John Scoville^{[1, 2, 3]}

1635 - 1700  (65 years)

• Name	John Scoville  [2, 3]
  Birth	Abt. 1635	Shapwick, Dorset, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt. 18 Nov 1700	Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I312684225166	Oswald Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

  Family	Sarah Barnes,   b. 03 Dec 1650, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. Darien, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
  Marriage	26 Mar 1666	Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
  Family ID	F1623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  JOHN SCOVILLE EMIGRATED TO AMERICA WITH JOHN SCOVILLE EMIGRATED TO AMERICA WITH HIS MOTHER, MARY MAAGDALEN COOK. HIS FATHER, RICHARD SCOVILLE, DIED IN ENGLAND. HE WAS 31 YEARS OF AGE WHEN HE MARRIED SARAH BARNES, WHO WAS 16 YEARS OF AGE. SHE BROUGHT HER TWO BROTHERS WITH HER TO THIS MARRIAGE, AS HER MOTHER, MARY BARNES, HAD BEEN HUNG AS A WITCH, AND HER FATHER, WHO HAD REMARRIED, DID NOT WANT HIS SONS. JOHN SCOVILLE REARED THESE TWO BOYS. SOURCE OF INFO FOR THIS FAMILY: SURVEY OF SCOVILLES IN ENG. AND AMERICA, PP 133-46. GEN OF JOHN ANDREWS BY ALFRED ANDREWS. English farm, "Whole Place", was lost up English farm, "Whole Place", was lost upon the death of John's father, Richard SCOVELL, in 1642. John and his widowed mother are afterwards found a few miles away from his native parish (Shapwick). Bleak prospects probably induced John and his brother, Arthur, to emigrate to America about 1660 after the death of their mother, Mary Cooke, in 1654. It is certain they were not Puritans, so religious or political reasons are unlikely. No record of exactly when or how they arrived in America. 1666: first mention of John in New England is record of marriage to Sarah BARNES. 1678-79: given grants of land for the new settlement of Mattatuck (now Waterbury), CT. 1686: moved to Haddam, CT. Acquired 11 acres. A farmer. Died between 04 DEC 1696 and 18 NOV 1700. time of death please see the Scovill book in the source section for his date of death. incorrect children I believe the Barnes book is wrong about the children of John Scoville and Sarah Barnes. The only child that is correct is John Scovill who married Hannah richards. Eleazer Scovill who married Abigail Langdon is the son of Abijah Scovill and Elizabeth, last name not known. As for Mehitable and Thomas, I can not find any such names in the Barnes or Scovill Books to substantiate its correctness. With this information, i must go by the Scoville Genealogy Book for the correct children. Less Family Records: Homer W Brainard A Surv Family Records: Homer W Brainard A Survey of Scovils or Scovills in England and America p. 133-146. Gen of John Andrews by Alfred Andrews. Submitter to Archive Records Mrs. Ernest E. Russell 1145 W Main St. Mesa, Ariz. Family Records: Homer W Brainard A Survey of Scovils or Scovills in England and America p. 133-146. Gen of John Andrews by Alfred Andrews. Submitter to Archive Records Mrs. Ernest E. Russell 1145 W Main St. Mesa, Ariz. ?? Line 46: (New PAF RIN=3) 1 BIRT 2 PLAC Parish Of Shapwick, Dorset, England !SOURCES: Family records; Survey of Scov !SOURCES: Family records; Survey of Scovilles in England and America, pp. 133-46; Gen. of John Andrews by Alfred Andrews. !NOTE: He was also baptized 13 May 1930, endowed 18 July 1930 and sealed to his wife 31 January 1951 AZ.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1173462465] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, A Survey of the Scovils or Scovills in England and America; Seven Hundred Years of History and Genealogy, ; Brainard, Homer Worthington; 1915. [S1173462611] FamilySearch.org, Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMZ-JKWZ : Fri Mar 08 10:13:19 UTC 2024), Entry for Sarah Barnes and John Scobell, 29 March 1666. [S1173462611] FamilySearch.org, Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7Q-6DSV : Fri Mar 08 21:18:54 UTC 2024), Entry for Scoville and Sarah Barnes, 29 March 1666.