 While a boy in 1641, John Scott was exiled New England on charges of treason.While the exact charge is unknown, it is likely related to the volatile climate of the years leading to the English Civil War.According to the most complete biography of Scott, he was sold to the Southwick family, for whom he toiled until, ruined and defamed for their anti-Puritan beliefs, they further sold him to a purported child trafficker, Emmanuel Downing.