Hello I seem to remember last month Chris asking whether Hudson Scott of Carlisle was a Quaker. I spotted this sad advert in the Carlisle Patriot in August 1842: Five Pound Reward MISSING Hudson Scott, senior, an aged man in the dress of one of the Society of Friends, left his house on the evening of the 31st ultimo, about 6 o'clock. He had on a brown coat, grey breeches and light coloured gaiters, and is afflicted with considerable deafness. He uses a stick and leans forward when walking. Whoever will give such information respecting him as will lead to his discovery shall receive the above REWARD on application to: Hudson Scott, Jun, 11, English Street. And on the following week: An inquest was held on Friday last by Mr Carrick, coroner, at the house of Mr Gibbons, of Mossband, near the Iron Bridge over the Esk, on the body of Mr Hudson Scott, senior, who was last week advertised in our columns as missing, and a verdict of ³Found Dead² recorded. It seems that the deceased had gone in that direction on the night he was first missing, after having been observed at a late hour in the neighbourhood of Stanwix, and having lost his way, had fallen from exhaustion on Rosetrees Moss, about a quarter of a mile from Mr Gibbons house, where he was accidentally found by a gamekeeper in the service of Sir James Graham. We understand Mr Scott was in his eightieth year, and had not been well for some days previous. His watch was found upon his person, his stick grasped in one hand, and the body lying as if no struggle had taken place. (I don't know if the son Hudson Scott is the one of tin box factory fame, though) Cheers Bridget

Bridget Casson wrote: <snip> >I spotted this sad advert in the Carlisle Patriot in August 1842: > >Five Pound Reward >MISSING >Hudson Scott, senior, an aged man in the dress of one of the >Society of Friends, left his house on the evening <snip> Many thanks, Bridget. Fascinating and, as you say, very sad. My Quaker Hudson Scott married Susanna Dickinson in 1806, so may possibly have been the son mentioned - but I have the impression that the tin box Hudson Scott was yet a further generation on??? Chris chris@dickinson.uk.net Chris chris@dickinson.uk.net