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Joel Motley, Sr[1]

Male 1750 - 1792  (42 years)


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  • Name Joel Motley 
    Suffix Sr 
    Birth 1750  Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1782  , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Death 1792  Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial , Nottoway, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I228  Master
    Last Modified 5 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

    Family 1 Mary Williams,   b. 1747, Kingston, Gloucester, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1783, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years) 
    Marriage 13 Sep 1769  , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 
    Children 
     1. Paschal Motley,   b. 26 Dec 1772, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1799, Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
     2. John Lewis Motley,   b. 27 May 1774, Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1841, Nottoway, Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
     3. Joseph Motley,   b. 1776, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F82  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2017 

    Family 2 Sarah Coppage 
    Marriage 17 Jun 1783  , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F6794  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2017 

    Family 3 Sylvia Cook,   b. 1746, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 16 Apr 1785  , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Nathaniel Motley,   b. 1786, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Sally R Motley,   b. 1788, , Amelia, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F6897  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Feb 2017 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 13 Sep 1769 - , Amelia, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1782 - , Amelia, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 17 Jun 1783 - , Amelia, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 16 Apr 1785 - , Amelia, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - , Nottoway, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Joel Motley, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Forrest) Motley, was born about 1750 in Amelia County. He inherited 600 acres of land with a mill from his father.

      Joel married first Mary Williams in Amelia County 13 September (bond) 1769. She was the daughter of Philip Williams Sr. who died in Amelia County in 1786 (will dated 14 Jan. 1786 , recorded 28 Dec. 1786) and mentioned deceased daughter Mary Motley in his will. Mary’s sister Elizabeth Williams married Nicholas Vaughan, the son of Robert Vaughan Sr. and his wife, Martha. Her brother Phillip Williams married Joel’s sister Martha Motley. Joel and Mary had three children before she died. Amelia County listed Joel Motley head of a family of four with 17 slaves in 1782.

      Joel married second Sarah (Coppage) Lunsford in Amelia County 17 June (bond) 1783. Robert Vaughan Jr., Joel’s brother-in-law, was his surety on the marriage bond. Sarah was the widow of John Lunsford who died in Amelia County in 1782 (will dated 2 Jan. 1782, recorded 25 April 1782).
      Sarah gave birth within a year after her marriage. Both she and the infant were evidently ill because Sarah immediately wrote her will in Amelia County 21 May 1784. She identified herself as the wife of Joel Motley and left her property to “my child if said child should live.” If the child died, her property would go to her brother Moses Coppage and her niece Sally Sutton, daughter of James Sutton and Betty Coppage. William Cross Craddock, Matthew Robertson, and John Vaughan witnessed her will. Sarah evidently did not recover and we have no record that the child lived.

      Joel married third Sylvia Cook on 16 April (bond) 1785. Joel and Sylvia had two children before Joel died. He was dead before 22 June 1789. On 24 December 1789, John Harper, Matthew Robertson, and William Craddock appraised the estate of Josiah Hundley. They noted that as of 22 June 1789, “1,030 pounds above mentioned tobacco is claimed by Mrs. Siliva Motley as the property of her decd husband.”
      In 1792 Amelia County appointed Matthew Robertson the guardian for the children of Joel and Mary (Williams) Motley and appointed Sylvia (Cook) Motley the guardian of her two children. As Sylvia Mottley she married Daniel Sayre in Amelia County 11 February (bond) 1795. Sylvia continued to report orphan accounts for her children. Historians show Joel’s children as named “Mottley” and this is how many records showed their names.

      Children of Joel and Mary (Williams) Motley:
      Paschal Mottley [M.4.1]. (26 Dec. 1772).
      John Mottley [M.4.2] (27 May 1774 - 20 June 1828) married Mary Williams Elmore (30 Aug. 1783 - 8 Dec. 1817) in Amelia County on Christmas Day, 1798. Rev. John Skurrey officiated. Mary was the daughter of Thomas Elmore. John and Mary had eight children before she died. John married second Sylvia Wilkinson Hundley (30 July 1785) on 12 April 1821.
      Joseph Mottley [M.4.3] (1776).
      Elizabeth Mottley [M.4.4].
      Children of Joel and Sylvia (Cook) Motley:
      Nathaniel M. Mottley [M.4.5] (1786).
      Sally R. Mottley [M.4.6] (1788) married James H. Thurston in Amelia County 25 August 1809. Sally’s guardian, George Baldwin consented to the marriage.

      SOURCE: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=grantpinnix&id=I079811

  • 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=42

    2. [S59] Godfrey Memorial Library, comp., American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI), (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data - Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genea).

    3. [S36] Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp., Virginia, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.).

    4. [S751] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    5. [S752] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Marriage Records, 1700-1850, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    6. [S627] Dodd, Jordan, Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1660-1800, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.Original data - Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Virginia.Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individu).


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