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

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to John Elliot of the Peal, and 2dly, to the Rev.
Mr Hume; Janet to Mr Purdom of Hawick; —
all these places are in Roxburghshire, except the
Bells, which is in Northumberland ; — Christian to
Mr George Dennison, writer to the signet at
Edinburgh; Margaret to Mr David Scott of
Mirrylaws,* nigh Dumfries; Violet to ,
in Lothian : — they had all issue except Nelly. —
The above Walter died in 1 722, and his said son,
THOMAS, succeeded him, who was in the 13th Genera-
commission of the peace for Selkirk and Rox- ^°" ; and * th
burghshire, and was educated at the University of T ot | er j c k t
Glasgow : he married Mary, second daughter and
co-heir of Robert Scott of Scottsbank, Esq.f in
Selkirkshire, in the year 1708, and by her had
issue five sons and two daughters ; viz. Walter, his
successor ; Robert, who died young ; Thomas, who
went to sea in or about the year 1 740, and was at
sea during all that war, where he received several
wounds, and also lost an eye; — about the year
1750 he entered into the East India Company's
service, where he remained thirteen or fourteen
years; he now (1783) lives retired, and has no
issue : the particulars of his history and adven-
tures we do not exactly know, further than that
he has undergone incredible hardships and fatigue,
* This David has a son also called David, now a Captain in
the royal regiment of artillery, and who has served this war in
America with great reputation, and has distinguished himself in
various capacities. Vide a character of him in the St James's
Chronicle, Jan. 23. 1783.
f Who was a member of the last Scotch Parliament before the
Union for the borough of Selkirk. He had also two daughters
more, one of whom was married to Mr Mercer of Selkirk or Kirt-
ley ; the other to Mr Fenton of Millenearn, in Perthshire. He
was of the family of the Scotts of Dryhope, in Selkirkshire.