JAMES MOTT (1707 - 1787). The son of Gershom Mott (1763 - 1733) and Sarah Clayton (n.d.), he first married Mary Holmes (d. 1749), the daughter of Obadiah Holmes (1666 - 1745) and Alice Throckmorton Ashton (1671 - 1716), in 1734. They had six children: Sarah (n.d.), Hulda (n.d.), James (1739 - 1823), Gershom (1744 - 1786), John (d. 1796), and a daughter. In 1752, he married Amey (Borden) Herbert (d. 1754), the daughter of Safety Borden of Bordentown, NJ. Amey Herbert was first married to William Maghee (n.d.), and they had four children: James (b. 1728), Safety (b. 1731), Catharine M. (b. 1731, sic), and William (b. 1738). Her second husband was Daniel Herbert. She had no issue by Herbert or James Mott. James Mott was a yeoman and resided at Middletown. He also pursued various business activities with his sons, James and Gershom. He was commissioned 2nd Major in the Monmouth Militia (1775 - 76), serving during the Revolution. He was appointed deputy to the Provincial Congress and to the Council of Safety from Monmouth County in 1776. He was involved in the early Baptist movement in America, and is interred in the Middletown Baptist Churchyard.
JAMES MOTT (1707 - 1787). The son of Gershom Mott (1763 - 1733) and Sarah Clayton (n.d.), he first married Mary Holmes (d. 1749), the daughter of Obadiah Holmes (1666 - 1745) and Alice Throckmorton Ashton (1671 - 1716), in 1734. They had six children: Sarah (n.d.), Hulda (n.d.), James (1739 - 1823), Gershom (1744 - 1786), John (d. 1796), and a daughter. In 1752, he married Amey (Borden) Herbert (d. 1754), the daughter of Safety Borden of Bordentown, NJ. Amey Herbert was first married to William Maghee (n.d.), and they had four children: James (b. 1728), Safety (b. 1731), Catharine M. (b. 1731, sic), and William (b. 1738). Her second husband was Daniel Herbert. She had no issue by Herbert or James Mott. James Mott was a yeoman and resided at Middletown. He also pursued various business activities with his sons, James and Gershom. He was commissioned 2nd Major in the Monmouth Militia (1775 - 76), serving during the Revolution. He was appointed deputy to the Provincial Congress and to the Council of Safety from Monmouth County in 1776. He was involved in the early Baptist movement in America, and is interred in the Middletown Baptist Churchyard.
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