The Scott Genealogical Quarterly had a whole issue devoted to Alexander and his descendents. This issue tried to clean up some of the mistakes in the Vercoe book.
Descendent and researcher Jessie Heinzman discovered the evidence linking this Alexander back to his father and New Jersey.
We know Alexander died about 1751 because on August 28, 1751, Alexander's eldest son, John, posted bond as administrator of his estate in Augusta county Virginia. On the same date Daniel Richardson, John Coningham, Joel Hornback and John Sea were appointed appraisers of his estate. John Scott died shortly after his father. Alexander's other older son, James, also died by 1753. Eventually, on March 22, 1753, Benjamin Scott was appointed administrator of his father's estate.
No will was ever found in Augusta Co., only an estate appraisal. Jessie Heinzman located a 1727 will of an Alexander Scott written in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. At first, the difference in years and distance made her think there was no connection. However, it turns out that the 1727 NJ will was finally administered in 1764 by Alexander's oldest living son, Benjamin. And it turns out that the Virginian Benjamin wrote to the court in Perth Amboy, NJ, requesting them to settle the estate. Of course, why he waited so long until 1764 is somewhat of a mystery. Alexander's 1727 will mentions his sons Samuel, John , James, and the child his wife was big with.
Further investigations by Jessie Heinzman found the records and will of this Alexander's father, also named Alexander.
The Scott Genealogical Quarterly had found an Alexander Scott who came to Virginia in April, 1701. He was among a group of 25 persons transported by Robert Bolling of Bristol Parish, Charles Co., VA. The Scott Gen. Quarterly article had suggested that this immigrant Alexander might be the same as our ancestor Alexander, but in light of the New Jersey evidence, this theory is thrown out.
Various Scott family publications give the 1698 birthyear, but I don't know that there is really any basis for believing it. These same publications guessed that he was born in England, but others believed he was one of many Scotch-Irish who settled in that part of Virginia in the early 1700s.
We also know that Alexander was living in Augusta county, Virginia, on the South Branch of the Potomac river in 1737, when his son, David, was born there.
Sources for this individual: @S183@ @S191@ @S639@ @S770@ @S771@
