Brief Life History of John
John Scott was born in 1791, in Craigfad, Dunaghy, County Antrim, Ireland as the son of Unknown Scott and Unknown. He married Nancy Shaw about 1816. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1851.
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- John Scott in entry for Benjamin Scott and Agnes Brownley, "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913"
- John Scott in entry for Ann Scott, "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
- John Scott in entry for Mary Scott, "England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990"
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1798
Battle of Antrim.
1798
The Young Ireland rebellion of 1798 failed.
1839
The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish (Down): habitational and ethnic name from Middle English Scot ‘man from Scotland’. There is no evidence that the surname denoted either of the earlier senses of Scot as ‘(Gaelic-speaking) Irishman’ or ‘man from Alba’, the Gaelic-speaking region of Scotland north of the river Forth. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English and Scottish: from the rare Middle English personal name Scot (Old English Scott, possibly also Old Norse Skotr), only certainly attested in northern England.
English: variant of Scutt .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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