ULYSSES LESLIE SCUTT, MAYOR

Notes:

GEO & ELIZ MARRIED IN BRADFORD N.Y. WITT;D.L.PARSONS & SARAH ! GEORGE BURIED IN TUPPER LAKE, N.Y. LIVED WITH SON LESLIE
ELIZABETH BURIED AT NORWOOD N. Y.
GEORGE A PVT. 16TH N.Y. CAL. CO C. ENL 9-1-1864 TAKEN PRISONER
10-18-1864,PAROLED 1-26-1865
GEORGE HAD A HALF BROTHER JOHN SMITH, AND AT LEAST TWO SISTERS
EMILINE AND ABIGAIL

GEORGE DEATH CERTIFICATE 949 12-30-1902, FATHER LISTED AS GEORGE SCUTT
AND MOTHER LISTED AS MEHITABLE SCUTT OF ALBURGH, VT.

1905 the children of john olyer received a large sum of money from a settlement were in was involved a ship or boat this is all i have been able to find out. familt tradition speeks of a boat accident on lake champlain or the St.lawrence a bertha caldwell (olyer)knew of an attorney in Plattsburgh who handled this etttlement unfortunatly i was never able to get this file.

GEORGE & ELIZABETH LIVING SARANAC, ESSEX CO 1860 CENSUS AGE 29 EACH
GEORGE SCUTT 29 M FARMER VT
ELIZABETH SCUTT 29 F VT
CHARLOTT 8 F NY
GEORGE 5 M
MARY 1 F
LORA 1/12 F
ELLINOR RHODES 66 F ENG
LIVED IN BRANDON N.Y. 1889

buried lakeview cemetary,Altamont,Franklin County, n.y.
have a letter from his grand-daughter stateing he always used the spelling scutt but some of the family used spelling scott--while George was alive there was another George w scott in the area
for this reason he used the scutt spelling. the geo scott was not in the civil war.

GEORGE married ELIZABETH H. RHODES on 19 Jan 1851 in BRADFORD, , , NEW YORK. ELIZABETH (daughter of Isaac Rhodes and Elenor Twigg) was born on 1 May 1830 in SOUTH HERO, , , NEW YORK; died on 10 Nov 1906 in Norwood, , , NEW YORK; was buried in Norwood, RIVERSIDE, , NEW YORK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MEHITABLE WAS PROBABLY MARRIED BEFORE AS GEO. W. SCUTT HAD A 1/2 BROTHER
JOHN SMITH

FAMILY TRADITION: GEO W. SCUTT WAS A SMALL BOY WHEN HIS FATHER DIED
GEO SR. DIED 12 FEB 1839, GEO W. BORN 21 MAR 1830 WOULD HAVE BEEN 8
YEARS OLD

family tradition george scott died after eating a piece of apple pie at church gathering,fowle play was considered.

see notes for his wife Mehitable

George was 16 yrs old when he married Mehetable and she was 29 since his son george is known to have had a 1/2 brother last name smith, mehetable must have been married before.
There seems to be good grounds for a detective story here. Mehetable had a baby girl Emillie born 1838 last name Stoughton?? George supposed to have been poisend and died feb 1839, then in 1850 she married Declancy Stoughton , had another child left it with Declancy within a few months????

GEORGE married MEHITABLE STOUGHTON about 1829 in vermont. MEHITABLE was born about 1800 in Alburgh, VERMONT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

we know that her son george had 1/2 brother named john smith.

Alburgh vital records, DeClancy Stoughton married 2nd ,15 jan 1850 Mrs Mehitable Scutt.
the census record 1850 Alburgh, taken aug-sep 1850 list the following
# 365 DeClancy Stoughton age 66 born mass farmer
Delancy Stoughton Jr. age 41 born vt, sailor
Gustavus C. Stoughton age 31 born vt. Farmer
Helen M. Stoughton 1 mo.Vt.

# 369Mehitable Stoughton age 50 born vt.
Emiline Stoughton age 12 born vt.
George Scutt age 20 born vt. sailor
Reynolds Scutt age 16 Sailor

the later marriage to DeClancey is strange in deed i had not listed it before but since Diane Lee Struyk posted it on Roots Message board i feel it should be included George Scutt my ancestor married mehitable about 1829 we do not know her maiden name but some were along the line george scutt picked up a half brother john smith so maybe she was a smith.and had john out of wed lock or previous marriage
with george she had george scutt bn 21 mar 1830 alburgh vt. she also had Reynold bn 1834.and emiline born 1838 but listed as stoughton.
one of the many stories related by Berlin Olyer was that of George Scutt consumed to much poisen laced apple pie and died 12 feb 1839.

1850 Census
living with mehitable age 50 was son george Scutt age 20 a sailor,son Reynold Scutt age 16 sailor,
and a daughter Emiline stoughton age 12 bn vt.why is she not living with her father ? could make a mystery of this, could her birth be related to georges pre mature death

with all of this it would appear her maiden name is probable smith she was about 29 yrs old when she married george scutt who was 17.

she is listed as mehetible scutt when she married declancey--it would appear her name was somthing other than stoughton when she married geo. scutt. The marriage is not found yet but it must have been recorded somewere as she is called Scutt when she married Declancey

Notes:

married 18 feb 1814 in Kingston-upon-hull,Holly Trinity church
first child Joseph bap in Kingston-upon-hull, Holy trinity church 24 jan 1816

sailed to america 30 sep 1820 on the ship "athens" Isaac aged 24



LAND RECORDS MARCH 5 1826 DEED CLINTON CO JOHN S FRAZER TO ISAAC RHODES TOWN PLATTSBURGH $350 LOT 5 TOWNSHIP # 4 OF THE OLD MILITARY TRACT CONTAINING 55 ACRES
ELIZ SCUTT HUSB GEO SCUTT SOLD 9 15 1864 FOR $200 UNDIVIDED 1/3 PART LAND TOWN SARANAC PART OF LOT 5 #4 OLD HOMESTEAD OF ISAAC RHODES BK 48-3 PLATTSBURGH SARAH ANN PARSON HUSBAND DANIEL TOWN DANAMORA TO ELIZ SCUTT $100 BK 48-5 PLAT. CHARLOTTE M HUSB EBENEZER KIMBLE 9/7/1864 TO ELIZ SCUTT $50 BK 48-6 PLATTSBURGH

MARY C RHODES TOWN SARANAC CO CLINTON & JOSEPH T RHODES TOWN ISLE LA MOTTE STATE VT.$50 LAND TOWN SARANCA 55 ACRES REC 11/28/1860 ISACE RHODES AND REBECCA ANN CO CLINTON TO SARAH PARSON $100BEING SAME PROPERTY FORMERLY OWNED BY MY FATHER ISAAC DEEDING MY INTEREST TO MY SISTER HANNAH RHODES TOWN CLINTON & JOHN FREDETTS $300 31 OCT 1860 TOWN CHAMPLAIN PART OF LOT 116 OF THE 80 ACRTES LOTS OF NOVIA SCOTIA REFEGE TRACT 1 1/2 ACRES BY HANNA & JOSPEH RHODES

1840 CENSUS CLINTON CO SARANAC P 284

1850 CENSUS ELEINER IS ALONE SARANAC LAKE ,CLINTON CO. N.Y.

Isaac Rhoads property is listed above and settlement made Sept 1864 would assume Isaac died sometime before this date. he was living apart from Eleanor according to her correspondence about 1840



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Isaac married Elenor Twigg on 31 Mar 1814 in SNAITH, , YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. Elenor (daughter of JOSEPH TWIGG and ELIZABETH WARD) was born in Sep 1795 in Drax,Yorkshire,England; was christened on 13 Sep 1795 in SNAITH, , YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND; died in in Platsburgh,New York,usa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

lived at scruff hall,drax,yorkshire,england

This Scurff Hall is located on the ruins of Roman Villa recently excuvated 80 ft by 27ft nearly everything found was left with he twigg family.
Among there family records is a charter granting some land a chapel of st. Wildrid,which stood near the roman villa to the drax priory in norman times.
Ellenor's family lived on the property from 1760.
by charter king edward granted the land & howden (across the river)to Quer (his foster mother)the farm then became Quer Scarth (being a pass or way in)and currupted to Scurff hall.

Eleanor was married in Drax had at least one child baptised in england came to amarica with her husband Isaac Rhoades 30 Sep 1820 on the ship Athens, of New york.

she brought a trunk full of beautiful gowns a mystery for a while until we learned her father was a cloth merchant. in hull,yorkshire, England

Eleanor and her husband bought land in plattsburgh area there goal were to farm the land but the soil was unfit for anything. from letters in possesion of robert lord, it would appear her uncle Joseph Twigg was helping her ,apparently her husband drank a lot and neglected the farm and family. her in laws the Rhodes tried to get her to return to england, even offering passage, but she stayed which must have been difficult she was brought up in a well established english family, well educated, living in a very hostile enviroment in the forest of northern new york.

1850 census listed head of household clinton co. Saranac

in joseph Twigg letter 13 jun 1846 refers to sorry condition she Eleanor is now living in alone none of her daughters make room for her at there firesides for the winter.in England however poor aged parents are they are attended too.

Notes:

apprenticed to a clock and watch maker at caistor, and went in time to Clerkenwell,London to improve himself in his trade as a clock maker by trade eventuly moved to hull were he had his watch shop and became the leading watchmaker of the town .becoming well known throught Yorkshire and
Lincolnshire.

He attended services at the old foundry chapel,City Road,were john Wesley preached
one of the founders of the Wesleyan Cause,George yard,Hull,Yorkshire where his family attended services. Having a fine voice he was asked to conduct the singing which he often did.

The clock in the chapel was made by him and bore his name until alterations were made for a organ,when the face was removed and renewed

He was one of the founders and principal workers of the Weslyan Cause,George Yard,Hull were his
entire family attended

in the year 1883 Benjamin. Rhodes with his brother Joshia visited the Goxhill parishin church, north
Lincolnshire,England and copied the records of the rhodes family per Rhodes publication 1903

JOSEPH married MARY ANN hannon on 20 Dec 1774 in Caistor,Yorkshire,England. MARY was born est 1750 in Cheapside parish of mary-le-bow in london; died after 1832 in SNAITH, YORKSHIRE, , ENGLAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

LETTERS FROM JOSEPH TWIGG TO ELENOR MENTIONS ANN RHODES SEVERAL TIMES AND NOTES HER DEATH IN LETTER DATED JUNE 1832
MARRIAGE 8 SEP 1784 BRADFORD , YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND,

Mary married Joseph 20 dec 1774 in cheapside,parish st mary-le-bow, london

Notes:

Joseph Twigg was a Spirit Merchant and later listed as a woolen merchant both of these classifications lowered his statis the rest of the family was listed as Land holders and not tradesman

He did however leave a large estate to his brother in keep for his daughter.
I have several letters were Elleanor asked for money her uncle Joseph sent it to her in small amounts spread over many years

These letters are interesting in that Eleanor mailed the letters to her uncle Joseph, he turned the letters a half turn and wrote the answer right accros her letter so we actuly have her letter and the answer all in one.

his marriage to elizabeth ward list him as bachelor,his legal guardian being George Lawton,Clerk
marriage by license with consent listed in snaith marriage record

will of joseph twigg of saith in county of york,wine merchany made 16 sep 1809 I give all my personal estate to my brother william twigg of scurf hall. to my housekeeper FRANCES DURHAM ten pounds.
continue in trust with intertestfor my daughter ELEANOR, to be paid to her at twenty one. in interum to be used for her maintanence,education and benefit in such manor as my trustees shall think proper.
if my daughter dies before attaining of age the principal shall be in trust for the children of my sister
MARY WOOD wife of robert wood of CARLTON,in the city of york gentleman as well those children she now hath by her first husband DAVID MORRITT deceased as well as those by her .
husband robert wood in equal shares.
i appoint my brother guardian of my daughter,i give my brother all such real estate as i am now vested in me upon trust.signed joseph twigg witness jn Bingley,j Rowntree, j.b.Bingley prov may 1810

JOSEPH married ELIZABETH WARD on 4 Nov 1794 in SNAITH, DRAX, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. ELIZABETH was born on 8 Feb 1778 in , , YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND; died on 13 Sep 1795 in SCURFF HALL, DRAX, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

marriage reg snaith list elizabeth as minor and isaac ward her lawful and natural father