Brief Life History of Zina
When Zina Westcott was born on 27 April 1791, in Coventry, Kent, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Ephraim Wescott Jr., was 31 and his mother, Freelove Stone, was 29. He married Hannah Albro about 1811. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 18 October 1865, in Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Tolland Cemetery, Tolland, Tolland, Connecticut, United States.
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- Zince Wescot, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
- Zina Wescott, "Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955"
- Zina in entry for Maria Wescott Dwinnell, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
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1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1802 · Brass is Discovered
In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname "The Brass City." Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin.
1811 · USS Revenge
On January 9, 1811, the USS Revenge hits a reef off of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The load the ship is carrying is handed off to other ships and the USS Revenge is tied down by tow ropes. It brakes free from the ropes and later sinks. In 2011 divers find what are believed to be the remains of the ship.
Name Meaning
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).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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