On April 15, 1723, she married her cousin, Stukely Westcott,[3] son of Stukely Westcott and Priscilla Bennett. They had two children: Freelove in 1724; and, Stukely in 1726.
After her husband died in 1736 in Cranston, Rhode Island, she administered his estate and brought up their two minor children. She died after 1753.
Sources
↑ Source: #S-142227217 Source number: 570.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: DE1
↑ Whitman, Roscoe L. "History and genealogy of the Ancestors and Some Descendants of Stukely Westcott one of the thirteen original proprietors of Providence Plantation and the Colony of Rhode Island". Otsego Pub. Co., Oneonta, NY. 1932. p. 179
↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8K5-DTL : 11 February 2018), Stukely Westcott and Bethiah Westcott, 15 Apr 1725; citing Providence,Providence,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 914,406.
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