Mercy Stafford (Westcott)

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  • (The Stafford Line).
• (I) Thomas Stafford was born 1605, in Warwickshire, England, and died at Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1677. He is said to have come to Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1626, and to have built there the first grist mill operated by water power in this country. His name is on the list of inhabitants admitted to Newport, Rhode Island, after May 30, 1638, and he soon received a grant there of seventeen acres of land, and was mentioned as in the employ of Nicholas Easton. He was witness to a will in Portsmouth, March 18, 1647; was received as a townsman of Warwick, June 7, 1657, having bought a house from Christopher Unthank; bought another house and land from Mr. Unthank, March 1, 1663, and in 1665 was a freeman of the colony. He bought a house and land in Warwick from Thomas Lawton, of Portsmouth, April 16, 1657; in 1667 he was granted a lot in the division of Potawomut and also one in the division of Toscunk; and in 1673 was a deputy to the General Assembly. His will was dated November 4, 1677, and proved April 27, 1679, bequeathing to wife, Elizabeth, and children. She died after 1677. Children: Thomas, died January 26, 1723; Samuel, mentioned below ; Hannah, married Luke Bromley; Sarah, married Amos Westcott; Joseph, born March 21, 1645, at Warwick ; Deborah, married, June 9, 1670, Amos Westcott.
  • ' (II) Samuel Stafford, second son of Thomas and Elizabeth Stafford, born 1636, lived in Warwick, and died March 20, 1718. He served as deputy to the General Assembly in 1670-72-74-79-82-86-90 and 1705, and in 1674-86 was elected assistant but refused to serve. On February 24, 1671, he and his wife sold to Richard Carder land for twenty pounds, and on September 1, 1700, he gave six shillings toward building the Friends' meeting-house at Mashapaug. He was overseer of the poor in 1687. His will was dated March 16, 1711, and proved April 16, 1718, his son Thomas being executor. He bequeathed to his son, Amos, to daughters, Sarah Scranton, Patience Howland, Freelove Tillinghast and Elizabeth Devotion, to granddaughters, Mary Thurber and Mary Stafford, and to son, Thomas. He married Mercy, daughter of Stukeley Westcott, who died March 25, 1700. Children, born in Warwick: Stukeley, November 7, 1661, died young; Amos, mentioned below ; Mercy, July 8, 1668 ; Sarah, April 18, 1671, married ___ Scranton; Samuel, November 19, 1673, died young; Patience, married Jabez Howland ; Freelove, married Joseph Tillinghast; Elizabeth, married ___ Devotion ; Thomas, born 1682.
    • (Ill) Amos Stafford, second son of Samuel and Mercy (Westcott) Stafford, was born November 8, 1665, in Warwick, and died in that town in 1760. In 1702 he gave six shillings for building the Quaker meetinghouse at Mashapaug, and served as deputy to the General Court in 1708-21. His will was dated March 24, 1753, and proved October 20, 1760, his wife, Mary, and son Amos being executors. He bequeathed to wife, children and grandchildren. The inventory of his estate amounted to one thousand, seven hundred and four pounds, two shillings, dated December 8, 1760. He married, December 19, 1689, Mary Burlingame, who died in 1760, daughter of Roger and Mary Burlingame. Children, born in Warwick : Mary,
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    • September 16, 1690; Samuel, September 24, 1692; Mercy, September 21, 1694; Amos, mentioned below; Stukeley, November 7, 1704; Patience, April 21, 1707; Freelove, October 14, 1709.
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1. ID: I28106
2. Name: Mercy Westcott
3. Sex: F
4. Birth: ABT 1634 in St. John the Baptist Church - Yeovil, Somerset Co., England
5. Death: 25 MAR 1700 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island

Father: Stuckeley Westcott b: 1592 in Marwood Parish, Devon Co., England

Mother: Julianna Marchant b: ABT 1595 in St. John the Baptist Church - Yeovil, Somerset Co., England

Marriage 1 Samuel Stafford b: 1636 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island

   * Married: BEF 1661 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island

Children

  1. Has No Children Stuckely Stafford b: 7 NOV 1661 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island

2. Has No Children Amos Stafford b: 8 NOV 1665 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island
3. Has No Children Mercy Stafford b: 6 JUL 1668 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island
4. Has No Children Patience Stafford b: 15 NOV 1669 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island
5. Has No Children Elizabeth Stafford b: ABT 1671 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island
6. Has No Children Sarah Stafford b: 18 APR 1671 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island
7. Has No Children Samuel Stafford b: 19 NOV 1673 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island
8. Has Children Freelove Stafford b: 11 AUG 1677 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island
9. Has No Children Daughter Stafford b: 1679 in Warwick, Kent Co., Rhode Island
10. Has No Children Thomas Stafford b: 1682 in Rhode Island

Mercy Westcott was born about 1639 in Warwick, Ri. She died on 25 MAR 1700 in Warwick, Ri. !Father is Stukely Westcott

Married Samuel Stafford in 1665 at Warwick, RI

Spouse: Samuel Stafford. Samuel Stafford and Mercy Westcott were married in 1665 in Warwick, R.I.. Children were: Stukely (Stuckley) Westcott Stafford, Amos Stafford, Mercy Stafford, Sarah Stafford, Patience Stafford, Sarah Stafford, Samuel Stafford, Freelove Stafford, Elizabeth Stafford, Thomas Stafford 3rd, Captian.

Alternate source information:

Mercy Westcott, born c 1632 in Yeovil, Somersetshire, England; died August 24, 1700 in Warwick, Kent Co, Rhode Island. She married Samuel Stafford, Sr. 1660 in Warwick, Kent Co, Rhode Island; born 1636 in Portsmouth, Newport Co, Rhode Island; died March 20, 1718 in Warwick, Kent Co, Rhode Island.

	More About Mercy Westcott:

Burial: Stafford Family burial ground near Conimicut Point, Rhode Island

Sources:

History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and some Descendants of Stukely Westcott... p. 144

See Winch Genealogy index and search for name in database. [S2] [S8]

Born 1632 or 1633.

Siblings: Robert born circa 1618 or 1619, Damaris bapt. 17 January 1620/1, Samuel bapt. 31 March 1622-probably died young, Amos, and Jeremiah.

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<u><b>Mercy Westcote</b></u> 1634 – 25 March 1700 • MD7R-V4S ​

<b>Sex</b> Female
<b>Birth</b> about 1634
Yeovil, Somerset, England

<b>Death</b> 25 March 1700
Kent, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America
<b>Burial</b> March 1700
Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America

<u><b>Family Members
</u>Spouse</b> Samuel Stafford 1636-1717 • LHZD-8XC ​
<b>Marriage:</b> about 1653
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States

<b>Children</b> Stuckley Stafford 1661-1661 • LZGW-HJL ​
Mercy Stafford 1668-1718 • LCWV-52F ​
Patience Stafford 1669-1721 • L7F3-G5C ​
Sarah Stafford 1669-1749 • LHCQ-W5Y ​
Samuel Stafford 1673-1717 • LHHC-2JL ​
Anonymous Stafford 1679-Deceased • LDZJ-8WL ​
Freelove Stafford 1680-1711 • LHHC-L5Q ​
Elizabeth Stafford 1681-1756 • LCTT-STY ​
Thomas Stafford 1682-1765 • LCTH-BPD ​

<b>Parents</b> Stukely Westcott 1592-1676 • MMW9-NLJ ​
Juliana Marchant 1591-1670 • M6DS-4RL ​
<b>Marriage:</b> 5 October 1619
Yeovil, Somerset, England

<b>Siblings</b> Robert Westcott 1618-1675 • LZNG-6SL ​
Damaris Westcott 1621-1679 • LC3G-JBT ​
Samuel Westcott 1622-1638 • LQ5R-7QL ​
Jeremiah Westcott 1628-1686 • KNDQ-97L ​
Amos Westcott 1631-1685 • 9SBN-ZVQ ​
Mercy Westcote 1634-1700 • MD7R-V4S

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Note:
!BIRTH, MARRIAGE, DEATH:
Archive sheet--SAMUEL STAFFORD 1636 & MERCY WESTCOTT. Submitted by Floyd W. Stafford of Salt Lake City, UT in 1948.

Sources:
1. Eda Safford, Burlington, VT DAR Genealogist;
2. Westcott History and Gen by Roscoe I. Whitman p.123-155.
SAMUEL STAFFORD
B.1636 Warwick, Kent,RI,
s/o Thomas Stafford and Elizabeth,
d. 20 Mar 1718 Warwick,
md abt 1660 to
MERCY WESTCOTT
b.abt 1640 of Warwick,
d/o Stukely Westcott and Juliana Marchante,
d.25 Aug 1700 Warwick.
9 children. all b. Warwick.

!BIRTH, MARRIAGE, DEATH:
Archive sheet-STUKELY WESTCOTT & JULIANA MARCHANTE. Submitted by Hattie Walton Heninger of Alberta, Canada in 1949.
Source:
1. Westcott History and Gen. by Roscoe L. Whitman pp.123-155.
STUKELY WESTCOTT
b.1592 Prob. Somerset, Eng.
d. 12 Jan 1677 Portsmouth, Newport, RI,
md 5 Oct 1617 at Yeovil, Somerset, Eng. to
JULIANA MARCHANTE
b.abt 1596 of Yeovil, Somerset, Eng.
d/o John Marchant,
d. Warwick, Kent,RI.
10 children, b. England, Mass and RI.
"probably, also md
Rosanna Hill" #9 Mercy
b.abt 1640 Providence, Prov., RI.,
d.24 Aug 1700,
md Samuel Stafford.
Modified
19 March 2015 by edharlow887311

IN THE LIFE AND TIMES

of

Stukeley Westcote,

WITH

SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS.

BY

J. RUSSELL BULLOCK.

Mercy2 (Westcote) Stafford, the Daughter of Stukeley1 and some of her descendants.

Mercy2 was the daughter of the first Stukeley1. The time and place of her birth have not been learned. She died at " Old Warwick," 1700, August 24. Some have it March 25. She married, about 1660, Samuel Stafford. He was born 1636, and died 1718, March 20.
Samuel was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Stafford. Thomas was born at Warwickshire, England, about 1605; came to Plymouth as early as 1626; from thence he removed, 1638, March, to Portsmouth or Newport, R. I., after-wards to Providence, where he constructed the first grist mill at the mouth of the Mooshausick River. In 1650 he removed to Warwick, and erected the first grist mill there at the head of Mill Cove. Thomas was admitted a freeman in 1638. It is related of him that he died at Warwick in 1677, " aged and worn out with labor, but industrious and prosperous." Thomas Stafford Drowne, D. D., of Garden City, Long Island, a descendant, has in his possession the original family "arms," carved in wood, brought from England, bearing the inscription, "The family of Stafford, of Warwickshire."
Samuel, husband of Mercy, was admitted a freeman 1669. He was chosen one of the Governor's "assistants" in 1674, but declined to serve. In 1679-82-86, and 1705, he was elected a Deputy from Warwick to the Colonial Assembly. He was a man of influence, and much esteemed. His two sisters, Sarah and Deborah, were the wives of Mercy's brother, Amos. He died in Old Warwick at the ripe old age of eighty-three. Both Mercy and her husband, and many of their earliest descendants, are buried in the old Stafford family burial ground near Conimicut Point.

Mercy (Westcote) Stafford and Samuel had ten children, viz
I. Stukeley3.
II. Amos3.
III. Mercy3.
IV. Sarah3.
V. Sarah3.
VI. Samuel3.
VII. Freelove3.
VIII. Elizabeth3.
IX. Patience3.
X. Thomas3.

I. Stukeley3 Stafford, son of Mercy2, was born at " Old Warwick," 1661, November 7. Little is known of him. He died before his father, and when a young man.

II. Amos3 Stafford, son of Mercy2, was born at “Old Warwick," 1665, November 8. Some have it January 8. He died there 1760, October 8, aged 94 years. He married, 1689, December 19, Mary Burlingame, daughter of the first Roger, of Stonington 1654, of Warwick 1660, and Deputy to the Colonial Assembly 1690. She was born 1668, January 14, and died 1760, October 14, aged 92 years, surviving her husband only eight days. The Boston Post, of 1760, October 10, in speaking of the death of Amos, says he always " supported a fair character, and left behind him a numerous offspring, and a widow with whom he had lived " in great union and tenderness " seventy-two years." He was noted for his industry, regarding four hours of the twenty-four as all that should be devoted to sleep. He was a Quaker, as were also his wife and family. He was for many years the trusted treasurer of the town, and in 1705 and 1721 one of its Deputies to the Colonial Assembly. Before death he became blind, and in his last illness a daughter more than seventy years of age was his affectionate nurse and attendant. Amos last named had children as follows:
I. Mary4.
II. Samuel4.
III. Mercy4.
IV. Amos4.
V. Stukeley4.
VI. Patience4.
VII. Freelove4.
It is said that Amos3 had six more children. If so, they probably died young. No record of them now remains, the family records having been destroyed by the burning of the old Stafford mansion and its contents in Warwick, in 1767.

IV. Sarah3, daughter of Mercy2 (Westcote) Stafford, was born 1669, April 18, and died in infancy.

V. Sarah3, daughter of Mercy2 (Westcote) Stafford, was born 1671, April 18, and married John Scranton, of Thomas and Mary, and had a son Stukeley4, and probably others.

VI. Samuel3, son of Mercy2 (Westcote) Stafford, was born 1673, November 19. He died young and before his father.

VII. Freelove3, daughter of Mercy2 (Westcote) Stafford, married Joseph Tillinghast, of Providence and Newport. He was born 1677, August 11, and died 1763, December 1. He was the ninth child of the first Rev. Pardon, from Seven Cliffs, Sussex County, England. See notes to Capt. James Westcott line, p. . Joseph was admitted " Freeman," 1701. He was a merchant of large business and means. They had children:
I. Joseph4, Jun., of Tiverton, who married, 1722, August 6, Mercy Howland, of Bristol, R. I. She was born at Bristol 1704, January 27, and was the daughter of Jabez, Jun., and Patience (Stafford) Howland, the sister of her husband's mother. See Patience3, of Mercy2, for Howland line.

II. Freelove4, of Freelove3.

III. Anna4, of Freelove3, born 1709, June 25.

IV. Samuel4, of Freelove3, born 1711, October 8.

VIII. Elizabeth3, daughter of Mercy2 (Westcote) Stafford, married Devotion, probably a descendant of Edward, of Roxbury, Mass., 1645. This surname "Devotion " although unusual is found in "Savage." The only other instance of its early appearance in Rhode Island is in Barrington, where one John Devotion appears as a school teacher from 1702 to 1715, when his services were so well appreciated that he is then engaged for a longer term of twenty years. It may be that he was the husband of the above Elizabeth.

IX. Patience3, daughter of Mercy2 (Wescote) Stafford, married Jabez Howland3, of Bristol, R. I., son of Jabez2, of John1, a passenger in the Mayflower, 1620. Jabez3 was born at Plymouth, 1669, November 16, and came to Bristol with his father Jabez2, and died 1732, October 7. From Jabez2, have descended all of the Rhode Island Howlands, and among them the late well known and venerable John Howland, of Providence, late President of the Rhode Island Historical Society, who died 1854, November 5, aged 97 years. Patience died 1721, October 23, and was, we are told, "ye first interred in St. Michael's church yard," at Bristol. Her husband caused to be inscribed upon the headstone at her grave, and which remained there until the destruction of the church building in 1858 by fire, the following :

" The Dame who takes her rest within this tomb,
" Had Rachel's comely face;*******
" Abigail's wisdom; Lydia's purer heart
" Martha's just care, and Mary's better part."—

Before the marriage of Jabez Jun., to Patience, his father writes to his former pastor, Rev. John Cotton, at Plymouth, expressing a wish that his son should marry the pastor's daughter Sarah, and intimates by way of return, that he has a daughter that might suit one of the pastor's sons. But the charms of Patience seem to have interrupted this contemplated union. Both Jabez3 and his father were blacksmiths, and conducted a successful business, the inventory of the latter exceeding $15,000. Jabez3, was a man much respected. He was a vestryman and warden of St. Michael's Church, and represented the town in the “General Court " of Massachusetts, Bristol being then in her jurisdiction. Jabez and Patience had children:
I. Patience4, who died young.
II. Bethiah4, born 1702, December 5. Married first, 1724, July 1, Samuel Davis; second, Nicholas Bragg.
III. Mercy4, born 1704, January 27. Married 1722, August 6, Joseph Tillinghast, Jun.; see Freelove3 Stafford, ante VII. Some have it that she married second, Isaac Martindale, of Newport, probably son of the Isaac who married Godsgift Arnold, granddaughter of Damaris (Westcott) Arnold.
IV. Elizabeth4, born 1707, May 15; died young.
V. Elizabeth4, born 1709, July 17. Married 1733, October 3, Otis Little, of Pembroke.
VI. Sarah4, born 1711, April 30. Married 1732, August 27, Captain Isaac Lawton.
VII. Jabez4, born 1713, July 20. Married 1727, March 11, Mary Green, of
Warwick, R. I., and died at sea 1739, May.
VIII. Patience4, born 1717, March 23. Married Samuel3 Barker, of Scituate,
of Samue2, of John1, and had nine children.
IX. Thomas4, born 1720, February 5.

X. Thomas3, youngest child of Samuel and Mercy2 (Westcote) Stafford, was born at " Old Warwick," 1682, and died 1765, November 8. He was made a freeman 1708. Was chosen Deputy from Warwick to the Colonial Assembly in 1720-22-25-26 and 28. Resided after 1744 in that part of the territory which in 1741 was taken from Warwick and made the town of Coventry. Married first, 1707, December 25, Anne, (Amey?), daughter of Job and Phebe (Sayles) Greene, of Warwick. She was born 1688, February 23, and died 1718, August 24. Second, 1119, July 16, Audrey Greene, cousin of his first wife and daughter of Richard and Eleanor (Sayles) Greene. Both Amey and Audrey were own aunts of that distinguished Revolutionary officer, Major-General Nathaniel Greene. Audrey was born 1694, January 8, and died 1763, April 7. Thomas was a man of ability and influence, and held many public offices, both civil and military. In 1747, he represented the town of Coventry in the Colonial Assembly when he is called Captain. His children by his first wife Anne, were:
I. Phebe4, of Thomas3, born 1710, April 11. Married 1733, May 6, William Arnold, of Elisha, of Warwick, of Israel, of Warwick, 1671, of Stephen, of Providence, 1646, of the first William, of Providence, 1636, father of Governor Benedict.
II. Anne4, of Thomas3, born 1712, January 4. Married Whaley, or Whale, a grandson of Theophilus, of South Kingstown, 1676.
III. Mercy4, of Thomas3,born 1714, March 12. Married 1741, January 7, John Waterman, of Warwick, of Resolved, of Resolved and Mercy (Williams, daughter of Roger), of the first Richard from England, 1629, at Providence, 1638.
IV. Job4, of Thomas3, born 1716, April 11.
V. Samuel4, of Thomas3, born 1717, February 8; died in infancy.
VI. Deborah4, of Thomas3, born 1718, April 9, died 1763, October 31. Married probably Job Babcock, of Job, of the first James, of Portsmouth, 1642.

By his second wife, Audrey, Thomas had:
VII. Eleanor4, of Thomas3, born 1720, April 25. Married John Knight. She died in 1775, he died after 1771. John was of John, of the first Richard, of Newport, 1648.
VIII. Richard4, of Thomas3, born 1721, September 24. Married 1745, June 2, Sarah Pierce, a descendant of the first Ephraim, of Providence, 1677. Richard lived in Coventry.
IX. Thomas4, of Thomas3, born 1723, April 20. Married 1744, June 28, Diademe (Diademiah) Carpenter, of East Greenwich. Diademe was the daughter of John, of East Greenwich, of Abiah, of Warwick, 1652. Thomas removed to that part of Warwick that became the town of Coventry, and died before 1780. He was made a freeman, 1744, chosen Deputy to the Assembly from Coventry, 1747, when he is called Captain.
Thomas4 and Diademiah had children :
X. Samuel4, of Thomas3, was born 1724, December 6.
XI. Amey4, or Almy, of Thomas3, born 1728, April 19. Married 1760, November 13, Samuel Low. He was born 1729, February 22. He was of Samuel, of Samuel, of the first Anthony, of Warwick, 1666.
XII. Joah4, of Thomas3, of Coventry, cooper, was born 1729, November 14. Married 1751, October 6, Susannah, daughter of John Spencer, of East Greenwich, a descendant in the third generation of the first John, of East Greenwich, 1677, and one of the first proprietors of that town. Joab was chosen Deputy to the Assembly in 1762. Later he removed from Coventry, first to Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and then to Albany. Some of his children went to Waterville, Oneida County, N. Y. His descendants there and at Albany, are among the most respectable and well-to-do citizens.
Major Aaron Stafford, of Waterville, N. Y., who died 1885, September 6, at the age of 98 years, was one of them. His portrait may be seen in Harper s Weekly, of 1885, September 19. His father settled at Waterville, in 1801, and was the founder of that place. Major Aaron served gallantly on the Canadian frontier in the war of 1812, was twice wounded in the crossing of the Niagara River under General Scott, and taken prisoner.
The children of Joab4, born in Rhode Island were:
XIII. Audrey4, of Thomas3, born 1731, February 8. Married 1757, November 10, Edward Spalding, of Providence, and had a son, Edward5, born 1767, August 23, and a son John5, born 1771, April 16.
XIV, John4, born 1735, May 5.