Joanna (Hanson) Scott (1788 - 1852)

Born 26 Dec 1788 in Saint Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of James Libby Scott — married 10 Mar 1806 in Saint Andrews, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada

Descendants

Died 5 Feb 1852 at age 63 in Chester, Penobscot, Maine, United States

Biography

Joanna Hanson was b, probably at Saint Andrews, NB, 26 Dec 1788 (calculated from reported age at death), ^[1] bp at All Saints Church, Saint Andrews, NB, 15 Sep 1790, the daughter of John Hanson and Elizabeth Clark, d at Chester, ME, 5 Feb 1852, ae 63y 2m 15d; m at Saint Andrews, NB, 10 Mar 1806, James Libby Scott, b c1783 (from age at death), probably at Machias, ME, the son of John Scott and Fanny Thompson, d at Chester, ME, 11 Nov 1850, ae 67y;.^[2] James and Joanna reportedly moved to Chester in 1824. ^[3] In Jan and Jun 1822, James and Joanna sold two lots of land in Saint George, NB, on the eastern side of the Magaguadavic River, one consisting of 100 acres, the other including all houses and barns. ^{[4] [5]}

Sources

1. ↑ Maine Old Cemetery Association, Series 1, Penobscot County, p. 313
2. ↑ Maine Old Cemetery Association, Series 1, Penobscot County, p. 313
3. ↑ Mabel Libby Booker, History and Genealogy of Chester, Maine (Typescript; no date), p. 150, which gives his date of death as 1851
4. ↑ Charlotte Co, NB, deeds G:373-75, H:27-28
5. ↑ Edited by Ruth Gray, Joseph Cook Anderson II, Lois Ware Thurston, C.G., et al, Maine Families in 1790 (Maine Genealogical Society, Picton Press, Rockport, ME), Vol. 9, p. 444. Cit. Date: 1 Jan 2019.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6VQ-JRL : 12 April 2016), Joanna Scott in household of James L Scott, Chester, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing family 266, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).