Ships Passenger Lists, Scottish Immigrants to USA Canada Scottish Immigrants to USA Canada Pre-1820 Approximately 650,000 individuals of all nationalities arrived in America before 1820 Most were English and Welsh Smaller numbers of German, Irish, Scotch-Irish, Dutch, French, Spanish, African, and other nationalities also arrived These immigrants tended to settle in the eastern, middle-Atlantic, and southern states Before January 1, 1820, the