The
20th of August 1706 was the date my 6th gt-grandfather Stephen
Scovill[e], the son of Stephen & Sarah (Champion) Scovill[e], was
born in the town of Lyme Connecticut as recorded in the Barbour
Collection.
Sometime
before 1729 Stephen moved to the town of Haddam Connecticut, which
was just north of Lyme. It apparently was in the eastern section
which became East Haddam in 1734 because the Barbour Collection
listed East Haddam as the location of his marriage to Rebecca Millard
16 Jan 1729 (most likely 1728/29). It then listed 10 children born to
Stephen and Rebecca.
A
family history for the Scovells compiled by Jennie M. (Scoville)
Holley and Homer Worthington Brainard in 1941 listed 11 children:
Stephen, Samuel, Rebecca, Sarah, Timothy, Henry, Srah, Elizabeth,
Hannah, Irene and Stephen.
You
may have noticed that some of the names appeared twice. The first
Sarah died at age 5 months, so the next daughter burn about 6 years
later was also given the name Sarah. Sadly the 2nd Sarah died at age
7. The oldest son was named Stephen. He died unmarried at the age of
22. About 3 months after the older Stephen died, a baby boy was born
into the family, the youngest child, and he was named Stephen. He
turned out to be my 5th gt-grandfather.
I
didn't find a copy of Stephen's original will, but the family history
by Holley and Brainard gave a summary of the will. It was dated 13
Apr 1778 and proved at Colchester 7 Mar 1780. So probably Stephen
died between those 2 dates.
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