A Joseph SCOTT Sr.* was born in Ancrum near the River Teviot in Scotland. He came to America in 1785 with his wife Christianna DOUGLASS* (See DOUGLASS A) and his three sons. Joseph died 6 weeks after their arrival to Philadelphia, PA. The three sons that they had were: Joseph (A1), John (A2), and William* (A3).

Second Generation
A1 Joseph SCOTT was born in Ancrum, Scotland

A2 John SCOTT was born in Ancrum, Scotland

A3 William SCOTT* was born 17? August 1798 at the River Tweed in Scotland. He died 26 July 1870 in Doylestown, PA). He was buried in the Doylestown Presbyterian Church Cemetery. He resided in Philadelphia, Chester, Plumstead, Doylestown and Black's Eddy, PA. He attended grammar school in Chester and was later indentured to a farmer, John Bowls, in the NE part of Plumstead. William became a schoolteacher and a clerk of the criminal court of Bucks Co., PA. He married Marie HECHT* in the Lutheran Church near Black's Eddy, PA. (After her death he married Elizabeth SMITH who was b. 1 Feb. 1801, d. 8 Jan. 1856, buried in the Tinicum Lutheran and Reformed Church Cemetery).

Marie was the daughter of Rev. John HECHT, a Lutheran minister in Black's Eddy. She was born 1 March 1790 in Black's Eddy and died 1 April 1815 in Black's Eddy. She was a student at the sick ward of a Philadelphia hospital from which she graduated 3 Oct. 1799. William and Marie had one child, Joseph SCOTT III* (A31). William had 9 children with his second wife Elizabeth: Susannah (A32), Margaret Keplar (A33), Mary (A34), William (A35), Jacob Shoemaker (A36), David Smith (A37), Jane (A38), Walter (A39), Christianna (A30).

Third Generation

A31 Joseph SCOTT III* was born 29 March 1815 in Black's Eddy, PA. He died 12 Dec. 1896 in Passaic, NJ and is buried in Lot #194-5 of the Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Paterson, NJ. His tombstone reads: There remaineth, therefore, a rest, to the people of God He attended the First Presbyterian Church of Passaic.

Joseph resided at 1st and Essex Sts. (1857); Monroe and George Sts (1859); 257 Chestnut St (1874, 1872); 7 Grove St (1873); Horse Ave. near Gregory (1889); 158 House Ave. (1895-6); 371 Paulison Ave. (1904) all of Passaic, NJ

Joseph came to Acquackanonk Twsp. in 1857.He built the Dundee Dam, dug the canal, built the lower Raceway and Locks, constructed quays for boats on the site now occupied by the Algouquin and Reids Barry hills (His family's first residence was the Vreeland ancestral home, now Monroe and George Sts). Joseph was a wheelwright and large scale builder. He built the first flumes and placed therein the first turbine water wheels used by the Dundee Mills besides erecting some of the earlier mills. He was a born mechanic along the lines of which his was a master mind, quick to discern and as quick to execute.

Wheelwright by trade at the age of 28 years he had control over the water-way, locks, docks, and bridges of the Delaware and Raritan Canal. At 38 years he had charge of the main line tracks, bridges, and docks of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. He came to Acquackanock Twsp. Passaic Co. NJ in 1857. Boarded at Captain Fogers House, 97 River Drive.

He married Sarah CLOSSON who was born 31 Dec. 1813 in Plumsteadville, PA and died 24 Sep. 1849 in Morrisville, PA. After Sarah's death, Joseph married Elizabeth Trolinger WEAVER* (See WEAVER A092) on 4 Jan. 1851.

Elizabeth Trolinger WEAVER was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Passaic. She was b. 4 Oct.1821 in Erwinna, PA and she d. 14 Jun. 1904. Elizabeth is buried in Lot #194-5 of the Cedar Lawn Cemetery.

Sarah CLOSSON and Joseph SCOTT had 6 children: Unnamed male twins (A311 and A312), Charles Burgess I (A313), Joseph (A314), Mary Ann (A315), Walter (A316). The children of Joseph SCOTT and Elizabeth T. WEAVER are: Sarah Closson (A317), Ebenezer Claffin* (A318), William Winfield (A319), Ellen Catherine (A310), and Elizabeth (A31a).

Fourth Generation
A311 and A312 Unnamed male twins - b. 21 Sep. 1836 in Morrisville, PA, d. 21 Sep. 1836 in Morrisville, PA.

A313 Charles Burgess SCOTT I was born 8 October 1837 in Morrisville, Pa. He married in May 1859 to Sarah VANSANT. He died 21 December 1962 on the banks of the Potomac River.

A314 Joseph SCOTT was born 7 February 1840 in Morrisville, Pa. He married on 24 September 1866 to Mary SEARING. Joseph died 23 August 1900 in Atlanta, GA.

A315 Mary Ann SCOTT was born 4 June 1843 in Morrisville, Pa. She married on 2 March 1867 to Robert BESWICK. She died on 31 December 1885, in E. Ridgelawn, Delawanna.

A316 Walter SCOTT was born 7 October 1848 in Morrisville, Pa. He was married on 17 November 1869 to Annie KNOWLDER. He died 25 August 1917 and is buried at the Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, NJ.

A317 Sarah Closson SCOTT was born 20 Septemer 1851 in Morrisville, Pa. She was married on 4 June 1873 to Chester OWEN. She died 12 December 1937 and is buried at Cedar Lawn Cemetery.

A318 Ebenezer Claffin SCOTT* was born 22 May 1853 in Morrisville, Pa. He died 21 June 1919 in Newark, NJ. He was the last person to be buried in the "Old First" at Passaic, NJ on Mon. June 23 1919.

Ebenezer was a master builder in Passaic, NJ for some 30 years and is spoken of by acquaintances as the peer of any man hereabouts in the construction of large buildings, in the laying out of which, and the mastery of large gangs of men he took the lead. It was because of his ability as a constructer and manager that he was selected to build the immense car barns for the trolley companies at Hoboken and Elizabeth and other places which he did to perfection, and in record time for which he was complimented by the companies. The great difficulty in erecting these large structures was in making the immense roof self supporting and constructing a truss rafter, which has since been adopted, not only in buildings, but in bridges and other carrying structures. He learned his trade at 16 from his father after attending "The District School".

He resided at 257 Chestnut St.; 14 High St. (1878); 426 Lafayette (1880); 370 Paulison Ave. near Howe Ave. (1882); 447 Paulison Ave. 425 Paulison Ave. (1883-1894); 103 Grant Ave; Passaic, NJ; Paulison and Wicham St.; 132 Howe Ave. (1901); Hoboken, NJ (1901); Nutley, NJ (1908); Bloomfield, NJ (1910); E. Orange, NJ (1912); Philadelphia, PA (1915); Newark, NJ (1919).

Ebenezer married his first cousin, Emeline MCCLAIN* (See MCCLAIN A3) on 17 Jan. 1874 at the residence of Rev. John Gatson.

After Emeline's death, Joseph married Jane VER DUIN on 15 Apr. 1885. After Jane's death in 1893, he married Lena J. (WOOD) CONKLING (a widow) on the 28 Apr. 1896 at the First Presbyterian Church in Passaic, NJ.

Children of Ebenezer and Emeline include: Annie May (A3181), Carrie* (A3182), Joseph V (A3183), Mattie Elizabeth (A3184), Thomas Moore (A3185). Ebenezer and Jane had the daughter Marjorie Kate (A3186).

A319 William Winfield SCOTT was born 6 February 1855 in Morrisville, Pa. He was married on 16 October 1879 to Matilda TRIMBLE. He died 30 September 1935 in Astoria, Long Island, NY.

A310 Ellen Catherine SCOTT was born 15 December 1856 in Morrisville, Pa. She died 25 May 1862 and is buried at "Old First" Cemetery in Passaic, NJ.

A31a Elizabeth SCOTT was born 25 April 1859 in Aquakanouk, Passaic, NJ. She was married 21 April 1881 to John POST. Elizabeth died 31 December 1924, and is buried in Cedar Lawn Cemetery.

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