John Scott Sr.

Evidence review — October 30, 2026: The saved registered will, dated February 14 and proved April 10, 1777, requires the testator's death before April 10. The displayed death field now reflects that source-qualified limit rather than the incompatible December 16 claim. Identification of this testator with the compiled John Scott Sr. remains qualified; this correction does not prove an exact death date, the 1706 birth, Kent origin or earlier parents. The conflicting compiled December date and earlier notes are preserved below. [[evidence:200.30.012|Original will and probate, printed page 219]].

John Scott Sr. 6th great-grandfather of James Pennsylvania connection supported; claimed Kent origin remains unconfirmed Birth: 1706 Death: 16 Dec 1777 Associated with Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and Upper Octorara Cemetery. The claim that he came from Scott's Hills, Kent, is unconfirmed. New discrepancy: the compiled will abstract says probate 10 April 1777, before the reported death 16 December 1777. Exact death date requires checking; do not silently reconcile these dates. Manuscript now confirms probate 10 April 1777: death must predate that date if this is the same John; the December death claim is incompatible. Retained as an explicit conflict, not a silently accepted fact. 14 February 1777; proved 10 April 1777 · Will and probate Sadsbury, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Grandson John, son of Thomas, was to receive approximately 200 acres at age 18, subject to Thomas’s life interest in 50 acres. Thomas was surviving executor. [JOHN1777] Sources: HISTORY · WALDRON · JOHN1777