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1661. He appears on the Southampton records as a witness to a mortgage.
1661, Sept. 23. He bought lands from the Indians, at Marmaroneck, over which he had a controversy with Thomas Revell, but was sustained by Stuyvesant and his Council, who issued him a patent for the same, in May, 1662. Upon the overthrow of the Dutch, he recorded the evidence upon which he based his title, strengthening it by a supplemental Indian deed, dated June 6, 1666, confirming that of 1661, and later received an English patent for the same, dated Oct. 16, 1668.
1662. He was Constable of Oyster Bay.
1664, July 23. He was addressed, at Boston, (where he was probably temporarily), by Robert Carr and Samuel Mavericke, two of the Commissioners of the Duke of York, in the expedition to subjugate the New Netherlands, who instructed him to make haste to his Long Island habitation and acquaint those favorably disposed to his Majestie's service, to be in readiness for their prompt arrival, and, at the same time issuing a warrant for Mr. Richbell "to presse a horse if occasion should bee, hee paying for the hire."
John Richbell, like others of his family, was a merchant. He was a man of superior social position, and commonly addressed as Mr. Richbell. His wife, Ann, was the widow Redman and daughter of Margery Parsons, who advanced him goods in the Island of St. Christopher, in the West Indies, long before his arrival at Marmaroneck. On the 14th of Nov., 1668, he cancelled this obligation by deeding her the entire East Neck, and she, Mrs. Parsons, two days later, conveyed this land to her daughter, Ann, wife of John Richbell, as a token of affection and dutiful behavior. To establish her title to this land more fully, her husband, John Richbell, on the 23rd of April, 1669, in consideration of a marriage long since solemnized between them, made a settlement of this land upon her, in a deed of trust to John Ryder. He had apparently no issue.
1684, July 26. John Richbell died, and his wife, who had become vested, in fee, by conveyances from her husband and mother, of the entire East Neck, extending back from the Sound twenty miles, conveyed, 1684, Aug. 8, to her daughter, Mary, and her husband, Capt. James Mott, about thirty acres of this tract.
1697, Dec. 23. Mrs. Richbell conveyed the balance of this estate, inherited from her husband, to Col. Caleb Heathcote, for £600.
1700, Apr. I. Will of Ann Richbell, of Marmaroneck, "Gentlewoman"; proved Feb. 19, 1700-01, in which she ordered a "decent and comely" burial for her body, at the discretion of her executors, Col. Caleb Heathcote, Mr. Richbell Mott and Lieut. John Horton, and bequeathed:
To her son-in-law, James Mott, £10.
To his son, James Mott, Jr., £15.
To grand-daughters, Ann Gedney, Mary Williams and Mary Mott, each, £40, and a gold ring.
To her daughter, Elizabeth, £80, and her gold ring with an emerald stone in it.
To her daughter, Annie, £60, and a gold chain.
To the rest of her grandchildren, by my two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, who are not, however, named, fro.
To "my two grand-daughters, Jane and Grace, and my grand-children, James and Adam Mott."
Her daughter, Mary Mott, I infer was dead when she wrote her will in 1700. All her legatees were to be paid before her grandson, Adam Mott, received his portion, "because their necessities are greater."
John Richbell, his wife's mother, and his wife's daughter, Mary Mott, were buried in a field adjoining the house of Lieut. James Mott, as appears by an entry in the Town Book, set forth more fully under James Mott, 3. Here too, doubtless, Ann, John Richbell's widow, was also interred.
Of her children, it is known that Elizabeth Redman became the third wife of the first Adam Mott; that Mary Redman became the first wife of Lieut. James Mott, a son of the first Adam Mott, by his first wife, Jane Hulet, hence it appears that father and son (Adam and James Mott), married sisters; Ann, the third daughter, married John Emerson, of White River, Talbot Co., Md., and was probably the mother of the grand- children Ann Gedney and Mary Williams.
2 ADAM MOTT, son of Adam Mott, I, called "my elder son Adam," was baptized, in the Dutch Church, at New Amsterdam, Nov. 14, 1649; witnesses: Thomas Hall, Olof Ste- phenszen Van Courtlant and Elsje Muijtiens, [Alice Newton, wife of Capt. Bryan Newton.]
1671. Adam Mott, Jr., bought of Edward Titus, a house with three acres of land.
1674, Mch. 23. Adam Mott, Jr., was a seaman, sailing on the ketch Hopewell from New York to Virginia.
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1678. Adam Mott, Jr., of Hempstead, was sued for debt by Gabriel Minviell.
As Adam Mott, Jr., of Hempstead, he married, by license dated July 9, 1678, Mary, daughter of Mistress' Ann Stillwell, of Gravesend. (Original document owned by Dr. J. E. Stillwell.)
In 1688, he was a defendant in a law suit and was spoken of as Adam Mott, Jr. While in 1694, his father having died, he was spoken of as, Adam Mott, Sr., and the appellation, Jr., was conferred upon his younger half-brother of the same name.
1681-2. He was a legatee in the will of his father Adam Mott.
1691, Oct. 30. Adam Mott, the oldest son, and Elizabeth, the widow of Adam Mott, were appointed administrators, with the will annexed, of the estate of Adam Mott, the First.
1693, Sept. 20. Adam Mott sold his interest in the Cow Neck lands to William Nicoll.
1694, Apr. 30. Adam Mott, Sr., of Hempstead, released unto Richbell, William, and ye rest of the children that our deceased father, Adam Mott, had by his last wife, Elizabeth, being six children in number. (Jamaica Records.)
Mir Adam Mott, Mis Mott, An Mott, Mary Mott, Adam Mott, Jr., and Nicholis Stilwell appear as one family in the Hempstead Census, 1698, (Geneal. and Biog. Record, p. 57, Jan., 1914.)
1704. He was joined in a deed by his wife Mary.
1705. He was a Justice of the Peace, living at Hempstead, whence he wrote to the Secretary asking a marriage license for his daughter Mary.
1713, June 15. Adam Mott conveyed to his son, Adam Mott, one half of all his lands lying at Rockaway.
1719, Nov. 28. Adam Mott and his wife, Mary, joined by his son, Adam Mott, and his wife, Elizabeth, sold their lands in the Neck at Rockaway, to John Mott, amounting to 264 acres, with houses, barns, etc.
Issue
15 Adam Mott
16 Jane Mott; supposed.
17 Ann Mott
18 Mary Mott
There is absolutely no evidence to prove that Daniel Stillwell ever had a wife by the name of Mary Mott, as quoted by Bergen on the authority of B. M. Stilwell's Memoirs of the Stillwell Family.
3 JAMES MOTT, son of Adam Mott, I, was baptized, in the Dutch Church, New Am- sterdam, Oct. 15, 1651; witnesses: Brian Nuijting, Carel Verbrugge and Rebecca Cornel. He married, first, by license dated Sept. 5, 1670, Mary Redman, daughter of Ann Parsons Redman Richbell, who probably died before 1700, the date of her mother's will; and second, Elizabeth . . . . . , who outlived him.
1679, Feb. 18. James Mott, of Hempstead, was arrested, and imprisoned in New York, for selling liquor to the Indians, and on the 21st, he petitioned to be forgiven.
1684 Aug. 8. He, and his wife, Mary, received about thirty acres of land from her mother, Ann Richbell, lying in the East Neck, Mamaroneck.
1690, Feb. 10. James Mott was commissioned a Justice, in Westchester County.
1700 James Mott, of Mamaroneck was commissioned Captain of a company of foot militia.
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MOTT OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
"I, James Mott do give and grant to Margaret Disbow and her three sons, Henery, John and Benjamin, all belonging to Momoronack, to them and their famylies forever the Liberty of burying their dead, whether Father or Mother, husband or wife, brother or sister, son or daughter, in a certain place of Land Laying near the Salt Meadow, where Mr. John Richbell and his wife's Mother, and my wife Mary Mott, was buried in my home lot or feild adjoining to my house, written by William palmer, Clerk, of Momoroneck, by order of Capt. James Mott." (Vol. i, Town Records, p. 71, as quoted by Scharf, in Vol. i, p. 861, History of Westchester.)
1698. His children, as per Census of this date, were: Grace, James, Phebe, Martha; also Elizabeth.
1702. James Mott was a Vestryman of Rye Church.
1707, Nov. 23. James Mott died, intestate, and letters of administration were granted to his widow, Elizabeth.
Issue
19 James Mott, born about 1675; named in will of grandmother, 1700; living 1728. 20 Mary Mott
Other children, alluded to but not named in will of Ann Richbell.
The following references may refer to the descendants of James Mott, 3:
1717, 9, 3mo. James Mott, of Marmaroneck, yeoman, married Jane Burling, of Flushing. 1725, Nov. 2. James Mott, of Marmaroneck, was appointed administrator of Thomas Killend, late of Boston.
1760. William Mott, of Maroneck, was an executor.
The residence and name of Burling suggest that the following individual belongs among the descendants of James Mott, 3.
1762, 4, 6mo. Will of William Mott, of Marmaroneck; proved Mch. 18, 1766, makes strong protest against the use of liquors at funerals; gives one-half of his estate to his wife, Mary, the other half to his children, when of age. Executors: his wife, Mary, and his brother-in-law, John Townsend, of Marmaroneck
By a codicil, he added Edward Burling, Sr., and Edward Burling, Jr., father and son ,to his executors.
5 HENRY MOTT, son of Adam Mott, I, is alluded to directly in the will of his father, Mch. 12, 1681-2, wherein "Henrys three children" are mentioned. He was a resident of Hempstead, where he died, Nov. 21, 1680, intestate.
1682, Nov. 13. Administration was granted to his wife, Hannah. His inventory showed a house and seventeen and one-half acres of land. New York Wills.
Issue
21 Edward Mott; supposed.
22 Bridgett Mott; supposed. 23 Elizabeth Mott; supposed
6 JOHN MOTT, son of Adam Mott, I, was born about 1658 ;* married Sarah, daughter of Capt. John Seaman, of Hempstead, L. I. He is commonly called "Lieutenant John." 1678-9, Feb. 17. He petitioned for land at Hempstead.
1683. He was taxed, and was a freeholder, with seventy acres, in 1685.
1696. He was called Lieutenant John.
1698. He, and wife, Sarah, appeared in the Hempstead Census.
*New York Geneal. and Biog. Record, Vol. xi, p. 151. Seaman Article.
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1713-1725. He was called John, Senior.
1727. He was still living.
1694. Sarah Mott is mentioned in the will of her father, John Seaman, of Hempstead.
1720. Sarah Mott, witness to a will of Hempstead.
1730-31. John Mott, Jr., was a witness to a will in Hempstead.
1734-5. John Mott, his son, was an executor of the will of his uncle, Joseph Mott. 1743. John Mott, witness to will of Benjamin Hicks, of Hempstead.
Issue
24 John Mott, Jr. 1 From the Census of 1698.
25 James Mott
26 Sarah Mott
27 Martha Mott
28 Patrick Mott; born after 1698, and mentioned in the will of Richard Seaman, as his cousin, i. e. nephew.
29 Henry Mott
7 JOSEPH MOTT, son of Adam Mott, I, made his will Mch. 24, 1734-5; proved Feb. 6, 1735-6. He was of Hempstead, weak, etc., and left to his oldest son, Joseph Mott, £300; the residue of his movable estate, he gave to his children, Joseph, Samuel and Jacob Mott, and Ann, wife of Samuel Cornell, and to the children of his daughter, Jane, wife of Benjamin Seaman. Executors: Elias Dorlense and John Mott, son of his brother, John Mott. He was a Vestry- man, St. George's Church, 1708-1711. The Hempstead Census, 1698, gives Joseph Mott, Meriam Mott, Meriam Mott, Jeane Mott, Joseph Mott, Samuell Mott.
Issue
30 Joseph Mott
31 Samuel Mott
32 Jacob Mott, born Aug. 9, 1714; died Oct. 6, 1805.
33 Ann Mott; married Samuel Cornell.
34 Jane Mott; married Benjamin Seaman, prior to 1710.
35 Meriam Mott. Feb. 8, 1712, Miriam Mott, of Hempstead, married Richard Cornell. Parish Church, Jamaica, L. I.
8 GERSHOM MOTT, son of Adam Mott, I, by his second wife, Miss Bowne, daughter of William Bowne, was brought up among his mother's family, in Monmouth County, N. J. 1684 and 1686. "Gershom moot soon of ye deceased John Bowne sister." (Bowne Papers.) 1685. His name appears in the (Freehold) Court Records.
1686-7, Feb. 16. He recorded his cattle-mark, at Middletown, which later was assigned to his son, James Mott.
1697, Nov. 30. Gershum Moote, of Middleton, Gentl., was commissioned by Gov. Andrew Hamilton, for one year, High Sheriff, of Monmouth County.
In 1707, 1708, 1709 and in 1710, he was a Member of the Colonial Assembly, from the Eastern Division of New Jersey, when he was expelled because of factional fights, but was re- turned in 1713.
1696, Feb. 12. He was licensed to marry Sarah Clayton, who was a daughter of John and Alice Clayton, according to Asher Taylor, Esq. About three weeks later they were married by a justice.
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MOTT OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
These may certify that I Joyned Gershom Mott And Sarah Clayton in ye holy state of mariage this 4th of march 1696 given under my hand
ANDREW BOWNE J CORAM
Monmouth Co., Entered on ye County Records in Liber C page 145 THO WEBLEY Cherry Hall Papers
Die Jovis Io ho: A. M. 18 Jantis, 1710
The reafons given by Mr Elisha Lawrance & Mr Gershom Mott why they voted agt ye Bill of carrying on ye Expedition againft Canada being Read and taken into Confideration the Queftion was put whether Mr Lawrance and Mr Mott applying to ye Council to have faid Reafons Entered and their being entered accord- ingly in ye Council Books be an arreigning the honour of ye Reprefentative[s] in Body of this Province or not? It was carried in the Affirmative-
Mr Gershom Mott (one of the Representatives of this Houfe) being afked if he would acknowledge his fault in this particular? And he not readily anfwering to the Same
Ordered that Mr Mott have leave till tomorrow Morning to give his anfwer-
Die Vendris 9 ho: A. M. 19 Janris 1710
Mr Gershom Mott (according to the order of the Houfe laft night) gave his anfwer to ye Houfe (in relation to ye Reasons that he & Mr Lawrence caufed to be entered in the Council Books) That he is not Senfible or confcious to himfelf that he has done this Houfe any Wrong-
Mr Mott refufing to acknowledge his fault or give this Houfe any Satisfaction in this matter the Queftion was put whether he withdraw while the Houfe confder further of this matter or not? It was carried in the Affirmative-
Ordered That Mr Mott withdraw-
After the Reafons given by Mr Mott and Mr Lawrence had been debated in ye Houfe The Queftion was put Whether the Preamble and Reafons above-mentioned be a falfe & Scandalous Reprefentation of the Reprefentative Body of This Province or not? It was carried in the Affirmative-
Mr Mott being called in, the above Vote of the Houfe was read to him, and Mr Speaker asked him, Whether he would acknowledge that he had wronged the then Reprefentative Body of This Province, or not? He anfwered, No, he did not think that he had wronged them-
Mr Gerfhom Mott having made a falfe and Scandalous Reprefentation of the Reprefentative Body of this Province, and perfifting in the Same, and refufing to acknowledge his Offence therein the Queftion was put Whether Mr Mott be expelled this Houfe, or not? It was carried in the Arffimative.
Ordered That Mr Gerfhom Mott be expelled this Houfe And he is Expelled accordingly-
Ordered, That the fpeaker do iffue forth his Warrent to the clerk of the Crown to make out a Writ forth- with to Elect and Chufe a Reprefentative for ye County of Monmouth in the room of Mr Gerfhom Mott who is Expelled this Houfe
A true Copy WILL BRADFORD Clk. Cherry Hall Papers
Die Veneris 9 ho: A. M. 2ª [? Febris 1710
The Secretary laying before this House a Return of ye Sheriff of the County of Monmouth of M' Mots being chofen a Reprefentative of that County
A Motion was made, That whereas Mr Gerfhom Mott having been Expelled this Houfe for making a falfe and Scandalous Reprefentation of the Reprefentative Body of this Province and entering the Same in the Council Books
The Queftion was put Whether Mr Mott be Capable to Sit in this Houfe as a Reprefentative, till he acknowledge his Offence under his hand, or not? It was carried in the Negative
Refolved, That Mr Gerfhom Mott is not Capable to Sit in this Houfe till he make an Acknowledgement of his Offence under his hand.
A True Coppy Examined P WILL BRADFORD Clk.
Cherry Hall Papers
These Do Certify that Mr. William Lawrence Jun' Duly Deputed and Sworn for the Intent Herinafter Mentioned Did Survey for Gershom Mott a Tract of Land Beginning at Bumbo Spring being the upper Corner of Kearney's Land on Lupakitunk Creak and Running up sd Creek * * * to the Lower Corner of sd Mott's Survey made by John Reid late Surveyor General Thence * ** to Kearney's line * * * Containing
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without allowance Thirty Three Acres Also Another small Tract of Land being an Island of Sedge in Chin- garoras Bay * * * Bounded on all Sides by Low water Mark containg five Acres-also Another Tract in the County of Monmouth Beginning at the South West Corner of sd Mott's Fifty Acres granted by Patent * * · to the line of Fifty Acres formerly Robert Holmes Thence North * * to the rear line of Conascunk Thence up the same to the Nor-Eaft Corner of Kearney's Land ' * * Containing without allowance fourty one Acre 10 inch Three Tracts after allowance for high ways are to be & Remain for Seventy Five Acres.
Witnefs my hand at Perth Amboy ye Eighth Day of July, 1717
JAS ALEXANDER Sur. Genl.
Note the last Survey in this Copy is the first in the Book otherwise it is a True Copy Taken out of the Publick Records in the Secretarys office at Perth Amboy L- C- 2 Pag: 181; 182 & Examd & LAWR: SMYTH D. Secr. Cherry Hall Papers
From a diary kept by one of his sons, now at Cherry Hall, Matawan, N. J., is extracted the following: 1728-9 october 5 at home. Wm Mott, Asher Mott, Huldah Mott, Martha Clayton, Rebecca Holsted here 1728-9 october 20 to Fathers. Brethren all at home But John Thomas Potts there Martha Clayton there 1733 Feb. 27 John Dosett here to tell me Father sick * *
28 to Father
Mch. I Father Some thing better
2 Father easier but Coff more and fever harder about eight a Clock at night taken with aChilly
fit and never spoke but a few words after.
3 Father Speechless and Dyed about - aclock
4 at Fathers
5 byryed Father
1730, Feb. 15. He made a will; proved Mch. 20, [30], 1733, and mentioned:
His plantation bounded by Joseph Dorset and Tho® Kearny; also land at Barnegat.
Son and heir-at-law, John, £20.
Son, James, negroes Jack and Jennie, to be supplied by him if need be.
Daughter, Huldah, negro girl Cate, that I have already given her.
After legacies are paid, estate to be divided among his five children, William, Gershom, Asher, James and Huldah.
James has received the westerly part of his plantation, conditional upon his making a life lease to his father of said plantation.
Executors: sons, William, Gershom and James.
Witnesses: Joseph Dorsett, Samuel Job, John Dorsett, William Walling.
A True Inventory of the Estate of Gershom Mott of Middletown Deceased.
To wareing Aparrel
22
08
00
To Five Horses
35
IO 00
To Cash ·
45 00
02
To Three Negroes
I18 00
00
To Thirteen Cows
37
I8
00
To one Yoak of Oxen
7
IO
16
00
To Fourty one Sheep @ 1of
20
IO
00
To Seven Hogs
02
IO 00
To Rie
05
10
06 00
To Five Pitchforks
00
15
00
To Indian Corn
07
05
To a Sled
00
06
00
Cart Plows and Harrow
07
00
To a Parcell of Axes Hoes Spad and Chains
02
04
Sithes and Cradles
OI
03
00
To Coopers Tools
02
I2
00
To Wheat and Rie on the Ground
46
To Nineteen Yongue Cattle
27
To a Wheat Fan
00
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MOTT OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY
To Carpenters Tools
To a Beatle and Wedges and Horse Geer
02
03
00
To a Saddle and Bridle
00
I4
00
To a Grinstone and Hay Knife
00
07
To Tamils Tongs and Fire Sovels
00
18
00
To a Gun
OI
05
00
To Frying Pans Potts and Cettles and Iron Skellet
OI
19
00
To old pails and Iron Ladel
00
I5 00
To one Half Bufhel
00
OI
06
To Eight Hogsheads of Sider
IO
00
00
To Sundry Sorts of Lumber
04
00
00
To Flax and Linen Yarn
05
06
To Four Wheals and Two Ridels
OI
03
06
To Three Beds and Furniture
2I
05
00
To Sundry Small Articles
03
OI
03
To Two Sets of Curtains
OI
04
00
To Tabels and chests
02
19 00
To a Piece of Poplin and Nineteen Chairs
O2
03 00
To a Looking Glafs Glafes and Earthenware
OI
04
06
To Sundries of Iron and Tinn Ware
OI
02
00
To Pewter
05
II
00
To a Culender Watering Pot
00
IO 00
To Brafs Ware
03
O2
00
To Knives and Forks Loks and Baggs
OI
03
00
To Weights and Scales and Sundry
00
18
To a Warming Pan
00
08
00
To a stak of Hay
OI
02
00
To Linin And Diaper
08
07 00
To An Oyster Rake
00
IO 00
To Books
05
IO
00
To Sundry Debts Due to Said Estate
17
19
II
1/2
£497 10 07 1/2
A True Inventory of the Movable Estate of Gershom Mott of Middletown Deceas:d Taken By Us March 22- 1733-4
OBEDIAH HOLMES Junr. JONATN HOLMES Minr. Cherry Hall Papers
March 8th 1733/4
Then Received of James Mott executor of the Last will and testament of Gerfhom Mott deceased the sum of seven pounds and ten shillings in full for twenty gallons of wine I sold to the above said James Mott for the burial of his father Gerfhom Mott-I say Received pr me-HUGH HARTSHORNE
Cherry Hall Papers
Mr Motts Estate
to
Peter Le Conte Dr-
Feb 26th To I Visit To Hord: Gall: & Rad. Glycyrth at twice To Ingredt for a Deterg| Tinct To Spt Ot
0-6-0
-2-6
March Ist To Ingred for an Expector: Tinct.
0-6-0
-3-0
-8-0
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I2
00
06
£2-6-0
To Hord: Gall: & Rad. Liquer at twice To I Vial of Compound Cordial -r[?] To Spt Ot To Sal Vol: oleos To I Visit
£o-6-0
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June 6th 1734
Received of Mr James Mott the full Contents of the within Accompt, being in full of all Debts, Dues and Demands whatsoever Recd
£2-6-0
Pr me P. LE CONTE Cherry Hall Papers
The name of Mott is now extinct in Monmouth County, but there are numerous descend- ants of Gershom Mott now living in Iowa.
Issue (from the Family Bible).
36 John Mott, born Dec. 1, 1697.
37 William Mott, born Nov. 9, 1699.
38 Gershom Mott, born May 15, 1702.
39 Asher Mott, born June 27, 1704.
40 James Mott, born Apr. 5, 1707.
4I Huldah Mott, born Oct. 31, 1709.
RICHBELL MOTT, son of Adam Mott, I, lived at Great Neck. In 1691, he joined 9 his mother, Elizabeth Hubbs in a release.
1696 [1695], Oct. 14. He had a license to marry Elizabeth, daughter of William and Winifred Thorne. On Hempstead Census, 1698.
1700, May 14. Richbell Mott, of Hampstead, Queen's Co., N. Y., yeoman, bought from Johannes Lawrenson, of Maidenhead, Burlington Co., N. J., 1050 acres of land above the Falls of Delaware.
1700. Mr. Richbell Mott was one of the executors of Ann Richbell, of Mamaroneck, gentlewoman, his grandmother.
1714. He was one of the executors ., of Hempstead.
1734, Sept. 22. Will of Richbell Mott, of Hempstead, "being in great weakness of body"; proved Dec 3, 1734, mentioned:
Wife, Elizabeth, to receive £20, per annum, and the use of his farm on Great Neck, as also all his personal estate save two negro slaves and an Irish servant boy, David, for whom he makes provision.
Son, Edmund, 5 shillings.
Son, Richard, a crop of winter wheat, if he assists his mother; also the negro slaves if he pays his mother
£8.
From the sale of his lands at Madnan's neck, his son, Richard, is to get £50,
Daughter, Elizabeth, £100,
Daughter, Mary, £go,
Daughter, Ann, £50,
Daughter, Jemima, £60,
Daughter, Keziah, fro and
Daughter, Deborah, £40.
The residue of his estate is given to his four grandsons, Richbell, son of Adam Mott, of Staten Island; Richbell, son of Edmund Mott, of Cow Neck, and Richard and Joseph, sons of Joseph Mott, of Cow Neck.
Executors: sons-in-law, Jonathan Townsend, Esq., of Oyster Bay, Joseph Mott, of Cow Neck, and his friend, Jacob Smith, of Hempstead.
1737, Mch. 7. Will of Elizabeth Mott, of Hempstead, widow of Richbell Mott, sick and weak; proved Apr. 16, 1739, mentioned:
Son, Edmond, her wheat, a three year old heifer, all her wearing apparell, except "cloak and a pair of mens stockings."
Grand-daughter, Phebe, daughter of Stephen Wood, £Io.
Grand-daughter, Jemima Wood, a crape gown, and a cotton and wool petticoat.
To Stephen Wood that which he owes her for keeping an old negro wench one and a half years.
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Daughter, Deborah Mott, the rest of her apparell, a piece of new home spun cloth, and some pewter basin. Daughter, Keziah, a pewter tankard.
Grandson, Daniel Kissam, a pair of gold sleeve buttons.
The like to her cousin, Phebe, daughter of Richard Thorne.
Cousin, Mary Pudney, widow, all her flax.
Grand-daughter, Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Mott, all her "tea tackling."
Grand-daughter, Mary Tredwell, her warming pan.
The residue of her estate to her children, Edmond, Richard, Elizabeth, Ann, Mary, Jemima, Keziah and Deborah.
Among the witnesses was Phebe Mott.
Issue of Richbell Mott
42 Edmond Mott
43 Richbell Mott, born about 1700; died about 1724; probably unmarried.
44 Richard Mott
45 Elizabeth Mott; [married Adam Mott, 15, of Staten Island.]
46 Mary Mott; married John Treadwell; will 1740.
47 Ann Mott; married Daniel Kissam and Jonathan Townsend.
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