SCOTT in George Town, Launceston, Tasmania 1800-1861

[DougNZ]

Hi there

I'm interested in any information on John SCOTT, b. 1806 (place?), married Anne JEFFRIES at George Town in 1851, had four children (Walter, Frances, Alfred & Frederick, whose birth dates I have), and died 1861 at Launceston. 

John began as a pilot on the R Tamar about 1828 and became Senior Pilot about 1856 until his death in 1861.  I suspect Benjamin SCOTT (m. c1857, d. 1869), who was also a pilot on the R Tamar, was his brother, as he was an executor in John's will.

Can anyone find John's birth or entry into Australia?  Or anything of relevance, please?

[maddys52]

Not sure if you already have this information - John SCOTT, pilot was declared insolvent in 1850
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65976210

Modified to add:
Actually this may not be your John SCOTT, as there appears another in Launceston with wife Isabella in 1852, also a pilot. 
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article65578584

[DougNZ]

Hmmmm... thank you for those insolvency articles.

I have just discovered that John SCOTT first married Isabella FURNESS in Little Broughton, Cumberland, England in 1828.  They seem to have had two children there and five at Launceston, where he was noted as a pilot.  Isabella, a pilot's wife, appears to have drowned at Longford, just south of Launceston, om 07/01/1849.  That would fit the article ... except it is written after her death!

As noted above, he remarried in 1851 and had a further four children.

[sparrett]

  I suspect Benjamin SCOTT (m. c1857, d. 1869), who was also a pilot on the R Tamar, was his brother, as he was an executor in John's will.

 

The following news clips further support a relationship between Benjamin and John SCOTT.

July 1861 Launceston 

On 29th instant, at his residence Patterson-Street(near the Cataract Hill), Mr. John Scott, aged 55 years. The funeral will leave his late residence on Thursday, 1st August, at 3 o'clock p.m. Friends are respectfully invited to attend. E. Hudson,
Undertaker.



Launceston,1869

DEATHS.
On June 7, at his residence, Pilot's Station, Low Heads, Mr Benjamin Scott, aged 40,
for many years pilot on the river Tamar.
The funeral will leave the residence of Mrs John Scott, Patterson-Street, West, on Thursday, June 10, at 3 o'clock. Richards
& Son, Undertakers.


Lauceston  29 April, 1890
SCOTT.-On 28th April, at the residence of  his mother, Patterson-street, Frederick
William, youngest son of the late John Scott, Senior Pilot, aged 30 years.

[DougNZ]

Thank you!  Yes, Benjamin was John's first child, born in England.

In what context was Frederick William reported, please?  Wedding or funeral?

[Aussie1947]

Hi,

Tasmanian Royal Kalendar and Almanack 1850
List of vessels belonging to owners residing in V. D. Land.
Port of Launceston
Schooner Blossom, 44 tons, owner, Tulloch, skipper, R. SCOTT.
Schooner, Ida, 50 tons, owner, Scott, skipper, John SCOTT.

Gerry

[Aussie1947]

Tasmanian Directory, (MacPhail) 1867-68
SCOTT, Benjamin., pilot, Low Head.

Gerry

[sparrett]

Thank you!  Yes, Benjamin was John's first child, born in England.

In what context was Frederick William reported, please?  Wedding or funeral?

In the context of Death. 29th April 1890

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/150325992
Sue

[sparrett]

Thank you!  Yes, Benjamin was John's first child, born in England.

 

The death notice I have offered above refers to the man you suspect to be brother, not son of John SCOTT
It caught my eye because you  gave the death date in your opening post as 1869.

The funeral seems to have left the home of his sister-in-law.
Sue