Obadiah Scovill

• Reference: Full text https://archive.org/details/surveyofscovilso00brai/page/166 "A Survey of the Scovils or Scovills in England and America; Seven Hundred Years of History and Genealogy" by Homer Worthington Brainard pp. 166-172

21. Obadiah /4 Scovill {John /3 John /2, John /1), born Oct. 9, 1725, at Waterbury; died there March 19, 1768; married July 14, 1752, Hannah Hull, born April 9, 1730; died Aug. 22, 1756; daughter of Josiah and Hannah (Prindle) Hull of Norwalk and Wallingford, Connecticut; married second June 11, 1760, Hannah Porter, born June 16, 1733, at Waterbury; died there June 25, 1766; daughter of Daniel and Hannah (Hopkins) Porter of V^aterbury.

Obadiah Scovill lived on a part of the lands of his great-grandfather, in the old homestead. He met death by an accident, being thrown from a horse and falling on a broad axe.

Children born at Waterbury.

56. i. Sarah, born Nov. 9, 1752; married Samuel Hickox, 3d.

ii. David, born Jan. 26, 1755; died Feb. 12, 1774.

iii. Anne, born Feb. 4, 1761 ; died April 9, 1781, unmarried.

iv. Daniel, born June 5, 1762 ; died Feb. 23, 1766.

Settlement of Obadiah Scovill's Estate. At a Court of Probate Held in Woodbury March the 29th, 1768. Ezra Brownson and Ephraim Warner Junr. appeared in Court and Enformed that Obadiah Scovill Late of Waterbury Decesd Died Intestate and Desired to take administration on sd. Estate the proper person in Law DecHneing the same. Whereupon this Court did on the date above Grant Letters of Administration on sd. Estate unto them, the sd. Ezra and Ephraim sufficient bond being given.

On the Day and Date above written the abovsd Administrators appeared in Court Did Represent sd. Estate Insolvent and according to Law in such case commissioners are to be appointed and this Court Doth hereby appoint, Joseph Hopkins Esqr. Mr. Samuel Scot Junr and Mr. William Adams, all of Waterbury, Commissioners to Recive and Examin the Claims of the Creditors on sd. Estate. Who are to take the Direction in the Law in Giveing Proper Notice to the Claimants to appear and Mak Good their Respective Claims and at the Expiration of Nine months from this Date to make Return to this Court of their Doings.

Gideon Walker Probate Clerk.

At a Court of Probate Held in Woodbury August 2d. 1768 the administrator on the estate of Obadiah Scovill Late of Waterbury Decesd. appeared and Exhibited an Inventory of sd. Estate and made oath to the truth thereof whereupon it Was accepted to be recorded and is as followeth.

An Inventory of the Estate of Mr. Obadiah Scovill late of Waterbury Decesd.

• NOTE: Appropriate linventories and other lists may be read in the attached genealogy.

An Average Made on the Estate of Obadiah Scovill Late of Waterbury decesd is as followeth the Left hand Cojum is the Creaditors Just due according to the Report of the Commissioners, the Right hand their proportion.

These may certify to all Persons to Whom it may Concern that We. the subscribers who are Creaditors to the Estate of Obadiah Scovill Late of Waterbury Decesd sd Estate being represented Insolvant Do consent and Mutually agree upon Consideration that Messs Andrew Brownson and John Scovill Do give up the deed that sd Obadiah Scovill gave sd Brownson and Scovill of his part of the house and home Lot that sd Andrew Brownson shall have the full and just sum of Nine Pounds six pence Lawful! money Paid by the Administrators to the Estate of sd Obadiah Scovill Deceasd out of sd Estate When Disposed of and collected, then the Remaining part of sd Estate to be Disposed of as the Law directs, signed by us Samuel Scott in Behalf of Solomon Smith of Hartford Samuel Scott Stephen Scovill

David Warner Nathaniel Selkreg

Ezra Brownson William Adams

Moses Cook Richard Nickols

Preserved Porter Timothy Scovill

Dan Welton Andrew Brownson

Jonathan Baldwin Epraim Warner

Timo Porter Junr Ebenezer Brownson

John Cosset Abraham Truck.

Thos Welton Junr Obadiah SCOVILL was born 9 Oct 1725 in Waterbury, New Haven, CT. He married Hannah PORTER on 11 Jun 1760 in Waterbury, New Haven, CT.

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