John MOTT, II

1575 - Aft 1656  (80 years)

• Name	John MOTT  [1]
  Suffix	II
  Birth	15 Sep 1575	Saffron Walden, Essex, England   [1]
  Christening	1577	Essex, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Religion	1600	Saffron Walden, Essex, England   [2]
  	Ezzes Parish of the Puritan Church
  Arrival	Between 1629 and 1639	New England   [2]
  FamilySearch ID	KZDR-B1N
  Name	John Thomas Mott  [2]
  Residence	1638	Admitted as a Inhabitant of Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, America.   [2]
  Burial	Jul 1656	Shalford, Essex, England   [1]
  Death	Aft 3 Jul 1656	Rhode Island, British Colonial America   [1]
  Person ID	I594772707	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Mark MOTT,   b. 25 Apr 1549, Braintree, Essex, England d. 14 Dec 1637, Hampton, Middlesex, England (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Frances GUTTER,   b. Between 1556 and 1562, Braintree, Essex, England d. 23 Feb 1615, Braintree, Essex, England (Age ~ 59 years)
  Marriage	1570	England   [3]
  Family ID	F536730145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Johanna Elizabeth HOLLIS,   b. Abt 1566, Saffron Walden, Essex, England d. Bef 2 Jan 1610, Saffron Walden, Essex, England (Age ~ 44 years)
  Marriage	20 Jan 1593	Saffron Walden, Essex, England   [2]
  Children	1. James MOTT,   b. 1593, Saffron Walden, Essex, England bur. 10 Aug 1648, Saffron Walden, Essex, England (Age ~ 55 years)   2. William MOTT,   b. 1593, Saffron Walden, Essex, England d. Yes, date unknown   3. Sarah MOTTE,   b. May 1595, Shalford, Essex, England d. 1628, London, England (Age ~ 32 years)   4. Esther MOTT,   b. 1596, Saffron Walden, Essex, England d. Yes, date unknown   5. Adam MOTT,   b. 12 Aug 1596, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England d. Bef 12 Aug 1661, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island, British Colonial America (Age 64 years)   6. Luce MOTT,   b. Abt 1597, Saffron Walden, Essex, England d. Yes, date unknown   7. Nathaniel MOTT, Sr,   b. Abt 1604, Saffron Walden, Essex, England d. 8 Feb 1694, Braintree, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America (Age ~ 90 years)
  Family ID	F536730143	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Alice HARRINGTON,   b. Abt 1583, Althorne, Essex, England d. Aft 1621, Braintree, Essex, England (Age ~ 39 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1602	Althorne, Essex, England,   [2]
  Family ID	F536730146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  "Oulde" John Mott 1570-1656 Immigrant Most of what is known of Oulde John Mott come from articles published in the "American Genealogist" back in 1942-43. John Mott was born in about 1570 in Saffron Waldon, Essex, England, possibly the son of John Mott and Frances Gutter. Saffron Waldon appears to have been a town larger that a mere village. There was an old castle there at the time and at leat one house from medieval times still stands. There would have been more opportunities to make a living from just farming, although we don't know what he did for a living. He was apparently married several times, to Elizabeth. Catherine and possibly Mary. John was already an old man when he came to the New World, his son Adam having arrived first with his family. John was made a Freeman at Aquidneck in 1638, the year of it's founding, so at the time he must have been relatively healthy. Aquidneck is the large island of the state of Rhode Island and some very interesting people lived there, such as Anne and William Hutchinson and John Dyer. It would have been a collection of free-thinkers, Quakers and others who were not welcome or comfortable in Massachusetts. John Mott had land in 1639, but by 1644, the town of Portsmouth was providing for his care. he was apparently desperately ill in 1652 when the town ordered that a stone house be built "for the more comfortable being" of oulde John Mott in the winter. The house was not enough, so on the 23 January 1654/55 the town shipped him off to Barbados Island with admonition to the ship owner to bring him back if he "cannot be received there". He was brought back and son Adam was to provide him with a cow and a supply of corn in addition to what the town supplied.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Apr 2024), entry for Adam Mott, person ID LRYF-MJN. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Apr 2024), entry for John Mott, person ID KZDR-B1N. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Apr 2024), entry for Mark Mott, person ID LD39-TBW. (Reliability: 3).