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Personal data Col. John Mottrom 

• Alternative name: John Mottram
• He was born about 1610 in Chicacoan, Northumberland, Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Source 3
• (Alt. Birth) about 1610.Source 4
• He died on February 25, 1655 in Chicacoan, Northumberland Co., Virginia.Source 4
• A child of Samuel (Mothershed) Mottram and Elizabeth Pope
• This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of Col. John Mottrom

(1) He is married to Mary Spencer.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Ann Mottrom  1639-1707 
2. John Jr. Mottrom  1642-????
3. Frances Mottrom  1645-1720 

(2) He is married to Ursula Bysshe.

They got married in the year 1647 at Virginia, Verenigde Staten.Sources 5, 6

(3) He is married to Lucy.

They got married

Child(ren):

1. Frances Mottrom  1645-1720 
2. Anne Mottrom  1639-± 1713 
3. John Mottrom  1637-????

Notes about Col. John Mottrom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mottrom

1  PROP 2  DATE 1642 2  PLAC owned 1,900 acres on the Piankatank.  In 1646 the land was returned to the natives in a short-lived treaty.  York Co. ; records 2  SOUR S009505 3  PAGE p. 45 2  SOUR S009516 3  PAGE v. IV p. 269 1  PROP 2 ; DATE 1657 2  PLAC His inventory was returned in 1657 in Northumberland Co., VA. Value of the estate was 33,869 pounds of tobacco. 2  SOUR S005506 3  PAGE v. III p. 848

First Burgess from Northumberland County (Henning's Statutes, Vol.I, p.299.) ...At his death, Anne and John, Jr., were left to the guardianship of the wife of Nicholas Spencer...Coan Hall is where the first whiteman to settle in the Northern Neck, Col. John Mottram, established his seat (Eubank:The Authentic Guidebook of Historic Northern Neck of VA, pps. 72-74)...Col Mottran settled here about 1640, coming from York County but prior to that from Maryland. He patented the estate there on 19 Oct 1653 and had patented a tract on the Pyankatank River on 20 July 1642...Col. Mottram was a staunch Protestant and a Cavalier. His settlement became the headquarters for disaffected St. Mary's MD protestants. He was a justice, holding court at Coan Hall. (Eubank)...When the territory of Chickawane became the County of Northumberland, Coan Hall was the County Seat...Col. Mottram built the first wharf and warehouse and his son-in-law, Richard Wright, completed the brew house he had planned. Col. Mottram died in 1655 at the age of 45. (Eubank)...He had three children by his first wife, name unknown: Anne who married Richard Wright, John who became a Captain and Justice and sheriff of Northumberland County...Frances, born at Coan Hall in 1645, at age 17 married Col. Nicholas Spencer... 12 Feb 1646 council charges Tho. Sturman, Jno Sturman et al with going to John Mottrams to escape (Proceedings of the Council of MD 1636-47, p.175)...24 May 1643 John to pay forfeited bond of Angel Baker. John in York around Nov. 1642...referred to as John Mottrom, Gent. in Dec 1648...taking depostions in 1649, reference to Mr. Mottram's plantation at Checkacone. (Ct. and Test, MD)

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