 On 18 April 1562, with Calvin's blessing, Scrimgeour married Françoise de Saussure.However, Françoise died, on 1 February 1568, aged twenty-five, leaving a three-year-old daughter, Marie.In 1563 the Genevan pastors appointed Scrimgeour reader in philosophy, and the same year he was admitted to the town council of two hundred.