Person:Michael De Motte (1)

"Michiel DeMott came to America by the way of Holland. His name appears in the records of Kingston as early as 1665. He is said to have first lived for a short time in New Amsterdam before buying land from the Indians in a French settlement in the Esopus. It is not known just where this French setlement was located. Esopus was originally a general name of a large and indefinite tract of country owned by a tribe of Indians by that name. Later Michiel is mentioned as living in Wiltwyck - a Dutch settlement. Early records of the De Mott family are meager. After our branch of the family reached America most of the baptismal and marriage records can be found in the old records of the Dutch Reformed Church. The name has been spelled variously - De Motte, De Mott, De Modt, De Moedt, De Moth, De Muth, Demut, de Mot, Demott, Modt, Mott." (from the descendants of Michiel DeMOTT)

Published materials

• Michael De Mott and some of his descendants. Henry A. Tredwell, 1945
• Genealogy of the descendants of Michael DeMotte, who emigrated from France to America. Lora C. Swift, 1937
• DeMotte and allied families. Mildred Ione DeMotte and Louis Bernard DeMotte
• Westbrook family history. W. J. Coulter

External links

• The Olive Tree Genealogy
• DeMott family web page
• Descendants of Michael De Motte
• Descendants of Michael De Motte