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Priscilla Scollay,
Priscilla Scollay became the wife of Thomas Melville. Mrs. Pricilla Melville.
A later Grandson was the Herman Melville.
Sister of Colonel William Scollay (1756–1809) who was an American developer and militia officer from Boston during the American Revolution who gave his name to the infamous Scollay Square. He was the only surviving son of John Scollay, a strong supporter of colonial rights and a member of Boston's Board of Selectmen in 1764. William was extremely active in the community and was named a Colonel in the Boston Regiment.
Her brother William Scollay was the Deputy Grand Master of the Freemasons of Massachusetts in 1795 when a box containing an assemblage of commemorative items was deposited under the corner of the Massachusetts State House on 4th of July, 1795 by Governor Samuel Adams, assisted by the Grand Master, Paul Revere, and Deputy Grand Master of the Masons.