Jacob Mott (1633 - 1711)

Born 1633 in Rhode Island

Ancestors

Husband of Joanna (Slocum) Mott — married 1661 in New England

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1711 at about age 78 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, Rhode Island

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Biography

Birth & Parents

Jacob Mott, son of Adam Mott & Sarah Jennings, was born 1633. ^{[1] [2] [3][4] [5]}

Marriage

Joanna married Jacob Mott, son of Adam Mott ^{[1] [3]} & Sarah Jennings.

Life

"They were residents of Portsmouth, R.I. Mr. Mott was deputy in 1674, and constable in 1687. He was one of a number who built, in 1699, the first house of worship erected for that purpose in the town of Dartmouth." ^[5]

Death & Burial

Jacob died 15 Nov 1711. ^[5]

Sources

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Frost, Keeler, p. 223.
2. ↑ Slocum, Slocums, p. 41.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Austin, Rhode Islanders, p. 25.
4. ↑ Harris, Mott, p. 7.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Representative, Genealogical, p. 1735.

Documentation

• Primary (transcribed):Torrey, Clarence Almon. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, MD: 1985. See Ancestry.com.
• Secondary:Perry, Amos. The Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth. (Edited in Accordance with a Resolution of the General Assembly by The Library of the Rhode Island Historical Society.) E.L. Freeman & Sons, State Printers. Providence, RI: 1901. See Archive.org.
• Secondary:Slocum, Charles Elihu. A Short History of the Slocums, Slocumbs and Slocombs of America, Genealogical and Biographical; Embracing Eleven Generations of the First-Named Family from 1637 to 1881: With their alliances and the descendants in the female lines so far as ascertained. Also the etymology of those surnames, an account of some researches in England concerning their ancestors who bore the parent surname, Slocumbe, etc. Privately Printed. (Truair, Smith & Bruce, Printers and Binders.) Syracuse, NY: 1882. See Archive.org.
• Secondary:Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island. Vol. III: "Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families." Chicago, IL: J.H. Beers & Co., 1908. See Archive.org.
• Secondary:Austin, John Osborne. Ancestry of Thirty-Three Rhode Islanders Born in the 18th Century. Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1889.
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcmanigle/27155.htm

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