Genealogical record of the descendants of Thomas Scott

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GENEALOGICAL

Chapter I. I ben ' Eunice, Joseph Elliott. ' J I Chaptfr II

Thomas Scott, married ist — Ann Carpenter, 2nd — Abigail Winslow.

Chapter I.

Abel Scott, married 1st— Polly Cook, 2nd — Lydia Crozier.

Chapter I.

Sally Scott, married Samuel Crozier.

Chapter I.

Asahel Scott, married Elizabeth Peck.

Chapter I.

Joel Scott, married "|

1st — Clarissa Risley, 2nd— Elizabeth Hall.

Chapter I. J

James Scott, married Clarissa Smith.

Chapter I.

Henry Scott, married Sarah Jones.

Chapter I.

(Anna, Sally, Phineas, Cynthia, Mary, Betsey Angeline, Henry James, Clarissa Jane, Horatio Plumb. Chapter III.

{Reuben ist, Freeman, Emily, Polly, Cynthia, Sally, Lyman, Lydia, Martin, Abel, Reuben 2nd. Chapter IV.

J Maria.

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Chapter V.

f Linda, Ansel, Celia, Asahel, ■( Eliza, Aaron Culver, Elmina, t Benjamin Peck. Chap. VI.

Ruby, Orrin, Susan R., Olive < W., Clarissa M., Charles.

Chapter VII.

( Thomas, Jonas, Henry, Alson, J Oshea, Clarissa, James Hale, I Martin , Horace , Lucy Tucker, [ Sarah Jane. Chapter VIII.

( Elizabeth Hobart, Sarah Ann,

Mary Hale, Sarah Maria,

] David Henry, Clarissa Ruby,

[ Henry Milton. Chapter IX.

Elijah Scott, married Betsey Woodward.

Chapter I.

Diana, Julia Ann 1st, Freeman, Elijah, Jr., Chester, Betsey, Timothy 1st, Alvin, Timothy 2nd, Abel, Samuel, Ruth, Julia Ann 2nd. Chapter X.

Ruby Scott,

Never married.

Chapter I.

HOW TO FIND YOURSELF.

The scheme on which this record is compiled is as follows:

All data I have secured regarding the progenitors of the family, Thomas Scott and Sarah Hale, together with all the data I have obtained relative to their immediate children, is found in Chapter I.

Chapter II is devoted to the record of all the descendants of their eldest child, Clarissa.

Chapter III is devoted to the record of all the descendants of their second child, Thomas, Jr.

Chapter IV is devoted to the record of the descendants of the third child, and so on to the end.

There are few people who do not know the name of their grandfather and their great grandfather. There are few members of the family old enough to read this book who cannot And the name of either their father, grandfather or great grandfather or his wife, as the case may be, somewhere in the last column of the diagram found on the preceding page. They will then know the chapter in which their individual record is found; the chapter devoted to their branch of the family.

Every reader should peruse the first chapter and then if not interested in distant relatives, pass on to the chapter treating of his branch of the family. In the second and all subsequent chapters, the subject of each paragraph printed in full measure is a full cousin of the subject of every other paragraph printed in full measure in other chapters and the brother or sister of the others in full measure in his own chapter. The first indention thereafter shows the next generation, the second indention the subsequent generation, etc., except in such cases as the information relative to later generations was so meager it was included in the record of the parents.

ILLUSTRATION: My father's name is Henry, my grandfather's name was Asahel, as also was my great grandfather's. I read the first chapter, then find the name of my grandfather in the last column of the diagram, which directs me to chapter VI for the later history of my branch of the family.

It should be further noted that there is a frequent repetition of names, some appearing in different families in the same or other generations. Clarissa, for instance, appears in nearly every family in the last column of the diagram. In that event the reader can discover by noting the names of her brothers or sisters, which iB the Clarissa sought for.

CHAPTER I.

The earliest knowledge of Thomas Scott, that I have been able to secure, is purely traditional. I began work upon the genealogical record set forth in the following pages in 1882, and it was related to me then by the older members of the family and by others of contemporaneous time, that some time between the years 1750 and 1755 Thomas Scott was kidnaped at his home somewhere in England, taken on board a vessel bound for America for the purpose of preventing him from inheriting a fortune of greater or lesser amount, and that on his arrival in New England he was bound out for a term of years by the master of the ship who desired in that way to remunerate himself for the expense of the lad's voyage over.

The first authentic record of the young man's career was originally secured from the town clerk of Ashford, Windham county. Connecticut, and relates that Thomas Scott, who was born in 1744, and Sarah Hale, who was born in 1748, were joined in marriage February 16, 1769. Thomas Scott at the same time received a deed to six acres of land from John Hale, presumably his father-in-law, and one John Scott witnessed the deed.

This information was furnished to me by one of the members of the Scott family with whom I was in correspondence when 1 began my work.

In the summer of 1781 Thomas Scott and wife moved to Halifax, Vermont, where they raised a family of ten children and spent the rest of their lives, supposedly, as Thomas Scott died there June 3, 1802, and was buried in Halifax Center. His wife died February 27th, 1805. The farm in Halifax on which they settled passed in ownership to their son, Abel, then to Martin Scott, then to George M. Scott and son Myrten H., who now lives upon it.

The names of the children of Thomas Scott were Clarissa, Thomas, Abel, Sally, Asahel, Joel, James, Henry, Elijah and Ruby. The exact order of their birth is a matter of doubt, as different records give different dates for some of them. My grandmother on my mother's side, Mrs. Samuel Niles, born in 1802, and familiar with the early history of the Scott family, tells me it was a matter of general belief among those with whom she was acquainted that Asahel Scott was the oldest child. I have also seen one record in which his birth is recorded as having occurred July 2, 1768, but which, if true, would suggest an embarrassing situation, as the record of his father's marriage is some seven months later. Another record announces the birth of Joel on July 26, 1779, while still another records the birth of Abel October 9, 1779. Both cannot be right. But some order must be observed, and after the most diligent search

I have been able to make I have adopted the following order as a basis of work, using the undisputed dates given and placing the others in accordance with the explanation that follows:

Clarissa, born 1770; Thomas, December 23, 1772; Abel, October 9, 1774; Sally, 1776; Asahel, July 2, 1778; Joel, July 26, 1779; James, October 26, 1781; Henry, November 23, 1783; Elijah, 1785; Ruby, 1788.

In placing the birth of Asahel in the year 1778 instead of 1768, as one record gives it, thus making him the fifth child instead of the first, my reasons are simply that the date of the birth of Clarissa seems undisputed, it is possible that in either the recording or the reading of the record of the birth of Asahel the third figure may have been taken for a 6 when a 7 was intended or actually written. Further, between 1774 and 1779 there is no authentic record of the birth of any of the children and Sally is said by some to have been born after Elijah, a statement not at all improbable. During the five years from '74 to '79 the birth of two children might have occurred without a violation of natural law. I think it highly probable therefore that Asahel was born in '78 and at any rate have given him the benefit of the doubt.

As for Sally it is in a measure immaterial as she had but one child and of her descendants, if any, I have been able to learn absolutely nothing. Of the life and achievements of Thomas Scott. Sr., I have learned nothing in addition to the above.

SECOND GENERATION.

CLARISSA Scott was born in Ashford, Conn., in 1770. In 1790 she was married to Joshua Harris, son of Job Harris, who moved with his family from New London, Conn., to Halifax in 1789. To the union of Clarissa Scott and Joshua Harris were born ten children, all in Halifax. Their names were Lydia, Lucy, Clarissa, Samuel, Ebenezer, Joshua, Joel, Reuben, Eunice and Joseph Elliott. To the latter, who died but a few years ago, I am indebted largely for the record I have of the Harris branch of the Scott family. Joshua Harris, Sr.. died in Halifax, Vt., July 3, 1837. His wife, Clarissa, died of palsy September 22, 1833, in Halifax.

THOMAS Scott, Jr., was born in Ashford, Conn., December 23, 1772. He moved with his parents to Halifax, Vt., where he married Ann Carpenter and by whom he had three children. Two died in infancy and the third, Anna, grew to womanhood. Ann Carpenter Scott died October 28, 1806, and Thomas Scott was married in Lyndon, Vt., by Rev. Phineas Peck, to Abigail Winslow, who was born November 28, 1784 in Sandwich, N. H. They had eight children — Sally, Phineas, Cynthia, Mary, Betsy Angeline, Henry James, Clarissa Jane, and Horatio Plumb. Abigail died August 12, 1849 in Burke, Vt., and Thomas died and was buried in the same place February 6, 1851.

ABEL Scott, according to one record that was furnished me, and is asserted to be correct, was born in Ashford, Conn., October 9, 1774. He went to Halifax with his parents, where in 1796 he was married to Polly Cook, who was born in 1772. They had three children- Reuben, Freeman and Emily. Polly died March 20, 1805. (One record says 1808.) Abel then married Lydia Crozier, October 3 of the same year, 1805. Lydia was born in Halifax, June 29, 1777. Eight children were born to them — Polly, Cynthia, Sally, Lyman, Lydia, Martin, Abel and Reuben. Abel senior spent his whole life on the land taken up by his father when the family moved from Ashford to Halifax, and died and was buried in Halifax, May 25, 1856. His second wife, Lydla, died in Halifax, September 21, 1872. It is said that Abel served as captain in the army, probably in the war of 1812.

SALLY Scott was born, probably in Ashford, Conn., in 1776, moving with the family to Halifax. She married Samuel Crozier after which she lived but a few years, dying in Halifax, May 12, 1809, of palsy. They had but one child, Maria, and of her or her possible descendants I have learned nothing.

ASAHEL Scott was born in Ashford, Conn., July 2, 1778, according to the record I have accepted, though another record says July 2, 1768. He moved to Halifax in 1781 and married Elizabeth Peck, who was born in New Hampshire, August 29, 1772. The date of their marriage is unknown. In 1810 they moved to East Smithfield, Bradford county, Pa., then practically a wilderness, settled on a farm and raised a family of eight children — Linda, Ansel, Celia, Asahel, Eliza, Aaron Culver, Elmina and Benjamin Peck. Asahel senior died December 29, 1823, in East Smithfield, and his wife died May 10, 1847, in Springfield, Bradford county, Pa. After the death of Asahel senior the farm came into the possession of Asahel junior, who retained it till late in the '60s, when he sold out to a cousin, Orrin Scott, and it is now in the possession of one of his children, having been owned by some member of the family continuously for nearly a hundred years.

JOEL Scott, the last member of the family born in Ashford, Conn., first saw the light July 26, 1779. He went to Vermont with his parents but must have returned to Connecticut when a young man, for January 14, 1805, he was married in Manchester, Conn., to Clarissa Risley, who was born in Manchester, July 7, 1780. They settled down in Halifax and to the union were born Ruby, Orrin, Susan R., Oliver W. and Clarissa M. Clarissa senior died in Halifax June 7, 1822. May 27, 1823, Joel was married in Halifax to Elizabeth Hall, who was born July 7, 1783, in Somers, Conn. They had one child, named Charles. Joel died in Halifax, July 28, 1849, also on the same land secured by his father when the family moved from Ashford. Elizabeth, his second wife, died in Gloucester, R. I., March 16, 1875, and was taken to Halifax for interment beside her husband. Joel, it is said, was a captain in the American army, but whether in the war of 1812 or the French and Indian war I am not informed.

JAMES Scott, who also served his country in the army, gaining the rank of captain, was born in Halifax, October 26, 1781. April 12. 1810, he was married to Clarissa Smith, who was born in Marlboro. Vt., July 23, 1787. Eleven children were born to them — Thomas, Jonas, Henry, Alson, Oshea, Clarissa, James Hale, Martin, Horace, Lucy Tucker, and Sarah Jane. Captain James Scott died in Halifax, May 27, 1850, having spent his entire manhood on the farm he first settled upon in early life. His wife died in Brattleboro, March 31, 1879, in her ninety-second year.

HENRY Scott was born November 23, 1783, in Halifax, Vt., and died in Waterville, Me., September 20, 1859. He was buried in Athens, Me. His wife, Sarah Jones, was born October 18, 1785, in North Yarmouth, Me., and died in Athens, Me., February 18, 1876. They were married in North Yarmouth, Me., October 8, 1807. Their children were Elizabeth Hobart, Sarah Ann, Mary Hale, Sarah Maria, David Henry, Clarissa Ruby and Henry Milton.

ELIJAH Scott was born in Halifax, Vt., September 4, 1785. Betsy Woodward was born April 19, 1788. They were married February 5, 1807, and settled in Bennington, of revolutionary fame. Their children were Diana, Julia Ann, Freeman, Elijah, Jr., Chester. Betsey, Timothy, Alvin, Timothy 2nd, Abel, Samuel, Ruth and Julia

Ann 2nd. Elijah senior died in North Bennington, Vt., December 3, 1840, and was buried in Shaftsbury, "Vt. Betsy, his wife, died in Mount Lebanon, N. Y., in the Shaker settlement, August 31, 1863, and wag buried in Shaftsbury, Vt.

RUBY Scott, the third daughter and youngest child of Thomas and Sarah Scott, was born in Halifax in 1788. She died while yet a young woman, succumbing March 9, 1805, to palsy, of which both her sisters died and which seems to have been a family disease. She died and was buried in Halifax, and so far as I can learn was never married.

Chapter II

THIRD AND LATER GENERATIONS— DESCENDANTS OF CLARISSA SCOTT AND JOSHUA HARRIS.

LYDIA Harris, the eldest child of Clarissa Scott and Joshua Harris, was born in Halifax, Vt., October 16, 1791. She was married in Halifax to Uriah Thayer. They had one child in Halifax, which died in infancy, and shortly after they moved to Jackson, Pa., where ten children were born to them, their names being Lydia, Mary, Emeline, Martin, Horace, Samuel, Sophronia, Harvey, Royal and Phila. Both Uriah and Lydia Thayer, the parents, died in Jackson, dates unknown.

LYDIA H. Thayer was born in Jackson, Pa., June 6, 1818. She married Buel Potter and they settled in Gibson, Pa., where she died in 1879. They had four children, two sons and two daughters. The second daughter died in 1869 at the age of 28. The oldest son, Everton B. Potter, lives in Binghamton, N. Y., and the youngest son, Irving D. Potter, is in Alaska. The oldest child of Lydia and Buel Potter was Lurinda L., who was born in December, 1836. June 2, 1869 she married John L. Babbitt and they now live in Whitesboro, N. Y. They have one son, Benjamin T. Babbitt, born October 9, 1874.

MARY Thayer, third child of Lydia and Joshua Harris, was born in Jackson, Pa., August 15, 1819. She married Charles Potter and their married life was spent in Jackson, where he died. Mrs. Potter then took up her residence with her children at Susquehanna Depot, Pa.

EMELINE Thayer was born in Jackson, Pa., January 30, 1821. She married Stephen Potter and they were living, at my latest information, at Gibson, Pa., on the homestead formerly belonging to Mr. Potter's father.

MARTIN Thayer was born August 26, 1822, in Jackson, Pa.

He married Katherine , of Waverly, N. Y., where they

lived a number of years, and at my latest advice, resided near Olean, N. Y.

HORACE Thayer was born December 30, 1824, in Jackson,

Pa., and was married in Bethany, Pa., to , who died

many years ago. Horace at latest information was living in Bethany.

SAMUEL Thayer, the seventh child of Uriah and Lydia Thayer, was born in Jackson, Pa., in July, 1825. Have not learned address, if living, or whether he was ever married.

SOPHRONIA Thayer, the eighth child, was born in Jackson, Pa., November 1, 1826. She married Charles Starkweather, who died some time ago, and at latest information Sophronia was living in Jersey City with a daughter.

HARVEY Thayer was born in Jackson in March, 1828, and died in infancy.

ROYAL Thayer was born in Jackson, Pa., August 22, 1830. He was twice married, but both wives are dead and Royal at last account lived in Kansas.

PHILA Thayer was born in Jackson, Pa., June 20, 1832. She married Charles Payne and at my latest information they were living at Whitesboro, N. Y. They had two children, but both are dead. The son left a family in the west. .LUCY Harris, the second child of Clarissa Scott and Joshua Harris, was born in Halifax, Vt., April 28, 1793. She was married in Halifax to Stephen Tucker. They settled in Jackson, Pa., in 1816, where ten children were born to them and where both died at advanced ages, Mr. Tucker being over ninety. Their children were James, Clarissa, Elizabeth, Sarah, Willison, Eunice H. Evander, Emerson N., Darius and Amos.

JAMES Tucker, their oldest child, was born April 26, 1817,

in Jackson, Pa. He was married January 1, 1841, to ,

and died March 6, 1861.

CLARISSA Tucker, the second child, was born in Jackson, Pa., November 12, 1818, and married Horace Tracey. Mr. Tracy died a little over four years later. They had one son and one daughter. The daughter died three years later. The son moved with his mother to Ripon, Wis., where at this date (1902), Mrs. Tracy is serving her forty-third year as a member of the faculty of Ripon college. Though of advanced years she is very busy in church and educational work.

DR. HORACE Tracy was born in , Pa., in .

Went with his mother to Wisconsin, graduated at Ripon college in 1868, studied medicine in Chicago and New York, graduated from the University of New York in 1870, and went as assistant surgeon in the Franco-Prussian war. After much hospital work in Berlin he returned to this country, was an eminent surgeon for twenty years and died of apoplexy in 1900. He left a wife and two daughters, the oldest one born in 1880.

ELIZABETH Tucker was born in Jackson, Pa., April 12, 1820. March 12, 1840 she was married to Horatio Wells. He died and she married William Barrett. In 1886 they lived in Jackson. Pa. Mrs. Barrett has died since then.

SARAH Tucker was born March 6, 1822, in Jackson, Pa., married Rufus Walworth in Gibson, Pa., and was thrown from a wagon at Hop Bottom, Pa., and killed, July 16, 1883.

WILLISON Tucker, the fifth child, was born April 29, 1823, in Jackson, Pa. He married Permelia Pickering, and their home is in Thompson, Pa.

EUNICE H. Tucker, the sixth child, was born January 5, 1827, in Jackson, Pa. She was married November 2, 1851, to Hubbard Niles in Jackson, and died January 2, 1877. An only living child was in Nome, Alaska, in 1902.

EVANDER Tucker, the seventh child of Lucy and Stephen Tucker, was born in Jackson, Pa., February 23, 1829. January 1, 1850, he married Theoda Mott and lives in Jackson, Pa., on the old homestead.

EMERSON N. Tucker, the eighth child, was born August 28, 1830, in Jackson, Pa. He was married December 25, 1855, to Hannah Smith. He was a railroad engineer and in 1886 he

U resided in Port Jervis, N. Y.

DARIUS Tucker was born November 29, 1832, in Jackson, Pa., and died November 12, 1834.

AMOS Tucker was born February 27, 1835, in Jackson, Pa. He married , and lives in Kansas.

CLARISSA Harris, the third child of Clarissa Scott and Joshua Harris, was born June 11, 1795, in Halifax, Vt., and died there February 16, 1806.

SAMUEL Harris, the fourth child of Clarissa Scott and Joshua Harris, was born in Halifax, December 16, 1796. He married Filey Otis of Halifax and settled in Portland, N. Y., in 1821, where he died September 1, 1822, leaving one son, whose name was Samuel Elliott, and who died in Detroit, Mich., in 1864, leaving one child, which has since died.

EBENEZER Harris, the fifth child of Clarissa Scott and Joshua Harris, was born in Halifax, Vt., April 4, 1799. He settled in Portland, N. Y., in 1817, where he was married October 22, 1820, to Rachel Baldwin, who was born in Vermont. They had nine children, all born in Portland, N. Y., their names being Clarissa, Filey, Olive C, Fidelia R., Lydia, Emily, Joseph Addison, Mary L., and Manly S. Ebenezer Harris died in Sheridan, N. Y., October 30, 1875, and in 1884 his wife was living with her daughter, Clarissa, in Berlinville, Ohio.

CLARISSA Harris, the oldest child of Ebenezer and Rachel Harris, was born in Portland, N. Y., September 3, 1821. She married James Quigley, and after his death, William Waite, with whom she lived in Berlinville, Ohio, in 1884.

FILEY Harris, the second child, was born June 3, 1823, in Portland, N. Y. She married J. F. Arnold, October 30, 1844, and in 1884 resided in Peru, Neb.

OLIVE C. Harris was born in Portland, N. Y., May 4, 1824. She married E. Jones, who died in Dunkirk, N. Y., February 10, 1862, his wife dying three days later. Their deaths resulted from a railroad accident. Both were buried in Sheridan, N. Y. FIDELIA R. Harris was born in Portland, N. Y., April 19, 1826. She married H. Reid in Fredonia, July 1, 1860. In 1884 both were practicing physicians in Des Moines, Iowa.

LYDIA Harris was born October 17, 1827, in Portland, N. Y. She married L. Bryant, who died and later she married Martin Carey. In 1884 they lived in Portland, N. Y.

EMILY Harris was born November 29, 1829, in Portland, N. Y. She married George Robinson and they settled in Minnesota.

JOSEPH A. Harris was born April 29, 1831, in Portland, N. Y. He married Delia Ann Skinner and they settled In Minnesota, but Mr. Harris died with the smallpox while home on a visit.

MARY L. Harris was born June 27, 1835, in Portland, N. Y. Her first marriage was to William Bush and after his death she married David Convis and in 1884 they lived in Burr Oak, Kansas.

MANLY S. Harris, the last child of Ebenezer and Rachel Harris, was born in Portland, N. Y., June 11, 1837. He married Lodoiska Carey, January 1, 1866, and in 1884 they lived in Duukirk, N. Y.

JOSHUA Harris was born June 16, 1801, in Halifax, Vt. January 13, 1825, he was married in Halifax to Nancy Miner, who was born August 3, 1803, in Colerain, Mass. They had seven children, whose names were Joshua A., Harvey, Lorenzo, Nancy L., Elliott, Albert R., and Clarissa, all born in Halifax. Joshua, senior, died in Halifax, April 16, 1878, and in 1884 his wife was living in Charlotte, Vt.

JOSHUA A. Harris, their first child, was born in Halifax, February 26, 1826. He married Hannah H. Dudley and at my latest information they were living in Charlotte, "Vt.

HARVEY Harris was born December 3, 1827, in Halifax, Vt., where he died October 16, 1829.

LORENZO Harris was born in Halifax, August 6, 1829, married Mrs. Mary L. Smith and in 1884 lived in Brattleboro, Vt.

NANCY L. Harris was born April 29, 1831, in Halifax, Vt., married A. H. Tucker and died February 26, 1873.

ELLIOTT Harris was born in Halifax Vt., December 29, 1832, married Ellen Helsey and died June 9, 1883.

ALBERT R. Harris was born February 25, 1834, in Halifax, Vt., married Francelia N. Niles and at my latest information they lived in Brattleboro, Vt.

CLARISSA Harris was born in Halifax, Vt., August S,

1835, and was married first to S. B. Niles and later to W. M.

Winchester. She died February 8, 1874.

JOEL, the seventh child of Clarissa and Joshua Harris, senior,

was born in Halifax, Vt., March 20, 1803, and died there February

25, 1810.

REUBEN Harris, the eighth child of Clarissa and Joshua Harris, senior, was born in Halifax, Vt., March 19, 1805. He was married to Olive Wells, by whom he had six children, all born in Jackson, Pa., whose names were Elliott, Olive Wells, Scott, Jane, George and an infant that died with its mother. Reuben's wife, Olive, died June 13, 1837, when he married Lovisa Stearns, by whom he had three children, Warren Mason, Eunice and Ella. Lovisa died April 16, 1883, and Reuben died October 3, 1885.

ELLIOTT Harris, the oldest child of Reuben and Olive, was born December 6, 1826, in Jackson, Pa. He married Hannah Warner, had three children and died in Jackson, December 2, 1881.

OLIVE WELLS Harris, the second child, was born in

Jackson, Pa., March 8, 1828. She married James C. Bushnell,

had two children, and at my latest advice lived in Ararat, Pa.

SCOTT Harris was born May 30, 1830, in Jackson, Pa.,

December 3, 1857. He was married to Phoebe S. Lamb, by

whom he had three boys, and in 1885, resided in Owego, N. Y.

JANE Harris was born January 14, 1832, in Jackson, Pa.

She was married first to Williston Tyler and later to Frank

Pecox. She had no children and in 1885 lived in Portland, N. Y.

GEORGE Harris was born April 22, 1833, in Jackson, Pa.

He married Minerva Harris and had three children. He died

in Portland, N. Y.

INFANT, the sixth child of Reuben and Olive Harris, died with its mother.

WARREN MASON Harris, the first child of Reuben and

Lovisa Harris, was born in August, , presumably in Jackson. He was never married and died at the age of 24.

EUNICE, the second child. I have no record except that she lived in Ararat, Pa., and never married.

ELLA, the youngest child of Reuben. No record except that she married Eli H. Bloxham and in 1885 had six children, and lived in Ararat, Pa.

EUNICE, the ninth child of Clarissa and Joshua Harris, Sr., was born in Halifax, Vt., November 14, 1807, and died February 26, 1825. JOSEPH Elliott Harris, the tenth and youngest child of Clarissa and Joshua Harris, senior, was born in Halifax, Vt., July 15, 1809. September 10, 1831, he was married to Mary Niles, who was born in Halifax the same year he was, 1809. By her he had one child, "William E. Harris. His wife died January 17, 1833, and on October 16, 1835, he married Harriet Niles, by whom he had four children, Samuel Dexter, Freedom Minerva and Ella G. Harriet died February 28, 1852, and April 12, 1854, he married Eunice Goodwin, by whom he N had one child, Hattie. Joseph Elliott died in Portland, N. Y., at an advanced age.

WILLIAM E. Harris, the only child of Joseph E. and Mary Harris, was born August 4, 1832. In October, 1857, he married Katharine Judd. In 1860 he moved to Minnesota, where he engaged in farming. In 1885 his address was Hamilton, Minn., and he had living three sons and five daughters, two of whom were married.

SAMUEL DEXTER, the first child of J. E. Harris by his second wife, was born September 11, 1836, and died August 5, 1838.

MARY FREEDOM was born October 12, 1838, married C. W. Burton, May 8, 1861. In 1883 they lived in Portland, N. Y., and had three children. Later moved to Brocton, N. Y.

MINERVA Harris was born August 12, 1842. She married G. W. Harris in 1863 and at my latest information they lived In Portland, N. Y., and had three children.

ELLA G. Harris, the last child of J. E. Harris, by his second wife, was born July 17, 1844, married in 1871 and died of consumption, February 20, 1873.

HATTIE, the only child of Joseph Elliott Harris, by his last wife, Eunice, was born September 11, 1860, married S. B. Outhank, November 25, 1880, and at my latest information lived in Portland, N. Y., and had one child.

Chapter III. Third And Later Generations— Descendants Of

THOMAS SCOTT AND ANN CARPENTER AND

ABIGAIL WINSLOW.

Of Thomas Scott's first two children by Ann Carpenter, one lived to be a young' man and the other died in infancy. Some say there were but two children instead of three, but at any rate only one, Ann, lived to maturity.

ANN Scott, the third (probably) child of Thomas Scott and Ann Carpenter, was born in Lyndon, Vt., (supposedly) in 1806. She was married in New York to William Sterling, who was born in 1803 or 1804. They moved to Belleville, Mich., in the early days. They had four children— Maconda, John D., Edwin and Goodell Sterling. Ann Sterling died in Belleville, Mich., January 25, 1859, and was buried there. William Sterling married again and had one daughter by his second wife, who resided with her mother in Belleville in 1883. William Sterling died in Belleville, March 15, 1883.