Richard Scott was born in Glemsford, Suffolk, England in 1607 and came to Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634 and was one of the founders of Providence in 1636. He brought with him a vellum rolled document showing eight generations of Scotts and their coats of arms. It was made by an heraldic artist in London in 1607 and is similar to the Saltonstall and Miner family rolls also brought to New England. The Scott roll was passed down through the John Scott DeBlois whaling family of Newport and presented to the Newport Historical Society in 1901.
Richard Scott was married to Catherine Marbury, sister of Ann Hutchinson, who also had her spiritual issues. Catherine was whipped and jailed in Boston and later became the first Quaker convert in Providence, with many ties to Newport. They had many descendents including the merchant Nicholas Brown of Providence and the Godfrey Malbone family of Newport.
