Person:Edward Westcott (1)

Disputed Lineage

In Whitman's first volume, he says that Thomas and Alice had at least 2 sons, and in his second volume, he names the second as Edward. That an Edward Westcote existed seems to be certain, based on the deed he witnessed in 1550/1^[1]. However, Thomas Westcote (fl. 1624-1636) in A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX [1630] gives Thomas and Alice only one son, Philip.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Whitman, Roscoe L. (Roscoe Leighton). History and genealogy of the ancestors and some descendants of Stukely Westcott: one of the thirteen original proprietors of Providence Plantation and the colony of Rhode Island with especial mention of the Westcotts of Cheshire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and the Westcotts of Milford, Otsego County, New York and some of the allied families. (Oneonta, New York: Otsego Publishing Co., 1932)
   2:6-7.

   'Thomas and Alice Westcott had at least two sons, Phillip and the "unnamed son" [citing volume 1, p. 7]. This son was Edward.'
   'Edward Wescote flourished in 1541 to 1551. Was his wife Damaris Stuckley, dau. Christopher and Mary?'

   While the author speculates (in a couple of places) that Edward may have married Damaris Stucley, daughter of Christopher, the deeds involving Edward and Christopher imply that Edward was Christopher's contemporary (if not older).

2.   Westcote, Thomas. A view of Devonshire in MDCXXX : with a pedigree of most of its gentry. (Exeter: W. Roberts, 1845)
   p. 622.