Priscilla Melvill

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Biography

Priscilla Scollay was the wife of Thomas Melvill. Her grandson, Herman Melville, was the famous novelist.

She was born 15 August 1755 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Scollay and Mercy Greenleaf.[1]

She married Thomas Melvill 1774 in Boston.[2]

"Sister of Colonel William Scollay (1756–1809) who was an American developer and militia officer from Boston during the American Revolution who gave his name to the infamous Scollay Square. He was the only surviving son of John Scollay, a strong supporter of colonial rights and a member of Boston's Board of Selectmen in 1764. William was extremely active in the community and was named a Colonel in the Boston Regiment."[3]

"Her brother William Scollay was the Deputy Grand Master of the Freemasons of Massachusetts in 1795 when a box containing an assemblage of commemorative items was deposited under the corner of the Massachusetts State House on 4th of July, 1795 by Governor Samuel Adams, assisted by the Grand Master, Paul Revere, and Deputy Grand Master of the Masons.".[4]

She died 19 June 1833 in Boston at the age of 78. Her remains were buried at Kings Chapel Burying Ground in Boston.[5]

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Priscilla (Scollay) Melvill (1755 - 1833)

Priscilla Melvill formerly Scollay

Born 15 Aug 1755 in Boston, Massachusetts

Daughter of John Scollay Esq. and Mercy (Greenleaf) Scollay

Sister of William Scollay

Wife of Thomas Melvill — married 1774 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Mother of Thomas Melvill Jr., Mary Melvill, Allan Melvill and Nancy Melvill

Died 19 Jun 1833 at age 77 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCT3-ZS6Z : 10 November 2020), Priscilla Scollay, 15 Aug 1755; citing Birth, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004329324.
↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-26MS : 29 November 2018), Thomas Melvill and Priscilla Scollay, 1774; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011047.
↑ Find a Grave Memorial for Mrs. Priscilla Scollay Melville. Biography by Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Historian.
↑ Find a Grave Memorial for Mrs. Priscilla Scollay Melville. Biography by Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Historian.
↑ Find a Grave Memorial for Mrs. Priscilla Scollay Melville.
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850