He was a younger son of Thomas Scott, an Independent minister at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, where he was born, and later of Norwich. He was the brother of Joseph Nicol Scott and Elizabeth Scott, and nephew of Doctor Daniel Scott. He was probably educated by his father, and while still young took charge of a small boarding-school at Wortwell, in the parish of Redenhall, Norfolk.
While there he once a month preached to the Independent congregation at Harleston in the same parish. In 1733 Scott became minister of the dissenting congregation at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Except during the three years of Wood"s ministry, the congregation languished.
On 26 April 1774, but in broken health, Scott was elected minister by the trustees of an endowed chapel at Hapton, Norfolk.
He died at Hapton in 1775, and was buried in the parish churchyard.
