Richard Westcott (abt. 1660 - 1724)

Born about 1660 in England [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1724 at about age 64 in Kittery, York, Maine

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Biography

WESCOTT_RICHARD (Escot) [Wescott], 1687, List 307b [Isle of Shoales_Robert Escot*], m. Anna or Hannah Haley (l).

(Note "Yescutt" in Ipswich vital records) , [there is a Richard Yescutt & family a Ipswich, MA] ^[1]

[Richard Wescott] A mariner of Piscataqua in 1704 ... more infomation in full article Page 739

• List 307b ; Estate of Wm. Button, Jersey Merchant; Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire Vol. 1 page 40

Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire, Vol. 5 ; by Libby, Charles

(I) Richard Wescott, immigrant ancestor, was born about 1660.

The same name occurs in Great Torrington, England, where, Nov. 17, 1611, a Richard Wescott married Mary Parsons. We find a Richard Westcott also in Connecticut at an early date; his widow Joanna married, after his death, in 1682, Nathaniel Baldwin and had three children by her second husband.

He married Hannah, born about 1670, daughter of Andrew Haley, of the Isle of Shoals and Kittery.

Her father was, in fact, called the "King of the Shoals"; he built a sea-wall to connect two islands and improve the harbor, fourteen rods long, thirteen feet high and fifteen feet wide. Haley's Island was named for him. He bought land in York in 1662 and sold land there in 1684. He married Deborah, daughter of Gowen Wilson, and she was ad ministatrix of his estate, appointed Dec. 2, 1697; children: i. Andrew Haley; ii. WilliamHaley; iii. Deliverance Haley, married George Berrry Jan. 1, 1702; iv. Elizabeth Haley, married Richard Crockett; vi. Hannah Haley, married Richard Westcott; vii. Rhoda Haley, married Samuel Skillings. The estate of Andrew Haley was divided in 1724 and the receipts of the heirs are recorded in York Deeds (fol. 232, vol. xi). Hannah Wescott, widow of Richard, receipted for her share June 4, 1724; Richard Crockett, Nicholas Hilliard and Samuel Skillings gave receipts at about the same time to Andrew Haley Jr., their brother-in-law.

Children of Richard & Hannah Wescott:

1. Richard, born about 1700, married Mary _____, and had Anna, b. at Falmouth, Maine, Nov. 13, 1736, and probably others.

2. William, mentioned below. [see as Wescott-599]

3. Andrew, of York, bought land where he dwells of Joseph Webber, of York, July 22, 1730, land described as at Cape Neddick.

Genealogical and Family History of the STATE OF MAINE Compiled under the editorial supervision of George Thomas Little, A. M., Litt. D. LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY New York 1909. [Transcribed by Coralynn Brown]

Richard Westcott born 1660 - died Jun. 4, 1724 at Kittery, York, Maine Dist, MA. ^[2]

Name

Name: Richard /Westcott/^[3]

Sources

• Genealogical and Family History of the STATE OF MAINE http://dunhamwilcox.net/me/me_bio_westcott.htm

1. ↑ Richard Yescutt of Ipswitch"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-M9XC-7?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-92Z%3A353349401%2C353659501%2C1006138901 : 29 November 2018), Essex > Ipswich > Births, marriages, deaths 1663-1739 > image 44 of 352; citing Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston.]).
2. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74482731
3. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Ancestry Family Trees Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=17028550&pid=244

• Stackkpole, Everett S. "Old Kittery and Her Families" Press of Lewiston Journal Company, Lewiston, Maine. 1903. p. 483.see at archive.org

• Libby, Charles T. Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. Vol. 5, p. 739.link

• McIntire, Robert Harry. "Ancestry of Robert Harry McIntire and of Helen Annette McIntire, His Wife." Norfolk, Virginia. 1950. p. 196, 197see at hathitrust

• Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015.subscription site

• Source: S3 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R1 NOTE This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
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Acknowledgements

• Westcott-480 was created by David Haslem through the import of Walter Haslem Ancestors.ged on Dec 31, 2013.

• Thank you to Joe Fitzgerald for creating Wescott-105 on 1 Aug 13.

Research notes

(1) Searched American Ancestors. Torry's New England Marriages to 1700, Vol. 3, p. 1632 WESTCOTT, Richard & Anna [Haley] (ca 1670-); by 1701?; Kittery, ME {Kittery 483; GDMNH 739; McIntire Anc. 196, 197}

(2) Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire. vol. 5, p 739 Married Anna or Hannah Haley. - Yescutt in Ipswich vital records. Plf. in a suit; disorderly and bound over to York ct. by Pepperell in 1707.