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valued at £4,370 6s. yd. He married,
April 28, 1703, Abigail Pineon, daughter
of Thomas and Mary Pineon, of New
Haven. She died January 9, 1743.
(III) Caleb Candee, their son, was
born in West Haven, about 1722, and died
in 1764. He married Lois Mallory, and
they resided in Oxford, where Mrs. Can-
dee died, in 1790. They were the parents
of Nehemiah Candee, of whom further.
(IV) Nehemiah Candee was born April
14, 1758, in Oxford Parish, and died Au-
gust 17, 1834. He was a farmer by oc-
cupation. He married, December 6, 1780,
Content Woodruff, daughter of David and
Esther (Clark) Woodruff, and a de-
scendant of Matthew Woodruff, a pioneer
settler of Farmington, Connecticut. She
was born in Derby, July 5, 1762, and died
November 14, 1838.
(V) David Woodruff Candee, their
son, was born December 5, 1783, in Oxford.
When a small child he removed
with his parents to what was called the
"new settlement," Galway, Saratoga
county, New York, and taught school at
the age of sixteen years, later becoming
a clerk. He was a first lieutenant, then
captain of the Light Infantry, 1807-1813,
and his regiment took part in the battle
of Plattsburg in the War of 1812. He
served as a member of the Legislature in
1820, and was postmaster and justice of
the peace. Captain Candee was an ear-
nest Christian, and possessed a natural
gift for music ; he led the church choir
for many years. He joined the First
Presbyterian Church in Amsterdam, New
York, January 14, 1816, and at his death
was the oldest member. Captain Candee
married (first) Elizabeth Ostrom, born
June 8, 1789, and died March 30, 1822.
She was a granddaughter of a Revolutionary
captain under Washington, and
after her death he married (second) at
Amsterdam, January 3, 1824, Charity Os-
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trom, born December 29, 1796, died May
30, 1865.
(VI) Julius Alonzo Candee, son of
David W. and Elizabeth (Ostrom) Candee,
was born in Amsterdam, Montgomery
county, New York, May 30, 1814. He
was a dealer in building materials in New
York City for many years. He married
(first) May 10, 1847, Caroline Hanks, and
she died in January, 1850. She was the
mother of Mary Candee, who became the
wife of Dr. Scofield, as above noted.
SCOFIELD, Walter Lewis,
Physician.
(IX) Walter Lewis Scofield, son of
Dr. Walter K. and Mary (Candee) Sco-
field (q. v.), was born July 26, 1882, in
San Francisco, California, and was only a
small lad when his parents returned to
establish a home in Stamford. He gradu-
ated from the Stamford High School in
1903, and then entered the medical department
of the University of Vermont
from which he was graduated with the
degree of M. D. in 1907. Six months sub-
sequent to that time were spent in the
Lying-in Hospital in New York City,
after which he was engaged in post-grad-
uate work for several months at Randall's
Island, where he did special work in ob-
stetrics. Dr. Scofield then returned to
Stamford where he began private practice.
He has taken his place among the prominent
physicians of Fairfield county, and
is held in high esteem in medical circles.
Dr. Scofield is a member of the Stamford
Hospital staff; of the Stamford, Fairfield
County, and Connecticut Medical soci-
eties, and of the American Medical Asso-
ciation. Fraternally, he is a member of
Union Lodge, No. 5, Free and Accepted
Masons ; Puritan Lodge, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows ; Junior Order of
United American Mechanics; Foresters