Individual Details

II-Mercy Westcott, youngest daughter and fifth child of Stukely and Rosanna (Hill) Westcott. b-probably Yeovil, Somersetshire, England, ab-1632-3, d-Old Warwick, Aug. 24, 1700, m-ab-1660, Samuel, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Stafford, b-1636, d-Mar. 20, 1718. Thomas Stafford, father of Samuel, b-Warwickshire, England, ab-1605, of Plymouth. Mass., as early as 1626, of Portsmouth or Newport, R. I., Mar., 1638, then of Providence, where he constructed the first grist mill at the mouth of the Moosausick river. He removed to Old Warwick from Providence in 1650 and at the head of Mill Cove built a grist mill for the settlers. He was admitted 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." A desc., Thomas Stafford Drowne, D. D., of Garden City, L. I., had in his possession about 1886, the original family Coat of Arms, carved in wood, brought from England, bearing the inscription: "The Family of Stafford, of Warwickshire." Samuel, husband of Mercy, was admitted freeman 1669, chosen one of Governor's "Assistants" in 1674, which he declined to serve, and was elected deputy from Warwick to the Colonial Assembly, 1679-82-86 and 1705. He is said to have been a man of much influence and greatly esteemed. His sisters, Sarah and Deborah, were the wives of Mercy's brother, Amos. Both Mercy and her husband, and many of their earliest descendants, are buried in the old Stafford family burial ground near Conimicut Point. Issue, 10 ch.: Stukely, Amos, Mercy, Sarah, Sarah (again), Samuel, Freelove, Elizabeth, Patience. Thomas.

Birth	1632	Yeovil, Somersetshire, England
Birth	1632	Yeovil, Somersetshire, England
Marriage	24 Feb 1660	Warwick, Kent Co., RI - Samuel Stafford
Marriage	24 Feb 1671	Warwick, Kent Co., RI - Samuel Stafford
Death	25 Mar 1700	Warwick, Kent Co., RI
Death	25 Mar 1700	Warwick, Kent Co., RI
Burial	Aug 1700	Old Warwick, RI

Spouse	Samuel Stafford (1636 - 1718)
Child	Stukely Westcott Stafford (1661 - 1661)
Child	Amos Stafford (1665 - 1760)
Child	Mercy Stafford (1668 - 1725)
Child	Sarah Stafford (1669 - )
Child	Samuel Stafford (1673 - 1675)
Child	Patience Stafford (1675 - 1721)
Child	Freelove Stafford (1677 - 1711)
Child	Elizabeth Stafford (1680 - )
Child	Capt. Thomas Stafford (1682 - 1765)

Father	Stukely Westcott (1592 - 1677)
Mother	Juliana Marchant (1591 - 1670)
Sibling	Robert Westcott (1618 - 1675)
Sibling	Damaris Westcott (1621 - )
Sibling	Samuel Westcott (1622 - )
Sibling	Amos Westcott (1631 - 1686)
Sibling	Jeremiah Westcott (1633 - 1686)
Sibling	Stukely Westcott (1636 - )
Sibling	Josiah Westcott (1638 - )
Sibling	Benjamin Westcott (1641 - )