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Name: SCOTT, John M.
Birth Date: 28 May 1839 Strathaven, Lanark
Death Date: 14.4.1908 Camerondale, Kiambu
Nationality: British
First Date: 1896
Last Date: 1908
Profession: Pioneer settler with his wife Anne in Kiambu district in 1897. Founder of Africa Inland Mission in EA
Area: Nairobi, Kiambu
Married: In Calton, Glasgow 24 Nov 1865 Anne 'Annie' Cameron Parker b.1838 Fort William, d. 6.12.1910 Kiambu
Children: Annie 'Ina' (Ainsworth); Margaret Patrick Cameron (1869 Glasgow-5.9.1928 Kiambu) (McLellan-Wilson); Peter Cameron (7.3.1867 Glasgow-4.12.1896)
Book Reference: Gillett, SE, Land 1903, EAHB 1905, Hut, North, Drumkey, Grasshoppers, Advertiser, EAHB 1906, AJ, EASC, EAHB 1904, Barnes
General Information:
Stephen Ellis's ledger shows Scott, J. (Estate of Late), Kiambu, July 1907.
Land Grant 1903 - John Scott - Cultivation, about 160 acres, and pre-empted 480 acres - Kikuyu, Kiambu - Jan 1st - Freehold, in accordance with homestead rules.
North - Arr. Machakos 2/10/1896; AIM Mission at Nzawi, Ukamba; Left Mission and moved to Machakos and worked as Storekeeper for EAP, Jan or Feb. 1897; Farmer Kiambu area; Land Grant application 1/1/1902 Kikuyu-Kiambu; At first meeting of "Committee of Europeans" Nairobi 4/1/1901; On List of 'Principal Inhabitants of Nairobi …. Masailand District …. Kyamboo, Kikuyu' (EAM) with wife 5/9/1903; Farmer, Kiambu area 1904
Drumkey 1909 - Cattle Brand - E3S - J. Scott - Kiambu
Grasshoppers - 1897 - The missionary team began to fall apart. Peter Scott's parents left first. The kindly Government official, Ainsworth, offered John Scott a job in a healthy climate and he accepted. John Ainsworth's motives may have been mixed for soon he married their daughter, Ina. Meanwhile the team sent Margaret Scott home to confer with the Philadelphia Council and to represent the mission at home. After a few months of impassioned deputation, she too resigned and the magazine notes somewhat ambiguously, 'Her parents need her in Machakos. She will return as the wife of Mr Wilson [MacLellan-Wilson] who also resigns.
Advertiser - 28/8/1908 - Notice - John Scott, Farmer, late of Kiambu, deceased - Annie Scott ? Wife
Agricultural Journal 1908 - Brands allotted and registered - J. Scott, Kiambu - Kiambu E3S
EASC Vol 7 p 12/3 - John Scott and his wife had emigrated from Glasgow to America before following Peter to East Africa. They did not return. John was to die at Nairobi in 1908 followed 2 years later by his widow.
EAHB 1904 - Masai-Land District Residents - Scott, J. - Kyamboo, Kikuyu
Barnes - Nairobi South Cemetery - John Scott, died 14 Apr 1908, aged 68, husband of Anne Scott - "in memory of our parents John Scott died at Camerondale, Kiambu April 14 1908 aged 68 years and Anne Cameron his wife died Camerondale Dec 6 1910, aged 72 years