Category: Mott
Eleanor Marie Mott was the mother of Amelia Annette Billings Starr and connects the Mott family to my family tree
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My cousins General Nathanael Greene and Mary Mott
I was watching Ken Burns’ new documentary on the Revolutionary War and they mention and quote General Nathanael Greene quite often. I remembered when previously writing a post about the Greene family of Rhode Island, reading that this General was a descendant of the same family so I decided to add him to my family…… Read more
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Rabble Rousing Quakers
While researching my 4x great grandfather, Elias Mott I found his middle name, Hicks. Elias Hicks Mott. It seemed like a strange middle name so I did what I always do, I googled it. Turns out Elias Hicks was a rather famous Quaker who some say caused a schism in the church. Elias Hicks, like…… Read more