Col. James Minot

Family

Sources

1. Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) p. 386 WHEELER: "Timothy m. for his second wife, Mary Brooks; he d. June 7, 1687; she d. 1693; leaving no male issue. He gave the ministerial lot to the town"; footnote: "Captain Timothy Wheeler died July 10, 1687, aged 86. He came to Concord in 1638, and, as tradition says, from Wales ... captain of a military company, and represented the town eighteen years in the General Court, between 1653 and 1672 ... His will, which is recorded in the Suffolk Probate Records, was dated the 1st of March next before his death." Concord VR: "mary daftuer of Lut Timothy Wheeler & mary his wife, borne the 3th October. 1657"; "Mrs Mary Wheeler ye Relict Widow of Captn Timothy Wheeler dyed Octobr ye 4th 1693".

   Concord, Massachusetts: Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1635-1850 (1895): "Rebeckah Minott the Daughter of mr James Minott and Martha his wife was born May 15 day 1720"; "mr James minott of Concord and mrs martha Lane of Billerica was married by Justice minott nouember 14 day 1716"; "mr Benjamin Prescott of Salem & mrs Rebekah Minott of Concord were married by Justice Minott august 12 1741"; death: "mrs Martha Minott Wife to Major James Minott her husband died January 18 1733/4 [in her 40th yr. g.s.]".

2. C. E. Banks, "The History of Martha's Vineyard", Vol. III Family Genealogies (1925), THE BUTLER FAMILY pp. 46-47: "Mr. Nicholas Butler, the first of his name on the Vineyard ... He m. (1) at St. George's, Canterbury, Mary Cotterell 18 July 1613, who d. in Aug. 1623 at Ashford, Kent ... He m. (2) Joyce Baker, dau. of Richard and Margaret Baker of Ashford 22 Jan. 1623-4, who was bapt. 30 May 1602 ... only those by the second wife survived ... By Second Wife: 6. John, bapt. 2 Jan. 1624-5 ... 7. Henry, bapt. 7 Sept. 1626 ... 8. Lydia, bapt. 23 Feb. 1628-9; m. John Minot 19 May 1647; she d. 25 Jan 1667, and an elegy on her death was printed (see Minot Genealogy p. 12)." Minot Genealogy (1897): "married 19 May, 1647, Lydia (born , died 25 Jan., 1667), daughter of Nicholas and Joyce Butler, of Dorchester and Martha's Vineyard."

   Joseph Grafton Minot, "A Genealogical Record of the Minot Family in America and England" (1897), pp. 14-19: "7. Capt. James Minot, born 1653; died 1735; married , Rebecca (born 1666; died 23 Sept., 1734, aged 68), daughter of Capt. Timothy Wheeler, of Concord. He graduated at Harvard College in 1675 ... Appointed a Justice of the Peace" [gravestone: "MRS. REBECCA MINOTT YE VIRTUOUS CONSORT OF JAMES MINOTT ESQ (AND DAUGHTER OF CAPT. TIMOTHY WHEELER)"]. "The children of James and Rebecca Minot were: Rebecca, b. 9 Feb., 1685 ... Lydia ... Mary ... 12. Timothy, b. 18 June, 1692 ... 13. James, b. 17 Oct., 1694; d. 6 Feb., 1759 ..." "13. Col. James Minot, born 1694; died 1759; married 14 Nov., 1716, Martha (born 1 Oct., 1694, died 18 Jan., 1734/5), daughter of Col. John Lane, of Billerica; married (2) 9 Oct., 1735, Elizabeth ... daughter of Tilley Wilder ... 21. John, b. 31 Aug., 1717 ... Rebecca, b. 15 May, 1720; m. 12 Aug., 1741, Benjamin Prescott." Shattuck (1835) MINOTT: James, b. Sept. 14, 1653, H. C. 1675, came to Concord about 1680 ... "He m. Rebecca, da. of Capt. Timothy Wheeler ... She d. 1734, a. 68." FALSE LEAD RULED OUT: the 1687/8 Concord marriage "James Minot & Rebekah Jones" belongs to a different James (Minot Gen. #10, b. 1659, d. before 1696; widow m. Capt. Joseph Bulkley 1696) — Rebekah Jones b. 1662/3 does not fit the Justice's wife d. 1734 aet. 68 (b. ~1666), and Capt. James & Rebeckah's children began 1684/5.

3. Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) p. 386 WHEELER: "Timothy m. for his second wife, Mary Brooks; he d. June 7, 1687; she d. 1693; leaving no male issue. He gave the ministerial lot to the town"; footnote: "Captain Timothy Wheeler died July 10, 1687, aged 86. He came to Concord in 1638, and, as tradition says, from Wales ... captain of a military company, and represented the town eighteen years in the General Court, between 1653 and 1672 ... His will, which is recorded in the Suffolk Probate Records, was dated the 1st of March next before his death." Concord VR: "mary daftuer of Lut Timothy Wheeler & mary his wife, borne the 3th October. 1657"; "Mrs Mary Wheeler ye Relict Widow of Captn Timothy Wheeler dyed Octobr ye 4th 1693".

   Concord VR 1635-1850 (1895): "James Minott ye son of Captn James Minott & mrs Rebeckah his wife was Borne octobr ye 17th 1694."; siblings "Timothy Minott ye son of Captn James Minott & mrs Rebeckah his wife was Born June ye 18th 1692", Rebeckah (Feb. 9, 1684[/5]), Lidia (Mar. 12, 1686/7), Mary (Nov. 16, 1689), Elizebeth, Marthah, Love, Mercy "of Captn James Minott & mrs Rebeckah"; "mrs Rebekah Minott Wife to Justice James Minott her Husband died September : 23 : 1734 [Ætat. 68. g. s.]"; "mr James minott of Concord and mrs martha Lane of Billerica was married by Justice minott nouember 14 day 1716"; "mrs Martha Minott Wife to Major James Minott her husband died January 18 : 1733/4 [in her 40th yr. g. s.]"; "James Minot Esqr Husband to Mrs Elisabeth his wife Died Febrvary : 6 : 1759 [in his 65th yr. g. s.]".

4. Shattuck, History of Concord (1835) p. 386 WHEELER: "Timothy m. for his second wife, Mary Brooks; he d. June 7, 1687; she d. 1693; leaving no male issue. He gave the ministerial lot to the town"; footnote: "Captain Timothy Wheeler died July 10, 1687, aged 86. He came to Concord in 1638, and, as tradition says, from Wales ... captain of a military company, and represented the town eighteen years in the General Court, between 1653 and 1672 ... His will, which is recorded in the Suffolk Probate Records, was dated the 1st of March next before his death." Concord VR: "mary daftuer of Lut Timothy Wheeler & mary his wife, borne the 3th October. 1657"; "Mrs Mary Wheeler ye Relict Widow of Captn Timothy Wheeler dyed Octobr ye 4th 1693".

   Concord, Massachusetts: Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1635-1850 (1895): "Rebeckah Minott the Daughter of mr James Minott and Martha his wife was born May 15 day 1720"; "mr James minott of Concord and mrs martha Lane of Billerica was married by Justice minott nouember 14 day 1716"; "mr Benjamin Prescott of Salem & mrs Rebekah Minott of Concord were married by Justice Minott august 12 1741"; death: "mrs Martha Minott Wife to Major James Minott her husband died January 18 1733/4 [in her 40th yr. g.s.]".