. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. party. Thoughscarcely yet in the prime of life, he had achieved astanding of which any man might well be proud,and the following memoir is appropriated insertedin this volume for preservation. The Mott family is of English origin, and oursubject could trace his ancestry in a direct line from1622, from entries in an old familv Bible broughtfrom England by
. Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania: including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and many of the early settled families. party. Thoughscarcely yet in the prime of life, he had achieved astanding of which any man might well be proud,and the following memoir is appropriated insertedin this volume for preservation. The Mott family is of English origin, and oursubject could trace his ancestry in a direct line from1622, from entries in an old familv Bible broughtfrom England by his first American ancestor, hisgreat-grandfather, Edward Mott. This Bible, stillin a good state of preservation, is now in the pos-session of Mrs. Henry K. Fox, of Philadelphia, adescendant of Edward Mott. Edward Mott wasborn March 3, 1752, in England, and on January24, 1763, was indentured as an apprentice in thegrocery and chandlery business to William Harris,of Coventry, England, to which place his widowedmother, Jane (Stiles) Mott, had removed fromLondon a short time previous. At the age of twen-ty-one years he enlisted in the Second Troop ofLife Guards, and served as a private gentlemanseven vears and five months. On October 20,. ^. MJlrffr COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 89 1776, he married Miss Sarah Beckett, daughter ofJarvis Beckett, and they became the parents oftwo children, Edward and William B. In 1798Edward Mott came to America with his wife andtwo sons, and his father-in-law, Jarvis Beckett, thenabout seventy-five years of age, was also of the old gentleman, born July 19, 1723, had enlistedin 1744 in the Second Troop of Life Guards, thencommanded by Lord Amherst, and remained in theservice forty-four years. He died December 23,1806, and was buried at Easton, Penn. Mr. Mottcame to this country possessed of means, with the in-tention of establishing an agency for the sale ofEnglish hardware and cutlery, and remained in NewYork City until 1803, thenc
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