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SCATTERGOOD, Thomas, Quaker preacher, born in Burlington, New Jersey, 23 January, 1754; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 24 April, 1814. His great-grandfather, of the same name, was of the company of Quakers that went to Burlington in 1676. His father, Joseph, at first a mariner, became a lawyer, and died when Thomas was six years old, leaving him to the care of his mother, who, after giving him a good English education, apprenticed him to a trade. He became a tanner, in which business he continued throughout his life. He was an active member in the Society of Friends, was for many years a noted elder of the sect, and in the work of the ministry travelled extensively in this country and in Great Britain. His "Memoirs" were printed in the "Friends' Library," vol. viii. (Philadelphia, 1844), and afterward published in a separate volume (London, 1845).
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