No. 1 on the Colonial Department list, led by George Scott of 13 Francis Street, Newington, Surrey (now part of Greater London). Scott had been employed for some years in the West Indies, and after his return to England lived with his father, the barrack master at Sheerness, Kent, until he applied to emigrate. Some of his party may have been recruited in Sheerness, although at least one family - that of a latecomer, Thomas Shone - lived in Newington.
It was intended that the party should consist of three equal partners, Scott, John Younger and George Ubsdell, and their indentured servants. Scott subsequently claimed, however, that Younger and Ubsdell had reneged on their agreement and paid only the expenses of their own families (and in Ubsdell's case, a servant lad named Crout). This left Scott financially responsible for the deposits, equipment and maintenance of the labouring men of the party, who were contracted to serve for five years in return for the payment of their deposits and 'the provision of suitable clothing, wholesome food and lodging' during their term of service.
The party embarked in London in the Nautilus regular transport, leaving Gravesend on 3 December 1819 and reaching Table Bay on 17 March 1820 and Algoa Bay on 14 April. The party was located in the Kap River valley, and its location was named Scott's Bottom. George Scott married Eliza, daughter of William Hart of Bailie's party, in 1821. He died of a liver complaint early in 1822, and the land was sold by his widow to JB Biddulph.
LIST OF SCOTT'S PARTY
BILES, John 32. Husbandman. w Charlotte 30. c Charlotte 1.
BOLAS, Thomas 26. Labourer.
CLARKE, William 30. Husbandman. w Mary 25.
CROUT, William 16 (servant to George Ubsdell).
DAVIS, Thomas 28. Husbandman. w Mary 24.
GREGORY, Joseph (or James) Leiny 19. Husbandman.
GRIFFIN, Edward 21. Carpenter. w Ann 23. c Ellen 1.
HUGHES, Charles William 28. Baker.
MARTIN, William 29. Labourer. w Esther 28. c Mary.
RANSON, William 28. Husbandman. w Isabella 25. c William 5, Mary 3.
SCOTT, Geroge 35. Agriculturist.
SHONE, Thomas 31. Labourer. w Sarah 25. c George 7, Thomas 4, Sarah 1.
UBSDELL, George 23. Agriculturist. w Betsy 23. c Mary 6, Eliza 2.
UBSDELL, William 17 (in the care of George Ubsdell).
WEBBER, William 21. Labourer. w Elizabeth 20.
YOUNGER, Charles 14 (in the care of John Younger).
YOUNGER, John 26. Surgeon and man-midwife.
YOUNGER, Thomas 16 (in the care of John Younger).
*GOODHEAD, Mary Ann
Main sources for party list
Return of settlers under the direction of Geroge Scott (Cape Archives CO 6138/1,7); Memorial of George Scott, 11.1.1822 (Cape Archives CO 8451/13). No Agent of Transports' Return has been traced for the Nautilus, showing the state of the parties as they arrived at the Cape, but the presence in the colony of all the men of the party but Biles, Clarke and Webber has been confirmed from colonial records.
*A woman servant, Mary Ann Goodhead, whose name is not on the official list, later claimed to be one of Scott's party; she may have emigrated as the 'wife' of an unmarried man in order to avoid payment of a deposit.
from THE SETTLER HANDBOOK by MD Nash page 113
