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Capt James Minott

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Capt James Minott

Birth
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
20 Sep 1735 (aged 82)
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Here is Interr'd ye Remains of James Minott Esq. AM an excelling grammarian enriched with ye gift of prayer & preaching, a commanding officer, a physician of great values, a great lover of peace as well as of justice & which was his greater glory. A gent of distinguished virtue & goodness, happy in a virtuous posterity of living regiously died comfortably Sept. 20, 1735 AEt 83.

The son of Capt. John & Lydia (Butler) Minott, he graduated from Harvard College in 1675, and afterwards studied physic and divinity. He preached at Stow and held various offices including Captain of the Militia. He married Rebecca Wheeler, daughter of Capt. Timothy & Mary (Brooks) Wheeler around 1683 in Concord, Mass.
Inscription:
Here is Interr'd ye Remains of James Minott Esq. AM an excelling grammarian enriched with ye gift of prayer & preaching, a commanding officer, a physician of great values, a great lover of peace as well as of justice & which was his greater glory. A gent of distinguished virtue & goodness, happy in a virtuous posterity of living regiously died comfortably Sept. 20, 1735 AEt 83.

The son of Capt. John & Lydia (Butler) Minott, he graduated from Harvard College in 1675, and afterwards studied physic and divinity. He preached at Stow and held various offices including Captain of the Militia. He married Rebecca Wheeler, daughter of Capt. Timothy & Mary (Brooks) Wheeler around 1683 in Concord, Mass.

Inscription

Here is Interr'd ye Remains of James Minott Esq. AM an excelling grammarian enriched with ye gift of prayer & preaching, a commanding officer, a physician of great values, a great lover of peace as well as of justice & which was his greater glory. A gent of distinguished virtue & goodness, happy in a virtuous posterity of living regiously died comfortably Sept. 20, 1735 AEt 83.



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