Gazlay Family History
 

FamilyJoseph Wood Mott

DIRECT DESCENDANT OF JOHN GAZLAY (from England c.1715)
Joseph Wood Mott5 (Sarah Forman,4 Mary Gazlay,3 John Gazlay,2 John Gazlay1)

Parents

FatherJesse Mott ( - )
MotherSarah Forman ( - )

Personal Information

Record Created: 27 March 2016; Last Edited: 8 January 2023 
Person ID8267
NameJoseph Wood Mott
GenderMale
Born 10 February 1804 in Fonda, Montgomery County, New York1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Married to Mary Blanchard
Married 30 June 1860 in Polk County, Iowa to Elizabeth Kelley11
Died 27 July 1888 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa4, 5
Buried in Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa4

Person/Family

Spouse 1FamilyMary Blanchard
Born ca. 1810 in New York
Married to Joseph Wood Mott
  
Children of Joseph Wood Mott and Mary Blanchard:
  
+1.FamilyAdeline Elizabeth Mott
Born 2 June 1833 in New York
Married 28 September 1863 in Polk County, Iowa to Thomas Brady
Died 6 December 1889
  
+2.FamilyMary Ellen Mott
Born 26 April 1837 in New York
Married 4 November 1866 to Abraham Ashworth
Died 12 February 1902 in West Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
  
+3.FamilyCharles Pinckney Mott
Born 17 March 1839 in Polk County, Iowa
Married 29 November 1860 in Polk County, Iowa to Celia S. Kingman
Married 4 November 1864 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa to Rose E. Randall
Died 18 August 1922 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
  
4.FamilyJames Alfred Mott
Born ca. 1842 in Ohio
Died 23 June 1863 in Walnut Hills (now Vicksburg), Warren County, Mississippi
  
+5.FamilyDavid Blanchard Mott
Born 3 April 1847 in Knox County, Ohio
Married 6 April 1873 in Walnut Township, Polk County, Iowa to Julia E. Houston
Died 23 May 1915 in Walnut Township, Polk County, Iowa
  
6.FamilySarah Adelia Mott
Born ca. 1850 in Ohio
  
Spouse 2FamilyElizabeth Kelley
Born 25 February 1804 in Pennsylvania
Married 30 June 1860 in Polk County, Iowa to Joseph Wood Mott
Died 25 March 1899
  

Sources

  1. New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, Joseph Wood Mott, born: 10 Feb 1804; father: Jesse Mott; mother: Sarah Forman; Christened: 1804 at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Caughnawaga, Fonda, Montgomery County, New York.
  2. United States Registers of Enlistment in the U. S. Army, 1798-1914, Image 123 of 357, Joseph W. Mott, 25, born in Montgomery County, New York, trade or occupation: musician; enlisted on 18 August 1828 in Albany for 5 years; deserted on 22 August 1828.
  3. United States Registers of Enlistment in the U. S. Army, 1798-1914, Image 125 of 457, Joseph Mott, 24, born in Dutchess County, New York, trade or occupation: musician; enlisted on 29 December 1828 in Louisville for 5 years; deserted on 8 January 1829.
  4. Find a Grave (website). Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, Joseph H. Mott, born: 10 February 1804 in New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York [sic, his birth record indicates he was born in Fonda, Montgomery County, New York]; died: 27 July 1888 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa (from record, which includes notes giving details about his two wives and six children; and provides the names and links for one wife and one child). [This is believed to be the John Woods Mott born on the same date given here as in his birth record in Fonda, Montgomery County, New York. The origin and meaning of the middle initial H in this and other records is not known.]
  5. Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934, Register of Deaths, Image 286 of 676, Joseph H. Mott, died: 27 July 1888 in Ashawa, Iowa; age 84 years 5 months 17 days [so calculated birth date is 10 February 1804].
  6. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Ohio, Knox County, Milford Township, Image 11 of 32, Joseph Mott, 46, NY, farmer; Mary Mott, 40, NY; Adeline Mott, 17, NY; Ellen Mott, 13, NY; Charles Mott, 11, O[hio]; James Mott, 8, O[hio]; David Mott, 3, O[hio]; Adelia Mott, 8/12, O[hio].
  7. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Iowa, Polk County, Des Moines Township, Page No. 82, Joseph Mott, 56, New York, farmer; Adeline Mott, 27, New York; Ellen Mott, 23, New York; Pinckney Mott, 21, Ohio, day laborer; Alfred Mott, 18, Ohio; David Mott, 13, Ohio; Sarah Mott, 10, Ohio.
  8. U.S. Federal Census, 1870, Iowa, Polk County, Walnut Township, Page No. 18, Joseph H. Mott, 66, N.Y., farmer; Elizabeth Mott, 66, Penn.; David Mott, 23, N.Y., works on farm. Living next door: C. P. Mott, 30, farmer, Ohio; Rose Mott, 27, Mich.; Geo. F. Mott, 1, Iowa; Maria Wilsie, 13, Mich.; Clarence Moore, 19, Iowa, works on farm; Emerson Moore, 21, N.Y., clerk in store; Saml Hawkins, 16, Ohio, farm laborer.
  9. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Iowa, Polk County, Walnut Township, E.D. 175, Sheet No. 11, Charles P. Mott, 42, Ohio, farmer; wife Rose E. Mott, 37, Mich., son Freadrick Mott, 11, Iowa; son Augustus Mott, 9, Iowa; Bland Hardacre, 30, Indiana, divorced, farm laborer; Annie Brady, 15, Iowa, housekeeper. Living next door: David B. Mott, 33, Ohio, farmer; wife Julia E. Mott, 33, Indiana; son Carl Mott, 3, Iowa. Living next door: Joseph H. Mott, 76, New York, retail grocer; wife Elizabeth Mott, 76, Pennsylvania.
  10. Iowa State Census, 1885, Polk County, Walnut Township, Image 37 of 49, Joseph H. Mott, 81, N.Y.; Elizabeth Mott, 81, Penn.
  11. Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934; Joseph Mott and Elizabeth Kelley, married on 30 June 1860 in Polk County, Iowa.