Stukely Westcott (abt. 1726 - 1802)

Born about 1726 in Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Wells) Westcott — married 23 Mar 1753 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died 1802 at about age 76 in Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Notes for Stukely WESTCOTT 3rd Stukely Westcott, son of Stukely and Bethiah (Westcott) Westcott (cousins) of Cranston, Rhode Island, b-1726, at the old farm homestead of his grandfather in that part of Providence which in 1754 was set off as the town of Cranston, d-town Cheshire, Berkshire County, Mass July or early August, 1802; soldier of the Revolution, 1775-6-7; m-by Justice William Burton at Warwick, R. I., Mar. 25, 1753, Anna, dau Peter and Elizabeth (Arnold) Wells, then of Warwick,^[1] the former a Patriot of the Revolution at Hopkinton, R. 1., 1776, the latter a descendant in the fifth generation of William Arnold, who, with his family, made the crossing from England in 1635 together with the Westcotts. (See Wells-Arnold family, Pt. IV.) Anna Wells, b-Warwick, Sept. 23, 1736, d-Cheshire, June 23, 1819. Stukely and Anna are buried in the old cemetery opposite the Baptist Church in Cheshire village. Issue, 13 ch.: Freelove, Joseph, Arnold, Stephen, James, Rufus, Phebe, Stukely, Lydia, Benjamin, Reuben, Anna, Dorcas.181

Stukely was born in the old farm homestead of his grandfather in that part of Providence which in 1754 was set off as the town of Cranston. He died in Cheshire Berkshire County, MA July or early August 1802. He was a soldier of the Revolution, 1775-7. He is buried in the old cemetery opposite the Baptist Church in Cheshire village with his wife, Anna.182,181

Marriage by Wm Burton, Justice: Stuteley Westcott Jr Marriage Date: 25 Mar 1753 Marriage Place: Cranston, Rhode Island, Spouse Name: Anna Wells Father in Law: Peter Wells ^[2]

Burial info: Old cemetery opposite Baptist Church in Cheshire Village Military info: 1775-1777, Soldier of the Revolution.^[3]

Sergeant Stukely Westcott served with Rhode Island Militia during the American Revolution.

Stukely Westcott is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-316876
Rank: Sergeant

Stukely Westcott is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A123374.

Service Source: RI ST Archives Index to Militia & Navy Records, 1774-1805, FHL ROLL #934773 Service Description: 1) also Private; Capt. Samuel Wall, 1st Division Alarm Company, Capt. Nathaniel Blackmer's Company, Col. Christopher Lippitt's Regiment. Spouse: Anna Wells.^[4]

Service date=3 February 1776| discharge date =17 January 1777 He responded to the first call to troops following the battles of Lexington and Concord, in Captain Samuel Wall's 1st Division Alarm Company, later the 4th company, Captain Olney, commanding, of Colonel Hitchcock's regiment, and went to the siege of Boston; enlisted February 3, 1776, in Captain Nathaniel Blackmar's company, Colonel Christopher Lippitt's regiment, Continental line, ordered to New York following the disastrous battle of Long Island, was at Trenton and Princeton, went into Winter bivouac at Summit, New Jersey, with headquarters at nearby Morristown, discharged January 17, 1777 in grade of sergeant. (History and Genealogy of Stukely Westcott, Vol. 1, Pg. 391, 1932) See also List of men in Col Hitchock's Regiment.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8KK-YTT : 11 February 2018), Stukly Westcot and Anne Wells, 25 Mar 1753; citing Cranston,Providence,Rhode Island, reference ; FHL microfilm 931,513.
2. ↑ Page number: 27 in Rhode Island, U.S., Vital Extracts, 1636-1899
3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 March 2018), memorial page for Stukely Westcott (1726–1802), Find A Grave Memorial no. 44369454, citing North Cemetery, Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Jason M. Crockwell (contributor 46803214) .
4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed November 6, 2016), "Record of Westcott, Stukely", Ancestor # A123374.
5. ↑ U.S., Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 for Stuckely Wescott Continental Troops Independent Companies of Artificers, 1777-1778 (Folder 74) - 23d Regiment, 1776 (Folder 99) https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/4282/images/miusa1775a_113670-00334?pId=843930

• Whitman, Roscoe. History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and Some Descendants of Stukely Westcott (Otsego Pub. Co., Oneonta, N.Y., 1932) . Page 235