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Sarah Scott formerly Gridley

Born 19 May 1737 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Daughter of Samuel Gridley and Abigail (Sharpe) Gridley

Sister of Hannah (Gridley) Williams, Mary (Gridley) Blaney and John Gridley [half]

Wife of John Scott — married 26 Sep 1763 [location unknown]

Descendants

Mother of Sarah (Scott) Trefry, Abigail (Scott) Haley, Hannah (Scott) Robinson, James Scott, Rebekkah (Scott) MacDonald, Elisabeth (Scott) Bain and John Favil Scott

Died 6 Mar 1816 at age 78 in Chebogue, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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1 Biography
2 Research Notes
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgements

Biography

Sarah Gridley was born 19 May 1737, the daughter of Samuel Gridley and Abigail Sharpe of Roxbury, Massachusetts. ^[1]

She married Moses Scott and came to Yarmouth in 1763, and their children^[2] included:

Sarah Scott, born August 16, 1764, who married John Trefry, and died April 8, 1847
Abigail Scott, born April 18,1766, who married Josiah Haley, son of Ebenezer
Hannah, born December 21, 1768, who married Reuben Robinson
James Scott, born September 6, 1770
Rebecca, born August 8, 1772, who married Ranald MacDonald
Elizabeth, born May 9, 1774, who married Captain Alexander Bain, and who died March 25, 1860
John Flavel Scott, born August 23, 1776, who married Margaret Dennis (1780-1862), daughter of Ambrose Dennis, and who died May 13, 1859.

Sarah Gridley Scott died March 6, 1816 and is buried in Chebogue Cemetery in Rockville^[3]

Research Notes

There were two different women, with different parents, named Sarah Gridley, born about 1736/37 in Boston, Sarah Gridley (1737-1816) and Sarah Gridley (1736-1816). One of them married Lt. John (Moses) Scott (1730-1823) on 2 September 1763 in Roxbury.^[4] How can it be determined which Sarah Gridley he married? See the full explanation on the profile of the other Sarah Gridley (1736-1816). Johnson-18438 22:49, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

Sources

↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7787/157/141315633
↑ Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Genealogies : Transcribed from the Yarmouth Herald, by George S. Brown; prepared for publication by Martha & William Reamy, assisted by John McDonald Hilton ... et al.; published in Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., c1993. ISBN: 0806313722; pages 141-146
↑ Find a Grave Memorial #31498430 Sarah Gridley Scott 1736-1816
↑ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2016). https://www.americanancestors.org/DB190/i/7788/180/141326195

Acknowledgements

WikiTree profile Gridley-52 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by John Putnam.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:

~0.78% John Putnam : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A959287 [compare], Ancestry member jeputnam
~0.78% ~3.12% Kim (Hall) Kawasawa : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QU8699198 [compare], yourDNAportal kim7121b676, Ancestry member kimkawasawa14
~0.78% Trish (MacDonald) Bruce : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NM6136145 [compare], Ancestry member trishbruce_1 + Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.39% ~1.56% Susan (Gallagher) Amon : AncestryDNA
~0.39% Rodney Gallagher : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch [compare], Ancestry member robarusa1
~0.39% Emmy (Dunham) Frost : AncestryDNA