The Social History of Flatbush : And Manners And Customs of the Dutch Settlers in Kings County
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It is the gen- ealogy of the large and influential family of which he was a member : "Peter Lott, from whom all the families of that name in this country have descended, emigrated from Europe in the year 1652, and settled in Flatbush on Long Island. He w^as one of the patentees named in the patent granted by Lieutenant-Governor Dongan in 1685 to the inhabitants of Flatbush. It is the gen- erally received opinion that the family came originally from England, but by subsequent intermarriages soon... became fully identified with the Dutch. His wife's name w^as Gertrude: FARMS AND THEIR OWNERS. 183 neither the date of their birth nor their marriage is known. They both died in Flatbush, and the death of the wife occurred in 1704. " Engelbert Lott, their eldest son — my great-grandfather — was born in December, 1654, in this country, and was settled at New Castel, on the west bank of the Delaware River, about thirty-five miles below Philadelphia. He was united in mar- riage with Cornelia De la N^oy, the daughter of Abraham De la Noy, who was of French extraction and a resident of the city of New York.
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