politician member of the New York State Senate
In 1789, he removed to Goshen, and became co-editor of the Goshen Repository, the first newspaper published in Goshen, founded in 1788 by David Mandeville. Westcott married Keziah Gale (1773–1819), and they had eight children, among them Sarah Gale Westcott (b 1796) who married Congressman Samuel J. Wilkin (1793–1866). He was buried at the Slate Hill Cemetery, in Goshen New New York
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Orange Company) in 1798-1799. County Clerk of Orange County from 1815 to 1819, and from 1821 to 1822. And again a member of the State Assembly in 1828.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (2nd Doctorate) from 1831 to 1834, sitting in the 54th, 55th, 56th and 57th New York State Legislatures.
