From Colonial and Revolutionary families of Pennsylvania : genealogical and personal memoirs, pg. 2_968. Margaret McClean, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Charlesworth) McClean, married Abram, son of Hugh and Janet (Ayers) Scott. Hugh Scott was born in Ireland in 1726. With his parents he crossed the ocean and settled in Donegal, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1730. In 1738, in company with James Ayres, who had married his aunt, Rebecca Scott, he removed to York county, in the Marsh Creek settlement. In 1741, he took up a tract of four hundred acres which he improved and converted into a fertile farm. In 1773 he removed to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and later to Washington county. He was prominent in the events preceding and during the Revolution. In 1781 when Washington county was created from Westmoreland, he was by special act of assembly named chairman of the commission. He married Mae Janet, daughter of James Ayers by a previous marriage. His son Abram was the oldest child. Abram removed with the family to Westmoreland county, where he remained until the fall of 1781, when he returned to Adams, then York County, and settled upon the old farm his father had left in 1773. He accumulated considerable property and was regarded as a man of means. He had three wives, Margaret McClean being his first. His secondwife was ---- Kerr, his third ------ McMellan.
Abram (Abraham) served in the Revolutionary War under his father, Maj. Hugh Scott, along with his brothers, James and Hugh Jr.
Abram (Abraham) served in the Revolutionary War under his father, Maj. Hugh Scott, along with his brothers, James and Hugh Jr.
From Colonial and Revolutionary families of Pennsylvania : genealogical and personal memoirs, pg. 2_968. Margaret McClean, daughter of Moses and Sarah (Charlesworth) McClean, married Abram, son of Hugh and Janet (Ayers) Scott. Hugh Scott was born in Ireland in 1726. With his parents he crossed the ocean and settled in Donegal, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1730. In 1738, in company with James Ayres, who had married his aunt, Rebecca Scott, he removed to York county, in the Marsh Creek settlement. In 1741, he took up a tract of four hundred acres which he improved and converted into a fertile farm. In 1773 he removed to Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and later to Washington county. He was prominent in the events preceding and during the Revolution. In 1781 when Washington county was created from Westmoreland, he was by special act of assembly named chairman of the commission. He married Mae Janet, daughter of James Ayers by a previous marriage. His son Abram was the oldest child. Abram removed with the family to Westmoreland county, where he remained until the fall of 1781, when he returned to Adams, then York County, and settled upon the old farm his father had left in 1773. He accumulated considerable property and was regarded as a man of means. He had three wives, Margaret McClean being his first. His secondwife was ---- Kerr, his third ------ McMellan.
Abram (Abraham) served in the Revolutionary War under his father, Maj. Hugh Scott, along with his brothers, James and Hugh Jr.
Abram (Abraham) served in the Revolutionary War under his father, Maj. Hugh Scott, along with his brothers, James and Hugh Jr.
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