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

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Stokoe, gentleman, in the parish of Symondburn,
and chapelry of Falstone, and county of Northum-
berland, * by whom he had issue about twelve
children, all of whom died young, except two sons
and two daughters; viz. William, of whom after-
wards ; Patrick, a Doctor of Physic, who settled
at Douglas, Isle of Man, and married Annas,
daughter of the Rev. Mr Nelson, late of Stamford-
ham, in Northumberland, and by whom he has
now issue three sons, viz. John Nelson, Walter,
and William; — his eldest daughter, Mary, mar-
ried Mr John Best, of Duncklywood, in the said
parish of Symondburn, and county of Northum-
berland, and has issue ; Jane, married to Mr Paul
Blakey, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, by whom she
has issue.
The above Walter Scott, now of Stokoe, by
the failure of the Synton family in the person of
Archibald last of Boonraw in or about the year
1720 before-mentioned, and that of the Whit-
slade family in the person of Robt. Scott in 1757,
as has been already shewn, is now therefore the
direct male representative of the old family of
* All that we can learn at present of this family of the Robsons
is, that Geoffroy Robson, great-grandfather to the above Jane, was
possessed of Charlton Townhead, where he lived, and Bosehill,
nigh Bellingham, in Northumberland ; — that he had a son John,
who lived at, and was possessed of Shilburnhaugh, in the parish of
Symondburn and the said county of Northumberland, and that
either he, or his father, sold Bosehill, for it went out of the family,
somehow or other, about that time. This John Robson of Shil-
burnhaugh, married . Charlton, a daughter of Mr Charlton,
laird of Hackuphill, in the above parish and county, with whom he
is said to have got the above-mentioned High-Stokoe. This John
by his said wife had a son, William, and a daughter, Beallie, who
married Mr George Gray, by whom she had many children, several
of whom are still living j — their said son William married Elizabeth,
daughter to Mr Todd of Leadbirks, nigh Haydon- Bridge, North-
umberland, and by her had an only daughter, the above Jane,