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Sir John Scott 1720 – 1804 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Sep 1720

Birth Location: Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland

Death Date: abt 1804

Death Location: Ontario, Canada

Father: John Scott

Mother: Janet Armour*

Spouse(s): Beatrix Stewart

Children(s): Walter Scott

Sir John Scott was born in 1720 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of John Cleland Muir Scott and Janet Armour*. Sir John Scott married Beatrix Stewart, and had children including Walter Scott. Sir John Scott passed away in 1804 in Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • Sir John Scott was born in 1720 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the child of John Cleland Muir Scott and Janet Armour*.
  • Sir John Scott married Beatrix Stewart, and had children including Walter Scott.
  • Sir John Scott passed away in 1804 in Ontario, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Scott
1695 – 1750
Birth Location: Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Janet Armour*
1698 – 1770
Birth Location: Renfrewshire, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Beatrix Stewart
1720 –
Birth Location: Carstairs, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Children(s)

Walter Scott
1750 – 1796
Birth Location: Ringgold, Catoosa, Georgia, USA
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Sir Scott's Ancestors

Self
Sir Scott
1720 – 1804
Birth Place: Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Parents
John Cleland Muir Scott
1695 – 1750
Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Janet Armour*
1698 – 1770
Renfrewshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Johne Scot
1660 –
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mary Muir
1661 –
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
John Armour
1663 –
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
John Scot*
1644 – 1705
Anna Devine
1630 – 1706
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Scott
1605 – 1694
Agnes Wyatt
1609 – 1645

Sir Scott's Descendants

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Sir (John) Scott (21 Sep 1720 – abt 1804) m. Beatrix Stewart (22 May 1720 – )
  1. 1. Walter Scott (1750 – 1796) m. Nancy ('Nannie' Go-Sa-Du-I-S- Ga) Scott (1749 – 05 Nov 1825)
    1. 1. Nancy ((Nannie) Go-Sa-Du-I-Sga Timberlake Brown) Scott (1769 – 1855) m. John (H) Thornton (1770 – 1849)
      1. 1. Delilah Thornton (1783 – 1855)
      2. 2. John Thornton (10 Nov 1810 – 14 Nov 1876) m. Rhoda ((Rhodie)) York (1815 – 10 May 1870)
        1. 1. William Thornton (30 December 1833 – 29 November 1907) m. Mary (Elizabeth) Knight (28sep1837 – 5 September 1890)

Sir Scott's Timeline

2 Records

1720
21 Sep 1720
Birth of Sir John Scott in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
1804
abt 1804
Age 84
Death of Sir John Scott in Ontario, Canada
Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Sep 1720
    Event Place: Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1804
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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