James WESCOAT

Father: James WAISTCOAT
Mother: Mary DICKENS

Family 1: Hannah HORTON

(1) Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 via Ancestry.com

  1. Nathan WESCOAT
  2. Rhoda WESCOAT
  3. Samuel WESCOAT
  4. Dickens WESCOAT
  5. Abigail WESCOAT
  6. Sarah WESCOAT
  7. Charlotte WESCOAT
  8. Candice WESCOAT
                                       _Jerimiah WESCOTT_
                   _Jerimiah WESTCOTT_|
                  |                   |_Eleanor ENGLAND__
 _James WAISTCOAT_|
|                 |                    _John WARNER______
|                 |_Mary WARNER_______|
|                                     |_Ann GORTON_______
|
|--James WESCOAT
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|                                      __________________
|                  ___________________|
|                 |                   |__________________
|_Mary DICKENS____|
                  |                    __________________
                  |___________________|
                                      |__________________

Notes

Updated June 26, 2022. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Massachusetts, Marriages via Ancestry.com

- Name: James WESTCOTT
- Gender: Male
- Spouse: Hannah HORTON
- Marriage Date: 6 Apr 1758
- City: Rehoboth
- County: Bristol
- Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0562559

(2) Massachusetts, U.S., Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War via Ancestry.com

"WASTCOAT, James, Richmond [N. H.] Corporal, Capt. Oliver CAPRON's co., Col. Ephraim DOOLITTLE's regt. company return [probably Oct., 1775]; also, order for bounty coat dated Camp at Winter Hill, Nov. 11, 1775."

(3) History of the town of Richmond, Cheshire County, New Hampshire via Ancestry.com

"The following names appear in a Swansey company, as contained in a roll of John HOUGHTON's company, in Co. BALDWIN's regiment, for New York, mustered and paid by James HAMMOND, Esq., muster and paymaster of said company, Sept. 22, 1776 viz.:- ... James WESTCOAT"

(4) New Hampshire, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index via Ancestry.com

- Name: James WESTCOTT
- State: NH
- County: Cheshire County
- Township: Richmond
- Year: 1776
- Page: NPN
- Database: NH Early Census Index

(5) 1790 United States Census for Massachusetts, Berkshire Co., Windsor

- Name: James WESTCOT
- Home in 1790 (City, County, State): Windsor, Berkshire, Massachusetts
- Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over: 1
- Free White Persons - Females: 3
- Number of Household Members: 4

(6) Erlenkotter Family Records, citing:

... (6a) [birth and death] JENKS, Margaret R., Thomas HORTON of Milton and Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Vol. 3, Part 2, (1990), p. 1427.

NOTES PROVIDED IN THE ERLENKOTTER FAMILY RECORDS:

"James WESTCOAT, from Rehoboth, was one of the first settlers at Richmond, New Hampshire. He served in the Richmond company of Col. DOOLITTLE's regiment in 1775; in Capt. John HOUGHTON's company with Col. BALDWIN's regiment in New York in 1776; and in Capt. Samuel WRIGHT's company, Col. NICHOLS's regiment, Gen. STARK's brigade in 1777 at the battle of Bennington and the first battle of Stillwater. In 1776 he was one of the signers in Richmond of the Association Test, and in 1778 he was chosen as a member of a committee to raise men to serve in the army. On 1 October 1785 he and his son Nathan were among the signers of a petition for the appointment of a justice of the peace at Richmond. James sold his land in Richmond in 1788 and removed from the town."

"The will of James WESTCOAT of Cheshire, Berkshire County, MA, dated 11 March 1794, names beloved wife Hannah; sons Nathan, Samuel, and Dikins; and daughters Rhoda CHASE, Abigail GRINELL, Sarah WILLIAMS, Charlotte WESTCOAT, and Candace WESTCOAT. Beloved wife Hannah and son-in-law Isaac WILLIAMS were nominated as executrix and executor of the will."

- "Probate: 2 Mar 1795, Will admitted to probate in Berkshire County, MA" - "Will: 11 Mar 1794, Date of will"