Samuel Scott (bef. 1723 - 1794)

Born before 23 Jun 1723 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Susannah (Perry) Scott — married 1743 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 1794 after age 71 in Machias, Washington, Maine, United States

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Biography

Private Samuel Scott served with Massachusetts during the American Revolution.

Samuel Scott is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P286176
Rank: Public Service

Samuel Scott is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A101789.

Adapted from the profile in Maine Families in 1790, Vol. 9, p. 445 ff. ^[1]

Samuel Scott was baptized at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 23 Jun 1723, son of Sylvanus Scott and Sarah Moses, ^[2] died at Machias, 27 Jul 1794, married, probably at Portsmouth, 1743, Susannah Perry, daughter of John Perry and Rebecca Giles. ^{[3] [4]}

Samuel was raised in Portsmouth, and continued to reside there in the initial years of his marriage. He was received into covenant at Portsmouth's South Church at the time his first child was baptized, May 26, 1744, ^[5] and was taxed at Portsmouth in 1743 and 1744, and was still "of Portsmouth" in Jun 1749, when he purchased a 100-acre lot in Scarborough. ^[6] He and his family were in Scarborough, Maine, by 17 Mar 1750/51, when his fourth child was baptized at Scarborough's Second Church, and that same year he sold the northerly part of the above-mentioned lot to John Bryant, Samuel styled a weaver in this deed. ^[7]

In 1762, Samuel Scott and Benjamin Berry are said to have been the first Europeans of record to enter Machias harbor and explore its river, forests and marsh lands. ^[8] Based on the report they made upon their return to Scarborough that fall, a "committee of Sixteen Persons" was organized to build a double saw-mill at Machias. Members included Samuel, his brother Sylvanus Scott, their brothers-in-law, Col. Benjamin Foster and Joseph Sevey, and Samuel's son-in-law, Daniel Fogg. ^[9] They arrived in May 1763. ^[10] In 1766, most of the original company of sixteen took up farm lots in Machias. ^[11] Samuel Scott is named among the 80 settlers who petitioned in 1769 that Machias be established as a town, and was one of the original proprietors thereof. ^[12] Now styled a "yeoman", Samuel additionally purchased the proprietor's right of Samuel Stewart in 1773. ^[13] Samuel's lands were laid out in that part of Machias later set off as East Machias, where he had joined with six others in erecting a sawmill in 1765. However, he did not sell his 7-acre mill lot at the western falls until 1782. ^[14] At a meeting on 11 Sep 1770, he was appointed to a committee to call future meetings. ^[15] In June and July 1773, he and his brother-in-law, Col. Benjamin Foster, served as co-chairs of the "Lot Layers" Committee, charged with laying out all the marsh lands and dividing them "equally in quantity and quality between the eighty proprietors." In this capacity they also served as stake drivers, spotting the trees and setting stone to mark the division lines and boundaries. ^[16] He served the patriots' cause during the Rev War, ^[17] as did all of his sons, save the two youngest. ^{[18] [19]} Samuel had limited service for the defense of Machias when a British ship lay in the harbor. He was also intermittently a member of the Machias Committee of Safety. ^[20] On 19 July 1784, Samuel was chosen Sealer of Leather at the first town meeting following the Incorporation of Machias on 12 May 1784. ^[21] In 1786, he paid the largest share (£4/13s/8d) for highway improvements in George Sevey's district, which ran "from Bonney's Brook to Samuel Scott's". ^[22] In 1790, Samuel was residing in the "East District," now East Machias, ^[23] his household consisting of 2-0-3-0-0, ^[24] and paid the poll tax the same year. ^[25] Samuel died intestate, the administration of his estate granted to his widow. Only personal effects are listed in the inventory approved in Sep 1795, these totaling $362.83. The adminstration of this estate was not completed until after the appointment of his son, Theodore Scott, as administrator de bonis non in Apr 1801. A description of Samuel's house is given in Machias One Hundred Years Ago, Bangor Historical Magazine 9:156. ^[26]

Children, as named in Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias (C.O. Furbush, Machias, 1863), p. 175:

1. Sarah Scott
2. John Scott
3. George Sylvanus Scott
4. Susannah Scott
5. Samuel Scott
6. Simeon Scott
7. Ruth Scott
8. Jesse Scott
9. Mark Scott
10. Daniel Scott
11. Theodore Scott

From History of East Machias, Maine.

East Machias is located on the southern shore of Washington County. It is bounded on the east by Marion and Whiting, south by Machiasport, west by Marshfield, and north by an unnamed township. Gardner’s Lake lies on a portion of the eastern boundary, and Machias River forms the southern line. Hadley Lake extends from south of the center of the town Into the township on the north. Its constitutes East Machias River, and furnishes four excellent powers, all within two miles of tide-water. The descent from the pond to tide-water — a distance of three miles — is 47 feet. On Chase’s Stream, the outlet of Gardner’s Lake, are two excellent powers, occupied by two saw, two lath, and one shingle-mill. This pond covers 8½ square miles, and would afford power equal to 840 horse, or sufficient to run 33,600 spindles. The power on the river from Hadley’s Lake to the tide might be made equal to 1,600 horse, or sufficient. for 64,000 spindles. Gardner’s Lake, though scarcely a mile above the tide, is 60 feet above sea-level, The number of saw-mills of all kinds in the town is nine, of which two are double, and one runs a gang of saws. Other manufactories are two grist-mills, a tannery, four shipyards, etc. The village is chiefly at the head of the tide in the southern part of the town, but extends on both sides of this river and Chase’s Stream to the bay. Jacksonville Village is situated one and a half miles north of East Machias post-office. East Machias is four miles northeast of Machias. It is on the stage-line from Cherryfield to Eastport, and is the terminus of the stage-lines to Lubec, Cutler, and Township No. 14. It was set off from Machias and incorporated Jan. 24, 1826. Samuel Scott was the first settler, being followed in 1768 by Col. Benj. Foster, W. Foster, J. Seavey, D. Fogg, J. Mansur, and others. ^[27]

Sources

1. ↑ 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), pp. 445 ff. Cit. Date: 11 Dec 2021.
2. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, Records of the South Church of Portsmouth, N.H. (Boston, Suffolk, MA), Vol. 81, p. 434
3. ↑ Anderson, op. cit., p. 445
4. ↑ Memorial of the Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Machias (C. O. Furbush, Machias, 1863, 179 pages), p. 175. Cit. Date: 11 Dec 2021.
5. ↑ New England Historic Genealogical Society Register, Records of the South Church of Portsmouth, N.H. (Boston, Suffolk, MA), Vol. 81, p. 449
6. ↑ York Co Deeds 27:204
7. ↑ York Co deed 29:75
8. ↑ George W. Drisko, Narrative of the Town of Machias, The Old and the New, The Early and the Late (Press of The Republican, Machias, ME, 1904), p. 82
9. ↑ Drisko, op. cit., p. 12
10. ↑ Drisko, op. cit., p. 13
11. ↑ 'Drisko, op. cit., p. 16
12. ↑ Drisko, op. cit., pp. 20-21
13. ↑ Lincoln Co deed 17:97
14. ↑ Anderson, op. cit., p. 446
15. ↑ Drisko, op. cit., p. 23
16. ↑ Drisko, op. cit., pp. 25, 174
17. ↑ Massachusetts, Office of the Secretary of State, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright and Potter Printing Company, State Printers, Boston, 1896-1908, 17 volumes), Vol. 13, p. 926. Cit. Date: 11 Dec 2021.
18. ↑ Drisko, op. cit., p. 82. Cit. Date: 11 Dec 2021
19. ↑ Carleton E. Fisher & Sue G. Fisher, compilers, Soldiers, Sailors, and Patriots of the Revolutionary War - Maine, National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, Louisville, KY, 1982, pp, 697-698.
20. ↑ Anderson, op. cit., p. 446
21. ↑ Drisko, op. cit., p. 92
22. ↑ Drisko, op. cit., p. 238
23. ↑ Drisko, op. cit., p. 176
24. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK2-MM5 : accessed 6 January 2020), Samuel Scott, 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.
25. ↑ Drisko, op. cit., p. 178
26. ↑ Anderson, op. cit., p. 446
27. ↑ "History of East Machias, Maine", in Geo. J. Varney, A Gazetteer of the State of Maine (B. B. Russell, Boston, 1881, 611 pages), pp. 209-211

See also:

• 1897 DAR application of Eva Scott Fènyes, DAR Lineages, Vol. 23 [1907]:74.
• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 4 Sep 2021), "Record of Samuel Scott", Ancestor # A101789.