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Roxbury Scotts

Roxbury, Massachusetts, once a separate town before being absorbed into Boston City; part of Roxbury also became Newtown[e]; was also the settling place of John & Hannah Scot[t] 's family of - possibly -Suffolk, England. This John Scot[t] is not the son of Benjamin Scot of Rowley. He is likely related to the Springfield, massachusetts John Scot who married Sarah Bliss of Springfield, Ma. and Suffield Ct.
Many Springfield Massachusetts settlers came from Roxbury, Ma. (general Springfield, Ma history)
  • Pre-1700 Roxbury Scott Vital Statistics
  • Births p. 288 Roxbury V.R. to 1850
  • Scott
    Hannah d. of John, July 24, 1674
    Hannah 2d, d. of John, Aug. 18, 1678
    John s. of John Nov 11, 1675
    John s. of John July 9 1686
    Joseph s. of John March 27,1682
    Margrett d. of John, Jan 6, 1680
    Sarah d. John July 26, 1676 a 6h.
    Sarah d. John Nov 9 1684
  • Deaths p.631
  • Scot[t]
    Hannah d. John , Aug 7 1674
    Hannah 2d d. of John Aug 26, 1678
    John [[Scot.inf.C.R.] s. John, Nov. 16, 1683
    Margrett d. John, Jan 14, 1680 [1680-1 C.R.I]
    Mary [Scot.Inf.CL. C.R.I.] d. John July 30, 1679
    Sarah, d. John, July 26, 1676
    Sarah, d. John , Nov 10 1684
  • Marriages p.355 Roxbury V.R. to 1850
  • Scot[t]
  • Dunkin - included by reason of a marriage to a Scott
    Samuell Dunkin 1640?
    Samuell Dunkin, Aug 14, 1689 p.118
    John and Hannah Dunkin, May 29, 1672
  • Items in color highlight were the surviving children of John and Hannah Scot of Roxbury.
  • Newbury Vital Records to 1850
  • Deaths p. 443
  • Scott
    Hannah [wid. of Rowley, int.] and Richard Syle, Aug.31 1697
    [SMC-ed note: Hannah Scott was included here due to Hannah above. She may be the Roxbury Hannah twice removed from Roxbury to Rowley to Newbury. Some settled Rowley from Newbury and Cambridge. Rowley Vitals also reports the birth: Sarah d. Joseph and Hannah, Mar. 10, 1690-91.
John and Hannah Scott have nine children .. two of which survive infancy - John and Joseph - while in Roxbury.

NB - the spelling of Scot[t] with one 't' was the styling then of Thomas Scot of Scott Hall in Kent England; the ancestral home of many New England colonists with that surname includig the Rattlesden Scotts who trace back through Reginald and John Scott to Thomas Scott. Thomas Scot[t] and Elizabeth Baker had several sons among some 16 children - including Benjamin (#14) John, Reginald, Richard, Peter.
Source: general knowldeg of english Scott family; and pedigree of Thomas Scott 1540 birth at Family Search - use England for country of search. If favored in the period it would flow with Protestant Queen Elizabeth's favor to a national hero (the Sheriff of Kent in 1588 was a Thomas Scot) against the Spanish Armada. His lineage is also on line [cf Thomas Scott of Kent & Charlemagne] - known and printed for centuries by every English Scott genealogy for his group.

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