An American Family History

Henry Scott was born on November 1, 1560 in Rattlesden, Suffolk County, England.

He married Martha Whatlock on July 25, 1594. Their children and life together are described in the section on Henry and Martha Scott.

He was questman at Rattlesden 1601 and again in 1619. A questman was empowered to investigate certain matters such as abuses of weights and measures.

He was surveyor in 1609, overseer of the poor in 1613 and constable from 1616 to 1618.

His will was dated September 24, 1624 and was proved in the arch-deaconry of Sudbury on January 10, 1625. He died in December, 1624 and was buried in Rattlesden, December 24, 1624.

Rattlesden is a village in Suffolk in eastern England. St. Nicholas church dates from the 13th century. The village was a center of Puritanism in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The ship Elizabeth sailed from Ipswich, England in April, 1634 with William Andrews, Master. On board were Richard and Ursula Kimball and their children, Ursula’s mother Martha Whatlock Scott and her brothers Roger and Thomas Scott. Humphrey and Bridget Bradstreet sailed on the same ship. They arrived in July at Boston.