Margaret (Mote) Patty (1753 - bef. 1803)

Born 28 Feb 1753 in Orange County, North Carolina [uncertain]

Ancestors

Descendants

Died before 7 Mar 1803 before age 50 in Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, USA

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Biography

Margaret was a Friend (Quaker)

The birth of Margaret, daughter of David Mote Sr and Dorcas Nichols, has not been found in extant primary sources but is found in later family records as 28 Feb 1753 and likely in Orange County, North Carolina where her parents had married the prior year.

Her marriage to James Patty is generally seen as 1770, the year prior to the birth of their first daughter, however, South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research places the marriage in 1769.^[1] The family lived in Ninety Six District, South Carolina, between the Broad and Saludy Rivers.^[2][3]

Margaret's date of death is not known with certainty. She wrote her will on 14 Jan 1803 and it was proved 7 Mar 1803 placing her death between these dates. She is presumed interred at Bush River Quaker Cemetery, Newberry, South Carolina. There is no grave marker and in keeping with Quaker practice of the period, her grave was most likely marked only with a plain rock or stone.^[4]

Known Children

Note: the following children are those named in her Will.

• Mary - b 1771^[5], m David Edwards
• Rachel - b 1774^[6], m Wallace Jones
• James - b c 1775
• Sarah - b c 1777, m William Spenser [sic]
• Dorcas - b c 1780, m Jesse Mote
• Charles - b c 1788, m Phebe Pearson
• David - Note: while David receives the bulk of the inheritance suggesting he is the first born son, secondary source records appear to place his birth circa 1785.

Will^[7]

Recorded: 1 Aug 1803 Proved: 7 Mar 1803

I Margaret Patty of the District of Newberry and State of South Carolina being...
Second, I do hereby Will and Bequeath all My Land to My Son David Patty, Whereon I now live adjoining land formerly Laid of for him in the Division of his fathers Estate, I also bequeath to My Son David Patty one Certain Black Mare Which he now Claims, he to pay my Daughter Darkes Motes the sum of Eleven pounds being her share of her fathers Estate.
Third, I will and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Patty Spenser the sum of five shillings.
Forth, I will and bequeath ot my daughter Mary Edwards the sum of five shillings.
Fifth I will and bequeath to my Daughter Rachel Jones the sum of five shillings.
Sixth I will and bequeath to my Daughter Darkes Motes the sum of five shillings.
Seventh, I will and bequeath to my son James Patty the sum of five shillings.
Eighty, I will and bequeath to My Son Charles patty all the rest of my Personal Estate, to be aplyed as he and My Executors May think best.

Lastly, I do hereby nomenate and appoint by Trusty friends James patty and Samuel Brown, Executors to this My last Will and Testament Ratefiing and Cortefing this and No Other to be My Last Will and Testament Hereby Revoking and Disanuling all former Wills by me Made or Suffered to be Made in Witnefs Whereof I have hereunto Set my Hand and Seal this Fourteenth Day of the first Month Called January in the Year of our Lord one thousand Eight Hundred and Three.

Margaret Patty (her mark)(Seal)

Signed and acknowledged in the Presents of us Who Were Present at the Signing and acknowledging Thereof

Silas King
Joseph Conwill
Alexander West

Research Notes

This profile previously listed the following children absent a primary source:

Child: Mary Mote.
Child: Jeremiah Mote.
Child: William Mote.
Child: Jesse Mote.
Child: Dorcas Mote.
Child: John Mote.
Child: Jonathan Mote.
Child: Rachel Mote.
Child: Margaret Mote.
Child: David Mote.

Sources

1. ↑ South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol 5, # 4
2. ↑ U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820. Document: Jury Lists, 1779, Acts #1123 [at SC Archives]; Page Number: 4; Family Number: 40
3. ↑ US Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Newberry, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 55; Image: 52; Family History Library Film: 0568151
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81509697/margaret-patty: accessed 31 December 2022), memorial page for Margaret Mote Patty (28 Feb 1753–1803), Find A Grave: Memorial #81509697, citing Bush River Quaker Cemetery, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by GWC (contributor 46861802).
5. ↑ US Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Penn, St Joseph, Indiana; Roll: M432_171; Page: 121B; Image: 247
6. ↑ Earlham College Friends Collection & College Archives, Richmond, Indiana. West Branch Monthly Meeting minutes.
7. ↑ South Carolina Will Transcripts, 1782-1868; Author: Wates, Wylma Anne; Probate Place: Newberry, South Carolina. Original: Will Book D, Pg 9. Test. Samuel Lindsey O.N.C., Box 16/Pkg 24 -- Est. 356