“Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists."
― Franklin D. Roosevelt
Essex County, Massachusetts was created on May 10, 1643 by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when it ordered "that the whole plantation within this jurisdiction be divided into four sheires."
In 1634 she went to American with her family. In addition to her husband and children, her mother, Martha Scott, and brothers Roger and Thomas Scott sailed with them.
Ursula died on March 1, 1659 in Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Old Style Calendar
Before 1752 the year began on Lady Day, March 25th,. Dates between January 1st and March 24th were at the end of the year. Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) are used to indicate whether the year has been adjusted. Often both dates are used.
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 town of Ipswich was established on August 5, 1634, from common land called Agawam. On October 18, 1648, that portion called the "Village" at the New Meadows was set off as Topsfield. The boundary line between Ipswich and Topsfield was established, February 28, 1694.
from Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire by Ezra S. Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago
Ursula Scott, was the (daughter of Martha Scott, widow of Hon. John Scott, of Scott's Hall, county of Kent, England, and daughter of Sir George Northup.
