MOTT FAMILY

In 1646 Geo. Keift granted land at Green Point, L. I. to Adam Mott, married July 28, 1647, Adam Maet jm uyt Graefschaps Esseck

   en Jenne Hulet jd uyt Graefschap Buckingham
                   from Dutch Church Records.
Adam and Jane settled in Hempstead in 1656, Jane d. and he m. 2d 1667, Elisabeth Richbell, dau. of John and Ann.

Children of ADAM1 MOTT and Jane:

  Adam2 b. and baptized 1649, in Dutch Church,
   N. Y. m. 1678 Mary Stillwell.
  Jacobus2 b. 1651, "(Rebecca Cornell one of the
    sponsors m. George Woolsey) m. 1607, Mary
    Richbell.
  Grace2 b. 1656, m. Jonathan Rock Smith.
  Elisabeth2 b. 1655, m. John Kissam.
  Henry2 b. 1657, m. Hannah, 3 children he d. 1681.
  John2 b. 1659, m. 1688, Sarah Seaman, dau. of
    Capt. John.
  Joseph2 1661, m.
  Gershom2 b. 1653, m. a Bowne, dau. of John and
    Lydia had son Charles.
2d wife Elisabeth Richbell had:

Richbell2 b. 1668, m. 1696, Oct. 14, Elisabeth had:

  Richbell b. 1768, m.(Adam1) and 2d wife Elisabeth Richbell.
Elisabeth Thorne.
  Mary Ann2 b. 1670.
  Adam2 b. 1672. m. 1731, Phebe Willets, dau. of
   Richard and Abigail (Powell) he d. 1738.
  William2 b. 1674, m. 1704, Hannah Ferris (dau. of
   John and Mary) d. 1759, he d. Jan. 20, 1740.
  Charles b. 1676, m. he d. 1740.
ADAM2 MOTT (Adam1) m. Mary, dau. of Nicholas and Ann Stillwell, children:

  Adam3 m. Elisabeth, dau. of Richbell and Elisabeth
   Mott.
  Jane b. 1680, m. Richard Seaman, son of Capt.
    John.
  Probably others.
JAMES2 MOTT (Adam1) and Mary Richbell had:

  James3 and Mary.3 They lived at Mamaroneck.
JOHN2 MOTT (Adam1) and Sarah (Seaman) had:

  Henry3 of Hempstead m. and had (???) (he d. 1768.)
  Henry,4 Richard,4 John,4 Adam,4 Abigail4 m. a Foster,
   Sarah,4 Elisabeth4 m. a Hicks.
  John jr.3 m. Rebecca, he d. 1751.
  James.3
  Sarah,3 Martha,3 Jane.3
  Patrick3 b. 1707, m. Deborah, he d. 1774.
JOHN3 Jr. MOTT (John2 Adam1) and Rebecca had:

  John4 d. before 1751.
    Samuel4 m. had sons John,5 Samuel,5 Jehu5 and
    Richard,5 dau. Hannah.5
  Micajah4 m. Rachel.
  Jehu4 m. 1748 Ruth Powell, dau. of 3 Thomas and
    Abigail (Hallock) he d. 1781.
  Sarah4 m. a Hulse.
  Martha4 m. Daniel Carman.
  Rebecca.4
Phebe4 m. Daniel Wright.
  Jacob4 m. 1754, Kesia Seaman.
Samuel4 Mott, son of John3 jr. died 1781, Will says sons John, Samuel and Jehu. The children of my son Richard deceased, Amy and James and to such ch. or children as his wife is now like to have, &c.

My brother Jehu Mott and Gideon Seaman my Executors.

The will of Richard5 Mott of Hempstead says wife Phebe, daughter Amy, son James was small, brother Jehu, &c. Will made in 1775,

JAMES6 MOTT (Richard5 Samuel4 John3 jr. John2 Adam1) m. Amy Powell, dau. of Solomon and had:

  Stephen7 m. Sarah Frost, dau. of Charles and Mary.
  James7 m. Elisabeth Kirby.
  Phebe7 single.
  Amy7 single.
  Jerusha7 m. a Cornell, no children.
  Ann7 m.
STEPHEN7 MOTT and Elisabeth (Frost) had:

  Mary F8 m. Daniel Wright.
  Lydia P.8 m. William M. Valentine.
JAMES7 MOTT and Elisabeth (Kirby) had:

  Cornell8 m. Hannah Albertson, dau. of Hicks and
    Elisabeth (Willis).
  William8 m. Sarah Albertson, dau. of Hicks.
  Others.
MICAJAH4 MOTT (John3 jr. John2 Adam1 and wife Rachel) of Hempstead made Will 1780, naming sons, Micajah,5 Israel,5 John,5 daughters Sarah Beets, Rebecca Mott and Rachel Mott, Executors my bro. Jehu Mott and my son-in-law Stephen Beets.
MICAJAH5 MOTT lived 2 miles west of Hempstead, m. children 6 daughters and:

Israel6 m. 1797, Charity Haviland, son John7 m. 1828, Gulielma Sutton dau. of Robert.

  William.6
  Oliver.6
JOHN6 m. a Frost and had:

  Sarah7 m. Henry Jackson, son of Jervis, had sons
    John M. and others.
  Hamilton7 m. and had Oliver and Grace.
JEHU4 MOTT (John3 jr. John2 Adam1) and Ruth (Powell) had:

  John5 m.
  Mary5 m. Benjamin Hicks.
  Ruth5 m. a Carman.
  Rebecca5 m. a Raynor.
  Joseph5 crazy, not 21 when his father died, he d.
    1842.
  John5 called John of Hempstead, was to have œ5.
JACOB4 MOTT (John3 jr. John2 Adam1) and Kesia (Seaman) had:

  Jacob5 b. 1755.
  Rachel5 b. 1757.
  Phebe5 b. 1760.
  Samuel5 b. 1762.
  Amy5 b. 1765.
PATRICK3 MOTT (John2 Adam1) and Deborah had:

  Sarah,4 Rebecca,4 William,4 Richard,4 Phebe b.
    1754, and Gilbert.
In 1768. Elkanah4 and Richard4 Mott, grandsons of Henry3 of Hempstead.

  JOSEPH2 MOTT (Adam1) m. and had, he d. 1733.
  Joseph3 m. Mary Mott, dau. of Richbell.
  Samuel3 m. 1728, Martha Smith.
 
Jacob3 m. 1735, Abigail Jackson.
  Ann3 m. Samuel Cornell.
  Jane3 m. Benjamin Seaman, she d. before her father.
JACOB3 MOTT and Abigail had:

  Samuel4 m. Anna.
  Ruth4 m. 1763, Jordan Lawrence.
  Joseph.4
  Jackson4 m. 1774, Glorianna Coles.
  Jacob4 m. 1766, Deborah Lawrence and had Jacob
    L. b. 1784.
  Miriam4 m. 1777, Benjamin Birdsall.
  Richard4 m. 1770, 1st Martha Saxton, 2d Freelove
    Covert.
  Isaac4 m. Anna Coles.
  Elisabeth4 m. 1763, Samuel Smith.
  Abigail4 m. Isaac Kirby.
  Mary4 m. 1754, Aaron Duryea.
  Jerusha.4
  RICHBELL2 MOTT (Adam1) m. 1696, Elisabeth
   Thorne and had:
  Elisabeth3 m. Adam Mott of Staten Island.
  Mary3 m. Joseph Mott, of Cow Neck.
  Anna3 m. Jonathan Townsend.
  Jemima3 m. Stephen Wood.
  Kesia3 m. John Jackson.
  Deborah.3
  Edmond3 m. Catharine Sands.
  Richard3 b. 1710, m. 1740, Sarah Pearsall, had son
    James4 b. 1741.
JAMES4 MOTT b. 1741, m. 1765, Mary Underhill and had:

  Richard5 b. 1766, m. 1787 Abigail Field.
  Annie5 b. 1768, m. 1785, Adam Mott.
  Robert5 b. 1771, m. Lydia P. Stansbury, dau. of  Joseph.
SAMUEL5 b. 1773, m. Elisabeth Barnard and
   had:
  Barnard6 d. 1818.
  Avis6 b. 1797, m. James Everingham.
  Andrew6 b. 1799, unm.
  Charles6 b. 1801.
  Martha6 b. 1803, m. Henry Haydock.
  Samuel6 b. 1805, m. Ruth Saulsbury.
  Elisabeth6 b. 1807, m. a Brewster.
  Matilda6 b. 1809.
ADAM2 MOTT b. 1672 (Adam1), m. 1731, Phebe Willets, he d. 1738, children:

  Elisabeth3 b. 1733, m. 1755, John Willis, son of
    Samuel and Mary (Fry).
  Adam3 b. 1734, m. 1755, 1st Sarah Willis, 2d
    Abigail Batty.
  Stephen3 b. 1737, m. Amy Willis, dau. of Samuel
    and Mary (Fry).
  ADAM3 MOTT and Sarah, dau. of Samuel Willis
    and Mary (Fry) had:
  Elisabeth4 b. 1756, she d. 1782.
  Lydia4 b. 1759, m. 1780, Solomon Underhill, she
    d. 1791.
  Adam4 b. 1762, m. 1785, Annie5 Mott, dau. of
    James.
  Samuel4 b. 1773, m. 1796, Catharine Appleby.
ADAM4 MOTT and Annie (Mott) had:

  Mary5 d. an infant.
  James5 b. 1788, m. 1811, Lucretia Coffin, he d.
    1868.
  Sarah5 b. 1791, m. Silas Cornell, she d. 1879.
  Mary5 b. 1793, m. Robert Hicks, she d. 1862.
  Abigail5 b. 1795, m. Lindley Murray Moore, she
    d. 1846.
  Thomas U.5 b. 1798, d. 1801.
Richard5 b. 1804, m. Elisabeth Smith, he d. 1888
    he was Mayor of Toledo, Ohio in 1845.
STEPHEN3 MOTT (Adam2 Adam1) m. Amy Willis, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Fry), children:

  Daniel4 b. 1763, m. 1786, Amy Searing, dau. of
    John, he d. 1837.
  Mary4 b. 1768,
  Phebe.4
  Jane4 b. 1771.
  Abigail4 b. 1773.
  Stephen4 b. 1779, d. 1781.
  Henry4 b. 1782, m. 1812, Temperance Hicks.
Children of DANIEL4 and Amy Searing Mott:

  Phebe5 b. 1787.
  Stephen5 b. 1789.
  Mary5 b. 1791.
  John5 b. 1793.
  Jane5 b. 1796.
  Joseph5 b. 1798.
  Isaac5 b. 1801.
  Abigail5 b. 1803.
  Phebe5 b. 1805.
  Lydia.5
  One, Richbell Mott, m. Mary Seaman, dau. of
   Richard2 and had:
  Richard, he d. 1779.
  Seaman.
  Sarah m. a Manlove.
  Elisabeth m. a Seaman.
WILLIAM2 MOTT (Adam1) and Hannah Ferris had:

  Elisabeth3 d. 1721.
  Hannah3 m. 1730, Phillip Pell and had Phillip,
   Hannah and Martha Pell.
  Martha.3
WILLIAM3 b. 1709, m. Elisabeth Valentine, he d. 1786. They had:

  William5 b. 1742, m. 1789, Mary Willis.
  Hannah4 b. 1744, d., James5 b. 1745.
  Elisabeth4 b. 1747, m. David Underhill, son of
     Amos.
  John4 b. 1749, d.
  Samuel4 b. 1750, m. Sarah Franklin, he d. 1791.
  Hannah4 b. 1753, John5 b. 1755.
  Henry4 b. 1757, m. Jane Way, dau. of Samuel and
   Esther (Valentine).
  Richard4 b. 1759, Joseph b. 1762, Benjamin b. 1765.
SAMUEL4 MOTT and Sarah Franklin had:

  Wm. F.5 b, 1785, m. Phebe Merritt, dau. of John
   and Phebe, he d. 1867.
  Walter5 b. 1786.
  Samuel5 b. 1789.
  Sarah5 b. 1791, m. a Wood.
WM. F.5 MOTT and Phebe had:

  Mary6 m. Alfred Willis.
  Ann6 m. Walter Franklin.
  Wm. F.6 m.
HENRY4 MOTT (William3 William2 Adam1) and Jane (Way) had:

  Way Mott.5
  Dr. Valentine Mott.5
  Elisabeth,5 Esther,5 Mary.5
CHARLES2 MOTT (Adam1) m. and had:

  Gershom,3 Benjamin,3 John,3 Adam,3 Amos,3 grandsons
    Joseph4 Mott and Joseph Starkins,4 daus.
    Mary Ann3 m. a Carroll, Elisabeth2 m. a Hunter.
  In 1737. One Adam Mott m. Elisabeth Smith.
Adam Mott, of Staten Island, son of Adam2 and Mary (Stillwell), had dau. Elisabeth, he was Clerk of Richmond County, Staten Island from 1728 to 1738.
In 1774. Jacob Mott, of Portsmouth, R. Island was living on possessions that had been inherited by the same name for near a century and a half.

In 1794. Annie5 Mott, dau. of James and Mary (Underhill) says we visited our cousin Jacob Mott, of Bedford, Rhode Island



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