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mother of all his children, is Catharine A. daughter of Henry Rankin Esq.
of New York. The only surviving son of Charles Moseley Wolcott
65 is Henry Goodrich,'^ whose marriage, in 1879, to Julia Sterling daughter
of Hon. Waldo Hutchins of New York, again united the families of
Wolcott and Ellsworth, which, in an earlier generation, became allied by
the marriage of Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, as already stated (see
above). The first child of this marriage, born in 1880, and named Oliver'^^
"is the lineal descendant of the following seven Governors, namely:
WiUiam Bradford, one of the Pilgrim Fathers and the second Governor
of the Plymouth Colony, Thomas Welles, John Webster, William Leet
and Roger Wolcott—who were Colonial governors of Connecticut ; and
Oliver Wolcott and William Wolcott Ellsworth, who were Governors of
the State of Connecticut." The eldest daughter of Charles Moseley
67 Wolcott is Katharine Rankin,'^ whom we name, in conclusion, to express
our appreciation of her sweet intelligence, warmth of affection and gentle,
yet firm, dignity of character, making her a not unworthy living represen-
tative of many noble and attractive women, of her family and name, who
preceded her.
We will here add a few words in regard to the physical traits of
the Wolcotts, as understood by us. As a family they have been, so far as
tradition brings testimony, and still are, tall, well formed, stalwart and
powerful to an unusual degree. The second Matthew Griswold, the
athlete, chosen for his strength as one of the champions of Lyme against
New London, had a Wolcott mother. The early generations are said to
have been dark. Within the memory of tradition, they have had very
rich, clear, but not always brunette, complexions, and full faces, good,
thouo-h not in general finely chiselled, features, and much effective beauty.
The member of the Boston branch of the family who bears the name of
his distinguished ancestor the first Governor has the noble face and tall
figure of his ancestors, as well as their power and activity of usefulness in
public life. Beside those bearing the name, we have been led to believe