Motte family
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The Motte family was a prominent colonial-era family in South Carolina, influential in the political, economic, and social life of the Goose Creek region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Motte family canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colonial American family
ⓘ
family ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Goose Creek elite ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | American Revolutionary War (through family members) ⓘ |
| country | Thirteen Colonies ⓘ |
| economicActivity |
rice planting
ⓘ
slave-based plantation agriculture ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | English descent ⓘ |
| governanceRole | local leadership in Goose Creek region ⓘ |
| hasNotableMember |
Jacob Motte
ⓘ
Miles Brewton (by kinship) ⓘ Rebecca Brewton Motte ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | example of influential Lowcountry planter family ⓘ |
| influenced | development of Goose Creek region ⓘ |
| knownFor |
economic influence in colonial South Carolina
ⓘ
political influence in colonial South Carolina ⓘ social influence in Goose Creek region ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Goose Creek, South Carolina
ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ |
| partOf | British colonial elite in South Carolina ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | British colonial establishment in early period ⓘ |
| politicalRole | members served in colonial South Carolina legislature ⓘ |
| propertyType | plantations ⓘ |
| region |
Goose Creek
ⓘ
surface form:
Goose Creek region
|
| regionType |
Lowcountry of South Carolina
ⓘ
surface form:
South Carolina Lowcountry
|
| religion |
Protestant Christianity
ⓘ
surface form:
Protestantism
|
| socialClass | planter elite ⓘ |
| sourceOfWealth | rice plantations worked by enslaved Africans ⓘ |
| timePeriod | colonial era ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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