"Benjamin1 Scott was an early resident of Braintree, Mass. He died before 1647, for in that year, on the 21 September, an inventory of the goods of widow Scott, late wife of Benjamin Scott of Braintree, deceased, and now the wife of John Harbour of Braintree, was filed in Court, and Harbour gave a bond to secure payment to the children of their shares. On the 13 July 1654, administration on the estate of Benjamin Scott, late of Braintree, deceased, was granted to John Harbour and Hannah, his wife, late the wife of the said Benjamin Scott, in behalf of herself and her children. The estate was ordered divided: to the widow, one third; to the eldest son, a double portion; and to the rest of the children a single portion at marriage or at fourteen years. (Suffolk Co. Probate, 1:173.)"
