When Jacob Scott was born on 12 August 1782, in Londonderry, County Londonderry, Ireland, his father, James Scott Jr., was 39 and his mother, Sarah McBride, was 35. He married Sarah Warnock on 5 June 1804, in County Armagh, Ireland. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1819 and lived in Rock Port, Atchison, Missouri, United States in 1840. He died on 2 January 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Old Nauvoo Burial Grounds, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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The Revolutionary War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris which gave the new nation boundries on which they could expand and trade with other countries without any problems.
Battle of Antrim.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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.
Possible Related NamesJohn Scott was born May 6, 1811 in Armagh, Ireland to Jacob Scott and Sarah Warnock. He emigrated from Ireland to Canada with his parents and brothers and sisters, leaving Ireland on April 5, 1819. …
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