History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881, Part 118

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co.
Number of Pages: 1328

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SAWYER, JOSHUA, son of Joshua and Abigail (Patten) Sawyer, b. Hamp- stead, N.H., Dec. 18, 1813; last-manufacturer; m. Lucy Emerson Burn- ham, dr. of Luke and Eunice (Foster) Burnham, b. in Essex, July 18, 1815; cer. Nov. 13, 1839, in Essex, by Rev. Robert Crowell. One adopted son :- GEORGE BYRON, b. Hampstead, N.H., June 27, 1838; m. Ang. 9, 1862, bride's name not given; 1 child, Mary Esther, b. March 25, 1872.

This family res. in Haverhill 15 yrs. They have res. in Mil. 26 yrs. Use- ful, enterprising, worthy people.

SCAMMELL. The Scammells have been justly distinguished here ever since 1737. Two bros., SAMUEL LESLIE and ALEXANDER, natives of Ports- mouth, Eng., came over to this country together at about the date mentioned. Both were educated men, and well qualified to take influential positions in society. Little is known respecting Alexander's career in life. He was prob. employed in governmental services, perhaps as land-surveyor, or in other kin- dred duties. The last we hear of him is as "sole executor" of Samuel Leslie's will, in 1753. He is supposed to have finally taken up his abode in his native place. Samuel Leslie had fitted himself for the practice of medicine, but is said to have felt such reluctance for the calling, that, on settling here, he at first concealed his profession. His secret, however, soon leaked out; and he yielded to the very urgent demands which were made for his services. The oldest document, in which his name is mentioned, is a deed I found in Worces- ter Registry, B. 18, p. 357: It sets forth that Thomas Sleman "of Salem, in the co. of Essex, with the consent of Priscilla, my wife, in consideration of £380, bills of credit, paid me by Samuel Scammell of Portsmouth in Old England, Schoolmaster," conveys to the said Scammell "the whole of the land in Mendon which I purchased of Benjamin Wheeden [Wheaton], with the buildings," etc. This deed is dated Dec. 7, 1737. Whether he had been here beforehand spying out the land, which is not improbable, nothing is told. An old family Bible says that he and his wife Jane (Libbey) sailed from Ports- mouth, Eng., and landed at Boston 1738. This date may or may not be correct, but we are certain about his purchase of the farm. This ancient homestead on Magomiscock Hill originally belonged to Benj. Wheaton, sen., and somehow came into possession of Benj., jun., who sold it to Sleman, and he to Scammell. It remained in the hands of Scammell's descendants till after the death of the

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late Daniel Scammell, a period of over 100 yrs. It is said that the first Dr. Scammell found the old Wheaton domicile on Freedom St. still habitable, and there commenced housekeeping on his newly purchased farm. In my descrip- tion of abandoned home-sites, Chap. XV., this is numbered 30. He soon became conspicuous as a physician, citizen, and member of the ch. Respect- ing the chn. of Dr. Samuel Leslie and Jane (Libbey) Scammell, I find nothing to guide me, but Rev. Mr. Frost's record of baptisms, and certain cemetery monuments. Frost's record omits altogether the name of the eldest son, which I have to supply from the Scammell monument in No. Bellingham. From this it appears that the first-born d. Dec. 5, 1805, at the age of 66 yrs; showing that he must have been born in 1739.

SAMUEL LESLIE, Jun., b. 1739; m. Bethiah Corbett of Bell., Jan. 3, 1760. ALEXANDER, bap. May 16, 1742, by Rev. Mr. Webb, Ux .; d. young. ANN, bap. Ang. 18, 1745, by Rev. Mr. Frost; d. young.

ALEXANDER, bap. March 22, 1747, by Rev. Mr. Frost; the Adj .- Gen. of the Rev. armies.

ANN, bap. May 13, 1750, by Rev. Mr. Frost; m. Timothy Jones, Dec. 3, 1771.

The fr. d. in the prime of middle age, in 1753, being then about 45 yrs .. old. How long his wife survived, I have seen no record. His will describes him as "being sick of a fever," and expecting death ere long. He made a judicious testament, providing suitably for his widow and chn., and appointing his bro. Alexander as sole executor. He commended his 2 sons to the special oversight and tuition of his pastor, Rev. Mr. Frost, that they might be fitted for professional life and usefulness. Mr. Frost is said to have discharged his trust with great fidelity.

Samuel Leslie, jun., did not choose to go to college, but preferred entering by a shorter cut on the practice of medicine. Mr. Frost qualified him, accord- ing to the medical requirements of that day, to pursue his studies with eminent physicians. He studied surgery and physic, first with Dr. Wheat of Newton and Boston, and later with the 2d Dr. John Corbett of Bell., into whose family he married at the age of about 21 yrs. He soon set. on his fr.'s home- stead, and was the 2d regular physician on our territory.

His bro. Alexander was early fitted for col., must have entered Harvard before he was 19 yrs. old, and grad. in the class of 1769. He was a tall, well- built, handsome man, full 6 ft. 2 inches in height, and of graceful deportment, a bright scholar, a genial companion, and of attractive manners. He taught dis- trict schools, with great success, before and during his college course. After graduating, he taught higher schools in Kingston, Mass., Portsmouth, N.H., and Shapleigh, Me. He spent some time with his cousin, Thomas Scammell, who was commissioned by the British Govt. as surveyor of timber in the Dist. of Maine. He then entered on the study of law in the office of John Sullivan, N. H., where he was when the Revolutionary war broke out. Of his entrance into the army, his bravery, his promotion from rank to rank till he reached the grade of Adjutant-Gen., and of his untimely death, through the cowardly bru- tality of a Hessian mercenary, I have stated the principal facts in Chap. VII. These I need not repeat. Some yrs. ago Wm. F. Goodwin, Esq., of Concord, N.H., proposed to write the life of Gen. Scammell, and collected many of his letters. But I have never heard that the work was published, and do not know what became of the materials collected. A copy of "The Independent Democrat," Concord, N.H., dated Dec. 6, 1860, was put into my hand, some yrs. ago, by John S. Scammell, Esq., of this town, containing a notice of

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Mr. Goodwin's intended biography, with important reminiscences of the Adju- tant-Gen. and his family. Among other interesting papers mentioned, was what may be called a love-letter to Miss Abigail Bishop, a young lady in N. H., to whom he was tenderly attached at the outbreak of the war, and to whom, it seems, he offered his nuptial hand.

LETTER.

EXETER, March 22, 1777.

DEAREST NABBY, -I arrived at Exeter the Monday after I left Mystic. My horse held out much better than I expected; but, as to myself, I ever feel dejected when I am going from you. I feel as if I had left my better half behind me: a certain inexpressible something hangs upon my mind, that I can't feel happy when absent from my dearest Nabby. Heaven has certainly destined us for each other, else why should we be permitted to carry our mutual affection to so great a length ? But cruel fate, and a more cruel war, has thrown an obsta- cle in your way ; but I hope you will surmount it. I can't conceive how or why it should have any weight with you. Love is a noble, disinterested passion; it overlooks small obstacles: and the purer the passion, the greater difficulties it will surmount. Pray consider the almost infinite importance it is to me, to call you my own before I march to Ticonderoga. How happy it will make me! and what vast obligations it will lay me under, to contribute as far as possible to make you happy in the marriage state! I shall not march, I believe, under a month from this time. Consider me, my lovely girl, and enter into a noble resolution to give your hand to the man who loves you almost to adoration, before he takes the field to oppose our tyrannical foes, - consider how many young ladies have immortalized their characters by encouraging their lovers to defend their country. I should still have an opportunity to celebrate our nup- tials, and spend a week or ten days in your dear company before my departure, if you could possibly consent. For Heaven's sake, by all the endearing ties of tender affection, I conjure you to write to me by Capt. Livermore; and, if you can consent to my proposal, I will fly to you upon the wings of love! How- ever, write to me, if you have only time to enclose your name in paper.

The more I am acquainted with you, the more my passion increases, the more tender and delicate my love. I shall endeavor, if possible, to spend a few days more with you before I leave this part of the country, at all events, and snatch a few moments of bliss and happiness before I take the field.

Your sincere and most affectionate friend,

ALEXANDER SCAMMELL.

The anxiously desired marriage was never consummated. The bloody tide of war bore this ardent lover farther and farther from the goal of his connubial aspirations, till it plunged him into an untimely grave at Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 6, 1781. His successor in command, Col. Humphreys, hymned his requiem in the following lines : -

" What though no friend could ward thine early fall, Nor guardian angels turn the treacherous ball,

Bless'd shade, be soothed: thy virtues all are known; Thy fame shall last beyond this mouldering stone, Which conquering armies, from their toils return, Read to thy glory, while thy fate they mourn."

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So passed away Gen. Alexander Scammell in his sombre glory; and five years afterward his adored sweetheart became the bride of Dr. Archelaus Putnam of Danvers, Mass., to wit, Nov. 12, 1786.

SCAMMELL, Dr. SAMUEL LESLIE 2 (Dr. Samuel Leslie 1), b. 1739; m. Bethiah Corbett, dr. of Dr. John and Hopestill (Chapin) Corbett, b. Bell., Nov. 21, 1740; cer. Jan. 3, 1760, by Rev. A. Frost. As recorded in Rev. Mr. Frost's regr. of baptisms, their chn. were, -

JOHN, bap. Oct. 23, 1762; physician; m. Hannah Jones, Nov. 24, 1782.

SAMUEL LESLIE, bap. Aug. 21, 1763; not traced.

ALEXANDER, bap. Jan. 1, 1769; d. in infancy.

ALEXANDER, bap. Oct. 6, 1771; m. Ede Daniell, April 18, 1799.

HOPESTILL, bap. May 7, 1775.

Mrs. Bethiah d. in Bell., on the ancient Dr. Corbett homestead, which had become her husband's, Nov. 27, 1805; and her hus. d. just 8 ds. later, Dec. 5, 1805, a. 66 yrs. At what precise date they took up their abode in Bell., I have not ascertained, but prob. only a few yrs. before their death.

SCAMMELL, Dr. JOHN 3 (Dr. Samuel Leslie,2 Dr. Samuel Leslie1), bap. Oct.

23, 1762; m. Hannah Jones, dr. of Jonathan and Mary Jones, b. Nov. 29, 1760; cer. Nov. 24, 1782, by Rev. A. Frost. The particulars of Dr. John's education and fitting for his profession have not come to my knowledge. He set. finally on the Dr. Corbett patrimony, whilst the Scammell home- stead became the inheritance of his bro. Alexander. The chn. of Dr. John and Hannah (Jones) Scammell were, -

HOPESTILL, b. May 6, 1783; m. Otis Thayer, March 17, 1807; d. Oct. 14, 1808. SAMUEL LESLIE, b. Nov. 25, 1784; m. Emily Stearns, Oct. 10, 1811; set. Mil. MARY, b. Nov. 25, 1786; m. John Wheeler, April 4, 1807; she d. Feb. 3, 1811. BETHIAH, b. June 16, 1791; m. John Wheeler, 1812, and d. soon after.

JOHN CORBETT, b. Aug. 5, 1793; m. Joanna Stearns, Dec. 25, 1815; res. Bell .; farmer.

Mrs. Hannah d. Sept. 9, 1823, a. 62 yrs .; Dr. John d. March 9, 1845, a. 83 yrs.

SCAMMELL, ALEXANDER& (Dr. Samuel Leslie,2 Dr. Samuel Leslie 1), b. Oct. 6, 1771; m. Ede Daniell, dr. of Oliver and Sarah Daniell, b. in 1781; cer. April 18, 1799, by Samuel Jones, Esq. They set. on the Scammell home- stead, and pursued the business of agricultural life. Their chn. were, - SAMUEL, b. April 6, 1800; d. in Cambridge, Aug. 17, 1823, unm.

DANIELL, b. Oct. 15, 1802; m. Mary S. Chapin, Oct. 9, 1827.

LESLIE, b. Dec. 7, 1804; m. Maria Jane Badger; he d. Chelmsford, Nov. 25, 1833; 1 child.

ALEXANDER, b. July 21, 1808; m. Ann A. Partridge, Nov. 6, 1834.

DORINDA, b. June 11, 1811; m. John Adams Clarke, April 10, 1833.

JOHN WHEELER, b. March 22, 1818; m. Mary M. Ellis, Dec. 7, 1841. VIANA, b. Feb. 18, 1822; d. Feb. 18, 1823.

The hus. and fr. d. rather suddenly of dysentery, Sept. 29, 1823; Mrs. Ede d. Feb. 23, 1832. Worthy people.

SCAMMELL, Col. SAMUEL L.4 (Dr. John,8 Dr. Samuel L.,2 Dr. Samuel L.1), b. prob. Mil., Nov. 25, 1784 ; m. Emily Stearns, dr. of David and Joanna (Adams) Stearns, b. Mil., Jan. 14, 1793; cer. Oct. 10, 1811, by Rev. David Long. Their chn .:-

MARY WHEELER, b. Bell., Dec. 4, 1812; m. Joseph W. Littlefield, June 6, 1841; she d. July 12, 1878.

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JOHN STEARNS, b. Bell., May 26, 1816; grad. B. U., 1837, -our earliest law- yer.

Col. S. attained to early distinction in the militia, and municipal affairs in Bell. He returned to Mil. in 1824 or 1825, and set. on the David Stearns home- stead, or at least a portion thereof, and was honored with various offices of public responsibility, such as moderator, selectman, town treasurer, rep. to Gen. Court, justice peace, etc. The family inherited and sustained an honorable social standing. He d. July 17, 1855; Mrs. Emily d. June 8, 1854.

SCAMMELL, Maj. JOHN CORBETT 4 (Dr. John,8 Dr. Samuel L.,2 Dr. Samuel L.1). b. Mil., Ang. 5, 1793; of honorable distinction in Bell .; m. Joanna Stearns, dr. of David and Joanna (Adams) Stearns, b. Mil., Dec. 24, 1794; cer. Dec. 25, 1815, by Rev. D. Long. Their chn. :-

HOPESTILL BETHIAH, b. Sept. 18, 1816; res. in unm. usefulness on the paternal homestead.

JANE LIBBEY, b. April 7, 1818; m. Rev. George N. Townsend, Aug. 10, 1842. LUCIUS LESLIE, b. Dec. 17, 1819; physician; long set. in Hop., and has a family there.

SAMUEL STEARNS, b. Nov. 27, 1822; m. Frances A. Ballou, Nov. 20, 1845.

Maj. Scammell was a farmer, dwelling on the ancient Dr. John Corbett homestead, close to our south-eastern corner. The family lived too near us, were too closely connected by relationship, and have exemplified too much solid worth, to be omitted from this genealogical record. Maj. S. d. Jan. 23, 1848; Mrs. Joanna, his widow, d. Dec. 5, 1871.

SCAMMELL, JOHN STEARNS, Esq.5 (Col. Samuel L.,4 Dr. John,8 Dr. Samuel L.,2 Dr. Samuel L.1), b. Bell., May 26, 1816; grad. B. U., 1837; stud. law, admitted to bar by Supreme Court in session at Dedham, 1840, and imme- diately opened Milford's first regular law-office; m. Joanna W. Newell, dr. of Willard and Lydia W. (Thompson) Newell, b. Cumberland, R.I., Dec., 1829; cer. Boston, Oct., 1851, by Rev. Sebastian Streeter. Their chn .:- GEORGE, b. Oct. 28, 1852; d. Jan. 6, 1853.

ELLEN L., b. Jan. 5, 1854; d. in hopeful youth, deeply lamented, 1874.

Esq. Scammell is of a retiring, unpretentious disposition, not especially gifted with forensic eloquence, but respected as a sound lawyer, and very judi- cious legal adviser. He was appointed first justice of our original police-court, has long stood as a prominent justice peace, been rep. to Gen. Court, and held various responsible offices. Of course the family rank in community is legiti- mately reputable.

SCAMMELL, DANIELL 4 (Alexander,8 Dr. Samuel L.,2 Dr. Samuel L.1), b. Oct. 15, 1802; m. Mary Sumner Chapin, dr. of Josiah and Mary (Willard)

Chapin, b. Orrington, Me., 1807; cer. there Oct. 9, 1827, by whom not given. Their chn .: -

SAMUEL, b. Nov. 21, 1828; m. Phebe Ann Chapin, March 4, 1852.

ALBERT LESLIE, b. April 8, 1835; d. Sept. 14, 1836.

AMANDA CHAPIN, b. May 2, 1840; a devoted school-teacher in various places, - Atlanta, Ga .; Mendon, Wrentham, Westboro', and Milford.

MARY, b. Feb. 20, 1843; d. 2 ds. afterwards.

Daniell Scammell dwelt on the ancient homestead; Mrs. Mary, his wf., d. there, June 22, 1844; and he, Oct. 16, 1862. They held a reputable rank in society.

SCAMMELL, Dr. ALEXANDER 4 (Alexander,8 Dr. Samuel L.,2 Dr. Samuel L.1), b. July 21, 1808; m. Ann Augusta Partridge, dr. of William and

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Susan (Maines) Partridge, b. May 22, 1816, in Woolwich, Me .; cer. in Prov- idence, R.I., Nov. 6, 1834, by Rev. Mr. Manchester. Their chn .:-

ROSETTA AUGUSTA, b. Mil., Nov. 12, 1836; m. Francis Marion Ball, Nov. 30, 1854.

WILLIAM HENRY, b. Mil., June 21, 1838; m., 1st, S. P. Chapin, 1861; 2d, M. E. Fisher, 1866.

MARY JANE, b. Mil., May 17, 1841; m., 1st, Benjamin B. Bangs, 1867; 2d, George E. Scripture, 1880.

LESLIE ALEXANDER, b. Mil., April 20, 1843; d. Oct., 1854.

EMMA E., b. Mil., July, 1845; d. March 19, 1861.

JOHN L., b. Mil., 1848; d. May, 1849.

Dr. Alexander was a physician of the botanic school. He qualified himself by study and incipient practice with Dr. John Brown of Providence, R.I. Be- sides this tuition he had a natural aptitude for his calling. He commenced practice in his native town in 1833; had good success, and was driven with busi- ness almost to the day of his death, - a period of 24 yrs. or thereabouts. Mean- time he kept a well-supplied depository of botanic medicines, and had many customers. But his rather feeble constitution sunk under pulmonary disease, and he passed on to the higher life, Jan. 29, 1858, in the 50th yr. of his age. His wife was his faithful coadjutor throughout, accompanied him much during the last three years of his life on his rounds of visitation to patients, learned his methods, and became herself quite a skilful practitioner, especially in mid- wifery. After his decease she followed mainly this branch of the profession for some 16 yrs., with much success, till physical infirmity obliged her to relinquish it. She has since devoted herself to quiet domestic usefulness, having experi- enced repeated sicknesses and bereavements in her family. She has 2 drs. and 3 grandchn. surviving.

SCAMMELL, WILLIAM HENRY 5 (Dr. Alexander,4 Alexander,& Dr. Samuel L.,2

Dr. Samuel L.1), b. June 21, 1838; clerk; m., 1st, Sarah P. Chapin, dr. of Harry W. and Charlotte (Lowe) Chapin, b. in Upton, 1840; cer. Mil., June 9, 1861, by the writer. Issue: A nameless infant, who instantly d. The hus. m., 2d, Mary Elizabeth Fisher, dr. of Lewis and Ruth H. (Benchly) Fisher, b. Malden, Nov. 30, 1843; cer. Mil., Oct. 10, 1866, by Rev. J. B. Thornton. Issue :-

LEWIS ALEXANDER,6 b. Mil., April 2, 1868.

The hus. and fr., after a gradual pulmonary decline, d. May 26, 1880, a. almost 42 yrs. He had served his country faithfully in the late war, and recd. due military, civic, and religious honors at his funeral. See Chap. VIII., "War Record of the Rebellion," where his name is accompanied by specifications of service and promotions.

THE SCAMMELL BIBLE.

This venerable relic and donation of Gen. Alexander Scammell, printed in 1768, is now the inherited keepsake of Lewis Alexander Scammell,6 surviving son of William H. It contains the following interesting inscriptions : -

" This Bible: Presented by Col. Alexander Scammell, Adjutant-General of the American Armies; and who was unfortunately captured and afterwards in- sidiously wounded; of which wound he expired at Williamsburg, October, 1781 Anno Domini; given and to be kept in the name of him who fought and bled for the benefit of his Country.

" Also in memory of Alexander Scammell, who died at Milford, Mass., Sept.

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29, 1823, aged 52 years. And now in the possession of his son Alexander Scam- mell, aged 21, A.D. 1829. Died at Milford, Mass., Jany. 29th, 1858, aged 49 yrs. 6 mos. Presented to his grandson, Lewis Alexander Scammell, Dec., 1872, aged 4 yrs."

SCAMMELL, SAMUEL 5 (Daniell,4 Alexander,8 Dr. Samuel L.,2 Dr. Samuel L.1),

b. Nov. 21, 1828; bootmaker; mr.'s maiden name Mary Sumner Chapin; m. Phebe Ann Chapin, dr. of Leonard and Semira (Howard) Chapin, b. March

4, 1832; cer. at Hopedale, March 4, 1852, by the writer. Their chn. :-

LIZZIE ANN, b. Mil., Feb. 19, 1855; m. Edwin Wallace Whitmore, Mil., Nov. 21, 1876.

FRED CHAPIN, b. Mil., Aug. 22, 1857; brakeman on P. & W. R. Rd.

The hus. and fr. fell a victim to that cerebral mania which so often results in suicide, and d. Aug. 18, 1874. Mrs. Phebe survives her sorrows in worthy widowhood, and her chn. hold a reputable standing.

SCHOFIELD, JOHN, son of Benjamin, b. Saddleworth, Eng., Dec. 15, 1793; woollen-factory operative and overseer; m. Mary Emily Amermon, ptge. not given, b. in Pleasant Valley, N.Y., Oct. 8, 1806; date and particulars of cer. not given. Issue : -

EMILY GORHAM, b. Pleasant Valley, N. Y., March 18, 1822; m. Adams C. Daniels, Aug. 11, 1844.

HARRIET REED, b. Pleasant Valley, N.Y., June 17, 1824; m. Moses Smith, Aug. 21, 1845.

MARY, b. Pleasant Valley, N.Y., Oct. 18, 1826; d. July 16, 1827.

AMANDA, b. Pleasant Valley, N.Y., Sept. 21, 1828; m. Amasa C. Daniels, Nov. 11, 1849.

MARTHA, b. Pleasant Valley, N. Y., March 6, 1831; d. Feb. 12, 1832.

EDWARD, b. Canton, Mass., Nov. 15, 1832; m. Catherine E. Moore, May 28, 1856.

MARY ELIZABETH, b. Mil., Dec. 25, 1836; m. John W. Buck, June 28, 1866. ELDORA, d. young.

IOLA, d. young.

Mr. Schofield came over from Eng. at the age of 20 yrs. He was long an operative and overseer in woollen factories, but later betook himself to boot- making. He res. at different periods in several places in N. Y. State, and then in our Commonwealth, at Canton, Watertown, Millbury, Saxonville, and Mil. He dwelt at Bungay at one time, when the woollen manufacture was carried on there; and one, at least, of his younger chn. was b. there. He was an ingen- ious, industrious, honest, and kind-hearted man in his own somewhat peculiar way. He d. in Mil., under the infirmities of age, Nov. 6, 1879, a. 85 yrs. 10 mos. and 22 days. His invalid wid. still survives at this writing.

SCHOFIELD, EDWARD8 (John,2 Benjamin 1), b. Canton, Nov. 15, 1832; mr.'s maiden name Mary Emily Amermon; occupation that of machinist; m. Catherine E. Moore, dr. of John and Ann (Smith) Moore, b. on Staten

Island, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1836; cer. at Hopedale, May 28, 1856, by the writer. Issue : --

EDWARD MORTIMER, b. Mil., Jan. 2, 1857.

GEORGE EVERETT, b. Mil., Jan. 16, 1863.

WILLIAM IRVING, b. Mil., June 21, 1871; d. Aug. 26, same yr.

CHARLES IRVING, b. Mil., Sept. 30, 1874.

WALTER WARREN, b. Mil., Nov. 16, 1876; d. Feb. 17, 1878.

SCHULZ, HENRY, son of Henry and Margaret Schulze, b. Blankenburg, Ger-

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many, July 6, 1823; boot-finisher; m. Catherine McNerny, dr. of Thomas and Sarah (Flynn) McNerny, birthplace and date not given; cer. at Hope- dale, Nov. 10, 1856, by the writer. Their chn. :-

FREDERICK, b. Mil., Dec. 20, 1857; d. Nov. 30, 1858.

ERNEST LOUIS, b. Mil., Nov. 1, 1859; printer in " Milford Journal" office. GEORGE HENRY, b. Mil., Aug. 20, 1861; in Green Bros.' employ.

Mr. Schulz has res. in Mil. 28 yrs. Industrious, honest, frugal, American- ized people.

SCOTT. We have had, first and last, a considerable number bearing this name; but most of them have been mere sojourners among us. These I shall only partly specify, but confine myself mainly to the important few who have made a permanent record on our soil. Rila Scott, a cousin of the writer, set. here about the yr. 1850. He had been a cloth manufacturer in various local- ities of Mass., R. I., and N. H., before removing to Mil. All the Scotts are said to have originated in Scotland; but I shall not trouble the reader with any tra- ditions or speculations that go beliind Rila's immigrant ancestor, Jolin Scott; who, I presume, came to this country as early as 1648, in the household of Law- rence and Cassandra Southwick. Lawrence and his wf. were among the earliest Quakers of Salem. After bitter persecutions, they took refuge in Rhode Island with Roger Williams. John Scott was in Salem in 1648; thence, several yrs. later, he and his wf. Rebecca went to Providence, R.I., where, between 1662 and 1672, they had 6 chn. The youngest of these was Sylvanus, b. Nov. 10, 1672. He had sons Sylvanus, Joseph, etc. He settled these sons in the southerly part of now Bellingham, where their descendants became numerous. Joseph, b. prob. between 1695 and 1700, was endowed by his fr. with an ample tract of land on and about "Scott Hill," so called, a portion of which is still in pos- session of Willard Scott, a bro. of Rila. Joseph Scott, the gt. gd. fr. of Rila, by wf. Elizabeth, had a son Samuel, and he a son Saul, who was the fr. of Rila. It would be interesting to the Scotts if I could give full tabulations of John Scott's descendants, with collateral details; but this is precluded by the limitations of my work. I will, however, stretch my lines far enough to take in Saul Scott's family record, at least in part.

SCOTT, SAUL 5 (Dea. Samuel,4 Joseph,8 Sylvanus,2 John1), b. July 2, 1764; m. Selah Ballou, dr. of Ariel and Jerusha (Slack) Ballou, b. in Cumber- land, R.I., May 23, 1764; cer. May 13, 1781, by whom not given, but prob. by Rev. Abner Ballou. Their chn. : -

OLNEY, b. Scott Hill, Bell., Feb. 4, 1782; m. Lydia Lazell; he d. 1838.

POLLY, b. Scott Hill, Bell., Feb. 5, 1784; m. John Seagrave of Uxbridge.

JERUSHA, b. Scott Hill, Bell., April 9, 1786; m. Dorrington Seagrave of Ux. SELAH, b. Scott Hill, Bell., Jan. 4, 1788; m. Asa Newell.

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History of the town of Milford, Worcester county, Massachusetts, from its first settlement to 1881, Part 118

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890 Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co. Number of Pages: 1328

Author: Ballou, Adin, 1803-1890
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Boston : Rand, Avery, & co.
Number of Pages: 1328