See also
| Husband: | John SCUTT (1769-1837) | |
| Wife: | Elizabeth NEWMAN (1771- ) | |
| Children: | Ann SCUTT (1798- ) | |
| Eliz SCUTT (1801- ) | ||
| Mary SCUTT (1806- ) | ||
| John SCUTT (1808- ) | ||
| Jane SCUTT (b.1810, bur.1815) | ||
| Ruth SCUTT (b.1811, bur.1812) | ||
| Marriage | 28 May 1795 | Stedham, Sussex |
| Name: | John SCUTT | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Richard SCUTT (1743-1823) | |
| Mother: | Sarah LUFF (1740-1809) | |
| Birth | 1769 | |
| Death | 11 May 1837 (age 67-68) | Denton, Kent |
| Name: | Elizabeth NEWMAN | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 1771 | Stedham, Sussex |
| Name: | Ann SCUTT | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 7 Feb 1798 | Elsted, Sussex |
| Name: | Eliz SCUTT | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Spouse: | John CHANDLER ( - ) | |
| Birth | 22 Mar 1801 | Elsted, Sussex |
| Name: | Mary SCUTT | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 26 Feb 1806 | Denton, Kent |
| Name: | John SCUTT | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Spouse: | Elizabeth OVENDEN (1811- ) | |
| Birth | 7 Aug 1808 | Denton, Kent |
| Name: | Jane SCUTT | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 4 Mar 1810 | Denton, Kent |
| Burial | 27 Apr 1815 | Denton, Kent |
| Name: | Ruth SCUTT | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Birth | 21 Jul 1811 | Denton, Kent |
| Burial | 16 Feb 1812 | Denton, Kent |
1. John Scutt appears in the family tree as a result of his mention in some title deeds which involve his mother's family. (See the notes on Sarah Luff b.1740 for this document). So we take it that this John Scutt was definitely in Denton, Kent in 1810. The Denton parish register has records of the birth of three children to John and Elizabeth Scutt.
2. His date of birth of 1769 is obtained from the record of his death, aged 68, in 1837. This fits very well with the date of his parents marriage, and the fact that there is a 3-year gap between their marriage and the birth of the first of their children (= Avis) for whom a record has been found. Jimmy Scutt's database ought to be fairly complete for all Scutt births in Sussex, but the birth of John certainly isn't there.
3. I have asked Michael Gandy to search his East Kent marriage index (believed complete in this period) for John Scutt's marriage. He reports that there is no Scutt, Scott or Scot married to an Elizabeth in the years 1785 - 1805.
4. I am guessing that this John Scutt is the one who turns up in Elsted, Sussex as the father of James, Ann and Elizabeth between 1796 and 1801. The tangible evidence for a connection between Denton and Elsted is provided solely by Elizabeth (q.v. for more details). Elizabeth was married in Wootton, Kent and then turns up in the 1881 census giving her place of birth as Elsted. Note that, of the Elsted births, the mother of James is given as Mary, but Elizabeth is the mother of Ann and Elizabeth. For this reason I am assuming that John Scutt married twice.
5. Jimmy Scutt tells me that there is a Charlotte Scutt born in 1803 in Petersfield, Hants, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Scutt. (This is in the IGI, with the baptism taking place at the Church of Christ Independent). He thinks that she may possibly be part of the same family.
1. The name Elizabeth is taken from the record in the Denton parish registers of various children born to John and Elizabeth Scutt.
2. In the 1841 census, Elizabeth appears to be alive and well, living in Denton St., Barham. She is aged 70 and recorded as having been born in Kent. In her household are also Edwin Holtum, aged 20, and James Holtum, aged 13, both described as 'male servant'.
3. She is still there in the 1851 census, living at 31 Denton Street, Denton, aged 80. She is living with a lodger Mary (?) aged 78 and her granddaughter Jane Chandler aged 13. The interesting bit is that Elizabeth now gives her birthplace as Stedham, Sussex.
4. And still she turns up again in the 1861 census living in Denton. The household is :
Elizabeth Scutt aged 90, widow, 'Supported by funds', born Sussex
Elizabeth Chandler, aged 60, widow, her daughter, born Denton, Kent (!?).
On the enumerator's sheet there is only one other household between this couple and the Parish Church.
5. Note that two of her grandchildren have been given the middle name of 'Newman' (ie Francis son of John and Thomas, son of James) - so maybe this suggests that her maiden name was Newman. If so, then it may be worth noting that the IGI has the marriage of an Elizabeth Newman to a John Scott (sic) in Stedham, Sussex in 1793.
6. Since writing Note 4, the SFHG have published their Marriage Index, where the husband's name in the above marriage is transcribed as Scutt. It also lists two witnesses - Richard Luff and Thos. Scutt. The name 'Luff' possibly provides a connection between this marriage and the Scutt family in Graffham/Heyshott.