Jonathan Mote (1758 - 1839)

Born 23 Aug 1758 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania

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Died May 1839 at age 80 in Ohio, USA

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Jonathan was a Friend (Quaker)

Jonathan Mote. ^[1][2]

Born 23 AUG 1758. Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA. Map: Latitude: N40.3356. Longitude: W75.9272. ^[3] 23 AUG 1758. Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA. Map: Latitude: N33.4708. Longitude: W81.975. ^[4] Found multiple copies of birth date. Using 23 AUG 1758

Died MAY 1839. Ohio, USA. Map: Latitude: N40.2083. Longitude: W81.325. ^[5]

Buried West Milton, Miami County, Ohio, USA. Map: Latitude: N39.9626. Longitude: W84.328. ^[6]

Marriage Husband Jonathan Mote. Wife Nancy Ann Hickson. Child: Jeremiah Mote. Child: Timothy Mote. Marriage 1783^[7][8]

"[David Mote's] eldest son Jonathan purchased Section 20, and settled by a splendid spring not far from its center. He was so proud of his home that he called it 'the garden spot of the world.' He came here [Union Township] at the age of forty-six, accompanied by five sons and five daughters. His wife dying on the way, he buried her by the wayside, in a very rude coffin, the best that could be provided. His children grew up, married, and many of them settled, for a time, around him. It is not known that any of them are living [as of 1880], and few of his grandchildren are in this township. Jonathan married again in 1806 or 1807, having kept his family nearly, if not all, together. In 1810, he built the first brick house in this township, and the first on Stillwater. Like the other immigrants, he cleared a farm and taught his children to labor. Having lost his second wife a few years after marriage, he remained single until 1819, when he married the third wife. She died in a few months, and he never married again. The Motes were all Quakers or Friends. Jonathan had been disowned by them about the close of the last war with England, and never regained his membership. After the death of his last wife, he lived for some years like a hermit. His youngest son, Jeremiah, marrying, he transferred his farm to him, reserving his house and a life maintenance on the farm. This was not very large, as he had previously bequeathed and sold the greater part of his land. It contained, however, more than 100 acres. The son soon traded his interest in the farm, which was again transferred to a third party. In the spring of 1839, the old man, ill and unhappy, went to the house of his nephew, who lived adjoining, and shortly after died there." ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S283
2. ↑ Source: #S48 Source number: 8377.016; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
3. ↑ Source: #S48 Source number: 8377.016; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
4. ↑ Source: #S283
5. ↑ Source: #S283
6. ↑ Source: #S283
7. ↑ Source: #S48 Source number: 8377.016; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
8. ↑ Source: #S48 Source number: 8377.016; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1
9. ↑ Miami County, Ohio, Genealogical Researchers. "Union Township. From the 1880 History of Miami County, Ohio, pages 334-389." Computerized Heritage Association, 1999.

• Source: S283 Ancestry.com U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Familysearch.org
• Source: S48 Yates Publishing U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases. Originally, the information was derived; Repository: #R1
• "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X61D-T8B : 19 January 2020), Jonathan Motte in entry for Timothy Motte, .
• "Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X61D-T8D : 19 January 2020), Jonathan Motte in entry for Jeremiah Motte, .
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL3-FGGC : 3 August 2020), Jonathan Mote, ; Burial, West Milton, Miami, Ohio, United States of America, West Branch Cemetery; citing record ID 81445848, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.