Thomas Scott of Ipswich was baptized in Rattlesden, England on February 26, 1594/5. He sailed to America on the Elizabeth in 1634, and died in Ipswich, Massachusetts Bay Colony, between 8 March 1653/4 and 20 March 1654.

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.

The spelling on the ship's passenger list of the "Elizabeth" was, "Skott."

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, and his wife Martha; the father d. in 1624, and the widow came as above; her dau. Ursula, wife of Richard Kembold or Kimball, came in the same ship. Reg. Lii, 248.

Parents: Henry Scott and Martha Scott. [fn1]

Married: on July 20, 1620 in Rattlesden, England to Elizabeth Strutt.

Children of Thomas Scott and Elizabeth Strutt:

1. Elizabeth Scott. Christened 18 November 1623 in Rattlesden. She married John SPOFFORD (SPAFORD) of Rowley, Massaachusetts (about 1645-S2)(before 1647-S1) in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth died 10 FEB 1690-1691 in Bradford, Essex County, Massachusetts.
2. Abigail Scott. Christened 5 MAR 1625 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England. She married Hanniel BOSWORTH (1614-1683) of Ipswich, Massachusetts about 1655 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. Abigail died (after 1683)(after 1700-S8) in Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.
3. Thomas Scott Jr. Christened 15 JUN 1628 in Rattlesden. He married Margaret HUBBARD, sister of Rev. William HUBBARD. He died (6 September 1657-S2)(1657-S8)(before APR 1684-S1) at Ipswich, Massachusettts. Margaret married (2) Ezekiel ROGERS at least by 1661. Her will was written 28 JUN 1678.
4. Benjamin Scott. Christened 3 February 1630 in Rattlesden, England. He died on 10 AUG 1633, and was buried there 30 August 1633.
5. Hannah Scott. Born about 1635-6 in Ipswich, after the family arrived in America. After her father's death she apparently came to Stamford to be a ward of her brother. She married Edmond (Edmund) LOCKWOOD of Stamford on 7 JAN 1655-1656 at Stamford, Connecticut. She died on 12 April 1706 at Stamford.
6. Sarah Scott. Born about 1637-1638 in Ipswich, Massachusetts. In 1661 an acknowledgement was given to the court by Ezekiel Rogers for her share of her father’s estate. m. 5 Dec 1645 John Stanley
7. [F3933]. Mary Scott. Born about 1639 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. She married Thomas PATCH [F3932]. She died 26 September 1728.

Notes

Thomas3 Scott (Henry2, Edmund1) was baptized in Rattlesden on February 26, 1594/5. He married there on July 20, 1620, Elizabeth Strutt. With her and their children, his mother and his sister Ursula Kemball’s family, he came to New England in 1634, having crossed the Atlantic in the Elizabeth from Ipswich in Old England. After a short stay in Cambridge he settled in Ipswich, where he was granted a house-lot in 1635.

Scott took the Freeman’s Oath on March 4, 1634/5. He was selectman of Ipswich in 1636/7, constable in 1641, served on grand juries 1645, 1648 and 1651, and on trial juries in 1647, 1649 and 1653. The town of Ipswich sued him for debt in 1646, and he was one of Major Denison’s subscribers in 1648. He was a glover by trade.

Gov. Winthrop tells of one Scott and Eliot of Ipswich who “were lost in their way home and wandered up and down six days and eat nothing. At length they were found by an Indian being almost senseless from want of rest.” These were the hazards of land travel in the forests of Essex county in the early seventeenth century.

The will of Thomas Scott of Ipswich was made March 8, 1653/4, and proved March 28, 1654. To his daughters Elizabeth and Abigail he left £25 each, half to be paid within half a year of his decease and the rest within a year. To his daughters Hannah, Sarah and Mary, £25 each, to be paid when they reached the age of twenty-one, but, if they married before that age, one-half was to be paid on their marriage days. Residue to son Thomas. Executors: brother Richard Kembell, Thomas Rowlinson, sr., Edmund Bridges. The inventory of £318 lists three books, much cloth and pewter and the house, barn and land. The legacies of Sarah and Mary Scott were paid to Mr. Ezekiel Rogers for them in 1661 and 1663, and Haniell Bosworth receipted for that of his wife Abigail in 1663[4] …

Footnotes

1. 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 on 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 66. The Scotts and Kemballs settled in Ipswich after a short stay in the Boston neighborhood.
2. Thomas Scott's will was dated 8 March 1654. He died on 17 MAR 1654 at Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. (S8, S9). His will was probated 28 March 1654, a few days later. This will gives 25 pounds to each of his daughters: Elizabeth, Abigail, Hannah, Sarah and Mary. The two eldest were to be paid with the year, the younger to be paid at age twenty-one or half the sum sooner at marriage.
3. Thomas apparently had a large estate, part of which was a vessel. John Kimball gives an affidavit to the court in 1684 that Thomas Scott of Ipswich and John Degrade of New York had dealt a large amount with each other, and that Thomas Scott said he had John Degrade in prison for a debt that he owed him. Thomas died intestate, in 1657, before MAY. His family petitioned the court on 25 SEP 1683 concerning the disposition of his estate, claiming that his widow presented an imperfect inventory to the court, with a subsequent inventory still being imperfect, with excessive debts and an imprecise list of creditors. They present what they claim to be a perfect inventory

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-------------------- Said to have come to New England in 1634 on the ship Elizabeth.