Nathan Scovel

Birth and Death
Birth ABT 1724 East Haddam, CT
Death 11 SEP 1785
Parents
Parent Benjamin Scovell ABT 1677 CT 13 AUG 1729 CT
Parent Amy AFT 1738 CT
Marriage ABT 1703
Family
Marriage 8 SEP 1749 Colchester, CT
Spouse Elizabeth Gates 8 MAY 1729 CT 7 AUG 1787 CT
Notes [JScovell descendants Helen Edwards.FTW]
Reference: "A Survey of the Scovils or Scovills in England and America," by Homer Worthington Brainard, Hartford, 1915, pg 148.

Notes

  • [JScovell descendants Helen Edwards.FTW]
    Reference: "A Survey of the Scovils or Scovills in England and America," by Homer Worthington Brainard, Hartford, 1915, pg 148, 162.
    "On Nov. 7, 1738, Nathan Scovell, then aged 14 years, chose his brother Edward as his guardian. ('Hartford Probate Records', vol. 13, page 35.) Within one or two years after his marriage he removed from the southeastern part of Colchester, selling on Nov. 23, 1751 to Abial Stark land on the New London road at a place called Param. ('Colcheter Land Records', vol. 6, page 4.) In this deed he is called 'Nathan Scovel, late of Colchester, now of Lebanon.' He may have returned to Colchester later. In 1783 he was in Colchester, and ('Colchester Deeds', vol. 12, page 297) conveyed to his sons Solomon Scovel of Lebanon and David Scovel of Cholchester 120 acres of land with buildings thereon, situated on the highway from New London to Hartford. He spent his last days in Lebanon and was buried in a cemetery in the northern part of Lebanon, near the Columbia line, about three miles from Willimantic. Near the site pointed out as that of his house in Lebanon are an ancient mill-pond and mill which may have been constructed and used by him. The gravestone inscription and the family Bible still preserved agree in giving his age as 72 years, and, if they be correct, he was born in 1715. If he had been born as early as that, he would have been of age in 1738 and a guardian would have been unnecessary. This early date cannot therefore be accepted, since it is against the action of the Probate Court and also conflicts with the date of the baptism."

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