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Abt 1612 - 1650 (38 years)
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Name |
Richard WESTCOTT [2, 3] |
- It is not definitely known in what year Richard WESTCOTT arrived in New England, but he is supposed to have been one of Elder Thomas HOOKER'S party who went from Newtown, Mass., to the Connecticut River valley in 1636, settled in Wethersfield and from there served in the Pequot War. The location of his home lot of three acres in Wethersfield, are shown on an old map of the town. He sold his home at Wethersfield in 1645 and removed to Fairfield, Conn., where he d. pr. Mar. 11, 1649/50. He m. Joanna (?) whose family name has not been learned. I as the younger Governor WINTHROP stated in 1667, that Joanna was then "aged 55 years," she was born in 1612/3. Her sister is said to have been the wife of Robert SANFORD of Hartford, Conn. After Richard died, Joanna m (2) nathaniel Baldwin of Fairfield and New Haven (his second wife), and m (3) Thomas SKIDMORE of Fairfield. [1]
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Birth |
Abt 1612 |
England [1, 4] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
11 Mar 1649/50 |
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA [1, 2] |
Person ID |
I60491 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
6 Mar 2022 |
Family |
Joanna ?, b. abt. 1612/13 d. 11 Aug 1683, Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut (Age 70 years) |
Marriage |
Abt 1639/40 [1] |
Children |
| 1. Joanna WESTCOTT, b. Abt 1644 d. Bef 1678 (Age < 33 years) [Birth] |
+ | 2. John WESTCOTT, b. Abt 1641, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Abt 1700, Bedford, Westchester, New York, USA (Age 59 years) [Birth] |
| 3. Daniel WESTCOTT, b. Abt 1643 d. 1704 (Age 61 years) |
| 4. Abigail WESTCOTT, b. Abt 1647, Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA |
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Family ID |
F20319 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
27 May 2013 |
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Sources |
- [S5534] Roscoe L. Whitman - 1932, History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and Some Descendants of Stukely Westcott.
- [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).
- [S3130] Charles Candee Baldwin, M.A., The BALDWIN Genealogy from 1500 to 1881.
- [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.
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