Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records
(Hartford District),
Charles W. Manwaring,
Hartford, 1902,
Vol 2, p 111
Edward SCOFELL, Haddam. Invt. £111-10-06. Taken 11 May 1703, by John VENTRUS, William SCOFELL & Timothy SHAILOR.
Court Record, Page 46 -- 8 Sep 1703: Adms. is granted to Hannah the relict. Recog., £50, with William SCOFELL.
Page 52 -- 7 Mar 1703-4: William SCOFELL, Adms. on the estate of Edward SCOFELL, having proceeded as far as the personal estate can extend, yet there remains debts due from the estate which can not be dischared unless some land is sold. This account the Court accepts.
Page 77 -- 6 Mar 1705-6: Thomas SHAYLOR & William SCOFELL, of Haddam, are appointed by this Court to be guardians unto Susannah SCOVELL & Hannah SCOFELL, orphans, children of Edward SCOVEL, late of Haddam, decd.
Page 80 -- 2 Apr 1706: Hannah SCOFELL, relict of Edward SCOFELL, late decd., now wife of Benjamin SMITH, Adms. on the estate of her late husband Edward SCOFELL, renders her account of Adms. & is granted a Quietus Est. This Court order & appoint James WELLS, Josiah ARNOLD & Timothy SHAYLOR to distribute the estate to Hannah the relict and to Susannah & Hannah, children of the deceased.