Saturday, August 17, 2013

Surname Saturday - MOTT (England to colonial Rhode Island)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 7th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #709, who is Elizabeth MOTT (1659-1723) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through three American generations of this MOTT family line is:

1.  Randall J. Seaver (1943-living)

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)


10.  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917)
11.  Julia White (1848-1913)

22.  Henry Arnold White (1824-1885)
23.  Amy Frances Oatley (1826-1864)

44.  Jonathan White (1806-1850)
45.  Miranda Wade (1804-1850)

88.  Humphrey White (1758-1814)
89.  Sybil Kirby (1764-1848)

176.  Jonathan White (1732-1804)
177. Abigail Wing (1734-1806)

354.  Benjamin Wing (1698-1776)
355.  Content Tucker (1695-1738)

708.  Matthew Wing, born 01 March 1674 in Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States; died before 21 July 1724 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1416. Stephen Wing and 1417. Sarah Briggs.  He married  04 September 1694 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.
709.  Elizabeth Mott, born 09 August 1659 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States; died 1723 in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of Matthew Wing and Elizabeth Mott are:

*  Joseph Wing (1697-1778), married 1717 Catherine Cornell (1699-1778)
*  Benjamin Wing (1698-1776), married (1) 1722 Content Tucker (1695-1738); married (2) 1738 Rhoda Rogers; (3) 1764 Mary Devol.
*  Abigail Wing (1701-1792), married 1726 David Durfee (1700-1788).

1418.  Adam Mott, born 1623 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England; died before 08 September 1712 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He married October 1647 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
1419.  Mary Lott, born before 22 October 1630 in Clare, Suffolk, England; died 08 October 1712 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  She was the daughter of 2838. Jeremy Lott and 2839. Sarah.

Children of Adam Mott and Mary Lott are:

*  Bethiah Mott (1644-????)
*  Rebecca Mott (1649-1719)
*  Adam Mott (1650-1676)
*  Mary Mott (1656-????)
*  Sarah Mott (1657-????)
*  Elizabeth Mott (1659-1723), married (1) William Ricketson; married (2) 1694 Mathew Wing (1674-1724)
*  Phebe Mott (1661-????)
*  Abigail Mott (1666-1730)
*  John Mott (1671-????)

2836.  Adam Mott, born 1596 in of Saffron Waldon, Essex, England; died Bef. 12 August 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.  He was the son of 5672. John Mott and 5673. Elizabeth.  He married 28 October 1616 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England.
2837.  Elizabeth Creed, born about 1598 in England; died before 1635 in England.

Children of Adam Mott and Elizabeth Creed are:

*  male Mott (1617-1617)
*  John Mott (1618-????)
*  Adam Mott (1523-1712), married 1647 Mary Lott (1630-1712)
*  Jonathan Mott (1626-????)
*  Elizabeth Mott (1629-1694), married 1647 Edward Thurston (1618-1707).

Information about these Mott families were obtained from:

*  The English ancestry and biography of Adam Mott was provided in the book Ancestral Lines, Third Edition, compiled by Carl Boyer 3rd, published by the compiler in Santa Clarita, California in 1998.

*  Adam Mott has a sketch in the book The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume V, by Robert Charles Anderson, published by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in 2007 (pages 181-185).

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