Graduated from Yale in 1833 and completed a course in the Andover Theological Seminary with the class of 1837. He afterward did missionary work in Syria and following his return to the United States was pastor of many of the leading
Congregational churches. He was the author of many well known hymns, including the one which is so generally sung, "Christ for the World We Sing."
Also father of the famous Edward Oliver Wolcott
Graduated from Yale in 1833 and completed a course in the Andover Theological Seminary with the class of 1837. He afterward did missionary work in Syria and following his return to the United States was pastor of many of the leading
Congregational churches. He was the author of many well known hymns, including the one which is so generally sung, "Christ for the World We Sing."
Also father of the famous Edward Oliver Wolcott
Family Members
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Samuel Adams Wolcott
1844–1912
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Henry Roger Wolcott
1846–1921
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Edward Oliver Wolcott
1848–1905
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Harriet Agnes Wolcott Vaille
1850–1917
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William Edgar Wolcott
1852–1911
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Katherine Ellen Wolcott Toll
1854–1936
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Mary Alice Wolcott
1856–1858
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Anna Louise Wolcott Vaile
1858–1928
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Clara Gertrude Wolcott
1859–1939
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Herbert Walter Wolcott
1861–1941
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Charlotte Augusta Wolcott Bates
1863–1912