(All that follows is per Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 9, pp. 431-431, 449):
Daniel Scott was born at Machias c1767-68 (from age at death), but more likely by 1766, son of Samuel Scott and Susannah Perry, d at Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, 1 Apr 1828, ae 60y; m at Machias, 17 Jul 1787, Elizabeth "Betsey" Chase, [1] b at Machias, 17 Jul 1771, daughter of Ephraim Chase and Lydia Hathaway, [2] d at Saint Stephen, 14 Feb 1844, ae 70y [sic, should be 72y 8m] and buried with her husband in the Saint Stephen Rural Cemetery. Daniel, the tenth child of his parents, was the first of their children to be born in Machias. Unlike his older brothers, Daniel was too young to have served in the Revolutionary War. Daniel Scott was among the first generation to be born and raised in Machias. He paid the poll tax in 1790, [3] when his household consisted of 1-1-1-0-0 [USC]. In 1794, he paid the road tax in John Sevey's Highway District ("all the Roads from West Lake to the North side of James Avery's district"). [4] Daniel removed to Saint Stephen, NB, prior to the 1800 USC and evidently prior to the birth of his seventh child, c 1798. He appears to have owned a town lot and one or more farm lots in Saint Stephen. In 1822, Daniel deeded to his son, Henry, 1/2 of a 3-acre lot at a mill site on which Henry's house then stood (Charlotte County deed H:235). Daniel sold, though perhaps rather mortgaged, one farm lot to Michael Kelly of Calais, which lot Kelly sold back to Daniel's widow (Charlotte County deed L:15-16). It appears to be that same lot which Daniel's son, Joseph W. Scott, sold, though perhaps only mortgaged, in 1833, Joseph indicating the lot had been deeded to him by the heirs of his late father, Daniel Scott (Charlotte County deed Q:14-15). After Betsey's death, her descendants quitclaimed heirship property consisting of both a farm and a town lot (e.g., Charlotte County deeds 4:66-67, 68-69). Daniel died intestate, the administration of his estate being granted to his widow, Betsey. The inventory of his estate was appraised at 669 pounds. [5]
From Maine Families in 1790, 9:432: Four facts support a conclusion that Daniel's age at death was understated on his gravestone:
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