Abigail WESCOAT

Father: James WESCOAT
Mother: Hannah HORTON

Family 1: Gideon GRINNELL

(1) Grinnell, Lawrence J., The Descendants of Matthew and Rose (French) Greenell (Abt. 1590-Bef. 1643), (The Grinnell Family Association of America, Greenacres, FL, 1997), Part I, p. 60. 
                                   _Jerimiah WESTCOTT_
                 _James WAISTCOAT_|
                |                 |_Mary WARNER_______
 _James WESCOAT_|
|               |                  ___________________
|               |_Mary DICKENS____|
|                                 |___________________
|
|--Abigail WESCOAT
|
|                                  _John HORTON_______
|                _Jotham HORTON___|
|               |                 |_Mehitable GARNSEY_
|_Hannah HORTON_|
                |                  ___________________
                |_Hannah MARTIN___|
                                  |___________________

Notes

Updated January 29, 2023. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) New Hampshire, U.S., Birth Records via Ancestry.com

- Child's Name: Abigail WESTCOAT
- Birth Date: 30 Jul 1771
- Birth Place: Richmond, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
- Gender: Female
- No. of Child, 1st, 2d, etc.: 5th
- Father's Name: James WESTCOAT (residence - Richmond)
- Mother's name: Hannah his wife - Note: Correct transcript as certified by Clerk of Richmond, Dec. 26, 1905

(2) Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records via Ancestry.com

The will of James WESCOAT, father of Abigail WESCOAT included her in his will of 11 March 1794: "... and the Personal Estate to be equally divided among my five daughters, Rhoda CHASE, Abigail GRINNELL, Sarah WILLIAMS, Charlotte WESTCOAT, and Candace WESTCOAT..."

(3) 1840 United States Census for Pennsylvania, Crawford Co., Greenwood Twp.: Roll 452; Page: 324

- Name: Abagail GRINNELL
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
- Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79: 1
- No. White Persons over 20 Who Cannot Read and Write: 1
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 1
- Total Free White Persons: 2 - Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 2

(4) Erlenkotter Family Records, citing:

... (4a) [birth] Jenks, Margaret R., Thomas Horton of Milton and Rehoboth, Massachusetts, Vol. 3, Part 2, (1990), p. 1427.
... (4b) [death] Grinnell, Lawrence J., The Descendants of Matthew and Rose (French) Greenell (Abt. 1590-Bef. 1643), (The Grinnell Family Association of America, Greenacres, FL, 1997), Part I, p. 60.

NOTES PROVIDED IN THE ERLENKOTTER FAMILY RECORDS:

"On 2 June 1832 Abigail GRINNELS of South Shenango Township, Crawford County, PA, widow of Gideon GRINNELS, sold to John MOORE of Manchester, Ontario County, NY for $100 a 1/8th undivided common share of 36 1/2 acres in the north half of lot 19 south of the center line in township eleven, second range, Ontario County, NY, her portion of the estate of her late mother, Hannah WESTCOAT [Ontario County Deed Records, Book 74, pp. 174-175]."

"Abigail GRINNELS is listed in the 1840 census as a head of household at Greenwood, Crawford County, PA."