James Mott

Adam and Anne Mott By Thomas Clapp Cornell

JAMES MOTT, born 8th of 8th mo., 1742 ; died, 7th of 5th mo., 1823 ; only son of RICHARD and SARAH (Pearsall) Mott ; married, 5th of 9th mo., 1765, MARY UNDERHILL, born 31st of 1st mo., 1745, died of , 1776, daughter of SAMUEL and ANN (Carpenter) Underbill, "both of Oyster Bay," according to Westbury records.

JAMES MOTT found his wife in his second cousin, Mary Underhill,

daughter of SAMUEL and ANN (Carpenter) Underhill, and

they were married, as above stated, in 1765.

Children of James and Mary (Underhill) Mott ;

I. Richard Mott, born in New York 10th of 1st month, 1767, died at

Mamaroneck 29th of 7th month, 1856, in his 90th year, married

I7th of 1st month, 1787, Abigail Field, born 20th of l0th month,

1766, died at Burlington, New Jersey, 8th of 8th month, 1851, daughter

of Uriah and Mary Field, of Purchase.

II. ANNE MOTT, born in New York, 31st of 7th month, 1768, died of

Asiatic cholera, at the house of her son-in-law, Silas Cornell, at

Rochester, 5th of 8th month, 1852, in her 85th year, married at

Mamaroneck 19th of 5th month, 1785, in her I7th year, Adam Mott,

of Cowneck, born in " the old place," nth of l0th month, 1762, died

at Rochester in the house of his son-in-law, Lindley M. Moore, l0th

of 1st month, 1839, in his 77th year, son of Adam and Sarah (Willis)

Mott, and grandson of the " younger son Adam."

The children of Adam and Anne Mott will be given in the account

of Adam Mott, the husband.

III. Robert Mott, born in New York, 1771, died 21st of 3d month,

1805, of consumption, married July, 1795, Lydia Philadelphia Stans-

bury, born in Philadelphia 23d February, 1775, died , 1862,

youngest daughter of Joseph and Sarah Stansbury. He was a paymaster

in the British Army in Philadelphia, during the American

Revolutionary War.

IV. Samuel Mott, born in New York, 2oth of 9th month, 1773, died

8th of 10th month, 1843, married at Newport, Rhode Island, 31st of

7th month, 1794, Elizabeth Barnard, born about 1775, died ,

daughter of Matthew Barnard, who after her mother's death married

about 1783, Avis Slocum, daughter of John and Martha Slocum,

and widow of Sylvanus Folger, and after Matthew Barnard's death,

Avis Slocum married third time, John Alsop, half-brother of James

Mott, bringing her daughter, Martha Barnard, who became like an

own daughter to her step-father. Samuel and Elizabeth (Barnard)