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Event: Type: Moved to
Date: 1638
Place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Note: Admitted an inhabitant of the island of Aquidneck. With others
he was appointed to lay out lands in Portsmouth.

Event: Type: Land Rec
Date: 23 JUN 1638
Note: He had a grant of land on the west side of the spring.

Event: Type: Land Rec
Date: 27 MAY 1644
Note: He was granted an addition to his lot.

Immigration: Date: 02 JUL 1635
Note: Came to America on the ship 'Defense', his age being 39, his
wife Sarah 31, children John 14, Adam 12, Jonathan 9, Elizabeth
6 and Mary 4. These children were four of them by his first
wife, whild the other child, Mary Lott, was by his second
wife's former husband. Before departing England, he brought
testimony from the Justices of the Peace and minister in
Cambridge of his conformity to the order and discipline of the
Church of England. He hath taken the oath of allegiance and
supremacy.

Occupation: Admitted a freeman
Date: 25 MAY 1636
Place: Roxbury, Massassuchetts

Occupation: Freeman
Date: 16 MAR 1641
Place: Portsmouth, Rhode Island

Occupation: He was a tailor.

Occupation: He and others were chosen to lay out lands at Portsmouth.
Date: 12 JAN 1640

Occupation: Freeman
Date: 1655

Religion: Members of the first church at Roxbury, MA
Date: 1636

Death: 12 AUG 1661 Portsmouth, Newport Co, Rhode Island

Will: Date: 02 APR 1661
Note: Proved Aug 31, 1661 - Exx. wife Sarah, she being appointed by
Town Council, the will being somewhat dubious. Overseers,
friends Edward Thurston and Richard Tew. To wife Sarah,
housing and lands in Portsmouth, and all goods, cattle, and
other movables for her needs of life. At her death estate to
be divided into three shares, to sons, Jacob, Eleazer and
Gershom. Son Jacob is to have if he be contented, what I gave
his at upper corner of my farm, and if not, then other land.
If either of these three brothers die before my wife then
whoever of them live are to have the others' part. Those who
enjoy the land are to pay son John, 20s, and to Adam, an ewe
lamb, within three months of their mother's decease. To
Elizabeth Thurston, wife of Edward, an ewe lamb. To Edward
Thurston and Richard Tew, and ewe lamb each. The overseers
were empowered to give all the children some gift of movables.

Inventory, 372 pounds, 6 shillings., viz: house and land 150
pounds, 4 oxen, 5 cows, bull, horse, mare, colt, 2 calves, 30
ewe sheep, 2 rams, 6 swine, wampum peage 3 pounds, wearing
clothes, books, 2 feather beds, 2 flock beds, 6 pewter
platters, wine pot, warming pan, 7 pair of sheets, 6 napkins, 2
tables, joint stool, 1 1/2 acres wheat, 2 acres oats, 2 acres
peas, 3 acres Indian corn.

Reference: 3435

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Creel, Elizabeth {I3436} (b. ABT 1600, d. 1634)

Birth: ABT 1600 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Death: 1634 Cambridge, England

Reference: 3436

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Mott, John {I3437} (b. 1570, d. JUL 1656)

Note: The town of Portsmouth, Rhode Island provided for his care.
Also on Jan 25 1648/9, June 2 1650, Jan 19 1651/2, June 9,
1652, June 2 1653, June 20 1653, and June 17 1654.

Note: The town agreed to pay the passage of "ould John Mott to
Barbados Iland and back again if he cannot be received there,
if he live to it, if the shipp owners will carrie him".

Note: Further provision was made for his keep and "the oulde mans son
Adam" engaged to give a cow and a supply of corn towards it.

Note: The ould man was evidently held in high esteem, for the order
of June 9, 1652 provided "that there shalbe a stone house built
for the more comfortabl beinge of ould John Mott in the winter"

Source: (Name)
Title: Austin's Genealogical Dictionary
Abbreviation: Genealogical Dictionay

Birth: 1570 Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Occupation: Admitted a freeman at Aquidneck
Date: 1638

Death: JUL 1656 Portsmouth, Newport Co, Rhode Island

Reference: 3437

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Elizabeth, {I3438} (b. ABT 1566, d. 02 JAN 1609/10)

Birth: ABT 1566 England

Death: 02 JAN 1609/10 Saffron Walden, Essex, England

Reference: 3438

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Sisson, Anne {I3439} (b. 1647, d. 1714)

Birth: 1647

Death: 1714

Reference: 3439

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Sisson, Elizabeth {I3440} (b. 1650, d. 1740)

Birth: 1650

Death: 1740

Reference: 3440

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Sisson, John {I3441} (b. ABT 1655, d. 1687)

Birth: ABT 1655

Death: 1687

Reference: 3441

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Sisson, James {I3442} (b. ABT 1656, d. BEF 1734)

Birth: ABT 1656

Death: BEF 1734

Reference: 3442

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Lawton, George {I3443} (b. 23 SEP 1607, d. 05 OCT 1693)

Source: (Name)
Title: Rhode Island Records
Abbreviation: Genealogy of First 100 Families to Settle Rhode Island

Birth: 23 SEP 1607 Cranfield, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

Event: Type: Land Rec
Date: 25 JAN 1648
Note: "It is granted that george lawton shall have 40 acrs of lande
nere his brother Thomas at the hunting swampe when he have bult
suffissient Mill at mr. Bostons farme."