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The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, Vol. II (1881 revised ed.)

Bolton, Robert Jr. The History of the Several Towns, Manors, and Patents of the County of Westchester, from its First Settlement to the Present Time, Vol. II. New York: Charles F. Roper, 1881. Passage 910 of 1017 260 words

APPENDIX A.

his wife, Elizabeth, two sons and six das., viz. : 1, Edmond of Cow Neck, who had Kichbell, Edmond, John, and ilargortt ; 2, Richard, who mar. Sarah Pearsal!, and d. in ] 7-13. leaving only James, b. 1T41. The six das. were, 1, Elizabeth ; 2, 3[ary ; 3, Ann, who severally mar. Adam Mott of Staten Island, Joseph ^lott of Cow Neck, and Jonathan Townsend of Oyster Bay; 4, Jamima, who n)ar.

. Stephen T\ ood ; 5, Kedzie, who mar. Jackson ; 6, Deborah. V-.v V.. •

James, b. 1741, son of the above Richard Mott and Sarah Pearlall.', uuir. ia 1764 Mary, da. of Samuel and Ann Underhill of Jlamaroneck, and had E'chard b. 170(3, Ann, b. 176S, Robert, 1771, and Samuel, 1773. About 1775 James Mott settled on the Farm and Mill property in ^famaroncck, opposite New Rochelle and long known as :SIott's Neck, but afterwards as Premium Point. Jlis house (now owned and occupied by Mr. Prior), near the upper end of the piese-it Mill Pond, was adjacent to the mill then standing on the creek, which he owned and operated during the Revolution and long afterwards. In 1S02 he and his sons built the present dam about half a mile lower down the bav and the lar-e mill with ten and afterwards twelve runs of stones, and supposed at that tinv- to be supenor to any mill in the country, and named it Premium 3Iill, and operated it tilUbout ISlo. This mill is still (1S79) standing, in a somewhat dilapidated condition.

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