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SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN FIRST
ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased at least 200 acres
in 1726, 100 acres in 1730, and 100 acres in 1742,
all in Baltimore County; patented 24 acres in 1728,
340 acres in 1729, and resurveyed his home plan-
tation for a net gain of 103 acres, 1731, all in
Baltimore County; sold 200 acres in 1742, Bal-
timore County. WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: on March
20, 1744/45, in Baltimore County. PERSONAL
PROPERTY: size of estate unknown. LAND: ca. 2,750
acres in Baltimore County.
SCOTT, EDWARD (?-1725). IMMIGRATED:
probably by 1692, definitely by 1702, probably as
a free adult. RESIDED: on Langford Bay, Kent
County. FAMILY BACKGROUND. BROTHER: proba-
bly William (?-1715), who married Sarah,
daughter of John Porter of Bristol, a chirurgeon.
MARRIED first, on April 17, 1702, Martha Tilden
(?-1723), daughter of Charles Tilden (?-1699),
stepdaughter of Elias King (?-1706/7). Her
brothers were Marmaduke Tilden (?-1726); John,
who married Catherine Blay, daughter of William
Blay (ca. 1681-1716). Her sister was Wealthy Ann,
who married Thomas Hynson, son of Charles
Hynson (1663-1711). Her nephew was John Til-
den (1725-1764). MARRIED second, on June 23,
1724, Rachel (1703-1746), daughter of William
Blay (ca. 1681-1716) and wife Isabella; step-
daughter of John Johnston; granddaughter of
William Pearce (ca. 1641-1720/21). Rachel was
the niece of Daniel Pearce (1677-1727); Elizabeth
Pearce, who married Henry Ward (?-1734). Her
brothers were Edward (1707-?); William (1714-
?). Her sisters were Catherine; Isabella. Her first
cousin was Margaret Ward (1716-?), who mar-
ried Benjamin Pearce (1711/12-1756). Rachel
married second, by 1727, John Brown, and third,
Aquila Paca (ca. 1703-1743/44). CHILDREN. SONS:
John (1717-1723); Marmaduke (?-1723); Ed-
ward (?-1729), who married Hannah (1708/9-
?), daughter of James Smith (ca. 1683-1760);
William; Charles; and John (1725-?). DAUGH-
TERS: Mary (1702/3-?), who married (first name
unknown) Chantellor; Lothia; and Martha (?-
1723). PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RE-
LIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Anglican, St. Paul's Parish,
Kent County. SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES:
perhaps the same Edward Scott who was a taxable
in the household of Thomas Hammond (?-ca. 1724/
25) in Baltimore County in 1692 and head of his
own household in 1694; Gent., by 1715; Esq., in
1717. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: merchant, 1716-
1717, 1722-1723; factor for John Falconer of
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London, 1723; planter; owned a water mill at
death. PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE:
Lower House, Kent County, 1710-1711 (elected
to the 3rd session of the 1708B-1711 Assembly),
1712-1714 (Accounts 1-4), 1716-1718 (Ac-
counts 1-3). LOCAL OFFICES: sheriff, Kent County,
1705-1707; St. Paul's Parish Vestry, 1709-1713,
1715-1725; justice, by 1710-at least 1720 (quo-
rum, 1714/15-at least 1720). MILITARY SERVICE:
captain, by 1707; lieutenant colonel, by 1715;
colonel, by 1718. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND
AT FIRST ELECTION: at least 300 acres. WEALTH AT
DEATH. DIED: between November 2 and Novem-
ber 15, 1725. PERSONAL PROPERTY. TEV,
£2.030.2.6 (including 1 servant and 35 slaves);
FB, £1,051.6.11. LAND: over 3,000 acres.
SCOTT, GEORGE (1736-1809). BORN: June 21,
1736, in Anne Arundel County. NATIVE: at least
second generation. RESIDED: in Frederick Town,
Frederick County, until ca. 1790, and then
Boonsboro, Washington County, until death.
FAMILY BACKGROUND. FATHER. George ScOtt (?-
1771), Esq., resided in Anne Arundel County
until ca. 1754, then Prince George's and Fred-
erick counties; a farmer of the quit rents for Fred-
erick County, deputy commissary of Prince
George's County, and sheriff of Frederick County
in 1764; a tailor/merchant. MOTHER: Elizabeth,
daughter of Margaret Dick (?-1756). BROTHERS.
John (by 1749-?); Andrew Scott (?-?). SISTERS:
Margaret (by 1749-?); Ann; Isabella; Arianna;
and Elizabeth (by 1749-?). MARRIED by 1769 Mary
Ann (?-by 1812), daughter of Jacob Young (?-
1805) and wife Eleanor Beatty. Mary Ann was
the stepdaughter of Catherine Karhn. Her broth-
ers were John, a minor in 1805; Jacob, Jr. (1761-
?); and Isaac (1763-?). Her first cousin was John
Dow Cary (?-?). CHILDREN, perhaps five, includ-
ing POSSIBLE SON: George. DAUGHTER: Eleanor,
who married (first name unknown) Kennedy. PRI-
VATE CAREER. EDUCATION: literate. RELIGIOUS
AFFILIATION: Protestant. SOCIAL STATUS AND AC-
TIVITIES: Esq., by 1776. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE:
farmer; merchant in Frederick Town in 1786; ap-
pears to have sold linen to the army for sheets
and tents during the Revolutionary War. PUBLIC
CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: 1st Convention,
Frederick County, 1774 (appointed, but did not
attend). LOCAL OFFICES: Committee of Corre-
spondence, Frederick County, elected 1774; jus-
tice, Frederick County, 1775-1790 (resigned by
January 22, 1791, to move to Washington County);
commissioner of the tax for Frederick County,
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