Finding Martha Mott (1799-1883) and Her Mother Naomi - Greenfield, MA, New York, and Missouri
I have written previously about the Rees family on my father's side and how they came from New York (some having immigrated from Wales) and made their way through several states to Missouri - specifically my ancestors Thomas Rees and his wife Martha Mott. Martha Mott had long been a genealogical dead end with only basic information garnered from census records, i.e., Martha Rees wife to Edward Rees of Martinsburg, Lewis County, New York was born in Massachusetts. I left Martha aside for several years hoping that with passing time more records would become available, through digitization, etc., and ... voila! Recent "Mott" searches have opened up a number of "new" records bringing me closer not only to this family, but the related Lyon/Lyons family. Both families have New England ties, specifically Massachusetts, and possibly a Cape Cod/Martha's Vineyard connection. I think if any of my siblings took interest in this, they would be surprised that our Midw...