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| From http://www.combs-families.org/combs/families/c-wmsr.htm61 That site is documenting a series of papers filed by the widow of William Combs in 1843 to prove that she was his legal wife and deserved his pension. These papers state repeatedly that they were married by "Parson Scott." ""Parson Scott" is without doubt, the one said to have performed William and Sarah Ann's marriage and who has the following entry in Whyte (1972): "SCOTT, James (Rev) ca 1699-1782. From Dippe, Elgin, Morayshire. Son of Rev. John S. and Helen GRANT. Settled Prince William County, Virginia before 1744. Educated Aberdeen and ordained by Bishop of London, Rector of Dettingen parish, Prince William County. M. (I) ca. 1736 Sarah 1715-1784, daughter of Dr. Gustavus Brown and Frances Fowke. Son Gustavus 1750-1801, lawyer." (A.A., ix, 163) (Whyte, Donald (ed.). 1972. A Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to the U.S.A. Magna Carta Book Company, Baltimore, MD. 504 pp.) The SCOTTS had several children born in Stafford Co. in the 1740s (I.G.I.: International Genealogy Index). The James SCOTT family would likely have been known to both the Combs and MILLION families. William Combs may have been an Anglican at the time of their marriage, but the MILLIONS had left Overwharton Parish with a group of dissenters who on 22 Nov 1766 signed a covenant establishing the Chopawamsic Baptist Church (Overwharton Parish Register) and probably became personae non grata in Overwharton Parish. This could explain why William Combs and Sarah Ann MILLION went over to Dettingen Parish, Prince William Co., to be married in the Church of England by Parson SCOTT, 04 Dec 1775." ********** From http://wolves.dsc.k12.ar.us/cyberace/sbgone/gen/fam1/scott/james.htm • Born in Dipple, Parish of Elgin, Moray, Scotland • Lived at Dipple on the Chappawamsic River where the first five of his nine children were born. • About 1745 he became the first minister of Dettinger Parish, Prince William County., Va until his death 37 years later. • His brother, Rev. Alexander Scott came from Scotland in 1701. He married Sarah Gibbons, the widow of Wm. Brent. They had no children and he left everything to his brother James. • Inherited 8,623 acres and thirty slaves. • Drowned at sea • Three unmarked graves located at Dipple, Va., now Quantico Marine Base, were moved to Aquia Episcopal Church in Stafford Co., Va and are believed to be those of James and Sarah and their son William. ********* http://wolves.dsc.k12.ar.us/cyberace/sbgone/gen/fam1/scott/aquia.htm It is thought by the church that two original unmarked graves are those of Rev. James Scott and his wife Sarah Brown Scott. They are now marked by headstones of Elizabeth Simson and Mary Flaetcher, which were moved about 1960 from near the boathouse at Woodstock near Aquia Creek, part of the current Aquia Harbour subdivision. In 1745 James Scott became rector of Dettingen Parish, Prince William County, and continued until his death, a period of thirty seven years. Two wills directed that tombstones should be placed over the graves at Dipple but this was never accomplished. The Scott family cemetery and adjoining property at Dipple was taken into Quantico Marine Base and in 1943 ten graves were moved to Aquia. | ||||||||||||
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