Person:Arthur Scovell (2)

Arthur Scovell, believed in New England to have been brother to John Scoville, would have escaped taxation in England in residing with either his mother or brother, or if engaged in any occupation with either one on the premises aforesaid. The only record of him in England probably ever made officially was the record of his baptism, or of a possible apprenticeship. Arthur was married in England. The records of baptism, marriage, and burial in the parish church of Shapwick before 1654 are lost.

Many of the records for Arthur's descendants are taken from A Survey of the Scovils or Scovills In England and America.

The "Holley" book was published in 1941 by the Tuttle Publishing Company, Inc., Rutland Vermont. The title reads "Arthur Scovell and His Descendants in America 1660-1900 Compiled by Jennie M. (Scoville) Holley and Homer Worthington Brainard". It was actually compiled by Brainard from Holley's notes after her death. Homer Brainard was the grandson of Emily Scovill (408).

The "Brainard" book was privately printed in Hartford in 1915 and funded by a grant from Frederick John Kingsbury, President of Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut whose wife was Alathea Ruth Scovill. The Title is "A Survey of the Scovils or Scovills in England and America; Seven Hundred Years of History and Genealogy by Homer Worthington Brainard". It primarily covers the descendants of John Scovel but traces our tree back to 1194 in England and discusses the probable origin of our name from the Village of Escoville which still exists in Normandy.

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

SCOFIELD, SCOVIL, SCOVEL, SCHOFEL, or SKOFIELD, ARTHUR, Middletown, a propr[ietor]. 1671, by w[ife]. Rachel m[arried]. 17 Dec. 1690, at Lyme, had Arthur, b[orn]. 13 Jan. 1692; and James, 9 Jan. 1694, wh[o]. d[ied]. in few w[ee]ks. and the f[ather]. d[ied]. 24 June foll[owing].

Great vexation has attend[ed]. my desire to avoid confus[ion]. of families under such various spell[ings]. and it would not be easy for a congress of those with so hard a name, in our days, to make out the derivat[ion]. of the mem[bers].

SCOVIL, SCOVALL, SCOVEL, or SCOVELL... See Scofield, with wh[ose]. name I have been much embarrass[ed]. to disting[uish]. one from ano[ther]. and can but fear, that little success has foll[owed]. my perplexity.

From ALYSYD@@aol.com

My gr-grandfather, John Mitchell Scovill b. 1841 told my gr-father, George Sawyer Scoville b. 1868, that early in the 1600s 3 Scovill brothers immigrated to America. He also said they came over as indentured servents. The first could be true, the second not true. In some of my Scovill research I have come across a William Scovill that came from England about the same time as Arthur & John. I will probably never know if William was the third brother grandpa was thinking of.

From: Eric Schoville <eric@@schoville.com>

My wife and I had a chace to visit Escoville a couple of months ago... the trip really raised more questions than answers. The history they gave me, for instance, said that the town in the early 1600's and before was actually called Saint Samson. Has anyone researched the possibility that our name actually derives from the town name Scoville in Belgium? I may have to make a visit there as it is only three hours away from my by car, since I live in Strasbourg.

1. ↑ James Savage, Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Editor of Winthrop's History of New England. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's. (1860-62 and Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1965; Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994)
   Vol. 4, p. 35, 40.
2. ↑ Homer Worthington Brainard. SCOVELL: A Survey of the Scovils or Scovills in England and America; Seven Hundred Years of History and Genealogy. (privately printed Hartford 1915 (250 copies) Springfield Printing & Binding Co.)
   p. 505.
3. ↑ Researcher.

   Elaine Tillquist Pavone (date born: abt 1636, Turnworth?, Shapwick)

4. ↑ Researcher Elaine Tillquist Pavone (Driver).

   Alan Watrous