Rev. Russell Scott 1760 - 1834
Rev. Russell Scott , worked closely with Joseph Priestley to establish the Unitarian movement in Britain. Minister of the Unitarian Chapel in Portsmouth from 1788. Of Portsmouth. He, the Rev. Russell Scott of High Street Chapel, Portsmouth and the Rev. Thomas Dalton, Vicar of Carisbrooke formed a Unitarian Society for the South of England "for the promotion of religious knowledge and the practice of virtue by distribution of books." An Annual Meeting was to be held on every second Wednesday in July at a place appointed the preceding year at which a sermon would be preached. He had two granddaughters, Isabella and Catherine Scott who wrote a Family Biography in 1908. The following 1881 census entry is almost certainly relevant: Catherine SCOTT Head U Female 44 Lambeth, Surrey, England Sarah E. SCOTT Dau U Female 40 Gaddisden, Hertford, England Isabella P. SCOTT Grand Dau U Female 10 Hampstead, Middlesex, England Scholar Russell SCOTT Grand Son U Male 8 Hampstead, Middlesex, England Scholar Anna D. SCOTT Grand Dau U Female 6 Hampstead, Middlesex, England Scholar Helen W. THURNBURN Visitor U Female 27 Reith, Banff, Scotland Emily WHITE Servant U Female 21 Tasmania General Servant Mary GROOM Servant U Female 48 Sudbury, Suffolk, England Working Housekeeper Source Information: Dwelling 21 Harewood Square Census Place London, Middlesex, England Family History Library Film 1341034 Public Records Office Reference RG11 Piece / Folio 0156 / 27 Page Number 22
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| Born: Milborne, Somerset, , England 26th Apr 1760 | Baptised:
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Spouses
1. St Katherine Kree, London, , , England 4th May 1790 Sophia Hawes
(Scott ) 1761 - 1828
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Sources
- Family Archivists: see
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Timeline
| ??? | Made a will (will) | | 26th Apr 1760 | Born (birth) Milborne, Somerset, England | | 4th May 1790 | Married Sophia Hawes
(Scott ) 1761 - 1828 (marriage) London, England | | 14th Feb 1834 | Died (death) Portsmouth, Hants., England |
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