There seems to be several websites which incorrectly identify Catherine Elizabeth Scout as the granddaughter of Anthony Scout and Mary Craven, who originally came from Staten Island and settled in Warminster, Bucks County.

This may stem from the original Descendents of James Carrell and Sarah Dungan, his wife, which states:

NATHAN GILBERT (4), (James 1, Elizabeth 2, Nicholas 3), son of Nicholas and Esther (Craven) Gilbert, born in Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1750, died in Virginia in 1786. He married, November 17, 1772, Elizabeth Scout, a granddaughter of Anthony Scout, a native of Staten Island, who settled in Warminster about 1730, and died there, 1791, leaving sons Anthony (who died without issue), William, Adrien and James. The latter, commonly referred to as "Cobe Scout," was a brass-founder and gunsmith, who lived in Johnsville, Warminster Township, where he had a shop, in which the model of John Fitch's steamboat was made. He lies buried in the old Craven graveyard at Johnsville. The inscription on his tombstone states that he was "born September 9, 1738, and died in 1829, aged 90 years and 6 months. He was a brave soldier in Washington's Army, an intimate friend of Thomas Paine. He shot an English soldier nine hundred yards from him and killed him."

Inasmuch as Elizabeth, the wife of Nathan Gilbert, was not mentioned in the will of Anthony Scout, we assume that she was the daughter of William Scout, who seems to have left Bucks County, and was probably a resident of Virginia. The descendants of Nathan Gilbert claim that Cobe Scout was an uncle to Elizabeth.


Catherine Elizabeth was the widow of Thomas Scout, who was the son of Anthony and Mary and who died before 1772, when his widow married his cousin, Nathan Gilbert, the son of Esther Craven and Nicholas Gilbert. Thomas was indeed the brother to James "Cobe" Scout.

Southampton Church Records:
Nathan Gilbert and Elizabeth Scout (Widdow) both of Warminister township, Bucks County were married November 18th 1772 by the Revd. William VanHorn.

I would love to connect with anyone who is researching this line.