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Edward SCOTT

Male Abt 1540 - 1627  (~ 87 years)


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  • Name Edward SCOTT 
    Birth Abt 1540  Glemsford, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Clothier 
    Will 8 Sep 1627  Glemsford, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death Between 8 Sep 1627 and 20 Dec 1627  Glemsford, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Probate 20 Dec 1627  Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • (1) Threlfall, John Brooks, Fifty Great Migration Colonists to New England and Their Origins, Westminster, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 2008, pp. 101-102:

      EDWARD, perhaps b 1540-4; m Elizabeth _____; ch.: Mary 1571, Edward 1574, Richard 1576-d 1577, Elizabeth 1578, Richard 1580, Francis 1583, George 1585 - d.y., Faith. An Elizabeth Scott was buried 14 March 1596/7; he d 1627, was a clothier.

      8 September 1627 - the will of EDWARD SCOTT of Glemsford . . . in reasonably good health . . . £ 60 for the poor of Glemsford, to be invested in land, £3 per year in the meantime . . . to daughter Mary late wife of Ambrose Brewster deceased £500 . . . to Ambrose Brewster & Edward Brewster, two of the sons of the said Mary £500 each . . . to Thomas, Matthew, Faith and Alice, children of my said daughter Mary Brewster £50 each at age 21 . . . to Elizabeth wife of George Chrispeland, daughter of the said Mary Brewster my daughter £100 . . . to Barbara the daughter of my brother John Scott, now wife of Benjamin Roydon £100 . . . to Francis Scott the son of Francis Scott my son deceased £250 . . . to Faith my daughter, late the wife of William Leader deceased & before the wife of Richard Herrington deceased £270 . . . to Mary Herrington daughter of the said Richard & Faith £150 at age 21 . . . to Richard Herrington son of the aforesaid Richard Herrington £20 at age 21 . . . to all the children of the said William Leader by my said daughter Faith £200 to be equally divided among them at age 21 . . . to Thomas Fuller & Elizabeth Fuller children of my daughter Elizabeth deceased who was the wife of Robert Fuller £100, of which £40 to Thomas at age 21, £60 to Elizabeth at age 21 or in one year at choice of my executor . . . Whereas Richard Scott my son deceased did in November last year convey to me his capitol messuage called the Place in Glemsford for £406 to be paid, etc. [i.e. mortgaged the property for the £406], I assign it to my son Edward . . . to Edward Scott one of the sons of Richard Scott my son £200 at age 21 . . . to Elizabeth Scott daughter of the same Richard £50 . . . to Mary, Sara, & Frances, 3 other of the daughters of my said son Richard £50 each at age 21 . . . to Margaret wife of Thomas Watling, gentleman, & daughter of said son Richard £4 yearly for life and after her decease £50 to be divided among her children at age 21 . . . to Faith Scott daughter of said Richard several houses in Glemsford . . . to Jane my late servant, wife of Michael Wells, £100 . . . to Jane her daughter 40s. at age 21 or day of marriage . . . to Susan Brewster my servant 40s. . . . to Richard Skingle my servant £3 . . . to Philip Towne my servant 20s. . . . to Ann my kinswoman, wife of William Turner, weaver, £5 . . . to Alice wife of John Hayward my kinswoman £5 . . . to Mary wife of John Evered, weaver, my kinswoman, £5 . . . to Tabitha wife of Richard Finch £5 . . . to Thomas Warren & Edward Warren my kinsmen £5 each . . . to Susan wife of Richard Whitmore 40s. . . . to Phebe wife of Martyn Briden 40s. . . . my loving friend and kinsman Mr. William Gage & my loving friend Thomas Wright of Hartest to be supervisors and to them £10 and £5 respectively . . . residue to Edward Scott my eldest son, he to be executor . . . to daughters Mary and Faith, one of my least silver cups to each . . . Signed . . . Witnesses: John Gannons, Anthony Beall, Thomas Wright. Proved 20 December 1627. (P.C.C. 119 Skynner)

      (2) http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk:

      Description: Will of Edward Scott, Clothier of Glemsford, Suffolk
      Date [proved]: 20 December 1627
      Catalogue reference: PROB 11/152
      Dept: Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
      Series: Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers
      Piece: Name of Register: Skynner Quire Numbers: 60 - 124
      Image contains 1 will of many for the catalogue reference
    Person ID I21765  Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024 

    Father Richard SCOTT, Jr.,   b. Abt 1510, Glemsford, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 5 Feb 1565, Glemsford, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Mother Joanna (SCOTT),   b. Abt 1516, Glemsford, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 23 Aug 1556, Glemsford, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Family ID F2792  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth (SCOTT) 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth SCOTT,   b. Bef 11 May 1578, Glemsford, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 8 Sep 1627 (Age < 49 years)
    Family ID F9628  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2024