Person:William Mott (8)

Query/Correction from Graham Johnson, gdjgen at comcast dot net: It appears to me that there is more convincing evidence that William Mott (1709-1786) married Elizabeth Allen rather than Elizabeth Valentine. The support for this is Hinshaw's The Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy reflecting the records of Westbury Monthly Meeting (page 430). It states that William Mott, s William and Hannah, Great Neck, was born 6 mo (Aug) 1709, d 3-23-1786; m 6 mo (Aug) 18, 1742, Elizabeth Allen, dt Henry & Mary, b 2 mo (Apr) 28, 1724, d 1780. Earlier on the same page it states the William Mott Sr, s. Adam & Elizabeth, Great Neck, b. 20 Jan. 1674 d 6 mo (Aug) 31 1740 m 2 mo (Apr) 12 1705 Hannah Ferris, dt John & Mary (Jackson) b 5-3-1679 and d 6-24-1759, and their children included William b 6 mo 6 1709 and d 3-23-1786. Maybe William Mott married both an Elizabeth Allen and an Elizabeth Valentine. Maybe Elizabeth Allen had married a Mr. Valentine before marrying William Mott and she was the widow Valentine when she married William Mott. William Mott had a son William who was born 8 March 1743 -- about 7 months after Hinshaw shows that William Mott and Elizabeth Allen were married. Have others reconciled the apparent discrepancies?

1.   Rootsweb chart of R. G. Clarke: Mott Genealogy wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi op GET db rgclarke
   Richard Jackson file.
2.   Email from Graham Johnson g d j g e n AT g mail Dot com.

   His Source: The Encyclopedia of Quaker Genealogy, by William Wade Hinshaw, page 430