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Nicknames: "Adam Mott of Long Island"
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Birthplace: Saffron Walden, Essex, England
Death: Died in Hempstead, Nassau, NY
Managed by: George Reynolds, Jr.
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About Adam Mott

1056. Adam11 Mott was born before 21 Jan 1620/21 at Saffron Walden, Essex, England. He married Jenne Hulet on 28 Jul 1647 at New Amsterdam, New Netherlands. He married Elizabeth Richbell, daughter of John Richbell and Ann Parsons, in 1667. He died after 1682 at Hempstead, Queens, New York.

1057. Jenne11 Hulet was born in 1625 at Buckinghamshire, England. She married Adam Mott, son of James Mott and Grace (--?--), on 28 Jul 1647 at New Amsterdam, New Netherlands.

THE DESCENDANTS OF ADAM MOTT

Adam Mott is the first heard of in 1645, when he was of New York. On the 28th of July, 1647, he married there, Jane Hulet, he then as from county Essex, and she, a maid, from county Buckingham. His oldest children Adam and James were baptized in New York. Ten years later he was settled at Hempstead, on the north shore, where he continued to reside until his death. There are several important documents upon record concerning him. One, dated 1682, enumerates his "four sonns by my Frist wiffe Jane Mott, viz. Addam, Jeams, John and Joseph". The second ins his will, dated March 12, 1681-2, wherein he names his "eldest son Adam," sons James, John, Joseph and Gershom, dau. Grace, three children of his deceased son Henry, "youngest son Adam," wife Elizabeth and "all ye children I have by her". The third document is an agreement dated 1691 by which the widow confirms certain lands to sons by the first marriage, viz. Adam, James, John and Joseph, being joined therein by one of her own sons, Richbell, probably the only one then of age. The las of these documents is a release given by John Okeson, in 1703, (who had meantime married the youngest daughter by the second wife,) of his interest in the estate which Adam Mott "did give to his six youngest children which he had by his last wife Elizabeth, unto Richbell Mott, William Mott, Charles Mott and Adam Mott, Jr.

The second wife of Adam Mott was the daughter of Ann, the wife of John Richbell of Mamaroneck, probably by a previous husband whose name was Redman. She married not long prior to Nov., 5, 1691, Robert Hubs, and was living as late as 1698, as his wife.

Adam Mott died probably a little while before Apr. 5, 1690.

His children were:-

Adam2, James2, Henry2, Grace2, John2, Joseph2, Gershom2, by the first wife, and 

Richbell2, Maryanne2, Elizabeth2 , William2, Charles2, and Adam2 by the second wife.

Of the daughters, Grace married Jonathan Smith, Jr., and Elizabeth mar. John Okeson.

CHILDREN OF ADAM MOTT1 BY JANE HULET : 

1. Adam, eldest son, baptized 14th November, 1649. 

2. James, " 5th October, 1651. 

3. Grace, probably born about 1653. 

4. Elizabeth, probably born about 1655 . 

5. Henry, probably born about 1657 . 

6. John, probably born about 1659 . 

7. Joseph, probably born about 1661, died 1735 . 

8. Gershom, probably born about 1663. 

CHILDREN OF ELIZABETH RICHBELL

9. RICHBELL, probably born about 1668

10. Maryanne, probably born about 1670

11. The yonger son ADAM, probably born about 1672

12. William, born 20th Jamuary, 1674

13. Charles, probably born about 1676

-------------------- In 1659. Richard Vallingtyne was one of the five chosen Townsmen of the town of Hempstead. The other four were Francis Wicks, Robert Marvin, Adam Mott and Richard Brutnall.

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Adam Mott of Long Island's Timeline

1620
January 21, 1620
Saffron Walden, Essex, England
1693
April 5, 1693
Age 73
Hempstead, Nassau, NY
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1647
July 28, 1647
Age 27
New York, New York, NY, USA
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1655
1655
Age 34
Greenpoint, Kings, New York, United States
1624
1624
Age 3
Saffron Walden, Essex, , England
1674
January 20, 1674
Age 53
Hempstead, New York, United States
1653
1653
Age 32
Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States
1649
November 14, 1649
Age 29
Greenpoint, Kings, New York, United States