Roswell L. Colt

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Roswell Lyman Colt (1779-1856) was an American businessman who made a fortune in the shipping industry, served for decades as governor of the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, and was an early railroad executive.

Colt's parents were Peter Colt (1744-1824) and Sarah Lyman. (Peter's brother was Benjamin Colt (1740-1781), whose son Christopher Colt (1780–1850) had a son who became famous for being the gunmaker/inventor

Pierre L'Enfant, and later settled in Paterson.[1]

Roswell Colt was born on July 20, 1779. In 1811, Roswell married Margaret Oliver (1790-1856), herself the heiress to a shipping fortune.

Baltimore and Port Deposit Railroad in 1835, a director of the B&PD as well.[4] In 1838, the B&PD merged with three other railroads to create the first rail link from Philadelphia to Baltimore. (This main line survives today as part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.) Colt's service as a railroad executive is noted on the 1839 Newkirk Viaduct Monument
in Philadelphia.

Roswell and Margaret had 13 children: Robert Oliver Colt (1812-1885), John Oliver Colt (1813-1858), James Craig Colt (1815-1865), Elizabeth Sarah Colt (1816-1823), Mary Devereux Colt (1817-1884), Roswell Lyman Colt (1821-Unknown), John Craig Colt (1822-1848), Emily Oliver Colt (1825-Unknown), Morgan G. Colt (1826-Unknown), Thomas Oliver Colt (1829-1869), Margaret Oliver Colt (1830-1871), Ellen Craig Colt (1831-Unknown), and Julia Colt (1835-1909).[5]

He died in Paterson on November 22, 1856.

References

  1. ^ "The Great Colts: Peter Colt". New Jersey History Digital Archive. William Paterson University. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Oliver Family Estate Papers, 1759-1870, MS 626.2". Maryland Historical Society. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  3. ^ "The Pillars of Paterson". New Jersey History Digital Archive. William Paterson University. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  4. ^ "1835 (June 2004 Edition)" (PDF). PRR CHRONOLOGY. The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. June 2004. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Roswell Lyman Colt". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roswell_L._Colt&oldid=1195678525"