When Ezekiel G Scott was born on 10 January 1815, in Bridgewater, Bridgewater, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Ezekiel Scott III, was 31 and his mother, Olive Goodno, was 31. He married Ruth Wilcox about 1840. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Fremont, Sullivan, New York, United States in 1855. He died on 30 July 1898, in Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Gering, Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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