Capt. James Minott, MD

Captain James Minot, MD

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Dr. Minot was born in 1653, in 1675 graduated Harvard University, and came to Concord about 1680. Shattuck tells us that he preached in Stow, Massachusetts, in 1685, for twelve shillings six pence per day "one half cash and one half Indian corn." He "practiced physic, was a captain, justice of the peace, representative [to the Massachusetts "General Court" or house of representatives] and, eminently, a useful man." He died in 1735.

biography

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Lemuel Shattuck in his “History of the Town of Concord,” speaks of the Minots as a distinguished family going back to Thomas Minot, Secretary to the Abbot of Walden in Essex. His son, George Minot, born in 1594, came to New England and was among the first settlers of Dorchester, Massachusetts. George had four sons with one named John Minot (1628-1669). John also had four sons one of whom was James, born 1653. James attended Harvard College. He moved in 1680 to Concord, Massachusetts. Shattuck tells further how “James preached in Stow, Massachusetts in 1685 for twelve shillings six pence per day, one half cash, one half Indian corn.” Also that, “James practiced physic, was a captain, justice of the peace, representative to the Massachusetts “General Court” or House of Representatives and was eminently a useful man.” He died in 1735.

Shattuck continues to say that Concord’s James Minot married Rebecca Wheeler (1666-1734), the daughter of an early settler Timothy Wheeler (1601-1687). Timothy Wheeler, among other things had come to own the mill in Concord. The shopping area at the center of Concord is still called the “Milldam,” this being where the settlers had dammed the brook and established their first mill. Timothy Wheeler, who died not long after Rebecca’s marriage, left the mill to her in his will. This made the James Minot family among the more prosperous inhabitants of Concord. James and Rebecca Minot had ten children. The fifth of these was also named James (1694-1759) and Shattuck calls him “one of the most distinguished men of his time.”

A later ancestor Captain Jonas Minot was the stepfather of Henry David Thoreau.

Citations

[6] Lemuel Shattuck, A History of the Town of Concord, Russell, Odiorne and Company, Boston, 1835, p. 379

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Capt. Dr. James Minott Esq.

Born 14 Sep 1653 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Son of John Minott and Lydia (Butler) Minott

Brother of John Minot, Martha Minot, Stephen Minot and Samuel Minott

Husband of Rebecca (Wheeler) Minott — married 1684 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father of Rebecca (Minott) Barrett, Lydia (Minott) Stow, Mary (Minott) Wheeler, Timothy Minott, James Minot, Elizabeth (Minott) Adams, Martha (Minott) Lane, Love (Minot) Flint, Mercy (Minott) Dakin and Samuel Minott

Died 20 Sep 1735 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 12 Mar 2020 | Created 25 Mar 2013

Biography

Name

James Minott

Education

Graduated Harvard
1675 Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Title

Captain Notes

of Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Barrett House) Captain of Militia. 1700-1701 Deputy. 1684 Representative to the MA General Court Preacher: BET 1685 AND 1692 Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts practiced medicine (Barrett House) burial: Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA James was 2nd child and 2nd son. Graduated Harvard 1675 where he studied Physics and Divinity. He practiced medicine and preached at Stow, MA 1685-1692. He was a representative to the General Court, Capt. of Militia in 1684, Deputy 1700-01. James and Rebecca are buried in Hill Burying Ground, Concord, MA. Epitaphs on gravestones: Here is interred the remains of James Minott, Esg., A.M. an Excelling Grammarian, Enriched with the Gift of Prayer and Preaching, a Commanding Officer, a Physician of Great Value, a Great Lover of Peace as well as of Justice, and which was His greatest Glory, a Gent'n of distinguished Virtue and Goodness, happy in a Virtuous Posterity, and living Religiously, Died Comfortably, Sept. 20, 1735, AEt. 83. (NEHGR) Here is interred the body of Mrs Rebecca Minott ye virtuous Consort of James Minott Esq. (and daughter of Capt. Timothy Wheeler) She was a person of Serious piety and abounding charity, of great usefulness in Her Day, and a pattern of Patience and hold Submission under a long Confinement, and resigned Her Soul with Joy in her Redeemer Sept we, 1734 aged 68. Two of their daughters married Barrett brothers. .... descendants were clergymen or married to clergymen, or deacons. Many great-grandchildren held offices or were distinguished in military, civil or religious life. Many distinguished men descended from them including Rev. Stephen and Hon. Timothy Farrar of New Ipswich, NH and Roger Minot Sherman of Fairfield, CT. (Shattuck) Birth: Mar. 25, 1706 Death: Mar. 17, 1766 Deacon Samuel Minott, in the 60th year of his age. He was the son of Capt. James & Rebecca (Wheeler) Minott. On 7 MAR 1731/32, he married Sarah Prescott. After her death on 22 MAR 1736/37, he married Dorcas Prescott who died 16 JUN 1803 . Parents: James Minott (1653 - 1735) Rebecca Wheeler Minott (1666 - 1734) Spouse: Sarah Prescutt Minott (1712 - 1737) Children: Jonas Minott (1735 - 1813) Sources

Swain, William Chester. Swain and Allied Families (Swain & Tate Co., Milwaukee, Wis., 1896) Page 65 Wheeler, Albert Gallatin. The Genealogical and Encyclopedic History of the Wheeler Family in America (American College of Genealogy, Boston, Massachusetts, 1914) Page 142 Chandler, Charles Henry & Lee, Sarah Fiske.The History of New Ipswich, New Hampshire, 1735-1914: With Genealogical Records of the Principal Families (1914) Page 212-7 NEHGR: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1847) Vol. 1, Page 72 Epitaphs, from the burying-ground in Concord, Massachusetts. Shattuck, Lemuel, Esq. The Minot Family, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.) Vol. 1, Page 173-4 Find A Grave: Memorial #20642956 Barrett House, New Ipswich, NH https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/21888859/person/11... https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/21888859/family

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