William Gott

1747 -

• Name	William Gott  [1]
  Birth	6 Dec 1747
  Gender	Male
  DAR/SAR	Sons of the American Revolution #: P-168456  [2]
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution
  Military Service	Abt 1776  [2]
  	American Army - Revolutionary War: He was wounded and a report of his death reached his wife. Discharged from the army, made his way home to find that his wife had married, and neither she nor the children were overjoyed and drove him away
  		Military Poster-Revolutionary War
  Person ID	I4005	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William Gott,   b. 17 Apr 1715   d. Bef 1752 (Age < 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Wanson
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	16 Nov 1741  [3]
  Family ID	F6014	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Gamage,   b. Abt 1751
  Marriage	27 Apr 1769	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Anne Gott,   b. 20 Mar 1794  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William Gott,   b. 1771  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elijah Gott  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Jemima Gott  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Rebecca Gott  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. John Gott  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1139	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 27 Apr 1769 - Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Arms Icons & Insignia		Military Poster-Revolutionary War
  		Seal-SAR Sons of the American Revolution

  
  

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• Sources

  [S37] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2005;), Family History Library; Salt Lake City, UT; Film # 0864859 & 0864861-0864862. [S4149] Sons of the American Revolution - Patriots, William GOTT - SAR Patriot #: P-168456. State of Service: MA Qualifying Service: Soldier Birth: 1747 Death: Spouse: (1) Sarah Gamage Children: https://sarpatriots.sar.org/patriot/display/168456 [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