Alexander Scott

- Bef 1700

• Name	Alexander Scott
  Gender	Male
  Departure	Jul 1684
  Arrival	Oct 1684	Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Imported by John Campbell on a four-year indenture
  Role	Oct 1684	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA   [2]
  	Indentured servant
  	Likely to have been a farm servant?
  Property	10 May 1688	Monmouth, New Jersey, USA   [3, 4]
  	Deeds relating to obtaining the headland for himself and his wife and its sale back to Robert Barclay
  Property	23 Dec 1692	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [5]
  	Deed of sale of 50 acres at Rawack to George Ross and Samuel Wood
  Property	Jul 1697	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [6]
  	Paid quit rent on 50 acres
  Occupation	1700	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
  	Planter
  Death	Bef 8 Jul 1700	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  Will	8 Jul 1700	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  	Executrix: his wife Ellin. Witnesses: Thomas Akin, Samuel Whitehead
  Probate	17 Sep 1700	Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA   [7]
  Origin	Perthshire, Scotland
  	Hypothesis: recruited by John Campbell (from Weem) from Perthshire
  Person ID	I45035	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family	Mills Ellin (Scott),   b. Abt 1660, Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA
  Marriage	Abt 1686	Middlesex, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. Elizabeth Scott  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Alexander Scott  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Samuel Scott  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31288	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Arrival - Imported by John Campbell on a four-year indenture - Oct 1684 - Perth Amboy, Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Role - Indentured servant - Oct 1684 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Marriage - Abt 1686 - Middlesex, New Jersey, USA Property - Deeds relating to obtaining the headland for himself and his wife and its sale back to Robert Barclay - 10 May 1688 - Monmouth, New Jersey, USA Property - Deed of sale of 50 acres at Rawack to George Ross and Samuel Wood - 23 Dec 1692 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Property - Paid quit rent on 50 acres - Jul 1697 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Occupation - Planter - 1700 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Death - Bef 8 Jul 1700 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Will - Executrix: his wife Ellin. Witnesses: Thomas Akin, Samuel Whitehead - 8 Jul 1700 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Probate - 17 Sep 1700 - Elizabethtown, Essex, New Jersey, USA Origin - - Perthshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Might there have been two Alexander Scotts, with one arriving in 1683, and therefore serving a full 4 year indenture?

  
  

• Sources

  [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, A(EJ): Folio 195 (SSTSE023). [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p65. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p120. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p132. [S3652] "Early Land Records, 1650-1900s", State of New Jersey, Department of State, Early Land Records, 1650-1900s, D(EJ): Folio 363-364 (SSTSE023). [S3739] Monnette, Orra Eugene, First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, p58. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p318.