Family register
Jemima Wolcott
probable
Jemima Wolcott is a member of the Wolcott family. She married James Steele. Her child was Emelia Steele.
Marriage and family
Jemima Wolcott was the wife of Lieutenant James Steele of Ellington, Connecticut.[2][3] She was the mother of Emelia Steele.[2][3]
Claimed Wolcott descent
According to a history of the Read family, Jemima Wolcott was said to be a lineal descendant of a signer of the Declaration of Independence and of a governor of Connecticut.[1] That source gave no generation-by-generation proof for the descent.[1]