John Mottrom, son of Samuel Mottrum and Elizabeth Pope, married (1): Mary "Anne" Spencer (1610–1645) Marriage: abt. 1638, England. She was the daughter of Nicholas Spenser and Mary Elmes.

Children:

1. Anne Mottrom (1639–1707) married three times: 1) Richard Wright; 2) David Fox; 3) Saint Leger Codd
2. Maj. John Mottrom (1642–1691)
3. Frances Mottrom (1645–1720) married 1) Col. Nicholas Spencer 2) Rev John Boulton

John Mottrom married 2nd to Ursula Byshe, widow of Richard Thomson, in 1651. When John Mottrom died, Ursula married George Colclough, who died very soon after their marriage.

References

1. WikiTree contributors, "John Mottrom (abt.1610-abt.1655)," WikiTree: The Free Family Tree, (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mottrom-5 : accessed 05 March 2025).
2. There are several mentions of this man in the book "Virginia's Northern Neck, a pictorial History" by John C. Wilson, 1984. "John Monttrom is believed to have been the first to leave Maryland, sail the Ptomac, and settle at the mouth of the Coan River." "Nominy Plantation was built on the site of an earlier Indian village, on land patented in 1651 by Thomas Speke, an associate of Col. John Mottrom, who had just settled on the Coan in Northumberland County, becoming the first white man to do so in the Northern Neck. " "...mother county of the Northern Neck, founded in 1648 at or near Co. John Mottrom's plantation on the mouth of the Coan River." Noland 588.