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201 Esther W. Mott
202 Eliza Mott
203 Maria Mott; married S. M. Hobby.
157 RICHARD MOTT, son of Richbell Mott, 69, was born about the year 1742. He was a minor in 1762, when letters of administration were granted upon his father's estate.
1767, May 6. Richard Mott, of Queen's Co., N. Y., yeoman, eldest son, joined with his mother, Mary Mott, widow and relict of Richbell Mott, in conveying their interest in two tracts of land called York and Willingbrook, in Little Creek Hundred, to Thomas Irons, of Kent Co., Delaware.
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1779, 12, 8mo. Will of Richard Mott, of Herricks, in Hempstead (L. I.) gives his estate to his brother, Seaman Mott, to his sister, Sarah Manlove, and to their children. Also £4 to the Westbury Friends' Meeting. Proved July 28, 1780.
158 SEAMAN MOTT, son of Richbell Mott, 69, was probably born about 1744-46.
1767, May 14. He bought of James Stevens, for £360, lands on St. Jone's Neck, Kent Co., Del.
1768, Feb. 24. Seaman Mott, of Little Creek Neck and Hundred, yeoman, sold to Abraham Vamoy, Jr., for £300, his interest in lands called York, formerly his father's.
1768, Apr. 21. He and his wife, Nancy, of Kent Co., conveyed to Govey Emerson his interest in the York and Willingbrook lands.
1776, July 30. He was a sergeant in Capt. Manlove's Delaware battalion.
1785. Simmons Mott on Dover, Delaware, Tax List.
He had issue mentioned but not named, in the will of his brother, Richard Mott, which are still unknown.
168 RICHARD L. MOTT, son of Jacob Mott, 97, married Elizabeth Deall, who was born Sept. 13, 1785, and died Mch. 18, 1812.
Issue 204 Jane Nicoll Mott 205 Samuel Deall Mott
170 JORDAN L. MOTT, son of Jacob Mott, 97, born 1798, was a well known inventor and founder of the Mott Iron Works. He possessed great enterprise and energy, and was a generous contributor to the church. He married Mary W. Smith, born Sept. 6, 1801; died Dec. 24, 1838.
Issue
206 Mary J. Mott; married Matthew D. Van Doran.
207 Jordan L. Mott
172 GERSHOM MOTT, son of John Mott, 103, born July 12, 1785; died Oct. 14, 1848; married, Apr. 11, 1811, Phebe Rose Scudder.
He lived at Lamberton, near Trenton, where he was Collector of the Port, from 1828 until his death, in 1848.
He was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Burlington Co., Oct. 31, 1833, and held the same until his death.
He was a deacon of First Baptist Church, Trenton.
(For History of his wife's family, see Croley's Ewing Settlers).
Issue, (from family bible in possession of his grand-daughter, Kate A. Mott.) 208 Elinor Mott, born Feb 17, 1812; died May 14, 1835; married Rev. W. D. Hires. 209 John S. Mott, born Jan. 22, 1814; died June 13, 1834; married, Oct. 9, 1843, Martha Schenck.
210 Mary Mott, born Mch. 29, 1817.
2II Sarah Mott, born Mch. 16, 1820; married, Apr. 16, 1862, Samuel S. Hill.
212 [General] Gershom Mott, born Apr. 7, 1822; died Nov. 29, 1884; married, Aug. 8, 1849, Elizabeth Smith, who died December, 1895.
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213 Phebe Rose Mott, born Aug 4, 1831; died Dec. 26, 1857; married, Sept. 30 1855, Caleb Coleman.
214 Morgan Holme Mott, born Mch. 19, 1834; died Jan. 28, 1894; married, Jan. 4, 1869, Mary B. Morris.
173 WILLIAM MOTT, son of John Mott, 103, born Mch. 9, 1790; married, Aug. 2, 1821, Sarah Edgerton. They moved to Ohio. They became Quakers; many of the children living in 1896.
Issue
215 David M. Mott, born Oct. 9, 1822.
216 Mary Mott, born Feb. 17, 1825.
217 James E. Mott, born Dec. 15, 1826.
218 Richard Mott, born Nov. 8, 1828.
219 Gershom Mott, born Nov. 29, 1830.
220 Asher Mott, born Oct. 19, 1832.
221 George Mott, born June 27, 1834.
222 Sarah Mott, born Apr. 20, 1836.
223 Elinor Mott, born July 9, 1838.
224 William Mott, born May 23, 1841.
182 MARY MOTT, daughter of Gershom Mott, 117, married John R. Williams, of Detroit.
Issue, (from Bishop Williams and his brother Lieut. Williams).
Ferdinand Williams, born 1806.
Theodore Williams, born 1808; married Miss Hall.
Gershom Mott Williams, born 1810; married Emily Strong.
Thomas Williams, born 1815; died 1862. General Thomas Williams was a Major in the Regular Army and served with distinction during the Mexican War. He was Brigadier General in the Union Army, and was killed at Baton Rouge, in 1862.
Issue John R. Williams; Lieutenant 3rd Artillery, U. S. A. Gershom Mott Williams; Bishop, of Marquette. Mary Josepha Williams
Cecelia Williams, born 1815. John Constantine Williams, born 1817.
James Mott Williams, born 1819. Mary Williams, born 1821; married, first, D. Smart; second, Capt. Mckinstry, U. S. Navy. John C. Devereaux Williams; married daughter of General McComb, U. S. A. Elizabeth Williams, born 1812; married John Winder.
189 RICHARD MOTT, son of James Mott, 123, was born 1767; died, at Mamaroneck, in 1857, in his ninetieth year. He withdrew from the milling business, conducted jointly with his brothers, and established a mill, producing "Mott's Spool Cotton," known favorably for many years. His personal appearance was graceful and his speech pleasing. He became a preacher of eminence among the Friends.
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207 JORDAN L. MOTT, son of Jordan L. Mott, 170, was born Nov. 10, 1829. He succeeded his father in business and was interested in city politics. He filled the position of Alderman; for a time was Acting Mayor, and was appointed a Member of the Rapid Transit Commission. He married Marianna, daughter of James V. Seaman, of Westchester.
Issue
225 Marie Mott; married William M. Oliffe, Park Commissioner, New York City; second, Judge McLean.
226 Jordan L. Mott, Jr .; married Katharine Jerome, daughter of Fay Purdy.
227 Augustus W. Mott; unmarried.
For a fuller history of the Jordan L. Motts, see Scharf's History of Westchester County, N. Y., Vol. i, pp. 830-831.
212 GENERAL GERSHOM MOTT, son of Gershom Mott, 172, was born at Lamber- ton; educated at Trenton Academy.
He was 2nd Lieut. in Tenth U. S. Infantry, Mexican War, and in all the battles from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico.
He was Collector of the Port, Lamberton, 1849, and for years following.
When the Rebellion commenced, he volunteered and was appointed Lieut. Col. Fifth N. J. Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Second Bull Run.
1862, May 8. He was promoted to Colonel of Sixth N. J. Volunteers.
1862, Dec. 4. He was in command of Second Brigade, N. J. Volunteers; then of Third Brigade, Second Division, Third Army Corps. He was wounded at Chancellorsville.
In May 1864, in command of Second Division, Third Corps, and later Third Division, Second Corps.
Brevetted Major General, Sept. 9, 1864, for taking the enemy's outpost and line and over one hundred men.
He was wounded, Apr. 6, 1865, at Amelia Springs.
After peace was restored, he was in command of the Division of Provincial Corps; a mem- ber of the Wirtz Commission; one of Committee to investigate difficulties between State of Massachusetts and the Austrian Government; commissioned full Major General, May 26, 1865, and resigned Feb. 20, 1866.
In 1867, he was tendered and declined the appointment of Colonel of 22nd U. S. Infantry.
He was Treasurer of the State of New Jersey and keeper of New Jersey State Prison for five years under Gov. Bedle.
He was Major General, in 1873, N. J. National Guard (by Gov. Parker), which he held till his death.
1882, Mch. 21. He was a Member of the Riparian Commission (by Gov. Ludlow), and held other numerous public and private offices.
He was a Member of the Society of Cincinnati; Loyal Legion, etc.
He married Elizabeth Smith.
Issue
228 Kate A. Mott, who wrote an interesting article on Major General Gershom Mott, her father, and his ancestry, from which I have taken memoranda for this history of the Mott family.
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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES*
1672. Lorus Mott, of Hempstead, "an informer," was prosecuted for too free speech against the officials. N. Y. Geneal. and Biog. Record, January, 1871, P. II.
1724, Oct. 5. Hannah Mott married John Darby. Dutch Church Records, New Amster- dam.
1727, Apr. 5. Richard Mott, father, and Richard Mott, son, were baptized. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1730, July 23. John Mott married Hannah Youngs. St. George's Church, Hempstead. 1730, Nov. 24. Amy Mott married John Parent, of Oyster Bay. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1748, Sept. 21. David, son of Adam Mott, was baptized. St. George's Church, Hempstead. 1751, Nov. 17. Joseph Mott baptized, at Huntington; adult. St. George's Church, Hemp- stead.
1751, Dec. 31. Rebecca Mott baptized, at Huntington; adult. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1755. Ruth Mott, daughter of Thomas Powell, of Oyster Bay, was a legatee in his will. 1756, Feb. 21. Hannah Mott and Nathaniel Ogden were married; and had Mary Ogden, born July 3, 1770; baptized Sept. 16, 1770. Presbyterian Church Record, New York.
1755, May 8. Mary, daughter of Joseph and Deborah Mott, was baptized, at Huntington; adult. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1757. Adam Mott was a witness at Hempstead.
1757. John Titus, of Hempstead, mentioned in his will, his daughter, Mary Mott, and named John Mott, of Matinecock, one of his executors.
1757, Jan. 23. Martha Mott and Lucas Eldred [Eldert, says marriage license], were mar- ried. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1758, Sept. 17. At Oyster Bay, Joseph Mott, adult, was baptized. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
*This genealogy of the Motts is not claimed to be an exhaustive account of the family, but simply an outline. The following works may be consulted, more thoroughly and advantageously, for data concerning the Mott family:
(1) Mott Ancestry by Thomas C. Cornell, who made an extensive contribution to the Mott genealogy, but who erred in his ar- rangement of the children of the first Adam Mott, and in his elimination of the daughter, Elizabeth. He particularly follows the lines of Richbell, Adam, William and Charles, sons of Adam Mott, the first, by his wife, Elizabeth Richhell; (2) Descent of Major Gen- eral Mott, of New Jersey, by Miss Kate A. Mott, in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, April, 1894, who likewise has made a valuable contribution to the Mott genealogy, but who errs in giving the marriage of the first Gershon Mott to a Bowne, citing Salter's History of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, as authority; (3) Clute's History of Staten Island, which gives a few facts concerning Adam Mott, of the third generation; (4) Bolton's History of Westchester; Ist Edition, which is largely wrong; (5) Thompson's History of Long Island, Ist Edition, Vol. ii, p. 57, which is wrong to an amazing degree, save, perhaps, in the allusions to William Mott and his posterity; (6) New York and New Jersey Wills, Deeds, etc .; (7) Records of the Town of Westchester, at the County Court House, White Plains, N. Y., for the descendants of Richbell, and, perhaps, James Mott. Also Town Record of Mamaroneck; (8) Records of the Society of Friends, and other data published in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record; (9) Jacob T. Bowne, of Springfield, Mass., who has for many years been actively investigating this family's history; (10) Printed Records of the Town of Hempstead; (11) Austin's Rhode Island Genealogical Dictionary, which gives the descendants of Adam Mott and Nathaniel Mott, of Rhode Island; (12) Thurston Genealogy, which gives accounts of the Rhode Island Motts; (13) Livermore's History of Block Island, which alludes to, apparently, some of the descendants of Nathaniel Mott, of Rhode Island; (14) Scharf's History of Westchester County, N. Y., Vol. i, pp. 830 and 876; (15) New York and New Jersey Marriage Licenses; (16) Genealogy of The Cornell Family by Rev. John Cornell; (17) Manuscript History of the Mott Family by Edward Doubleday Harris, of New York City. The work of Mr. Harris is so exact and so exhaustive that had I have known of its existence I would never have printed my notes on the Mott Family. Should his Mott history not be published I understand the manuscript will ultimately pass to the New York Gen. & Biog. Society. To him I owe most of the interesting data that relates to the children of Adam Mott, 15.
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1758, Oct. 22. Isaac and Ruth Mott, adults, were baptized. St. George's Church, Hemp- stead.
1759. John Hallet, of Newtown, made his will, in which he mentioned his wife, Sarah, and seven children by name, and appointed his brother, Jacob Mott, and brother-in-law, Jacob Blackwell, executors.
1759. David Bedel, of Hempstead, mentioned in his will, his daughter, Phebe Mott. 1759, June 3. Joseph Mott and Catharine Boorum were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1759, Oct. -. Richard Mott and Jane Pettitt were married. St. George's Church, Hemp- stead.
1760. Elizabeth Mott was a witness at Hempstead.
1760, Feb. 27. Elizabeth Mott, adult, was baptized. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1761, Feb. 26. Thomas, son of Joseph and Deborah Mott, was baptized. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1761, Aug. -. Jacob Mott and Elizabeth Kissam were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1761, Dec. II. Will of Joseph Mott, of Rockaway, in Hempstead; proved May 24, 1763, mentioned :
Wife, his estate until the youngest child reaches the age of ten years, she to rear the children; the estate then to be divided into halves, one of which was to go to his wife, the other to his two sons, or if his wife should have another child by him, it was to share equally with its brothers.
Upon the death or remarriage of his wife, entire estate to pass to his sons, Benjamin and Joseph, they paying to his
Two daughters, each, £50.
Executors: his brothers, James and John Mott, and Patrick Mott.
Witness: Richard Mott.
1762, Sept. I. Deborah Sans, 4, (Edward, 3; John, 2, and Sybyl Ray; James Sands, I), wife of Edward Mott, died, aged 26 years. Marriage license of Edmund Mott and Deborah Sands, Oct. 13, 1753.
1762, Oct. 10. Sarah Mott and James Reyner [Raynor says license] were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1766, June 29. Elizabeth Mott and Philip Platt were married. St. George's Church Records. New York Marriage Licenses say: Philip Smith Platt, June 10, 1766.
1766, Dec. 28. Adam Mott and Elizabeth Hewlett were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1768, Aug. 21. Bridgett Mott and James McComb had Eleazer, baptized. Presbyterian Church, New York. The New York Marriage Licenses say: marriage license Jan. 5, 1763. 1769, Jan. 22. Mary Mott and Daniel Hewlett were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1769, Nov. 22. Deborah Mott and Thomas Hallowood were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1773, Sept. 5. Jonathan Mott and Jane Burtes were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1773, Nov. 16. Mary Mott and Jacob Pratt; both of Oyster Bay, were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1775, Dec 5. Benjamin Mott and Rachel Wilson, of Oyster Bay, were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead. New York Marriage Licenses say: Benjamin Mott and Rachel Whitson had a license issued Oct. 18, 1775.
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1777, June 15. Ruth Mott and Joseph Carmen were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1777, July 3. Miriam Mott and Benjamin Birdsall were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1778. Isaac Mott was a private in Capt. French's Company, Ulster Co., N. Y. He died Sept. 15, 1781.
1778, Oct. 5. Samuel Mott and Deborah Denton were married, "by necessity." George's Church, Hempstead.
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1779, Feb. 12. Samuel Mott and Margaret Keshow; both of Queens, were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1779, June 13. Benjamin Mott and Polly Southward were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1779, Dec. 30. Rebecca Mott and William Timpson, both of Oyster Bay, were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead. New York Marriage Licenses say: Rebecca Mott and William Simpson had license Dec. 24, 1779.
1780, Sept. 17. Phebe Mott, of Hempstead, and Joseph Dunbar, of Jamaica, were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1780, Dec. 9. William Mott and Catharine Clows [Clowes] were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1781, June 10. Rebecca Mott and John Raynor were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1782. Jonathan Mott, of New York City, was a Loyalist.
1782, Apr. 7. Rebecca 'Mott and Samuel Carpenter were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1783. Henry Mott, of Dutchess County, N. Y., carpenter.
1784. William Mott was a Justice, in Onondaga County, N. Y.
1784, Oct. 18. Margaret Mott and Samuel Doxee were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1786, Feb. 26. Samuel Mott and Phebe Gidney were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1786, Aug. 8. Rebecca Mott, of Hempstead, and John Davidson, of Nova Scotia, were married. St. George's Church, Hempstead.
1786, Dec. 18. Adam Mott and Hannah Simmons were married.
1794. Mary, daughter of Jacob Mott, married Aaron Duryea, who was born 1754. They had Abraham Duryea, born 1794, and Aaron Duryea, born 1797. They were of Hempstead.
1795, Apr. 29. Robert Mott and Lydia Stansbury were married. Presbyterian Church, New York. See p. 15, Mott Descendants.
1801, Jan. 2. Amy Mott and Zebulon Smith were married. St. George's Church, Hemp- stead.
Hannah Mott married James Leverich, who died, in 1811, and his wife at an earlier date, leaving issue. Riker's Newtown, p. 353.
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NEW YORK MARRIAGE LICENSES
1737, Nov. 4. Adam Mott and Elizabeth Smith.
1738, July 5. Martha Mott and John Hicks.
1757, June 30. Thomas Mott and Keziah Brush.
1758, Sept. 7. John Mott and Ann Somerendike.
1760, Sept. 30. Richard Mott and Jane Perrit.
1761, June 18. Herodia Mott and Henry Higbie.
1761, Sept. 25. Elizabeth Mott and William Doty.
1763, Jan.
26. Kesiah Mott and James Whippo.
1763, Mch. 5. James Mott and Catharine Sibly.
1763, Apr. 16. Ceeors Mott and Susannah Barnes.
1763, Nov.
2. Deborah Mott and Ezekiel Cooper.
1765, Apr. 26. Elizabeth Mott and Benjamin Hicks.
1770, Mch. 22. John Mott and Margaret Burtis.
1771, Mch. 5. William Mott and Letitia Leadbetter.
1771, Aug. 3. John Mott and Martha Sammons; [married, at St. George's, Hempstead, Oct. 16, 1771, as Martha Sammis.]
1773, Nov. II. Mary Mott and Jacob Pratt.
1780, Oct. 3. Richard Mott and Martha Sutton.
1781, Nov. 22. Amelia Mott and John Ryan.
1782, Apr. 7. Rachel Mott and John Hooton.
1782, Sept. 10. Elizabeth Mott and John Whitehand.
1783, Oct. 30. Joseph Mott and Lida Cyrus.
NEW JERSEY MARRIAGE LICENSES
1731, Feb. 20. Jane Mott, Gloucester, and Peter Scull, Gloucester.
1733, May 23. Anna Mott and Julius Ewan, Burlington.
1738, Aug. 7. John Mott, Burlington, and Phebe Cramer.
1739, Jan. 3. Mary Mott, and James Arnold, Burlington.
1739, Mch. 17. Charity Mott, Morris, and David Wheeler, Morris.
1771, Sept. 15. John Mott, Burlington, and Patience Austin, Burlington.
1773, Sept. 22. Joshua Mott, Hunterdon, and Mary Kitchen, Hunterdon.
1781, June 2. Sarah Mott and Joseph Potts, Kingwood.
ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, HEMPSTEAD, L. I.
1734, Dec. 9. Samuel Mott and Hannah Wood, married.
1746, Feb. 17. Miriam Mott and William Cornell, Jr., married.
1750, Nov. 18. Sarah Mott and Stephen Titus, married.
1753, Feb. 28. Henry Mott and Mary Southward, married.
1753, Mch. 18. Elizabeth Mott and Samuel Smith, married.
1755, Mch. 18. Samuel Mott and Rebecca Mott, married.
1756. Nov. 14. Jemine Mott and John Cannon, married; license dated Oct. 29, 1756. 1782, Dec. 31. Rebecca Mott, adult, baptized.
MOUNT
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MONMOUTH COUNTY
GEORGE MOUNT was born, by deduction, about 1635, and was the first of the name to settle in Monmouth County, where he was one of the "Associates" in the purchase of the Mon- mouth Tract in 1665-7. He was, doubtless, an Englishman, but I am unaware that there is any knowledge extant concerning his origin or his kinspeople. It has been asserted that George Mount came first to Salem, Mass., about 1636, thence to Gravesend, Long Island, which was settled in 1643-4, and later to Middletown, N. J., which was settled in 1665-7. Assuming that his supposititious birth date, 1635, is correct, this migration seems unlikely, for he would have been very much of a child in 1636, and in need of a parent, and still too young to have been a settler of Gravesend. That he may have come to New Jersey from Rhode Island, which fur- nished the Monmouth Tract with so many of its early settlers, is most likely, but nothing that I know sheds any light on his personal history previous to his appearing in Middletown, N. J.
In 1672, George Mount's name was coupled together with Benjamin Borden in the purchase of lands from the Indians at Middletown, and again, in 1676, the same individuals, George Mount and Benjamin Borden, received patents for lands adjacent to each other in Cohansey, West Jersey. This intimate association raised a hope in the minds of some that the maiden name of the wife, or the mother of George Mount, was perhaps Borden, but a study of the wills of Matthew Borden, of Hedcorn, England, and his two emigrating sons, Richard and John, elimi- nates any such conclusion, and we are forced to decide that the intimate relations of Mount and Borden were based upon friendship and not kinship. Further it might be well here to eliminate another suggestion, that George Mount married a sister of Abigail Grover, wife of Benjamin Borden, but this, too, falls to the ground when an analysis of the known Grover history is made.
Upon his advent in Middletown, George Mount received in the first division of lands, Dec. 30 and 31, 1667, the town lot No. 10, and the outlying lot No. 19.
1688, Apr. 22. George Mount was one of the two Deputies chosen to the General Assembly to be held at Portland Point, and, July 20, 1669, he was re-elected.
He likewise filled the positions of Juryman, Town Overseer and Surveyor.
He is alluded to in deeds as a blacksmith, which in those days, meant a worker in iron, and in such an avocation, many of the artists and artisans of medieval times have created lasting monuments of great beauty. There was little call, however, for a display of much talent, in the early days of Middletown, but we can readily see George Mount fashioning the iron work of
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the villages, from the scythe and plow to the hinges and latches. Few men could be more valuable than he in such an environment.
I688. George Mount was one of the Constituent Members of the Baptist Church of Middletown.
Edwards.
1698, Apr. 13. George Mount conveyed to his son, Richard Mount, one hundred and eighty-five acres of land, in Middletown township, which, in 1710, formed part of the two hundred acres of land which Richard Mount sold to Eden Burrowes, and inasmuch as Richard Mount is not mentioned in his father's will, this land probably represented his interest in his father's estate and the gift cut him off as heir-at-law.
George Mount presumably married about 1660.
1702-3, Feb. 16. he made his will; proved Aug. 31, 1705, and mentioned his wife, Kathe- rine; daughter Katherine; grandsons, Matthias and Thomas, sons of his deceased son, Matthias.
1705, Sept. 18. Inventory of George Mount's estate was made by Richard Stout and James Cox, at Middletown, and proved by James Cox, appraiser.
Issue
2 Katherine Mount
3 Matthias Mount; died 1694-5; married Mary .
4 Richard Mount; married, prior to 1687, Rebecca Wall.
3 MATTHIAS MOUNT, son of George Mount, I, has a wife Mary, and two sons men- tioned in the will of their grandfather as not of age when it was made, Feb. 16, 1702-3.
I believe Matthias Mount may also have had a daughter Mary, who married her first cousin, because John Mount, son of Richard Mount, 4, had a wife Mary, born in 1694, according to a Bible record, and he named his, apparently eldest, son, Matthias.
Matthias Mount died in the spring of 1695.
1695, Apr. 10. An inventory of his estate was taken by Safty Grover, Francis Harburt, Jarat Wall and Ed. (?) Lawrence.
"ye 27 of march-Where an order of Cort was made at middletowne, That wee underwritten, should aprise the Estate of matThias mount, of midletown, deceecd, now," etc. Total £24.11.08.
"Reseived of saifty Grover . account of Mathias Mounts deseased on the behalf of Mary Mount widdow of the said Mathias Mount . .... Dated desember ye 17th 1695. Signed ABIGALL LIPPINCOTT."
"December the 21st, 1695. Then Receved of Mary Mount late widowe to Mathias Mount decased the sume of fortenn shillings to say 98 dew from her husband decased and five shillings for writing his will I say Receved by me"
RICHARD HARTSHORNE"
"Rec the roth of Jan', 1694, The Sume of 2s. 6d of Georg Mount by the appointmt of Mary Mount for board to make her husbands coffin"
JOHN BROWN
"Rec the 11th of Janr, 1694, the sume of 3s of Richard Mount for digging a grave for Mattheas Mount by me
WILL PURDANE"
Issue 5 Matthias Mount, born prior to 1692.
NOTE .- William Mount, who was brought over to this country in October, 1685, as a "servant," by James Johnston, was a witness to the marriage of John Langford, Oct. 30, 1686, to Isabella Bowman, in Burlington, and Jan. 8, 1686-7, a witness to the determination of the arbitrators of the West Jersey division line is, apparently, no connection of George Mount.
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