Person:Polly Levistone (1)

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Polly Levistone
b.16 Nov 1790 Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.21 Sep 1856 Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 21 May 1778
  1. Olive Levistone1785 - 1809
  2. Polly Levistone1790 - 1856
Spouse and Children
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m. Bet Jun 1809 and Apr 1814
  1. Asa Levingstone Scarlett1814 - 1855
  2. Randolph Scarlett1816 -
  3. Sherebiah Scarlett1819 -
  4. Mary Scarlett1823 -
  5. Alpheus Scarlett1825 - 1831
  6. Susan Scarlett1831 -
  7. Alpheus Jackson Scarlett1834 - 1847
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Facts and Events
Name Polly Levistone
Married Name Polly Scarlett
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 16 Nov 1790 Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bet Jun 1809 and Apr 1814 to Sherebiah Scarlett
Death[4] 21 Sep 1856 Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Alt Death[3] 23 Sep 1856 Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[3] Tewksbury Cemetery, Tewksbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
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Personal History

Polly Levistone/Leveston/Levingston,[6] daughter of Asa Leveston and Olive[1][2] (Peacock), was born 16 November 1790, in Tewksbury, Massachusetts.[1][2]

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Marriage and Family

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Sherebiah's second wife Polly, whose maiden name is unknown, may have been the sister of his first wife Olive. (No marriage record has been found.) The births of their children appear in the town records of Tewksbury.

In probate after the death of her husband in 1840,[7] Polly was granted an allowance of $300 from his personal estate, and on 17 November 1840, an inventory of her dower from the real estate was taken and valued at $686. She remained guardian of her three minor children, and their portion of the estate was sold at public auction on 12 July 1841.

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Death and Probate

Polly Scarlett died intestate on 21 or 23 September 1856,[3][4] in Tewksbury, of typhoid fever,[3] and was buried in Tewksbury Cemetery.[3][4]

On 28 October 1856,[5] in the probate court of Middlesex Co., Caleb Livingston of Tewksbury was appointed administrator of the estate of Polly Scarlett, widow, and he, along with Benjamin F. Spaulding and Aaron Frost Jr., both of Tewksbury, signed a bond. An inventory of the estate was taken on 22 October 1856, with the personal estate valued at $456.17. The balance of the estate was divided into five shares of $63.37 each, with one share to each of her four surviving children, Randolph, Sherebiah, Mary (wife of J.G. Gray), and Susan, and one share to the children of her deceased son Asa L. Scarlett.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “Tewksbury births”, in Vital Records of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1912)
    p. 59.

    “LEVESTON, Polly, d. Asa and Olive, Nov. 16, 1790.”

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Tewksbury (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1738-1897. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972)
    FHL 771075, item 1 (Births, deaths 1738–1852), p. 66.

    Digital record and image in Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626–2001, DGS 7010701, image 50 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4GP-9BM : accessed 10 July 2017).

    “Polly, daughter of Asa & Olive Leveston, born Novr. 16, 1790”

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Tewksbury (Massachusetts). Town Clerk. Vital records, 1738-1897. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972)
    FHL 771075, item 3 (Births, marriages, deaths 1845–1859), p. 107, no. 14, registered 1 Jan. 1857.

    Digital record and image in Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626–2001, DGS 7010701, image 219 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH13-4LH : accessed 11 July 2017).

    Polly Scarlette, widow, d. 23 Sept. 1856, age 66, of typhoid fever, interred Center B.G., b. Tewksbury, informant B.F. Spaulding.

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 “Polly Scarlett”, in Find A Grave
    memorial 141034305. Viewed digital image of grave marker, 11 July 2017.

    “POLLY wife of Sherebiah Scarlett died Sept. 21, 1856, Æt. 66.” (parts of inscription are difficult to read)

  5. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
    FHL 510636 (Probate papers 41180–41258), image nos. 479–494; First series, 1648–1871, file no. 41208, “Polly Scarlett, 1856”.

    Images in DGS 7554350, starting at image 480 (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89D5-R8DR : accessed 11 July 2017).

    Polly Scarlett, widow, of Tewksbury, County of Middlesex, “within three months last died intestate, … leaving four children, all of whom are twenty one years of age”. Petition dated 28 Oct. 1856, by Randolph Scarlett, Sherebiah Scarlett, Mary Gray, Jonath G. Gray, Susan Scarlett, { Lucy A. Scarlett, Asa M. Scarlett, Lewella F. Scarlett, Sarah A. Scarlett } by Lucy W. Scarlett (guardian of the children of Asa L. Scarlett). Bond dated 28 Oct. 1856, admin. to Caleb Livingston, with Benjamin F. Spaulding, Aaron Frost Jr. Inventory $456.17, dated 22 Oct. 1856, returned 28 Oct. 1856, by B.F. Spaulding, Aaron Frost Jr., Alvin Marshall, appointed 20 Oct. 1856. Administrator's account returned 3 March 1857.

  6. ↑ Her surname appears in multiple forms in the records. The birth record uses “Leveston”, her grandfather's probate in 1772 uses “Levingston”, and her father's marriage record in 1778 and her great-grandfather in his will in 1755 used the surname “Levistone”.
  7. ↑ See the references for her husband's probate.
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