Eliza Jane Maddox (1813-1903)
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Eliza Jane (Maddox) Scott had a talent for inserting herself into a broader historical narrative. Three unusual stories were passed down through her family concerning her brushes with history. The first (totally unproven and very questionable) assertion is that she is a great-granddaughter of General David Wooster of Revolutionary War fame. The second is that
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We received the results of my father’s 44 marker DNA test from Ancestry.com. I am sorry to say, we remain unenlightened about the origins of our “Scott” family. Probably the right person hasn’t done a DNA test yet, so here is where we stand: Our “close matches” on Ancestry are more than 15 generations ago,
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History and Science are coming together this week, so I need to skip ahead a bit, to the namesake of my blog, my great-great-great grandmother, Eliza Jane Maddox (1813-1903). There is something striking and unusual about Eliza Jane Maddox’s place in the historic record. Though supposedly a married woman, in each census she is enumerated
Finding Eliza Jane 