Scotten History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England
Ireland

Early Origins of the Scotten family

The surname Scotten was first found in Scotton at various villages so named throughout England. They include: Scotton, a village and civil parish in Lincolnshire, where the 2001 census lists a population of 531; Scotton, a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire; and Scotton, a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire. Accordingly, Yorkshire is the most likely place from where the surname originates. As far as the Scottow variant, Scottow is a village and civil parish in Norfolk.

Early History of the Scotten family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Scotten research. Another 44 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1177, 1250, 1618, 1634, 1639, 1698 and 1699 are included under the topic Early Scotten History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Scotten Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Scottow, Scottau, Scottaugh and others.

Early Notables of the Scotten family

Joshua Scottow (1618-1698) English born, colonial American merchant and author of two histories of early New England. "He seems to have come of a Suffolk family and went out to Massachusetts with his widowed mother, Thomasina Scottow, about 1634. He was admitted a member of the 'old church' at Boston on 19 March...
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Migration of the Scotten family to Ireland

Some of the Scotten family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
Another 63 words (4 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Scotten migration to Australia +

Scotten Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. John Scotten, British Convict who was convicted in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England for 10 years, transported aboard the "Asia" on 25th April 1840, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Scotten (post 1700) +

William Everett Scotten (b. 1904), American politician, U.S. Vice Consul in Ciudad Juarez, 1929; Saigon, 1931-32; Palermo, 1938 2
Robert McGregor Scotten (1891-1968), American politician, U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador, 1943-47; New Zealand, 1948-55 3

Sources +

Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 17th January 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/asia/1840
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html