1649 Adam Mott, son of Adam Mott, called "my elder son Adam," was baptized, in the Dutch Church, at New Amsterdam, Nov. 14, 1649; witnesses: Thomas Hall, Olof Stephenszen Van Courtlant and Elsje Muijtiens, [Alice Newton, wife of Capt. Bryan Newton.] [1]
1671 Adam Mott, Jr., bought of Edward Titus, a house with three acres of land. [2]
1674 On March 23, Adam Mott, Jr., was a seaman, sailing on the ketch Hopewell from New York to Virginia. [3]
1678 Adam Mott, Jr., of Hempstead, was sued for debt by Gabriel Minviell. [4]
1678 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) [5]
1679 Adam mott Juner was on a list of names above the words: "Att A Generall Towne Meetting helld att hempsted y'e 24 of June : 1679 itt was Voatted and Agreed apon tthatt those persons above named shall have libertty". [6]
1681-2. Adam Mott was a legatee in the will of his father Adam Mott. [7]
1682 On May 24, Adam Mott J[unior] was on a list who agreed to live under the ministry of Jeremy Hubard and to pay [taxes] in "corn or cattell". [8]
1683 On October 11, Mr. Adam Mott Junior was named on a rates list for Hempstead "which have not brought in their valluations", with value £100. [9] [10]
1688 Adam Mott was a defendant in a law suit and was spoken of as Adam Mott, Jr. [11]
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. [12]
1691 On November 5, Joseph Mott purchased, from his brother Adam Mott, both of Hempstead, a parcel of meadow at Rockaway called "hungry harbor" previously owned by Mr. Hicks. [13]
1692 On January 26, Joseph Mott purchased, from his brother Adam Mott, both of Hempstead, Long Island, a parcel known as "hixes neck". [14]
1692 On January 26, Joseph Mott sold, to Adam Mott, "a sartaine parsell of meddo Lying in two parsells at Rockaway at a parsell of meddo Called hungry harbor being mentioned to mee ye sd Joseph mott in a deed of Conveyance from my brother Jeams mott which tow parsells of meddo fully as mentioned in ye sd deed of sale with Every part and parsell thereof with one quarter part of one Lott of meddo at ye greet neck Estward which was Laid oute to Richard Gildersleeve sener and Richard Gildersleeve Juner then Called though now both Desesed all which meddo with Every part and parsell thereof I ye sd Joseph mott do by these presence fuly freely and absolutely give grant bargin sell alinate and macke over from mee my heires or asignes unto my sd brother adom mott". [15]
1693 Adam Mott sold his interest in the Cow Neck lands to William Nicoll on September 20. [16]
1694 After his father died, Adam Mott was spoken of as, Adam Mott, Sr., and the appellation, Jr., was conferred upon his younger half-brother of the same name. [17]
1694 On April 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. [18]
1698 Mister Adam Mott, Mis Mott, An Mott, Mary Mott, Adam Mott, Jr., and Nicholis Stilwell appear as one family in the Hempstead Census. [19]
1704 On May 8, "Petition of William Nicoll and Andrew Gibb, ..., to survey 190 acres of land in the undivided grounds of the town of Hempstead, granted ... to Adam Mott" [20]
1704 Adam Mott was joined in a deed by his wife Mary. [21]
1705 Adam Mott was a Justice of the Peace, living at Hempstead, whence he wrote to the Secretary asking a marriage license for his daughter Mary. [22]
1713 On June 15, Adam Mott conveyed to his son, Adam Mott, one half of all his lands lying at Rockaway. [23]
1719 On November 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. [24] [25]
[1] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 73, [InternetArchive].
[2] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 73, [InternetArchive].
[3] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 73, [InternetArchive].
[4] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 74, [InternetArchive].
[5] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 74, [InternetArchive].
[6] Benjamin D. Hicks, Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead Long Island N.Y., Vol. 1 (1896), 324, of 324-25, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[7] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 74, [InternetArchive].
[8] Benjamin D. Hicks, Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead Long Island N.Y., Vol. 1 (1896), 381, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[9] Christopher Morgan and Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. 2 (1850), 528, [HathiTrust], [HathiTrust].
[10] Charles T Gritman, Historical Miscellany (NY?: 1920?), left column, [AncestryImage].
[11] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 74, [InternetArchive].
[12] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 74, [InternetArchive].
[13] Benjamin D. Hicks, Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead Long Island N.Y., Vol. 2 (1897), 51, of 51-52, [InternetArchive].
[14] Benjamin D. Hicks, Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead Long Island N.Y., Vol. 2 (1897), 53, [InternetArchive].
[15] Benjamin D. Hicks, Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead Long Island N.Y., Vol. 2 (1897), 54, [InternetArchive].
[16] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 74, [InternetArchive].
[17] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 74, [InternetArchive].
[18] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 74, citing Jamaica Records, [InternetArchive].
[19] Edward Doubleday Harris, "The Hempstead census of 1698," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 45 (1914), 54-68, at 57, [HathiTrust].
[20] Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, Calendar of N.Y. Colonial Manuscripts, Indorsed Land Papers; In the Office of the Secretary of State of New York 1643-1803 (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons & Co, 1864), 73, [GoogleBooks].
[21] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 74, [InternetArchive].
[22] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 74, [InternetArchive].
[23] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 74, [InternetArchive].
[24] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 74, [InternetArchive].
[25] Alfred Henry Bellot, History of the Rockaways from the year 1685 to 1917 (Far Rockaway, New York: Bellot's Histories, 1917), 16, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].