Joseph Gott, Jr

1791 - 1839  (48 years)

• Name	Joseph Gott  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	24 Apr 1791	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	29 Apr 1839	Hancock County, Maine, USA   [2, 3]
  	Cause: Accidental Drowning
  Burial	Lost at Sea  [2]
  Person ID	I16146	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Joseph Gott, Sr,   b. 4 Mar 1769, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 30 Apr 1839, Little Gott Island, Hancock County, Maine, USA (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lydia Barton,   b. 26 Apr 1769, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 10 Aug 1831, Hancock County, Maine, USA (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 May 1790	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [4, 5, 6]
  Marriage End	1831  [6]
  	Death of Lydia in 1831
  Family ID	F6138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Carter,   b. 26 Sep 1794, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 8 Dec 1862, Hancock County, Maine, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1812	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [3, 6]
  Children	1. Emily Simpson Gott,   b. 7 May 1831, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Albert Dunbar Gott,   b. 22 Apr 1832, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Daniel L Gott,   b. 28 Jan 1835, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 11 Dec 1898, Brooklin, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Joseph Gott,   b. 9 Nov 1820, Verona, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 23 Dec 1902, Brooksville, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Sophia Carter Gott,   b. 20 Nov 1822, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Lemuel Gott,   b. 23 Oct 1813, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. David Gott,   b. 25 Oct 1827, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Martha Gott,   b. 29 May 1825, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 27 Nov 1826 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Mary Gott,   b. 9 May 1818, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Harriet Gott,   b. 2 Sep 1815, Blue Hill, Hancock, Maine, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F5959	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 24 Apr 1791 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA Marriage - 16 Dec 1812 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA Death - Cause: Accidental Drowning - 29 Apr 1839 - Hancock County, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Biographies and Histories

  History-Mt Desert - Swans Island Pierce, William MacBeth. "Gott - Mt. Desert, Swan's Island". Old Hancock County Families. Ellsworth, Maine: Hancock County Publishing, 1933. 26-29.

  
  

• Sources

  [S78] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;), Gott.FTW. [S6563] Find a Grave: GOTT Joseph Jr 1791-1839, Joseph Gott Jr. Lost at Sea https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179181356/joseph-gott [S12] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2022;). [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S27] Pierce, William MacBeth, Old Hancock County Families, (Name: Hancock County Publishing; Location: Ellsworth, Maine; Date: 1933;), Gott - Mt. Desert, Swan's Island, Pages 26 - 29. Charles Gott came to America with Gov. John Endicott, and his company of Puritans, sailing from Weymouth, England, in the "Abigail", June 20, 1628, and arriving at Naumkeag (Salem, Mass.,) Sept. 6, 1628. He died in Wenham, Mass., Jan. 15, 1668. [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