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During the last years of his life, Dr. Scofield spent his summers in Stamford, his winters in Florida and Cuba, and his furloughs while in the service were spent in his native town. His acquaintance was large, for his simple, gentle, kindly man- ners won friends everywhere.
On January 14, 1876, Dr. Scofield mar- ried Mary Candee, and they were the parents of six children, three of whom are deceased. The others are : Jane ; Edward, of Stamford ; and Walter Lewis, a sketch of whom follows. Mrs. Scofield was an accomplished pianist and a good singer.
(The Candee Line).
The first of the name of Candee of whom there is record in this country is Zaccheus Candee, born about 1640, who settled in New Haven, Connecticut, where he died in 1720. He married, December 5, 1670, Rebecca Bristow, born February 4, 1650, and died September 22, 1739.
(II) Samuel Candee, their son, was born in West Haven, July 24, 1678, and his house was still standing in 1877. In 1729, with six others, he gave six shil- lings to have the church bell rung at nine o'clock every night. In 1731 he was made lieutenant of the West Haven Company, and shortly afterward captain. At his death, in February, 1748-49, his estate was
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valued at £4,370 6s. 7d. He married, April 28, 1703, Abigail Pineon, daughter of Thomas and Mary Pineon, of New Haven. She died January 9, 1743.
(III) Caleb Candee, their son, was born in West Haven, about 1722, and died in 1764. He married Lois Mallory, and they resided in Oxford, where Mrs. Can- dee died, in 1790. They were the parents of Nehemiah Candee, of whom further.
(IV) Nehemiah Candee was born April 14, 1758, in Oxford Parish, and died Au- gust 17, 1834. He was a farmer by oc- cupation. He married, December 6, 1780, Content Woodruff, daughter of David and Esther (Clark) Woodruff, and a de- scendant of Matthew Woodruff, a pioneer settler of Farmington, Connecticut. She was born in Derby, July 5, 1762, and died November 14, 1838.
(V) David Woodruff Candee, their son, was born December 5, 1783, in Ox- ford. When a small child he removed with his parents to what was called the "new settlement," Galway, Saratoga county, New York, and taught school at the age of sixteen years, later becoming a clerk. He was a first lieutenant, then captain of the Light Infantry, 1807-1813, and his regiment took part in the battle of Plattsburg in the War of 1812. He served as a member of the Legislature in 1820, and was postmaster and justice of the peace. Captain Candee was an ear- nest Christian, and possessed a natural gift for music; he led the church choir for many years. He joined the First Presbyterian Church in Amsterdam, New York, January 14, 1816, and at his death was the oldest member. Captain Candee married (first) Elizabeth Ostrom, born June 8, 1789, and died March 30, 1822. She was a granddaughter of a Revolu- tionary captain under Washington, and after her death he married (second) at Amsterdam, January 3, 1824, Charity Os-
trom, born December 29, 1796, died May 30, 1865.
(VI) Julius Alonzo Candee, son of David W. and Elizabeth (Ostrom) Can- dee, was born in Amsterdam, Montgom- ery county, New York, May 30, 1814. He was a dealer in building materials in New York City for many years. He married (first ) May 10, 1847, Caroline Hanks, and she died in January, 1850. She was the mother of Mary Candee, who became the wife of Dr. Scofield, as above noted.
SCOFIELD, Walter Lewis, Physician.
(IX) Walter Lewis Scofield, son of Dr. Walter K. and Mary (Candee) Sco- field (q. v.), was born July 26, 1882, in San Francisco, California, and was only a small lad when his parents returned to establish a home in Stamford. He gradu- ated from the Stamford High School in 1903, and then entered the medical de- partment of the University of Vermont from which he was graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1907. Six months sub- sequent to that time were spent in the Lying-in Hospital in New York City, after which he was engaged in post-grad- uate work for several months at Randall's Island, where he did special work in ob- stetrics. Dr. Scofield then returned to Stamford where he began private practice. He has taken his place among the promi- nent physicians of Fairfield county, and is held in high esteem in medical circles. Dr. Scofield is a member of the Stamford Hospital staff; of the Stamford, Fairfield County, and Connecticut Medical soci- eties, and of the American Medical Asso- ciation. Fraternally, he is a member of Union Lodge, No. 5, Free and Accepted Masons; Puritan Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Junior Order of United American Mechanics; Foresters
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of America; and the Loyal Order of Moose.
Dr. Scofield married Frances Gould, daughter of Frederick Gould, of Orange, New Jersey, and they are the parents of three children : Walter Gould, Frederick Lewis and Elizabeth Marian. The family attend the Stamford Congregational Church.
SCOFIELD, Isaac Mead, Merchant.
Each age brings its own problems. Those of the present day are quite differ- ent from the problems faced by those dauntless pioneers who braved oceans' perils and the terrors of the wilderness to establish themselves in freedom to wor- ship God according to their light and to work out their own economic and po- litical destiny. The ancestors of Isaac M. Scofield were of that number. They came to Connecticut in the earliest years of its history. They subdued the wilderness, and by their persistent industry wrung their sustenance from an unwilling soil. They did their share in fighting savage natives and their white ally from the North. To begin with, they were men and women of strong moral fiber, pos- sessing a sense of right and justice, which were unfalteringly put into daily practice. The necessities of their environment strengthened their natural tendencies to thrift and industry, and the continuous cultivation of these qualities resulted in a fixed type of virile manhood that persists to the present day, and which has been more potent than any other influence in giving to America its reputation as a nation of idealists. Isaac M. Scofield is a worthy representative of such forebears. He has won a leading place among the business men of his native State by the practice of those same qualities that en-
abled his ancestors to establish a high civilization in a savage wilderness,-inde- fatigable industry, steadfast adherence to the highest ethical ideals, sound business judgment, and a personality that attracts and holds friends.
(IV) Nathaniel (2) Scofield, son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Pettet) Sco- field (see Walter K. Scofield sketch for early ancestors), was born March 7, 1717 ; he married, December 15, 1736, Susannah Waterbury, and they were the parents of Peter Scofield, of whom further.
(V) Peter Scofield, son of Nathaniel (2) and Susannah (Waterbury) Scofield, was born October 21, 1743, and distin- guished himself for valor in the French and Indian War under General Amber- crombie and General Amherst. He lived to be over ninety years of age, died April 28, 1830. The story of an incident of his last days is treasured by his descendants. About a year before his death his milita company (enlisted Revolutionary service, July 6, 1775) wished to honor him for his long service with them by giving a salute as they passed his house on their return from "trooping." Their pistols missed fire. The old pioneer, who sat by a win- dow watching them, rushed to the door as they started to move on, shouting, "Hold on boys, I will bring you a coal of fire." He married, November 12, 1764, Hannah Bates, and they were the parents of Warren Scofield, of whom further.
(VI) Warren Scofield, son of Peter and Hannah (Bates) Scofield, was born July 22, 1765. He was a man of prominence in the town, and married, December 21, 1786, Lydia Scofield, daughter of Captain Reuben Scofield, who was a captain of the town guards during the Revolution, a deacon in the Congregational church, and a soldier in the French and Indian War. He was sergeant July 6, 1775, and commissioned captain July 9, 1777, in a
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battalion for the defense of the seacoast. He succeeded Jesse Bell, who resigned. He served as captain several years, and died in 1835, aged ninety-three. He mar- ried, April 26, 1764, Lydia Ayres, daugh- ter of Reuben and Abigail (Holly) Ayres. Their daughter, Lydia Scofield, born No- vember 16, 1764, became the wife of War- ren Scofield, as above mentioned, and they were the parents of Amzi Scofield, of whom further.
(VII) Amzi Scofield, son of Warren and Lydia (Scofield) Scofield, was born September 26, 1794, in Newfield, in the town of Stamford. He inherited the farm homestead, and his entire life was passed there. He received his education in the public schools of the town, then entered upon the work of the farm with the en- thusiasm of youth. His management of the place was signally successful, and at the age of twenty-four years he built a house for himself on the farm. On No- vember 24, 1819, he married Polly A. Dav- enport, born June 19, 1796, daughter of Deodate and Abigail (Handford) Daven- port, old settlers of New Canaan, Con- necticut. Amzi Scofield died February 20, 1863, and his widow survived him for several years, being in full possession of her faculties almost to the very day of her death, July 23, 1891. Of their children, five lived to maturity ; Amzi L .; Cyrus ; William W., of further mention ; Abigail Louise, who became the wife of William W. Brown, of Greenwich; and Henry.
(VIII) William Wallace Scofield was born March 2, 1825, in the Newfield dis- trict of Stamford, and was reared at the old homestead. His only educational ad- vantages were those at hand, and limited to the time during which he could be spared from the work of the farm. But he was a young man of action rather than a student, and this troubled him not at
all. In 1849 he went to California for gold, and was reasonably successful in finding it, although he suffered much from Panama fever while there. He was ab- sent from home a year and a half, then returned and again took up the work of the farm, and by means of scientific methods made it one of the best farms in the neighborhood. He became quite wealthy as a result of his excellent man- agement. He was held in the highest esteem by the people of all the section. In politics he was an old line Whig, but in 1858 became identified with the Know- Nothing party. He was elected to the State Legislature from Stamford by that party, but later became a staunch Re- publican. He served repeatedly in local public offices ; was a selectman and mem- ber of the school committee for six years.
On December 17, 1855, Mr. Scofield married Louisanna Cordelia Mead, born September 12, 1834, daughter of John and Lucinda (Robinson) Mead. John Mead was a native of England, an importing tailor, and crossed the ocean seventeen times on matters of business. Their three children were: Isaac Mead, of further mention ; Frank Robinson, born May 29, 1861, married May Edson Ryan, and died November 28, 1894; Mary Louisa, born November 5, 1863, married George Saw- ter, who at one time was United States Consul at Glauchau, Germany. William W. Scofield died October 10, 1895, and his widow survived.
(IX) Isaac Mead Scofield, the eldest son of William W. and Louisanna C. (Mead) Scofield, was born March 8, 1859, at the old homestead in the New- field district. His elementary schooling was obtained in the district schools of that neighborhood, and he grew up in tlie en- vironment of farm life. The home farm has remained in his possession to the present time. For a number of years the
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care of the paternal homestead occupied the major part of his time. About 1904 Mr. Scofield formed a partnership with Jeremiah Miller, under the firm name of Scofield & Miller, and purchased the wholesale and retail grain business of E. E. Scofield. This business was con- ducted by them for about ten years and in the meantime a wholesale grocery business had been acquired. Previous to the death of Mr. Miller, which occurred about 1915, the business was sold to Holmes, Keeler and Selleck, of Norwalk, in which company Mr. Scofield became a director. This arrangement was in effect for about two years and then Mr. Sco- field formed a partnership with C. E. Slausson to engage in a wholesale grocery business under the name of C. E. Slausson & Company, Inc. Mr. Scofield is vice- president of this company, and they have purchased the Stamford branch of the Holmes, Keeler & Selleck Company, also the Norwalk business. They have built a warehouse and elevator at a cost of one hundred thousand dollars in Stamford. For over fifteen years Mr. Scofield has been a member of the New York Produce Exchange, and spends a large portion of his time there in buying grain. There are five salesmen connected with the cor- poration, whose territory extends from Rye, New York, to Southport and Dan- bury, Connecticut.
As is naturally expected of a man of Mr. Scofield's business attainments, he holds a position on the directorate of sev- eral of Stamford's industrial and financial institutions. He is a director of the First National Bank of Stamford ; a director of the Fidelity, Title and Trust Company ; and president of the Morehouse Hotel Company.
Imbued with that public spirit which seems to be a natural characteristic of those whose ancestors were among the
first Americans, Mr. Scofield has found several opportunities aside from his busi- ness cares to devote to the public welfare. With the exception of the year 1905, Mr. Scofield was a member of the school board continuously from 1899 to 1908. On January 20, 1908, he was appointed by the Common Council to fill the va- cancy in its membership caused by the resignation of Stephen Smith, of the Third Ward. Upon the expiration of that term in November of the same year, Mr. Scofield was elected for a term that did not expire until January 3, 1911 ; on Au- gust 10, 1914, he was appointed a member of the Board of Appropriation and Appor- tionment, now known as the Board of Finance, and has served efficiently to the present time. Mr. Scofield is a believer in party organization because parties stand for definite policies. For that rea- son he has always been a staunch Repub- lican. During the recent World War Mr. Scofield efficiently served as treasurer of two of the Red Cross drives and as a member of the committee on two of the Liberty Loan drives. Fraternally, Mr. Scofield is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of Stam- ford, and is a member of the Suburban Club of that city.
Mr. Scofield married (first) March 21, 1882, at New Canaan, Connecticut, Jessie S. Hurlbert, whose death occurred De- cember I, of that year. He married (sec- ond) November 12, 1889, Jessie Strang, daughter of James S. Strang, a prominent citizen of Stamford, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Mr. and Mrs. Scofield are the parents of a son, Henry Nelson Scofield, born October 17, 1890; he served for about six months in the Aviation Corps during the war. The family are members of the Congregational church, and for almost thirty years Mr. Scofield has served as a trustee. Mrs.
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Scofield is active in the women's organ- izations of the church and is also a mem- ber of the Stamford Women's Club and the Shubert Club. During the war Mrs. Scofield was a lieutenant of the Canteen Committee and did much arduous and valuable service.
Mr. Scofield is a man of great strength of character, possessing that breadth of spirit which makes him a man of keen sympathies and cosmopolitan interests. He is endowed with a splendid physique, and is impatient of any necessity which curbs his freedom of action.
(The Davenport Line).
The Davenport family, of which Mrs. Polly A. (Davenport) Scofield was a descendant, has long been seated in Fair- field county. The ancestry is traced to Rev. John Davenport, who was born in England and settled in New Haven, Con- necticut, in April, 1638. On December 9th following, he was installed pastor of the First Church. "The founders of the New Haven Colony, led by John Daven- port and Theophilus Eaton, sought to es- tablish a new state in which religion and education should be matters of prime con- cern. Mr. Davenport was the leader in educational matters, and it was part of his plan from the first to make New Haven a college town, and thus, in a sense, he was the original projector of Yale. Even in his old age he was found struggling with unwearied zeal to es- tablish a college in New Haven for the good of posterity."
Rev. John Davenport was of the sev- enteenth generation of a family traced in a direct line to Ormus de Davenporte, born in 1086. He was the father of John Davenport, a merchant of Boston, who was probably born in London, but who did not come to America with his par- ents, being cared for by Lady Mary Vere.
He was admitted a freeman at New Haven, May 15, 1657, and married, No- vember 27, 1663, Abigail Pierson, daugh- ter of Rev. Abraham Pierson, of Bran- ford, sister of Rev. Abraham Pierson, the first rector of Yale. In 1668, he removed to Boston with his family, and was ad- mitted a freeman there, in 1669. He was Register of Probate and a merchant. He died March 21, 1677, and his widow, July 20, 1718.
Rev. John (2) Davenport, son of Rev. John (1) Davenport, was born in Boston, February 22, 1668, and baptized by his grandfather the 28th of that month. He graduated from Harvard College in 1687. He began to preach in 1690, and three years later was called to Stamford, Con- necticut. Previous to this time he had been teaching in the Hopkins' Grammar School, in New Haven. He was a mem- ber of the corporation of Yale College from 1707 until his death, February 5, 1731.
John (3) Davenport, son of Rev. John (2) Davenport, was born in Stamford, January 21, 1698. He married, Septem- ber 6, 1722, Sarah Bishop, the ceremony being performed by his father. He re- moved to what was then known as Dav- enport Ridge, a beautiful location about five miles northeast of Stamford. He was one of the original members of the Con- gregational church of New Canaan, June 20, 1733. He died November 17, 1742.
John (4) Davenport, son of John (3) Davenport, was born January 15, 1724, and resided at Davenport Ridge. He in- herited lands from his grandfather, which continued in the family for many gener- ations. He united with the church at New Canaan, Connecticut, March 7, 1742, and married, June 2, 1748, Deborah Am- bler. His death occurred June 23, 1756, at the age of thirty-two years. He was the father of Deodate Davenport, born June
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2, 1766, died October 29, 1839. Deodate Davenport married, September 25, 1788, Abigail Handford, who died September 6, 1848, aged eighty years. Their daugh- ter, Polly A. Davenport, became the wife of Amzi Scofield, as above mentioned.
WILLARD FAMILY, Ancestral History.
The surname of Willard was in use as a personal name from ancient times. Earlier than its use as a surname, it was a local or place name in England. In the time of William the Conqueror the fam- ily was fully established in England, and from the time of the compilation of Domesday Book until now, Willards have been resident in the counties of Suffolk and Kent.
(I) Richard Willard, to whom the line is traced, grandfather of the American im- migrant, was a yeoman at Brenchley, England, where he died. He was the father of Richard (2) Willard, of whom further.
(II) Richard (2) Willard, son of Rich- ard (1) Willard, was a resident of County Kent, England. The latter married for his second wife, Margery, and she died December 12, 1608. Their son, and the thirteenth child of Richard (2) Willard, was Major Simon Willard, of whom fur- ther .:
(III) Major Simon Willard, son of Richard (2) and Margery Willard, was the immigrant ancestor, and was in New England as early as 1634. He was born at Horsmonden, County Kent, England, in 1605. He was a soldier in Kent as a young man. He arrived in the spring of 1634, and as soon as he was established at Cambridge, Massachusetts, began to trade with the Indians. He acquired a thousand acres of land granted to him and several subsequent grants. Simon Wil-
lard was among the founders and first settlers of Concord, Massachusetts, and in 1636 was representative to the General Court. He was magistrate and assistant judge and was appointed to train the military company. In 1653 he was ser- geant major of the Middlesex Company and commander-in-chief of the Narragan- sett Expedition in 1654-55. During the King Philip War he performed valiant service. In 1659 Major Willard removed to Lancaster, and twelve years later to Groton. In 1676 his home was burned by the Indians, but until his death, April 24, 1676, he never failed to aid, by training and in many ways of assistance, the colo- nists.
(IV) Henry Willard, son of Major Simon and his wife, Mary Willard, was born at Concord, Massachusetts, June 4, 1655. He lived at Groton, Still River, Lancaster and Harvard, Massachusetts. Henry Willard was a farmer, and his estate at Groton and Lancaster was con- siderable. He married (first) July 18, 1674, Mary Lakin, of Groton, and she died not later than 1688.
(V) Joseph Willard, son of Henry and Mary (Lakin) Willard, was born at Lan- caster, Massachusetts, in 1686, and was a town officer at Harvard for many years. He died July 30, 1761. His wife was Elizabeth Tarbell, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Blood) Tarbell, born at Groton, August 19, 1691, died December 23, 1763.
(VI) Lemuel Willard, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Tarbell) Willard, was born July 28, 1725, at Harvard, Massachu- setts, and died in October, 1775. He mar- ried, November 26, 1747, Hannah Haskell, and she died January 26, 1802. Lemuel Willard was long a deacon of the church, and one of the most esteemed citizens.
(VII) Dr. Elias Willard, son of Lem- uel and Hannah (Haskell) Willard, was
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born at Harvard, Massachusetts, January 7, 1756, and died March 20, 1827. He was twenty-one years of age when he went into the Revolutionary War as a surgeon, and served from May 15, 1777, to Septem- ber 1, 1780. After the war, Dr. Willard located in Albany, New York, where he engaged in practice. He was at different times a resident of Stillwater and Albany, New York, and Montreal, Canada. Dr. Willard married, July 8, 1778, Katherine Livingston, daughter of John L. Living- ston, and a member of one of the famous patroon families of New York. The Liv- ingstons were residents of Albany, and there Mrs. Katherine (Livingston) Wil- lard died, January 26, 1827. The family were members of the Presbyterian church for many years.
(VIII) John Willard, son of Dr. Elias and Katherine (Livingston) Willard, was born at Stillwater, New York, March 10, 1781, and died at Yonkers, New York, about 1860. He was a man of excellent education, and spent most of his life in the banking business. For several years he served as deputy treasurer of New York. His health failed him and he was an invalid for some years.
Mr. Willard married, April 7, 1811, Mary Ann Lawrence, daughter of David and Anna (Jenkins) Lawrence, originally from Nantucket. They lived in Hudson, New York, for some time, and were mem- bers of the Presbyterian church. The fa- ther of Anna (Jenkins) Lawrence was the first mayor of Hudson. John and Mary Ann (Lawrence) Willard were the par- ents of Edward Kirk Willard, a sketch of whom follows.
WILLARD, Edward Kirk,
Retired Banker.
(IX) Edward Kirk Willard, son of John and Mary Ann (Lawrence) Willard (q. v.), was born June 8, 1831, in Albany,
New York. At the age of thirteen he went to New York City and began to earn his living as a boy in the office of a Wall street broker. He was possessed of de- termination to master the business, and in this he was signally successful. He became one of the most successful bank- ers and brokers of his day ; after his mar- riage he went to Chicago, where he engaged in business for many years. Pre- vious to 1873 he returned to Wall street, but the latter year proved a disastrous one to Mr. Willard from a financial stand- point, as it did to thousands of others.
On April 15, 1857, Mr. Willard married Elizabeth Willard, daughter of John and Margaret (Stanbury) Willard, of New York City. Elizabeth (Willard) Willard was a descendant of George Willard, brother of Simon Willard, the ancestor of Edward Kirk Willard. Thus two distin- guished Willard lines were united, both of which trace to Richard Willard, of Horsmonden, England. Mr. and Mrs. Willard were the parents of six children : I. Kate Livingston, born January 13, 1859, died September 25, 1898; married James Edward Brush, of New York City. 2. Emma Allison, twin of Kate L., died July 22, 19II. 3. Frances, born July 18, 1860, died August 24, 1907. 4. James Struthers, born September 16, 1863, lives in Greenwich. 5. Margaret Stanbury, born May 12, 1865 ; she married (first) in 1894, Worthington C. Miner, of Buffalo; Mr. Miner died in 1903; she married (sec- ond) in 1917, Henry Lorillard Cammann, of Greenwich. 6. Louise Bowers, whose sketch follows. For many years Mr. Wil- lard has been in ill health, and has retired from all active interests.
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