Notes for Deborah DeMOTT

Notes for Deborah DeMOTT

SOURCE: LDS Film # 1035591, Laurens DeMotte Will, she received
124 acres of land.
In the Van Nuys genealogy, by Miss Carrie Allen, the following is given: "There are still living some of her grandchildren who have heard Deborah (DeMott) Van Nice tell how she as a girl in her early teens, with other members of the family, spent
nights by turns, in their barn near Millstone, Somerset County, New Jersey trying to prevent the dpredation of the British troops who were stationed near their house." Lawrence DeMott fought in the Revolutionary War.
Deborah Van Nice died in 1855 in her ninety second year. She was a remarkably tall woman, and he (her husband) also being tall, they made a couple of striking appearance. They had nine children, three of whom died in infancy.
Marriage information: Bondsman: Lawrance Demott. Bride's father: Lawrance
Demott Sr. Teste: Lawrance Demott Jr. and Lawrance Verbrike (date 22 Mar 1792)
AKA: Debora