Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LZ33-52H
• Religion: Quaker

Notes:

Benjamin Scott, who was an English Quaker contemporary of William Penn. He, along with nine other commissioners, purchased land in western NJ in 1677 for their families to escape persecution from the state Church of England. The area they settled is now Burlington Co, NJ. There are two Old Scott cemeteries there that you can find on findagrave.com.

03 Apr 1677; 1/3 Share of W.J. to Benjamin Scott and William Scott Junior (both of Widdington County, Essex, Eng.

Benjamin married Kinsey, Margaret on 26 Oct 1663 in Essex, England. Margaret (daughter of Kinsey, John Edmund and Birch, Ann) was born in 1648 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England; died before 26 Dec 1682 in Burlington, New Jersey, USA; was buried on 26 Dec 1682 in Burlington, New Jersey, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Scott, Bridget Kinsey was born on 16 Jun 1679 in Thaxted, Essex, England; died on 21 Jun 1748 in Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA.