Adam Mott

Adam and Anne Mott By Thomas Clapp Cornell

THE OLD HOMESTEAD

The house had been built by the ADAM MOTT* of his day, about 1715, when he bought from his brother, RlCHBELL MOTT, for £269, the original 260 acres, which formed a portion of his farm. The ADAM of that day was already a forehanded man, — and

there he prospered, and to this house he brought his wife, when at the

mature age of nearly sixty years, he married, — " at the meeting house

at Westbury, according to the good order used among the people called

Quakers" — on the 5th of 11th month, 1731. PHEBE WlLLETTS, then

32 years old, and already for several years a Minister in the Society of

Friends. And in this house his children were born, Elizabeth, ADAM*,

and Stephen, and there he died, seven years after his marriage, early in

1739, leaving a handsome dowry to his daughter Elizabeth, then in her

sixth year, and an ample and well stocked farm to each of his two

boys,— ADAM* being four and Stephen two years old. And thoughtful

to keep the young children with their mother, and on their place, he

directed that she should have the use of his houses and of his lands "

until my son Stephen cometh to be twenty-one years of age, for the

bringing up and maintaining my children, and giving them good school

learning, that is English fit for country business." And then foreseeing

the probability that after his death, the mother of his children might

take another husband, he went on to direct that — " if my wife should

marry again before my children come of age, then my will is that slip

may live with her husband on the farm till they are of age, a/ru she

then have nothing to do with it longer " — and then he adds a precaution — "

if a husband come to live with her there, they shall not cut any

wood to sell off the farm, nor clear any land,- — but if my wife shall remain

a widow after my children come of age, she shall have the equal

third part of all my housing and land during her widowhood."

CHILDREN OF THE " YOUNGER SON ADAM " AND PHEBE (WILLITS)

MOTT.

1. Elizabeth, born 31st of 5th month, 1733, " the third day of the

week," died 13th of 9th month, 1783, married 5th of 3d month, 1755,

John Willis, a minister among Friends, born 8th of 2d month,

1734, died 4th of 3d month, 1789, son of Samuel and Mary (Fry)

Willis, of Jericho, Long Island.

2. ADAM3, born l0th of l0th month, 1734, " the third day of the week,"

died 18th of I2th month, 1790, married first 5th of 3d month, 1755,

Sarah Willis born 14th of 7th month 1736, died of consumption l0th of

1st month, 1783, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Fry) Willis — Adam's

wife being thus a sister of Elizabeth's husband, and the two marriages

taking place at the same time and place — married second, 5th

of 1st month, 1785, Abigail Batty, born 1733, died l0th of I2th month,

1807, daughter of David Batty of "South Hempstead," married at

Westbury.

3. Stephen8, born 1st of 2d month, 1736, "the fifth day of the week,"

died 11th of 11th month, 1813, of pleurisy, married 6th of l0th month,

1762, Amy Willis, born 27th of 3d month, 1738, died l0th of 11th

month, 1822, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Fry) Willis, " near

Jericho in the town of Oysterbay." The daughter and the two sons

of Adam and Phebe (Willits) Mott, had thus married the son, and

two daughters of Saml. and Mary (Fry) Willis, and of course all

their children were double first cousins.

Birth: in Hempstead, Long Island, New Netherlands

Occupation: Keeper Of The Cattle At Cowneck, LI Before 24 Apr 1657

Note:

   1. Harris, Edward Doubleday, Genealogical Charts Showing the Male Line of Descent from Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y.: also charts showing descent from other early settlers in America bearing the name Mott. Microfilm (FHL US/CAN Film 231 Item 3) of manuscript (77 p., made in 1918) at the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York. Chart 52.

2. Ibid., Chart 48.
3. Willett, Albert James, Jr., The Willett Families of North America,
Volume I. Easley: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1985. 248-251.
4. Ibid., p. 1-15.
5. Ibid., p. 21-23.
6. Ibid., p. 251-253.
7. Frost, Josephine C., Underhill Genealogy: Descendants of Capt. John
Underhill, VOlume II. Privately published, 1932. 1-50.
8. Ibid., p. 51-63.
9. Ibid., p. 81.
10. Ibid., p. 103.
11. Ibid., p. 84.
12. Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674. CD-ROM. Cambridge: The Learning Company, 1999. 1427.
13. Ibid., p. 1748.
14. Ibid., p. 1415.
15. Ibid., p. 1109.
16. Ibid., p. 1275.
17. Ibid., p. 1156.
18. Hicks, Benjamin D., "Willis Family of Long Island," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 15 (1884): 170-176; 16 (1885): 44-45.
19. Dickinson, Thorn, "Early History of the Thorn Family of Long Island,"
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 92 (1961): 1-12,
91-95, 178-182, 208-217; 93 (1962): 29-36, 85-97, 158-176, 234-242; 94
(1963): 42-50, 94-101, 173-181, 224-234; 95 (1964): 33-39, 88-98,
138-150, 209-219; 96 (1965): 16-27 90-98.
Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Children

  1. Elizabeth MOTT

Sources:

  1. Type: Book

Author: Clarence Pearsall
Periodical: History and Genealogy of the Pearsall Family in England and America
Publication: H. S. Crocker, San Francisco 1928
Page: 1915 pages
Page: Chapter 31 Section1Paqe 1143

Occupation: Keeper Of The Cattle At Cowneck, LI Before 24 Apr 1657

Note:

   1. Harris, Edward Doubleday, Genealogical Charts Showing the Male Line of Descent from Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y.: also charts showing descent from other early settlers in America bearing the name Mott. Microfilm (FHL US/CAN Film 231 Item 3) of manuscript (77 p., made in 1918) at the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, New York. Chart 52.

2. Ibid., Chart 48.
3. Willett, Albert James, Jr., The Willett Families of North America,
Volume I. Easley: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1985. 248-251.
4. Ibid., p. 1-15.
5. Ibid., p. 21-23.
6. Ibid., p. 251-253.
7. Frost, Josephine C., Underhill Genealogy: Descendants of Capt. John
Underhill, VOlume II. Privately published, 1932. 1-50.
8. Ibid., p. 51-63.
9. Ibid., p. 81.
10. Ibid., p. 103.
11. Ibid., p. 84.
12. Riker, David M., Genealogical and Biographical Directory to Persons in New Netherland from 1613 to 1674. CD-ROM. Cambridge: The Learning Company, 1999. 1427.
13. Ibid., p. 1748.
14. Ibid., p. 1415.
15. Ibid., p. 1109.
16. Ibid., p. 1275.
17. Ibid., p. 1156.
18. Hicks, Benjamin D., "Willis Family of Long Island," The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 15 (1884): 170-176; 16 (1885): 44-45.
19. Dickinson, Thorn, "Early History of the Thorn Family of Long Island,"
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 92 (1961): 1-12,
91-95, 178-182, 208-217; 93 (1962): 29-36, 85-97, 158-176, 234-242; 94
(1963): 42-50, 94-101, 173-181, 224-234; 95 (1964): 33-39, 88-98,
138-150, 209-219; 96 (1965): 16-27 90-98.
Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown

Children

  1. Elizabeth MOTT

Sources:

  1. Type: Book

Author: Clarence Pearsall
Periodical: History and Genealogy of the Pearsall Family in England and America
Publication: H. S. Crocker, San Francisco 1928
Page: 1915 pages
Page: Chapter 31 Section1Paqe 1143