Biography
B. 14 Sep 1653 in Dorchester, Massachusetts
M. about 1684
Wife: Rebecca Wheeler
D. 20 Sep 1735 in Concord, Masachusetts
James Minot was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts on September 14, 1653 to John Minot and Lydia Butler. James was the second child of five children. When he was 12 years-old, his mother died; his father remarried, but died a couple years later in 1669.
John Minot left provisions for his four sons in his will and for James he wrote he was "to be kept at learning." James lived up to this by studying medicine and theology at Harvard College. By the time James attended Harvard, it was the main place of higher education in the English colonies. He graduated in the Class of 1675.
In 1679, James became a grammar school teacher in Dorchester. Then he moved to Concord, continuing to teach while also serving as a physician. He was said to have built the first frame house there. He also preached in the town of Stowe in 1685, earning 12 shillings six pence per day, "one half cash and one half Indian corn." Sometime around 1684, James married Rebecca Wheeler and they had ten children born between 1685 and 1706.
James served as captain in the militia and represented his town in the legislature. He was named justice of the peace in 1692. He lived out his years in Concord. Rebecca died on September 23, 1734 and James died a year later on September 20, 1735. His grave has a long epitaph:
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, happy in a Virtuous Posterity,
and living religiously died Comfortably,
September 20, 1735 Aet 83
Children:
1. Rebecca Minot ? B. 9 Feb 1685, Concord, Massachusetts; M. Joseph Barrett, 27 Dec 1701
2. Lydia Minot ? B. 12 Mar 1687, Concord, Massachusetts; M. Benjamin Barrett, 3 Jan 1705
3. Mary Minot ? B. 16 Nov 1689, Concord, Massachusetts; M. Ebenezer Wheeler, 26 Sep 1706
4. Timothy Minot ? B. 18 Jun 1692, Concord, Massachusetts; M. (1) Mary Brooks; (2) Beulah Brown
5. James Minot ? B. 17 Oct 1694, Concord, Massachusetts; D. 1759; M. (1) Martha Lane (~1695-1735); (2) Elizabeth Merrick (?-1746)
6. Elisabeth Minot ? B. 29 Jan 1697, Concord, Massachusetts; M. Daniel Adams (1690-1780), 23 Apr 1715
7. Martha Minot ? B. 3 Apr 1699, Concord, Massachusetts; M. James Lane, 30 Apr 1719
8. Mercy Minot ? B. 15 Apr 1702, Concord, Massachusetts; D. 25 Jul 1793, Sudbury, Massachusetts; M. Samuel Dakin (1700-1758), 13 Dec 1722, Concord, Massachusetts
9. Love Minot ? B. 15 Apr 1702, Concord, Massachusetts; M. John Adams, 13 Dec 1722, Concord, Massachusetts
10. Samuel Minot ? B. 25 Mar 1706, Concord, Massachusetts; D. 17 Mar 1766, Concord, Massachusetts; M. (1) Sarah Prescott; (2) Dorcas Prescott (~1712-1803), 1738
Sources:
A History of the town of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Lemuel Shattuck, 1835
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847 and 1894
?Samuel Minot Jones?: ?the story of an Amherst boy?, Charles Swan Walker, 1922
Newton Genealogy, Genealogical, Biographical, Historical: Being a Record of the Descendants of Richard Newton of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts 1638, 1915
- Over 40 Years Serving His Town ? Timothy Wheeler
B. about 1604 in Cranfield, England M. (1) 30 Apr 1632 in Cranfield, England Wife: Susanna Knight M. (2) after 1637 Wife: Jane (last name unknown) M. (3) about 1655 in Concord, Massachusetts Wife: Mary Brooks D. 30 Jul 1687 in Concord, Massachusetts Emigrated:...
- His Maid Fought Off An Indian ? George Minot
B. 4 Aug 1594 in Saffron Walden, England M. in (probably) Essex, England Wife: Martha Stocke D. 24 Dec 1671 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Emigrated: before 1 Apr 1634 George Minot came from a family that traces back many generations in Essex, England....
- A Puritan From Manchester ? Thomas Brooks
B. about 1595 in (probably) Manchester, England M. 2 Feb 1618 in Manchester, England Wife: Grace Cunliffe D. 21 May 1667 in Concord, Massachusetts Emigrated: before 1636 Thomas Brooks was born in about 1595 to a shoemaker also named Thomas Brooks (mother's...
- Digging For Fletcher's House ? William Fletcher
B. 1622 in England M. 7 Oct 1645 in Concord, Massachusetts Wife: Lydia Fairbanks D. 6 Nov 1677 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts Emigrated: 1630 William Fletcher was born in 1622 in England, to Robert and Sarah Fletcher, possibly in Yorkshire. He was one of...
- Killed In French And Indian War ? Samuel Dakin
B. 23 Sep 1700 in Concord, Massachusetts M. 13 Dec 1722 in Concord, Massachusetts Wife: Mercy Minot D. 20 Jul 1758 near Lake George, New York Saumel Dakin was born in Concord, Massachusetts on September 23, 1700 to Joseph Dakin and Dorothy Worcester,...
Biography
Harvard Graduate in the Class of 1675 ? James Minot
B. 14 Sep 1653 in Dorchester, Massachusetts
M. about 1684
Wife: Rebecca Wheeler
D. 20 Sep 1735 in Concord, Masachusetts
James Minot was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts on September 14, 1653 to John Minot and Lydia Butler. James was the second child of five children. When he was 12 years-old, his mother died; his father remarried, but died a couple years later in 1669.
John Minot left provisions for his four sons in his will and for James he wrote he was "to be kept at learning." James lived up to this by studying medicine and theology at Harvard College. By the time James attended Harvard, it was the main place of higher education in the English colonies. He graduated in the Class of 1675.
In 1679, James became a grammar school teacher in Dorchester. Then he moved to Concord, continuing to teach while also serving as a physician. He was said to have built the first frame house there. He also preached in the town of Stowe in 1685, earning 12 shillings six pence per day, "one half cash and one half Indian corn." Sometime around 1684, James married Rebecca Wheeler and they had ten children born between 1685 and 1706.
James served as captain in the militia and represented his town in the legislature. He was named justice of the peace in 1692. He lived out his years in Concord. Rebecca died on September 23, 1734 and James died a year later on September 20, 1735. His grave has a long epitaph:
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, happy in a Virtuous Posterity,
and living religiously died Comfortably,
September 20, 1735 Aet 83
Children:
1. Rebecca Minot ? B. 9 Feb 1685, Concord, Massachusetts; M. Joseph Barrett, 27 Dec 1701
2. Lydia Minot ? B. 12 Mar 1687, Concord, Massachusetts; M. Benjamin Barrett, 3 Jan 1705
3. Mary Minot ? B. 16 Nov 1689, Concord, Massachusetts; M. Ebenezer Wheeler, 26 Sep 1706
4. Timothy Minot ? B. 18 Jun 1692, Concord, Massachusetts; M. (1) Mary Brooks; (2) Beulah Brown
5. James Minot ? B. 17 Oct 1694, Concord, Massachusetts; D. 1759; M. (1) Martha Lane (~1695-1735); (2) Elizabeth Merrick (?-1746)
6. Elisabeth Minot ? B. 29 Jan 1697, Concord, Massachusetts; M. Daniel Adams (1690-1780), 23 Apr 1715
7. Martha Minot ? B. 3 Apr 1699, Concord, Massachusetts; M. James Lane, 30 Apr 1719
8. Mercy Minot ? B. 15 Apr 1702, Concord, Massachusetts; D. 25 Jul 1793, Sudbury, Massachusetts; M. Samuel Dakin (1700-1758), 13 Dec 1722, Concord, Massachusetts
9. Love Minot ? B. 15 Apr 1702, Concord, Massachusetts; M. John Adams, 13 Dec 1722, Concord, Massachusetts
10. Samuel Minot ? B. 25 Mar 1706, Concord, Massachusetts; D. 17 Mar 1766, Concord, Massachusetts; M. (1) Sarah Prescott; (2) Dorcas Prescott (~1712-1803), 1738
Sources:
A History of the town of Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Lemuel Shattuck, 1835
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847 and 1894
?Samuel Minot Jones?: ?the story of an Amherst boy?, Charles Swan Walker, 1922
Newton Genealogy, Genealogical, Biographical, Historical: Being a Record of the Descendants of Richard Newton of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts 1638, 1915
- Over 40 Years Serving His Town ? Timothy Wheeler
B. about 1604 in Cranfield, England M. (1) 30 Apr 1632 in Cranfield, England Wife: Susanna Knight M. (2) after 1637 Wife: Jane (last name unknown) M. (3) about 1655 in Concord, Massachusetts Wife: Mary Brooks D. 30 Jul 1687 in Concord, Massachusetts Emigrated:...
- His Maid Fought Off An Indian ? George Minot
B. 4 Aug 1594 in Saffron Walden, England M. in (probably) Essex, England Wife: Martha Stocke D. 24 Dec 1671 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Emigrated: before 1 Apr 1634 George Minot came from a family that traces back many generations in Essex, England....
- A Puritan From Manchester ? Thomas Brooks
B. about 1595 in (probably) Manchester, England M. 2 Feb 1618 in Manchester, England Wife: Grace Cunliffe D. 21 May 1667 in Concord, Massachusetts Emigrated: before 1636 Thomas Brooks was born in about 1595 to a shoemaker also named Thomas Brooks (mother's...
- Digging For Fletcher's House ? William Fletcher
B. 1622 in England M. 7 Oct 1645 in Concord, Massachusetts Wife: Lydia Fairbanks D. 6 Nov 1677 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts Emigrated: 1630 William Fletcher was born in 1622 in England, to Robert and Sarah Fletcher, possibly in Yorkshire. He was one of...
- Killed In French And Indian War ? Samuel Dakin
B. 23 Sep 1700 in Concord, Massachusetts M. 13 Dec 1722 in Concord, Massachusetts Wife: Mercy Minot D. 20 Jul 1758 near Lake George, New York Saumel Dakin was born in Concord, Massachusetts on September 23, 1700 to Joseph Dakin and Dorothy Worcester,...