First Settlers from New York
Decedents of George Mount from New Jersey and Gregory Mount from England
Chautauqua County Richard Mount Jr was the common ancestor of the Mount family of Cherry Creek, New York. It appears that five of his children were from the first marriage and that there were four in the second marriage.
Jefferson County Richard Mount was born in 1756 in Lunenburg Co., VA. He died on 1 Jul 1828 in Ellsworth, Jefferson Co., NY. Richard married Rachel Reton in 1782 in Dutch Reform Church, New York City, NY. Rachel died about 21 Jul 1829.Son of John and Susannah (Lee/Matthews) Mount. Richard Mount enlisted as a Pvt. in the North Carolina 6th Regt., May 31, 1776 during the American Revolution where he served under Captains: Archibald Lytle, White, McRae and Tilghman Dixon. The Regt. was commanded by Colonels: Lamb and Clark. he served at the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. He was omitted from the rolls after 30 months of service, in Mar of 1779. In 1798, Richard Mount conveyed his Revolutionary War Land Warrant to his nephew, Richard Mount, Jr. , son of Matthias Mount. Richard Mount, Jr. exchanged this warrant for 200 acres of land in Wilson County, Tennessee. In a court hearing in 1818 at New York City for Revolutionary Pension Application, he stated that he was 'upward of 60 years old' and that his wife, Rachel was 74. he referred to his granddaughter, Rachel Foster, age about 17, whose mother had died. In 1850, at an enquiry made by his sons, John Mount of Bedford in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and William Mount of Crawford County, Ohio, it was stated that Rachel, their mother, died about Jul 21, 1829.
Long Island John Thomas Mount was born in 1754 in NJ. He died in 1820 in Setauket, Long Island, NY. John married Penelope Smith . Penelope was born in 1749 in NJ. She died in Oct 1800 in Long Island, NY.
Montgomery County Matthias Mount was born in 1734/1735 in Windsor, NJ. He was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Cranbury, NJ. Matthias married Margaret was born in 1760. She died on 11 Oct 1813.About 1799, the two sons of Matthias and Margaret (...) Mount left Windsor, Middlesex County, New Jersey and moved to Glen, Montgomery County, New York. John, the eldest, served in the American Revolution as a Pvt. in the New Jersey Militia. There is no military record found for the second, Elijah Mount, at New York.htmthis time.
New York City William Mount was born on 5 Dec 1781. He died on 23 Mar 1875 in Monroe Township, NJ. Son of Joseph B. and Hannah (Longstreet) Mount. No. 293 in MOUNT OF NEW AMSTERDAM. William married (1) Rebecca Erwin on 23 Dec 1802. Last name could be Arvin.
Tomkins County Evert Mount was born on 23 Jul 1753 in NJ. He died on 23 Jul 1841 in West Dryden, Tompkins Co., NY. He was buried in George Cemetery, West Dryden, Tompkins Co., NY.
Died at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Wilson Hunt. Everet Mount served as a Pvt. during the American Revolution in Captain Silas Howell's Company, 1st. Regiment of New Jersey Troops, Continental Line. He enlisted Nov 4, 1775 and was mustered in at Perth Amboy Barracks, Jan 12, 1776 by Gunning Bedford, Deputy Muster-Master General. His name is first borne on a company pay roll covering the period from October 20, 1775 to January 12, 1776 which shows that he enlisted November 4, 1775 and return of "Stoppages made from sundry non commissioned officers and private of Captain Silas Howell's Co., 1st. Battalion Jersey Troops" which return date is August 5, 1794. It shows that he received four dollars from January 1, 1775 to January 31, 1776; two dollars from February 1 to March 1, 1776 and again two dollars and sixty seven cents from
March 1 to April 1, 1776. From the naming pattern of the early days, his father's name may have been Joseph. It was the custom that the eldest son was named for his father's father. In addition, there was a Joseph Mount on the muster list of Cranbury, New Jersey listed along with the sons of Matthias Mount. This Joseph Mount was probably the son of Humphrey Mount, brother of Matthias Mount. Many of the descendents of Humphrey Mount not only followed the sea, but have the name: Joseph. It is to be proven that this Joseph Mount listed is the father of Everet Mount, ancestor of the Tompkins County New York Mount family.
From a letter written by William Everett Mount of Groton, New York to his don, William Dye Mount in 1905: "The first person that I ever had any knowledge among my ancestors was a seafaring man by the name of Mount, whose given name, if I ever heard it, I have forgotten. He lived in a stone house on the banks of the Raritan River in New Jersey, in the vicinity of New Brunswick, and whose house was still standing when my father came to Tompkins county in 1827. His vessel was wrecked off the mouth of the Raritan and he was drowned. When his body was found, his coat had been robbed of its silver buttons. Of his children, I have no knowledge save one and that was my great grandfather, Evert Mount, whose given name I bear as my given name. Evert Mount was born in 1753 and died at West Dryden, N.Y. in 1841, being 88 years old. I remember him well. he married Effie Dye and they had only one child, Joseph Mount, my grandfather. He married Susan Quinby and they had five children, of whom my father was the third".
From a personal letter by Mrs. Elizabeth Duncan of Grand Rapids, Michigan, to her brother, Philip D. Banghart Jan 23, 1906 and sent to William E. Mount on Feb 2, 1906. Mrs. Duncan states: "He had brothers and sisters, for I have heard mother tell how her grandmother Mount used to tell her that shortly after she was married, they went to visit his people, that they were very aristocratic and lived in a very large house and kept a number of servants and did not allow the servants to eat in the family dining room."
1793 Tax List: Roxbury, Morris Co., NJ page 008 - Evert Mount Jun Tax List: Chester, Morris Co., NJ page 020 - Evert Mount Jun Tax List: Chester, Morris Co., NJ - Evert Mount 1820 Census: Tompkins co., NY page 029 He was the first settler to move to the area of West Dryden, New York. He migrated there about 1801 or 1802 where he engaged in the blacksmith business.