Mott family.

Family of Mott Haven, New York City.

Jordan Lawrence Mott (b. 1799) was an inventor and industrialist. He assembled the real estate development of Mott Haven, now a part of the South Bronx, from tracts of land bought from Gouverneur Morris, Lewis Morris, and the Morris estate. Jordan Lawrence Mott II, called J.L. Mott, Jr. (1829-1915) was an industrialist. His wife was Katharine Jerome Purdy. Jordan Lawrence Mott III, better known as Lawrence Mott (1881-ca. 1913), was a novelist who wrote many novels, short stories, and articles of adventure and the outdoor life. His wife was Caroline Pitkin.

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