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Abraham Motley[1]

Male 1718 - 1781  (63 years)


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  • Name Abraham Motley 
    Birth 1718  Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Mar 1781  Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I226  Master
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2017 

    Father Joseph Motley,   b. 1697, , Gloucester, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Aug 1777, Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Forrest,   b. 1705, , Gloucester, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1799, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 1716  Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F74  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Joseph Motley
     2. Elizabeth Motley
     3. Isaac Motley
    Family ID F80  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 15 Mar 1781 - Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Abraham Motley, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Forrest) Motley, was named for his grandfather Abraham Forrest. He married a woman from Gloucester County. Abraham inherited from his father land on Whetstone Creek in Nottoway Parish, Amelia County purchased from Thomas Tabb. Records show four children.
      Abraham Motley was killed at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. His son Isaac of Prince Edward County was executor.

      Children of Abraham Motley:
      Joseph Motley [M.1.1] served in the Revolution. He had several children.
      Elizabeth Motley [M.1.2] married John Hannah.
      Joel Motley [M.1.3] ?orphan of Abraham Motley decd? was bound to John McLocklin in Amelia County in 1786.

      Isaac Motley [M.1.4] married first Tabitha according to land records. On 20 September 1781, Isaac and Tabitha Motley of Prince Edward County sold 26 acres to Nicholas Vaughan [96]. In 1782 Amelia County listed Isaac Motley a single head of a household so Tabitha was likely dead.

      Isaac?s second wife was the widow of a Sweeney.

  • Sources 
    1. [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=90667476&pid=40