Descendants of William Christopher Wescott - Person Sheet
NameJames WESCOTT 
, GGG Grandfather, W230, 77, M
, GGG Grandfather, W230, 77, MDeath3 Apr 1870, see note, Dakota County, MN, USA25 Age: 76
Occupationfarmer
FatherEdmund WESCOTT , 85, M (1769-1836)
MotherHannah Whitlock MORTON , 86, F (1778-1835)
Spouses
1Dorcas LIBBEY , GGG Grandmother, L100, 78, F
, GGG Grandmother, L100, 78, FDeath8 Feb 1849, Gorham, Cumberland County, ME, USA25 Age: 50
Burial? Feb 1849, Sapling Hill Cemetery, Gorham, Cumberland County, ME, USA39
FatherWilliam LIBBY , 87, M (1769-)
MotherAnn WEBB , 88, F (1763-1855)
ChildrenWillis , 79, M (1816-)
Everett , 80, M (1819-1851)
Charlotte Ann , 81, F (1821-)
James , 64, M (1823-1910)
Wells Libbey , 52, M (1826-1911)
William , 82, M (1828-)
Daniel M. (Twin), 83, M (1832-1903)
Elliott (Twin), 84, M (1832-)
2Hannah HANSON , Step GGG Grandmother, H525, 95, F
, Step GGG Grandmother, H525, 95, FBirth180036
Death188625 Age: 86
FatherTimothy HANSON , 408, M (1776-1855)
MotherRebecca HAWKES , 409, F (1775-1858)
Notes for James WESCOTT
Source of death date? Dakota County shows this also
Source Vital Records from Maine Newspapers 1785-1820, Heritage Books, Inc., ref - Eastern Argus, 1803-1820 Calvin Day & Nathaniel Willis Portland Newspapers, indicates James married Dorcas in Gorham (10 May 1815 newspaper)
Page 964, indicated born September 12, 179540
Page 33836
Page 617, 821, 822, Lived on David Swett farm near Little Falls Maine25
Birth information from Gorham Vital Records page 94-524
"Minnesota has been home to the Wescotts, the Andersons, the Hilbacks and finally a Walker who came as a bride from Illinois. But how did they get to Minnesota? The information below comes from "They Chose Minnesota, A survey of the State's Ethnic Groups," Edited by June Drenning Holmquist. "Our fore-fathers and mothers were typical of so many of the immigrants that the generalizations can be directly pointed to in our family patterns. (i.e. Wescotts landing in Massachusetts going to Maine heading to Minnesota.) Why did they come to Minnesota.....?
"The Old Stock arrived 1635 in Massachusetts from England.
"The Wescotts--left Maine in the 1850s.
"By 1854, when the frontier of settlement began to press into Minnesota Territory, two distinct waves could be observed. . . 1) the Midlanders and Southerners, fragmented in religion and Democratic in politics . . . and 2) following the chain of Great Lakes. . . the New Englanders, Puritan in religion, Republican in politics...
"Even though *Wells L. and James were descended from Maine farmers, not lumbermen, and Wells L. was trained as a shoemaker, they felt the pull to the new land.....
*Wells L. and James were sons of James Wescott - note by Alice Jensen Orr.
Source Vital Records from Maine Newspapers 1785-1820, Heritage Books, Inc., ref - Eastern Argus, 1803-1820 Calvin Day & Nathaniel Willis Portland Newspapers, indicates James married Dorcas in Gorham (10 May 1815 newspaper)
Page 964, indicated born September 12, 179540
Page 33836
Page 617, 821, 822, Lived on David Swett farm near Little Falls Maine25
Birth information from Gorham Vital Records page 94-524
"Minnesota has been home to the Wescotts, the Andersons, the Hilbacks and finally a Walker who came as a bride from Illinois. But how did they get to Minnesota? The information below comes from "They Chose Minnesota, A survey of the State's Ethnic Groups," Edited by June Drenning Holmquist. "Our fore-fathers and mothers were typical of so many of the immigrants that the generalizations can be directly pointed to in our family patterns. (i.e. Wescotts landing in Massachusetts going to Maine heading to Minnesota.) Why did they come to Minnesota.....?
"The Old Stock arrived 1635 in Massachusetts from England.
"The Wescotts--left Maine in the 1850s.
"By 1854, when the frontier of settlement began to press into Minnesota Territory, two distinct waves could be observed. . . 1) the Midlanders and Southerners, fragmented in religion and Democratic in politics . . . and 2) following the chain of Great Lakes. . . the New Englanders, Puritan in religion, Republican in politics...
"Even though *Wells L. and James were descended from Maine farmers, not lumbermen, and Wells L. was trained as a shoemaker, they felt the pull to the new land.....
*Wells L. and James were sons of James Wescott - note by Alice Jensen Orr.