DISTANT RELATION OF FIRST LADY BARBARA BUSH, PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, POET/ESSAYIST RALPH WALDO EMERSON, AND GEN. WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

OF ENGLISH AND POSSIBLY SCOTTISH ANCESTRY

3G GRANDDAUGHTER OF SHIP MASTER JOHN CARMAN, THE FOUNDER OF HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND

GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR MINUTEMAN ELDER JOSEPH PRUDDEN

OHIO PIONEER

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A BIOGRAPHY OF ELIZABETH COE SCOTT, by Laurence Overmire (3rd great grandson), Sept. 2016:

Elizabeth Coe was born Dec. 2, 1776 (calculating from her gravestone), in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, the sixth of seven children of Revolutionary War veteran Lt. Ebenezer Coe and his wife Eunice Jagger.

At the age of 18, on Oct. 13, 1795, in Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia), she married William Scott, the son of Revolutionary War veteran Patrick Scott and his wife Lettice Denny. They had 11 children. Several of those children were born in West Alexander, Washington Co., Pennsylvania.

About 1805-1807, the family moved to Jefferson County, Ohio. William was a Presbyterian Elder in Ohio and later joined The Methodist Episcopal Church.

After her husband died in 1854, Elizabeth moved to Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, probably to live with one of her children, as yet unidentified. She died in Tipton on Feb. 5, 1857, at the age of 79.

∼LDS records for
Elizabeth Coe Scott include:

William Scott's wife is listed "Elizabeth COE, AFN:CBJV-C6, BORN: 2 NOV
1777,,Westmoreland [Co.], PA, DIED: 5 Feb 1857 Tipton, Cedar [Co.], Iowa".
Elizabeth's father is listed as Ebenezer COE and her mother Eunice JAGGAR. The
file lists "Ebenezer COE, AFN: FLJB-5K, BORN: 1737, MAR: 17 Sep 1761,
Morristown, M, New Jersey, DIED: 25 Jul 1827, Dalton, Wayne, Ohio". Elizabeth's
mother is listed as "Eunice JAGGAR, AFN: MRDZ-FP, BORN: 1740, Southampton,S, New
York, DIED: 25 Jul 1827 [sic]".

William Scott's parents were probably Patrick Scott and Lettice Denny. His
family was reported in the LDS Ancestral File ver 4.13, 15 JUL 1995. The file
lists,
"William SCOTT, AFN: CBJV-B1, BORN: 26 Nov 1765,,Chester [County], PA, DIED: 6
Jul 1854, Litle Washington, Richland [Co.] ,Pennsylvania [sic], MAR: 13 Oct
1795,, Alleghany [Co.], Pennsylvania, FATHER: Patrick SCOTT (AFN:MRGF-SL),
MOTHER: Lettice DENNY (AFN:MRDX-6C), OTHER WIVES: Lydia DEMENT."

William's father is listed as Patrick SCOTT and his mother as Lettice DENNY.
The file lists "Patrick SCOTT, AFN: MRGF-SL, BORN: 1734/1735,,, Ire., MAR:
1763,,Chester [Co.], Pennsylvania, DIED: 19 Feb 1820, Lackawannock Tp, M, PA".
The file lists "Lettice DENNY, AFN: MRDX-6C, BORN: 1743, DIED: 1821 [sic]".

I have received a very helpful letter from Dorothy Jamison of Tulsa, OK. She
sent along a copy of a marriage record for William Scott and Elizabeth Coe along
with some additional information. She said, "...The most important thing that I
have come up with is the marriage listing in Ohio Co., WV Marriages, Minister's
Returns 1790-1835 published by the Wetzel Co. Gen. Soc. in 1991 (p. 29
enclosed). This agrees with a separate listing of Oh Co. Marr that was
published in the 1970s in the old West Virginia Echoer (long out of print).
They state that William Scott and Elizabeth Coe were married Oct. 13, 1795, in
Oh Co, Va. (now WV). The 'Echoer' source further says that they were married by
Rev. John Brice, who was known to be min. of the Presby Ch. at W. Alexander,
Wash. Co., Pa. This church was called Three Ridges at one time, I believe. I
think that he served several churches in the area. Some of the early members of
this church were Silas Coe, William Scott, & Ebenezer Coe...." It appears that
William Scott and some of Elizabeth's relatives were associated with this
Presbyterian church in the area that straddles the line between Washington Co.,
PA and Ohio Co., (West) Virginia.

William's children with Elizabeth Coe were reported in the LDS Ancestral File
ver 4.13, 15 JUL 1995. The file lists:

1. Mary SCOTT, AFN: MRDJ-1T, BORN: 17 Sep 1796, West Alexander, Washington
[County], PA, DIED: 7 Dec 1852.

2. Samuel SCOTT, AFN: MRDJ-2I, BORN: 4 Aug 1798, West Alexander, Washington
[County], PA, DIED: 18 May 1799, West Alexander, Washington [County],
Pennsylvania.

3. (Dr.) James Scott SCOTT, AFN: 3P44-5C, BORN: 4 Nov 1800, West Alexander,
Washington [County], PA, DIED: 16 May 1881, Greeley, Weld, CO.

4. Eunice SCOTT, AFN: MRDJ-4C, BORN: 16 Oct 1802, West Alexander, Washington
[County], PA.

5. Phoebe SCOTT, AFN: MRDJ-5J, BORN: 27 Feb 1805, West Alexander, Washington
[County], PA, DIED: 18 May 1854.

6. Ebenezer SCOTT, AFN: MRDJ-6P, BORN: 22 Jan 1807,, Jefferson [County], OH,
DIED: 5 Oct 1841.

7. Nancy SCOTT, AFN: MRDJ-7V, BORN: 13 Jul 1809,, Jefferson [County], OH, DIED:
25 Apr 1886.

8. Rebecca SCOTT, AFN: MRDJ-82, BORN: 3 Oct 1811,, Jefferson [County], OH,
DIED: 2 Jan 1878.

9. Silas SCOTT, AFN: MRGF-CC, BORN: 24 Nov 1813,, Jefferson [County], OH, DIED:
26 Jul 1891 [sic].

10. Martha SCOTT, AFN: MRDJ-BD, BORN: 4 Mar 1816,, Jefferson [County], OH,
DIED: 26 Jul 1891 [sic].

11. William SCOTT (Junior), AFN: MRGF-FP, BORN: 27 Apr 1818,, Jefferson
[County], OH, DIED: 8 Mar 1899.

The William Scott who married Elizabeth Coe is buried at Washington Village
Cemetery, Washington Twp., Richland Co., Ohio. Martha Scott Coleman and William
Scott (Junior) are buried in Iowa in the Oskaloosa or Kirkville areas. Nancy
Scott Carpenter lived in Cedar County, but moved on with her family to Greeley,
Colorado. Silas Scott and James Scott Scott ended their lives in Greeley,
Colorado, also

(Courtesy of Pat Saunders)