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The third generation members were all born in North America, either in Nova Scotia or the United States and were the generation that established five branches of the family between 1825 and 1890. The migration southward saw of the majority of the family establish themselves in Pittsburgh, or in Boston by the end of the 1840's leaving only the families of David Scott, on Elm Farm in Ste Croix, and his sister Jane Dill (Scott) Sterling living nearby in Meander, Nova Scotia.  The Boston-bound third generation group include John Adams Scott (1827-1903), James Sterling Scott (1833-1925), Thomas Albert Scott (1840-1911), Daniel DeWolf Scott (1842-1919), and Sarah Ann Scott (1830-1889). They were joined by their father John Scott (1800-1876) and their grandmother Jean (Dalgity) Scott (1766-1851).

The following grandchildren of Sergeant David Scott and Jean Dalgity were members of the third generation listed below starting from the eldest.

Jane Dill Scott (b. 1823) at the age of 25 married James Sterling (b.1820) in 1848 and lived at Meander near Newport/Brooklyn, a neighbouring district to Ste. Croix.  Their family of four were:
 
Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Sterling (1849-1928),
Amelia Sterling (1851-1893),
James Sterling (1853-1934), and
Emma Sterling (1856-1932).


David Scott (1825-1906) married Jane Hunter Dill (1828-1907) a cousin and together they had eight children.  They lived in Ste. Croix where David had inherited the 200 farm Dill property known as Elm Farm. He also inherited a carding mill on the Ste. Croix River which he operated until it was sold to Charles E. Stanfield a young miller from Prince Edward Island who had operated Tryon Woolen Mills in 1856 before relocating to Nova Scotia. Stanfield went on to build establish even large milling and manufacturing operations in Bible Hill, and eventually Truro N.S. in 1882. Relatives of his by the name of Dawson of operated the Ste. Croix facility and eventually became owners.

Besides operating Elm Farm, David was Justice of the Peace in 1861.  In 1878-1879, he moved his family to Halifax where he operated a store called Ste. Croix House and was listed as a grocer at 20 Sackville St. with his residence at 22 Sackville St. with both the store and residence being within one wooden structure and covered by the same insurance policy. The Nova Scotia shipping industry was in decline along with a worldwide recession and his purchase of the failing business was ill-timed leaving him stuck with a losing venture. After major losses he returned to Ste. Croix but was determined to try again, returning to Halifax again having mortgaged his farm heavily. Again the business continued to fail and he returned to his farm and the three mortgages he had acquired. He opened a store, likely with stock he had in Halifax on his farm property. The moss covered foundation stones of the store remain intact behind the current garage/workshop which began life as the "apple house" for storage of apples. The farm included sheep he imported, and apple orchards he developed. A newspaper article credits him with being the first person to introduce merino sheep into the province. Eventually his son John Albert Scott would repay the mortgages and operate a mixed farm with eggs, hogs, cream, beef and apples being the main commercial products, as well as being fairly self-sufficient in vegetables. By the 1960's it was a mainly a dairy farm.

The children of David and Jane Hunter (Dill) Scott were:  

A name guide to this photo is available.


 

Capt. John Adams Scott (1827-1903) married Sarah Sargent Long (1826-1889) and they had five children: 


Sarah Ann Scott (1830-1889) married Sylvester Danforth Waugh (1834-1907) and had five children:

   

James Sterling Scott (1833-1925) left Boston for the country air hoping it would improve his health and settled in Illinois where he became a farmer in Fletcher and Cooksville.  He married Henrietta Sutton (1842-1925) and they had seven children:
 


Thomas Albert Scott (1840-1911) started as a mail agent in 1860 and was a clerk in a wholesale dry goods firm by 1880. He is listed as an accountant on his death record. He settled along with others in the family in the Boston suburb of Roxbury.  He married Amelia Coffin Sanford, and they lived at 38 Roslin St.  Although they had no children of their own, their hospitality and generosity to their nephews and nieces, was well remembered.

Daniel DeWolf Scott (1842-1919) married Abigail "Abbie" McNutt (1943-1933) and they had five children, four of which survived:
 

In Pittsburgh the third generation included the three descendants of David Scott who married Theodora Wheeler in 1820 in Dennysville, Wash, Maine.  While the family of David and Theodora first moved to Ohio, they would eventually settle in Pittsburgh.

The following were the families of the four children of David and Theodora (Wheeler) Scott:

Thomas Forester Scott,  born, 9 Apr 1822  Dennysville, Washington, Maine
died Pittsburgh d. 1910 m. 11 Apr 1849 Martha Taylor  b. 24 Dec 1824 d. 25 Sep 1909.
 


Sarah Ann Scott, born 26 Mar 1824 in Dennysville, Washington, Maine - no other details are known.

Margaret C. Scott  b. 1825 Halifax N.S., died 1911 m. 28 Jun 1855 William James Troth b. (1813-1895)  m. 27 Oct 1845 Samuel Devenny , Jefferson, OH

            [son of Joseph Troth and Susanna Huffington Grumbles]
Mary Jane Scott  (1820-1911)  b. Pembroke Maine m. Capt. Bernard C. Lucas
  m. 19 Feb 1843 Jefferson, Ohio  d. 1858 Steubenville, Jefferson Co., OH
         [son of Capt. Michael Ennis Lucas and Elizabeth Noland]

 

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