1658 John Mott was bom about 1658. [1]
John Mott married Sarah Seaman, daughter of Capt. John Seaman, of Hempstead, L. I. [2]
John Mott was commonly called "Lieutenant John." [3]
1678-9 February 17. John Mott petitioned for land at Hempstead. [4]
1683 John Mott was taxed. [5]
1685 John Mott was a freeholder, with seventy acres. [6]
1696 John Mott was called Lieutenant John. [7]
1698 John Mott, and wife, Sarah, appeared in the Hempstead Census. [8]
1681 "At a Cort Held in Hempsted by the Constable and overseers this 23 day of November in the year 1681" ... "testimony of John Mott aged about 23 : testifis that he being at George Hulits the 7 of November" [9]
1683 On 11 October, John Mott was named on a rates list for Hempstead with 1 heads, 0 land and meadows, 2 oxen, 3 cows, 3 hogs, 0 sheep, and 2 horses. [10]
1694 Sarah Mott was named as a daughter in the will of John Seaman: "In the name of God, Amen. I, John Seaman the elder, of Hempstead, in Queens County, upon Long Island, alias Nassau, being weake and infirm in body, and knowing that it appertaineth to every man to set in order all worldly concerns, so yet after decease no suite, trouble, or calamity may ensue. And being well advised with the great and weighty work I am now about, do make and declare this my last will and testament. I leave to my oldest son John a certain lot of 22 acres, of which he is now in possession, and where he now lives; also another lot of 20 acres of meadow upon the neck called the Great Neck, being eastward and within the bounds of said town of Hempstead. I leave to my 5 sons Jonathan, Benjamin, Solomon, Thomas and Samuel, 400 acres of land according to a Patent, granted by Governor Richard Nicolls, lying at a place commonly known and called by the name of Jerusalem, within the bounds of Hempstead, to be equally divided between them. Also a certain neck of meadow lying eastward from said town of Hempstead called in ye Indian tongue Ruskatux Neck. Bounded east by the Oyster Bay line, and upon Hempstead west, and to be equally divided. I leave to my 3 sons, John, Nathaniel, and Richard, the remainder of my meadow, whereof one half is already confirmed to my son in law, Nathaniel Pearsall, with four or five acres of upland for his convenience of yardidge, for wintering his cattle. Which said meadow is situate upon a neck called by the name of the Half Neck, or in the Indian tongue Muskachim. I leave to my eight sons, John, Jonathan, Benjamin, Solomon, Thomas, Samuel, Nathaniel and Richard, all the upland lying and situate upon Ruskatux Neck, as also upon the neck called Half Neck, except the four or five acres confirmed to my son in law, Nathaniel Pearsall. I leave to my sons Nathaniel, and Richard, my lot of meadow at a neck called Sticklands Neck, as also a parcel of meadow lying upon New Bridge Neck. I also give them 150 acres of upland situated and lying at a place commonly called Success, by virtue of an order from the Town. Also a certain parcel of land, being 316 acres, lying at or near the Harbor head, so called, being already confirmed to my said two sons by deed of gift. I give all my rights in the undivided lands in Hempstead to my 8 sons. I leave to my wife Martha a certain house lot adjoining to the land of James Pine, being three acres, during her life, and then to my two sons, Nathaniel and Richard. I also leave them the remainder of my house lots, and the pasture and the field at the eastward of the town called the Holly. I leave to my wife Martha one half of the dwelling house for life and then to my son Richard, and the other half to my son Nathaniel. I leave to my wife one third of the movables, and to my two sons Nathaniel and Richard the other two thirds. I leave to my daughter Mary Pearsall two cows. I leave to my wife six acres of meadow at the Hay Bridge during her life and then to my sons Richard and Nathaniel. I leave two thirds of my remaining live stocks to my five daughters, Mary Pearsall, Hannah Carman, Martha Pearsall, Sarah Mott, and Deborah Kirk, and to my daughter Elizabeth Jackson 20 shillings. I leave to my sons Richard and Nathaniel all my armes except my large gun, which shall be for the use of all my sons. Makes wife Martha and sons Benjamin and Thomas executors, and "my friends Thomas Powell and John Townsend, Sr., overseers." Dated August 5, 1694. Witnesses, John Smith, John Carle, George Fowler. [11]
1713-1725 John Mott was called John, Senior. [12]
1727 John Mott was still living. [13]
1694 Sarah Mott is mentioned in the will of her father, John Seaman, of Hempstead. [14]
1720 Sarah Mott, witness to a will of Hempstead. [15]
1730-31 John Mott, Jr., was a witness to a will in Hempstead. [16]
1734-5 John Mott, his son, was an executor of the will of his uncle, Joseph Mott. [17]
1743 John Mott, witness to will of Benjamin Hicks, of Hempstead. [18]
[1] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 75, citing Seaman article, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 11, p 151, [InternetArchive].
[2] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 75, [InternetArchive].
[3] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 75, [InternetArchive].
[4] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 75, [InternetArchive].
[5] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 75, [InternetArchive].
[6] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 75, [InternetArchive].
[7] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 75, [InternetArchive].
[8] Edward Doubleday Harris, "The Hempstead census of 1698," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 45 (1914), 54-68, at 57, right column, [HathiTrust].
[9] Benjamin D. Hicks, Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead Long Island N.Y., Vol. 1 (1896), 373, [InternetArchive], [HathiTrust].
[10] Christopher Morgan and Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. 2 (1850), 525, [HathiTrust], [HathiTrust].
[11] William S. Pelletreau, Abstracts of Wills on file in the Surrogate's office: city of New York, Vol. 1, 1665-1707 (New York: The New York Historical Society, 1893), 249, Will 5-6.76, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].
[12] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 76, [InternetArchive].
[13] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 76, [InternetArchive].
[14] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 76, [InternetArchive].
[15] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 76, [InternetArchive].
[16] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 76, [InternetArchive].
[17] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 76, [InternetArchive].
[18] John E. Stillwell, Historical and Genealogical Miscellany, Vol. 4 (1916), 76, [InternetArchive].