Name, year of birth, year and place of death, date and place of marriage (Blink Bonnie No. 2 Line, Wanganui), from Pamela Booth’s book, “Blink Bonnie”, published March 2010. Pamela’s great-great grandparents were Robert Clark Higgie b.1855 and Jane Hearn Rapley.

David and Christina farmed at Parewanui, along the Rangitikei River, east of Scotts Ferry.

Place of birth, full date of death, from CD prepared by Stuart Macfarlane and included with Pamela Booth’s second edition of her book, “Blink Bonnie”, published March 2010. Stuart is the grandson of James Higgie b. 1857.

Biography of David found in April 2023 from the Cyclopedia of New Zealand, Wellington Provincial District, Bulls:
https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc0...y-d4-d154.html#n1305
Scott, David, Settler, “Willow Bank,” Bulls, Mr. Scott is the son of one of the pioneers of the Colony, his parents having arrived in Wellington in 1841, where they settled for a few years. Subsequently, removing to Rangitikei, they settled at Scott's Ferry, called after Mr. Scott's father, who had large contracts, among others being that of carrying the mails between Wellington and New Plymouth. The subject of this sketch was only three years old when he came to Rangitikei, and, growing up with the settlement, he soon became of material help to his father, especially in carrying out his mail contracts. Mr. Scott thus at an early age came to know the value of a good horse, and has since been breeding horses for thirty-five years. He has bred and owned some of the best horses in the Colony. Among others may be mentioned Ahua, Parvenu, Omaha, Tornado, Adventurer, Waitangi, Fallacy, Cordelia, King Don, Flintlock, Lady Mary, Cornelia, Kahurangi, etc. Mr. Scott now has several youngsters running on the property, of which more will be heard in the future. Mr. Scott married Miss Higgie, of Wanganui, and has six boys and five girls. One daughter is married to Mr. McKelvie, of Flock House, and one of the sons married Miss Fraser, daughter of Mr. Donald Fraser, of Pukehoe.

No record of birth could be found on the New Zealand BDM website as at May 2023. This is most likely because births have only been recorded in New Zealand since 1848 and, it was not compulsory to register a birth before 1858).

Mention in Obituary of his father, Thomas Scott Snr, “who is known to all is a farmer in Lower Rangitikei“, published in the Manawatu Herald of 19 January 1892 and found in Papers Past in May 2023 by Katia, wife of Tim Grant Oliver. Tim is the great-grandson of James Alexander Oliver b.1866 and onwards through his son Ivor J C Oliver b.1907.