Native of Bordeaux, France.
From WPA Cemetery Survey of 1939.
Francis Xavier LaMotte, LDS ID KHX9-CBK, was born in Bordeaux, France about 1765-1769. [ancestry.com lists location of his death as Ledbetter, Fayette Co., Texas]
He was the son of Nelly Philomene Leontine Adele Henrard of Bordeaux, France, and Joseph LaMotte.
He married in North Carolina, January 10, 1803, Lucy Louisa Hatch, LWY6-F52, daughter of Anne Nancy Blackledge, LWY6-FBB (1763-1819), and Joseph Hatch, L4BV-MC9 (1762-1819).
Lucy Louisa Hatch was born in Craven Co., North Carolina, June 12, 1782; died August 21, 1867.
They had twelve children:
1. Francis "Frank" Xavier LaMotte, Jr., K84Z-P6Z, ca 1804-1867
2. Anne Blackledge LaMotte, MPJ8-L6F, 1806-1822
3. Joseph Hatch LaMotte, GHC2-7JR, 1807-1888
4. Francis LaMotte, MPJ8-LX4, 1808-1842
5. Richard LaMotte, MBXQ-BV1, ca 1808-1843
6. Caroline LaMotte, MPJ8-LX2, 1810-1869
7. Louis LaMotte, MPJ8-G8H, 1810-1815
8. Margaret LaMotte, LRKGK-Q9S, b. 1815
9. Eveline H. LaMotte, MPJ8-GD3, b. ca 1820
10. Margaret LaMotte, MW35-DQC, b. 1822, d. 1903; m. Richard Hatch Watson, b. 1817, d. 1881
11. Richard Blackledge LaMotte, MPJ8-G63, b. 1828, d. 1843
12. Louisa LaMotte, LC72-SQ8, b. 1830, d. 1897
[and probably Nancy LaMotte, #141206047, b. 1809 d,.New Bern, NC, Nov 3, 1822]
From LDS Family Search and ancestry.com
Native of Bordeaux, France.
From WPA Cemetery Survey of 1939.
Francis Xavier LaMotte, LDS ID KHX9-CBK, was born in Bordeaux, France about 1765-1769. [ancestry.com lists location of his death as Ledbetter, Fayette Co., Texas]
He was the son of Nelly Philomene Leontine Adele Henrard of Bordeaux, France, and Joseph LaMotte.
He married in North Carolina, January 10, 1803, Lucy Louisa Hatch, LWY6-F52, daughter of Anne Nancy Blackledge, LWY6-FBB (1763-1819), and Joseph Hatch, L4BV-MC9 (1762-1819).
Lucy Louisa Hatch was born in Craven Co., North Carolina, June 12, 1782; died August 21, 1867.
They had twelve children:
1. Francis "Frank" Xavier LaMotte, Jr., K84Z-P6Z, ca 1804-1867
2. Anne Blackledge LaMotte, MPJ8-L6F, 1806-1822
3. Joseph Hatch LaMotte, GHC2-7JR, 1807-1888
4. Francis LaMotte, MPJ8-LX4, 1808-1842
5. Richard LaMotte, MBXQ-BV1, ca 1808-1843
6. Caroline LaMotte, MPJ8-LX2, 1810-1869
7. Louis LaMotte, MPJ8-G8H, 1810-1815
8. Margaret LaMotte, LRKGK-Q9S, b. 1815
9. Eveline H. LaMotte, MPJ8-GD3, b. ca 1820
10. Margaret LaMotte, MW35-DQC, b. 1822, d. 1903; m. Richard Hatch Watson, b. 1817, d. 1881
11. Richard Blackledge LaMotte, MPJ8-G63, b. 1828, d. 1843
12. Louisa LaMotte, LC72-SQ8, b. 1830, d. 1897
[and probably Nancy LaMotte, #141206047, b. 1809 d,.New Bern, NC, Nov 3, 1822]
From LDS Family Search and ancestry.com
Inscription
Aged 73 years
SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
FRANCIS L. MOTTE
NATIVE OF BORDEAUX IN FRANCE
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 26, 1842
AGED 73 YEARS
AND OF
RICHARD BLACKLEDGE
SON OF FRANCIS & LUCY MOTTE
WHO DIED MAY 7, 1813
AGED 15 YEARS & 3 MONTHS
AND OF
ANNE BLACKLEDGE
DAUGHTER OF THE SAME PARENTS
WHO DIED SEPT. 3, 1822
AGED 15 YEARS
AND OF
LOUIS
SON OF THE SAME PARENTS
WHO DIED SEPT. 1813
AGED 3 YEARS
Gravesite Details
Tombstone is very difficult to read and dates to the early 1800's. It includes a father and his 3 children.
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