Hello, I am looking for some advice to a) determine the correct birth date of William Scott and b) determine his parents. This is my 6th generation ancestor and we are stumped. Whilst he lived in Surrey due to work as he was married at Roxburgh/Kelso it is most likely he is from there. Details about him are:
William Scott MA. FRAS
Born – in Scotland [probably in Kelso area]
1802 or 03 or 04 ??
Died – 18 July 1854 in hospital at Frimley,Farnham,Surrey, England
Age –51, he still lived at the Royal Military College Sandhurst.
He was buried in Plot 126 in their Academy’s/College Cemetery.
Education –MA. FRAS –qualified to teach, Mathematics , Latin, History and . Geography.
Occupation – joined the Royal Military College Sandhurst on 1 February 1827 as
Mathematics Master later he became a Professor of Mathematics, until his death in 1854.
He and his family lived at the College, at No.4 College Terrace [known locally as Tea Caddy Row] a group of houses built by the College Professors and Masters in 1810.
Publications – Two [2] Books on Mathematics.
Marriage – Married on 18 June 1841 at Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland to
Maria Agnes R. Walker [father David Walker],
1851 England Census ---Household.
William Scott Head, born in Scotland in about 1804
Maria A.R.Scott Wife, born a British Subject in Jamaica in about1819
Benbennta E.J. Scott Daughter, born Frimley, Surrey in about 1843
William W.Scott Son, born Frimley, Surrey in about1845
Fergus J. Scott Son, born Frimley in about 1846
Margaret A. Scott Daughter, born in Frimley in about 1847
Walter Scott Son, born in Frimley in about 1848