James  MINOT

1650
'Lemuel Shattuck in his “History of the Town of Concord,” speaks of the Minots as a distinguished family going back to Thomas Minot, Secretary to the Abbot of Walden in Essex. His son, George Minot, born in 1594, came to New England and was among the first settlers of Dorchester, Massachusetts. George had four sons with one named John Minot (1628-1669). John also had four sons one of whom was James, born 1653. James attended Harvard College. He moved in 1680 to Concord, Massachusetts. Shattuck tells further how “James preached in Stow, Massachusetts in 1685 for twelve shillings six pence per day, one half cash, one half Indian corn.” Also that, “James practiced physic, was a captain, justice of the peace, representative to the Massachusetts “General Court” or House of Representatives and was eminently a useful man.” He died in 1735.'


'Shattuck continues to say that Concord’s James Minot married Rebecca Wheeler (1666-1734), the daughter of an early settler Timothy Wheeler...Read MORE...


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1653 Birth
14 September 1653
Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Harvard College
Graduated from Harvard College in 1675, having studied divinity and physic. Source: www.tributaries.us/ secondsite/ founders2-o/ p353.htm#i3525 Source:

1685 Birth of Child
Rebecca MINOT was born 9 February 1685, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

James was 31 years old.

1687
'1687 - Captain Wheeler left his land to his daughter Rebecca, wife of Captain James Minot, (J. Minot, 1653-1735).'
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1687 Birth of Child
Lydia MINOT was born 12 March 1687, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

James was 33 years old.

1689 Birth of Child
Mary MINOT was born 16 November 1689, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

James was 36 years old.

1692 Birth of Child
Timothy MINOT was born 18 June 1692, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

James was 38 years old.

1694 Birth of Child
James MINOT was born 17 October 1694, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

James was 41 years old.

1697 Birth of Child
Elisabeth MINOT was born 29 January 1697, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

James was 43 years old.

1699 Birth of Child
Martha MINOT was born 30 April 1699, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

James was 45 years old.

1700
'Late 1600's: James Minot built the East House: exact date not known. He was living in it on November 14, 1716'
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1701 Marriage of Child
Rebecca MINOT married 24 December 1701, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Joseph Humphrey BARRETT

1702 Birth of Child
Love MINOT was born 15 April 1702, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

James was 48 years old.

1702 Birth of Child
Mercy MINOT was born 15 April 1702, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

James was 48 years old.

1705 Marriage of Child
Lydia MINOT married 3 January 1705, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Benjamin BARRETT

1706 Birth of Child
Samuel MINOT was born 25 March 1706, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

James was 52 years old.

1706 Marriage of Child
Mary MINOT married 26 September 1706, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Ebenezer WHEELER

1715 Marriage of Child
Elisabeth MINOT married 23 April 1715, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Daniel ADAMS

1716
'1716: Captain Minot deeded this East House to his son James.'
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1716 Marriage of Child
James MINOT married 14 November 1716, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Martha LANE

1719 Marriage of Child
Martha MINOT married 30 April 1719, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to James LANE

1722 Marriage of Child
Love MINOT married 13 December 1722, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to John ADAMS

1722 Marriage of Child
Mercy MINOT married 13 December 1722, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Samuel DAKIN

1724 Marriage of Child
Timothy MINOT married 9 July 1724, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Mary BROOKS

1731 Marriage of Child
Samuel MINOT married 7 March 1731, Concord, Massachusetts, USA to Sarah PRESCOTT

1734 Death of Spouse/Partner
Rebecca WHEELER died 23 September 1734, Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Minott James, Esq., A.M., Sept. 29, 1735, a. 83 y. GR1
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Grave Inscription
Here is interred the remains of
JAMES MINOTT ESQ A M an
Excelling Grammarian, Enriched
with the Gift of Prayer and Preaching,
a Commanding Officer, a Physician of
Great Value, a Great Lover of Peace
as well as of Justice, and which was
His greatest Glory, a Gent'n of distinguished
Virtue and Goodness, happy in a Virtuous
Posterity, and living Religiously died
Comfortably, Sept. 20, 1735 Aet. 83.

1735 Death
20 September 1735
Concord, Province of Massachusetts Bay

He died at the age of 82.