John Motley

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• Arrival: 1652, , , Virginia, USA
• Residence: 20 Jul 1654, , Northumberland, Virginia, USA

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JOHN MOTLIN MARCH 5, 1683/4
MY PERSONAL ESTATE TO BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN MY THREE SONS WILLIAM - HENRY - JOHN JR MATLIN THE FIRST CHOICE OF LAND TO WILLIAM (OLDEST) WHEN HE COMES OF AGE.
I GIVE AND BEQUEATH UNTO ELIZABETH RICHARDSON - ONE BLACK HEFER WHICH COMES OF THE COW BLACK EYES. ETC.
MY PERSONAL ESTATE BE INVENTORIED BY DAVID STERNE AND JAMES TRENT AND DELIVERED BY MY EXECUTOR HERE AFTER NAMED TO MY THREE SONS WHEN THEY COME OF AGE
IF ANY OF MY SONS DIE WITHOUT ISSUE, ESTATE TO RETURN UNTO THE NEXT SURVIVOR. IF ALL THREE DIE BEFORE THEY COME OF AGE THEN ONE THIRD PART BE DELIVERED UNTO MY SON-IN-LAW (STEPSON) JOHN SPICER AND THE REST TO MY EXECUTORS.
I GIVE TO KNIGHT RICHARDSON MY SARGE SUITE TO BE DELIVERED TO HIM PRESANTLY AFTER MY DECEASE.
MY WILL IS THAT DAVID STERNE ((MARRIED TO ELIZABETH MILLS 1679--DAUGHTER OF PETER MILLS -- I BELIEVE PETER TO BE BROTHER OF MARY MILLS AND THEIR FATHER WAS WILLIAM MILLS)) HAVE THE CARE OF MY TWO SONS HENRY AND JOHN MOTLEY AND THEIR PART OF THE ESTATE AND DELIVER IT TO THEM WHEN THEY COME OF AGE
WILLIAM MAY CHOOSE ONE OF THE EXE. TO BE HIS GUARDIAN.
DAVID STERNE AND JAMES TRENT TO BE FULL AND REAL EXECUTORS
I GIVE RICHARD MATHEWS MY OSENBRIGG SUIT
I GIVE & BEQUEATH TO Mc ARTHUR SPICER MY SEALE RING
I GIVE UNTO NATHANIEL ALLEN ONE GOULD RING
I GIVE UNTO ELIZABETH KNIGHT ONE GOULD RING
I GIVE UNTO ALICE TRENT ONE GOULD RING
MY WILL IS KNIGHT RICHARDSON HAVE HOUSE AND GROUND FOR FOUR YEARS AND CLEARE UPPON MY LAND EXCEPT THE ILAND AND CALFE PASTER IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND & SEALE THIS 7TH DAY OF FEB. 1683/4
SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENTS OF NATHANIEL ALLEN - MARTIN MIDLETON - KNIGHT K. RICHARDSON

Richard Mathews and Elizabeth Spicer(daughter of William Spicer and Mary Mills-Spicer-Motley) ? were married in 1690. This is six years after the decease of John Motley. Mary wasn`t mentioned in the will so she must have been deceased.

John married Anne Elizabeth Yeomans on 26 Dec 1646 in St Katherine By The Tower, London, England. Anne was born in 1630 in , , , England; died in 1700 in , , Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary Spicer Mills in 1668 in , Rappahannock, Virginia, USA. Mary was born in 1640 in Sittingbourne, Rappahannock, Virginia, USA; died in 1684 in , Rappahannock, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Jane Sinkler in 1697 in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, England . Jane was born on 24 Jul 1673 in , Yorkshire, England; died on 3 Mar 1714 in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1768, , Amelia, Virginia, USA

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In 1716 Joseph Jr of Gloucester VA married Elizabeth Forrest and they had nine children. Joseph acquired land in 1737, 1741, 1745, and by 1763 he owned 3750 acres in Amelia County. The property was situated on Route 616, known as Genito Rd. Today the Amelia and Nottoway County line divides the property. Joseph Jr lived in Amelia County VA until sometime before 1785 when he moved to Pittsylvania County Virginia. He was a surveyor who, with his son Joel, was part owner of Motley/Mottley and Baldwin Surveyors Co.



The family of Joseph Motley of Amelia County married into the Tanner, Vaughan, and Fowlkes families. In 1737 Joseph bought 400 acres on Little Creek of Flat Creek from Matthew Mayes. His wife was Elizabeth Forrest, the daughter of Abraham Forrest and Judith his wife. Abraham Forrest of Gloucester County arrived in Amelia County by 17 May 1750 when he bought 400 acres on the south side of Deep Creek from Robert Moody. He died in Amelia County (will dated 10 June 1757, recorded 22 Feb. 1759).
On 10 July 1745, Joseph obtained a patent for 1,083 acres in Amelia County on both sides of Flat Creek and he got 390 acres of neighboring land on 20 March 1745/6. On 25 June 1747, Joseph renewed his 1,083-acre patent and acquired 300 more acres that belonged to Thomas Tanner in 1742. Motley's land was partly in Nottoway County when they created it and the ancestral home fell just south of the county line. The Motley family occupied the home from 1737 until 1908.
Joseph and Elizabeth were the parents of the ten children. Joseph died in Amelia County (will dated 2 Nov. 1763, recorded 27 Aug. 1777) as did his wife.



Joseph came to Amelia Co., Va. about 1737. His will was probated 27 Aug 1777 in Amelia Co., Va. He md Elizabeth Forrest of Gloucester Co., Va. (dau of Judith & Abraham Forrest) and she died in Amelia Co., Va.
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Amelia County Records
Will Book 2, pg. 233
Will of Joseph Motley
In the name of God Amen, I, Joseph Motley of Amelia County and Parish of Nottoway being in Perfect health and memory thanks be to Almighty God for the same do make this my last will and testament and do revoke and disannul all other wills by me made before declaring this and no other to be my last will and testament in manner & form following viz. first, I will and direct that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid and satisfied and next for settling & dividing my temporal estate which it hath pleased Almighty God to bless me with.
Item I give to my son Abraham Motley one tract of land which I purchased of Thomas Tabb lying and being in Amelia County in Nottoway Parish and on the North side of Whetstone Creek to him and his heirs forever I also give to my said son Abraham the following negroes viz Peter a negro man & Judah a negro woman with all her increase which he is in possession of, to him and to his heirs forever.
Item I give to my son Joseph Motley one negro woman named Sarah with all her increase which he, my said son, is in possession of, to him and his heirs forever.
Item I give to my daughter Judith Pain all which I have given her which she hath in her possession to her & to her heirs forever.
Item I give to my daughter Ann Hundley all which I have before given her which she hath in possession to her and to her heirs forever.
Item I give to my daughter Else Vaughn all which I have before given her which she hath in possession to her & to her heirs forever.
Item I give to my daughter Mary Dupey all which I have before given her which she hath in possession to her & to her heirs forever.
Item I give to my daughter Joice Motley one negro girl named Rachel and her increase, also Fifty pounds current money and increase the said negro girl should die before my daughter Joice should come of age or marry I give her the further sum of fifty pounds in the lue thereof.
Item I give to my daughter Martha Motley one negro girl named Dinah & her increase, also fifty pounds current money and in case the said negro girl should die before my daughter Martha Motley should come of age or marry I give her further sum of fifty pounds in the lue thereof.
Item of will and desire is that in case either of my two daughters Joice or Martha should die before they come to age or marry that the survivor have the whole which I have given to them.
Item I give to my son Joel Motley six hundred acres of land, four hundred of which being the land whereon I now live and the other two hundred joining of it & being part of a tract of land I purchased of Richd Royal, beginning at Childrys line and running a straight line to the upper line to include the two hundred acres to him and to his heirs forever, but my will and desire is that in case my son Joel should die before he arrives to the age of twenty one years or falls of issue before the term of time aforesaid that then the six hundred acres of land be equally divided between my two grandsons Joseph Motley, the son of Abraham Motley, & David Motley, the son of Joseph Motley, to them and to their heirs forever.
Item I lend to my beloved wife Elizabeth during her natural life or widowhood the following estate viz the six hundred acres of land which I have given to my son Joel Motley my mill and nine negroes, Dick, Abraham, James, Jack, June, Jude Sarah, Sue & Like and all my personal estate which I am possessed with be it of what kind or quality soever and after her death or widowhood, I will and give the same after paying the two legacies to my daughters, Joice and Martha to my son Joel to him and to his heirs, and in case my son Joel should die before he arrives to the age of twenty one years or falls of issue before the term of time aforesaid, that then I will and give the same, except the land which I have before given, to be equally divided between my two daughters Joice & Martha, and my eldest granddaughter of Abraham Motley, Joseph Motley, Thos. Pain, Robert Vaughn, and Bartho. Dupey to them & to their heirs, and lastly I appoint my wife Elizabeth executrix and my son Joel Executors of this my last will and testament and desire that there may be no appraisement of my estate unto which I have here unto set my hand & seal this second day of November 1763.
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JOSEPH X MOTLEY (LS)
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Signed & sealed published & declared by Joseph Motley to be his last will and testament in presence of Henry Ward John Harper Charles Hundley
Teste: S. L. Farrar, Jr. Clerk
Amelia Circuit Court, Va.

Joseph married Elizabeth Forrest in 1716 in Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Abraham Forrest and Judith Billups) was born in 1705 in , Gloucester, Virginia, USA; died in 1799 in , Amelia, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]