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Generation No. 9 9. JEREMIAH SR.9 WESTCOTT (STUKELY8, GUY7, EDWARD6, STEPHEN5, THOMAS4, THOMAS3, GUEDO2, THOMAS1) was born 1634 in Yeovil, Somerset County, England, and died 1686 in Warwick, Kent Co., RI. He married ELEANOR ENGLAND July 27, 1665 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI, daughter of WILLIAM ENGLAND and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. Notes for JEREMIAH SR. WESTCOTT: Notes for Jeremiah Westcott, Sr.: His name first appears on the records of the town of Warwick, July 3, 1652, when probably he had just recently become of age, as having received "half an Anker of lickyor." The next record is that of July 13, 1654, when he was a witness to the deed of purchase of land from the Sachem Taccoman. On Mrch 3, 1660, he was one of the jurymen on "ye grand Inquist," of which his father was chairman, passing upon the death of an Indian, and on August 23, of the same year, posted a "twentie pound Bond to stand to ye Determination" of two men that had been chosen "to End all differences between us in case depending in ye corte." In 1664, he is recorded as having been appointed an officer of the town to take an Indian prisoner to Newport. In 1666, he was chosen to go to "Namket" and "Coeset" and warn the Indians not to plant on the town's land. He was made a freeman in 1672. Jeremiah lived on a farm adjoining that of his father which the elder Westcott had given him for life. In addition to the land his father had given him, by the will made by the town council, he was given also the John Bennett estate and other lands. Jeremiah and Eleanor were buried in the family burial ground near his farm where his father in Warwick, as was the custom in those days, made a place for him beforehand. (Stukely Westcott, Vol. 1, Pg. 34, 1932) [1647]: he was a boy just entering his teens when his parents removed from Providence to Old Warwick and it may be assumed that he was one of the children "from the age of seven," whome "Towne Orders" ruled that fathers should provide with "a Bow and two Arrowes or shots to induce them and to bring them to shooting." His father gave him a farm for life adjoining the homestead farm and here Jeremiah passed the remainder of his life. He left no will, and the town council of Warwick, as was the custom in those days, made one for him. All of his eight children were born in Old Warwick and his six sons survived him. (Stukely Westcott, Vol. 1, Pg. 155, 1932) Marriage recorded as "Westcott, Jermy and Ellen England." (Early New England Marriages Database) Notes for ELEANOR ENGLAND: Notes for Eleanor England: She with her parents, William and Elizabeth England, emigrated from England following 1638 and settled at Portsmouth. They evidently came from Somerset, where England's cousin, Hugh Parsons, was born in Nether Stowey, near Bridgewater. Hugh was the son of Henry and Christianna Parsons. He came to America about 1637 on an unchartered sailing vessel. England's widow married Parsons and thus he became the step-father of Eleanor England Westcott. Mary Parsons, sister of Hugh, in 1611, married Richard Westcott. [Stukely's brother? no proof to date, 1998] (Stukely Westcott, Vol. 1, Pg. 34, 1932) On February 2, 1691, she and her eldest son Jeremiah (Jr) deed certain land. (Stukely Westcott, Vol. 1, Pg. 155, 1932) She was born about 1644 in Portsmouth, Newport Co, Rhode Island and died after Feb 2, 1691 in Warwick, Kent Co, Rhode Island. Her parents, William and Elizabeth England, were of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, where William was one of the original settlers of 1638. The maiden name of Elizabeth is unknown. Elizabeth m(2)-Hugh Parsons from England, and had four children, among whom was Hannah who married Henry Matteson, parents of Hezekiah Matteson who married Margaret Westcott daughter of Zerobabel(3), Robert(2), Stukely(1). (Stukely Westcott, Vol. 2, Pgs. 142-43, 1939) Marriage Notes for JEREMIAH WESTCOTT and ELEANOR ENGLAND: Jeremiah WESTCOTT, m 27 July 1665 Reference: LDS film 0925490, Warwick, RI records page 1, "July ye 27th 1665 Jeremy Westcott & Ellen England were joined together in marriage by Capt. John Greene generally Asistant of ye Towne of Warwick in y Collony of Roadisland & PRovince plantations or Kings province." Children of JEREMIAH WESTCOTT and ELEANOR ENGLAND are: i. JEREMIAH10 WESTCOTT, b. October 07, 1666, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; d. October 02, 1757, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; m. MARY WARNER, 1691, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. ii. PERSIS WESTCOTT, b. 1668, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; d. August 1673, Warwick, Kent Co., RI. iii. ELEANOR WESTCOTT, b. October 20, 1669, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; d. 1686. iv. STUCKLEY WESTCOTT, b. October 15, 1672, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; d. May 25, 1750, Cranston, Providence Co., RI; m. PRISCILLA BENNETT, December 21, 1693, December 21, 1693. v. JOSISAH WESTCOTT, b. December 02, 1675, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; d. November 11, 1721, Cranston, Providence Co., RI; m. HANNAH GARDINER, January 01, 1700/01, Cranston, Providence Co., RI. vi. SAMUEL WESTCOTT, b. October 10, 1678, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; d. March 17, 1715/16, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI; m. FREELOVE FENNER, 1695-1713. vii. WILLIAM WESTCOTT, b. 1680, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; d. 1697-1770, Portsmouth, Newport Co., RI; m. ABIGAIL GARDINER, 1697-1730. 10. viii. BENJAMIN SR. WESTCOTT, b. July 04, 1684, Warwick, Kent Co., RI; d. 1756, Cranston, Providence Co., RI.