Sarah Jane Gott b. Abt 1839 Maine, USA d. Between 1883 and 1887: Smith Family Tree

Sarah Jane Gott

Abt 1839 - 1887 (44 years)

Name	Sarah Jane Gott [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
Birth	Abt 1839	Maine, USA [1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 11]
Gender	Female
Census	1850	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA [1]
	Age: 11; Daughter of Martha and Joseph Gott
Census	1860	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA [5]
	Sarah and David Daws
Census	1870	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA [6]
	Sarah and David Dawes
Census	1880	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA [7]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of David Dawes
Death	Between 1883 and 1887 [2]
	Dora was born in 1883, and David Dawes remarried in 1887
Burial	McKinley Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA [11]
		McKinley Cemetery Tremont, Hancock, Maine Find a Grave>: #2189926
Person ID	I19727	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 [12, 13]
Family ID	F5007	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family David Dawes, b. Aug 1836, Maine, USA d. 12 Jun 1920, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 83 years)

Marriage Abt 1856

Children

	1. Nelson T Dawes, b. Abt 1857, Maine, USA d. 23 Mar 1911, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA (Age 54 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Lizzie A Dawes, b. Abt 1859, Maine, USA d. 25 Sep 1875, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 16 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Dora E Dawes, b. Jun 1881, Maine, USA d. 12 Aug 1909, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 28 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Melinda C 'Lena' Dawes, b. Apr 1862, Maine, USA d. Aft 1930 (Age > 69 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Ida F Dawes, b. Abt 1869, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 25 Jul 1896, Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine, USA (Age 27 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Rhoda May Dawes, b. Dec 1865, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 1954, Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA (Age 88 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Captain John Verrill Dawes, b. 22 Feb 1876, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 1928, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 51 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F10057 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - Abt 1839 - Maine, USA
	Census - Age: 11; Daughter of Martha and Joseph Gott - 1850 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Census - Sarah and David Daws - 1860 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Census - Sarah and David Dawes - 1870 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of David Dawes - 1880 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA
	Burial - - McKinley Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA

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Sources

[S9910] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 255; Page: 372B.

1850 United States Federal Census
The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 255; Page: 372b

[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Long Island Plantation, Hancock, Maine; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1240593.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Long Island Plantation, Hancock, Maine; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0060; FHL microfilm: 1240593
[S399] Ancestry.com, Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 15.

Maine, Marriage Records, 1713-1922
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 15
[S403] Ancestry.com, Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 24.

Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 24
[S93] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Page: 665; Family History Library Film: 803438.

1860 United States Federal Census
Year: 1860; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Page: 665; Family History Library Film: 803438
[S11805] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M593_545; Page: 707B; Family History Library Film: 552044.

1870 United States Federal Census
Year: 1870; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M593_545; Page: 707B; Family History Library Film: 552044
[S8915] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 480; Page: 388C; Enumeration District: 159.

1880 United States Federal Census
Year: 1880; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 480; Page: 388C; Enumeration District: 159
[S403] Ancestry.com, Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll Number: 15.

Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922
Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1908-1922 Vital Records; Roll Number: 15
[S437] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915.

Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915
[S437] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2013;), New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915.

Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915
New England Historic Genealogical Society; Boston, Massachusetts; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911–1915
[S5086] Find a Grave: GOTT Sarah Dawes 1839-, Sarah Jane Gott Dawes.
BIRTH: 1839 Maine
DEATH: unknown
BURIAL: McKinley Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock County, Maine
MEMORIAL ID: 215903900
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215903900/sarah-jane-dawes
[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

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