Person:Joshua Scottow (1)

"Joshua Scottow, bp. Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 1 June 1617 ('Josua Scottaway of Tho[mas] & Tomasin') (aged about 43 in 1659 [GDMNH 614, source not cited]; deposed 27 July 1682 'aged sixty-six years or thereabouts' [NEHGR 18:68]; d. 20 January 1697/8 'aged 83 years' [NEHGR 5:78; Sewall 385-86]); … He later resided at Scarboro, Maine
[GDMNH 614-15]."

"Joshua (Scottow), Boston, merch. brot. by his mo. Thomasine, a wid. wh. join. our ch. 21 Sept. 1634, and he, with br. Thomas, join. it 19 May 1639; was never sw. freem. yet appoint. by the Gen. Ct. a commissnr. for regulat. the export of powder. By his w. Lydia, wh. join. the ch. 23 May 1641, and d. 9 May 1707, aged 86, had Joshua, b. 30 Sept. 1641, d. very soon; Joshua, again, 12, bapt. 20 Aug. 1643; Lydia, bapt. 29 June 1645, tho. the poor substit. for town rec. says b. 30 of that mo.; Eliz. 1 Aug. 1647, 2 days old; Rebecca, 10 Oct. 1652; Mary, b. 11, bapt. 18 May 1656; Thomas, 30 June, bapt. 10 July 1659, H. C. 1677; and Sarah; was of ar. co. 1645, its ens. 1657, and capt. later. He was confident. agent for La Tour in transact. with our governm. 1654-7, and a great propr. aft. Philip's war at Scarborough, capt. of the garrison and magistr. in that region. He was heedless. or cruel. charg. with murder of Nathan Bedford, 1681, shown to be casual. drown. as in the Maine Hist. Col III. may be read. As author of two very curious tracts a. the early hist. of N. E. publish. 1691 and 4, he is oft. quot. and, at the age of 83, he d. 20 Jan. 1698, as tells the gr.st. that was transfer. from the early bur. yd. to the inside of the tower of the O. S. or 3d ch. See Genealog. Reg. V. 78. His d. Eliz. m. a. 1664, Thomas Savage; Rebecca m. 1 Apr. 1675, Benjamin Blackman; and Mary m. capt. Samuel Checkley, as by his will of 23 June 1696, pro. 3 Mar. 1698, is seen; beside wh. it gives adeq. provis. to w. Lydia, to s. Thomas a doub. portion, rings to ds. Mary Checkley and Sarah, w. of Samuel Walker, and to ea. of sixteen gr.ch. then liv. and made Judge Sewall and s. Savage and Checkley excors. His eldest d. Lydia, wh. first m. Benjamin Gibbs, and next m. 1678, Anthony Checkley, the atty.-gen. that d. 18 Oct. 1708, had, no doubt, been long bef. set out with her full sh. and for third h. she took, 6 Mar. 1712, William Colman, f. of the disting. Benjamin Colman, then min. of Brattle st. ch. D. D."

"Scottow. Capt. Joshua, merchant, Boston, Scarboro, owner of Scottow’s farm and garrison in Scarb. where Scottow's Hill keeps alive his name. On 19 May 1639 he and br. Thomas were adm. to Boston Ch. which their widowed mo. Thomasine had joined 21 Sept. 1634. In 1649, as 'friend and agent,' acting for [[Person:Thomas Lake (4)|Mr. Thomas Lake, absent in Conn. His connec. with Scarb. began by 8 June 1660 when he bot the Abraham Josselyn prop. He later acquired the Henry Jocelyn prop, which was first mortg. to him in 1663, but appar. he was not resident until aft. 1670. Lic. to sell to his fishermen in 1671, on prison committee 1674, and that yr. indicted from Scarb. for an election irregularity. During the war in command at Scarb. where many held the opinion that he was more interested in the protecton of his own prop. than in the general welfare. … See N. E. Reg. 5:78; 43:64; 2 Mass. Hist. Soc. Col. iv:100; Doc. Hist. 6:47; Mass. Col. Rec. 4:2:208-9; Col. Soc. Mass. x:369; York Deeds. His pet. in answer to complaint of Shapleigh, Rishworth and Wheelwright, the committee on military claims, who had severely censured him, was pub. in the Daily Eastern Argus (Portland) 16 Sept. 1911. … Aged ±40 in 1657, ±43 in 1659, ±66 in 1682 (Reg. 28:68). Comr. For Scarb. 1676, magistrate 1676, 'of Boston' at times. Associate 1679 and impoweed to give oath to Saco, Black Point and Casco jurymen and constables, on committee to manage new planta. at Casco Bay 1680, ord. to keep a better ferryman at Black Point 1682, Scarb. selectman 1683-1685, headed committee in charge of Fort Loyal 1684, J. P., Judge Inf. Ct. Common Pleas and Sess. 1687-1688. In addition, the author of two curious tracts. Of Boston 1690, d. there 20 Jan. 1697-8, ag. 83. Will, 23 June 1696, names w., 5 ch., 2 sons-in-law. Wife Lydia adm. to Boston Ch. 23 May 1641, d. 9 May 1707, ag. 86. Ch. at Boston (of Boston 6 May 1665, he made his Scarb. prop, over to trustees for his ch., Sarah, Mary, Rebecca, Thomas, Y. D. i:163-4): Joshua, b. 30 Sept. 1641, d.y. Joshua, b. 12 Aug. 1643, appar. d. bef. May 1665. Lydia, bp. 29 June 1645, m. 1st Benjamin Gibbs, m. 2d Anthony Checkley. Elizabeth, bp. 1 Aug. 1647, m. Maj. Thomas Savage. Rebecca, bp. 10 Oct. 1652, m. at Malden 1 Apr. 1675 Rev. Benjamin Blackman. Mary, b. 11 May 1656, m. Capt. Samuel Checkley. Capt. Thomas, b. 30 June 1659, H. C. 1677, O. A. at Scarb. 17 Mar. 1679-80, tr.j. 1681, Clerk of the Writs 1681; Scarb. gr., comr. for the town, Clerk of Courts (all in 1686); lic. 1686-1689, in command at Black Point 1689, Portsm. wit. Jan, 1690-1, Boston mariner 1694. … Doc. Hist. 9:10. Of Boston, chirurgeon, bound to sea in the -Gerrard- of London, when he made a will in England, 14 Nov. 1698—4 Sept. 1699, giving all in N. E. to sis. Elizabeth Savage, all else to loving friend Margaret Softley, wid., of St. Paul’s, Chadwell, co. Middlesex. Sarah, m. Samuel Walker."

"This grave and two others were placed in the 19th century upon the outterwall of the Old South Church on the Boylston Street side. This is the resting spot of the gravestone, not the remains of the individuals."