Andrew Scott

Family tradition, repeated in various histories of his descendants, holds that Andrew emigrated to the United States in 1725.  The above dates and parents are from records at the official government of Scotland's genealogical website.  An Andrew Scott - possibly this Andrew - was warrented 200 acres in Fallowfield township, Chester co. Pennsylvania on 17 May 1734; there was no survey made.  That same Andrew was listed on tax lists in Fallowfield township from 1732 through 1757 (East Fallowfied in 1753).  In 1757 he is no longer listed.  Later, in 1774, there was an Andrew Scott and a Thomas Scott listed as East Fallowfield landowners close to one another.

There is a record of an Andrew Scott marrying Jean Wilson on 12 May 1726 at St. Columb's Cathedral, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

This is all we know of the immigrant ancestor Andrew Scott.  I can surmise that because he is not listed in early records of York county Pennsylvania that he either never moved there or died before 1762.

We do know, however, that he was somehow related to this John Scott:

John Scott was born in Scotland, probably near Edinburgh, in 1706. It is unknown when he moved to Northern Ireland, but he was wounded in the Catholic Rebellion in 1725 and lost an arm.  While in Ireland, he married Margaret Thornton on March 13, 1740. They immigrated to America in June 1745 and probably arrived at the port of Philadelphia. Several sources indicate that they lived in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In 1762 the growing family packed-up and moved South over the Old Wagon Road which ran East of the Blue Ridge through Virginia to the Piedmont region of North Carolina. They finally reached Guildford County, North Carolina in October 1763 and settled on a plantation along the banks of the Haw River. John Scott was a Presbyterian and an Elder in Mr. Campbell's Church in North Carolina. He was clearly well educated and had remarkable penmanship. Because of his disability, he probably worked as a frontier teacher and small farmer. All of his children were also evidently well educated, at least by frontier standards. John Scott died at age 68 at Guildford Courthouse, North Carolina on November 12,1774. Margaret [Thornton] Scott died in Jessamine County, Kentucky April 6, 1801. The six known children of John and Margaret [Thornton] Scott were:

William Scott (1752- 1804) married Grizelda Carothers ca. 1770
Thomas Scott (1754-1834) married 1. Nancy Carothers February 9, 1775. 2. Sarah Ward October 6, 1800
Samuel Scott (1762- 1820) married Martha McCorkle August 5, 1783
Jinet (Janet)
Nancy Scott--married James Carothers
Martha Scott--married Simeon Frost

Source: "Letter" from William Thomton Scott of Holton, Kansas to Dr. E. O. Guerrant Minister at Troy Presbyterian Church in Woodford County, Kentucky dated May 15, 1895. In this interesting letter (the original which was once in the possession of Miss Martha Guyn of Lexington has since disappeared), Mr. Scott was seeking information about a slate sundial that had been brought from Ireland by his grandfather, John Scott, and presumably was left behind. He planned to exhibit the sundial at the 1895 Atlanta Exposition. Mr. Scott stated, "John Scott, my grandfather, he was one armed, lost the limb in some of the Rebellions in Ireland." William T. Scott was the youngest son of Samuel and Martha [McCorkle] Scott. As perhaps the last surviving son of a "King's Mountain Man", he (Samuel) corresponded on several occasions with Lyman Draper during preparations for his book King's Mountain and Its Heroes (see the Draper Collection 34CC52-54).

Andrew had at least 1 child:

• John b. ca. 1734 (Chester co. Pa.?)  d. 1803 Washington co. Va. m. 1756? Ann Creighton
• Andrew II?- lived East Fallowfield, Pa., 1774
• Thomas?- lived East Fallowfield, Pa., 1774