Nancy was born in Sedbergh (which may have been just inside Yorkshire at the time) and christened on 31 October 1835 at Killington which is about 10km east of Kendal. She was the witness at her sister Elizabeth's wedding on 23 February 1864 in Edge Hill, Liverpool.
The 1851 Census of Kendal has Nancy living on Stricklandgate next door to her sister Jane working as a servant. Also in the house is a John SCOTT aged 16. This John SCOTT is probably the son (b.1835) of John and Isabella SCOTT and is not the John SCOTT who married Nancy's sister Elizabeth. He may, however, be a cousin of that John SCOTT.
In 1861 she is living with her aunt Agnes KENDAL on Edge Lane, West Derby working as a housemaid.

