Nathaniel Mott (1661 - 1717)

Born 30 Aug 1661 in Braintree, Norfolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Hephzibah (Winsley) Mott — married 29 Nov 1682 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island

Husband of Sarah (Tosh) Mott — married 23 Jan 1694 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island Colony

Descendants

Died 1717 at about age 55 in New Shoreham, Rhode Island Colony

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Biography

Nathaniel Mott was born at Braintree, Massachusetts, 30 Aug 1661, the son of Nathaniel Mott and Hannah Niles; ^[1] died, probably at New Shoreham, Rhode Island, between 14 Nov 1717, when he made his will, naming as executors his wife, Sarah and Capt. Simon Ray, and 12 Dec 1717, when his will was proved. ^[2]

He married (1) probably at New Shoreham, 29 Nov 1682, Hepzibah Winsley, daughter of Nathaniel Winsley and Mary Jones; ^{[2] [3]} married (2) also probably at New Shoreham, 23 Jan 1693/94, Sarah Tosh, daughter of William Tosh and Jael Sullivan. ^{[2] [3]}

Profile from Nathaniel Mott of Scituate:^[3]

Nathaniel Mott of New Shoreham, R. I., born at Braintree 30 Aug 1661, followed his father-in-law Nathaniel Winsley of Salisbury, Mass., to Block Island, where he was a freeman in 1684. He became one of the leading citizens of New Shoreham and a large landowner. In 1695, and for many subsequent years, he was town clerk, from 1700 to 1710 he was deputy from the Island to the Rhode Island General Assembly, and in 1710 he was lieutenant of the Block Island company. He married first, 29 Nov 1682, Hepzibah Winsley, daughter of Nathaniel of Salisbury, Mass., and Block Island; and secondly, 23 Jan 1793/94, Sarah Tosh or MacIntosh, daughter of William and Jael (Sullivan) of Braintree and New Shoreham. Nathaniel Mott's will is dated 14 Nov 1717, and proved 12 Dec. 1717. He is the ancestor of all the numerous Motts of New Shoreham.

Children by first wife:

1. Mary, b. 6 Mar 1684.
   
2. Nathaniel, b. 9 Oct 1688; d. 4 Apr 1706.
   
3. John, b. 25 Mar 1690; d. 2 Mar 1692.
   

Children by second wife:

1. Sarah, b. 24 Dec 1694.
   
2. Lydia, b. 18 Mar 1697.
   
3. John, b. 1 Jan 1699/1700.
   
4. Bathsheba, b. 24 Apr 1702.
   
5. Experience, b. 27 Oct 1705.
   
6. Nathaniel, b. 25 Nov 1706.
   
7. Edward, b. 19 Mar 1709/10.
   
8. Miriam, b. 20 Jul 1712.
   

Nathaniel made his will on 14 November 1717 and it was proved on 12 December 1717 in New Shoreham. He names his wife Sarah and Capt. Simon Ray as executors. Bequests include:

• To daughter Mary Hancox, £10
  
• To grandchildren William and Hepzibah Hancox, £5 each
  
• To son John, all my lands in Block Island, mortgaged to the colony
  
• To wife Sarah, all other lands, hay, stock, goods, and chattels, while widow, and if she marry, then to son John, at age.
  
• To daughter Sarah Mitchel, Lydia Rathbone, Bathseba, Miriam, and Experience Mott, £2, 10s each, and to sons Edward and Nathaniel Mott, like legacies, all to be paid by son John.
  
• To Captain Simon Ray, £2.
  
• To son John, other land, and he to bring up his brothers Edward and Nathaniel to read and write.
  
  

Inventory included: ^[2]

Indian named Harry £20, part of a boat £4, sword, belt, gun, pewter, pair of stillyards, 2 spinning wheels, 2 beds, books, yoke of oxen, 4 cows, 3 heifers, 5 yearlings, 6 calves, 2 mares, colt, 35 sheep, 7 swine, &c.

Source

1. ↑ Moriarty, Jr., G. Andrews, Nathaniel Mott of Scituate and His Sons (The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1847-. Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2018), Vol. 67, p. 24.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} Austin, John Osborne, Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Joel Munsell & Sons, Albany, New York, 1887), p. 135. Cit. Date: 16 Jul 2021.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Andrews, op. cit., Vol. 67, p. 25. Cit. Date: 16 Jul 2021.