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Subject: Re: Fw: [Carib-L] Fw: Lewis Lamotte of Jamaica
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 14:59:21 +0200 (CEST)

La Mothe and de La Mothe are also (old French) names in Grenada and Carriacou.
Jennifer




> Message date : Sep 03 2004, 03:10 PM
> From : "Augusta B. Elmwood"
> To :
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> Subject : Fw: [Carib-L] Fw: Lewis Lamotte of Jamaica
> Subject: Re: [Carib-L] Fw: Lewis Lamotte of Jamaica
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> : I don't know about Lewis per se, but Lamotte sounds very French, like the Cadillac de la
> : Motte family which was, I believe in Saint-Domingue. He probably came from S-D. Lagier
> : was probably originally Legier.
> :
> : Augusta Elmwood
> : Noo Awlins :-)
> :
> : ----- Original Message -----
> : From: "bushnook"
> : To:
> : Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 8:52 AM
> : Subject: [Carib-L] Fw: Lewis Lamotte of Jamaica
> :
> : : is anyone familiar with the family stories of Lewis Lamotte of Jamaica? probably late
> : 1700s early 1800s
> : :
> : : I am trying to piece together a big jigsaw puzzle and Lamotte is one of the names.
> : :
> : : the others are
> : : John Campbell, Lagier Lamotte Thomas Cope, John Butts and Joshua Collins, Rowland
> : Williams, Robert Lovelace, George Narborne Vincent and Henry Drury Cooper
> : :
> : : I suspect they may have been merchants of some kind, and if so, I would love to know
> : what they traded in.
> : :
> : : also, a long shot, but is anyone a history buff who knows a bit about English history?
> : I am looking to uncover a tale about
> : : "dear Beddingfield who saved the Kings life" - again probably late 1700s, maybe early
> : 1800 - the wording is from an Affidavit and I am trying to uncover the postion
> : Beddingfield held at the time, or maybe after he saved the King, as his successor was a
> : member of my family tree.
> : :
> : : thanks
> : :
> : : judy
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