The Family Tree
by Mark Scott
Early 20th century fruit picking in Suffolk... ... and an 1890s farmhouse in Gloucestershire
This family tree started from a simple curiosity about who my great grandparents were, what they did, where they lived and so on. Then, new branches appeared and more questions cropped up that just had to be answered. So, the tree carries on growing, a bit like an addictive jig-saw puzzle which starts with the first piece somewhere near the middle and never quite reaches the edges. That's not all - as we hand over to the next generation, in theory they've twice the number of ancestors! This site describes four family trees, those of my grand-parents, in England and Wales. These go back for at least five further generations, the earliest so far is 1666. If you're looking for your ancestors too, and a search engine has brought you this far, do check the Names Index and the Places Index.
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The SCOTT line
My SCOTT surname line goes back to 18th century Stourbridge in Worcestershire. Main characters were George Scott (1769-1842), Francis SCOTT (1799-1863) and Francis SCOTT (1827-1897). They were all builders and I think a number of houses built by them survive today in Stourbridge. The Wills of George Scott, Francis Scott and John Scott of Stourbridge also mention other people and addresses in in that area which may be of interest to local historians.
Starting with most recent generations in the left-hand column, here is the basic family tree:
Mark Scott
Surrey, England
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Does your family name or place of interest appear here? Please contact me if you are researching similar lines.
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Updated: 7 March 2009
Details of living persons have not been included in these pages and their privacy is respected.
"Disclaimer": the information in these pages is my own interpretation of documentary evidence available to me. In particular, some of the earliest ancestral lines have been deduced from surviving, but incomplete, records.
