sentences:  He was the second of seven children and the first son born to Adam Mott (1762-1839) and his wife and distant cousin, Anne Mott (1768-1852).James later taught for two years at the Nine Partners Boarding School in Millbrook, New York where his father was the superintendent.At Nine Partners, he also met his future wife Lucretia Coffin, a student and later a teacher's aide.