Lucretia Scott

• 1828-1829 -- Lucretia M. Scott born in Vermont
• 1850 -- Census, Boscawen, Merrimack NH
• 1860 -- Census, Salisbury, Merrimack NH
• 1870 -- Census, Franklin, Merrimack NH

Lucretia Scott mini-pedigree from Ancestry.com

1828

I don't have primary source for her birth, but census records point to this approximate birth year, probably between July 1828 and July 1829.

1850

Census, Boscawen, Merrimack NH

Lucretia Scott 1850 Census
Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire

• Line 5, Lucrectia Scott is age 22, and is living with David Scott age 52 who worked as a Mason.  Living with him is Lucretia's brothers Harvey age 24, Marshall age 18, and Phila age 26, all three of whom are listed as working as Masons.  I think this would be stone masons.  Here, Phila is listed as a male, yet in 1870 there is a housekeeper Phila who is a female.  Is this the same person?
• Is it possible that David Scott is the father of Lucretia and Harvey?  I suspect he is, but until I have the proof, I dare not include this information.  
• In the same house is another family, Alvin and Ednah Quimly, a tailor and his wife.  It is possible that the Quimly family were borders.

1860

Census, Salisbury, Merrimack NH

Lucretia Scott 1860 Census Part 1
Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire

• This is the beginning of the Scott family entry.  See the next image

Lucretia Scott 1860 Census part 2
Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire

• Line 4, Lucretia M. Scott, age 31, born in Vermont, no occupation.  
• She lives with Harvey and Mary Jane Scott and their two children, Marshall W. and Adela G. Scott.  

1870

Census, Franklin, Merrimack NH

Lucretia Scott, 1870 census
Franklin, Merrimack, New Hampshire

• Line 9. Lucretia Scott, age 41 living with a retired farmer, Daniel Perriman/Penniman.  She has no occupation listed, she was born in Vermont.  Others living in the same household include the 46-year-old housekeeper Phila, David Pierce, the 22 year old druggist, Charles Perriman, the 26 year old house painter, Eliza Perriman age 20, and Isabel Perriman age 1.  These last three are, I think, a family unit with Isabel being the granddaughter.  Also in the same household is Charles Tyler age 30 who works in some sort of mill; Ellen Wise age 30 and Ellen Ham age 13 both of whom work in a woolen mill.  It is possible these last three are borders.  

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Subject: Scott family of Merrimack NH
Author: dayspringacres
Date: Sunday, January 07, 2018
Classification: Census
Surnames: Scott, Penniman/Perriman 

Lucretia Scott born in Vermont about 1829, is age 22 in the 1850 census, living in Boscawen with David Scott age 52, and brothers Harvey age 24, Marshall age 18, Phila age 26, all the males working as Masons. I suspect David Scott is the father of this family.

in 1860, she is 31, living with brother Harvey and his wife Mary Jane and their two children Marshall W. and Adela G.

in 1870, she 41 years old and is living in the same household as David Penniman, a retired farmer. Other members include Phila age 46, housekeeper; David Pierce age 20, druggist; Charles Perriman, age 26, house painter; Eliza Perriman, age 20, Isabel Perriman age 1.

I suspect the 1870 Phila is the same person as the 1850 Phila, although one is listed as male and the other is female. The ages are about the same.

I'm actually interested in Harvey's line, but hit a dead end. I wonder if Lucretia had a mental problem, since she is always living with other family members?

Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm part 2 -- 1850s, young adult and marriage

• 1850 Census Boscawen NH
• Glasworks in NH
• 1855 Marriage to Harvey Scott, Boscawen NH
• 1856 son Marshall Scott born Salisbury NH
• 1860 daughter Adella born Salisbury NH
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1850 

Census, Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire

Mary Jane Bacon
1850 Census
Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire

Starting with line 12, Henry and Dorcas Bacon, both age 46 are living on the farm with their children David, Charles and Jane Bacon.  Dorcas' parents John and Rachel Carter also live with them.  Here, she seems to go by the name of "Jane."

Boscawen within the county of Merrimack
and the county within New Hampshire
from Wikipedia

Glassworks in New Hampshire

1850 Glassworks in New Hampshire
Historical Insight from Ancestry.com
Credit: Hulton Archive/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

In New Hampshire, the glass industry began to take shape during the American Revolution, [and] became the heart of the state’s industry. 

1855 

Marriage

Harvey and Mary Jane Bacon Scott Marriage Record

Married Harvey Scott on 2 January 1855 in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire.  Not much to see in this record.  So much information not written down by what I think of as a lazy clerk.  It must have been a cold wintery wedding.  Again, I wonder how did they meet?  By the way, in the Ancestry.com index, her husband is indexed as "Hanry" Scott.

1856 and 1860

First child, Marshal Winfield Scott born 11 October 1856 in Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire
Second child, first daughter Adella Grace (aka Della) Scott was born 4 February 1860 in Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire

Mary Bacon Scott Hamm mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

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Resources

"New Hampshire Marriage Records 1637–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011. “New Hampshire Statewide Marriage Records 1637–1947,” database, FamilySearch, 2009. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. “Marriage Records.” New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.  Ancestry.com

• Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boscawen,_New_Hampshire
• Findagrave.com memorial
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77431876&ref=acom
• Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury,_New_Hampshire
• Shaw Corner Cemetery, from MapCarta
• https://mapcarta.com/22530846
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Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm part 1 -- 1830s, the Early Years

• 1832 Mary Jane Bacon is born Boscawen NH
• 1837-1838, brothers Charles and David are born
• 1848 Seneca Falls Convention
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Mary Jane Bacon Scott, wife of Harvey Scott.  She lived through the Civil War, and the turn of the century. 

Mary Bacon Scott Hamm mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

You can check out the Ancestry.com entry I have for her here.



Below is the Family Group sheet report generated by the Legacy Genealogy software.

Family Group Sheet for Harvey and Mary Jane Bacon Scott
from Legacy

1832

Mary Jane Bacon 1832 Birth Record

Mary Jane Bacon was born on March 30, 1832, in Boscawen, New Hampshire, to Dorcas Carter Bacon, age 29, and Henry Bacon, age 28.

1837 - 1838

birth of brother Charles Bacon

birth of brother David Bacon

1848 

Seneca Falls Convention Historical Insight

1848 Seneca Falls Convention 

Historical Insight from Ancestry.com

Credit: MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images

During the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, female leaders gathered together for what would be remembered as the birth of the women’s suffrage movement. -- Ancestry.com

Mary Bacon Scott Hamm mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

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Resources

"New Hampshire Marriage Records 1637–1947." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2011. “New Hampshire Statewide Marriage Records 1637–1947,” database, FamilySearch, 2009. New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records. “Marriage Records.” New Hampshire Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.  Ancestry.com

• Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boscawen,_New_Hampshire
• Findagrave.com memorial
• https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=77431876&ref=acom
• Salisbury, Merrimack, New Hampshire
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury,_New_Hampshire
• Shaw Corner Cemetery, from MapCarta
• https://mapcarta.com/22530846

Harvey Scott Part 2 Census 1850-1853

Harvey Scott Census Salisbury, Merrimack NH

• 1850 Census, Salisbury, Merrimack NH
• 1853 Franklin Pierce becomes President

1850 Census age 24

Harvey Scott in 1850 NH Census
with Lucretia Scott

Here is a new document for me, I just found because I was researching for this particular blog.  I have to be careful with my assumptions.  Harvey is indexed as Henry age 24, born about 1826.  He works as a Mason with three other men, David Scott who might be his father, age 52; Marshall Scott age 18; Philo Scott age 26; then Lucretia age 22, all are born in Vermont.  They apparently share a house with a Tailor Alvin Quinly and his wife Ednah A.  You can tell by the numbers preceding their names.  They all live in dwelling 104, and the separate families are enumerated.

So, the question I must research is, is this David his father?  The age is correct.  I don't recall seeing the occupation of Mason in Harvey's repertoire before, but that isn't unheard of.  Why did Lucretia move in with Harvey 10 years later?

Although this is about Harvey, I have to include here that I searched for Lucretia and found a tantalizing death certificate. I was very close to loving it until I compared the birth date.  It was about 10 years off.  Must always compare everything, because a wrong document in one place can screw things up in a lot of other places.  ESPECIALLY when searching for common names.  

1853 -- Franklin Pierce becomes the fourteenth President of the United States

Franklin Pierce
from Famous Kin

Harvey Scott mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

Harvey Scott 1826-1865 Part 1, the early years

Harvey Scott 1826-1865, is Norm's Great, Great Grandfather.  He lived through the Civil War, died just before it ended that same year.  He fought for the Union, which does NOT automatically make him a racist.

Harvey Scott mini pedigree
from Ancestry.com

1826, Harvey Scott is born

I've not been able to find out anything about his parents, so as far as I can tell, this is as far back as his pedigree goes.

The first photographs, Joseph-Nicéphore Niépce succeeded in recording a light-sensitive image with silver chloride. His partial success was strengthened by his ongoing research into fixing the picture with a kind of asphalt. It was in 1826 that he was able to put a view of his workshop onto a pewter plate.  -- The People History

1828, sister Lucretia Scott is born

Vintage Image, Baby Girl with Cap
from AntiqueClipArt.com

While I know she is born in this year, it is only because of the census records so far.  I still know nothing about her parents.

Democratic Party Created, A faction breaks off from the older established Democratic-Republican Party to become the Democratic Party. In the 1828 Presidential Elections opponents of Andrew Jackson told all who would listen that Andrew Jackson was a "Stubborn Jackass" Jackson was proud of his reputation for stubbornness and even wanted to use it as a good quality, so started using a donkey on his campaign posters . Democrats have been using the symbol of the Donkey ever since.  -- The People History

1829 Andrew Jackson is elected the seventh President of the United States

Andrew Jackson from
The Jacksonian Era

1830 - 1849 ages 2-23

I don't [yet] have any record of his childhood and young adult life.  I can make some assumptions.  If David is his father, he taught him how to be a mason, to lay bricks.  Some things that happened in these two decades are as follows:

Michigan Became the 26th state, Michigan became the 26th state in The United States on January 26th , 1837. -- The People History

Wagon Trains Start The Journey To California, Covered Wagon Trains took immigrants on a journey from Missouri River towns to what is now the state of California. The trip was about 2,000 miles and each night the Covered Wagon Train would form a circle for shelter from wind and extreme weather, they would put all the animals in the center to prevent them from running away or being stolen by Native Americans. -- The People History

Massachusetts Child Employment Laws, Massachusetts became the first state to pass laws limiting how many hours a child laborer could be forced to work. The new laws limited a child under the age of twelve's workday to a maximum of 10 hrs. -- The People History 

In this time, six men became President of the United States:  Martin Van Buren; William Henry Harrison; John Tyler; James Knox Polk; Zachary Taylor; Millard Fillmore.

Next up:  Harvey Scott, 1850s or so, I may change my mind about the title.

Is this YOUR Scott ancestor?  What would you like to learn more about?  Let me know by commenting below or contacting me using the form on the right.




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Below is information from Ancestry.com's Historical Insights: Establishment of County Poorhouses
I thought it was relevant because I think several of the Scott people were in either poor houses, or placed their children in orphanages because they were unable to properly care for them.

One observer noted that many people, “sought to die in starvation rather than
submit to what they regarded as the shame attending
their admission into almshouses.” 1876, Binghamton, New York. 
Credit: Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images

Credit: Buyenlarge/Archive Photos/Getty Images
Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Public DomainCredit: Wikimedia Commons/Public DomainHarvey Scott

HISTORICAL INSIGHTSEstablishment of County Poorhouses

Establishment of County Poorhouses

“Going to the poorhouse” was not just a fear for many 19th-century Americans, it was a reality.

America was not the land of milk and honey for everyone during the Industrial Revolution. Countless thousands of people were forced into poverty and homelessness. Such unfortunates could even be sold at public auction to provide labor in exchange for room and board, a system called “outdoor relief.” Often, homeless Americans suffered from mental illnesses or disabilities that prevented them from working. With no public support, they relied on charity. Officials hoped that the creation of a tax-supported poorhouse, also known as almshouses or “poor farms,” would be a more humane—and cheaper—alternative. Most New England towns had at least one poorhouse, while cities such as Boston had several. The Massachusetts state almshouse sheltered almost one thousand people. One report found that the residences “are not at present well adapted to modern ideas of comfort and convenience,” and reports of meager food and conditions were not uncommon.

Media Gallery

 

Some workers took advantage of the poorhouse system to secure housing when their industries were in the offseason or did not have work. About 1800, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Credit: W. Birch & Son/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

 

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Josephine Shaw Lowell, sister of Civil War hero Robert Gould Shaw, was a reformer who reported on conditions at poorhouses. 1863. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain

 

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Competition for jobs among immigrants, housing shortages, and the unstable nature of industrial work contributed to homelessness in urban areas. About 1872, Five Points, New York, New York. Credit: Interim Archives/Archive Photos/Getty Images

 

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Approximately 12 percent of all school-age children were homeless in New York City during the 1870s. About 1881, New York, New York. Credit: Stock Montage/Archive Photos/Getty Images