Scott, Alexander 1a 2a

Birth Name Scott, Alexander
Gender male
Age at Death 51 years, 8 months, 12 days

Narrative

! (1) Melissa Thompson Alexander. E-mail: ma.da@gte.net (http://www.worldconnect.rootsweb.com, 27 Jan 2001). Cites: (a) "Virginia Gleanins in England," by Lothrop Withington. (b) "Genealogies of Virginia Families from the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography," Vol. 1 (Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1981). (c) "Virginia Heraldica."

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Ordained by the Bishop of London, Scott was sent to Virginia in 1710 to be minister for the parish of Overwharton. Unwilling to settle for a clergy residence, Scott established a home on the Potomac which he called "Dipple", after the parish in Scotland where his father was from. (C.H. Brent)

 

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1686-07-20 Dipple, Eligin Parish, Scotland   3
Death 1738-04-01 Virginia   3

Age: 51y 8m 12d

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Scott, John16501726
Mother Grant, Helen16701769-01-07
    Brother     Scott, Samuel 1684
    Brother     Scott, James 1686
         Scott, Alexander 1686-07-20 1738-04-01
    Brother     Scott, James 1710 1784

Families

Family of Scott, Alexander and Gibbons, Sarah
Married Wife Gibbons, Sarah ( * 1693 + 1733-10-03 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1717-05-20 Stafford Co., Virginia   3
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Scott, John
Scott, Helen1737

Source References

  1. Charles Parker: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=charles-parker&id=I607 Ancestry of Charles Parker
      • Source text:

        ID: I607
        Name: Alexander Scott
        Sex: M
        Birth: 20 JUL 1686 1
        Death: 1 APR 1738 1
        Note: Ordained by the Bishop of London, Scott was sent to Virginia in 1710 to be minister for the parish of Overwharton. Unwilling to settle for a clergy residence, Scott established a home on the Potomac which he called "Dipple", after the parish in Scotland where his father was from. (C.H. Brent)
        Change Date: 23 FEB 2003 at 09:55:18

        Father: John Scott

        Marriage 1 Sarah Gibbons b: Abt 1691 in prob. Wiltshire,England
        Married: 20 MAY 1717 in Stafford Co,VA 1

        Sources:
        Repository:

        Title: The Descendants of Col. Giles Brent, Capt George Brent and Robert Brent, Gent
        Author: Chester Horton Brent
        Abbrev: C H Brent
        Publication: Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing Co, 1946
        Abbrev: The Descendants of Col. Giles Brent, Capt George Brent and Robert Brent, Gent
        Page: p.101
        Text: QUAY 2

         

      • Citation:

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  2. Chester Horton Brent: The descendants of Col. Giles Brent, Capt George Brent and Robert Brent, Gent
      • Page: p. 101
  3. http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=kraft-gedge&id=I17473