Edward Mott (1673 - bef. 1734)

Born 11 May 1673 in Braintree, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Penelope Niles — married 9 Dec 1695 in Block, Island, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died before 26 May 1734 before age 61 in Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island Colony

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Biography

Edward Mott was born at Braintree, Massachusetts Bay Colony, on 11 May 1673. He was the son of Nathaniel Mott and Hannah Niles.^{[1] [2]}

He married the widow Penelope Tosh née Niles on 3 December 1695 in New Shoreham.^[3]

By March 1713, the family had removed to Kingstown, Rhode Island Colony, where they remained until at least 1727. By 1730, they had removed further west to Westerly, Rhode Island Colony, where Edward became a freeman on 1 May 1730.^[2]

Edward died before 26 May 1735, when his widow Penelope was made the Administrator of his estate in Westerly.^[2]

Children

Children of Penelope Niles and Edward Mott include at least:^[2]

1. John
2. Hannah, m. 5 Oct 1732 John Mott
3. Samuel
4. Abigail (probably), m. 27 Jan 1722/3, Samuel Worden
5. Patience (probably), m. 8 May 1726 Nicholas Holway

Sources

1. ↑ Samuel A. Bates, Records of the Town of Braintree, 1640 to 1793, (Randolph, Mass.: Daniel H. Huxford, 1886), 650 ("Edward Mott, son of Nath'll Mott & Hannah his wiffe borne the 3d mo. 11th. 1673.)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} G. Andrews Moriarty, "Nathaniel Mott of Scituate and his Sons," The New England Historical & Genealogical Register 67 (1913): 23-27, at 25-26.
3. ↑ James Newell Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, 21 vols. (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., 1891-1912), (New Shoreham): 15; citing New Shoreham Town Records, Vol. 1, p. 114.

See also:

• John Osborne Austin, The Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (Albany, NY: Joel Mussell’s Sons, 1887), 135 (family of Nathaniel Mott).