NameWilliam WESCOTT , 9G Uncle, W230, 196, M
Birthprobably Great Barnstaple Bay near field of Wescote
Occupationbelieved to be a seafaring man
Notes for William WESCOTT
Page 1, It is of record that Richard, William and Daniel Wescott were brothers, emigrants from England, 1635-6, that Richard and William were in Newton, (Watertown), Massachusetts, in 1636, in which year they went to Wethersfield, Connecticut (see Stuckley Westcott genealogy, 1939, vol. II, pages 394-5), and Maria, wife of Daniel Wescott was a witness in court at Marblehead, Massachusetts, in 1646.
While there has not been found an authentic record of the issue of Daniel and Maria wescott, it is probable that the Daniel, Richard and William Wescott who were in Portsmouth on February 20, 1690, when, with others, they petitioned protection by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, were their sons, deriving their Christian names from their father, Daniel,and uncles, Richard and William. It will be noted that these names prevailed not only in the second generation, but in the third and forth generation as well.
Also it is of interest to note that the succeeding generations of the family migrated from Marblehead or Newton, to Portsmouth, thence to Kittery, Yorke, Scarborough, Falsmouth, Gorham, Castine and other Localities in Maine.45

left Salem, Massachusetts 1639 settled Wethersfield, Connecticut
1644 to Fairfield, Connecticut
Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony 1636
came from Torrington "hot bed of Puritanism' with his Brothers, Hugh Parsons, the Hills, and some Waites
believed to be a seafaring man
living in Virginia at Death?
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