Beyond the Wilderness · November 2026
The Hunterdon Wescotts: Farm, Literature and Hospital
From New York to Wisconsin to New Jersey
A nineteenth-century Wisconsin county history identifies Willett R. Wescott as a son of Samuel Wescott and Bethiah Cuddeback, and names Bruce P. Wescott among Willett’s children with Kate Ross. Bruce and Josephine Gordon Wescott were parents of Lloyd Bruce Wescott and the novelist Glenway Wescott. This is the working Hunterdon branch; each step should be checked against vital records.
Lloyd and Mulhocaway Farm
Lloyd Bruce Wescott and Barbara Harrison Wescott operated Mulhocaway Farm in Hunterdon County and supported innovations in cattle breeding. Their property also became associated with artists and writers, including Glenway Wescott and Monroe Wheeler.
A hospital for Hunterdon
Lloyd played a major role in the establishment of Hunterdon Medical Center. Hunterdon Health’s chronology identifies Clifford E. Snyder as first board president in 1948 and Lloyd as succeeding him as chairman in 1951; the hospital opened in 1953. The distinction matters when describing Lloyd’s founding role.
An artistic family
Glenway Wescott became a notable American novelist, while the family’s circle included significant twentieth-century photographers and painters. Paul Cadmus painted Lloyd and Barbara in 1942. The painting and Yale’s photo archives provide unusually rich visual documentation.
Not yet a proven cousin line
The Hunterdon branch is traced here to Samuel and Bethiah, but Samuel’s parents remain unresolved. Until that bridge is documented, the Hunterdon family cannot be presented as proven descendants of Coral’s specific branch.