Mary (Stillwell) Mott (1663 - aft. 1719)

Born 1663 in Gravesend, Long Island, New York, British North America

Ancestors

Wife of Adam Mott — married 16 Jul 1678 in Gravesend, New York

Descendants

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Biography

Mary (Stillwell) Mott was a New Netherland settler. Join: New Netherland Settlers Project Discuss: new_netherland

Biography

Mary, daughter of Nicholas Stillwell and Anna Unknown, was born in 1658 and nothing of her or her husband is known after 1719.

Mary married Adam Mott in July 1678. Dr. John E. Stillwell stated that he had in his possession the original marriage license of Adam Mott Junior of Hempstead and Mary Stillwell the daughter of Mrs. Anne Stillwell of Gravesend. Married and dated July 9, 1678.^[1][2]

"Adam, the oldest son, was bapt. In New York Nov. 14, 1649. His wife seems to have been Mary, the dau. of Nicholas Stillwell. He was of Hempstead, a Justice of the Peace, and in 1713 was living at the south side, at Rockaway. ... The only children known as hers were Ann, Mary, and Adam, all on the census list of 1698. Of the daus. nothing is known. The son Adam had, some time before 1719, married his half cousin Elizabeth Mott, and was living at Rockaway, but later was of Staten Island, where he was the county clerk from 1728 to 1738. He was afterwards "of the Province of Pennsylvania, gentlemen," and died sometime before March 1749, when his widow gave the administration bond. She made her Will in 1777 (proved 1778) then of Staten Is. Their children were Elizabeth who before 1743 had mar. Benj. Seaman, and Richbell, who mar. 1736 Mary Seamans, dau. of Richard and Sarah, and died before July 11, 1745, leaving a son Richbell."^[3]

Two other children named are Jane and Elizabeth.^[4]

The household of Adam MOTT the elder on the 1698 census of Hempstead, NY, listed himself, Mrs Mary Mott, Ann Mott, Mary Mott, Adam Mott jr, and Nicholas Stilwell whose identity is unclear, but "probably of his wife's family, being of his household."^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Stillwell, John E, The History of Lieutenant Nicholas Stillwell Progenitor of the Stillwell Family in America, (New York City: n.pub., 1929), digital images, Ancestry.com, p 88 (image 127); giving image of marriage agreement dated 9 Jul 1678 (last digit not clear).
2. ↑ Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699 reflects: MOTT, Adam and Mary Stilwell, 1678, 9 July 1678, Gravesend, N.Y., p. 204.
3. ↑ Harris, Edward Doubleday The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., (Lancester, PA: The New Era Printing Co., 1906), Revised Edition, p.1-2.
4. ↑ DeWitt Stilwell and Lamont Stilwell, History and Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Stilwell Family, p. 42-43, September 1, 1914. Syracuse, New York.
5. ↑ Harris, Edward Doubleday, "Adam Mott of Staten Island," New York Genealogical and Biographical Records, (AmericanAncestors.org, NEHGS, 2011), 45:117-8.

Acknowledgments

• Created by Ronald Rideout through the import of Stilwell family 2014.ged on Sep 26, 2014.
• This person was created on 12 September 2010 through the import of 104-B.ged.