William Mott, the second son of Adam Mott by the second wife, was born Jan. 20, 1674. William Mott's wife was Hannah Ferris. William and Hannah Mott lived at Great Neck, where he died June 30, 1740. Issue were an only son William, Hannah, wife of Philip Pell, Martha, and Elizabeth, both of whom died unmarried. [1]
1696 On March 25, John and Merebah Hedges sold land, laid out to Robert Bedell, to William Mott, of Madnans Neck, Hempstead, Queens County, New York. [2]
1702 16th of 6th Mo. - Thos. Story says: We went to Great Neck [Great Neck (formerly called Mad Nan's Neck) constituted a part of the Cow Neck Meeting.] to the house of Wm. Mott a young man lately convinced by the ministry of Thos. Thompson, where we had a large meeting, there being many of other people with us, and all very sedate." Story visited Mott's again in 1704; and lodged at the widow Pearsall's. [3]
1702 4th of 12th mo. - "Wm. Mott did propose to the Monthly meeting that it was his desire to have a meeting settled at his house." [4]
1703 27th of 9th mo. - "The meeting that use to be kept once a month is for time to come to be kept on the last Sixth day of every month at Wm. Mott's." [5]
1704 On 1 of 12th month, William Mott and Hannah Ferris stated their intention to marry. [6]
1706 25th of 3d mo. - "The Friends of the meeting at Cow Neck and Mad Nan's Neck desire that the meetings kept, one First day at Jacob Daughty's and the other at Wm. Mott's, be still continued, at the 11th hour, summer and winter." [7]
1715 25th of 12th mo. - The Friends on Cow Neck and Great Neck desire to be transferred from the Flushing to the Westbury monthly meeting. - 1715, - "Wm. Mott and Ri. Cornwell are chosen to take care how the meetings at the two Necks are kept and how Friends are in reality." [8]
1719 28th of 9th mo. - "Concluded that it is needful that a meeting house be built at Cow Neck. The place and dimensions to be left to Joseph Latham, Wm. Hutchins, James Jackson, Wm. Mott, Jeremiah Williams and Ri. Cornwell." [9]
1721 "Elisebeth Mott daughter of William Mott Great Neck dyed ye 25d 12m 1721." [10]
[1] Edward Doubleday Harris, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y. (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co, 1906), 6, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].
[2] Charles T Gritman, Historical Miscellany (NY?: 1920?), 2_574, Queens County Deed B1-313, [AncestryImage].
[3] Henry Onderdonk, "Friends Meeting Houses on Long Island" The American Historical Record, and repertory of Notes and Queries 2 (1873), 73-76 at 74, [GoogleBooks].
[4] Henry Onderdonk, "Friends Meeting Houses on Long Island" The American Historical Record, and repertory of Notes and Queries 2 (1873), 73-76 at 74, [GoogleBooks].
[5] Henry Onderdonk, "Friends Meeting Houses on Long Island" The American Historical Record, and repertory of Notes and Queries 2 (1873), 73-76 at 74, [GoogleBooks].
[6] William Applebie Eardeley, Flushing, Queens County, Long Island New York, Monthly Meeting of Friends Intentions of Marriage 1704-1776 (1913), 3, [InternetArchive].
[7] Henry Onderdonk, "Friends Meeting Houses on Long Island" The American Historical Record, and repertory of Notes and Queries 2 (1873), 73-76 at 74-75, [GoogleBooks].
[8] Henry Onderdonk, "Friends Meeting Houses on Long Island" The American Historical Record, and repertory of Notes and Queries 2 (1873), 73-76 at 75, [GoogleBooks].
[9] Henry Onderdonk, "Friends Meeting Houses on Long Island" The American Historical Record, and repertory of Notes and Queries 2 (1873), 73-76 at 75, [GoogleBooks].
[10] Abraham S. Underhill, "Records of the Society of Friends of the city of New York and vicinity, Deaths" New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 7 (1876), 39-43, 85-90 at 43, [GoogleBooks].