 Ann Mason Scott was the daughter of Daniel Mason and Elizabeth Winfield, and it was Ann's mother's maiden name that William and Ann Scott selected for their son.Scott's paternal grandfather, James Scott, had migrated from Scotland after the defeat of Charles Edward Stuart's forces in the Battle of Culloden.Scott's father died when Scott was six years old; his mother did not remarry, and she continued to raise Scott, his brother, and his two sisters until her death in 1803.