Adam HAVILAND

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• FamilySearch ID: GWP9-T48
• Land Assessment: 9 Jan 1724, Purchase, Harrison, Westchester, New York
• Alt. Death: 10 Apr 1769, Rye, Westchester, New York

Adam married Mary LOTT about 1724 in Westchester, New York. Mary (daughter of Johannus Pieter LOTT and Nishe "Anna" WITT, DeWitt) was born on 12 Nov 1698 in Flushing, Long Island, New York; died on 6 Jan 1747 in Bushwick, Kings, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hannah HAVILAND was born about 1717 in Rye, Westchester, New York; died on 23 Sep 1742 in Scarsdale, Westchester, New York.
2. John HAVILAND was born in 1723 in Hoosick, Rensselaer, New York; died in in Flushing, N.Y.USA.
3. Gilbert HAVILAND was born on 6 Jun 1726 in Flushing, Queens, Colony of New York, British Colonial America; died after Mar 1786.
4. Elisabeth HAVILAND was born in 1727 in New York Colony, British Colonial America; was christened on 9 Feb 1727 in Jamaica, New York Colony, British Colonial America; died in in Courtland, N.Y.USA..

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• Occupation: ; Quaker Preacher, R.I. Freeman 17 May 1653; Commissioner 21 May 1656
• Immigration: 1697; Moved from Newport County, Rhode Island in the year of 1697 to Queens County, New York.
• Land Assessment: 9 Jan 1724, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America

Benjamin married Abigail MOTT in 1683 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island. Abigail (daughter of Adam MOTT, Jr and Mary LOTT) was born on 3 May 1660 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America; was christened on 3 May 1666 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America; died on 4 Jul 1730 in Rye, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America; was buried in Jul 1730 in Rye, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1606, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
• Occupation: 17 May 1653, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America; Freeman
• Occupation: 21 May 1656, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America; Commissioner to the General Court
• Residence: 1677, Flushing, Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America

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William emigrated to America, about 1642. He died in 1697, aged 90 years.
William is believed traditionally to be the son of James Haviland (1553 - 1613), Mayor of Salisbury, England, and Thomassine Maindonail (ca 1560 - 1641). [1] The only evidence cited is a Christening record in 7 Sep 1606 at St. Thomas's, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England for a "William Havelan." (James had other children by a previous marriage.) This relationship has been debated, with James' brother Thomas being proffered as an alternative father. See Haviland Family Mysteries.
Due to full consideration of all the facts, this profile will, for the time being, maintain William as the son of James until more evidence and information can be found and analyzed.
Marriage
William appears to have married Hannah Hicks ca 1652, a daughter of John and Horodias (Long) Hicks (a couple who suffered a divorce of notoriety) at Newport, Rhode Island

William Haviland emigrated to America between 1639 - 1646, but probably closer to 1639-1640, for in 1646 he was listed as a Church Warden in Newport, R.I. [citation needed]
He was recorded as a freeman of Newport in 1653, along with Benedict Arnold (the eventual president and then governor of Rhode Island). In 1655 he was received as Freeman from Newport in a General Election held at Providence, R.I. [4], very likely to re-elect Roger Williams as President of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, with whom William's views were almost certainly in alignment given his immigration to specifically Rhode Island and his religious beliefs.
On 21 May 1656 he was listed as a Commissioner to the General Court at Portsmouth, R.I., from Newport. [4] This station should be understood within the context of the political and religious context of Rhode Island at that time.
"While many arrived seeking freedom from religious persecution, unfortunately it continued, and by 1656 some newly arrived Quakers were quite expressive and extreme and sought to exasperate that conflict. William Haviland's colleague Benedict Arnold succeeded Roger Williams as the President of the Colonies, and was forced to respond to these matters. William Haviland, while not a Quaker at this time, was arguably Protestant and probably distressed by the events of that year, given that in the last two generations of his family there were persecutions of Protestants in England. And so he became involved in the local politics wherein the separation of Church and State and freedom of religious expression, for which Roger Williams was a strong proponent and probably William Haviland also, was a major issue

There is a reference to grants by Pettaquamscutt land purchases to William Haviland on 1 May 1663. [12]
William then removed to Long Island, ca 1667, for in that year he purchased 100 acres of land from his brother-in-law, Thomas Hicks, on what is now Little Neck, (then called "Cornbury"). [4]
On 24 Mar 1685 he signed the renewal-charter of the Patent of Flushing, as did his wife's brother Thomas Hicks. (Flushing is now a township in the borough of Queens, New York, NY.) "The first patent of Incorporation of the Town of Flushing was granted by the Dutch Governor, William Keift, and was dated October 10th, 1645. This was renewed under the English authority. The renewal-charter was dated March 24th, 1685. These manuscripts were probably lost in the fire [of October, 1789, as they were kept in the house of the John Vanderbilt, the Town Clerk, set ablaze deliberately by his slaves]. The only manuscript the Town has, relative to its Incorporation, is termed an "Exemplification of Flushing Patent." It is dated Feb. 24th, 1792; one hundred and seven years after the renewal by the English, and one hundred and forty-seven years after the original grant by the Dutch authorities. We found it in possession of Capt. George B. Roe, who kindly placed a copy at our disposal. It is only sixty-seven years old [as of 1859], but already many parts are nearly obliterated and can with difficulty be deciphered." [13] William Haviland's name was preserved in this document, as it was a reproduction of the renewal charter of 1685. A "Joseph Havyland" also signed the document. He may be Joseph, son of William.

The Will of Benedict Arnold
William Haviland is mentioned by name in the will of Benedict Arnold, the Governor of Newport, R.I., wherein we find evidence that Arnold purchased land from Haviland and had neighboring (or nearby) property:
...and to her heirs and assigns to have and to hold, possess and enjoy as her and their own true rights and lawful inheritance forever, that is to say, ye lands and tenements hereafter mentioned, namely: ye house and two acres of land, be it more or less, that I bought of William Haviland, being and lying in ye precincts of ye town of Newport, above said, bounded on ye South and on ye East parts on land now or later in the possession of Thomas Clifton or his assigns, on ye West by a highway belonging to said town, and on ye North by land that I have bequeathed to my son Josias Arnold, and I order ye said line of fence to be made and forever maintained by ye occupants of ye premises which I bought of Wm. Haviland aforesaid, as also all that land which I bought of Wm. Vaughan being and lying in ye precincts of the said town of Newport... Unto my beloved son Josiah Arnold aforenamed, I give and bequeath a certain parcell of land, being and lying in ye precincts of ye town of Newport above mentioned, ye said land containing by estimation, four acres more or less, being eight rod in breadth from North to South, and eighty rod in length from East to West, bounded on ye North by land I have bequeathed to his mother Damaris Arnold, &c. on ye East by land of Walter Clarke on ye South in part by land now or late in ye possession of Thomas Clifton or his assigns and partly by ye land above said, I bought of Wm. Haviland and bequeathed to ye said Damaris Arnold, &c.... [14]

William married Hannah HICKS about 1654 in Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. Hannah (daughter of John HICKS and Herodias LONG) was born on 16 Oct 1638 in Rhode Island, British Colonial America; died on 1 Sep 1688 in Queens, New York Colony, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• MilitaryService: Rhode Island, British Colonial America; 1st Lieutenant Adam James Mott Jr
• Name: Adam James Mott
• Religion: Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America; Puritan Church converted to Quaker Church. Adam 2nd. Mott also became a Quaker Pastor.
• Immigration: 8 Oct 1635, Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; Ship name Defence, Captain Edward Bostock, sailed from London, England to Boston, Massachusetts, America, Arrival date October 8, 1635, Adam Jr. Mott, Age:12
• Occupation: 1673, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America; Deputy Constable

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This is the RHODE ISLAND Adam, 1622 m. Mary Lott. This is NOT the NY Adam Mott #LRD9-36N
When Adam Mott was born in 1623 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, his father, Adam, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 23. He was married three times and had five sons and 14 daughters. He died on April 5, 1693, in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, at the age of 70.
Adam Mott was born in 1623 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, to Elizabeth Creel, age 23, and Adam Mott, age 27.

His brother Jonathan was born in 1626 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, when Adam was 3 years old.

His sister Elizabeth was born on May 5, 1629, in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, when Adam was 6 years old.

His mother Elizabeth passed away in 1632 in Essex, England, at the age of 32.

His father Adam Mott I immigrated to the USA with his second wife Sarah Jennings Lott (1604-1661), her daughter Mary Lott (1631-1712) (by her first husband Englebert Pieters Lott), Adam Mott II (son of Elizabeth Creel), John Mott (1626-1653), & Elizabeth Mott (1629-1694) in the year 1635. They arrived in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Adam Mott married his step-sister (not a blood relative) Mary Lott in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, in October 1647 when he was 24 years old.

Adam Mott arrived on board the Defense in 1635 with his father, Adam, stepmother Sarah and siblings (along with Mary Lott, Sarah's daughter by her first marriage). They arrived in Massachusetts, but moved to RI later. He eventually married his step sister Mary Lott (not his real sister).

Adam married Mary LOTT on 1 Jun 1647 in Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. Mary (daughter of Engelbert Pieters LOTT and Sarah JENNINGS) was born on 3 May 1631 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; died on 8 Oct 1712 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Mary Engelbert Lott
• Will Dated: 4 Feb 1711, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America
• Residence: 8 Oct 1712, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, British Colonial America; Mary Lott ? Probate of Will

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Mary Lott arrived in New England with her mother, Sarah, and stepfather Adam Mott in 1635 on board the Defense from Cambridge. They arrived into Massachusetts and later removing to Portsmouth, RI. She married her step-brother Adam Mott.

Mary [Lott] Mott wrote her will on 12 February 1710/11. She named her children:
(1) Sarah [Mott] Tripp
(2) Bethyah [Mott] Abbitt
(3) Elizabeth [Mott] Wing
(4) Abigail [Mott] Hefferland

Her son-in-law Daniel Lawton, husband of daughter Rebecca, witnessed the will, as well as her half-brother Jacob Mott.

Children who predeceased her included Adam Mott, Mary Mott, and Phebe Mott.

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• Name: James de Havilland
• Name: James Havillande
• Occupation: Merchant and Mayor of Salisbury England 1602-1603
• Occupation: Between 1598 and 1602, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England; Mayor

James married Thomassine MAINDONAIL on 2 Feb 1583 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. Thomassine (daughter of Richard MAINDONAIL and Mary MARTIN) was born on 5 Jun 1555 in Poole St James, Dorset, England; died on 4 Sep 1641; was buried on 4 Sep 1641 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Find a Grave: ; Memorial #89988710
• Name: John Hicke

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He had 2 children by Herodias Long: Hannah and Thomas. See his marriage record posted that gives his age as 23 in 1637 and other important data. "The Great Migration Begins" shows this John Hicks was not son of Robert and Margaret Hicks of Plymouth. The Plymouth couple, Robert & Margaret Hicks, made no mention of a son John in their will & they called Samuel their "eldest" son. JOHN HICKS md. 3 times. 1) Herodias Long 2) Florence (unknown) Carman, widow of John Carman and 3) Rachel (unknown) Starr, wid. of Thomas Starr. John Hicks's 2nd and 3rd marriages are confirmed in the "Great Migration Begins" for John Carman, v. 1, A? F, 311. For marriage to widow Rachel (Unknown) Starr see their prenuptial agreement cited below and "A History of the Starr Family, of New England, from the Ancestor, Dr. Comfort Starr...emigrated to Boston, MA, 1635," pp. 4-5. "The Great Migration Begins" shows that this John of L. I. was not the son of Robert Hicks of Plymouth. Robert's son has no record in America and did not come either with Robert or his mother as Plymouth records show. Robert and this John of R.I. and L.I. came to America 15 years apart and went to different locations, were never in the same place and no records suggest any ties. No son John was mentioned in the will of either Robert or Margaret (unknown) Hicks from Plymouth. Their son Samuel was referred to as eldest son. Thus Robert gave no indication that John living over at Flushing & Hempstead, L.I. was his son. It appears that John, son of Robert Hicks died young in England before 1623. First known record for this John Hicks was his marriage record which reads: "Mar. 14, 1637: Wch daie, appeared p[er]sonally John Hicke of ye parish of St. Olaves in Southwark Salter and a batchelour aged about 23 yeares and alledged that he intendeth to marrie with Harwood Long spinster aged about 21 yeares ye daughter of William Long Husbandman who giveth his Consent to this intended marriage And of ye truth of the pr[e]mises as also that he knows of no Lawfull let or impediment by reason of anie pr[ior] contract Consanguinity affinitie or otherwise to hinder this intended marriage he made faith and desires license to be married in ye parish Church of St ffaith London [signed] John Hickes." London Marriage Allegations Vol. 19: pg 92. JOHN HICKS STATED HIS AGE AT MARRIAGE in 1637 as 23 years old: Marriage record of 14 March 1636/7 at St, Faith's, crypt of St. Paul's, London, states his age as 23. This suggests he was born in 1614. There is no proof yet of where he was born, only that he was from the parish of St. Olaves in Southwark by the date of his marriage in March 1636/7. See "London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597? 1921, Vol. 19: pg 92, indexed under John Hicke," available at ancestry. This record is also quoted by G. Andrews Moriaty in "Additions and Corrections to Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island (cont'd)," in "The American Genealogist," 39(1963):2, citing London Marriage Licenses, p. 153, British Rec. Soc. Several dates are given for divorce proceedings of John Hicks and Herodias Long in G. Andrews Moriarty, "Herodias (Long) Hicks-Gardiner-Porter a Tale of Old Newporte," in "Rhode Island History," volume 11, no. 3, (July 1952): 85. "On 12 December 1645 John Hicks wrote from Flushing to John Coggeshall at Newport: his side of the story. "[Herbert] Seversmith states that she obtained a divorce from Hicks in Rhode Island on 2 December 1643. On 1 June 1655 John Hicks was granted a divorce from Herodias in the Court at New Amsterdam by Governor Peter Stuyvesant." This is written in Dutch so I won't give it here. "After Hicks went to New Netherland, and possibly before, Herodias went to live with George Gardiner of Newport as his common-law wife and had a numerous family." When John went to Long Island, he took his 2 children with him. Md. 2) Florence unknown, wife of John Carman. See record at Jamaica where the children of John & Florence Carman are petitioning for "John Hicks, who had married their mother, to render an account of her estate. (Calendar of Dutch Mss. of N.Y., p. 223). In Robert Coe Puritan, p. 83, https://archive.org/details/robertcoepuritan00bart/page/82 Third marriage: about Jan. 22, 1662: Pre-nuptial agreement with third wife, widow Rachel Starr: Conditions of an agreement betwixt John Hickes of Hempstead of the one party, And Rachell Starre of Oysterbay of the other Party Jointly and freely agreed upon by both parties before they enter or joyne in Marriage estate, about the settling of their Estates, and for the preventing of Differences betwixt the Children of the said John Hickes and Rachell Starres shall bring to the said John Hickes of her owne (being taken upon Inventory) If it please God to take her away first by Death, that then ye said estate which Shee brought to ye said John Hickes shall return to ye children of ye sd Rachell Starre. And likewise, the estate of said John Hickes, which is given in by him by Inventory, the Day and year above written, In ye presence of Mr Richard Gildersleeve, Mr Robert Ashman, & Jonas Houldsworth, Amounting to the Summe of thirteen thousand three hundred and sixty gilders, and all Debte Discharged, shall likewise return to his children, in case that the sd John Hickes bee taken away by Death before her the sd Rachel Starre, (as is before specified to her children). And further it is agreed upon between them, that it it shall please God that their estate shall or Do increase that then the said increase shall equally bee divided, the one half to him and his children, the other half to her and her children, at the death of either of them. And further the sd John Hickes Doth give to the sd Rachel Starre (in case hee Die first) During her widowhood, the house and lands and Meddowe belonging to it and Six Cows, Foure Oxen, with the instrument of husbandry belonging to them, with so much of the housald stuff as she shall think meet for her Necessary use and a good horse for her use. In witness whereoff wee do Mutually hereunto set our hands the day and yeare before specified. Testes Richard Gildersleeve John Hickes Robert Ashman Rachell Starre Jonas Houldsworth "Records of the Towns of North and South Hempstead, Long Island," v. 1, 119? 120. John Hicks mentions 2 children in his will, Thomas and Hannah, wife of William Haviland, and a son-in-law Josias Starr who was a son of his 3rd wife Rachel. Some have thought this implies there was a third child of John Hicks, a daughter who md. Josiah Starr. Will of John Hicks made 29 April 1673, cited in "The Haviland Genealogy" by Josephine C. Frost, pp 27? 28. According to NEHGS, Josiah Starr md. a Rebecca and began the Danbury Starr branch https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/early-new-england-families-1641-1700/image?pageName=5&volumeId=13727. Torrey's New England Marriages before 1700 does cite a marriage between Josiah and Elizabeth Hicks of Hempstead although Torrey is frequently in error when he passes on errors copied from other people's interpretations. His source is a finding aid that is useful place to start but needs serious verifying by looking at all the evidence in persons' other records.

John married Herodias LONG after 14 Mar 1637 in London, England. Herodias was born about 1624 in England; died after 1674 in Rhode Island, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LRYF-MJN
• Residence: Jun 1617, Saffron Walden, Essex, England
• Occupation: Between 1635 and 1661; Tailor in England, and Farmer in Rhode Island Colony
• Immigration: 2 Jul 1635; via ship ?Defence?
• Residence: Oct 1635, Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
• Arrival: 8 Oct 1635, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
• Religion: 1636; Puritan in England, converted to Quaker in Rhode Island Colony
• Freeman: 25 May 1636, Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America; Admitted as a Freeman
• Property: 25 May 1636, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
• MilitaryService: 1642, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America; Portsmouth Militia
• Occupation: 1642, Portsmouth, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America; Town Security
• Elected: 27 May 1644, Newport, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America; Elected Clerk for the General Court at Newport
• Will: 2 Apr 1661, Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America; Will Dated
• Probate: 12 Aug 1661, Portsmouth, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, British Colonial America

Notes:

Adam Mott was born in Cambridge, England, on 12 August 1596 to John Mott and Elizabeth Hollis.
He [Adam] married1 Elizabeth Creel on 28 October 1616. They had four children: John (1618), Adam (1623), Jonathan (1626), and Elizabeth (1629) who married Edward Thurston in Rhode Island.

1632 - 1635 July
[Spouse1] Elizabeth died in 1632, and Adam married [Spouse2] Sarah Jennings Lott on 11 May 1635. Sarah had a daughter from her previous marriage to Engelbert Pieters Lott. Her [dtr's] name was Mary Lott (b. 1630). Adam, his wife Sarah, and their five children boarded the ship Defence [Defiance] in London in July [1635] for the voyage to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in New England. Those listed above are on the passenger list for the ship.
Before embarking, Adam "brought testimony from the Justices of [the] Peace, and minister in Cambridge, of his conformity to and discipline of the Church of England". In all likelihood, Adam, a tailor, also had all of his wealth -- we have no idea how much that may have been.

Taking a moment here: the planning for this move had to have begun long before Adam married Mary [Sarah]. To cut his ties to England he would have to liquidate all his property and convert it to gold or currency. There was probably no business to sell, and whether or not he owned his home is unknown. There may have been little or no wealth. But, there was not such thing as having his English bank wire his whatever funds there may have been to his American bank. One would assume that Mary [Sarah] was aware of Adam's plans when they were married [on 11 May 1635].

1635 Oct 8 - 1636 May 25
Arriving in Boston after a three-month voyage on 8 Oct 1635, with [we believe] all the family having survived, Adam set up residence in Roxbury where he is recorded as a Freeman on 25 May 1636 [Freeman = Landowner]. Roxbury was one of the first settlements in the Colony and "It was said that the best people settled in Roxbury. They were people of substance, many of them farmers, none being 'of the poorer sort."

Adam and Sarah were members of the 'First Church' at Roxbury. The denomination is not known but most certainly Puritan. Adam later removed his family to Hingham, MA where he received a Land Grant. How he acquired the property in Roxbury or the Hingham Land Grant is unknown; nor is his occupation known; historically he was a tailor by trade.

What is known: Adam moved to Massachusetts with evidence of conformity with the Anglican Church of England. The Pilgrims left England in 1620 and settled in Plymouth because they were unhappy with the lax practices of the Church of England. The Puritans arrived in Massachusetts Bay (Boston) and Puritanism became the official religion of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
They began civil trials, rendering punishments to those who did not comply/conform with their religious laws. In the same month Adam & his family landed in Boston, 'Roger Williams' was convicted in Civil Court of failure to conform to religious laws and was ordered to leave the colony [and the Church].

? 1636 Roger Williams
By the summer of 1636 [Roger] Williams had relocated to Narragansett Bay and purchased Aquidneck Island from the Narragansett Indians for some colored beads. The Indians used colored seashells as currency, so colored beads were just another denomination of currency. Williams had good relations with the Narragansetts, and he and the Indians welcomed new settlers to the island.

1638
By 1638 Adam Mott moved his family to the island [Aquidneck] and was one of the first settlers who signed the compact of government.
Adam and Sarah had 3 more sons during their early years in Massachusetts and Rhode Island: Eleazer, Gersham, and Jacob.

? 1638-1667 Colonial Records
The colonial records indicate the following entries for Adam and his family:
1638 - Adam Mott is granted one of the thirteen lots on the west side of the spring for building.
1638 - January 2. Adam Mott is present at a general meeting of the Body for Town of Portsmouth.
1638 - Adam and John Mott are listed among the persons "admitted to be Inhabytants of the Island now called Aqueedneck." [Previously, Rhode Island was known by its Indian name: Aquidneck Island. On maps both names were listed, until Aquidneck Island was dropped in 1930.]
1640 - April 26. Adam Mott given on loan one yearling goat.
1640 - Adam Mott among those asking "to be reunited to this body" [in the General Court in the town of Newport].
1640 - Adam Mott and others "are chosen to the service of laying out the Lands for the Towne of Portsmouth."
1641 - March 16. Adam Mott in list for "the Court of Freemen, with the officers, as they were elected on the 16th of March, 1641."
1642 - March 17, Adam Mott is elected as clerk for the General Court at Newport, 1644, May 27. Adam Mott mentioned as having a "lower lott" [land]
1644 - "It is further ordered, that Mr. Baulston shall have nine pound a yeare for John Mott's washing and diett"
1653 - May 17, Jonathan Mott is listed as a Freeman of Portsmouth.
1655 - Adam Mott, Sr., and Adam Mott, Jr., listed as Freemen of Portsmouth.
1659 - Adam Motts' home was used as a Friends Meetinghouse.
1667 - 6 May, Adam Mott serving on the Grand Jury of "The Genrl Court of Tryalls " held at Newport.

? Amsterdam, New Netherland 1646-1648
In addition to the Rhode Island colonial records, Adam is recorded as having visited the Dutch community of New Amsterdam on numerous occasions:
23 Aug 1646 -"Patent. Adam Mott; 25 morgens land on the west side of Mespachtes Kill."
14 Aug 1647 - "Appeared before us, Cornelius Tienhoven, Secretary in New Netherlands, Adam Mott, as attorney of Mr. Richard Smith, who acknowledged that he received from William Thomassen, skipper, on the Falconer, the sum 85 Guilders, for which sum William Thomassen aforesaid remained bail on the 14th of August, 1647. And will in behalf of John Wilcox and Isaac Allerton, appear for the note of hand signed by John Wilcox. Wherefore Adam Mott discharged William Thomassen aforsaid of his bailment for John Wilcox, and promises that he will not molest him in any manner on this account. In truth whereof the discharge was signed by Adam Mott, John Rodenhurgh, Jacob Kipp, as witnesses, last of August, 1648, in New Netherlands."
17 Jul 1648 - "Adam Mott; I intreat you to receive ___ Guilders of skipper Witt, for the use of your loving friend; Richard Smith."
30 Sep 1647 - "Declarations: William Cock and Adam Mott, that George Homs' wife called Robert Butler's wife a w---e."
31 Aug 1648 - "Receipt Adam Mott, agent of Richard Smith, for 85 guilders paid by William Tomassen, skipper."
31 Aug 1648 - "It seems indubitable that besides the two men of this name in Portsmouth, R.I., there was another with precisely the same name at Manhattan Which one of the three is alluded to here, and in the later references, must be left to the judgment of the reader. The close connection with Richard Smith shown by the entries in Vol. III , July 17, and Aug. 31, 1648 , suggests the presence in New York, for a time, of the younger Adam of Portsmouth."

[The colony of New Netherlands was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624. The successful Dutch settlement on the southern tip of Manhattan Island was later christened New Amsterdam, the capital of New Netherlands. In 1664 'Nieuw Amsterdam', alias Fort Orange, came under British control and was renamed Albany, after the Duke of Albany, who organized the Dutch surrender of New Amsterdam.]

? 1661 Will & Probate
Adam Mott wrote his will on 2 April 1661 and named his 6 children:
1) John, who was also on 1635 passenger list to America
2) Adam, who was also on 1635 passenger list to America
3) Elizabeth, who was also on 1635 passenger list to America
4) Jacob, b. Colonies; not on the 1635 passenger list; son of second wife Sarah Lott, born in America
5) Gearsham, not on the 1635 passenger list; son of second wife Sarah Lott, born in America
6) Eleazar, not on the 1635 passenger list; son of second wife Sarah Lott; born in America

His will was witnessed and recorded on 2 Apr 1661, and inventory posted 12 Aug 1661. He died between the two dates. Adam was 65 years of age.

Sarah died just five months later [5 month from Adam's death = Jan 1662]. The inventory of the estate was valued at ?371.

? Children Not Listed in Will
Adam had a son, Jonathan, on the 1635 passenger list. Jonathan was not named in Adam's will and may have been deceased by April 1661.
? Mary, daughter of Sarah Lott and 1st husband, Engelbert Lott.
Mary, who was listed as 4 yrs old on the 1635 passenger list, daughter of Sarah Lott [second wife of Adam] and her first husband, [Engelbret/Engelbert/Jeremy Lott].
? Son, Adam Mott [Jr] married Mary Lott, his stepsister.

Note: The Long Island Motts are considered to be a different group, although possibly related.
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Adam married Elizabeth CREEL in England. Elizabeth (daughter of John Thomas CREEL, III and Nancy J. STAMPE) was born in 1600 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; died in 1632 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; was buried in 1632 in Saffron Walden Cemetery, Uttlesford, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Engelbret Lott

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Wikitree: Excerpt from "Early New Netherlands Settlers" website by Robert Gordon Clarke " 2. Engelbert Lott (Rn=33150), who was born about 1600 at Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Netherlands and died about 1631 at Hingham, Norfolk, England at 31 years of age. He married about 1625 Sarah Jennings Lott/Mott (Rn=28450), who was born about 1604 at Hingham, Norfolk, England and died after 1661 at Portsmouth, Newport County, Rhode Island at 57 years of age. First Residence- Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Netherland. Second Residence- Hingham, Norfolk, England.

Engelbert married Sarah JENNINGS about 1625 in Ruinvold, Drenthe, Netherlands. Sarah (daughter of Richard JENNINGS OR JENYGES and Catherine CHANNON) was born in 1604 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England; was christened on 15 Dec 1605 in St Peter Cornhill, London, England; died after 31 Aug 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America; was buried on 2 Sep 1661 in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, British Colonial America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: 9MC6-DXH
• Immigration: 2 Jul 1635, Massachusetts; Sailed from England aboard The Defence

Notes:

Immigration
Sailed from England aboard The Defence
2 Jul 1635
Massachusetts

Cambridgeshire, England, birthplace of Sarah.
BIOGRAPHY: Transcripts of Wills of Devonshire, England (British film FHL #916870, vol. 4), p. 979 - Will of Johan Channon, dated 19 Nov 1616, lists her daughter Catherine Peaton's children as Tobias (no last name) and Sarah Jennings; Ibid, p. 982 - Will of Robert Channon lists Tobias Jennings as the son of his daughter Catherine; Sidmouth, England, Christening Extraction Print Out (British film FHL #0933232, item 9), p. 47 - lists Richard Jennings as the father of Tobias (chr. 25 Sep 1597) and Sarah (chr. 24 Dec 1598).

She married first Engelbert Lott who died in 1631 [aka Jeremy Lott]. She remarried Adam Lott (Mott) in Cambridge. She migrated with him to Massachusetts in 1635 on the Defense. Her daughter Mary by her first marriage arrived with her.

Will: from Wikitree....Portsmoth August ye 31th 1661[3] ...ffor as much as Sarah Mott widow to the late deceased adam mott of ye towne of portsmoth hath brought hir late husbands will in to ye office of to be proued and hath Exhibeted the same to the towne Counsill thay findinge the said will som thinge dewbeious i not desclaringe the said Sarah his wife to be his Excektrix yeet the scope of the same makine hir one in powar there fore we the Counsill of the towne of portsmoth doe vnanimusly apoint the said Sarah mott & widow to the late deseaced Adam mott to be sll Execetrix duringe the terme of hir life accordinge to whot we vndarstand the meaninge of ye will to be beinge the magior part of the Counsill. Richard Bulgar Town Clarke