Lt. John Scovill

• Reference: Full text https://archive.org/details/surveyofscovilso00brai/page/148 "A Survey of the Scovils or Scovills in England and America; Seven Hundred Years of History and Genealogy" by Homer Worthington Brainard pp. 148-151

6. John /3 Scovill {Joihn /2, Joh'n /1), born Jan. 12, 1694-5, at Waterbury, Connecticut; died there April 28, 1759; married Jan. 16, 1723-4, Tabitha Upson, born March 11, 1698, at Farmington, Connecticut; died before Dec. 8, 1788, at Waterbury; daughter of Stephen and Mary (Lee) Upson of Farmington and Waterbury.

This John Scovill occupied the old Scovill homestead at West Main and Willow streets in Waterbury, which had been his father's and grandfather's. He was commissioned in October, 1737, lieutenant of the Waterbury military company, and was known thereafter as Lieutenant John, as his father had been known as Sergeant John Scovill. Lieut. Scovill also served on the school committee in 1742 and was chosen deputy to the General Assembly in May, July, and August, 1745. These were special sessions held owing to the war with France, wherein the aid of the colonies to the mother country resulted in the siege and capture of Louisburg.

John Scovill died intestate, leaving a large estate. His son Obadiah and Mrs. Tabitha Scovill were appointed administrators. The estate inventoried £1317.01.02, of which £1128.17.00 was in real estate, and the debts were only £65.14.06, which shows that Lieut. John Scovill was a prudent manager and a good business man. All his property is listed with great detail in the Woodbury Probate records, and will be given in part here: —

"Bible, another ditto, Sermon book by Janeway, another sermon book by Watts, Book Boston Platform, Family Well Ordered, one book (of) Tennants', Penetential Cry, old spelling book, old Testament, one book upon the Lords Super, Watts Hymns old, one small book blue cover, Mr. Leavenworth's sermons." (Rev. Mark Leavenworth, minister of the First Church of Waterbury.)

"3 cowes & 3 calves, 1 bull, 1 yoke of oxen, 1 yoke of steers, one black stallion. Brown Horse, old bay mare and colt, swine, sow and piggs, old sorril horse. Bay year old colt, a brown year old colt. "House and home lot £120,00,00; 50 acres at South part of Steels Meadow at £5 per acre, house upon it £295; North part of Steels Meadow 40 acres £156,00,00; 21 acres on Steels Plain £47,05,00; A piece of land 14 acres £32,00,00; 14 acres and % adjoining upon Thomas Barns £51,12,06; nine acres adjoining above £27,00,00; eight acres at a place called upper end of Manhan Meadow £32,00,00; Ten acres adjoining upon Manhan Meadow called Meadow pasture £27,10,00; 5 acres of Land the West side of the Great Hill £07,10,00; 74 acres called Doctor's orchard £166,10,00; 17 acres the west side of Manhan Meadow hill as contained in a Deed of James Nichols at £25,10,00; Lands to Lay out in the undevided Lands 44 acres £13,04,00; 3 acres in the sequestered land £0,18,00; 20 acres at Ricards hill £25,00,00; a piece of land adjoining on Richardson's meadow 42 acres £85,15,06; 5 acres Richardson meadow, 2 of English grain £12,05,00; a piece of Rye £2,16,00; a Proprietary in the undevided lands at 3 d on ye pound £1,02,00." A grand total of 377 acres beside the home lot. An elaborate distribution of this property to the widow and all the children was made Feb. 5, 1760, by Capt. George Nichols, John Judd, and Stephen Upson, Jr. On April 12, 1760, for a money consideration, Mary and Andrew Bronson, Hannah and Jabez Tuttle, Annis Scovill and her guardian Tabitha Scovill, agreed to the division and assigned "over all the Remaining Parts of each of our Portions to Asa Scovill, John Scovill, Stephen Scovill and Timothy Scovill, equally to be divided."

Mrs. Tabitha Scovill married second Mr. Trowbridge, and was again left a widow in the space of three years after. There is no other record of this marriage than deeds on record at Waterbury, or probate papers on file at Woodbury.

"Tabitha Scovill of Waterbury for 20 shillings conveyed to Dan Welton all my right in that part of my thirds which were sett off to me in a piece of land which did belong to my late husband, John Scovill of Waterbury, deceased. Dated her April, 1770. Signed by Tabitha X Scovill." Waterbury Deeds,

mark vol. 14, p. 306.

On May 11, 1773, Abner Johnson "granted, leased, etc. unto Tabathy Trowbridge of Waterbury aforesaid, widow, an apothecary shop now in my possession situated in Waterbury on the south east corner of Esq. Hopkins Scovill Lot, for the term of 7 years if she so long live, to her own proper use & behoof." Waterbury Deeds, vol. 15, page 368.

On May 11, 1773, "Tabathy Trowbridge of Waterbury" in consideration of the lease of one shop made by Abner Johnson of Waterbury of equal date and 10 shillings to me paid, do grant, lease, bargain and release unto him the said Abner Johnson all my Right, and title to a certain dwelling house and 10 acres of land in Waterbury adjoining that which I now possess, being an estate for my natural life, in and to one half of said house and land." Waterbury Deeds, vol. 15, page 360.

Paper on file at Woodbury, dated May 8, 1780. Application to set out in severalty to the widow Tabitha Scovill now Tabitha Trowbridge one third of 50 acres of land at the lower end of Steels meadow.

Mrs. Trowbridge certainly lived out the term of her lease of the apothecary shop, and probably conducted the business during that period. Her dower was distributed to her children Dec. 8, 1788, and she had deceased before that date, but the exact time has not been found.

On April 29, 1768, Moses Bristol of Woodbury sold to Isaac Trowbridge of Waterbury for £3 one acre of land in the southwest part of the First Society in Waterbury, and on Sept. 11, 1770, sixty- two rods adjoining his home lot was laid out to Isaac Trowbridge by James Porter, measurer. On July 13, 1772, Isaac Trowbridge sold all this land to David Wooster for £15. A dwelling house stood upon the land. There can hardly be any doubt that this was the Mr. Trowbridge who became Mrs. Scovill's second husband. He was born in Stratord about 1694, the son of James and Hester (Howe) Trowbridge. His first wife's name was Ruth, and he had children born at Stratford: Joseph, born June 12, 1718; Rachel, born Nov. 18, 1719; Isaac, born March 11, 1721-2. Joseph Trowbridge was a physician and lived at Danbury and Southbury; Isaac Trowbridge, Jr., lived at Danbury; married Rebecca Peck and was still living there in 1790.

Children born at Waterbury.

21. i. Obadiah, born Oct. 9, 1725; married Hannah Hull.

22. ii. Mary, born March 31, 1727; married Andrew Bronson.

iii. John, born Nov. 24, 1729; died Dec. 6, 1736.

23. iv. Asa, born April 4, 1732; married Lois Warner.

24. v. Hannah, born Jan. 30, 1734-5; married Jabez Tuttle.

25. vi. John, born Oct. 27, 1738; married Ann Barnes.

26. vii. Stephen, born Aug. 19, 1740; married .

27.viii. Tiimothy, born June 27, 1742; married Jemima Porter.

28. ix. Annis, born May 23, 1744; married Nathaniel Selkrigg.

Siblings born at Waterbury.

6. i. John, born Jan. 12, 1694-5; married Tabitha Upson,

ii. Obadiah, born April 23, 1697; died Feb. 23, 1718-9; unmarried.

7. iii Sarah, born Oct. 24, 1700; married Noah Hinman.

8. iv. William, born Sept. 7, 1703; married Hannah Richards.

9. v. Hannah, born March 19, 1706-7; married Eleazer Hinman.

10.vi. Edward, born Feb. 12, 1710-11; married Martha Baldwin.

The Scoville Family in England and America, 1915, and records sent us by Mrs. Eunice S. Harris of Logan, Utah, enable us to give fuller particulars of some of the descendants of Alexander1 Stewart of East Haddam. first taken up in our number of December, 1012. Alexander and his wife Margaret (Dixon) Stewart are said to have come from Ballymena,* in county Antrim, lreland in 1719+ He came to New London, Conn , where "Alexander Stewart and his wife Margaret, members of a church in Ireland and being recommended from thence, were admitted to our communion, June 26, 1720," in the First Church of Christ (Congregational) # They soon went to East Haddam, but on Apr. 28, 1727, they bought a farm in Voluntown(7) and settled there, being received into the church on Sep. 15, 1728.(2). Margaret died about 1729. and Alexander married (2) Nov. 17, 1732, Janet ( ) Rogers, widow of William Rogers of Voluntown who died about 1729. He died about 1742.(7) Jane Stewart, widow of Alexander and formerly wife of William Rogers, deeded land Jan. 24, 1748/9, to her son William Rogers [Voluntown deeds, iv: 242].

Children of Alexander and Margaret: (7)

• Alexander c. 1700; m. 1726, Margaret Robinson: d. 1732, East Haddam (5)
• John 1702; m. 1725, Elizabeth : d. Sep. 18, 1791, aged 88
• Margaret ; m. July 16, 1724, Thomas Hungerford, East Haddam
• William 1706; m.(i) Feb. 2, 1752, Hannah Campbell: d. Jan. 17, 1800, in 94th year
• Thomas ; m. Jan. 27, 1736, Ann Rogers, Voluntown
• James ; m. Keziah Scoville: d. 1781, New Milford
• Samuel, bp. July 24, 1720; m. 1741, Elizabeth Kennedy: d. Nov. 17, 1784, Voluntown (4)
• Nathaniel, bp. Dec. 20, 1724; m. Experience : resided in Voluntown in 1746

James-Stewart (Alexander1), born about 1715, married about 1737 Keziah Scoville, baptized Sep. 9, 1716, at East Haddam, daughter of Benjamin and granddaughter of John Scoville. They first lived in Voluntown, but moved back to East Haddam, where Keziah, the wife of James Stewart, united July 26, 1741, with the First church. Later they appear to have lived in the Millington society of East Haddam, and removed from the town about 1757. From other records we find that James Stewart of East Haddam bought land in Cornwall. Conn , on Nov. 2, 1756, from Ebenezer Seelye [deeds, li: gs] and sold it Jan. 17, 1757, to William Stewart of East Haddam [deeds, ii: 94]. James Stewart of East Haddam sold Nov. 17, 1766. to "my son Lemuel Stewart" of East Haddam land in New Milford "on Straits mountain" [New Mil ford deeds, x: S54] James Stewart of East Haddam bought land Mar. 27 1767. in New Mil ford [deeds, xii: 71]. He died before Feb. 7. 1781, when Alexander Stewart and Nathaniel Stewart "appeared in court and informed that James Stewart, late of New Miltord. died in- testate, and moved that letters of administration be granted them, the widow or relict of de- ceased declining," which were granted them [Woodbury, probate records, VIII: 51]. On Apr 3, 1781, the estate was reported insolvent, and on Aug. 21, 1781. The probate court "allowed the widow Kezia Steward in things necessary to keep house." The inventory showed a worth of £248-0-7. including one half of dwelling house and about 25 acres of land, and the indebted- ness was £111-17-3. The administrators, Alexander and Nathaniel Stewart, deeded land in New Milford on Mar. 18, 1782, for the estate of James Stewart, late of that town [deeds, xiv: 494].

Children (the eldest baptized in Voluntown; the others, in East Haddam):

• Mary, bp. Apr. 30, 1758; m. Feb 25. 1762, Jonathan Chapman. East Haddam
• James ; m. Mar. 24, 1763, Rhoda Graves
• Esther, bp Aug 8, 1742; m Dec. 18, 1761, Rufus Cone
• Lemuel, bp Sep. 9, 1744; m. Lydia Giddings: to Williamstown, Mass.
• Grace ; m (1st) Feb. 1, 1762. Ezra Harvey. (2nd) Draper (11)
• Nathaniel, bp. July 2, 1749; m. Sarah Brownson: to Harpersfield, N. Y.
• Elizabeth, bp. Sep. 8, 1751; m. Jan. 29, 1771, Nathan Stilson®
• Samuel, bp. Nov. 11, 1753; m (1st) Mary Hendricks, (2nd) Jerusha Judd
• Lydia, bp. May 15, 1757; m. Dec. 9, 1772, John Draper, New Milford (2)

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• Records of Robert Stuart Stewart of Orion, Mich. Tradition says Alexander's father was Robert.

+There is a tradition that he first went to a place called Wales. It may have been the Alexander Stewart who sold land in Brookfield, Mass., May 21, 1720, to Joseph Jenny and went to Newport, R. I., where he made a deed Nov. 5. 1721, to land in Brookfield to Tilley Mirick (Brookfield, Mass.. C: 617 and D: 168].

1. Lancaster, Mass.: 'Apr. 22, 1719, Margaret Stuart, bring recommended from ye Presbyter of Bovidy in Ireland," was admitted to the church. She was probably of another family. Compare A: 153.)

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John Scoville married Tabitha Upson. John Scoville was born 12 JAN 1693/94 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut. He died 28 APR 1759 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut. His Father: John Scovill b: 17 MAY 1674 , Mother: Hannah Richards b: JUN 1670

Marriage 1 Tabitha Upson b: 11 MAR 1697/98 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Married: 16 JAN 1722/23 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Children of John Scovill and Tabitha Upson:

• Obadiah Scovill b: 9 OCT 1725 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
• Mary Scovill b: 31 MAR 1727 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
• John Scovill b: 24 NOV 1729 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
• Asa Scovill b: 4 APR 1732 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
• Hannah Scovill b: 20 JAN 1734/35 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
• Stephen Scovill b: 19 AUG 1740 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
• Timothy Scovill b: 27 JUN 1742 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut
• Annis Scovill b: 23 MAY 1744 in Waterbury, New Haven County, Connecticut

Sources:

• Title: Http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com by Gary Silverstein
• Reference: https://wikitree.com/genealogy/SCOVILL
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Lt.John Scovill (1694 - 1759)

Born 12 Jan 1694 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut

Ancestors

Son of John Scovill and Hannah (Richards) Scovill

Brother of Obadiah Scovill, Sarah (Scovill) Hinman, William Scovill, Hannah (Scovill) Hinman and Edward Scovill

Husband of Tabitha (Upson) Scovill — married 16 Jan 1724 in Waterbury, New Haven, CTmap

Descendants

Father of Obadiah Scovill, Mary (Scoville) Bronson, John Scovill, Asa Scovill, Hannah (Scoville) Tuttle, John Scovill, Stephen Scovill and Timothy Scovill

Died 28 Apr 1759 in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut

Biography

Lieutenant John SCOVILL [1][2][3] was born [4][5] 12 Jan 1694 in Waterbury, New Haven, CT. He died [6] 28 Apr 1759. John married [7] Tabitha UPSON on 16 Jan 1724 in Waterbury, New Haven, CT. Burial: Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, CT. Memorial # 54441177. John Scovill occupied the old Scovill homestead, at West Main and Willow St. in Waterbury, which had been his father's and grandfather's. He was commissioned Oct. 1737 Lieutenant of the Waterbury Military Company.

Birth:

• Date: 12 JAN 1694/1695
• Place: Waterbury, Connecticut

Sources

The Town and City of Waterbury, Connecticut.

• 1. ↑ Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Connecticut, From the Aboriginal Period to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Ninety-Five., New Haven, The Price & Lee Company, 1896, Ap142.
• 2. ↑ Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Genealogies of Connecticut Families From The New England Historical and Genealogical Register ([CD]Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1983), vol 2, p 407.
• 3. ↑ Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Vol. 50 - Waterbury, General Editor - Lorraince Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, p. 47. " ... of Waterbury ..."
• 4. ↑ Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Ap123.
• 5. ↑ Compiled by Jerri Lynn Burket, Barbour Collection - Waterbury, p. 326.
• 6. ↑ Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Ap123.
• 7. ↑ Edited by Joseph Anderson, D. D., Town & City of Waterbury, Ap123.
• 8. Brainard, Homer Worthington. A Survey of the Scovils or Scovills in England and America (Hartford, Conn., 1915) Page 148
• 9. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Ancestral File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M4M8-8QF : accessed 2017-12-26), entry for John SCOVILLE ;[Lieutenant].
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