Hi to all, Abraham Lott, the last Treasurer of the Colony, according to Mr. Phillips (p 29), died intestate, and Letters of Administration were granted to his widow on 17 Apr 1801. So, he wasn't executed in 1778. "The Lott Family in America" by A. V. Phillips; pub. by Edwards Bros., Inc., Ann Arbor. Michigan 1942 46. ABRAHAM LOTT ^4 (Abraham ^3, Engelbert ^2, Peter, ^1) son of Abraham and Catherine --(Hegeman) Lott, born about 1714; died intestate, Adm to wife, April 17, 1801; married GERTRUDE COEYMAN, bapt. May 11, 1726, daughter of Andries and Geertruy (Staats) Coejeman, Coeyman, of Somerset Co., N.J. He commenced a mercantile business in the city of New York which he carried on for many years. He occasionally officiated as Clerk of the Colonial Assembly, and was subsequently appointed Treasurer of the Colony of New York, Dec. 12, 1767, which office he held until the year 1776. Both Abraham and Abraham P. Lott, were April 13,1784, members of the Chamber of Commerce, when it was incorporated by the New York Legislature, after the British evacuation. Regards, Pam Pam, Barbara and others... Thank you for your info and insights! I just received this from Thomas Gull: > Hi, Liz. I'm watching the Dutch Colonies digests so I saw your > message about the Abraham Lott involved in a robbery at Van Ness's in > Kinderhook. I think the following indicates the two robbers were > executed, though it doesn't specifically mention their names. From > context, it looks like the right pair, though. That would mean this > isn't our Abraham, of course. / Tom > > > http://www.americanrevolution.org/t1778.html > > AMERICANREVOLUTION.ORG > > MILITARY JOURNAL - 1778 > > May 16th.-In various parts of this state [Tom: New York] the > inhabitants are constantly infested with a banditti of tories and > other villains, following the practice of robbing and plundering, > stealing horses and cattle, and often committing murder on those who > oppose them; and even on innocent persons. A number of these vile > wretches have been apprehended and condemned; two of them were > executed yesterday. They had been convicted of robbing the house of > Mr. Van Ness, whose son, being a captain in our militia, was taken by > them and cruelly murdered. The criminals were conducted to the > gallows, by a guard of soldiers, and were attended by a prodigious > number of spectators. They manifested, at the gallows, the most > agonizing horrors. One of them held in his band a Bible till the > halter deprived him of the power of holding it. Had this sacred volume > been his companion in early life, it might have been the means of > averting this awful and untimely death. Peggie, another LOTT researcher sent this thought: >I believe this refers to Abraham Lott the last Treasurer of the COLONY of >NY. At the end of the Revolution there were funds that had been collected >and not yet accounted for in his accounts. At the time he was a very ill >man and many of his papers had been destroyed during the occupation of Long >Island. If my memory serves me, I think Mr Miller was doing business with Mr >Lott and they were probably trying to recover debts from Van Ness (a distant >relative of Lott's)that were to be paid and weren't. > The plot thickens?!? Liz