When Hosea Wescott was born on 12 September 1804, in Cheshire, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Reuben Westcott, was 30 and his mother, Susannah Leavens, was 28. He married Henrietta Bates on 5 December 1826, in Milford, Milford, Otsego, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Milford, Wayne, Indiana, United States in 1840 and Milford, Milford, Otsego, New York, United States for about 30 years. He died on 9 March 1891, in Otsego, New York, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Milford, Milford, Otsego, New York, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Indiana is the 19th state.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English (southwestern): variant of Westcott .
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