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Sarah Jennings

Sarah Jennings

Female 1604 - 1661  (57 years)


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  • Name Sarah Jennings  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Birth 1604  Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14] 
    Baptism 15 Dec 1605  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Gender Female 
    FSID 9MC6-DXH  [3, 15, 16, 17, 18] 
    Immigration 2 Jul 1635  Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Sailed from England aboard The Defence 
    Death 31 Aug 1661  Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 19] 
    Burial 2 Sep 1661  Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6, 19] 
    Person ID I45445  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Family Engelbert Pieters Lott,   b. 12 Aug 1596, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1631, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1625  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Pieter Engelberts Lott,   b. 1626, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jun 1730, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 104 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F25049  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • Imigration
      Arrived 1635 at Massachusetts :Age 31,Child Mary 4;Child Elizabeth 6;Child John 14; Child Adam 12; Child Johnathan 9.

      Disputed Origins and Spouse
      Some, without source, claim that her parents were Richard Jenynges and Mary Channon, and that her first husband was Engelbert Pieters Lott. There is no known source for these claims and they are disputed. See Research Notes: Both Austin and Anderson state that Sarah Lott was a widow when she married Adam Mott in Horseheath, Cambridgeshire, in 1635; and that her LNAB is unknown.[3][5] The Bishop's Transcript record of her marriage cited above does not indicate that she was a widow at the time of her marriage in 1635.[4] However, that fact may be reflected in the parish register entry, which is reproduced in FHL 1,040,532, items Items 3 - 13, DGS 7,549,344, but accessible only at a FHL/FHC.

      Some researchers identify her first husband as Engelbert Pieters Lott, but there is no known reliable source for this claim and it appears very unlikely to be correct as he is said to have been born in the Netherlands and there is no reason to believe her first husband was Dutch. This disputed relationship has been detached pending identification of a reliable source.

      Similarly, the claimed children of that disputed spouse Bartel and Pieter have also been detached.

      Disputed Origins
      Some researchers identify her LNAB as Jennings and claim that her parents were Richard Jenynges and Marcy Channon. There is no known reliable source for these claims. Those disputed parents have been removed and her LNAB changed to Unknown consistent with Austin & Anderson pending identification of a reliable source for her origins.

      Sarah Jennings was married twice
      Sarah Jennings married, first, Engelbert Lott who died in 1631 [aka Jeremy Lott]. She married, secondly, Adam Mott in Cambridge. She migrated with him to Massachusetts in 1635 on the Defense. Her daughter Mary Lott by her first marriage arrived with her and later married her mother's stepson, Adam Mott, Jr.

  • Sources 
    1. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Place: New England, America; Year: 1635; Page Number: 36Annotation: This edition was privately printed in 75 quarto copies for W. Elliot Woodward. Same as the octavo edition of 1860 with an additional section, "The First Settlers of Plymouth," pp. 115-122. Research originally done, 1858-1860, for The New England Historical SocietySource Bibliography: DRAKE, SAMUEL G. Result of Some Researches Among the British Archives for Information Relative to the Founders of New England ...3rd ed. Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1865. 122p.
      Name: Sarah Mott
      Age: 31
      Birth Year: abt 1604
      Arrival year: 1635
      Arrival Place: America
      Primary Immigrant: Mott, Adam
      Family Members: Wife Sarah 31; 5 Children: Jo 14; Mary 4; Elizabeth 6; Jonathan 9; Adam 12
      Source Publ Code: 1674

      Household Members
      Adam Mott
      Sarah Mott
      Children
      Jo Mott, 14
      Adam Mott, 12
      Jonathan Mott, 9
      Elizabeth Mott, 6
      Mary Mott, 4

    2. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Place: Massachusetts; Year: 1635; Page Number: 321.
      Name: Sarah Mott
      [Sarah Lott]
      Age: 31
      Birth Year: abt 1604
      Arrival year: 1635
      Arrival Place: Massachusetts
      Primary Immigrant: Mott, Adam
      Family Members: Wife Sarah 31; Child Mary 4; Child Elizabeth 6; Child John 14; Child Adam 12; Child Jonathan 9
      Source Publication Code: 6799.25
      Annotation: Most are date and port of arrival; some are date and place of settlement in Massachusetts. Name of ship, place of origin, occupation, and other genealogical data pertaining to will administration may also be provided.
      Source Bibliography: POPE, CHARLES HENRY. The Pioneers of Massachusetts, A Descriptive List, Drawn from Records of the Colonies, Towns and Churches, and other Contemporaneous Documents. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1998. 550p.
      Household Members:
      Name
      Adam Mott
      Adam Mott
      John Mott
      Jonathan Mott
      Sarah Mott
      Mary Mott
      Elizabeth Mott

    3. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 07 March 2025, 19:56), entry for John Smith V (PID https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G72P-5H4 ); contributed by various users.
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    4. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Virkus, F. Adams., Marquis, A. Nelson. (1925). The abridged compendium of American genealogy: first families of America; a genealogical encyclopedia of the United States. Chicago: A.N. Marquis & company.
      "Engelbert Lott (b. in Holland, d. 1631), m. Sarah - (b. 1604), who m. 2d, Adam Mott..."

    5. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NYBV-R68 : 5 February 2023), Sarah Jennings, 1605.
      This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.

    6. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.Original data: Heritage Consulting. The Millennium File. Salt Lake City, UT, USA: Heritage Consulting.DescriptionThe Millennium File contains more than 880,000 linked family records, with lineages from throughout the world, including colonial America, the British Isles, Switzerland, and Germany.
      Name: Sarah
      Gender: Female
      Birth Date: 1604
      Birth Place: Holland
      Death Place: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, USA
      Spouse: Englebret Lott
      Children: Peter Lott

    7. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700.
      Name: Sarah Mott
      Maiden Name: Lott
      Gender: Female
      Birth Year: 1604
      Marriage Date: 11 May 1635
      Marriage Place: New England
      Spouse: Adam Mott

    8. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Source CitationGodfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 122Source InformationGodfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 1999.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library.shared url:https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/762744?mark=1432d5abe68504561d2a9bd9ab226a8fd93092723b5c8ca32759d318fdf700bb.
      Name: Sarah Mott
      Birth Date: 1601
      Birthplace: Eng, Massachusetts
      Volume: 122
      Page Number: 41
      Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 19 Apr 1935, 9291;

    9. [S297] FamilySearch.org, England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983, "England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8QN6-51N2 : Sat Mar 09 08:03:11 UTC 2024), Entry for Addam Mott and Sarah Lot, 11 May 1635.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8QN6-512M

    10. [S297] FamilySearch.org, England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983, "England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:837T-253Z : Sun Mar 10 03:54:58 UTC 2024), Entry for Addam Mott and Sarah Lot, 11 May 1635.
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    11. [S297] FamilySearch.org, England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983, "England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8773-QBPZ : Sat Mar 09 20:03:43 UTC 2024), Entry for Addam Mott and Sarah Lot, 11 May 1635.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8773-QBT2

    12. [S299] FamilySearch.org, England Marriages, 1538–1973, "England Marriages, 1538–1973", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNBH-4Y2 : Wed Apr 16 19:08:45 UTC 2025), Entry for Addam Mott and Sarah Lot, 11 May 1635.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNBH-4YK

    13. [S299] FamilySearch.org, England Marriages, 1538–1973, "England Marriages, 1538–1973", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVCF-HLV : Wed Apr 16 03:50:17 UTC 2025), Entry for Adam Mott and Sarah Lott, 11 May 1635.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVCF-HLJ

    14. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, London Metropolitan Archives, St Peter Cornhill, Composite register: baptisms 1538 - 1774, marriages 1538/9 - 1754, burials 1538/9 - 1774, P69/PET1/A/001/MS08820.
      Name: Sarah Jennings
      Gender: Female
      Record Type: Christening (Baptism)
      Baptism Date: 15 Dec 1605
      Baptism Place: St Peter Upon Cornhill, City of London, London, England
      Father: Robert Jennings
      Register Type: Parish Register

    15. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Godfrey Memorial Library; Middletown, Connecticut; American Genealogical Biographical Index; Volume Number: 106.
      https://search.ancestry.com/collections/3599/records/399205

    16. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650, A Descriptive Listwith Index to Other Names and Cross-Index to Pioneers, Charles Henry Pope, Pastor, First Church, Charlestown, Boston, publ 1900.https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/48213/images/PioneersMA-000783-526?ssrc=&backlabel=Return&pId=245249.
      Adam Mott, in the "The Pioneers of Massachusetts, 1620-1650, Surnames M-N", pp 321, image 325 of 564.

      "MOTT, MOTE

      Adam [Mott], tailor, ae. 39, with wife Sarah, ae. 31, and children, John, ae. 14, Adam ae. 12, Jonathan ae. 9,
      Elizabeth ae. 6, Mary ae. 4, came in the Defence in July 1635. Settled at Roxbury [1635]; frm May 25, 1636.
      Rem. to Hingham; called to Gen. Court 6 (7) 1638."

      Transcription
      Adam Mott, tailor, age 39, with wife Sarah, age 31, and children, John, 14, Adam, 12, Jonathan, 9,
      Elizabeth, 6, Mary, 4, came on the 'Defence' [to New England] in July 1635. They settled in Roxbury, 1635;
      from [or until] May 25, 1636. They then removed to Hingham, Massachusetts. Adam Mott was called to General Court 6 in 1638.

    17. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Source number: 152.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JB1.
      Name: Mrs Sarah Lott
      Gender: Female
      Spouse Name: Adam Mott
      Spouse Birth Place: England
      Spouse Birth Year: 1596
      Marriage Year: 1635
      Marriage State: [New] England
      Number Pages: 1

    18. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Place: Massachusetts Bay Colony, New England; Year: 1635; Page# 36Annotation: A collection of British lists of emigrants to New England in the years 1634 and 1635, with some in the period 1631 to 1671. To be found also in part, with some variation, in item no. 1660. A third edition was privately printed in 1865, no.1674. Source Bibliography: DRAKE, SAMUEL G. 'Result of Some Research among the British Archives for information relative to the Founders of New England': Made in the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860. Originally collected for and published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and now corrected and enlarged. Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1860. 143p. Reprinted with corrections by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1963. 131p.
      Name: Sarah [Jennings] Mott
      Age: 31
      Birth Year: abt 1604
      Arrival year: 1635
      Arrival Place: New England
      Primary Immigrant: Mott, Adam
      Family Members: Wife Sarah, 31
      Child1 Adam 12
      Child2 Jonathan 9
      Child3 Mary 4
      Child4 Elizabeth 6
      Child5 Jo 14
      Source Publ Code 1672

      Annotation: A collection of British lists of emigrants to New England in the years 1634 and 1635, with some in the period 1631 to 1671. To be found also in part, with some variation, in item no. 1660. A third edition was privately printed in 1865, no.1674.

      Source Bibliography: DRAKE, SAMUEL G. 'Result of Some Research among the British Archives for information relative to the Founders of New England': Made in the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860. Originally collected for and published in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and now corrected and enlarged. Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1860. 143p. Reprinted with corrections by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1963. 131p.

    19. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Source InformationEdmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Deaths [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.Description The Family Data Collection - Deaths database was created while gathering genealogical data for use in the study of human genetics and disease.shared url https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/762558?mark=6cad1fea26f2694e6eb69bc22f222763248ccb6854daca52419eb51a0f78ba51.
      Sarah Jennings in the Family Data Collection - Deaths

      Name: Sarah Jennings
      Death Date: 1661


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