Brief Life History of William Pitt
William Pitt Scott was born in 1795, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom as the son of John Scott and ?. He married Elizabeth Olivia Slason on 7 January 1821, in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 12 May 1850, in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada, at the age of 55, and was buried in Fredericton, York, New Brunswick, Canada.
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Family Time Line
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- William Pitt Scott, "New Brunswick Provincial Marriages 1789-1950"
Spouse and Children
1795–1850 Male
1797–1843 Female
Children (3)
1821–1822 Female
1823– Male
1824–1829 Male
Parents and Siblings
World Events (7)
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 7
1811 · The Tron Riot
Age 16
1815
Age 20
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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