Benjamin Scovil

Birth and Death
Birth	ABT 1775	Probably East Haddam, CT
Death	28 MAR 1836	Lewiston, Fulton Co., IL
Parents
Parent	Micah Scovil	1735	CT	16 NOV 1821	NY
Parent	Mary Cowdrey		CT	10 MAY 1821
Marriage	1760
Family
Marriage	8 DEC 1790	Hartland, CT
Spouse	Temperence Spencer	ABT 1775		BEF 1828	IL
Notes	[JScovell descendants Helen Edwards.FTW] Reference: "A Survey of the Scovils or Scovills in England and America; Seven Hundred Years of History and Genealogy", by Homer Worthington Brainard, 1915, pg 264.
Family
Marriage	12 MAY 1828	Fulton Co, IL
Spouse	Hannah Austin
Notes	Helen Edwards (118.1111111) e-mail to Roger Scovil 5/3/2002: "Benjamin married 2, Hannah Austin on 15 May 1828 - per Fulton County, IL marriage license. On 3 Oct 1829, Benjamin and Hannah filed for a legal separation, citing irreconcilable differences, per legal documintationfiled at the Fulton County Court on 19 Oct 1929. I don't know if that means divorce. Benjamin paid her legal trustee, Nathan Austin (Hanna's father? brother?son?) quite a bit of livestock to compensate her. I guess that could have been that era's form of alimony. It is my understanding that both Benjamin and Hannah were between 50 and 60 years old at the time, so it is possible Nathan Austin could have been her son."

Notes

[JScovell descendants Helen Edwards.FTW]
Source: "Early Settlers of New York State, 1760-1942", Volume I, October, 1935, 'The Mailbox', p 211.
Source: "A Survey of the Scovils or Scovills in England and America; Seven Hundred Years of History and Genealogy," by Homer Worthington Brainard, 1915, p 214, 264. (Brainard's #118)
"He sold his property at Hartland, Dec 5, 1800, and probably went to Ontario County, NY (Richmond) with the rest of the family and then to Ohio, but nothing has been learned as to his later history. No record of a family found."
Helen Edwards (118.1111111) e-mail to Roger Scovil 5/3/2002: "Benjamin passed away 28 Mar 1836 at Lewistown, Fulton County, IL, per his estate papers filed with the probate court there at Lewistown."