Thomas Scott born 1700-abt.1742 who lived in Burkis County, Pennsylvania, had two brothers (James and John on page 10-12 [1]). He died in Burkis County, PA. Susannah Watson had one brother William and one sister named Elizabeth who married Col. William Walker (William & Elizabeth moved to Gadkin, SC.) According to Genealogical tradition in the family the Scotts trace their roots back to the most ancient Aristocratic Scotch families; and the Watsons from one of the ancient Dukes of Buc(c)lugh(?). The ancestors of those families were protestants and settled in Ireland some time prior to the1690 Battle of Boyne. Prior to that Battle they sustained heavy losses by the Catholics in the destruction of their property, houses, cattle, household furniture, plate and jewels. Some few years after the Battle was fought, the Scotts and Watsons emigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. Sometime after their arrival in America, my grandfather purchased a large valuable tract of land in Burkis County, PA. to which he moved and on which he remained until his death.
The children of Thomas Scott and Susannah Watson who reached the age of majority were:
1. John Scott born abt. 1734 who married Sarah Chenoweth. She was born in Frederick County, MD. Dec. 11, 1778, the daughter of Robert and Katherine Wood. Their son Thomas Scott was an early Ohio State Supreme Court Justice who wrote a letter to his children in 1851 outlining their ancestry.
John Scott (#122) is on the 2 Mar 1778 Washington County, Maryland Andw. Bruce list giving his Patriot Oath of Fidelity to the State of Maryland along with his probable brother-in-law Nathaniel Parker (#120). Washington County, Md. was immediately across the river from where Patterson Creek flowed into the Potomac River.
2. Susannah Scott born abt. 1736; married Mr. ______ Pennel a Quaker of New Jersey by whom she had two sons, Thomas & Joshua and three daughters (Jane, Susannah & Elizabeth).
3. Edward Scott born abt. 1738; married ______ and had one son and several daughters. Settled in the vicinity of Beason, now called Uniontown, Fayette County, PA subsequent to General Braddock's defeat.
4. Elizabeth Scott born abt. 1740; married Nathaniel Parker of Hampshire County, VA.
5. Thomas Scott born abt. 1742; married Polly Hickenbottom. They had two children, Susannah and Polly who each reached maturity. Settled in the vicinity of Beason, now called Uniontown, Fayette County, PA subsequent to General Braddock's defeat.
After the death of Thomas Scott, Susannah Watson Scott married Major William Dobson. He had commanded a company in General Braddock's Brigade at the time of his defeat and wrote the dispatch for the Officer next in Command who was badly wounded. Sometime after Susannah Watson Scott's marriage to William Dobson, they disposed of Thomas Scott's land in Pennsylvania and settled in Hampshire County, Virginia where they resided until they died.
The children of Williams Dobson and Susannah Watson were:
6. Alice Dobson married William Hargess and had several children of whom Judge Scott only remembered William their oldest son.
7. Polly Dobson married Aaron Parker and had three sons, William, Thomas & Nathaniel.
8. Margaret Dobson never married.
[1] Ohio Supreme Court Justice Thomas Scott's 1851 letter to his children outlining his and their ancestry.