James Minott Esq. (1653 - 1735)

Born 14 Sep 1653 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

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

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1735 at age 82 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

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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)
• 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)

Burial

Old Hill Burying Ground, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Sources

• Sibley, John Langdon. Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University (Charles William Sever, Cambridge, 1881) Vol. 2, Page 462.
• 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.
• Minot, Joseph Grafton. A Genealogical Record of the Minot Family in America and England (privately printed, Boston, 1897) Page 14.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #20642956
• Barrett House, New Ipswich, NH
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/21888859/person/1169372403/facts
• https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/21888859/family