Abraham Scott (1757 - 1834)

Born 1757 in Adams, Pennsylvania

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Died 28 Feb 1834 at about age 77 in Adams, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Ensign Abraham Scott served with Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Abraham Scott is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A101412.

Abraham was born in 1757. He died in 1834 at the age of 76 - 77.

Abram (Abraham) served in the Revolutionary War under his father, Major Hugh Scott, along with his brothers, James and Hugh Jr.

Parents: Major Hugh Scott 1726 - 1819 and Mae Jennett (Agnew) Scott 1735 - 1814.

Abraham was married three times.

Spouse #1: Margaret (McClean) Scott 1763 - 1789. Findagrave #15093055

Spouse #2: Jane (Kerr) Scott 1766 - 1815. Findagrave #15093038

Spouse #3: Margaret (McMillan) Scott 1753 - 1833. Findagrave #15093061

Sources

• Speer/Aiken Family, Frederic Speer Aug 13, 1970

• Abraham is buried at the Lower Marsh Creek Presbyterian Cemetery in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA. His page lists and has links to his parents, siblings, 3 spouses, 4 children. There is a picture of his headstone. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15088974/abraham-scott#add-to-vc

• 1800 Census: Abraham Scott. Burke, North Carolina. Household members: 9.

• 1820 Census: Abraham Scott. Liberty, Adams, Pennsylvania. Household members: 10 (7 free white persons, 1 total slaves, 2 total free colored persons).

• 1830 Census: Abraham Scott. McMinn, Tennessee. Household members: 8.

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889 - 1970. Abraham Scott. Birth date: 1757. Death date: 1834. SAR #53290. Role: Ancestor. Application date: 7/2/1834. Father: Hugh Scott. Mother: Janet Agnes. Spouse: Jane Kerr. Children: Abraham Scott.

• Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania: Genealogical and Personal Memoirs. Page 2-968. "Margaret McClean, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Charlesworth) McClean, married Abram, son of Hugh and Janet (Ayers) Scott.

Hugh Scott was born in Ireland in 1726. With his parents he crossed the ocean and settled in Donegal, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1730. In 1738, in company with James Ayres, who had married his aunt, Rebecca Scott, he removed to York county, in the Marsh Creek settlement. In 1741, he took up a tract of four hundred acres which he improved and converted into a fertile farm. In 1773 he removed to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and later to Washington county. He was prominent in the events preceding and during the Revolution. In 1781 when Washington county was created from Westmoreland, he was by special act of assembly named chairman of the commission. He married Mae Janet, daughter of James Ayers by a previous marriage. His son Abram was the oldest child. Abram removed with the family to Westmoreland county, where he remained until the fall of 1781, when he returned to Adams, then York County, and settled upon the old farm his father had left in 1773. He accumulated considerable property and was regarded as a man of means. He had three wives, Margaret McClean being his first. His 2nd wife was Jane Kerr and his third wife was Margaret McMellan.