Stukely Westcott, first Westcott in the New World, 1636
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From Wikipedia: “Stukely Westcott (1592 – 12 January 1677) was one of the founding settlers of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and one of the original members of the first Baptist Church in America, established by Roger Williams in 1638. He came to New England from the town of Yeovil in Somerset, England and first settled in Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, but difficulties with the authorities prompted him to join Roger Williams in settling near the Narragansett Bay in 1638 at Providence Plantations. He remained there for a few years, but he was recorded as an inhabitant of Warwick in 1648, probably having settled there several years earlier. He was most active in colonial affairs from 1650 to 1660 when he was a commissioner, surveyor of highways, and the keeper of a house of entertainment. His highest offices were as an Assistant in 1653 and much later as a deputy to the General Court in 1671 when he was almost 80 years old. He made his will on January 12, 1677, but died the same day with it unsigned, leaving his affairs in limbo for the following two decades…..
“Stukely and Juliann Westcott had six children…. The oldest child was Damaris, baptized at Yeovil on January 27, 1620/21. She married Benedict Arnold on December 17, 1640, the son of William and Christian (Peak) Arnold, and the couple had nine children. She died after 1678…..Jeremiah married Eleanor England on July 27, 1665, daughter of William and Elizabeth England, and they had eight children. He died in 1686.
Notable descendants of Westcott through his daughter Damaris (wife of Governor Benedict Arnold) include great-great-grandson Benedict Arnold, the general during the American Revolutionary War who initially was a great leader, but who is now remembered for his treason and betrayal of his homeland and fellow American soldiers. Another descendant was Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, American hero of the Great Lakes during the War of 1812…. Stephen Arnold Douglas debated Abraham Lincoln in 1858 before a senate race and later lost to him in the 1860 presidential election. Rhode Island colonial Deputy Governor George Hazard is another descendant.”
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1 Stukely Westcott, b. 1592, Devonshire, Marwood Parish, (or Yeoville, Somerset) England, d. 12 JAN 1677, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island
+ Juliana Marchante, b. 8 AUGUST 1591, Yeovil, South Somerset District, Somerset, England; d. 1670, Warwick, Rhode Island
…… 2 Jeremiah Westcott, b. 1633, Yeovil, Somerset, England; d. 13 NOV 1686 • Warwick, Rhode Island
…… + Eleanor England, b. 1644, Taunton, MA; d. 2 FEB 1691, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
…… …… 3 Josiah S Westcott, b. 2 DEC 1675, Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island; d. NOV 1721, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
…… …… + Hannah Gardiner, b. 16 MAY 1682, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 6 JAN 1756, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island
…… …… …… 4 Nicholas Westcott, b. 27 AUG 1702, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 1750 • North Kingstown, Rhode Island
…… …… …… + Sarah Straight, b. 25 JUN 1697 • East Greenwich, RI; d. 1736, Newport, Nova Scotia, Canada
…… …… …… …… 5 Nicholas Wescott Jr, b. 1734, Cranston, Rhode Island; d. 1790, Vermont
…… …… …… …… + Elizabeth Power, b. 28 JUN 1736, Providence, Rhode Island; d. 14 APR 1814, Adams, Massachusetts
…… …… …… …… ….. 6 Nicholas Westcott III, b. 1774 • Rhode Island, d. ABT. 1819, Clarendon, Rutland, Vermont
…… …… …… ….. ….. + Abigail Briggs, b. 2 JUL 1771, Westerly, Rhode Island; d. AFT 1820 • Rutland, Rutland, Vermont
…… …… …… …… ….. ….. …… 7 John Albert Westcott Sr, b. 13 MAY 1808, Rhode Island, d. 14 MAR 1885, buried at East Fairfield VT
…… …… …… ….. ….. ….. + Abigail Rich, b. 1809, Vermont, d. 29 MAY 1887, East Fairfield VT