Charles Ryland Scott Family

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Agnes Costin

F, b. about 1734

Parents

FatherFrancis Costin, II (b. circa 1695, d. before 10 July 1750)
MotherAgnes Somers (b. about 1706)

Children with Azariah Scott (b. about 1728, d. before 11 February 1789)

DaughterPeggy Scott+ (d. before January 1798)
SonWilliam Scott, Jr+ (b. about 1757, d. before 22 December 1806)
SonGeorge Scott (b. circa 1760, d. 1806)
DaughterMary ("Polly") Scott (b. about 1764)
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Relationship5th great-grandmother of Charles Ryland ("Ryland") Scott
7th great-grandmother of Isaac Silas Vaughn
7th great-grandmother of Katherine Gilstrap Scott
7th great-grandmother of Joseph Ryland Scott
7th great-grandmother of Charles Parker ("Parker") Scott
7th great-grandmother of Orly Marie Vaughn
7th great-grandmother of Avital Catherine Vaughn

Biography

Birthabout 1734Agnes Costin was born about 1734 in Northampton, Virginia, United StatesBGO.
Will - Fathers27 May 1750She was named in her Father's will on on 27 May 1750 in Northampton, Virginia, United StatesBGO. She was shown as daughter Agnes in the will of Francis Costin, wife Agnes.1
Nameabout 1754As of about 1754, Agnes Costin was also known as Agnes Costin Scott.
Marriageabout 1754Azariah Scott and she were married about 1754 in Northampton, Virginia, United StatesBGO. According to Whitelaw in 1750 Francis Costin (wife Agnes) left 110 acres in tract N9 on the bayside to his son Francis. Whitelaw assumed that his wife had been the former Agnes Somers and title to the land had come to him through her and that she had gotten it by the 1703 will of Daniel Neech left his balance of 110 acres to wife Margaret, but if she did not make disposition it was to go to Thomas and Agnes Somers. Whitelaw also conjectured that this Agnes then married Azariah Scott, as 8 years later the death of Costin the Scotts sold the same land to John Wilson. Then in tracing the owership of tract N10 Whitelaw found evidence confirming the previous assumptoin that Francis Costin had married the widow Agnes Somers and that she late married Azariah Scot of tract N9 was found in a deed from the Scotts to Matthew Costin for her dower interest in the land left to him by Francis Costin. (NOTE: One concern here is that the Agnes Somers mentioned in the will of Daniel Neech was born circa 1680 and therefore would have been somewhat older then either Francis Costin or Azariah Scott, but it does support the owership of the land. Perhaps her brother (not husband) Thomas Somers, who died intestate in 1728, had a daughter Agnes who inherited the land and married Costin and Scott.)2
Land Sold1754She sold land in 1754 in Cedar Grove, Northampton, Virginia, United StatesBGO. The indenture of bargin and sale between Azariah Scott and Agnes his wife to Matthew Costin does not mention her dower rights or anything else that implies that Agnes was a widow before she married Azariah Scott, which is contray to Whitelaw's statement on page 75 (tract N10) that she was selling her dower interset. Evidently this Agnes was the daughter of Francis Costin & his 2nd wife Agnes Somers.
Last Edited29 June 2017

Citations

  1. [S172] James Handley Marshall, compiler, Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802 (), p. 326 (will of Francis Costin, wife Agnes). Hereinafter cited as Northampton Co, VA, Abstracts of Wills & Administrations, 1632-1802.
  2. [S171] Ralph T. Whitelaw, compiler, Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties) (Gloucester, MA: Peter Smith, 1968), p. 74 (tract N9) & p. 75 (tract N10). Hereinafter cited as Virginia's Eastern Shore (A History of Northampton and Accomack Counties.)