This page contains photos and other items in the Westcott Society Collection that are about Westcotts who are not descendants of Stukely and Juliana. They include individuals whose lineage goes back to Richard Westcott (“Wastcoat” in the first mention in New World records) or William Westcott who showed up in Weathersfield, Connecticut in 1637 and 1639, respectively. Both are likely cousins to Stukely. Some of these distant cousins are from families that remained in England or who arrived on this side of the pond generations after Stukely, Richard and William.
C.F. Wescott Iron Forgings, Blue Hill, Maine
A Skillful Iron Forger Displays his Wares at Blue Hill, Maine
This photo of C.F. Wescott’s blacksmith shop from the collection of the Blue Hill (Maine) Historical Society is a postcard produced in the mid-1950s by The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. Inc., Belfast, Maine. The historical society notes that the “building was built in the 1880s. It is located on Mill Stream at Main Street. It was bought by Charles Wescott in 1910. Mr. Wescott is standing in one of the doorways to the shop. His blacksmith shop was a Blue Hill landmark for around 50 years until his death in 1959. The building has housed a restaurant since 1978.” A caption imposed on the bottom of the image reads: “A Skillful Iron Forger Displays his Wares at Blue Hill, Maine.”
Charles Franklin Wescott is a distant Westcott cousin as he is not a descendant of Stukely and Juliana Westcott, but a descendant of original settler Richard Westcote of Wethersfield, Connecticut: Charles Franklin Wescott7, John6, William5, Capt. William4, Andrew3, Richard2, Richard1. Charles was born on January 18, 1841 and died in Blue Hill, Maine on March3, 1930.
Sources: Blue Hill (Maine) Historical Society; Juneanne Wescoat Glick, Westcote, 1991 (pages 1037 to 1042); Maine Memory Network.
Walter Thomas Westcott
In 2000, then SSWDA Historian Betty Acker posted this photo of English-born Walter Thomas Westcott, along with samples of his business correspondence.
Walter Thomas Westcott was born in Exeter, England in 1866, the son of George Westcott and Susannah English Lake. He settled in Falls Church, Virginia, married Ida Grace Galpin and in 1909 started the Westcott Nursery. A street in Falls Church is named “Westcott.” He was joined in the business by Milton Roberts Westcott, probably his son.
A copy of the description of Westcott/Peck House (1909) from a Falls Church architectural inventory was in the archive:
The Westcott Nursery began at the rear of this house after its construction in 1909. Walter Thomas Westcott gave everyone on Cherry Street a cherry tree, as well as Norway spruce and hemlock evergreens to other residents of the area. Today, some of these trees are fifty feet tall.
The house is large and imposing, covered with clapboard, and boasts railed porches across both stories on the front. Mr. Theodore A. Peck was the owner for many years. The owners, since May 1979, are Mark and Barbara Leddy.
In 1966 the land to the east of the house was subdivided into lots on Midvale Street. As shown on the 1930 Plat maps most of the land along the west side of Noland Street, to Broad Street, was owned and cultivated by W. T. and M. R. Westcott. Midvale Street was carved out of the Westcott property.
Here are examples of the nursery’s business correspondence.
