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Forfar Family News
- Spring 2025
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A newsletter for descendants & relatives of
Sgt. David & Jean (Dalgity) Scott
who married at Forfar, Scotland in 1795, and were
stationed
in Halifax, Nova Scotia with the
Royal Artillery in 1801.
Spring greetings
to everyone from Prince Edward Island! Hello to
cousins and relatives far and wide. There were several
timely items since our last newsletter so am sending a
shorter version this time:
Clan Scott -- trip to Scotland 2026
The
long-awaited Clan Scott Society trip to Scotland
scheduled from June 6th to 14th, 2026 has already
accepted registrations from those who had given notice
of interest to the Society, and a notification about
other possible registration spots is expected to be sent
from Clan Scott Society to the full membership on Monday
March 31, 2025.
Plans
include major Scott sites in the Borders
and Edinburgh with highlights including Bowhill
House (seat of the current Chief of
Clan Scott in the Borders) and Abbotsford
the historic home of Sir Walter Scott.
This is the first international event in 10 years for the Society but hopefully the start of many more. Contacting Clan Scott Society directly is the best way to be on their mailing list for future events. They indicated in the article (posted here) the address to email the organization about the trip at amo.scott.clan@gmail.com
Clan Scott -- trip to Scotland 2026
The
long-awaited Clan Scott Society trip to Scotland
scheduled from June 6th to 14th, 2026 has already
accepted registrations from those who had given notice
of interest to the Society, and a notification about
other possible registration spots is expected to be sent
from Clan Scott Society to the full membership on Monday
March 31, 2025.
Plans
include major Scott sites in the Borders
and Edinburgh with highlights including Bowhill
House (seat of the current Chief of
Clan Scott in the Borders) and Abbotsford
the historic home of Sir Walter Scott. This is the first international event in 10 years for the Society but hopefully the start of many more. Contacting Clan Scott Society directly is the best way to be on their mailing list for future events. They indicated in the article (posted here) the address to email the organization about the trip at amo.scott.clan@gmail.com
Elm Fire Update -
A tragic major fire on March 11, 2025 completely burned two large barns at Elm Farm in Ste. Croix, Nova Scotia destroying both the historic post-and-beam structures as well as 21 animals and stored hay. Firefighters from eight fire departments were on site for five hours with pumper trucks to transport water from the river to contain the fire from spreading to nearby buildings and equipment sheds. Some beef cattle, and a few young goats were rescued.
The loss is huge, and while building of a new barn is planned, the significance of the historic buildings, was major. The property has been in family hands for over 200 years - the oldest place with a continuous family connection that I am aware of, among the descendants of Sgt. David and Jean Scott. I spent my summers there with my cousins while in school. The barns were home to both a goat herd, and beef cattle as well as storing hay which was supplied to other farms.
News coverage of the fire included a video.
A GoFundMe campaign continues to raise funds to help, and others are supporting the rebuilding effort in various ways. This morning a community fundraising breakfast had a long lineup showing strong community support.
We visited last in October and this picture of the high beams in the loft area shows the construction capabilities used before electricity, or power tools or heavy equipment existed. The centre portion was believed to have been over 200 years old.
This week I received news that one of our eldest family members is doing well and adjusting to her new home within an extended care facility. Nettie Poorman is over 102, and we were pleased to share her 100th birthday with her in North Carolina in 2022. The newsletter from that year shows her with various family members.
The growing
genealogical material on FamilySearch.org can be
navigated through this link.
As well
the linking of 215 grave memorials through FindaGrave.com
into a single virtual family cemetery brings together
information on many of our shared relatives. Any
suggestions or help in locating information and
pictures is greatly appreciated.
Research on a genealogy of descendants continues, we do know that Sgr. David and Jean Scott had at least 568 descendants over 10 generations including:
3 children
11 grandchildren
47 great-grandchildren
50 great-great-grandchildren
67 great-great-great-grandchildren
111 great-great-great-great-grandchildren
170 great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren (so far)
90 great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren (so far)
18 great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren (so far)
Sincerely, Ian Scott
Forfar Family News Index
Scott@HomePort
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Research on a genealogy of descendants continues, we do know that Sgr. David and Jean Scott had at least 568 descendants over 10 generations including:
3 children
11 grandchildren
47 great-grandchildren
50 great-great-grandchildren
67 great-great-great-grandchildren
111 great-great-great-great-grandchildren
170 great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren (so far)
90 great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren (so far)
18 great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchildren (so far)
We hope that HomePort
is helpful in sharing
family history. Scott material starts at Scott@HomePort.
Please feel free to share these links with
others.
Facebook
Friends
A
private Facebook
group called Descendants
and Family of Sgr. David & Jean
Scott for sharing photos, stories
and family information and we hope you
will join.
If you are
on Facebook, and we haven't connected already,
please send along a friend
request. You
can also connect through Instagram
or LinkedIn,
or directly by email.
As the great bard himself
wrote:
“Love will subsist on wonderfully little hope but not altogether without it.”
Sir Walter Scott, (1771-1832)
Sincerely, Ian Scott
Forfar Family News Index
Scott@HomePort
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