In 1850, Charlotte is listed as the head of the household. Clark (age 22) and Eliza C. (age 13) Scruton are both living in the same household. Charlotte's husband, Benjamin, is not listed in the census, but there is a Benjamin O. Scruton who married Nancy Collins in 1831. If Charlotte and Benjamin were divorced, then this household makes sense except for the fact that Eliza was born in 1837, which could mean: a) She isn't Charlotte's daughter; b) She is Charlotte's daughter by another marriage -- but then her last name should be different; c) The Benjamin who married Nancy Collins is not the same Benjamin. There is also the chance that Charlotte (Scruton) Jones and Eliza C. Scruton are the same person -- it would have been odd for Benjamin and his second wife to name their daughter "Charlotte" if that was the name of Benjamin's ex-wife.
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"New Hampshire, Marriage Records, 1637-1947," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLF3-DJQ : accessed 6 April 2015), Benjamin O. Scruton and Charlotte Brooks, 07 Apr 1825; citing , Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,308.
"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWZL-15N : accessed 3 May 2015), Charlotte Scruton, Strafford, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States; citing family 1226, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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