Mary MOTT

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• Residence: Jun 1617, Saffron Walden, Essex, England
• Occupation: Between 1635 and 1661; Tailor in England, and Farmer in Rhode Island Colony
• Immigration: 2 Jul 1635; via ship ?Defence?
• Residence: Oct 1635, Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
• Arrival: 8 Oct 1635, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
• Religion: 1636; Puritan in England, converted to Quaker in Rhode Island Colony
• Freeman: 25 May 1636, Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; Admitted as a Freeman
• Property: 25 May 1636, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
• MilitaryService: 1642, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America; Portsmouth Militia
• Occupation: 1642, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America; Town Security
• Elected: 27 May 1644, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America; Elected Clerk for the General Court at Newport
• Will: 2 Apr 1661, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America; Will Dated
• Probate: 12 Aug 1661, Portsmouth, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America

Notes:

Adam Mott was born in Cambridge, England, on 12 August 1596 to John Mott and Elizabeth Hollis.
He [Adam] married1 Elizabeth Creel on 28 October 1616. They had four children: John (1618), Adam (1623), Jonathan (1626), and Elizabeth (1629) who married Edward Thurston in Rhode Island.

1632 - 1635 July
[Spouse1] Elizabeth died in 1632, and Adam married [Spouse2] Sarah Jennings Lott on 11 May 1635. Sarah had a daughter from her previous marriage to Engelbert Pieters Lott. Her [dtr's] name was Mary Lott (b. 1630). Adam, his wife Sarah, and their five children boarded the ship Defence [Defiance] in London in July [1635] for the voyage to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England. Those listed above are on the passenger list for the ship.
Before embarking, Adam "brought testimony from the Justices of [the] Peace, and minister in Cambridge, of his conformity to and discipline of the Church of England". In all likelihood, Adam, a tailor, also had all of his wealth -- we have no idea how much that may have been.

Taking a moment here: the planning for this move had to have begun long before Adam married Mary [Sarah]. To cut his ties to England he would have to liquidate all his property and convert it to gold or currency. There was probably no business to sell, and whether or not he owned his home is unknown. There may have been little or no wealth. But, there was not such thing as having his English bank wire his whatever funds there may have been to his American bank. One would assume that Mary [Sarah] was aware of Adam's plans when they were married [on 11 May 1635].

1635 Oct 8 - 1636 May 25
Arriving in Boston after a three-month voyage on 8 Oct 1635, with [we believe] all the family having survived, Adam set up residence in Roxbury where he is recorded as a Freeman on 25 May 1636 [Freeman = Landowner]. Roxbury was one of the first settlements in the Colony and "It was said that the best people settled in Roxbury. They were people of substance, many of them farmers, none being 'of the poorer sort."

Adam and Sarah were members of the 'First Church' at Roxbury. The denomination is not known but most certainly Puritan. Adam later removed his family to Hingham, MA where he received a Land Grant. How he acquired the property in Roxbury or the Hingham Land Grant is unknown; nor is his occupation known; historically he was a tailor by trade.

What is known: Adam moved to Massachusetts with evidence of conformity with the Anglican Church of England. The Pilgrims left England in 1620 and settled in Plymouth because they were unhappy with the lax practices of the Church of England. The Puritans arrived in Massachusetts Bay (Boston) and Puritanism became the official religion of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
They began civil trials, rendering punishments to those who did not comply/conform with their religious laws. In the same month Adam & his family landed in Boston, 'Roger Williams' was convicted in Civil Court of failure to conform to religious laws and was ordered to leave the colony [and the Church].

? 1636 Roger Williams
By the summer of 1636 [Roger] Williams had relocated to Narragansett Bay and purchased Aquidneck Island from the Narragansett Indians for some colored beads. The Indians used colored seashells as currency, so colored beads were just another denomination of currency. Williams had good relations with the Narragansetts, and he and the Indians welcomed new settlers to the island.

1638
By 1638 Adam Mott moved his family to the island [Aquidneck] and was one of the first settlers who signed the compact of government.
Adam and Sarah had 3 more sons during their early years in Massachusetts and Rhode Island: Eleazer, Gersham, and Jacob.

? 1638-1667 Colonial Records
The colonial records indicate the following entries for Adam and his family:
1638 - Adam Mott is granted one of the thirteen lots on the west side of the spring for building.
1638 - January 2. Adam Mott is present at a general meeting of the Body for Town of Portsmouth.
1638 - Adam and John Mott are listed among the persons "admitted to be Inhabytants of the Island now called Aqueedneck." [Previously, Rhode Island was known by its Indian name: Aquidneck Island. On maps both names were listed, until Aquidneck Island was dropped in 1930.]
1640 - April 26. Adam Mott given on loan one yearling goat.
1640 - Adam Mott among those asking "to be reunited to this body" [in the General Court in the town of Newport].
1640 - Adam Mott and others "are chosen to the service of laying out the Lands for the Towne of Portsmouth."
1641 - March 16. Adam Mott in list for "the Court of Freemen, with the officers, as they were elected on the 16th of March, 1641."
1642 - March 17, Adam Mott is elected as clerk for the General Court at Newport, 1644, May 27. Adam Mott mentioned as having a "lower lott" [land]
1644 - "It is further ordered, that Mr. Baulston shall have nine pound a yeare for John Mott's washing and diett"
1653 - May 17, Jonathan Mott is listed as a Freeman of Portsmouth.
1655 - Adam Mott, Sr., and Adam Mott, Jr., listed as Freemen of Portsmouth.
1659 - Adam Motts' home was used as a Friends Meetinghouse.
1667 - 6 May, Adam Mott serving on the Grand Jury of "The Genrl Court of Tryalls " held at Newport.

? Amsterdam, New Netherland 1646-1648
In addition to the Rhode Island colonial records, Adam is recorded as having visited the Dutch community of New Amsterdam on numerous occasions:
23 Aug 1646 -"Patent. Adam Mott; 25 morgens land on the west side of Mespachtes Kill."
14 Aug 1647 - "Appeared before us, Cornelius Tienhoven, Secretary in New Netherlands, Adam Mott, as attorney of Mr. Richard Smith, who acknowledged that he received from William Thomassen, skipper, on the Falconer, the sum 85 Guilders, for which sum William Thomassen aforesaid remained bail on the 14th of August, 1647. And will in behalf of John Wilcox and Isaac Allerton, appear for the note of hand signed by John Wilcox. Wherefore Adam Mott discharged William Thomassen aforsaid of his bailment for John Wilcox, and promises that he will not molest him in any manner on this account. In truth whereof the discharge was signed by Adam Mott, John Rodenhurgh, Jacob Kipp, as witnesses, last of August, 1648, in New Netherlands."
17 Jul 1648 - "Adam Mott; I intreat you to receive ___ Guilders of skipper Witt, for the use of your loving friend; Richard Smith."
30 Sep 1647 - "Declarations: William Cock and Adam Mott, that George Homs' wife called Robert Butler's wife a w---e."
31 Aug 1648 - "Receipt Adam Mott, agent of Richard Smith, for 85 guilders paid by William Tomassen, skipper."
31 Aug 1648 - "It seems indubitable that besides the two men of this name in Portsmouth, R.I., there was another with precisely the same name at Manhattan Which one of the three is alluded to here, and in the later references, must be left to the judgment of the reader. The close connection with Richard Smith shown by the entries in Vol. III , July 17, and Aug. 31, 1648 , suggests the presence in New York, for a time, of the younger Adam of Portsmouth."

[The colony of New Netherlands was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624. The successful Dutch settlement on the southern tip of Manhattan Island was later christened New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherlands. In 1664 'Nieuw Amsterdam', alias Fort Orange, came under British control and was renamed Albany, after the Duke of Albany, who organized the Dutch surrender of New Amsterdam.]

? 1661 Will & Probate
Adam Mott wrote his will on 2 April 1661 and named his 6 children:
1) John, who was also on 1635 passenger list to America
2) Adam, who was also on 1635 passenger list to America
3) Elizabeth, who was also on 1635 passenger list to America
4) Jacob, b. Colonies; not on the 1635 passenger list; son of second wife Sarah Lott, born in America
5) Gearsham, not on the 1635 passenger list; son of second wife Sarah Lott, born in America
6) Eleazar, not on the 1635 passenger list; son of second wife Sarah Lott; born in America

His will was witnessed and recorded on 2 Apr 1661, and inventory posted 12 Aug 1661. He died between the two dates. Adam was 65 years of age.

Sarah died just five months later [5 month from Adam's death = Jan 1662]. The inventory of the estate was valued at ?371.

? Children Not Listed in Will
Adam had a son, Jonathan, on the 1635 passenger list. Jonathan was not named in Adam's will and may have been deceased by April 1661.
? Mary, daughter of Sarah Lott and 1st husband, Engelbert Lott.
Mary, who was listed as 4 yrs old on the 1635 passenger list, daughter of Sarah Lott [second wife of Adam] and her first husband, [Engelbret/Engelbert/Jeremy Lott].
? Son, Adam Mott [Jr] married Mary Lott, his stepsister.

Note: The Long Island Motts are considered to be a different group, although possibly related.
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Adam married Elizabeth CREEL in England. Elizabeth (daughter of John Thomas CREEL, III and Nancy J. STAMPE) was born in 1600 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; died in 1632 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; was buried in 1632 in Saffron Walden Cemetery, Uttlesford, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: John Thomas Mott
• Religion: 1600, Saffron Walden, Essex, England; Ezzes Parish of the Puritan Church
• Arrival: Between 1629 and 1639, New England
• Residence: 1638, Admitted as a Inhabitant of Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, America.

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"Oulde" John Mott 1570-1656 Immigrant

Most of what is known of Oulde John Mott come from articles published in the "American Genealogist" back in 1942-43.

John Mott was born in about 1570 in Saffron Waldon, Essex, England, possibly the son of John Mott and Frances Gutter. Saffron Waldon appears to have been a town larger that a mere village. There was an old castle there at the time and at leat one house from medieval times still stands. There would have been more opportunities to make a living from just farming, although we don't know what he did for a living. He was apparently married several times, to Elizabeth. Catherine and possibly Mary.

John was already an old man when he came to the New World, his son Adam having arrived first with his family. John was made a Freeman at Aquidneck in 1638, the year of it's founding, so at the time he must have been relatively healthy. Aquidneck is the large island of the state of Rhode Island and some very interesting people lived there, such as Anne and William Hutchinson and John Dyer. It would have been a collection of free-thinkers, Quakers and others who were not welcome or comfortable in Massachusetts. John Mott had land in 1639, but by 1644, the town of Portsmouth was providing for his care. he was apparently desperately ill in 1652 when the town ordered that a stone house be built "for the more comfortable being" of oulde John Mott in the winter. The house was not enough, so on the 23 January 1654/55 the town shipped him off to Barbados Island with admonition to the ship owner to bring him back if he "cannot be received there". He was brought back and son Adam was to provide him with a cow and a supply of corn in addition to what the town supplied.

John married Johanna Elizabeth HOLLIS on 20 Jan 1593 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. Johanna (daughter of William HOLLIS and Sarah LEES) was born about 1566 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England; died before 2 Jan 1610 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England; was buried on 2 Jan 1610 in Bradwell, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elisabeth Hollis
• Name: Johane

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Johanna Hollis was born about 1566, probably at Saffron Walden, Essex, England. Johanna married, on 20 Jan 1593 in Saffron Walden, John Mott. John was born about 1571 in Saffron Walden, and died 1656 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Johanna and John had at least one child, Adam Mott, born about 1596. Johanna (Hollis) Mott passed away at Saffron Walden around or after her son's date of birth.

John Mott married:

Johanna Hollis, married on 20 Jan 1593 in Saffron Walden, England
Elizabeth, born about 1575 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Children:
1.) Adam Mott, born about 1596 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England

The following is from The American Genealogist Vol. 20, page 227-228:

MOTT, Adam (p344, 1st col.) was the son of "oulde John Mott" who was admitted a freeman at Aquidneck in 1638. In 8 mo.: 1639 John Mott's land is mentiond. On 29 Aug. 1644, 25 Jan. 1648/9, 2 June 1650, 19 Jan 1651/2, 9 June 1652, 2 June 1653, 20 June 1653 and 17 June 1654, the town of Portsmouth, R. I. provided for his care (Records of the Town of Portsmouth). On 23 Jan 1654/5, the town agreed to pay the passage of "ould John Mott to Barbados Iland and back again if he cannot be received there, if he live to it, if the shipp owners will carried him." (ib., p. 66) On 3 July 1656 further provision was made for his keep and "the oulde mans son Adam" engaged to give a cow and a supply of corn towards it (ib. p. 72). The ould man was evidently held in high esteem, for the order of 9 June 1652 provided "that there shalbe a stone house built for the more comfortabl beinge of ould John Mott in the winter" (ib. p. 58).

Notes
John Mott was admitted as an inhabitant of Aquidneck Island in 1638, probably with his son Adam Mott. It is not known when or on what ship he came to the colonies.

He was called Oulde John Mott and received care from the town of Portsmouth for several years from 29 Aug 1644 to his death, probably about 1656.

The following entries from Saffron Walden may pertain to Adam Mott's father (or his grandfather) John Mott:
Buried 2 Jan. 1610/11, Elizabeth wife of John Mott;
Buried 4 May 1619, Catherine wife of John Mott;
Buried 2 Jan 1616/17, Ann daughter of John Mott; and
Baptized 29 Sept. 1625, Elizabeth daughter of John and Mary Mott.

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John married Nancy J. STAMPE. Nancy was born on 21 Sep 1579 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England; died in 1628 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• LifeSketch: ; There is a Visitation pedigree attached to the Mott family of Essex. The children of Marke Mott and Frances Gutter of Braintree in Essex dated 1634. Their children are John, Adrian, Marke, Edward, and Sarah.

Mark married Frances GUTTER in 1570 in England. Frances (daughter of Richard GUTTER and Jane) was born between 1556 and 1562 in Braintree, Essex, England; died on 23 Feb 1615 in Braintree, Essex, England; was buried on 23 Feb 1615 in Braintree, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Sarah LEES. Sarah was born in 1545 in Woodborough, Nottinghamshire, England; died in Aug 1600 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England; was buried on 23 Aug 1600 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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