Col. John Mottrom Sr. ¹²⁶⁶

  Research Notes:

The Washington Ancestry and Records of the McClain, Johnson and Forty Other Colonial American Families, Volume 1, Page 285

"Colonel John Mottrom of Northumberland, Virginia who came from England to Virginia shortly before the year 1640"

First Burgess from Northumberland County (Henning's Statutes, Vol.I,p.299.) ...At his death, Anne and John, Jr., were left to the guardianship of the wife of Nicholas Spencer...Coan Hall is where the first whiteman to settle in the Northern Neck, Col. John Mottram, established his seat (Eubank: The Authentic Guidebook of Historic Northern Neck of VA, pps. 72-74)...Col Mottran settled here about 1640, coming from York County but prior to that from Maryland. He patented the estate there on 19 Oct 1653 and had patented a tract on the Pyankatank River on 20 July 1642... Col. Mottram was a staunch Protestant and a Cavalier. His settlement became the headquarters for disaffected St. Mary's Maryland protestants. He was a justice, holding court at Coan Hall. (Eubank)...When the territory of Chickawane became the County of Northumberland, Coan Hall was the County Seat...Col. Mottram built the first wharf and warehouse and his son-in-law, Richard Wright, completed the brew house he had planned. Col. Mottram died in 1655 at the age of 45. (Eubank)...He had three children by his first wife, name unknown: Anne who married Richard Wright, John who became a Captain and Justice and sheriff of Northumberland County...Frances, born at Coan Hall in 1645, at age 17 married Col. Nicholas Spencer... 12 Feb 1646 council charges Tho. Sturman, Jno Sturman et al with going to John Mottrams to escape (Proceedings of the Council of MD 1636-47,p.175)...24 May 1643 John to pay forfeited bond of Angel Baker. John in York around Nov.1642...referred to as John Mottrom, Gent. in Dec 1648 ...taking depostions in 1649, reference to Mr. Mottram's plantation at Checkacone. (Ct. and Test, MD)

From "Early Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666" by George Cabel Greer ¹²⁶⁶

John married Lucy ? before 1639.¹²⁶⁶

John next married Ursula Bysshe.