"oulde" John Mott

John Mott

• Birth: ABT 1570 in Essex, England; of Saffron Walden
• Death: JUL 1656 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA
• parents: John Mott (b abt 1550) & Elizabeth
• son: Adam Mott: of

John's son Adam3 Mott, Sr. (John2, John1) was born Aug 12, 1596 in Cambridge, England, and died Aug 12, 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport Co, RI.

notes

John Mott was born about 1570 in Saffron Walden, Essex Co., England and died  1656 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island

Married

1.  on 20 Jan 1593 in Saffron Walden, England to Johanna Hollis 
2.  Elizabeth ?...? b: ABT 1575 in Saffron Walden, Essex Co., England

Children include 

1.  Adam Mott b: ABT 1596 in Saffron Walden, Essex Co., England

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

• He was admitted as an inhabitant of Aquidneck Island in 1638, probably with his son Adam.3   We do not know when or on what ship he came to the colonies.
•  He was called Oulde John Mott and received care from the town of Portsmouth (The writer of this report is suspects an error here as Portsmouth is mentioned later.) 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 [comment: 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.

comments

"Adam Mott born 1596 son of John Mott, went to MA on the DEFENCE. He later moved to RI when his father joined him They both seemed to have died in 1661. This Adam is the progenitor of the "RI and CT Motts"

"His cousin, Adam Mott born 1621 son of JAMES MOTT (brother of John) went to NY on the BEVIS in 1639. He lived on Long Island and is the progenitor of the "NY Motts"

"The father of James and John was JOHN Mott of Saffron Walden. It is very common to mix these two families and to get the Adams confused."

Links

• http://webpages.charter.net/treinhardt/surnames/mott/tmg35.html
• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/person/p17170.htm

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John Mott •Birth: ABT 1570 in Essex, England; of Saffron Walden •Death: JUL 1656 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA •parents: John Mott (b abt 1550) & Elizabeth •son: Adam Mott: of

John's son Adam3 Mott, Sr. (John2, John1) was born Aug 12, 1596 in Cambridge, England, and died Aug 12, 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport Co, RI.

notes

John Mott was born about 1570 in Saffron Walden, Essex Co., England and died 1656 in Portsmouth, Newport Co., Rhode Island

Married 1. on 20 Jan 1593 in Saffron Walden, England to Johanna Hollis 2. Elizabeth ?...? b: ABT 1575 in Saffron Walden, Essex Co., England

Children include 1. Adam Mott b: ABT 1596 in Saffron Walden, Essex Co., England

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 •He was admitted as an inhabitant of Aquidneck Island in 1638, probably with his son Adam.3 We do not know when or on what ship he came to the colonies. • He was called Oulde John Mott and received care from the town of Portsmouth (The writer of this report is suspects an error here as Portsmouth is mentioned later.) 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 [comment: 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.

comments

"Adam Mott born 1596 son of John Mott, went to MA on the DEFENCE. He later moved to RI when his father joined him They both seemed to have died in 1661. This Adam is the progenitor of the "RI and CT Motts"

"His cousin, Adam Mott born 1621 son of JAMES MOTT (brother of John) went to NY on the BEVIS in 1639. He lived on Long Island and is the progenitor of the "NY Motts"

"The father of James and John was JOHN Mott of Saffron Walden. It is very common to mix these two families and to get the Adams confused."

Links •http://webpages.charter.net/treinhardt/surnames/mott/tmg35.html •http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/person/p17170.htm

GEDCOM Note

Category: Saffron Walden, Essex

Biography

John Mott was born about 14 Sep 1571 at Saffron Walden, Essex, Englandand died about 1656 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island.<ref name="Purchase">Purchase Genealogy: From Dorset to New England : John Mott</ref><ref name="Geni">John Mott of Saffron Walden on Geni : accessed 21 May 2018</ref>

John married:

1. Johanna Hollis, married on 20 Jan 1593 in Saffron Walden, England<ref name="Purchase" /><ref name="Geni" /><ref name="Mott" /># Elizabeth, born about 1575 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England; possibly buried 2 Jan 1610/11<ref name="Geni" /><ref name="Mott" />
2. Mary<ref name="Geni" />

Children of John Mott and Johanne Hollis ===# Mott-17|Adam Mott, born about 1596 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England<ref name="Geni" /><ref name="Mott" />

Children of John Mott and Mary ===# Elizabeth Mott, baptized 29 Sep 1625<ref name="Geni" /><ref name="Mott">The Mott Family - The American Genealogist : accessed 2 Feb 2018. Thiswebsite provides a transcription of the two additions to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary Published in The American Genealogist.</ref>

“Ould” John Mott
Austin in his Rhode Island Genealogical Dictionary missed the presenceof John Mott, the father of Adam Mott and he assigned the early records to John Mott, Adams’ son.<ref name=Austin>Austin, John Osborne. Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generationsof Settlers Who Came Before 1690 : With Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation. (Albany: J. Munsell Sons, 1887) [https://archive.org/details/genealogicaldict00aust p. 344</ref> This was later corrected in two articles in The American Genealogist.<ref name=TAG20>"Additions and Corrections to Austin’s Genealogical Dictionary." The American Genealogist 20:227-228 (1943)</ref><ref name=TAG35> Moriarty, G. Andrews. "Additions and Corrections to Austin’s Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island." The American Genealogist 35:107-108. (1959) Contains Saffron Waldon items.</ref> John Mott and Adam Mott were admitted, 1 Oct 1638, as inhabitants of “Aqueedneck, having submitted themselves to the Government that is orshall be established, according to the word of God therein.”<ref>Bartlett, John Russell (ed.). Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England. Volume I 1636-1663 (Providence: A. C. Greene and Brothers, state printers, 1856) https://archive.org/details/recordsofcolonyo01rhod p. 91</ref><ref name=TAG20 /> John Mott’s land is mentioned in the 9th mo of 1639<ref>Portsmouth (R.I.); Perry, Amos, (ed); Brigham, Clarence S. (ed) The early records of the town of Portsmouth. (Providence, R.I., E. L. Freeman & Sons, state printers, 1901) https://archive.org/details/earlyrecordsofto02port p. 5</ref> and then again, May 1644, Goodman Mott, Lt. Samford, and Goodman Bourden, or any two of them were requested, by the town of Portsmouth, to “accommodate Adam mott at the upper end of his fathers lott and Samuell wilson at ye upper end of his owne.”<ref>Portsmouth p. 28</ref><ref name=TAG20 /> The same group of three men were to cut the lot of Henry Knowles shorter.<ref>Portsmouth p. 29</ref> Beginning 29 Aug 1644 and continuing until John’s death, the town began providing for olde John Mott. Each year (1644, 1648-1657) someone in town agreed, for a fee, to provide food, lodging, washing, etc. at the town’s expense. For instance in 1649, “Adam mott having offered a Cowe for ever and 5 bushels of Corne by the yeare so longe as the ould man shall live, towards his mayntenance that so he might be dischardged from any further chardge: the towne every man that was free therto; settinge downe what Corne thay would give for this present yeare made up that 5 bushels 40 bushels and so it was Concluded that mr William Balston should have the 40 bushels of Corne, and the use of the aforenamed Cowe this present yeare for which mr Balstone undertake to keep ould father mott this present yeare and alowe him house rome dyate lodging and washinge.”<ref>Portsmouth p. 40</ref> The 1656 entry specifically states the relationship between Adam and John. “John Teft ... to keep John mott this yeare for dyat lodging washing and looking to besyde the Cowe and the corne that the ould mans son adam is ingaged to give.”<ref>Portsmouth p. 72</ref><ref>Portsmouth pp 30, 39, 40, 46, 57, 58, 60, 61, 63, 66, 72 76, 82.</ref><ref name=TAG20 /> In 1652, besides a caretaker “it is further agreed that there shalbe a stone house built for the more Comfortabl beinge of ould John mottin the winter for the effectinge there of the townes men doe here promise that upon the Call of the overseers aforesayed, thay will Come inand helpe forward the worke”<ref>Portsmouth p. 58</ref><ref name=TAG20 /> Two years later, 23 Jan 1654. “It is agreed that the towne wilbee atthe Charge to pay ould John motts passage to the Barbades Iland and back againe if he Cannot be received there, if he live to it, if the Shipp owners will carrie him.”<ref>Portsmouth p. 66</ref><ref name=TAG20 /> There is nothing further in the record concerning this. Was there family in the Barbadoes? John died between 8 June 1657 (“Mr Baulston is to speak to goodman Teift for keeping Ould mott for the year ensuing and pay him out of thetreasury.”)<ref>Portsmouth p. 76</ref> and 6 Jan 1657/8 (“Treasurer to pay goodman Teift what is due to him for keepinge ould mott , with what other just demaunds is due to the sayd Teift about ould mott”)<ref>Portsmouth p. 82</ref>

The following entries from Saffron Walden may pertain to Adam Mott's father (or his grandfather) John Mott:<ref name=TAG35 />

• 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.<ref name="Mott" />

Sources

<references />*The Mott Family - The American Genealogist : accessed 2 Feb 2018. This website provides a transcription of the two additions to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary Published in The American Genealogist.

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