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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. I

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. I. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. 291 words

Charles, the third son, was one of a company of eighteen who, in 1719, emigrated from Hempstead, L. L, to what is now Rockland County, N. Y. where they purchased a large tract of land, and some of his descendants are still to be found in that region. Among the descendants of William Mott may be mentioned the famous surgeon. Dr. Valentine Mott, late of the city of New York, while James has many descendants in Westchester County.

Joseph, the fifth son, was the father of Jacob Mott, born August 9, 1714, and died October 6, 1805.> He married Abigail Jackson, born November 18, 1720, and died in 1781. They were the parents of eleven children -- Joseph, born October 18, 1736; Samuel,

1 Joseph Mott, " of Charlotte Precinct, Duchess County," wlio died in 1702, was iirobablj- a brother of tlie Jacob Mott, mentioned above. In his will, dated September 28, 1762, he leaves his farm, " Lot No. 3, in the Patent of Nine Partners," to his sons, Richard and Jacob. He mentions daughters, -- Martha, wife of James Valentine ; Jane, wife of Timothy Smith ; Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Smith ; Jemima, wife of John Connon. He also mentions " My loving brother Jacob, of Queens Co., li. I."

May 31, 1738 (died young); Jackson, August 16, 1740; Isaac, May 6, 1743 (married Nancy Coles) ; Miriam, April 30,1745 (died in childhood); Ruth, June 6, 1747 (she married Jordan Lawrence, and after his decease married Stephen Coles); Samuel I., February 9, 1753; Jacob, June 30, 1756; Miriam, September 7, 1759 (married Benjamin Birdsall) ; Richard, May 9, 1769 (he married, first, Polly Sutton ; second, Freelove Sutton); and Joseph, August 21, 1763 (who removed to South Carolina).