John
Mott
Born before in Saffron Walden, Essex, England
Ancestors 
Son of Adam Mott
and Elizabeth (Creel) Mott
Brother of
Son Mott, Adam Mott, Jonathan Mott, Elizabeth (Mott) Thurston, Jacob Mott [half], Eleazor Mott [half] and Gershom Mott [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth (Prigg) Harrison
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Jane (Mott) Pigg and Jeremiah Mott
Died after
after age 42
in Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Profile last modified
| Created 25 Mar 2011
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Biography
John Mott immigrated to New England as a child during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
John Mott was born in England.
John Mott was the son of Adam Mott and Elizabeth Creel. The following are recorded in the Parish register for Saffron Walden, Essex:[1][2]
10 Feb 1593/4 bpt Adam Walhead s/o John :28 Oct 1616 mar Addam Mott Elizabeth Ord/Creel
- 18 Jun 1617 bur "a man childe" Mott son of Adam
- 6 Sep 1618 bpt John Mott son Adam
In the shipping list, Adam Mott is stated to have come from Cambridge. He evidently belonged to the nearby Ezzes parish of Saffron Walden, where the surname occurs as far back as 1570 in the parish register.
Dictionary of New England Settlers. Volume 3 page 247 "..was first of Roxbury, freeman 25 May 1636; perhaps dissatisfied as a friend of Htchinson, went 1638 to Rhode Island with family; there had, perhaps, more children and was with Adam jr., John, and Jonathan, perhaps his sons living at Portsmouth, as freemen 1655."
MOTT. Page 344, 1st column John (2nd col.), son of Adam. The entries attributed to him by Austin refer to "ould John Mott" his grandfather. John, son of Adam, is named in his father's will dated 2:2mo.; 1661 (2 April 1661), which provides that his brothers shall pay him 20/ "if he demand it in such pay as in ye place passeth for pay here amonge us." This would seem to indicate that at this time John had removed from Rhode Island.
Sources
- ↑ Note that all the baptism/marriage/birth dates (unless) otherwise cited are from https://www.freereg.org.uk/, which are searchable transcriptions of the parish registers, in this case Saffron Walden. The said dates can be searched there.
- ↑ Moriarty, G. Andrews. Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island. The American Genealogist 35:108 link AmericanAncestors ($)
Acknowledgements
- Mott-736 was created by Jeri Leonard through the import of Marshall Family Tree.ged on Feb 1, 2014.
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