- Engelbart Lott was the son Peter and Gertrude Lott and died 30 April 1730. On 27 October 1678, at the Dutch Reformed Church, New York, he married Cornelia De LaNoy, the daughter of Abraham, who was French and a resident New York City. Engelbart Lott settled at New Castle, on the west bank of the Delaware River, about thirty-five miles below Philadelphia. At the time of his marriage he owned a considerable tract of land and marsh on Christiana Creek, in New Castle County, and two lots in the town of New Castle. He continued to hold on to those acres for several years following his move to Long Island, but he eventually sold the land by deed, Sept. 1, 1707, to Abraham Santford, John Harbadink, and Jane Tuttle.
Toward the end of 1682, New Castle became united with the Province of Pennsylvania, under William Penn. Shortly after this unification took place, Engelbart took the Oath of Allegiance and promised fidelity and lawful obedience to William Penn, the Proprietor and Governor of that province, in compliance with an act passed at Chester at the Colonial Legislature of Pennsylvania. Although he was on good terms and had a friendship with Governor Penn, in 1682 he and his wife Cornelia moved to Flatbush on Long Island with plans to live there permanently. In December of that year, he and Cornelia were admitted on certificate, as members in full communion of the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush. In 1688 he hired, for farming purposes, a tract of land from the church of Flatbush. In 1709, he disposed of his house and two acres of land, and purchased a farm from the Reverend Theodorus Polhemus, the first minister of the Reformed Dutch Churches in Kings. In 1698 he was appointed High Sheriff of the Kings county. Engelbart lived on his farm until the time of his death, in 1730. He signed his name Engel Bart Lott.
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