John Scofield b. Abt 1651 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut d. 27 Mar 1698/9 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut: Mindrum Family History

Abt 1651 - 1699 (~ 48 years)

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Name	John Scofield [1, 2, 3]
Born	Abt 1651	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut [4, 5]
Gender	Male
Died	27 Mar 1698/9	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut [6, 7]
Notes	John Scofield was born in Stamford about 1651 to Daniel Scofield and his wife, Sarah. He married there on 12 or 13 July 1677, Hannah Mead, born about 1659, daughter of John and Hannah (Potter) Mead. He was chosen as a pounder for the South Field in 1681, sheep master in 1683, collector of the minister's compensation in 1684, fence viewer four times between 1685 and 1696, townsman in 1689, and constable in 1690. His other services to the town, while not as substantial as those of his brother Daniel, included membership on various committees. John Scofield in shown in Stamford Land Records as grantor in two deeds and grantee in three during the period 1678 to 1707. He also received eight layouts of land from the town. He died at Stamford 27 March 1698/9. An inventory of his estate was made 20 April 1699 with an appraised value of £461:01:06, including such items as a looking glass, great bible, pistol and twenty-four separate parcels of land in addition to his house and home lot. John Scofield and his wife, Hannah Mead, had seven children: Samuel, John, Ebenezer, Nathaniel, Mercy, Mary, Susanna. [8]
Person ID	I13436	Mindrum
Last Modified	17 Aug 2015

Father	Daniel Scofield, b. by 1620, England , d. Bef 10 Feb 1669/70, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age ~ 50 years)
Mother	Sarah, d. 5 Mar 1697/8, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut
Family ID	F26295	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Hannah Mead, b. Abt 1661

Married 12 Jul 1677 Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut [2, 9, 10]

Children

	1. Samuel Scofield, b. 10 Jul 1678, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut , d. 20 Jan 1706/7 (Age 28 years)
	2. Sgt. John Scofield, b. 15 Jan 1679/80, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut , d. 1758 (Age 77 years)
	3. Ebenezer Scofield, b. 26 Jun 1685, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
	4. Nathaniel Scofield, b. 10 Dec 1687, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut , d. Abt 5 May 1769, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age 81 years)
	5. Mercy Scofield, b. 30 Oct 1690, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut , d. Bef 2 Apr 1751, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut (Age < 60 years)
	6. Mary Scofield, b. 4 Aug 1694, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut
	7. Susannah Scofield, b. 1 Mar 1697/8, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut

Last Modified 30 Jun 2015

Family ID F9348 Group Sheet | Family Chart

[S176] Some Lounsberry/Lounsbury Families of Stamford & Vicinity, Robert Spiers, Connecticut Ancestry, 194, Feb 1996, Vol. 38, No. 3.
[S326] Spencer P. Mead, History and Genealogy of the Mead Family, (Knickerbocker Press, 1901), p. 221.
[S4566] Paul W. Prindle, Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie, (1976), p. 329, 413.
[S4566] Paul W. Prindle, Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie, (1976), p. 409.
[S2758] Jeanne Majdalany, The Early Settlement of Stamford, Connecticut, 1641-1700, (Heritage Books, Inc., 1991), p. 186, 1647.
[S1701] History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:522, 27 Mar 1699.
[S4566] Paul W. Prindle, Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie, (1976), p. 414, 27 Mar 1698/9.
[S4566] Paul W. Prindle, Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie, (1976), pp. 413-417.
[S1701] History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Donald L. Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Co., New Haven, CT, 1930), p. I:522.
[S4566] Paul W. Prindle, Ancestry of Elizabeth Barrett Gillespie, (1976), p. 329, 12 Jul 1677 or 13 Jul 1677.