Richard Wescoat
- Thread starter mullens
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Isn't that the tavern site over by the campground? There's a clearing on a little hill right at the campground at the bend of the road. That's where the old road to Batsto used to go through.
I know there's been dispute here on Wescoat name, spelling, and such and what family did what. I can tell you that during my palaver with the Neil woman of the Ramble inn, that family and name came up a few times.
The old piney sound came out as "wesket".
It's just the way she said it when she spoke on them.
Made me think a little about dialect and such of the area.
g.
The old piney sound came out as "wesket".
It's just the way she said it when she spoke on them.
Made me think a little about dialect and such of the area.
g.
Kay was one of a kind, as were her brothers Sy and Farmer. They and the Ramble Inn are missed! Their interactions were legendary.
My short discussions with her were unparalleled in content. She is by far my most favorite find in the living Pine Barrens folk. Her passing crippled me for more information and things I offered her in trade that I never had a chance to deliver on. Her son Dave is a good fellow. Uncle Farmer really had a reputation. One that spans many families in a colorful manner.
Look to my Ramblings on the Ramble Inn here to see what there is to see.
Welcome to the site.
g.
Ben,
You are thinking of the Buttonwood Hill Tavern.
mullens,
Yes, the foundations of Wescoat's Tavern have indeed been identified.
Where did you read that it was located less than a mile from the Clark house down river across from rabbitt island?
You are thinking of the Buttonwood Hill Tavern.
mullens,
Yes, the foundations of Wescoat's Tavern have indeed been identified.
Where did you read that it was located less than a mile from the Clark house down river across from rabbitt island?
I read it in the book Iron in the pines. I am a Westcott related to Richard Wescoat through his brother Leonard. Their father Daniel Wescoat came to the forks about 1735 from Bedford NY. He is buried in the Pleasant Mills Cemetery. pinelandpaddler I would really like to see the foundations. Could you please tell me where it is?