Henry Scott (abt. 1560 - 1624)

Born about 1560 in Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Husband of Martha (Whatlock) Scott — married 25 Jul 1594 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England

Descendants

Died Dec 1624 at about age 64 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England

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Biography

Henry was born about 1565 in Suffolk. He was the second son of Edmund Scott and Joane. ^{[1] [2]}

In the Rattlesden parish records, the family surname is spelled Scoote.

Henry married Martha Whatlock on 25 Jul 1594 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. ^{[3] [4]}

(1594) 25 Julye Henry Scoote and Martha Whatlocke maried

Martha was already pregnant with Thomas their eldest son when they married. Thomas was baptized on 26 February 1594/5. ^[5]

(1594) 26 ffebruary Thomas Scoote the sonne of henry and martha baptised

A second child Urslaye (Ursula) was baptized on 14 February 1597/8: ^[6]

(1597) 14 ffebruary Ursulaye Scoote the dawght'r of henry and martha baptised

A third child, Roger Skotte (Scott) was born in 1604 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England and was christened 15 Nov 1604 at the parish church: ^[7]

(1604) 15 of November Roger Skotte the sone of Henry and Martha his wife Baptised

In 1622, Thomas was named executor in Robert Whotlocke's will. Robert was Thomas' brother-in-law. In that will Robert names his sister as "Martha Skotte," and he names Thomas and Martha's daughter, "Ursala Kemball, my kinswoman." (See Robert Whotlocke Will of 1622 for more information.)

Henry was buried on 24 December 1624 at the parish churchyard of Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. ^{[8] [9]}

(1624) Deceb'r 24 Henry Scott was buried

Burial: Saint Nicholas Churchyard, Rattlesden, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England

Henry wrote his Will on 14 Sep 1624. It was proven at the court of the archdeaconry of Sudbury on 10 Jan 1625/6. ^{[1] [10] [9]}

Research Notes

• In 1752 the calendar in England changed from old style to new style. Previous to 1752 the new year began on March 25th in 1752 it was changed and began January 1st. Dates prior to 1752 occurring between January 1st and March 25th will be recorded as dual years to reflect the change. The same year, they stopped using the Julian Calendar in favor of the Gregorian Calendar.

• A source for his date of birth and location have not been located for Henry. There are several sources that suggest he was born in 1565 in Rattlesdon, Suffolk and, others believe it to have been in St George, Bradfield, Suffolk. A birth record in Rattlesden could not be located. St George, Bradfield has not digitized their registries. Due to this his precise date of birth and the location, are can not be confirmed at this time. (22 Sep 2020)

• Find-A-Grave has his birth date as 1 November 1560 in Rattlesden, Mid Suffolk District, Suffolk, England. This date was previously on this profile with no source. Most sources have his birth listed only as 1565. Since there has been no registry listing of his birth found at this time, his birth year is now shown as 1565. (22 Sep 2020)

Will of Henrie Skott 1623

Transcript of portions of the will by Scott Carles (spelling and capitalization retained):^[11]

I Henrie Skott of Rattlesden...yeoman...

I gyve unto Martha my wellbeloved wyfe, the house wherein I now dwell...and all my lands and grounds...of her natural lyfe...

...and after her decease to Roger my sonne and his heirs

Item I give unto Abigail Kemball my grandchild forty shillinges to be paid her or her heirs...at the age of one and twentie yeares

Item I give unto Henrie Kemball my grandchild twentie shillings to be paid him at the age of one and twentie yeares

Item I give unto Elizabeth Kemball my grandchild twentie shillings to be paid her at the age of one and twentie yeares

Item I give unto Richard Kemball my grandchild twentie shillings to be paid him at ye age of one and twentie yeares

Item I give unto Thomas my sonne fyve pounds to be paid him within one yeare next after my decease

Item I give unto Mr Peter Deverux minister of Rattlesden tenne shillings

Item I give unto the poore of Rattlesden tenne shillings

Item Al my goods and chattell[?] movable and ymmovable whatsoever I give and bequeath unto Martha my wyfe and I ____ constitute and appoint and appoint the said Martha my wife my sole executrix

...The marke of Henrie Skott

...wytnesses Peter Deverux, Thomas Skott, ___ Baker

An abstract of the will of Henry Skott, citing Bury Wills Book, Pearle, L. 117^[12]

Henry Skott of Rattlesden, Suffolk, yeoman, 24 September 1623, proved 10 January 1624. To my wife Martha the house wherein I dwell &c. during term of her natural life; after that to my son Roger Skott and his heirs forever. To Abigail Kemball my grandchild forty shillings at her age of one and twenty years. To my grandchild Henry Kemball twenty shillings at age of one and twenty and the same sum each to grandchildren Elizabeth and Richard Kemball at same age. To son Thomas Skott five pounds within one year after my decease. To Mr. Peter Devereux, minister of Rattlesden, ten shillings. Wife Martha to be executrix.

The following has been moved from the biography: Fitz-Henry-9 22:05, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

Posts by Doug Webster (http://genforum.genealogy.com/kimball/messages/629.html) note that Henry is the son of Edmund and not a royal line of Sir William Scott and Lady Mary Howard, citing the "Scott Pedigree Extention and Bradfield St. George Parish Register."

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume 52:248 (Apr 1898) contains an abstract of the will of Henry Scott in which are mentioned his wife Martha, sons Thomas and Roger, and grandchildren Abigail, Henry, Elizabeth, and Richard Kimball. This source also establishes wife Martha as a sister of Robert Whatlock. This abstract was reprinted in Water's Genealogical Gleanings of England, Volume II [1907].

The will of Henry Scott of Rattlesden, yeoman, was made September 24, 1623, and proved January 10, 1624. To his wife Martha he left the house in which he dwelt for the term of her life, after which it was to go to his son Roger and his heirs forever. To his grandchild Abigail Kemball, 40s. at the age of twenty-one. To his grandchildren Henry, Elizabeth and Richard Kemball, 20 s. each at the age of twenty-one. To Thomas Skott, £5 within one year of his decease. To Mr. Peter Devereux, minister of Rattlesden, 10s. Executrix: wife Martha ^[13]

Ten years after her husband’s death Martha Scott set sail for America with her son Thomas Scott and her daughter Ursula Kemball and ten grandchildren of all ages from a boy of eighteen to a baby of one. This family group embarked on the Elizabeth of Ipswich the last of April in 1634, the adults taking the Oath of Allegiance at the Ipswich Customs House before sailing. Martha Scott’s age is given on the list as sixty although she was actually aged sixty-six. The Scotts and Kemballs settled in Ipswich after a short stay in the Boston neighborhood, and there, presumably, Martha Scott died, there being no record.

Massachusetts Pioneers: Thomas Scott, ae. 40, with wife Elizabeth, ae. 40, and ch. Thomas, ae. 11, and Elizabeth, ae. 9, came in the Elizabeth of Ipswich April 30, 1635. Martha Scott, ae. 60, came In the same ship. He settled at Cambridge; propr. 1633, frm. March 4, 1634-5. Rem. to Ipswich; propr. 1635; town officer, 1653. He was a son of Henry Skott of Rattlesden, Suffolk, yeoman, his wife Martha; the father d. in 1624, and the widow came as above; her dau. Ursula, the wife of Richard Kembold or Kimball, came in the same ship. Reg. Lii, 248. 

One query at Genforum says that little documentation exists as to Henry's father, to allow choosing between Edmund, b. 1525/1530, Sir William, b. Abt. 1540, and Thomas.

In the records of Suffolk, there are eleven Whatlocks, Whytloks, Whytlaks shown in the 1524 Subsidy Roll living in places such as Lavenham, Okynham, Bawdesey, Stanstead, Herkested and Codynham. There is a Whatlock family living just north of these places in Rattlesden in the late 1500's. Thomas & Joane Whatlock were married in 1560 and had four children, Roger 1561, Robert 1564, Martha 1568 and Dorothy born 1572. The family appears to have prospered in Rattlesden and Thomas and his wife, Joane lived there until their deaths, Thomas in 1608 and Joane two years later in 1610. The youngest daughter, Dorothy died young in 1574. The eldest son, Roger, appears to have gone to Norfolk as his brother Robert mentions in his will "the house in Norfolk my brother Roger Whotlock gave me". Robert became a "knacker" which at that time probably was a harness maker. He was married twice but his will of 1622 does not mention a wife or any children. Robert does mention his sister Martha Skott and his kinsmen Thomas & Roger Skott. Also mentioned is kinswoman Ursula Kemball. Henry Skott witnessed the will.

Martha Whatlocke married Henry Scott July 25,1594 at Rattlesden. Henry was the son of Sir William & Lady Mary (Howard) Scott and was grandson of Sir Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham. Henry Scott was a yeoman farmer and his will is dated September 24, 1623 and proved January 10, 1624. Henry mentions his Kemball grandchildren and his sons Thomas & Roger Skott. Ursula Skott married Richard Kimball and in April 1634 they left Ipswich, England and settled in Ipswich, New England.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Davis, Walter Goodwin, 1885-1966. The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton, 1775-1847, Wife of Capt. Abel Lunt of Newburyport, Massachusetts. Portland, Me.: Anthoensen Press, 1947. babel.hathitrust.org. Accessed 12 Sep 2020.
2. ↑ Holman, Mary (Lovering), 1868-, and Helen Pendleton (Winston) Pillsbury. Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury And John Sargent Pillsbury. Concord, N.H.: Priv. print. at the Rumford press, 1938. babel.hathitrust.org Accessed 13 Sep 2020
3. ↑ Henry Scoot, 1594, ‘Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. England, Boyd's Marriage Indexes, 1538-1850’. findmypast.co.uk. Accessed 1 Jul 2020. Marriage Transcript
4. ↑ Notes on the history of the church and parish of Rattlesden, in the county of Suffolk: together with a copy of the parish registers from 1558 to 1758, and index of the marriages.
   Rev. J.R. Olorenshaw (pub. 1900) [page 240 image 273 online]
5. ↑ Notes on the history of the church and parish of Rattlesden, in the county of Suffolk: together with a copy of the parish registers from 1558 to 1758, and index of the marriages.
   Rev. J.R. Olorenshaw (pub. 1900) [page 241 image 274online]
6. ↑ Notes on the history of the church and parish of Rattlesden, in the county of Suffolk: together with a copy of the parish registers from 1558 to 1758, and index of the marriages.
   Rev. J.R. Olorenshaw (pub. 1900) [page 243 image 276 online]
7. ↑ Notes on the history of the church and parish of Rattlesden, in the county of Suffolk: together with a copy of the parish registers from 1558 to 1758, and index of the marriages.
   Rev. J.R. Olorenshaw (pub. 1900) [page 248 image 281 online]
8. ↑ Notes on the history of the church and parish of Rattlesden, in the county of Suffolk: together with a copy of the parish registers from 1558 to 1758, and index of the marriages.
   Rev. J.R. Olorenshaw (pub. 1900) [page 267 image 300 online]
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Francis Bacon Library, et al.. Ecclesiastical Memorials: Relating Chiefly to Religion, And Its Reformation, Under the Reigns of King Henry VIII. King Edward VI. And Queen Mary the First: With the Appendixes Containing the Original Papers, Records, Etc. In Seven Volumes. London: Printed for Samuel Bagster, No. 81, Strand, 1816. babel.hathitrust.org Accessed 15 Sep 2020
10. ↑ Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918. Genealogical And Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston And Eastern Massachusetts. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1908. babel.hathitrust.org. Accessed 16 Sep 2020.
11. ↑ Images of original will available at FamilySearch, viewable from a Family History Center: Church of England. Archdeaconry of Sudbury. Court, Church of England. Episcopal Commissary Court (Bury St. Edmunds) Bury Wills Book, Pearle, L. 117; Probate records, 1354-1857; indexes, 1520-1857; probate inventories, 1573-1817, Registered wills, v. 49 Pearle 1624-1626, Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958, Film # 008040792; images 126-7 of 710, folio 117-18.
12. ↑ John Ward Dean, ed., The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 52 (1898):248 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1898), image of p. 248 at InternetArchive.org.
13. ↑ Bury St. Edmund Wills, Pearle, L. 117.

See Also

• https://minerdescent.com/2011/10/04/henry-scott/
• https://archive.org/stream/historyofscottfa00leehiala/historyofscottfa00leehiala_djvu.txt
• https://books.google.ca/books?id=OU0k2d8nl3IC&pg=PA425&lpg=PA425&dq=&source=bl&ots=iFwtJ2yJwl&sig=opM40XANnPpRancy2vckjbOTqM8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi49umn6rLYAhXh7YMKHUenCtI4ChDoAQg7MAM#v=onepage&q=parents%20of%20henry%20scott%20of%20rattlesden&f=false
• Walter Goodwin Davis, Massachusetts and Maine Families in the Ancestry of Walter Goodwin Davis (1885-1966): A reprinting in alphabetical order by surname of the sixteen multi-ancestor compedia, Introduction by Gary Boyd Roberts (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1996)
• The Scott family of Rattlesden in Davis, Walter Goodwin, The Ancestry of Phoebe Tilton pub.1947 p.117 [Hathi Trust Digital Library]
• Thomas Scott in Pope, Charles Henry The Pioneers of Massachusetts pub. 1900 p.404 [Internet Archive]
• <https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/27SX-RP2>
• Find A Grave: Memorial #131490629