Buried in the family 'Lot' on the homestead farm in Cranston, Josiah is the son of Jeremiah Westcott and Eleanor England. He was united in marriage on 18 Jan 1700 to Hannah Gardiner of Cranston or Providence. They are the parents of nine children:
Nicholas Westcott-27 Aug 1702
Hannah Westcott-11 Aug 1704-11 Feb 1710/1711
Tabitha Westcott-7 Dec 1706-18 Sep 1771/Henry Harris
Josiah Westcott-6 Mar 1708/1709-26 Feb 1791/Mary Collins
Nathan Westcott-23 Mar 1710/1711-25 Feb 1791/Mary Rutenberg/Ann Greene
Demaris Westcott-12 Jun 1712-9 May 1798/Gideon Harris
Caleb Westcott-6 Dec 1716-aft 1800/Hannah Gardiner
Hannah Westcott-10 Oct 1718-Sep 1723
Oliver Westcott-5 Sep 1720-20 Jan 1795/Susanna Wilkinson
He seems to have been a man of religious life. His Bible, in 1886, in the possession of Mrs. Almira Greene of Old Warwick, has upon its fly-leaf some religious verse, beginning: "Give me grace to run ye race, That heaven may be my resting place," etc. He owned a large farm near an old ore bed in Cranston some milesto one and a half miles west of the present Oak Lawn station on the New Haven railroad, where he lived all his life after he reached the years of his manhoodand where he died. He and several generations of his descendants were buried in a family burial ground upon the farm, but their graves are marked only by rough, uninscribed field stones. He also owned and ran a saw-mill upon an adjoining stream called "Meshantituc." He was also a surveyor, and frequently called upon to locate and define the "shares" in, or "rights" to, land which was bought and sold by the early proprietors before they were located. He was known as Captain Joseph. By his industry, sound judgment and high integrity, gained a wide influence. (History and Genealogy of Stukely Westcott, Vol. 1, Pg. 181, 1932)
All children listed in Rhode Island Birth Records, except, for the second Hannah listed here as born 1718, she was not listed in these records. (Rebecca Brown, September 2000).
Nicholas Westcott-27 Aug 1702
Hannah Westcott-11 Aug 1704-11 Feb 1710/1711
Tabitha Westcott-7 Dec 1706-18 Sep 1771/Henry Harris
Josiah Westcott-6 Mar 1708/1709-26 Feb 1791/Mary Collins
Nathan Westcott-23 Mar 1710/1711-25 Feb 1791/Mary Rutenberg/Ann Greene
Demaris Westcott-12 Jun 1712-9 May 1798/Gideon Harris
Caleb Westcott-6 Dec 1716-aft 1800/Hannah Gardiner
Hannah Westcott-10 Oct 1718-Sep 1723
Oliver Westcott-5 Sep 1720-20 Jan 1795/Susanna Wilkinson
He seems to have been a man of religious life. His Bible, in 1886, in the possession of Mrs. Almira Greene of Old Warwick, has upon its fly-leaf some religious verse, beginning: "Give me grace to run ye race, That heaven may be my resting place," etc. He owned a large farm near an old ore bed in Cranston some milesto one and a half miles west of the present Oak Lawn station on the New Haven railroad, where he lived all his life after he reached the years of his manhoodand where he died. He and several generations of his descendants were buried in a family burial ground upon the farm, but their graves are marked only by rough, uninscribed field stones. He also owned and ran a saw-mill upon an adjoining stream called "Meshantituc." He was also a surveyor, and frequently called upon to locate and define the "shares" in, or "rights" to, land which was bought and sold by the early proprietors before they were located. He was known as Captain Joseph. By his industry, sound judgment and high integrity, gained a wide influence. (History and Genealogy of Stukely Westcott, Vol. 1, Pg. 181, 1932)
All children listed in Rhode Island Birth Records, except, for the second Hannah listed here as born 1718, she was not listed in these records. (Rebecca Brown, September 2000).
Buried in the family 'Lot' on the homestead farm in Cranston, Josiah is the son of Jeremiah Westcott and Eleanor England. He was united in marriage on 18 Jan 1700 to Hannah Gardiner of Cranston or Providence. They are the parents of nine children:
Nicholas Westcott-27 Aug 1702
Hannah Westcott-11 Aug 1704-11 Feb 1710/1711
Tabitha Westcott-7 Dec 1706-18 Sep 1771/Henry Harris
Josiah Westcott-6 Mar 1708/1709-26 Feb 1791/Mary Collins
Nathan Westcott-23 Mar 1710/1711-25 Feb 1791/Mary Rutenberg/Ann Greene
Demaris Westcott-12 Jun 1712-9 May 1798/Gideon Harris
Caleb Westcott-6 Dec 1716-aft 1800/Hannah Gardiner
Hannah Westcott-10 Oct 1718-Sep 1723
Oliver Westcott-5 Sep 1720-20 Jan 1795/Susanna Wilkinson
He seems to have been a man of religious life. His Bible, in 1886, in the possession of Mrs. Almira Greene of Old Warwick, has upon its fly-leaf some religious verse, beginning: "Give me grace to run ye race, That heaven may be my resting place," etc. He owned a large farm near an old ore bed in Cranston some milesto one and a half miles west of the present Oak Lawn station on the New Haven railroad, where he lived all his life after he reached the years of his manhoodand where he died. He and several generations of his descendants were buried in a family burial ground upon the farm, but their graves are marked only by rough, uninscribed field stones. He also owned and ran a saw-mill upon an adjoining stream called "Meshantituc." He was also a surveyor, and frequently called upon to locate and define the "shares" in, or "rights" to, land which was bought and sold by the early proprietors before they were located. He was known as Captain Joseph. By his industry, sound judgment and high integrity, gained a wide influence. (History and Genealogy of Stukely Westcott, Vol. 1, Pg. 181, 1932)
All children listed in Rhode Island Birth Records, except, for the second Hannah listed here as born 1718, she was not listed in these records. (Rebecca Brown, September 2000).
Nicholas Westcott-27 Aug 1702
Hannah Westcott-11 Aug 1704-11 Feb 1710/1711
Tabitha Westcott-7 Dec 1706-18 Sep 1771/Henry Harris
Josiah Westcott-6 Mar 1708/1709-26 Feb 1791/Mary Collins
Nathan Westcott-23 Mar 1710/1711-25 Feb 1791/Mary Rutenberg/Ann Greene
Demaris Westcott-12 Jun 1712-9 May 1798/Gideon Harris
Caleb Westcott-6 Dec 1716-aft 1800/Hannah Gardiner
Hannah Westcott-10 Oct 1718-Sep 1723
Oliver Westcott-5 Sep 1720-20 Jan 1795/Susanna Wilkinson
He seems to have been a man of religious life. His Bible, in 1886, in the possession of Mrs. Almira Greene of Old Warwick, has upon its fly-leaf some religious verse, beginning: "Give me grace to run ye race, That heaven may be my resting place," etc. He owned a large farm near an old ore bed in Cranston some milesto one and a half miles west of the present Oak Lawn station on the New Haven railroad, where he lived all his life after he reached the years of his manhoodand where he died. He and several generations of his descendants were buried in a family burial ground upon the farm, but their graves are marked only by rough, uninscribed field stones. He also owned and ran a saw-mill upon an adjoining stream called "Meshantituc." He was also a surveyor, and frequently called upon to locate and define the "shares" in, or "rights" to, land which was bought and sold by the early proprietors before they were located. He was known as Captain Joseph. By his industry, sound judgment and high integrity, gained a wide influence. (History and Genealogy of Stukely Westcott, Vol. 1, Pg. 181, 1932)
All children listed in Rhode Island Birth Records, except, for the second Hannah listed here as born 1718, she was not listed in these records. (Rebecca Brown, September 2000).
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