John Hathorn LOTT

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• Census: 1850, Living in Vernon, Sussex Co, New Jersey
• Census: 1860, Living in Vernon, Sussex Co, New Jersey
• Census: 1870, Living in Vernon, Sussex Co, New Jersey
• Census: 1875, Living in Vernon, Sussex Co, New Jersey
• Census: 1880, Living in Vernon, Sussex Co, New Jersey

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DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN

Said to have killed the Last Bear Ever Seen in the Warwick Mountains.

Goshen, N.Y., Aug. 22 - When Gen. John Hawthorne marched with the Goshen militia in pursuit of the Indian Brant, after the bloody Minisink massacre in 1779, he left in charge f his farm in Warwick a man of the name Lott. the General was one of the few who returned from the fatal chase of the bloody Mohawk chief, and the Lott family remained on his farm. Fourteen years later a son was born to them on Sept. 11, 1793. Gen. Hawthorne name the infant John Hawthorne Lott. Last Thursday John Hawthorne Lott died within a stone's throw of where he was born, having lived nearly 101 years in Warwick. Until within a few weeks he was apparently in the best of health. Last march he walked three miles to deposit his eightieth consecutive annual vote at town meeting. Until only a short time ago he worked at his trade of cooper, making cedar tubs, for which he was famous the country round.

In his prim, Lott stood 6 feet 2 inches tall. He was a giant in strength, and noted as a wrestler, jumper, and runner in the days when those accomplishments were greatly the test of a man's standing in the rugged communities of Orange and Sussex counties. No one could approach him in handling the scythe or cradle. He was also a famous hunter and claimed to have killed the last wild bear ever seen in the Warwick Mountains. He killed it in a hand to hand contest, with no weapon but his pocket knife. Lott was an intelligent man and a genial companion. His memory extended with clearness back over ninety-five years. He was the father of nineteen children.


The Sun (NY) Aug. 23, 1894

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Warwick, New York

John Hathorn Lott was born in the house in 1793. His father Bartholomew Lott is recorded as having served in Washington's Life Guard. Both Bartholomew and John Hathorn Lott lived to be a centenarians. Bartholomew Lott's father in law was William fFtzgerald, who was involved in the Sterling Iron works with the Townsends. He was captain of the Sterling company of hathorn's Regiment, 1776 and it is said that he was a survivor of the Battle of Minisink. His farm was at the border of Warwick and Monroe in dutch Hollow (Fitzgerald falls, on the Appalachian Trail, named for the family.)

The History of the John Hathorn House: Other Household Members


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John married Abigail CONKLIN on 18 Jan 1819. Abigail was born in 1804; died in 1839. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John LOTT was born on 26 May 1822 in Sussex Co., New Jersey; died on 20 Nov 1909 in Port Jervis, Orange Co., New York.
2. Bartholomew S. LOTT was born on 25 Nov 1828 in New Jersey, USA; died on 30 Sep 1898 in Vernon, Sussex Co., New Jersey; was buried in Wantage Cemetery, Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey.
3. Harriet LOTT was born in 1831 in New Jersey, USA; died in Jul 1861 in Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey.

Family/Spouse: R. Lavina EDWARDS. R. was born in 1829; died on 9 Mar 1883; was buried in Wantage Cemetery, Wantage, Sussex Co., New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Caroline LOTT was born about 1842 in New Jersey.
2. John LOTT, Jr. was born about 1847 in New Jersey.
3. Julia Alice LOTT was born in Mar 1850 in Sussex Co., New Jersey; died on 9 May 1925 in Maybrook, Orange Co., New York; was buried in Sparrowbush Pine Hill Cemetery, Sparrowbush, Orange Co., New York.
4. Sarah E. LOTT was born about 1854 in New Jersey.
5. Mary O. LOTT was born about 1855 in New Jersey.
6. James B. LOTT was born about 1858 in New Jersey.
7. Isabella LOTT was born about 1860 in New Jersey.
8. George Castillo LOTT was born about 1865 in New Jersey.
9. Ephrim Beemer LOTT was born about 1867 in New Jersey.
10. Lavinia LOTT was born about 1869 in New Jersey.

Bartholomew married Kate FITZ-GERALD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]