The "Stott" surname is generally thought to derive from the Middle English word "stott," meaning a steer or bull. As such it was probably an occupational name for a cattleman, or a nickname. Some instances of the name in Scotland may have come from the Viking name Stoti, which likely arrived with the 9th Century Norse colonization of Strathclyde and Aberdeenshire. The Family Coat of Arms features a black shield with three gold palets, each charged with a torteaux, and a red heart on a silver chief. The Crest is a blue martlet.
   The Stott surname was first found in Lancashire, or perhaps Yorkshire, where a man named Gamell Stot was documented in the Pipe Rolls in 1166. Some of the first settlers in the New World with this family name or some of its variants were: Francis Stott, who came to St. Christopher in 1635; Henry Stott, who settled in Virginia in 1654; Thomas Stott who settled in Virginia in 1670; Then there was Thomas Stott, who settled in Québec in the 17th century, which is where we find our branch of the family.

Regimental Registers
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Pensioner: Robt Stott
Birthplace: Glasgow
Regiment: 55th Regiment of Foot
Residence Date: 27 Feb 1761
Occupation: Weaver
Injury: Arm Wound
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SOURCE INFORMATION: Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Registers and Service Records, 1760-1882; National Archives, London.
   ROBERT STOTT, SR., was a weaver born in 1737 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He joined the 55th (originally called the 57th) Regiment of Foot, a British Army infantry regiment raised in Stirling, Scotland in 1755. The regiment saw active service overseas in North America and participated in the Seven Years' War (also referred to as the French and Indian War), arriving in North America in 1757. The 55th arrived in Albany, New York that year and were trained in the art of "bush fighting." In the spring of 1758, General Howe began to train and accoutre the men in the 55th more like rangers to better adapt them to warfare in America. They participated in the successful attacks on Ticonderoga and Crown Point. In 1760, the 55th travelled to Oswego, to attack the last stronghold in French Canada, Montréal. En route they defeated the French at La Gallete (present day Ogdensburgh, NY) and Fort Levis, and then further up the St. Lawrence River they went to witness the fall of Montréal to the British. Robert then served in the Canadian theatre.
   According to family lore, Robert fought the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (also known as the Bataille des Plaines d'Abraham or Premiére bataille de Québec in French). The battle, which began on 13 Sep 1759, was fought by the British Army and Navy against the French Army on a plateau just outside the walls of Québec City, on land that was originally owned by a farmer named Abraham Martin, hence the name of the battle. The battle proved to be a deciding moment in the conflict between France and Britain over the fate of New France, influencing the later creation of Canada.
   While the 55th went on to fight in other arenas,¹ veterans like Robert were given the opportunity to remain as settlers and receive land grants in Canada. Robert accepted the offer and even married a French girl² named Marguerite (b. 1741), according to baptismal records. The children of Robert and Marguerite were:

CHILDREN OF ROBERT STOTT SR. AND MARGUERITE

  • ROBERT STOTT JR. was born on 20 Feb 1761 in Lacolle, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada; Robert was baptized on 25 Apr 1768 at Basilique Notre-Dame in Montréal, Québec to parents Robert Sr., and Marguerite Stott. He served in the 84th Regiment of Foot and is listed on a muster roll in 23 Sep 1795. Robert married Marie Josephe Desmarais (b. 1766 in Québec) on 03 Sep 1780 in Odelltown, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. In the 1825 Census of Lower Canada, he was living with his family in De Lery, Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada. Robert died at the age of 75, and was buried on 2 Apr 1836 at the Odelltown Methodist Church.
  • ELIZABETH STOTT was baptized on 25 Apr 1768 at Basilique Notre-Dame in Montréal, Québec to parents Robert Sr., and Marguerite Stott.
  • JEAN STOTT was born in 1765 in Montréal, Québec, Canada, and was baptized at St-Joseph, a Catholic Church in Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. Jean died between 1773-1780.
  • Desmarais
       ROBERT STOTT, JR., was born 20 Feb 1761 in Montréal. Robert was baptized on 25 Apr 1768 in Montréal, Québec to parents Robert Sr., and Marguerite (Gernse?) Stott. Robert Jr. performed some military duty on 26 Dec 1794 in the 84th Foot Soldiers, following in his father's footsteps.
       Robert Jr. married MARIE JOSEPHE DESMARAIS (baptism 29 Dec 1762 St-Laurent, Montréal, Québec, Canada) on 3 Sep 1781 in Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. "Desmarais" is a French surname. The Family Coat of Arms features a red with a silver cross moline behind a black bend charged with three silver escallops. The name was first found in Cambray, Normandy, where ancestors of the family belonged to the house of Bousis. Some of the first Canadian settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Charles Desmarais, 38; who arrived in Canada in 1643; Pierre Desmarais, who was on record in Montréal in 1660.
       Our ancestor, Marie was the daughter of JEAN-BAPTIST DESMARAIS and MARIE ANGELIQUE ROY. She was baptized in Saint-François-du-Lac, which had been founded as a Jesuit mission village during the colonial years. The community was called St.-Francois-de-Sales or Odanak. Indians from the community, which included refugees from wars with English colonists, participated in many raids, some of them organized and led by French military men, against English colonial settlements in New England in the aftermath of King Philip's War.
       Together Robert and Marie raised a family:

    CHILDREN OF ROBERT STOTT AND MARIE JOSEPHE DESMARAIS

  • JOSEPHIE STOTT was born in Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Québec, Canada; She married Amable Paulint.
  • JEAN-BAPTISTE STOTT was born in 1782 (baptism 8 Jul 1783) in Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
  • MARIE JOSSETE STOTT was born on 02 Sep 1781 in Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Québec, Canada; Baptism 3 September 1781 Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. In 1805 she married JOSHUA S. MANNING in Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. She died in 1856 in Westminster Tp., Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
  • ROBERT STOTT III was born in 1785 in Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Québec, Canada; He married Fanny.
  • DANIEL STOTT was born on 10 May 1788 La Prairie, Roussillon, Québec, Canada; He was baptized in September 1788 at La Prairie, Roussillon, Québec, Canada. He married Mercy Chatterton. Their son, Robert Stott (b. 22 Feb 1811 in Lacolle, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec) married Phebe C. Manning, daughter of John Manning and Caroline Lester (John is son to Jacob B. Manning and Sarah Lawrence and brother to Joshua Manning whom married Mary Stott. He died on 24 July 1873 in Lacolle, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada.
  • JAMES STOTT was born on 12 Mar 1789 in Lacolle, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. He married (1) Phebe Knight (1800-1843) on 1 Dec 1817 in Iberville (Episcopal Church, Caldwell and Christie), Québec; (2) Margaret Love (1806-1853) on 17 Apr 1844 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; and (3) Sophia Vennard (b. 1799) in 1856 in New Hampshire. His family bible lists this, as well as speculates that they came from Aberdeen, Scotland.³ James died on 17 Dec 1881 in Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

  • Manning
       Robert Jr. died on 2 April 1836 in Lacolle, and is buried at the Methodist Church in Odelltown, Le Haut-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. (Odelltown in no longer a township in Canada, but the current town of LaColle is just 4.7 km or 2.9 miles north.)
       The next in our line is his daughter, MARIE JOSSETE STOTT, born on 02 Sep 1781 in Chambly, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Québec, Canada. She married JOSHUA S. MANNING (b. 8 Dec 1782 in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York). When Joshua was eight he moved to Canada with his family. They were fleeing the newly created United States of America as Loyalists still faithful to England, looking to settle in a territory where they would be protected by the crown.
       Joshua and Mary had a large family and in 1834, moved to Westminster, where they lived the remainder of their lives. Joshua died on 26 Aug. 1848 in London, Ontario, Canada, and is buried at the Fifth Concession Cemetery, Derwent, Middlesex County, Ontario. Mary Stott-Manning is on the 1861 Census with her son, Emanuel Manning, and her death date is unknown. She and Joshua had at least eight children, named as follows:

    CHILDREN OF MARRY STOTT AND JOSHUA MANNING

  • ELIZABETH LOUISE MANNING was born in Nov 1806 in Odelltown, Huntingdon, Québec, Canada. She married Horatio Wilson (1806-1890) and they had James (1834-1913); Lois (1836-1877); Amos (b. 1838); Mary Jane (1840-1910); Caroline (1842-1914); Amelia (1843-1922); George (b. 1846); Daniel (b. 1847) and Horatio Wilson, Jr. (1853-1929). She died on 27 Sep 1872 in Westminster Twp, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
  • EMANUEL MANNING was born in Oct 1808 in Prairie of Duchee, Huntingdon, Québec, Canada. He died of heart disease on 19 Sep 1883 in Westminster Twp, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada.
  • SARAH AGATHE MANNING was born on 5 Aug 1810 in Huntingdon, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Québec, Canada. She married JULIUS ALBERT RAYMOND (24 Jun 1818 - 21 Feb 1879) on 22 Jun 1835 in Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada. They had the following children: Charles W. (B. 1835 Or 1836); Margaret A.; Cynthia J.; George H. Raymond (B. 1841); Jason Raymond: Marietta A. (1845-1896); Henry (B. 1847); Albert Julius (1848-1924); Joshua (1848- Bef. 1930); Sarah E. (1851-1923); And David Raymond (1852-1902). She died on 19 Jul 1855 in Westminster Township, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada and is buried at the at the Fifth Concession Cemetery, in Derwent, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
  • PERMILIA MANNING was born on 07 Mar 1815 in Odelltown, Huntingdon Co., Québec, Canada. On 19 Dec 1832, she married Leonard Lewis (1806-1890) and they had Clarissa Lewis (1834-1906). Permilia died on 25 Dec 1873 in Romney Twp, Kent County, Ontario, Canada.
  • MARY MANNING was born in 1822 in Lacolle, Québec. In 1841, she married Leonard T. Tibbits (1820-1884) in 1841 in Ontario. They had five children in 16 years: Eliza A (b. 1842); Mary J (1844-1920); Chester Justa (b. 1845); Colista (b. 1849), Orenea C (1855-1855); and Elva L Tibbits (1858-1892). She died on August 15, 1858, in Ontario, Ontario, at the age of 36, and was buried at Fifth Concession Cemetery, in Derwent, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
  • DIANA MANNING was born on 1 Jun 1824 in Huntingdon, 1654500, Québec, Canada. She married Lewis Tibbets (1817-1899) and they had Charlotte (b. 1842); Ezra (b. 1843); Hester Ann (1845-1915); Daniel (1848-1884); Betsy J. (b. 1850); Sarah L. (b. 1852); Mary Maranda (b. 1854); Priscilla (b. 1860); Martha (b. 1864); Lewis (b. 1866) and William Arthur Tibbets (b. 1869). She died on 27 Oct 1905 in Meade, Huron, Michigan, United States and is buried at Chandler Township Cemetery in Elkton, Huron County, Michigan, USA.
  • BELMIRA MARIA MANNING was born about 1825 in Québec. She married Henry Yager (1827-1920) and they had Martha Jane (1852-1937); Mary Catherine (1854-1881); Leonard (b. 1855); Lyman Nelson (1857-1909); Esther Ann (1859-1939); Joshua (1860-1876); Horatio A. (1865-19350; Phydella Dulcina (1866-1950); Joseph Henry (1866-1958); and Ida Lucinda Yager (1870-1951). Bell died on 1 May 1891 in Warren, Midland, Michigan.
  • MARTHA F MANNING was born in October 1829 in Huntingdon, Québec. In 1854, she married Leonard T. Tibbits (who was previously married to her sister, Mary) about 1854. (In the 1851 Census of Canada, Martha Manning is even resisiding with Leonard Tibbits and his wife Mary, her sister!) They had seven children in 19 years: Leamond A (b. 1855); Elva L (1858-1892); Martha P (1864-1930); Levi Leonard (1866-1928); Charles Franklin (b. 1867); Minnie B (b. 1871); and John Milton Tibbetts (b. 1874). In 1900 she was a widow living with her daughter's family in Junction City, Geary, Kansas, USA. She died on May 26, 1911, in Junction City, Kansas, having lived a long life of 81 years..
  • GENEALOGY

    ROBERT STOTT (20 Feb 1761 - 2 Apr 1836) married MARIE JOSEPHE DESMARAIS (b. 1766) and begat...

    MARY STOTT (b. 1783), who married JOSHUA S. MANNING (8 Dec 1782 - 26 Aug 1848) and begat...

    SARAH AGATHE MANNING (05 Aug 1810 - 19 Jul 1855), who married JULIUS ALBERT RAYMOND (24 Jun 1818 - 21 Feb 1879) and begat...

    ALBERT JULIUS RAYMOND (1848 - 1924), who married LOIS MATILDA KILBOURNE (1851 - 1937) and begat...

    FLADELLA RAYMOND (1869 - 1961) who married FRANK HAUSE (1867 - 1951) and begat...

    CARLISLE HAUSE (1891 - 1972) who married MARJORIE MARCHANT (1892 - 1939) who begat...

    CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, SR. (1917 - 1983) who married JEANNE BRUNNER (1918 - 2000) and begat...

    CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, JR. (b. 1939) who married MARTHA WENK (b. 1940) and begat...

    JEFF (who married LORI ANN DOTSON), KATHY (who married HAL LARSEN), ERIC (who married MARY MOONSAMMY), and MICHELE HAUSE (who married JOHN SCOTT HOUSTON).

    NOTES

    ¹—The 55th was sent to America for the second time to serve in the American Revolution. Notably, the regiment fought at the Battle of Brooklyn (1776), the Battle of Brandywine (1777), and in East Florida. In 1778, the 55th was transferred to the West Indies.

    ²—Charles Henry Stott distributed this missive to Stott families before he passed away in 1969: "In 1927 Aunt Carrie (Sarah Caroline Stott, daughter of Robert Stott) gave Charles Henry Stott the following family history. The first Stott who came over from England was a scotchman with the British Army, and fought in the battle of the Plains of Abraham under Wolfe. At the end of the war the soldiers were given the opportunity to remain as settlers and receive land grants or go back to England. Mr. Stott chose to remain. He married a Parisian French woman, name unknown. They were Catholics but tired of the demands of the Catholic Church and turned Protestant. Mr. Stott was buried somewhere along the banks of the Richelieu River."

    ³—A family bible for James Stott lists his first wife and children and his other spouses' names and children. The genealogy written into the Bible claims that James was brought to Canada by his father Robert Stott when he was nine years old, and claims he was born near Aberdeen, Scotland. This could be where Robert Stott's father Robert Sr. came from.

    LITERATURE ON THE STOTT FAMILY:

  • "Vanished Villages of Middlesex," by Jennifer Grainger. Publisher: Natural Heritage Books; 2002-01.
  • "History of the County of Middlesex, Canada: From the Earliest Time to the Present, and Including a Department Devoted to the Preservation of Personal and Private Records, Etc," published by W.A. & C.L. Goodspeed, 1889 - Middlesex (Canada : County); 1076 pages.
  • TOP IMAGE: A view of the city of Chambly in southwestern Québec, Canada, as seen from the Richelieu River. (According to family legend, Robert Sr. is buried on the banks somewhere.)

    COUSINS, COLLABORATORS & CO-CONSPIRATORS...

  • CHERRI LYNN STOCKING is the wife of WILLIAM ALAN TIMMER, who is my 5th cousin 1x removed, by way of Sarah Agathe Manning's sister, Belmira Manning. "Bell" married Henry Yager and had a son, Lyman Nelson Yager who married Alice Amelia Vandeventer. Their daughter, Violet G Yager, married David John Finnerty and they had Olivette Marie Finnerty. Both of Olivette's parents died only one day apart, so she and her siblings (except for the eldest son) were all adopted by different families. Olivette then married John Wendel Timmer and had David John Timmer, who married Carol Ann Ross, they had William Alan Timmer. Cherri, who compiled much of this research, grew up in Lansing, Michigan and has been working on genealogy for 20 years. She discovered two seemingly forgotten daughters of Joshua Manning: Mary and Martha, who both married Leonard T. Tibbits! (Mary was first, then Martha.) I guess the similarity of the names (and obviously, the husband) just made people assume it was the same person. Cherri also recently disproved a beloved "Indian princess" myth in her own family genealogy, confirmed by overseas research and DNA testing, and of course angering her entire bloodline. I've been there Cherri—I feel your pain!