John Gott (1777 - 1840)

Born 10 Apr 1777 in Mount Desert Plantation, Lincoln, Massachusetts (District of Maine)

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Barton) Kingsland — married 23 Jul 1798 in Mount Desert, Hancock, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1840 at about age 62 in At Sea

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Biography

This profile is part of the Gott Name Study.

John Gott, born " April ye. 10th 1777 ", probably at Ship's Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine

Capt. John Gott, the oldest son of Peter and Charity Gott, married, in 1798, Ruth Barton, of Castine. They lived at Ship Harbor for several years, where some of their children were born. He was for many years a master mariner. He came here and took up the tract of land adjoining Joshua Grindle on the northeast; it includes the whole lot from where Horace E. Stanley now lives to David H. Sprague's land, and went to the brook north of Ambrose Golt's. He built a house where Albion Smith's barn now stands. Page 110 History of Swans Island

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Gott were:

Martha, wife of Israel Conary;

Prudence, wife of John Foster; after his death she became the wife of Samuel Irving, an Englishman; both her husbands belonged in Boston; after she became a widow the second time, she moved to Palermo, where she died;

Ruth, wife of William Fife; she died in 1844, aged twenty-eight years.

The sons were John, David, Samuel, Joseph, Edward and Ambrose; three other children, Samuel, Hiram and Sally, died young. These children, most of whom settled here, will be further considered. [pages 111 & 112]

1809, July 7, John Gott and Ruth Barton...Published... [" both of Mt Desert, July 23 Gave a Cretificate... "]. [VR of Mt Desert page 59; Picton Press] Noted: _The Maine Historical Magazine, Volume 5 page 144 gives the Publishment, in ERROR, as 1798, July 7 [John Gott one year old at that date]

Birth

Ships Harbour Mount Desert Island, Maine10 APR 1777

Death

Drowned (Lost at sea) about 1840 Lost at Sea

John Gott Sr. went as pilot on fishing vessel under Capt. John Gordon in 1840. They left Old Harbor, Swans Island bound for Green's Banks [Newfoundland], and were never heard from. page 198 History of Swans Island, Maine

Children of Peter and Charity Carter Gott, of Swan’s Island.

1. John, b. April 10, 1777; bpt. July 27, 1787, Gott’s I.; (Rockport, Church Rec.); m. July 23, 1798, Ruth Barton. Res. at Ship Harbor, thence to Swans’ I.; d. Lost at sea, aged about 70.

Burial

Grindle Hill Cemetery Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, USA ^[1]

Baptism

27 JUL 1787; Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA SwansIsland.org http://www.swansisland.org/swansgenealogy/PeterGott/b1213.htm#P1213

Sources

• Sawtelle, William Otis, and Howe D. Higgins. 1923. Pioneers of Mount Desert ancestry and descendants of Daniel Gott.

• Small, Herman Wesley. 2017. A History of Swan's Island, Maine. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2019041201283778375102.

• Lots at Mount Desert Island in 1808 Collections and proceedings of the Maine Historical Society

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYY-349?cc=1803955&wc=3L7F-HDW%3A1586988102%2C1586985947%2C1586988138 : 16 July 2015), Maine > Hancock > Great Spruce Head Island > image 1 of 1; citing NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYR-YY?cc=1803958&wc=35YH-FM7%3A1588471103%2C1588471102%2C1588471947 : 14 August 2015), Maine > Hancock > Swans Island > image 2 of 5; citing NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YB2-HVK?cc=1786457&wc=31S2-1FJ%3A1588666273%2C1588666164%2C1588668989 : 24 August 2015), Maine > Hancock > Swans Island > image 1 of 10; citing NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• Source: S138 Author: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Title: 1880 USA Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Repository: #R1
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/90528328/john-gott

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David Smith for creating WikiTree profile Gott-299 through the import of Smith Family Tree-2RGS_2013-04-28.ged on May 5, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.