Sources
Web Sites
1. The Web page The Winch Family (No longer active) contains excellant information on Stukely Westcott, his ancestors and descendants. See the Index to look for specific names.
2. Another extensive source is the Enfield-Bryant Genealogy (No longer active). Many of the Ball names may be found here.
3.The Web page of Bill Wescott has articles about the Westcott family in England among other interesting items.
4. Gendex is a site with extensive genealogical databases. Follow the path Gendex WWW Genealogical Index ->Access the Index and insert the surname you are researching. Go to the given name for which you are searching. There are many duplicates. Ones that I found useful have 'dougloveland' or 'pool' on the far right of the screen.
5. This is a site which includes members of the Rose family. It is no longer available.
6. Conover Family Genealogy has many Gregory family ancestors and is the source for most of the Web page references. Go to "My database files" and locate the specific individual being sought.
Publications
1. Whitman, Roscoe L., History and Genealogy of the ancestors and some descendants of Stukely Westcott, One of the Thirteen original Proprietors of Providence Plantation and the Colony of Rhode Island with especial Mention of The Westcotts of Chesire, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, and The Westcotts of Milford, Otsego County, New York and some of the allied families. Incorporating and Extending the Research of the late Hon. J. Russell Bullock of Bristol, R.I., 1932.
This was a privately published book and I have book #10. In the forward Whitman writes "The late Hon. J. Russell Bullock of Bristol, Rhode island, an eminent attorney and jurist, in 1886, privately published 'Incidents in the Life and Times of Stukely Westcott (of Rhode Island) With Some of His Descendants.' It is the work of years of exhaustive research and it is unfortunate that it is not in the public libraries of the country. Fifty copies were printed and distributed. Through the courtesy of the late Brigadier General James Westcott Lester of Saratoga Springs, who collaborated with Judge Bullock in tracing some of the former's branch of the family, I have been privileged to consult this valuable work and have drawn freely to these pages from the records he compiled, with the written permission of Judge Bullock's grandson and heir, Westcote H. Chesebrough of Cambridge, Mass."
2. Edna Jay Lewis, The Westcott Family Tree; Sharp Offset Printing, Inc. Rutland,VT. 1999. This is an update of Whitman's books listing the families of members of the Society of Stukely Westcott Descendants of America.
3. The Gregory Family Geneology by C. J.Thorpe is a privately published ( Morris Chronicle Print Shop, Morris NY, 1916) pamphlet listing the descendants of Hezekiah and Abigail Benedict Gregory.
4. Genealogical & Family History of the County of Jefferson, NY by Rensselaer A. Oakes is a privately published (Lewis Publishing Co., New York, 1905) book which can be found at the Roswell P. Flower Memorial Library at 229 Washington St., Watertown, NY 13601, phone 315/788-2352, and contains information about the Ball family
5. The Gump Family in America - 1732-1983 by Arlo K. Gump is a privately published (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1983) book about the Gump family.
Other
1. LDS Family History Center-Ancestral Files. There are many LDS Churches which have Family History Centers where one can find many sources of information. Or one can go to the LDS online genealogy site.
2. Corinne Hanna Diller (cdiller@juno.com) supplied most of the information on the ancestors of my great grandfather, C. Scott Hanks. I believe much of this is original research by her and is greatly appreciated.