas Woolcott of the parish of Saint Olaves Southwark, Cold & Carpenter, made freeman of London by patrimony. Lightermen were workers who transferred goods between ships and quays aboard flat-bottomed barges called lighters in the Port of London. Tooley St. is in Bermondsey. John and his family resided in St. Mary Magdalen parish, Bermondsey.Mr. John Woolcott paid his quarterage to the Carpenters Guild 1789. Richard Dobbins, bound to John Woolcott of Bermondsey, aforesaid, Carpenter and also Citizen and Carpenter of London, made free on the Testimony of his said master; m. Mary Catherine Dobbins 1775 St. Mary Newington.
(4) William, son of John Woolcott, lighterman, and Mary Woolcott, b. 1776 St. John Horsley Down, carpenter. William Woolcott, batchelor m. Susannah Rigby, spinster, both of St. Mary Lambeth parish, 1802. Ann Woolcott was witness. William and Susanna Woolcott, carpenter, St. Leonard Shoreditch 1802, St. George in the East 1804-15; William Woolcott of Wadsworth Rd., St. Mary Lambeth, Surrey, carpenter, dealer, and chapman,bankrupty notice; sale of his house and furnishings and his 2 unfinished houses in Wellinton Pl., and leasehold workshops in Upper Thames St..
(5) Ann Eliza, daughter of William and Susanna Woolcott, b. 1802 Shoreditch; m. William Swallow 1829 London.
(5) Thomas, son of of William and Susanna Woolcott, carpenter, b. 1804 St. George in the East. Carpenter at St. George 1851; m. Mary Ann Smith 1845 St. Mary Lambeth, Surrey.
(5) Susanna Mary, daughter of William and Susanna Woolcott, b. 1807 St. George in he East.
(5) William, son of of William and Susanna Woolcott, carpenter, b. 1809 St. George in the East.
(5) John Woolcott, b. 1811 St. George in the East, carpenter; m. Elizabeth Bavin 1835 Shoreditch. 1851-1871 carpenter at Shoreditch.
(5) Henry Philip, son of of William and Susanna Woolcott, carpenter, b. 1815 St. George in the East.
(4) Thomas, son of John and Mary Woolcott, lighterman, b. 1777 Bermondsey.
(4) John, son of John and Mary Woolcott, lighterman, b. 1779 Bermondsey; rope maker. John Woolcott, son of John Woolcott, citizen and carpenter of London, admitted to freedom of the City by patrimony as born after admission of father; m. Ann ____.
(5) Ann Elizabeth, daughter of John Woolcott, Rope maker, and Ann Woolcott, b. 1812 Bermondsey.
(5) Ann Elizabeth, daughter of John and Ann Woolcott, b. 1814 Bermondsey.
(5) John Joseph Woolcott, b. 1819 Bermondsey.
(5) Margaret, daughter of John and Ann Woolcott, b. 1819 Bermondsey.
(5) William Henry, son of John and Ann Woolcott Woolcott, b. 1823 Dockhead, Surrey; m. (1) Mrs. Mary Gould, m. (2) Mary Ann Looper 1871 Southwark, Surrey.
(4) Sarah Catherine Woolcott, b. 1780 Bermondsey, d. 1781 Bermondsey.
(4) Thomas, son of John and Mary Woolcott, lighterman, b. 1782 London. Thomas Woolcott, son of John Woolcott of St. Giles Camberwell, Surrey, lighterman, apprenticed to Thomas Noke of Shoe Lane, London, currier and citizen and Currier of London, for seven years, 1796; above Thomas Woolcott admitted into the Freedom of the Company of Curriers of London 1809.
(5) Richard Thomas Woolcott, b. 1810 St. Marylebone, London; son of Thomas Wollcott citizen and currier of London, admitted freeman in the company of curriers, born after his father's admission to said company; m. (1) Mrs. Elizabeth Punton 1834, m. (2) Mary Oliver 1842 Stepney.
(4) Mary, daughter of John and Mary Woolcott, b. 1784 St. Dunstan, d. 1868 Woodville, New South Wales; m. Charles Croaker 1808 St. Andrew, Londons.
(4) Catherine, daughter of John and Mary Woolcott, b. 1785 St. Dunstan.
(4) Henry, son of John and Mary Woolcott, b. 1787 St. Dunstan; living with mother 1841.
(4) Charles, Woolcott, 1791-1791 Camberwell.
(4) Sarah, daughter of John and MaryWoolcott, 1793-1794 Camberwell.
(4) Ann, daughter of John and Mary Woolcott, b. 1792 Camberwell.
(4) Sarah daughter of John and Mary Woolcott, b. 1793 Camberwell.
(4) Richard, son of John and Mary Woolcott, b. 1796 Camberwell, d. 1809 St. Dunstan of fever.
(4) Charles Dobbins son of John and MaryWoolcott, b. 1797 Camberwell.
(4) Ann Dobbins, daughter of John and Mary Woolcott, b. 1801 Camberwell.
(4) Thomas Woolcott, b. 1805 Bermondsey.
(3) Agnes Woolcott, b. 1758 Bermondsey.
(3) James Woolcott, b. 1759 Bermondsey; had propery in Bermondsey 1781-1789; m. Elizabeth Claridge 1791 St. Marylebone.
(3) George Woolcott, b. 1761 Bermondsey.
(3) Martha Woolcott, b. 1763 Bermondsey; m. Stephen Syeds 1786 Bermondsey.
(3) Joseph Woolcott, b. 1764 Bermondsey.
(3) Henry, son of Thomas and Margaret Woolcott, b. 1766 Bermondsey, d. 1833 Bermondsey; Henry Woolcott of Dockhead, carpenter, son of Thomas Woolcott citizen and carpenter of London made free by patrimony1788; lighterman at Dock Head 1799, Corn Measurer at Dockhead 1821; held property in Bermondsey 1790-1816, probably from brother, James who held property in Bermondsey 1781-1789. Sons John, Robert and Ralph admitted Citizens of London by patrimony as sons of Henry; m. Mary Bullock 1788 London.
(4) Henry, son of Henry and Mary Woollcott, b. 1790 Bermondsey, d. 1858 Bermondsey; an unmarried blacksmith at Bermondsey 1851.
(4) Martha, daughter of Henry Woollcott, lighterman of Dockhead, and Mary Woollcott, b. 1792 Bermondsey.
(4) John, son of Henry Woolcott, lighterman, and Mary Woolcott, b. 1793 Bermondsey.
(4) Elizabeth Jane, daughter of Henry Woollcott, lighterman, and Mary Woollcott, b. 1795 Bermondsey; m. James Brown 1840 Camberwell, Surrey.
(4) Samuel, son of Henry Woolcott, lighterman, and Mary Woolcott, b. 1797 Bermondsey, d. 1847 St. John Horsley Down, Southwark, Surrey.
(4) Robert, son of Henry Woolcott, lighterman, and Mary Woolcott, b. 1799 Bermondsey,Woolcott, d. 1854 Bermondsey, Fellowship porter; admitted freeman of London 1824 by copy of 1788, taxed on property at Southwark 1836-1854; m. Maria Ann Shilton 1822 Newington. 1851 Southwark.
(5) Elizabeth, daughter of Robert Woolcott, Fellowship porter and Maria Woolcott, 1824-1824 St. John Horsley Down, Bermondsey, Surrey.
(5) Robert, son of Robert Woolcott, porter, and Maria Woolcott, b. 1825 St. John Horsleydown, Bermondsey, Surrey, wharfinger clerk; admitted freeman of London by copy 1824; lived Horsleydown 1824-1851, taxed on property at Southwark that was previously his father's 1857; d. unm..
(5) John Henry, son of Robert Woolcott, Fellowship porter and Maria Woolcott, 1828-1829 St. John Horsley Down, Bermondsey, Surrey.
(5) Mary Ann Woolcott, 1830-1830 St. John Horsleydown.
(5) Maria Ann, daughter of Robert Wolcott, porter, b. 1832 St. John Horsleydown; m. Joseph Withey, furrier, 1856 St. George Camberwell, Emily Woolcott witness.
(5) Emily, daughter of Robert Woolcott, Fellowship porter and Maria Woolcott, b. 1835 St. John Horsley Down, Bermondsey, Surrey; lived with brother Robert in 1881.
(5) James, son of Robert Woolcott, corn porter and Maria Woolcott, 1840 St. John Horsley Down, Bermondsey, Surrey.Woolcott, b. 1840 St. John Horsley Down, Bermondsey, clerk; 1869-91 Penge, Surrey; m. (1) Alice Mary Ann Pudney 1866 St. James Bermondsey, m. (2) Hannah ____.
(6) Walter James, son of James Woolcott, clerk, and Alice Mary Ann Woolcott, b. 1868 Bermondsey, d. 1902 Anerly, Surrey 1902, admin granted to his father, James Woollcott, gent..
(6) Alice Maud, daughter of James Woolcott, b. 1875 Norwood, Surrey.
(5) George, son of Robert Woollcott, Fellowship porter and Maria Woolcott, b. 1844 St. John Horsley Down, Bermondsey, Surrey; m. Sarah Ann Butterfield 1867 Newington, with Emily Woollcott as witness.
(4) Ann Woolcott, b. 1801 Bermondsey; m. John Leaming 1820 Newington, Surrey.
(4) Sarah Woolcott b. 1803, d. 1806 Bermondsey.
(4) Thomas John Woolcott, b. 1805 Bermondsey; plumber; m. Jane Blair 1834 Walworth, Surrey.
(4) Ralph, son of Henry and Mary Woolcott, b. 1808 Bermondsey, d. 1874 Brentford, Middlesex, Fellowship porter; m. Catherine Jane Price 1830 Lambeth, Surrey.
(5) Ralph Woolcott, 1831-1832 Bermondsey.
(5) Catherine Jane, daughter of Ralph and Catherine Jane Woolcott, b. 1833 Bermondsey.
(5) Catherine Mary, daughter of Ralph and Catherine Jane Woolcott, b. 1835 Bermondsey; m. Robert Stroud, clothier, 1859 St. Mary Lambeth.
(3) Samuel Woolcott, b. 1769 Southwark, d. 1792 Lambeth, Surrey. 1783: Samuel Woolcott son of Thomas Woollcott of the parish of Saint Mary Magdalen Bermondsey Surry, carpenter, bound to Thomas Woollcott of Compton Street, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, carpenter & also citizen & carpenter of London 1783; m. Sarah Vallant 1788 Lambeth, Surrey.
(4) William Henry, son of Samuel and Sarah Woolcott, b. 1789 Lambeth.
(4) Samuel Woolcott, 1790-1790 Lambeth.
(4) James, son of Samuel and Sarah Woolcott, b., d. 1794 Lambeth.
(4) James Woolcott, b. c.1798 Lambeth, d. c.1830, ropemaker; m. Mary Horn 1819 Lambeth
(3) Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Woolcott, leather parer, b. 1776 Finsbury.
(2) John Woolcott, b., d. 1727 Hackney.
(2) Agnes, daughter of James and Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1729 Hackney.
(2) William Woolcott, b. 1730 Hackney.
(2) William, son of James and Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1736 Hackney
Another family appears at London about 1870. They were ancestors of Alexander Woollcott, the American writer and radio commentater:
(1) John Woolcott, b. c.1750, d. 1832 Guildford, Surrey; innkeeper, food and drink merchant. Vitualler, White House public house 1780-85, resided Queenhithe, Tower Ward 1784-8; resided Harp Lane, Tower St. 1793; publican at St. John Surrey, probably the Anchor Tavern 1793; at Camberwell, Surrey 1796-8; Black Swan Court, Tower Ward 1806; tavern keeper at Bear & Ragged Staff public house, Leicester Square 1818; vitualler Green Man public house, Guildford, Surrey1832; m. Harriet ____, she d. 1834 Worplesdon, Surrey.
(2) William Woolcott, b. 1771 St. Dunstan, cooper; William Woollcott, son of John Woollcott, victualler, apprenticed to John Banfield, cooper of London 1786; cooper of London 1790; m. Elizabeth Noke 1794 St. James, Clerkenwell.
(3) Elizabeth, dau. of William and Elizabeth Woollcott, b. 1795 St. George Southwark.
(3) William Woolcott, b. 1796 Clerkenwell, d. 1885 Islington, painter, Japanner; m. (1) Elizabeth Blossom Cary 1814 Westminster, m. (2) Mary Ann Amelia Versey 1867 Islington.
(4) William Thomas Woolcott, b. 1815 St. Leonard Shoreditch, d. 1852 Islington; grocer, clerk at the Finsbry Savings Bank; m. Catherine Ann Bolton 1836 St. James Clerkenwell.
(5) Mary Bolton, dau. of William Thomas and Catherine Woolcott of Penton Place, grocer, b. 1836 London, d. 1855 Stoke Newington.
(5) William, son of William Thomas and Catherine Ann Woollcott, b. 1838 Pentonville, d. 1907 Raleigh North Carolina; to US 1861 with brother Walter; was a merchant and had clothing factories at Raleigh NC in 1880; m. Mary Oliver.
(6) Walter Woolcott, b. 1866-1926 Raleigh NC.
(6) Frederick Woolcott, b. 1872 VA, d. 1933 Durham NC.
(6) Mary Oliver Woolcott, 1876-1946 Raleigh NC.
(5) George, son of William Thomas and Catherine Ann Woollcott, banking clerk, 1841-1849 Clerkenwell.
(5) Emily Woolcott, b. 1845 Clerkenwell.
(5) Walter, son of William Thomas and Catherine Ann Woollcott, b. 1848 Clerkenwell, d. 1913 Philadelphia PA, came to US with brother 1861;1875 at Phalanx NJ; clerk at Washington DC 1880, moved to Kansas City 1889, secretary to the Kansas City Light & Coke Co., 1896 to Germantown PA; spent his last years in an institution; his wife's family lived in a Utopian colony near Red Bank NJ; m. Frances "Bam" Bucklin 1870.
(6) Harry Woolcott, b. 1871 Freehold NJ.
(6) Julia Woolcott, b. 1873 Freehold NJ; m. Charles Taber.
(6) William W. "Billy"; Woolcott, b. 1876 Freehold NJ, l. Baltimore; l. Cantonville MD 1943.
(6) Phillip Woolcott, b. 1879 Freehold NJ.
(6) Alexander Humphries Woolcott, b. 1887 Phalanx NJ, d. 1943 New York City, unm., graduated from Hamilton College 1909, mumps left him an eunuch; on staff of Stars and Stripes in France 1918; well known writer and radio personality, close friend of Harpo Marx, Somerset Maughm,George Bernard Shaw, Elinore Roosevelt, etc.
(4) Henry James Wolcott, b. 1817 St. Luke Finsbury, baker, corn dealer; m. Harriet Burton 1838 St. Martin in the Field.
(5) Henry James Woolcottr, Jr., b., d. 1839 St. Pancras, Middlesex.
(5) Harriet Woolcott, b. 1840 St. George Bloomsbury; m. John Rawlings 1866 St. Peter Hackney.
(5) Ann Woolcott, b. 1842 St. Pancras, Kentish Town; m. Joseph Beger 1864 St. Dunstan Stepney..
(5) Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1844 St. Pancras, Kentish Town.
(5) Caroline Woolcott, b. 1847 St. Pancras, Kentish Town , d. 1932 London; m. Stephen Wilson.
(5) Henry James Woolcott, Jr., b. 1849 St. Pancras, Kentish Town, d. Stratford, Essex; m. Emma ____.
(6) Emma Jane Woolcott, b. 1873 Ilford, Essex; m. Henry George Sandy 1898 West Ham, Stratford, Essex.
(6) Henry James Woolcott III, b. 1876 Stratford, Essex, butcher; m. Ada _____.
(6) Ann Woolcott, b. 1880 Plaistow, Essex.
(6) Matilda Woolcott, b. 1883 Stratford, Essex.
(6) Albert L. Woolcott, b. 1887 Stratford, Essex.
(5) William Thomas Woolcott, b. 1851 St. Pancras, Camden; m. Caroline Holmes 1851 St. James Bethnal Green.
(5) Charles Woolcott, b. 1852 St. Pancras, Camden.
(5) Emma Louisa Woolcott, b. 1856 St. Pancras, Camden; m. Alfred John Jarvis 1874 St. Bartholomew Bethnal Green.
(5) Jessie Woolcott, b. 1859 Stratford, Essex.
(5) Alfred George Woolcott, b. 1861 Stratford, Essex; m. Myra _____.
(5) Arthur J. Woolcott, b. 1863 Stratford, Essex.
(4) Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1820 St. James Clerkenwell.
(4) John Hawkins Woolcott, b. 1822 St. James Clerkenwell, bricklayer; m. Elizabeth White 1846 St. Mary Haggerston.
(4) Harriet Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1824 St. James Clerkenwell.
(4) Caroline Woolcott b. 1827 St. John Shoreditch; m. Henry Barber 1851 St. Botolph Bishopgate.
(4) Louisa Woolcott, b. 1831 St. John Shoreditch; m. William John Hatchett 1849 West Hackney.
(4) Robert Woolcott, b. 1834 Shoreditch, d. 1901 Mile End, Old Town, London; linen draper, miliner, and haberdasherer; m. Elizabeth Hatchett 1852 St. Philip Bethnal Green.
(5) Elizabeth Blossom Woolcott, b. 1852 Spitalfields; m. William Older 1876 St. Thomas Stepney.
(5) Robert Woolcott, b. 1856 Spitalfields, d. 1896 Canning Town, Essex; m. Sarah ____.
(5) Henry Woolcott, b. 1857 Spitalfields, d. 1928 Parramatta, Australia; m. Esther Wimpory 1884 St. John Hackney; postman at Stepney, East Ham, and Bethnal Green; emmigrated in 1913 to New South Wales, Australia, with wife and 6 children, two eldest sons arrived seperately.
(5) William Woolcott, b. 1858 Spitalfields.
(5) George Woolcott, b. 1863 Mile End Old Town, staymaker; m. Margaret Maria Warner 1882 St. Simon Bethnal Green.
(5) John Woolcott, b. 1865 Mile End Old Town.
(5) Mary Woolcott, b. 1867 Mile End Old Town.
(5) Harriet Woolcott, b. 1870 Mile End Old Town
(5) Alice Maria Woolcott, b. 1872 Mile End Old Town; m. Thomas Puddephatt 1901 Mile End Old Town.
(5) William Woolcott, b. 1879 Mile End Old Town.
(3) Sophia Woolcott, b. 1798 Camberwell, Surrey.
(3) Matilda Woolcott, b. 1801 Newington, Surrey; m. William Willoughby Hoskin 1820 Lambeth, Surrey
(3) Sarah Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1805 St. James Clerkenwell; m. ____ Moorish.
(2) William Woolcott b. c.1772. William son of John Woolcott of Harp Lane, Tower St., victualler, apprenticed to John Banfield, citizen and cooper of London, for term of 7 years, in consideration of 20 pounds 1790. William Woollcott of St. Dunstan in the East, cooper, bachelor, age 22, m. Elizabeth Noke of St. James Clekenwell, spinster, age 21, St. James Clerkenwell 1793.
(3) William Woolcott, Jr., b. 1795 Clerkenwell, d. 1885 Islingto; m. (1) Elizabeth Blossom Cary 1814 Westminster, m. (2) . 1841 William Woolcott, wood jappaner with wife Elizabeth. William Woolcott, widower, jappaner, son of William Woolcott, carpenter (cooper?) m. (2) Mary Ann Amelia Jones, widow, dau. of William Versey farmer 1867 Islington.
(3) Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth Woolcott b. 1796 Surrey.
(3) Sophia, daughter of William and Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1798 Camberwell, Surrey.
(3) Matilda, daughter of William and Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1801 Surrey; m. William Willoughby Hoskin 1820 St. Mary Lambeth.
(3) Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of William and Elizabeth Woolcott b. Clerkenwell 1805; m. John Morrish.
Another Woolcott family at London came from Langport, Somerset.
(1) Richard, son of Richard and Mary Wolcott of Langport, Somerset, b. 1744 Langport; came to London c.1783 following the death of his mother; m. Grace Bond 1768 High Ham, Somerset.
(2) Richard Woolcott, b. 1774 Langport, Somerset, d.1834 St. George Bloomsbury, embroiderer at Little Russell St., Bloomsbury, 1818-28, paid land tax there 1822-27 after which Mrs. Woolcott paid it; m. Charlotte Schleicher 1796 St. Marylebone, Grace Woolcott, mother, witness. Charlotte was at Little Russell St. until after 1851 and died 1859 Camden, Middlesex.
(3) Charlotte, dau. of Richard and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1796, d. 1797 St. Marylebone.
(3) Richard Harman, son of Richard and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1798 St. Marylebone, d. Little Russell St., Bloomsbury 1834, confectioner; m. (1) Martha Brotherton 1819 St. Martin in the Fields; m. (2) Rebecca Francis 1824 St. George Bloomsbury.
(4) Richard Harman, son of Richard and Martha Woolcott, b. 1819 Camberwell, d. 1893 London; glue maker with his grandmother, Charlotte, in 1841; furniture and lamp dealer at St. Martin in the Fields 1861-1881; m. Fanny Hammett Brodribb 1852 Westminster.
(3) Elizabeth, dau. of Richard and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1800 St. Leonard Shoreditch.
(3) Charlotte, dau. of Richard and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1803 St. Giles in the Field, d. 1866 St. Martin in the Fields; m. James Gelon Adrian Avicenna Dibon 1829 St. Marylebone.
(3) Mary Ann, dau. of Richard and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1805 St. Giles in the Field.
(3) Henry John , son of Richard and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1808 St. Giles in the Field, fringe manufacturer St. George Bloomsbury, filed bankruptcy 1851, to debtor's prison 1853, but still in fringe business 1861-1881; m. (1) Frances Sarah Dibon 1828 St. Marylebone, m. (2) Emma ____.
(4) Byron Harry Woolcott, b. 1844 St. Giles, London, d. 1909 St. Marylebone, glass cutter and glazier; m. Elizabeth Ward 1866 St. Giles.
(4) Alfred Richard Woolcott, b. 1845 Bloomsbury, outfitter; m. (1) Elizabeth Maddox 1871 Paddington, he petitioned for divorce 1876, m. (2) Rosina Harrison.
(4) Emily Woolcott, b. 1850 Bloomsbury.
(4) Albert Stanley Woolcott b. 1851 Bloomsbury, d. 1940 St. Pancras.surgical instrument maker; m. Sophia Ann Barrett 1879 St. Pancras, Camden.
(4) Edward Woolcott, b. 1853 Bloomsbury, umbrella cover cutter; m. Charlotte ____.
(3) Caroline, dau. of Richard and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1810 St. Giles Bloomsbury, d. 1840; m. John Bennett 1839.
(3) Frederick, son of Richard and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1813 St. Giles Bloomsbury fringe manufacturer and dealer; m. Sarah ____.
(4) Frederick James, son of Frederick and Sarah Woolcott, b. 1837 Bloomsbury.
(4) Charles Woolcott, twin, b. 1838 Bloomsbury, fringe dealer.
(4) HenryWoolcott, twin, b. 1838 Bloomsbury, fringe maker at Chiswick employing 18 people; m. Ann Handsombody 1860 Bethnal Green.
(4) Frederick William, son of Frederick and Sarah Woolcott, b. 1840 Bloomsbury, cabinet salesman at St. Paul Covent Garden.
(4) Walter James Woolcott, b. 1843 Bloomsbury, d. 1909 West Ealing; m. Mary Ann ____.
(4) Richard James, son of Frederick and Sarah Woolcott, b. 1843 Bloomsbury, Fringe maker Little Russel St., Upholsterer's cashier.
(4) Clara Woolcott, b. 1846 St. Martin in the Field; m. Robert Randall 1870 Stepney.
(3) William George son of Richard and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1815 St. Giles Bloomsbury, d. 1820 St. George Bloomsbury.
(3) James, son of Richard and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1818 St. George Bloomsbury, d. 1894 Ramsgate; apprentice cook 1841, cook 1843-1852, publican at Black Boy public house 1861-1866, innkeeper at Pavilion Gardens, Thanet, Kent 1871, Councilor at Ramsgate 1884-1894, Alderman 1891; m. Maria Smith 1843 St. Marylebone, Westminster, (2) Sarah Lane 1862 St. James Bermondsey.
(4) Maria, dau of James Woolcot, cook, b.1844, d. 1885; m. James Bennett.
(4) Caroline, dau. of James and Maria Woolcott b. 1845 Lambeth, Surrey; m. Benjamin Thomas Claxton 1687.
(4) Charlotte Louisa, dau of James Woolcott, cook, and Maria b. 1848, d.1924.
(4) Alice Kate, dau of James and Maria Woolcott, b. 1852, Lambeth. d. 1908; m. John William Stevenson.
(4) James George 1885, son of James and Sarah Woolcott b. 1865, d. 1948, gas fitter; m. Elizabeth Mary Wigley 1886 Thanet.
(4) Clara Woolcott, b. 1869 St. Lawrence, Kent.
(4) Frederick Richard Woolcott, b. 1870 S. Lawrence, Kent, brick layer, m.(1) Sarah ___, m. (2) Ellen.
(3) Charles, son of Richard and Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1821 St. George Bloomsbury.
Another London family was from Portsmouth, Hampshire.
(1) George Woolcott, b. c.1790, d. 1834 Greenwich; m. Maria Mills 1815 Portsmouth. George seved in the Royal Navy 1814-16; drew military pension1817-1834. His 4 eldest children baptized Exeter as Baptist.
(2) John Woolcott, enlisted at Portsmouth to serve in Royal Marines when age 18; discharged 1842 as an invalid.
(3) John, son of John and Sarah Ann Woolcott, b. 1837.
(2) Jemima, daughter of George and Maria Woolcott, b 1817 Exeter, d. 1905; m. Robert Baldwin Studd 1845, 1851, 1861 Greenwich, Kent.
(2) Samuel, son of of George and Maria Woolcott, b. 1819 Exeter, baptized as Baptist Beulah Chapel at St. George in the East, Whitechapel. Samuel Woolcot, tobacconist, son of George Woolcott, schoolmaster, m. Mary Ann Wotton 1842 London.
Another Woolcott family came to London fron South Molton, Devon:
(1) William Woolcott, b. 1787 West Molton, d. 1874 Stockwell, Surrey; to London c. 1810, leased property near the Wheatsheaf Pubkic House in South Lambert 1815, where he was a bartender in 1841; m. (1) Elizabeth Boutall 1811 St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, m. (2) Rosemary Drew 1836 St. Martin in the Fields.
(2) Susanna Mary Ann Wolcott, b. 1812 St. Anne Soho, Westminster; m. Charles Paul 1830 St. Nicholas Deptford.
(2) William Woolcott, b. 1814 St. Anne Soho, d. Finsbury, bootmaker; m. (1) Elizabeth ____, m. (2) Isabella Elizabeth Jenkins 1846 St. Martin in the Field, Westminster.
(3) Louisa Woolcott, b. 1842 Camden, Middlesex.
(3) William Woolcott, b. 1846 St. Anne Soho.
(3) Isabella Sarah Ann Hopkin Woolcott, daughter of William Woolcott, painter and Matilda Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1849 St. Thomas Charterhouse, London.
(3) Jane Rosemary Woolcott, b. 1850 London; m. James Searles 1870 St. Martin in the Field, Westminster.(3) Henry Woolcott, b. 1825 St. Martin in the Field, d. 1898 Battersea, Surrey, Picture frame maker; m. Mary Ann Butler 1850 St. George Hanover Square.
(3) Charles William Henry, b. 1851 St. Giles in the Fields, d. 1902 Islington; m. Mary Theresa Agatha Finnigan.
(3) John Frederick Woolcott, b. 1853 St. Giles; Picture framer; m. Louisa Foden 1873 Westminster.
(3) James Thomas Woolcott, b. 1857 St. Pancras, Camden.
(3) Elizabeth Charlotte Woolcott, b. 1857 St. Pancras, Camden, d. 1909 New Zealand.
(3) George Arthur Woolcott, b. 1860 St. Pancras, Camden, porter; m. Julia Catherine Clark 1873 Shoreditch.
(3) Eva Constance Woolcott, b. 1862 St. Pancras, Camden, d. 1894 Greenwich, Kent; m. William Henry Hayball 1893 Deptford, Kent.
(3) Alice Maud Mary Woolcott, b. 1865 St. Anne Soho, Westminster; m. Charles Hutchings 1887 Bethnal Green.
(3) Roland Ernest Woolcott, b. 1868 St. Anne Soho.
(3) Annie Isabella Woolcott, b. 1874 St Giles Bloomsbury; m. William Charles Lewis 1897 Islington.
(3) Helen Woolcott, b. 1880 St. Giles Bloomsbury.
(3) George Henry John Woolcott, b. 1885 St. John Lambeth.
(2) Henry Woolcott, b. 1825 St. Martin in the Fields, d. 1898 Battersea, Surrey, apprentice with John Adams, picture restorer 1841; picture liner and frame maker; m. (1) Mary Ann Butler 1850 St. George Hanover Square, she d. 1869; m. (2) Ann Rebecca Palmer 1872 Westminster.
(3) Annie Isabella, daughter of Henry Woolcott, b. 1874 St. Giles, Bloomsbury; Annie Isabells, daughter of Henry Woolcott, framemaker, m. William Charles Lewis, brass finisher, 1897 St. Mary Islington.
(3) Helen Woolcott, b. 1880 St. Giles Bloomsbury.
(3) George Henry John Woolcott, b. 1885.
(2) Mary Woolcott, b. 1837 Lambeth, Surrey.
(2) Elizabeth Woolcott, b. 1838-1850 Lambeth, Surrey.
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