Person:Jesse Mott (2)

In Saratoga County, Jesse was a Justice of the Peace in 1798, Supervisor in 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1818 and 1819. He was a member of the Assemby in 1807, 1808 and 1811.

Jesse Mott Probate p. 1

Jesse Mott Probate p. 2

Jesse Mott Probate p. 3

Jesse Mott Will p. 1

Jesse Mott Will p. 2

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Harris, Edward Doubleday. James Mott of Dutchess County, N.Y., and his descendants. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1982)
   pp. 11-12.

   Jesse Mott, s/o James Mott and Anna Rogers, b. 1 Jul 1762, d. 30 Oct 1847, m. (1) 20 Oct 1783 Amy West, m. (2) Sarah ---. Will dated 13 Apr 1847, probated 8 Nov 1847 mentions granddaughter Amanda Losee daughter of Thomas, grandson Jesse son of Lafayette Mott, grandson Jesse S. son of Samuel J. Mott, daughter Amy Howland, grandaughters Louisa M. and Amy Amanda Howland. Sons Samuel and Lafayette executors. List of heirs names Samuel J. Mott, Lafayette Mott, John R. Mott, James Mott all of Saratoga; Amy Howland of Northumberland; Amelia wife of Samuel B. Wellington of Tioga County, PA; James H. Green of Princeton, NJ; Amanda Losee (minor) of Saratoga.

2.   Sylvester, Nathaniel Bartlett. History of Saratoga County, New York: with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. (Philadelphia: Everts & Ensign, 1878).

   Jesse Mott was an early settler south of Dean's Corners. Of himself he writes for his children in 1844: "I left Dutchess county March 14, 1783, sixty-one years ago. I was then twenty-four years of age. I first bought one hundred acres all new. I made a home the first year with a family who had got in the year before. I cleared some land, and in the fall I built a log cabin and caught a little wife. She was in the seventeenth year of her age.
   
   "We lived together seventeen years. She was the mother of thirteen children, and we had collected a good property. When I first began I paid $250 towards my land. This was one-half of the purchase price. The debt of $250 cost me many a sleepless night after a hard day's labor. At that time I had no expectation of seeing the country appear as it now does. But my days are nearly spent, and I must leave others to manage. When I left Dutchess my friends thought it very doubtful whether I should make out to live, or starve, and return a beggar. The latter I felt to despise, and within twenty years would not have been willing to have exchanged with them."

3. ↑ Jesse served as a member of the 6th regiment of Dutchess County Militia.
   
   D.A.R. approved patriot
4.   Probate page 2 lists heirs and next of kin which includes Amelia Wellington wife of Samuel B. Wellington of Tioga, PA and James H. Green of Princeton, N. J.