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- H. John Motley - 1764
- W. Lydia Libby (add)
m. 2 Jul 1754
Facts and Events
| Name |
John Motley |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
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Belfast City, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Immigration? |
1735 |
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| Marriage |
14 May 1738 |
Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United Statesto Mary Roberts |
| Marriage |
2 Jul 1754 |
Falmouth, Cumberland, Maine, United Statesto Lydia Libby (add) |
| Death? |
1764 |
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States |
References
- http://www.lynx2ulster.com/ScotchIrishPioneers/011.php:
Among the later Scotch Irish settlers at Falmouth was John Motley, from Belfast in Ireland, who married in 1738 Mary Roberts. A son settled in Boston, where he became prominent; his descendant, John Lothrop Motley, was the historian of the Netherlands - http://www.readbookonline.net/read/7124/19340/
John Motley, the great-grandfather of the subject of this Memoir, came in the earlier part of the last century from Belfast in Ireland to Falmouth, now Portland, in the District, now the State of Maine. He was twice married, and had ten children, four of the first marriage and six of the last. Thomas, the youngest son by his first wife, married Emma, a daughter of John Wait, the first Sheriff of Cumberland County under the government of the United States. Two of their seven sons, Thomas and Edward, removed from Portland to Boston in 1802 and established themselves as partners in commercial business, continuing united and prosperous for nearly half a century before the firm was dissolved.
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