Family: John Gott, Sr / Rebecca Tarbox (F5939)

• Male John Gott, Sr

  
  

  Birth	8 Sep 1668	Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Death	25 Jan 1723	Hebron Township, Tolland, Connecticut, USA
  Burial		Wenham Cemetery, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Marriage	19 Jul 1693  [1]	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  [1]
  Father	Charles Gott, Jr | F7473 Group Sheet
  Mother	Lydia Clark | F7473 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Rebecca Tarbox

  
  

  Birth	8 Aug 1672	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Death	29 Jul 1765	Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA
  Burial		Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Father	Samuel Tarbox | F14111 Group Sheet
  Mother

  
  

  Male John Gott, Jr

  
  

  Birth	6 Jun 1694	Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Death	5 Jan 1761	Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Burial		Wenham Cemetery, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Spouse	Elizabeth Kimball | F5957
  Marriage	15 Dec 1750
  Spouse	Martha Kimball | F5958
  Marriage	16 Oct 1715

  
  

  Male Benjamin Gott, MD

  
  

  Birth	13 Mar 1706	Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Death	25 Jul 1751	Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
  Burial
  Spouse	Lydia Ward | F6078
  Marriage	8 Oct 1740
  Spouse	Sarah Breck | F6079
  Marriage	20 Jan 1728

  
  

  Female Lydia Gott

  
  

  Birth	17 Mar 1699	Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Death	1 Aug 1789	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Burial		Western Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Spouse	John Breed | F2205
  Marriage	2 Jan 1717	Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

  
  

  Male Samuel Gott

  
  

  Birth	30 Nov 1695	Essex, England
  Death	25 Sep 1752	Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Burial		Wenham Cemetery, Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  Spouse	Hannah Andrews | F6148
  Marriage	28 Nov 1723	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

  
  

• Sources

  [S579] William Otis Sawtelle, Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer, (Date: 1926;), Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer: His Ancestors and Descendants, 929.2 G6852. NOTES ON THE GOTTS OF NEW ENGLAND The name of Gott is of Old English origin, meaning a water way or water course, to be recognized in our word gutter and gut, meaning a channel of restricted limits. As early as the fourteenth century Gotts appear in the English records and later as residents in Yorkshire and in Kent. A diligent search among the parish records of Old England has failed to locate the antecedents of Charles Gott and his wife Sarah, first of the name in New England. In the publications of the British Records Society the name is frequently met with and also in the numerous English county genealogies; but no mention of any Charles Gott of whom Hubbard thus speaks: “With Mr. Endicot in the year 1628 came Mr. Gotte, Mr. Brokenbury, Mr. Davenport and others who being added to Capt. Trask’s preparations for a new colony that was coming over.” The Captain Trask mentioned by the New England historian was Captain William Trask and it is interesting to note this early mention of two family names well known in the Mount Desert region. As the history of any region is contained in family records I make no apology in presenting these papers relating to the Gotts of New England who spread from Salem, Massachusetts, to Connecticut and to New York; to various parts of Maine, especially Mount Desert where many of them were among the first permanent settlers. La Petite Plaisance of Champlain is our Gott’s Island of today; a name for which the lack of euphony is more than compensated by its significance in the pioneer history of Mount Desert. Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer: His Ancestors and Descendants