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Joseph Addison Woolley, born Dec. 19, 1843; married, first, Elizabeth .Mason; second, Katie Hatfield.
Dr. Daniel Morris Woolley, born Aug. 1, 1850; married Henrietta Wilde.
Louis E. Woolley, born Jan. 2, 1854; died prior to 1886; married Annie Forsyth.
301 CONTENT MORRIS, daughter of Samuel Morris, 233, married, Jan. 26, 1827, Thomas Sutphen.
MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY
Issue
Samuel Sutphen, born Mch. 31, 1828.
Catharine Ann Sutphen, born May 3, 1829.
Mary Emily Sutphen, born July 7, 1831.
Sarah Emily Sutphen, born Apr. 12, 1833.
William Henry Sutphen, born Dec. 13, 1835.
Melville S. Sutphen, born Nov. 10, 1837.
Clark Sutphen, born Nov. 19, 1839.
Adaline Sutphen, born Nov. 6, 184I.
Jane Elizabeth Sutphen, born Feb. 13, 1844.
John Wesley Sutphen, born May 28, 1849.
304 CORNELIUS L. MORRIS, son of Isaac Zephaniah Morris, 237, born 1804; died 1885; married Maria Lefferts, born 1806; died 1897.
Issue
343 Henrietta Morris; married, became the first wife of James W. Stout, born 1836; died June 4, 1906.
344 Adelaide Morris; married, Jan. 1, 1873, became the second wife of James W. Stout.
345 Charlotte Morris; married Benjamin Theodore, son of Joseph T. and Lucy G. (Corlies) White.
346 Amanda Morris; married Harrison D. White, born May 5,
347 Cornelia Morris; married, 1860, James Minton, born 1833; died Feb. 13, 1908. 348 Emily Morris; married Archibald Minton; died 1906.
349 Julia Morris; married Fred Klawberg.
350 Augustus Morris, born 1840; married Gertrude, daughter of Augustus J. and Mary (Bennett) White.
308 JOSEPH MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 241, born Feb. 6, 1808; married, Jan. 13, 1834, Mary, or Marcy, daughter of Captain Daniel and Catharina (Bedle) Hendrickson.
Issue
351 Daniel Hendrickson Morris, born 1839; married, first, Dec. 1, 1858, Mary Smith; second, Josephine Smith, born 1849.
312 FORMAN MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 241, born June 2, 1821; married Mar- garet . . . ., born 1832.
Issue 352 Joseph V. Morris, born 1858. 353 Ensley Morris, born 1866.
314 WILLIAM MORRIS, son of Christopher Morris, 243, married [Elizabeth Humph- reys?].
Issue
354 Josiah Morris; married Margaretta V. Rice. 355 William Morris
356 Elizabeth Morris; married Mr. Hull or Hare.
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357 John Morris; married Mary .. ...
358 Emma Jane Morris; married Mr. Newell.
359 Samuel Morris
360 Amanda Morris; married Mr. Wiley.
361 Martha Morris
362 Lydia Morris
351 DANIEL HENDRICKSON MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 308, born 1839; married, first, Dec. 1, 1858, Mary Smith; second, Josephine Smith, born 1849.
Issue by first wife
363 William Ellsworth Morris; married Anna V., daughter of Garret and Susan J. (Wyckoff) Smock.
Issue by second wife
364 Daniel S. Morris, born 1874; married, first, . . .. . Striker; second, Oct. 17, 1905, Irene Budd.
354 JOSIAH MORRIS, son of William Morris, 314, married Margaretta Rice. Issue
365 Josephine Morris
366 Agnes Morris; married Mr. Starr.
367 William Morris; married Alice Anthony.
368 Edwin Morris
369 Bessie Morris
370 Samuel Morris
371 Mary Morris From Mrs. A. M. Starr, 3928 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
A John Morris has to be accounted for, who flourished as early as 1717.
Freehold Court Records, Feb. 28, 1716/17. Thomas Kearny & Mich: Kearny @ John Morris. Case £12.
Nov. 25, 1719. John Morris on a jury.
Nov. 27, 1719. John Morris on a jury.
From an old paper in the Surrogate's Office :
October Term, 1730. John Morris, of Freehold, weaver, bound to John Parker, of Perth Amboy.
Another paper: July Term, 1734. Pintard Executors vs. John Morris, of Freehold, Feb. 3, 1723, at Shrewsbury said John Morris bound in sum
1 BENJAMIN MORRIS, who I believe to be either a son of Thomas or Lewis Morris, resided at Nutswamp, Middletown, N. J. He married, by license dated June 1, 1767, Lydia Crawford, who had previously been licensed to marry, July 30, 1756, Cornelius Compton, who left her widowed, shortly prior to her marriage to Benjamin Morris.
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MORRIS OF MONMOUTH COUNTY
Issue
2 Joseph Morris
3 Benjamin Morris
5 Lydia Morris, born Jan. 25, 1773; died Nov. 23, 1863; married James Frost, born 4 Stout Morris Jan. 1, 1769; died Mch. 23, 1821.
6 Esther Morris; married, Oct. 27, 1799, Jonathan Stout.
2 JOSEPH MORRIS, son of Benjamin Morris, I, was born in 1770, and served in the War of 1812. He married Patience, daughter of James Herbert. She died aged 92 years.
Issue
7 Joseph Morris, born 4mo., 25, 1804.
8 Benjamin Morris, born 4mo., 6, 1809.
9 George Morris
IO Tylee Morris; died young.
II Charles Morris
12 Crawford Morris
13 Lydia Morris; married Ezekiel, son of Jonathan and Mary (Madden) Tilton.
14 John Morris, born 1821; died 1853.
3 BENJAMIN MORRIS, son of Benjamin Morris, I, was born in 1768.
Issue
15 Charles Morris
16 Benjamin Morris
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7 JOSEPH MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 2, was born 4mo., 25, 1804; died 4mo., 23, 1905; married, first, about 1827, Jane A. Wallace, who died Dec. 24, 1840; second, in 1849, Caroline M. Lamb, born 1814; died 7mo., 26, 1903.
Issue
21 Elihu Morris
22 William Wallace Morris, born Feb. 18, 1830; died Aug. 8, 1905; married, 1853, Mary Elizabeth Bines.
23 Joseph Morris
24 George Morris
25 Charles Morris; died young.
26 Charles Morris, 2nd, born 1851; married Henrietta . , born 1859.
Issue
Fred Morris, born 1873. Antoinette Morris, born 1879.
27 Antoinette Morris; married Asa T. Van Winkle.
28 Alida Morris; married Thomas Walling.
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8 BENJAMIN MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 2, was born 4mo., 6, 1809; died Imo. 19, 1904; married, 1836, Julia A. Comstock, born 1825; died 1900.
Issue
29 Spencer Morris; married, Nov. 12, 1863, Mary E. Foster.
30 Lewis Morris
31 Lavinia Morris
32 Elizabeth Morris, born 1857.
33 Charlotte Morris; died May 5, 1903.
34 George W. Morris, born 1861.
35 Susan Morris; married Joseph Taylor.
9 GEORGE MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 2, married Eliza Banks. Issue
36 Sarah Morris
37 Mary Morris
11 CHARLES MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 2, married Sarah Palmer.
Issue
38 Caroline Morris
39 Sarah Morris
40 George Morris
12 CRAWFORD MORRIS, son of Joseph Morris, 2, married Eliza More.
Issue
41 Charles Morris
42 Josephine Morris
43 Mary Morris
13 LYDIA MORRIS, daughter of Joseph Morris, 2, married, as his second wife, Ezekiel, son of Jonathan and Mary (Madden) Tilton.
Issue
Lydia Tilton; married, May 6, 1858, William Stout.
Benjamin M. Tilton, born 1830; died June 26, 1906; married Margaret Ho- garth, born 1853.
Sarah Tilton; died May, 1909; married James Christy Hughes.
George Morris Tilton, born 1835; died Mch. 9, 1904; married, Nov. 9, 1858, Maria A. Walling, born 1837.
29 SPENCER MORRIS, son of Benjamin Morris, 8, born 1844; married, Nov. 12, 1863, Mary E. Foster, born 1846.
Issue 44 Jessie Morris, born 1865.
45 Caroline Morris, born 1866.
46 Lewis Morris, born 1869.
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47 Julia Morris, born 1873.
48 Rebecca Morris, born 1873.
Mrs. A. H. Weatherby, of Trenton, N. J., is the authority for saying that Samuel Morris, possibly a descendant of Lewis Morris, of Passage Point (32), married Mary White; was the father of Samuel Morris, (58), who married Hester Patterson, and grandfather of a John Morris, who was killed in the Revolutionary War. She further states that this John Morris and Eliza- beth Elmer were the parents of Jacob Morris, who married, Nov. 21, 1799, Anne Wolcott, and were the ancestors of the family that is given in the following notes. But the late James Steen, Esq., of Eatontown, N. J., has given me to understand that the above mentioned Jacob Morris was a natural child, and his authority for so saying was one of the descendants of the family who had tried to trace out his ancestry, only to discover that such was the case.
1 JACOB MORRIS died, July 30, 1858, aged eighty years; married, Nov. 21, 1799, Anne, daughter of Benjamin and Ann (Lewis) Wolcott, born Jan. 22, 1784; died Mch. 30, 1860, aged 76, 2, 8.
Issue
2 Lydia Morris
3 Deborah Morris, born Oct. 9, 1803; died Oct. 29, 1857; married, first, Gilbert, son of Cornelius and Jane (Williamson) Brower; second, Mr. Whitmiel.
4 Benjamin Morris, born 1806; died May 21, 1868.
5 John Morris, born Sep. 22, 1807; died Oct. 18, 1854.
6 William W. Morris, born 1818; died Oct. 26, 1839.
7 Jacob Wolcott Morris, born Jan. 29, 1810; died Oct. 10, 1879.
8 Samuel Morris, born April, 1812; died Oct. 22, 1878; married Hannah Bennett.
9 Ann Morris; married Cyrenius Golden.
4 BENJAMIN MORRIS, son of Jacob Morris, I, born 1806; died May 21, 1868; mar- ried, Aug. 26, 1829, Margaret Chadwick, born 1799; died Nov. 11, 1891.
Issue
IO Mary Ann Morris, born July 25, 1830; died Jan. 9, 1857; married, Apr. 26, 1849, Michael, son of Daniel and Catharine (Scott) Hulett.
II Thomas C. Morris, born 1833; died Mch. 10, 1889; married Malvina M. .. , born January, 1820; died Feb. 4, 1864.
12 Jacob Morris, born July 20, 1834; died Jan. 12, 1882; married Caroline and had
Issue
Sarah Margaret Morris, born 1859; died Sep. 3, 1862.
13 Sarah Morris
5 JOHN MORRIS, born Sep. 22, 1807; died Oct. 18, 1854 ; married Mary, daughter of William and Margaret (Morton) White, born July 19, 1798; died Sep. 16, 1886.
Issue
14 Margaret A. Morris, born July 14, 1832; married, July 18, 1849, Joseph Tallman.
15 Jane Elizabeth Morris, born Jan. 1, 1835; married Daniel B., son of Benjamin Stillwagon, born 1835.
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16 Ten Brook Morris, born Sep. 19, 1837; married, Jan. 13, 1870, Lydia A. Davison; and, second, Sarah ..... , born 1840.
7 JACOB WOLCOTT MORRIS, son of Jacob Morris, I, born Jan. 29, 1810; died Oct. IO, 1879; married, Nov. 6, 1830, Maria Wardell; second, Mch. 15, 1854, Elizabeth Louise, daughter of Benjamin Davenport and Caroline (Custis-Moore) Pearce, born Mch. 17, 1836; died Sep. 16, 1899.
Issue by first wife
17 J. Lambert Morris, born 1835; died Nov. 9, 1835.
18 Lydia Morris; married Charles Bennett.
19 Sarah Ann Morris; married Isaac Carter.
20 Elizabeth G. Morris, born 1839; married, Mch. 17, 1859, William Russell Morris, born 1836.
Issue by second wife
2I Jacob Van Derveer Morris, born Feb. 21, 1855; died Jan. 17, 1871.
22 Benjamin Pearce Morris, of Long Branch, born Sep. 10, 1857; married, Sep. 6, 1889, Minnie Emmons, and had
Issue Mildred Morris Oliver Wolcott Morris
Langdon Emmons Morris
Benjamin P. Morris
23 Caroline Estelle Morris, born Mch. 9, 1859; married, Oct. 8, 1878, James Monroe Green, of Trenton, N. J.
24 Myrtilla De Graw Morris, born Mch. 22, 1861; married, Nov. 14, 1883, Judge Wilbur Arthur Heisley.
25 Ella Wolcott Morris, born Mch. 20, 1865; married, Oct. 31, 1888, Frank Mulgrave Taylor, born Feb. 28, 1864; died July, 1902.
26 Lillie Adams Morris, born Mch. 9, 1868; married, Sep. 28, 1892, Edward Randolph Slocum, Jr., born Feb. 1, 1869.
8 SAMUEL MORRIS, son of Jacob Morris, I, born April, 1812; died Oct. 22, 1878; married Hannah Bennett.
Issue
27 J. Treadwell Morris; died 1864.
28 Garret Morris, born Jan. 12, 1833; died Mch. 12, 1864; married Cornelia Price.
29 William Russell Morris, born July 20, 1835; died Mch. 1, 1862; married, Mch. 17, 1859, Elizabeth Morris.
30 S. Corlies Morris, born 1841; married, Dec. 21, 1864, Mary A., daughter of Montilion and Emeline Woolley, born 1842; died Nov. 4, 1908, and had
Issue Chrissie Morris, born 1868. Robert L. Morris, born 1874. Martha C. Morris, born 1877. Arthur C. Morris
31 John Morris
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32 Margaret Emma Morris; married Richard Borden.
33 Ann Morris, born Aug. 3, 1845; died Aug. 27, 1875.
34 Hannah Maria Morris, born 1846; died Oct. 23, 1878; married, June 6, 1877, Samuel C. Dangler.
9 ANN MORRIS, daughter of Jacob Morris, I, married Cyrenius Golden. Issue
Catharine Golden, born May 17, 1832; died Feb. 13, 1842.
Charles Golden; died Nov. 14, 1880; married Caroline Fleming.
Deborah Golden; married Joseph Winter.
William Golden; married . . .. . Winters.
Anne Golden; married Henry Magee.
Joseph Golden, born Aug. 9, 1852; died Mch. 7, 1854. Sarah Golden George Golden, born Jan. 10, 1858; died Sep. 2, 1858.
1829, June 5. Charles Morris married Ann Eliza Holmes and had a son, Jacob Holmes Morris, of Manasquan, born 1832; and died Oct. 4, 1904.
This Jacob Holmes Morris married twice, his second wife being Catharine ..... , born about 1834. By his first wife he had a daughter; and by his second wife a daughter and a son, Edward Morris, born about 1863.
The following nine individuals were brothers and sisters: John Morris, born 1824; died Mch. 24, 1904; of Middletown Township.
George W. Morris, born 1831; died Jan. 8, 1905; of Keansburg; married twice; his widow married Mr. Percival.
Abraham Morris, of Keyport.
Gerardus C. Morris, born about 1841; married, Dec. 17, 1866, Elizabeth Lufborrow; of New Monmouth.
Aaron Morris, born about 1843; married Mary E. ..... , of Holmdel.
Fanny Morris, of Middletown; married William I. Stillwell. Emily Morris, of Asbury Park.
Cordelia Morris; married George C. Luyster.
Caroline Morris, of Keyport.
In Monmouth County there were a number of the name John Morris. I believe that I have separated them and placed them under their proper heads:
1727-1739. John Morris, of Squankum. 1730-1736. John Morris was a Surrogate. 1740-1758. John Morris was a weaver.
1744-1769. John Morris, son of John, of Squamkum, called John, Jr. -. John Morris was a Lieut .- Colonel.
Ruthero Morris came from Wales, and settled in Salem County. He was a Quaker.
1702, 20, II mo. Will of Ruthero Morris, of Elssenburgh, Salem County; proved Sep. 21, 1704, mentioned:
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Wife, Jael, she afterwards married John Lewis.
Sons, Joseph
Lewis David
Joshua Jonathan
1733-4, 10 [or II] mo., 26. Will of David Morris, of Elsinburgh; proved Feb. 16, 1733, mentioned :
Wife, Jane Sons, David, not yet eighteen.
John Jeffreys, not of age.
Brother, Lewis
Daughter, Jane
1739, II mo., 4. Will of Lewis Morris, of Salem County; proved July 18, 1740, mentioned: Wife, Grace
Daughters, Sarah, eldest.
Mary Grace
Jane Jayl (Jael?) Anor Rebecca Sister, Lydia Hart Brother, David
1743, Nov. 12. Administration was granted to John Henderson, chief creditor, upon the estate of Eneas Morris, late of Freehold, with the consent of Mary Morris, widow of Eneas.
Inventory of his estate was taken Nov. 19, 1743, by Jas Robinson and Peter Clark, ap- praisers, and amounted to £22-4-0.
1789, Apr. 4. Anna Morris, widow of John Morris, deceased, gave bond to administer on his estate, Joseph Tomson being the surety. Thomas Morford and William Lippincott ap- praised his estate at £129-7-8. She afterwards married, prior to Aug. 10, 1799, Stephen Fleming.
The index of an old account book, which was opened as early as 1730, contains the names of the following members of the Morris family:
Morris, Thomas, 40.
Morris, Jno., Falls, 83.
Morris, John, taylor, 116.
Morris, Lewis, 119. Morris, Richard, 129.
Morris, Lewis, Jr., 146.
Morris, John, Freehold, 225.
There are many Morris marriage licenses at Trenton, N. J., which I am unable to place and which may not belong to the Monmouth County Family.
MONMOUTH COUNTY
1742, May I. Christopher Morris and Rebecca Layton.
1765, Jan. 25. Zelphamate Morris and Mary Daws. 1767, June 19. Thomas Morris and Elizabeth Chandler. 1772, Jan. 18. Jacob Morris and Meribah Leming.
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1749, July 3. Richard Morris, Jr., and Johannah Patterson.
1751, Sept. 14. Mary Morris and John Conrey.
1757, Dec. 7. Mary Morris and Asahal Freeman.
1769, Oct. 29. Margaret Morris and John Cox, minor.
1781, Apr. 16. Mary Morris and Benjamin White.
FROM CHRIST CHURCH RECORD, SHREWSBURY, N. J.
BAPTISMS
1737, Jan. I. John, son of John Morris, of Shrewsbury.
1754, Sept. 15. Thomas, son of John Morris, of Freehold.
1758, July 30. Edward, son of John and Mary Morris, of Freehold.
MORRIS MARRIAGES RECORDED AT FREEHOLD, MONMOUTH Co., N. J.
1794, Apr. 27. Garret Morris and Polly Sydam.
1796, Jan. 20. Samuel Morris and Rebecca Smith.
1796, Dec. 7. George Morris and Nelly Covenhoven.
1797, Apr. 17. Rachel Morris, of Middletown, and James Coil, of Freehold.
1798, Feb. 13. Elisha Morris and Elizabeth Smith.
1799, Oct. 27. Hester Morris and Jonathan Stout.
1800, Dec. 30. Lewis Morris and Catharine Woolley.
1801, Mch. 28. Elizabeth Morris and John Green.
1801, Oct. 21. Ann Morris and John Francis.
1802, Apr. 10. Elizabeth Morris and Robert Lewis; both of Howell.
1802, Dec. 25. Isabel Morris and Rev. Jacob Reckhow.
1803, Mch. 24. Valeriah Morris and John Johnson.
1803, Oct. 22. John Morris and Catharine Lane.
1804, Apr. 19. Robert Morris and Rebecca Jackson.
1804, Dec. 6. Elizabeth Morris and Joseph Brewer.
1805, June 16.
Joseph Morris and Mary Brewer.
1805, Dec. 7. James Morris and Susannah Lippincott.
1806, Jan. 16. David Morris and Susannah Lamery (Lanery?).
1806, May 8. Deborah Morris and Jacob Lippincott.
William Morris and Hannah Gardner.
1806, July 3. 1806, July 12 1807, Apr 2. 1808, Feb. 12.
Sarah Morris and Isaac Herbert; both of Howell
Mary Morris and John Aumack.
Rosannah Morris and David Emmons; both of Howell.
1808, June 25. Charles Morris and Sarah Patterson.
1810, Feb. 22. Sarah Morris and Jonathan Cooper; both of Middletown.
1810, May 19. Hannah Morris, of Howell, and William Van Schoick, of Lower Freehold.
1810, May 26. Elizabeth (Morris or More) and Elias Brower; both of Freehold.
Sarah Morris and Samuel Kerr.
18II, Jan. 13. 18II, Mch. 9. Adam Morris and Lydia Matthews. 18II, Apr. I. M& Sarah Morris and James Edwards.
18II, Oct. 29. Japhia Morris of Middletown and Lydia Morris.
1812, Mch. 21. Mrs. Molly Morris and John Cook; both of Shrewsbury.
1812, Apr. 9. Elizabeth Morris and Forman Throckmorton.
1812, Aug. 15. Stephen Morris and Elizabeth Cole.
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1813, Mch. 3. Hannah Morris and James G. Hendrickson.
1813, Mch. 22. Ezekiel Morris and Mary Wilson.
1814, Jan. 22. Peter Morris and Mary Van Cleve.
1814; Apr. 10. Mary Morris and Elisha Lloyd; both of Middletown.
Sarah Morris and John W. Lippincott; both of Howell.
1814, Sep. 9. Catharine Morris and Thomas Phillips.
1815, Sep. 9.
1815, Nov. 9.
Stephen Morris and Mary Compton.
1816, Jan. 30.
Sarah Morris and William Woolley.
1816, Mch. 30. Deborah Morris and Ezekiel Johnston; both of Howell.
1816, Apr. 14. Charles Morris and Ellen Newkirk.
1816, Aug. 24. Deborah Morris, of Shrewsbury, and Barney Vantassel, of New York.
1817, Feb. 6. Ezekiel Morris and Mary Kirby
1817, Feb. 22. George Morris and Jedidah Newmon.
1817, Aug. 16. Elizabeth Morris and Asia Wilson; both of Shrewsbury.
1817, Sep. 15. William Morris and Maria Wright; both of Middletown.
1817, Nov. 29. James Morris and Eliza Randolph.
1819, Mch. 2. John Morris and Eliza Reed.
1819, Mch. 10. Elizabeth Morris and Joseph D. Sutphin.
1819, Oct. 9. Eleanor Morris and Anthony Smith; both of Middletown.
1820, Feb. 3. James Morris, of Howell, and Hannah Youmans, of Shrewsbury.
1820, June I. Samuel S. Morris and Sarah W. Sutphen.
1820, Nov. 18. Nancy Morris and Andrew Karr.
1820, Dec. 14. Matilda Morris and Samuel Esth; both of Shrewsbury.
After this date there is a large number of marriages, down to about 1890, not reproduced here for obvious reasons.
For information concerning the Morris Family, see:
The Boundary Line, by Martha Morris Lawrence, Deckertown, N. J., 1895.
Old Times in Old Monmouth.
Provincial Courts of New Jersey.
East Jersey under the Proprietors.
Morris Papers, by Whitehead.
Robert Morris' Claim, by James Steen, Esq.
Bolton's History of Westchester County, N. Y.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record for January, 1876, and January, 1889.
MOTT
OF
NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
The Motts had been seated in the adjoining counties of Essex and Cambridge, England, for several centuries, when two of the name of Adam Mott, one from each county, emigrated to America. Adam Mott, from Cambridge, called the taylor, came with his family, to Boston, in 1635, and Adam Mott, from Essex, left some years later and settled in New Amsterdam.
It is singular that these two Adam Motts, each with sons, Gershom and Adam, should have lived contemporaneously in the early history of this country, and it would have been confusing had they have resided in the same locality, but, fortunately, they dwelt apart; one in Rhode Island, whose descendants have been traced by Austin, while the other, in whom we are in- terested, resided, first, in New Amsterdam, and later, on Long Island.
From certain affidavits and statements, made at various dates, of little interest in them- selves, and from appearing as a witness, it would seem that Adam Mott was a resident of Man- hattan, in 1643, 1644, 1645, 1646, 1647 and 1648.
1646, Aug. 23. He owned a patent of land of twenty-five morgens size, at Mespath Kill, (Bushwick, L. I.), but by Jan. 7, 1653, he had parted with it, for on that date, Claude Barbier and Anthony Jeroe conveyed this tract of land, with the buildings thereon, to Jacob Steendam. 1657, Mch. 17. Adam Mott was one of the "townsmen" for Hempstead.
1663-4, Feb. 24. Adam Mott, Capt. John Underhill and David Denton signed, for the English settlers, an agreement with the Dutch government.
O'Callaghan's New Netherlands, Vol. ii, p. 578.
1681-2, Mch. 12. Will of Adam Mott, being aged about sixty or thereabouts, very sick, etc., mentioned:
Eldest son, Adam, fifty acres in land, yet to be taken up, and five shillings in money.
Son, James, two cows, and land.
Daughter, Grace, four great pewter platters, and lands.
Son, John, meadow and lands.
Son, Joseph, lands.
Son, Gershom, five cows.
Son, Henry, three cows and two heifers.
Wife, Elizabeth, and the children he had by her, the house and certain lands in Hempstead, with par- ticular provision for his youngest son, Adam.
In the codicil, he mentioned: "Henry's three children."
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1689 [1690], May 10. It was proved, by the witnesses, before Thomas Hicks, Daniel White- head and John Cornwell, magistrates; at the Court of Sessions, Queen's County, Apr. 8, 1690; at New York, before Gov. Leisler, May 12, 1690, when letters of administration were issued to Elizabeth, the widow of Adam Mott, and again, Sept. 20, 1691, to Adam Mott, his son, and still again, before Gov. Ingoldsby, at Fort William Henry, Oct. 30, 1691, when letters were issued to Elizabeth, his widow, and Adam Mott, his eldest son.
ADAM MOTT, THE FIRST, was married three times. First, in New Amsterdam, July 28, 1647, as Adam Maet, young man from county Esseck, to Jenne Hulet, young woman, from county Buckingam, (Records Dutch Church, New Amsterdam); second, to ..... , daughter of William Bowne, of Gravesend, L. I , and Middletown, N. J., (Genealogy of the Bowne family in Stillwell's Historical Miscellany); third, to Elizabeth Redman, daughter of Ann Parsons, widow of Mr. Redman, and later wife of John Richbell. Elizabeth Redman, wife of Adam Mott, upon the demise of her husband, married Robert Hobbs or Hubs, and was living as late as 1698.
Issue by first wife
2 Adam Mott; baptized, at New Amsterdam, Nov. 14, 1649.
3 James [Jacobus] Mott; baptized, at New Amsterdam, Oct. 15, 1651.
4 Grace Mott; married Jonathan Smith, Jr.
5 Henry Mott
6 John Mott
7 Joseph Mott
Issue by second wife
8 Gershom Mott
Issue by third wife
9 Richbell Mott, born about 1670.
IO Mary Ann Mott
II William Mott
12 Adam Mott
13 Charles Mott
14 Elizabeth Mott
In the Census, 1698, of Hempstead, appear in a group Mary Anne Mott, Elizabeth Mott, William Mott, Adam Mott.
John Richbell, of Marmaroneck, N. Y., had an only brother, Robert Richbell, who resided at South- ampton, England, and who became his heir-at-law. This Robert Richbell had a son, Edward Richbell, Esq., late of the City of Westminster, who in turn had an eldest son and heir, Edward Richbell, of the Parish of St. James, in the County of Middlesex. This last mentioned Edward Richbell, on the 8th of Feb., 1722, for £380, released to the Palmer family, as heir to his great-uncle, John Richbell, all his reversionary interests in the Middle Neck, in Marmaroneck, and, on the 12th and 13th of Aug., 1723, he likewise released, for £400, all his reversionary interests in the West Neck, and the remaining Richbell lands, unto Eve, wife of Jacobus Van Cortlandt, and daughter of Frederick Philipse, which lands had been mortgaged, by John Richbell, in his lifetime, with certain reservations.
1648. Of John Richbell it is known that he was in Charlestown, Mass., at this time. (Savage.)
1656, Aug. 8. He owed the estate of Robert Gibson, of Boston, Mass., £36, as appears in the Inventory of that person's effects.
1657, Sept. 18. He made an agreement with Thomas Modiford, of Barbadoes, and William Sharpe, of Southampton, England, merchants, to establish a plantation for the carrying on of trade "in the southwest ports, of New England, in behalf of himself and of subscribers," who were Modiford and Sharpe.
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MOTT OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
1660, Sept. 5. He went to Oyster Bay, L. I., and bought the land now known as Lloyd's Neck; also land at Matinecock, over which he had a controversy with his Oyster Bay neighbors, which was settled in his favor.
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