Wolcott

New Haven County · dedicated 1971 · location approximate

WOLCOTT On October 11th, 1770, upon the memorial of forty-nine freemen, the Colonial Assembly, sitting in New Haven, established the Parish of Farmingbury "as a distinct ecclesiastical society with all the privileges and immunities belonging in the Colony." This action was the beginning and the firm foundation of the future Town of Wolcott. On May 12th, 1796, the Connecticut General Assembly, meeting in Hartford, passed an Act incorporating Farmingbury as the 104th Connecticut town, but only after Governor Oliver Wolcott cast the deciding favorable ballot. In honor of its benefactor the new town was named WOLCOTT

Text transcribed from the cast town markers erected under Connecticut's town historical marker program in the 1970s and early 1980s. Presented as a historical record.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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