The second Westcott family to migrate West of the Hudson river was probably that of James Westcott, who, in 1794, first settled in what is now the town of Maryland in Otsego County, then only a few years out of the old "Canajoharie section" and well into what in Revolutionary days was the unsettled wilderness.
Arrival of the First of the Westcotts
James Westcott, upon reaching Otsego County, settled on a large farm tract in what is now the town of Maryland. This was in 1794, and Feb. 4, 1795, was one of the grantees of 4,800 acres of land in the town. He came from Salem, Washington County, with his wife, Mary Mumford, daughter of the pioneer Thomas Mumford, and two children, Joseph and Gardiner, two other sons having previously died. He removed to Milford township before the following April, 1795.
He enlisted in in the Continental army in 1775-6,when sixteen years of age. Between that year and 1781, he served four enlistments. During the second enlistment, his company was detained on Oct. 2,1780,to act as guard about the scaffold at the execution at Tappen, Rockland County, of John Andre, the British Major and spy.
Arrival of the First of the Westcotts
James Westcott, upon reaching Otsego County, settled on a large farm tract in what is now the town of Maryland. This was in 1794, and Feb. 4, 1795, was one of the grantees of 4,800 acres of land in the town. He came from Salem, Washington County, with his wife, Mary Mumford, daughter of the pioneer Thomas Mumford, and two children, Joseph and Gardiner, two other sons having previously died. He removed to Milford township before the following April, 1795.
He enlisted in in the Continental army in 1775-6,when sixteen years of age. Between that year and 1781, he served four enlistments. During the second enlistment, his company was detained on Oct. 2,1780,to act as guard about the scaffold at the execution at Tappen, Rockland County, of John Andre, the British Major and spy.
The second Westcott family to migrate West of the Hudson river was probably that of James Westcott, who, in 1794, first settled in what is now the town of Maryland in Otsego County, then only a few years out of the old "Canajoharie section" and well into what in Revolutionary days was the unsettled wilderness.
Arrival of the First of the Westcotts
James Westcott, upon reaching Otsego County, settled on a large farm tract in what is now the town of Maryland. This was in 1794, and Feb. 4, 1795, was one of the grantees of 4,800 acres of land in the town. He came from Salem, Washington County, with his wife, Mary Mumford, daughter of the pioneer Thomas Mumford, and two children, Joseph and Gardiner, two other sons having previously died. He removed to Milford township before the following April, 1795.
He enlisted in in the Continental army in 1775-6,when sixteen years of age. Between that year and 1781, he served four enlistments. During the second enlistment, his company was detained on Oct. 2,1780,to act as guard about the scaffold at the execution at Tappen, Rockland County, of John Andre, the British Major and spy.
Arrival of the First of the Westcotts
James Westcott, upon reaching Otsego County, settled on a large farm tract in what is now the town of Maryland. This was in 1794, and Feb. 4, 1795, was one of the grantees of 4,800 acres of land in the town. He came from Salem, Washington County, with his wife, Mary Mumford, daughter of the pioneer Thomas Mumford, and two children, Joseph and Gardiner, two other sons having previously died. He removed to Milford township before the following April, 1795.
He enlisted in in the Continental army in 1775-6,when sixteen years of age. Between that year and 1781, he served four enlistments. During the second enlistment, his company was detained on Oct. 2,1780,to act as guard about the scaffold at the execution at Tappen, Rockland County, of John Andre, the British Major and spy.
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