Asahel SCOFIELD

Asahel married Prudence WEED in 1779 in Poundridge, Westchester, New York, USA. Prudence (daughter of Nehemiah WEED and Susannah PETTIT) was christened on 28 Jan 1753 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died on 9 Dec 1812 in Poundridge, Westchester, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sally SCOFIELD was born in 1782 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 01 Jun 1831 in Poundridge, Westchester, New York, USA.
2. Asahel SCOFIELD was born in Feb 1787; died on 16 Aug 1789.
3. Susanna SCOFIELD was born on 19 Jul 1781 in Connecticut; died on 17 Sep 1859 in Poundridge, Westchester, New York, USA.
4. Deborah SCOFIELD was born in 1783 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 08 Aug 1834 in Poundridge, Westchester, New York, USA.

Josiah married Deborah WEED on 02 Feb 1748/49 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Deborah (daughter of Lieut. Daniel WEED and Elizabeth SCOFIELD) was born on 02 May 1724 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 1767 and 1784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Will: 23 Apr 1762
• Will Proved: 05 May 1769

Nathaniel married Elizabeth PETTIT between 21 Jan 1713 and 1714 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Jonathan PETTIT and Elizabeth FINCH) was born in 1692; died on 14 Jul 1772; was buried in North Stamford Cemetery, Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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"Connecticut Ancestry": In a few records, notably in 1714 at the time he and his wife Elizabeth were parties to the agreement regarding her father's estate, he was known as Daniel Weed Junior to distinguish him from the other contemporary Daniel Weed in Stamford at the time. soon afterward, however, the number of Daniels Weeds in town doubled to 4 heads of families, and the nomenclature problem became more difficult. In later years this present Daniel Weed was sometimes identified with his militia officer's title in the Stamford records and sometimes not, causing some confusion in interpretation of those records for us today. Paul Prindle noted that there were several Daniel Weeds in the Stamford records and admitted with understatement that, "It is sometimes difficult to distinguish one Daniel from another in the public records," so that whenever Lt. Daniel WAS identified with his militia title, it gave us a benchmark with which to place the other contemporary Daniels in their proper positions.

In one interesting case, the Stamford assessors chose to eliminate numerical titles altogether and named the four different Daniel Weeds on their 1738 tax list simply (and very effectively ) as "Lef Dan Weed", "Dan Weed Lef son," "Dan Weed," and "Dan Weed Dan son."

Part of the confusion with titles is due to the fact that Daniel's military offices were not held until rather late in his life. His commission as ensign of the Stamford 1st Militia company or trainband was created by the Connecticut General Assembly in October 1733 when Daniel was already 48 years old. Four years later on 13 October 1737, he received his commission as lieutenant of the same Stamford Company from the General Assembly, and this important title was used more frequently thereafter in the Stamford records.

Once again, the reader is referred to Paul Prindle's Gillespie book for a reliable and fairly thorough account of Lt. Daniel's career, but with the caution that some errors in the Prindle account of this family have been discovered as noted below.

Lt. Daniel's real estate transactions, many of which shed important light on his family relationships, were not detailed in Prindle's treatment. Whenever he chose not to use the military title in his transaction, care must be taken to be sure of the identity of the "Daniel Weed" that was meant......

The will of Daniel Weed of Stamford was made on 11 Sept 1762, witnessed by Abraham Davenport, Anne Belding and "Elizabeth Davenport Jr.," and proved 5 August 1766. His inventory was taken by Abraham Hait (Hoyt) and Benjamin Weed on 24 September 1766. A distribution was made and accepted by the Court on 16 March 1767 in which his lands were distributed subject to the widow's right of dower to his daughter Elizabeth Seeley, 8 acres plus 2 roods; daughter Deborah Scofield, 4 acres plus 3 roods; a grandson Silvanus Haity, 3 acres plus 2 roods and 12 Rods; and the remainder according to a complicated formula equally divided into four units, 3 to the surviving sons Daniel, Hezekiah and nehemiah Weed, and the fourth to four grandchildren, all sons of Reuben Weed, deceased, namely Reuben (Jr.), John, Eliphalet and Elnathan Weed.

On 8 May 1767, the "Legatees of our Honoured Father and Grandfather Lieut. Daniel Weed Late of Stamford," being Daniel Weed Jr. and Hezekiah Weed (sons) and Reunen Weed, John Weed Jr. and Eliphalet Weed (grandsons) quit claimed land at Strawberry Hill to (their brother and uncle) Nehemiah Weed. Zephaniah Weed, son of Daniel "Jr." witnessed his father's signature on this document.

Daniel married Elizabeth SCOFIELD about 1708 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel SCOFIELD and Abigail MERWIN) was born about 1690 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1728 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]