Lydia May Gott

1860 - 1941  (80 years)

• Name	Lydia May Gott  [1, 2]
  Birth	12 Apr 1860	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	4 Feb 1941	Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1]
  Burial	Hillside Cemetery, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1]
  	Lydia and Elroy Richardson are buried together
  Person ID	I13982	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Gott,   b. 1 Aug 1807, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 20 Dec 1873 (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Lane,   b. 5 Aug 1816, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 30 Oct 1890 (Age 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	10 Dec 1850	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F5007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elroy Thurston Richardson,   b. 28 Sep 1857, Hancock County, Maine, USA d. 6 Jul 1944, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1879	Maine, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F15679	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Apr 1860 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Marriage - 1879 - Maine, USA Death - 4 Feb 1941 - Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S10747] Find a Grave: GOTT Lydia Richardson 1860-1941, Lydia May Gott Richardson. Lydia and Elroy Richardson are buried together https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143120079/lydia-may-richardson [S813] Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 44. Maine, U.S., Birth Records, 1715-1922 Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; Pre 1892 Delayed Returns; Roll Number: 44 [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 [S5081] Find a Grave: LANE Martha Gott 1816-1890, Martha Lane Gott. BIRTH: 1 Aug 1816 DEATH: 1 Nov 1890 (aged 74) BURIAL: Seal Cove Cemetery, Seal Cove, Hancock County, Maine MEMORIAL ID: 98175026 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98175026/martha_gott