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Living at the Forks in 1764, Richard Wescoat became an ardent patriot and, as a First Major, served in Colonel Richard Somers’ 3rd Regiment, Gloucester County Militia in 1775. He served at Mt. Holly in a skirmish in Dec. 1776 and was wounded at Trenton on Jan. 2, 1777. Wescoat and Elijah Clark constructed the Fort Fox Burrows at Chestnut Neck prior to the battle on Oct. 6, 1778. Moving to Mays Landing in June 1783, he operated a store and tavern close to the present County buildings and died there on Mar. 9, 1825, aged 91 years. He is buried in Presbyterian Cemetery.
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Mays Landing, New Jersey · United States
