This is a transcription of Another Westcott Early in America from History and Genealogy of the Ancestors and Some Descendants of Stukely Westcott by Roscoe L. Whitman, 1932, page 11.
Another Westcott Early in America
According to old colonial records, a Daniel Westcott was in Marblehead, Mass., in 1646, in which year his wife, Maria, was a witness in [page 12] court. The family later settled in New Hampshire. His son and namesake on Feb. 20, 1690, petitioned with most of the other inhabitants in desiring the protection of the Massachusetts Bay colony over them. During the Revolution, a descendant who had settled in Maine, had a large estate forfeited in Rhode Island. However, another descendant, David Westcott, was born (1719) and died in Wilton, N. H., and was a Patriot of the Revolution. His son, Daniel, responded to the first call for troops and fought at Bunker Hill. Descendants of the Maine branch are said to have been living in Minnesota in 1931. James Westcott of Maine (1823-1910) founded Westcott, Minn., and had four sons.