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But by the descent of Sarah Drake, wife of Governor Roger Wolcott,
from a daughter of the first Henry Wolcott of New England, the Gris-
wolds and Wolcotts now became akin to each other by a triple tie. Nor
was this all. The two families were also bound together by a singular
identity of official position :
for Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold was both
daughter, sister, wife, aunt, and, as we shall presently see, mother, of a
governor of the State of Connecticut. This coincidence led one of the
authors of this work to discover the still more remarkable fact that around
the name of this lady could be grouped, as all belonging in a sense to her
family-circle, sixteen Governors of States, forty-three distinguished Judges
(most of them different persons from any of the governors), and many
other eminent men. Some of the particulars have been already briefly
stated in a separately printed paper,'* which we here reproduce with
additions.
Family-Circle
of
Mrs. Ursula (Wolcott) Griswold.
Ursula Wolcott was born in Windsor (now South Windsor), Connec-
ticut, October 30, 1724; married Matthew Griswold of Lyme, Connecticut,
November 11, 1743; and died April 5, 1788.
I. GOVERNORS.
1. ROGER WOLCOTT, her father, was Governor of Connecticut.
2. OLIVER WOLCOTT Sen., her brother, was Governor of
Connecticut ; also Signer of the Declaration of Independence.
3. OLIVER WOLCOTT Jr., her nephew, was Governor of Connecticut
; also Secretary of the Treasury under Washington.
4. MATTHEW GRISWOLD Sen., her husband, was Governor
of Connecticut.
'"* In The New Engl. Hist, and Geneal. Register. Boston, 1879, xxxiii. 223-25.
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