Daniel SCOFIELD

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According to "Connecticut Ancestry"

There were two first cousin Hannah Hoyts in Stamford who could have married Daniel Scofield. This one was selected by Blair Scofield ("Descendants of Daniel Scofield (1616-1669/70) and seems more feasible, based on their respective ages (she would have been about 20 years old at the time of this marriages, rather than 25 years as the other would have been). The writer of the usually reliable Hoyt Genealogy (David W. Hoyt, A genealogical History of the Hoyt, Haight, and Hight Families) was non-committal on the choice. The other Hannah was the daughter of Benjamin and Hannah (Weed) Hoyt, b. 3 Jun 1676. this latter Hannah Hoyt was selected as Daniel's wife by Prindle in his Gillespie genealogy.

Editor's note: I have decided to leave as is. I am using the reference according to the Hoyt book.

Daniel married Hannah HOYT on 17 Apr 1701 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of Benjamin HOYT and Hannah WEED) was born on 03 Jun 1676 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died after 1719 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah SCOFIELD was born in 1715 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 1755 and 1776 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
2. Nathan SCOFIELD was born on 14 Apr 1702 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died in 1786 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
3. Josiah SCOFIELD was born in 1705 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 1755 and 1777.
4. Abigail SCOFIELD was born on 06 Sep 1706 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 25 Sep 1706 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
5. Charles SCOFIELD was born in 1712 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 31 Aug 1789 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
6. Reuben SCOFIELD was born on 27 Dec 1719 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 01 Jul 1756 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
7. Hannah SCOFIELD was born on 06 Sep 1706 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 1743 and 1757.
8. Miles SCOFIELD was born on 16 Mar 1709/10 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in Mar 1778 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

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"Connecticut Ancestry": Prindle gives an excellent and complete account of Daniel Scofield's land transactions in Stamford, as well as his considerable public service. Over the years from the time he reached his majority about 1667-1668 until the time of his death in 1714 he served the town in countless ways, as selectman, on school and church committees, and in a variety of lesser elected and appointed positions He was regularly called upon to take inventories and assist in administration of estates. His children married into the families of many of Stamford's other leading citizens. His selection for service to the town indicated an obvious measure of respect that culminated in the designation as "Mr." in some records of his later years.

Daniel Scofield died intestate at Stamford on 10 October 1714, and his son Samuel Scofield and son-in-law Lt. Samuel Weed were designated to administer the estate. His inventory was taken on 22 November 1714 and presented in Court by Samuel Scofield and Samuel Weed, countersigned by Samuel Hait/Hoyt (the smith), Samuel Weed, Daniel Weed, Daniel Scofield (clearly the son Daniel), Samuel Bates and "Serh Scofeld" (the latter not positively identified name). The inventory listed the homestead of Daniel Scofield and several other parcels of land throughout Stamford, but interestingly also included "the homestead of Joseph Scofield and "the homelot of Samuel Scofield," indicating that these two sons were still living on their father's lands......

Daniel married Abigail MERWINStamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Abigail (daughter of Miles MERWIN and Elizabeth POWELL) was born in 1656 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died after 1714 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]