Joseph Scott, of Bellingham

Joseph Scott

• Born 15 Aug 1697 in Providence, Rhode Island, New England
• Died 14 Sep 1742 at age 45 in Bellingham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
• Son of Sylvanus Scott and Johanna (Jenckes) Scott
• Brother of John Scott, Katherine (Scott) Jenks, Rebecca (Scott) Wilkinson, Esther (Scott) Sayles, Sylvanus Scott, Joanna (Scott) Jencks, Charles Scott, Sarah (Scott) Hopkins, Jeremiah Scott and Nathaniel Scott
• Husband of Elizabeth (Jenks) Scott — married 14 Jul 1721 in Providence, Providence, Rhode Island

Biography

Joseph Scott, the son of Sylvanus Scott (son of John and Rebecca Scott) and Joanna Jenks (daughter of Joseph Jenks), was born on Aug. 15, 1697 in Providence, Rhode Island; resided at Smithfield in Providence, and died in Bellingham, Massachusetts in 1742.

He married Elizabeth Jenks (daughter of Samuel Jenks) on July 14, 1721 at Providence. [1] He died in 1742.

Joseph Scott and his wife Elizabeth had four children recorded in Bellingham from 1724 to 1733. He died in 1742. His inventory mentions: Best suit head to foot, 18£, 1/16 of a Bloomary, best dwelling house, 220£, another, 110£, land, 2914£; total, 4332£, certainly the largest estate in town.

Children of Joseph Scott and Elizabeth Jencks are:

• i. Mary Scott, born December 05, 1722.
• ii. Samuel Scott, born September 12, 1724.
• 48 iii. Joseph Scott, born September 24, 1726 in Bellingham.
• iv. Elizabeth Scott, born March 09, 1728/29.
• v. John Scott, born March 18, 1730/31.
• vi. George Scott, born March 14, 1732/33.
• vii. Abigail Scott, born October 05, 1735.

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JOSEPH SCOTT and his brother SYLVANUS SCOTT, both settled in Bellingham on excellent land. They owned also large tracts of land in other parts. Samuel and Saul Scott, grandchildren to Joseph own a part of their grandfather's first settlement.

Joseph born in 1697 and his brother Sylvanus, in 1702 came from Pawtucket to Bellingham. In 1721 Joseph Scott, son of Sylvanus of Providence, "Bloomer", bought one fourth of a Bloomary Iron Works in Mendon on the "Pentucket River at the Great Falls." He was called a Bloomer because he had made iron from the ore near Pawtucket. This foundary was at Woonsocket near the land of Nicholas Cook. In 1725 he bought another quarter of the same Bloomary, and his father's house and 106 acres in Bellingham, bounded north by Zuriel Hall, east by common land and the burying place, south by common land and Richard Blood and est by Mendon. This was the burying place laid out at the proprietors' third meeting in 1717. The next year he bought from Banfield Capron 97 acres joining his own estate by the road from Bellingham to Rehoboth. This property he sold for 220£ to Elisha Newell in 1740. Later he bought Richard Blood's estate of 176 acres which joined his own on the south for 1200£.

In 1727 he and three of his neighbors had occasion to remember his grandmother's journey to Boston 70 years before. The General Court records show that Jacob Bartlett, David Cook, Josiah Cook and Joseph Scott in jail in Boston petitioned for release because their consciences do not allow them to pay the town tax for the support of the minister. The request was refused by a vote of the Representatives, but the Council did not agree and ordered them released if they gave bond to appear at the next meeting of the Court, when the town was ordered to present its case against them. That meeting was unexpectedly postponed for about a year, and there were similar cases in other towns. A thorough search at the State House has not shown any further record of the case.

"Among the many ways in which individuals passively resisted the ecclesiastical laws was the Baptists' and Quakers' refusals to serve as constables or assessors in towns where they would have had to distrain or imprison dissenters who refused to pay their religious taxes. Typical of such actions was that of Joseph Scott of Bellingham who was called before the Suffolk County Court in May 1727 for refusing to serve as constable though he had been elected. Scott "for excuse said that Great number of the Inhabitants [in Bellingham] are Quakers & Baptists, who have not nor will pay their respective Rates to the Minister of sd Town unless distrained upon, which their numbers being so many may be attended with great inconvenierncyes, And secondly the he sd Scott being himself a Baptist pays to a minister of his own perswasion & therefore thinks it a hardship (as well as the rest of his Brethren) to pay towards the Maintenance of another." The Court "being of Opinion that he had not shewn sufficient cause for his excuse" ordered Scott, who refused to pay his fine for not serving, to be distrained of his goods to that amount by the sheriff of Suffolk County. Suffolk County Court Records, IV, 81-82, in the Suffolk County Courthouse, Boston.

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Origins

https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/284868/?offset=0#...

11 JOANNA JENKS (Joseph2, Joseph1) born 1672 and died Mar. 12, 1756. She married SYLVANUS SCOTT,
about 1692, son of John and Rebecca Scott; born Nov. 10, 1672, died Jan. 13, 1742. Resided m Providence.

Children:
i. John, b. Sept. 30, 1694.
ii. Catherine, b. Mar. 31, 1696.
iii. Joseph, b. Aug. 15, 1697.
iv. Rebecca, b. Feb. 11, 1699.
v. Esther, b. Dec. 5, 1700.
vi. Silvanus, b. June 20, 1702.
vii. Joanna, b. Dec. 11, 1703.
viii. Charles, b. Aug. 23, 1705.
ix. Sarah, b. June 15, 1707.
x. Jeremiah, b. Mar. 11, 1709.
xi. Nathaniel, b. Apr. 10, 1711.

References

1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Scott-1802 Profile last modified 6 Nov 2024 | Created 8 Apr 2011
2. Genealogy of the Jenks Family of America; page 25, 29; William Bradford Browne, 1952.
3. Vital records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the year 1850; Bellingham Births; Page 57-58
4. Marston Watson. "Royal Families Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry Volume Two Reverend Francis Marbury and Five Generations of His Descendants Through Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson and Katherine (Marbury) Scott)", Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.; 2004, page 78
5. North American Family Histories
6. Massachusetts Compiled Marriages
7. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130707587/joseph-scott
8. An Elaborate History and Genealogy of the Ballous in America, Volume 30; Page 161. Also in This Source Use your web Browser Find Function "Joseph Scott" Book Marks other notes about Joseph: "Richard Scott's grandsons, Joseph born in 1697 and Sylvanus, in 1702 came from Pawtucket to Bellingham. In 1721 Joseph Scott, son of Sylvanus of Providence, "Bloomer," bought one-fourth of a Bloomary Iron Works in Mendon on the "Pentucket River at the Great Falls."
9. History of the town of Bellingham, Massachusetts, 1719-1919
10. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130707587/joseph-scott: accessed January 29, 2025), memorial page for Joseph Scott (15 Aug 1697–14 Sep 1742), Find a Grave Memorial ID 130707587, citing Scott Cemetery, Bellingham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Mary Sue Scott Ireland (contributor 48413159).
11. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KG3N-YLB
12. https://www.familysearch.org/memories/memory/16100268?cid=mem_copy (Page 11)
13. https://www.familysearch.org/memories/memory/16100267?cid=mem_copy (Page 12)
14. https://www.familysearch.org/memories/memory/16100269?cid=mem_copy (Page 13)
15. Reference: FamilySearch Genealogy - SmartCopy: Jan 29 2025, 18:31:27 UTC
16. Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jan 29 2025, 18:48:20 UTC
17. "Ancestors of Gladys Elizabeth Holmes" < link > Generation No. 7.