Samuel Scott (bef. 1753 - aft. 1812)

Born before 21 Oct 1753 in Scarborough, Cumberland, Maine District

Ancestors

Husband of Thankful (Smith) Scott — married about 1775 in Machias, Washington, District of Maine [uncertain]

Descendants

Died after 10 Oct 1812 after age 58 in New Brunswick [uncertain]

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Biography

Private Samuel Scott served with 6th Lincoln County Regiment, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Samuel Scott is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P286179
Rank: Private

Samuel Scott was baptized at Scarborough's Second Church, 21 Oct 1753, the son of Samuel Scott and Susannah Perry, ^[1] died aft 10 Oct 1812, when he took the oath of allegiance to the British Crown at Saint John, New Brunswick, having emigrated to New Brunswick in Aug 1811; ^[2] married [probably at Machias, probably c1775] Thankful Smith, ^[3] her identity not established, though perhaps the daughter of Ebenezer Smith of Machias (he being the only Smith of Machias in 1790 whose family is not of record and who was seemingly old enough to have had a daughter of age to be married c1775), died, probably in New Brunswick, probably after 10 Oct 1812, she being almost certainly one of the four persons in her husband's household when he took the oath of allegiance on that date. ^[4] Samuel was one of the earliest settlers of Machias, arriving as a boy when his father moved their family there c1763 ^[5] from Scarborough. He served in his uncle Capt. Joseph Sevey's co during the Rev War. ^[6] At town meeting on 28 Mar 1785, he was elected scaler of leather. ^[7] Lived briefly (c1785-1787) in Dennysville, returning to Machias. In 1790, he paid the poll tax, ^[8] his household consisting of 1-4-3-0-0. ^[9] On 24 Jun 1793, he was credited with "three days man; two days oxen -- five days" for road work. ^[10] Enumerated at Machias in 1800. ^[11] At town meeting on 6 Apr 1801 he was one of those whose names were "put in the box, liable to do service as Petit Jurors". ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Augustus F. Moulton, copier, Records of the Second Congregational Church in Scarborough (Typescript typed in 1926 by S.D. Rumery, based on original copied in 1895 by Augustus F. Moulton), p. 8
2. ↑ Joseph Crook Anderson II, CG, FASG, editor, Maine Families in 1790, Volume 9 (Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 48, Picton Press, Rockport, Maine, 2005, 670 pages), p. 448
3. ↑ Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias (C.O. Furbush, Machias, 1863, 179 pages), p. 175
4. ↑ Maine Families in 1790, loc. cit.
5. ↑ George W. Drisko, Narrative of the Town of Machias, The Old and the New, The Early and the Late (Press of The Republican, Machias, Maine, 1904, 575 pages), p. 16
6. ↑ Compiled by Carleton E. Fisher and Sue G. Fisher, Soldiers, Sailors and Patriots of the Revolutionary War - Maine (The National Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Louisville, KY, 1982), p. 698
7. ↑ Drisko's Machias, p. 96
8. ↑ Drisko's Machias, p. 179
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-MMR : accessed 28 December 2020), Samuel Scott, Junr, Machias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing p. 165, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 2; FHL microfilm 568,142.
10. ↑ Drisko's Machias, p. 260
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRS-RHL : accessed 28 December 2020), Samuel Scott, Machias, Washington, Maine, United States; citing p. 622, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 8; FHL microfilm 218,678.
12. ↑ Drisko's Machias, p. 277