When David C. Westcott was born on 4 October 1817, in Foster, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Zina Westcott, was 26 and his mother, Hannah Albro, was 25. He married Olive W Woodworth on 2 January 1842, in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Connecticut, United States in 1870 and Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States in 1880. He died on 17 March 1895, at the age of 77, and was buried in Center Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.
The Dorr Rebellion, led by Thomas Wilson Dorr, took place from 1841 until 1842. During the Rebellion, the middle-class residents of Rhode Island attempted to force broader democracy to the state legislation.
English (Devon and Somerset): habitational name from any of various minor places called with Old English west ‘west’ + cot ‘cottage, shelter’, for example Westcott (Surrey, Devon, Buckinghamshire), Westcot (Berkshire), or Westcote in (Gloucestershire, Hampshire, and Warwickshire).
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