In Memoirs of General Lafayette: With an Account of His Visit to America, and of his reception by the people of the United States from His arrival, August 15 to the celebration at Yorktown, October 19, 1824', by Samuel Lorenzo Knapp, pub. These are the bits that perhaps someone else can expound upon, or research further. It's rather difficult to stay focused, and not be tempted to go down this rabbit trail or that. 'Who'd a thunk that the LaFayette family rumor would be true?' īJ Peters' Assorted Scraps of Info. Knapp should be Mary Lamott, the only daughter in this family and a sister of Jacob Lammott (1774-1845) 'This Henry Lamott is the father of Jacob Lamott(Charles' line) and Mrs. Knapp was the granddaughter of Johannes Henry Lamott and the daughter of Henry Lamott (1751-1798) who lived and died in Hardford Co., Md. So far my research seems to indicate Mrs. in 1825 is the one who passed the LaFayette story down in the Lamott family. (Chas' Note:'More and more information seems to support the family story of LaFayette) He was visited by a relative, Captain Nickolas de La Motte in 1785, of the French Army who came to America with Rochambeau to fight in the Amer. was born in Provence, France could speak German and French fluently, immigrated to Pa. later he returned to the German Lutheran religion and his family seemed to all resume their religious faith with the German Lutherans as the records show many baptisms in the Lutheran churches. was a Hugenot protestant when he came to this country and then embraced the Menonite religion. did not talk about his family with his children. 'They did not know their father could speak French and were also stunned at the high respect he was shown by the other French officers accompanying Nicolas. On this visit they, Nicolas and Johanne Heinrich spoke in fluent French and the family was stunned. 'Nicholas was an uncle of Johannes Heinrich and he called upon him with other officers. The Marquis de LaFayette was a first cousin of Johannes Heinrich LaMotte and when he came to America to fight for the colonies, one of his staff officers was Nicolas de LaMotte. 'We think he married in 1750 as his first child, Henry was born in 1751 in York Co., Pa. area where he met and married widow Bollinger who had three sons. 'He apparently traveled after arriving in the country and went to Charleston, S.C. He registered his oath of Allegiance in Maryland as a non-combatant (documented) which means he would not fight for the colonies but gave his allegiance to the colonies and not the crown of England. 'He embraced the Menonite faith after arriving in Pa.

He stated, 'The story seems to be: Johannes Heinrich LaMotte was born in France in 1705 and came to America in 1741 at the age of 36 years leaving France because of religious persecution. You can view his obituary on the Lamotte Obits page.

Mawhinney joined his ancestors in Glory on May 27, 2001. The following is text I received in an email from Dr. The definition of lore is: knowledge gained through tradition or anecdote. Were John Henry Lamotte & Lafayette Related? You Decide. Sauerbraten, Tea Time and Scones - Lamotte - Lafayette Relation powered by

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