William WESTCOTT Sr. 1680–1758 - ClanLore Family Tree

William WESTCOTT Sr.Age: 781680–1758

Name: William WESTCOTT Sr.

Given names: William

Surname: WESTCOTT

Name suffix: Sr.

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Birth	about 1680 47 36 Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island
Birth of a brother	4 July 1684 (Age 4) Old Warwick, Rhode Island younger brother - Benjamin WESTCOTT Sr.
Death of a sister	13 December 1686 (Age 6) Old Warwick, Mashantatack Co., RI elder sister - Eleanor WESTCOTT
Death of a father	1686 (Age 6) Old Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island father - Jeremiah WESTCOTT
Death of a mother	after 2 February 1691 (Age 11) Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island mother - Eleanor (Ellen) ENGLAND
Death of a brother	17 March 1716 (Age 36) Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island elder brother - Samuel WESTCOTT Sr.
Death of a brother	11 November 1721 (Age 41) Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island elder brother - Capt. Josiah WESTCOTT Sr.
Death of a brother	25 May 1750 (Age 70) Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island elder brother - Stukely WESTCOTT Sr.
Death of a brother	7 October 1757 (Age 77) Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island elder brother - Jeremiah WESTCOTT Jr.
Death	about 1758 (Age 78) Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island

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father	Jeremiah WESTCOTT Birth about 1633 41 43 Yeovil, Somersetshire, England Death 1686 (Age 53) Old Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island Loading...
11 years mother	Eleanor (Ellen) ENGLAND Birth about 1644 Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island Death after 2 February 1691 (Age 47) Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island Loading...
	Marriage: between 27 July 1665 and 66 — Portsmouth, Rhode Island
14 months #1 elder brother	Jeremiah WESTCOTT Jr. Birth 7 October 1666 33 22 Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island Death 7 October 1757 (Age 91) Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island Loading...
3 years #2 elder sister	Eleanor WESTCOTT Birth 20 October 1669 36 25 Old Warwick, Mashantatack Co., RI Death 13 December 1686 (Age 17) Old Warwick, Mashantatack Co., RI Loading...
2 months #3 elder brother	Persis WESTCOTT Birth 1670 37 26 Old Warwick, Mashantatack Co., RI Death August 1673 (Age 3) Old Warwick, Mashantatack Co., RI Loading...
3 years #4 elder brother	Stukely WESTCOTT Sr. Birth 15 October 1672 39 28 Old Warwick, Rhode Island Death 25 May 1750 (Age 77) Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island Loading...
3 years #5 elder brother	Capt. Josiah WESTCOTT Sr. Birth 2 December 1675 42 31 Old Warwick, Rhode Island Death 11 November 1721 (Age 45) Providence, Providence Co., Rhode Island Loading...
2 years #6 elder brother	Samuel WESTCOTT Sr. Birth 1678 45 34 Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island Death 17 March 1716 (Age 38) Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island Loading...
2 years #7 himself	William WESTCOTT Sr. Birth about 1680 47 36 Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island Death about 1758 (Age 78) Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island Loading...
5 years #8 younger brother	Benjamin WESTCOTT Sr. Birth 4 July 1684 51 40 Old Warwick, Rhode Island Death 25 August 1765 (Age 81) Cranston, Providence Co., Rhode Island Loading...

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Notes for William Westcott, Sr.: He was made freeman in 1720, and living in 1758. Upon attaining his majority, he removed from Warwick into the adjoining town of Providence, later town of Cranston. His farm formed a part of what is known as the "Meshantituck 1000 acres." That part of these lands bore the Indian name "Consamasset," sometimes spelled "Conchamasset." It was located south of the raod now leading from Knightsville to Scituate, and about one and a half miles west of Knightsville. The road was not then opened, and when opened passed some distance to the northward of his house, leaving it then, as indeed it is now, in a secluded spot, but one full of rural beauty. The cellar of the house and the remains of the old well were to be seen in 1886, and may still be seen for all that Mr Whitman, knows. The old family burial ground is nearby. Only rough and uninscribed stones mark the graves. The Potter family, with whom the Westcotts intermarried, lived on an adjoining farm. Deeds are on file from William to his son William in 1732, and agin in 1805, from Major John Westcott, a great-grandson of the first William, to Robert Sheldon, when the farm passed out of the Westcott name. In 1886, it was owned by Marcellus J. Flanders. (History and Genealogy of Stukely Westcott, Vol. 1, Pg. 212, 1932) It is only definitely known that William was "of age as early as 1709"; his Christian name was probably derived from his maternal grandfather William England. An old Bible record giving nicknames and years of birth under the caption of "Mybrothers and sisters," probably is that of Williams' children. The names of Bethiah, John, Experience, Penelope and Amos and years of birth check with those of persons whose records have been determined from vital and family records and deeds in Rhode Island. (Book of Appendices, Stukely Westcott, Vol. 2, Pg. 289, 1939)

William WESTCOTT Sr.Age: 781680–1758

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