Thomas Scattergood (1639 - abt. 1697)

Born 1639 in Stepney Parish, London, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died about 11 Nov 1697 at about age 58 in Mansfield, Burlington, New Jersey

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Biography

Parents

Parents Marriage

Husband Anthony Scattergood.

Wife Martha Wharton.

Marriage: 27 JUN 1644, Saint Bartholomew The Less, London, London, England.

Child: Thomas Scattergood. ^[1]

Origins

London, England, probably the parish of St Bartholomew the Less.^[2]

Family

Thomas married Elizabeth Jarvis.

Thomas and Elizabeth had the following children, all born in England:

1. Elizabeth Scattergood m 1687 Thomas Bryan^[3]
2. Thomas Scattergood ^[4]; m 1694 Phebe Wetherill^[3]
3. Benjamin Scattergood ^[4]; m 1703 Martha Shreve^[3]
4. Sara Scattergood; m 1693 Richard French^[4][3]
5. Hannah Scattergood; m 1695 William Pancoast ^[4][3]
6. Thomasin Scattergood  ; m 1695 William Pancoast^[4][3]
7. Joseph Scattergood^[4]; died unmarried ^[3]

There are two children are missing from this list, Thomas and Elizabeth had 9 children.^[2]

Immigration to New Jersey

Thomas and Elizabeth (Jarvis) Scattergood arrived in New Jersey, with their children , prior to 1679.^[2]

Land

The Scattergood family settled on 160 (500) acres of land on the south bank of Craft's Creek, about one mile west of Columbus, in Mansfield Township in Burlington County, New Jersey.^[2]

Tradition states they lived in a cave, its traces still discernible.^[5] "The tradition that the immigrants [Scattergood Family] lived in a cave is probably true. I [George DeCou] lived at Meadowbrook [Thomas Scattergood's plantation] in the late 1880's and Charles Wright who owned the farm showed me a depression on the north bank of the creek, on the adjoining farm, which had been pointed out to him by his father as the location of the cave." ^[6]

1686 Aug. 14. Do. Percivall TOWLE of Sutton Lodge, W. J., yeoman, to Thomas SCATTERGOOD of near Sutton Lodge, husbandman, for 100 acres in the First Tenth. 497

1696 May 20. Do. Francis DAVENPORT of Burlington Co., yeoman, George HUTCHESON of Burlington, merchant, and John WOOLSTON of Mansfield, said Co., yeoman, to Richard GIBBS of Long Island, N. Y., hatter, for the plantation of 1,300 acres called Sutton Lodge, S. Michael NEWBOLD and John BROWN, E. John CurTis, N. Michael BUFFIN, Samuel ANDREWS and John UNDERHILL, N. W. Samuel BORDEN, W. Tho: SCATTERGOOD and James ANTRAM, with 30 a. of meadow, S. E. Tho: REVELL and Michael BUFFIN, S. and S. W. James ANTRAM, W. Tho. SCATTERGOOD and John WOOLSTON, N. E. John CURTIS; bequeathed to grantors by Percival TOWLE in his will of 26th day 8th month (October), 1691. 664

1697 Aug. 28. Do. Thomas RAPER, blacksmith, to Thomas SCATTERGOOD, carpenter, both of Burlington, for 5 acres or one half of the 10 a. lot, bought of Barnard LANE of Burlington Co., laborer, March 29, 1697, on the road to Tho: WRIGHT's, the creek near Yorkshire bridge and along Assiscunck Creek. 695

1699 Nov. 30. Do. Christopher WETHERILL, tailor, to Thomas SCATTERGOOD, carpenter, both of Burlington, for two lots, one a townlot in Bur- lington of 1 1/2 roods, fronting on High St., running back half way to York St., S. grantor, bought of George HUTCHESON June 11, 1697 (supra, p. 570); the other 16 acres in town bounds, fronting upon the Island Creek, between TANNER's Run and Samuel HARWOOD. 703

1701 Nov. 20. Do. Nathaniel POPE, yeoman, to Samuel JENINGS, mercht, both of Burlington, for a lot of 2 acres at the East end of the town, fronting on Assiscunck Creek between Seth Hill and grantee; also a piece of meadow near Yorkshire Bridge, between Thomas SCATTERGOOD and Tho: SINGLETON. 703^[7]

Will and Death

Thomas Scattergood died between 3 Nov 1697 (signed his will) and 11 Nov 1697 inventory of his estate).^[4]

Thomas Scattergood, yeoman of Mansfield, Burlington county, New Jersey, signed his will 3 Nov 1697.^[4]

Inventory of his estate was dated 11 Nov 1697.^[4]

His will was proved 27 Nov 1697.^[4]

Son (in-law?): Thomas Brian, who has Thomas, Benjamin and Samuel

Sons: Thomas Scattergood, Joseph Scattergood

Daughters: Sara French, who has son Richard and daughter Elizabeth. Hannah Pancos [sic] who has daughter Elizabeth. Thomsin Pancos [sic].

Servant: Mary Recors [sic].

Son Benjamin executor, with Richard French, William Pancoast and Nathaniel Records as overseers.

Witnesses: Edward Boulton and Nathaniel Records.

Research Notes

The Church of Saint Bartholomew the Less, where the parents of Thomas Scattergood were married, and the parish of Stepney, where Thomas Scattergood lived with his wife and children before immigrating to New Jersey, are about three and a half miles apart on the north side of the Thames River in London. Google Map of London.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S0047 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NND3-LHS Anthony Scattergood and Martha Wharton, 27 Jun 1644; citing St. Bartholomew The Less, London, England, reference item 1; FHL microfilm 1,786,345.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Burlington, a provincial capital, Ancestry.com, (Provo, Utah, The Generations Network, Inc., 2004), pp 202-203, 208-209
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Bennett S. Pancoast, The Pancoast Family in America (Published by the Gloucester Historical Society, Woodbury, NJ copyright 1981), page 11
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9} Calendar of New Jersey wills, administrations, Vol 1, 1670 - 1730, at Archive.org, Vol 1, page 405 or Google Boooks
5. ↑ History of Burlington and Mercer Counties, New Jersey Major E. M. Woodward and John Hageman, (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 352
6. ↑ George DeCou. Burlington; A Provincial Capital, Historical Sketches (1945 Lib. Co. of Burlington), Repository - Carrie Lippincott. P 209;
7. ↑ West Jersey Land Records

• Calendar of New Jersey wills, administrations, at Archive.org, Vol 1, 1670 - 1730, by New Jersey Historical Society; Nelson, Honeyman, Hutchinson, and Tindall, (Newark, N.J. 1901), THOMAS SCATTERGOOD, page 405

• Burlington, a provincial capital, Author: Ancestry.com, Publisher: The Generations Network, Inc., Publisher Date: 2004, Publisher Location: Provo, UT, page 202 - 203, 208-209
• Repository: Ancestry.com