Richard WESTCOTT

Male 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]
    Birth Abt 1612  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Mar 1649/50  Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1700, Bedford, Westchester, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F20319  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 May 2013 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1612 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Mar 1649/50 - Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5534] Roscoe L. Whitman - 1932, History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and Some Descendants of Stukely Westcott.

    2. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).

    3. [S3130] Charles Candee Baldwin, M.A., The BALDWIN Genealogy from 1500 to 1881.

    4. [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.