Rev. George M. Scott and Ann Rea

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Husband Rev. George M. Scott ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Nov 1759 - Bucks Co, PA 1
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           Died: 15 Aug 1847 or 1848 - Hookstown, Greene Twp, Beaver Co, PA 3
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       Marriage: 17 May 1798 4

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Wife Ann Rea ²

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            AKA: Anna Rae,5 Anna Rea 4
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         Father: Samuel Rea (1734-1813) 2 6
         Mother: Ann McCracken (Abt 1736-1781) 2 6

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Children

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1 F Mary Scott ⁴

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         Spouse: Robert McFarran (      -      ) 4

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2 M John W. Scott ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. George M. Scott

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He was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania. [HBC 1888, 567] The same source gives differing informaion.

He served in the Revolutionary War. In 1787 he began the study of theology, entered the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, and was graduated in 1793. In 1797 he was licensed to preach by the presbytery of New Brunswick, New Jersey. In 1798 he filled vacancies in the presbytery of Washington County, Pennsylvania. He was ordained in 1798, at New Brunswick, and in 1799 took charge of the Mill Creek Congregation, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and the Flatts Congregation, of Brooke County, [West] Virginia. In 1826 he resigned the latter, but continued to preach to the Mill Creek Congregation until 1838.

He was the grandfather of President Benjamin Harrison's wife.

The pastors of Mill Creek have been representative men of the denomination. The first was Rev. George M. Scott, whose call was accepted April 25, 1799. Concerning him the following facts were copied from the old pulpit Bible:
Rev. George Scott was born November 14, 1759, in Berks county, Pa., and was married to Anna, daughter of Samuel Rae, Esq., of Mt. Bethel, May 17, 1798. He was licensed to preach the gospel in May, 1799, by the Presbytery of New Brunswick; was ordained as an evangelist by the same organization November 7, 1798, and in the following July joined the Presbytery.
His education was received at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in June, 1793. He studied theology under Dr. Smith, of Princeton, N. J., and received a call from Mill Creek and the Flats congregations in 1799. In 1826 he resigned the charge of the Flats, continuing, however, at Mill Creek. In 1838, at his own request, the Presbytery dissolved his connection with this congregation in consequence of increasing infirmity. For a year after this Dr. Scott acted as a stated supply. After thus having preached for over forty years in Mill Creek, and subsequently in Washington county, continuing until health failed, he was called to rest August 15, 1848, aged eighty-eight years, nine months and one day. His salary was fixed at £120 Pennsylvania currency, or $320 per year, a part of it to be paid in grain. He was not eloquent, but sound as a teacher. Among his pupils who became distinguished were-Rev. Samuel McFerran (a nephew), John W. Scott (a son), and W. H. McGuffey, LL.D.

1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 567, 685.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 491.

3 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 568, 685.

4 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 685.

5 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 568.

6 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 15.