Pedigree of Scott, of Stokoe, in the parish of Symondburn, and County of Northumberland,

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engaged in, or upon what occasion he was knight-
ed, we cannot now ascertain. — He married Susan-
nah Scott, daughter of Scott, of Thirle-
stain, in Selkirkshire, ancestor paternally to the
present Lord Napier;* and she dying without
issue, he married, 2dly, Miss Scott, daughter of Sir
J. Scott, of Newbrough, in Selkirkshire; and by her
he had three sons and a daughter: viz. Robert,
his successor; Sir Walter, successor to Robert;
and Thomas, successor to Sir Walter ; and a
daughter, Isabella, who married her relation, Fran-
cis, a younger son of Walter Scott, of Harden,
Esq. ; and from which marriage the Scotts now
of Synton are descended. — The above Sir Walter
died at Whitslade in a very advanced age, anno
1628, and was succeeded by his said eldest son,
12th Genera- ROBERT, who entered early into the civil
tion ; and 4-th W ars in the time of Charles I. and was killed at
of Whitslade. the great batt]e of Marston-moore, nigh York, in
1 64:4* :f — He married Jane, natural daughter to
Walter, Earl of Buccleugh, and appears to have
had no issue, or at least no male issue, as he was
succeeded in the estate of Whitslade by his
brother,
5th oTwhit- Sir WALTER SCOTT, Knt. This Walter
slade. also entered pretty early into the civil wars, and
so far distinguished himself as to be knighted
either by Charles I. or II. He was killed at
the battle of Inverkeathing, nigh Dunfermline, in
* Vide Scotch Peerage.
f Vide Genealogical Essays, Part II. p. 18.