Scott-Coil Ancestors: Historical Profiles from the Family Tree

Historian Paula Amelia Scott brings the Scott-Coil family tree to life with detailed individual profiles of the men and women who made up the family. Much more than a recitation of dates and names, Scott provides fascinating historical context for these forebears and helps modern readers understand what their lives in the 1600s, 1700, 1800s, and 1900s were like. In these pages you will encounter a man who lived through the Siege of Derry in Northern Ireland in 1689, a woman skilled in linen...