Joseph Gott (1769 - 1839)

Born 4 Mar 1769 in Gott's Island, Hancock, Maine

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Barton) Gott — married 5 May 1790 in Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA

Husband of Lucy (Hadlock) Gott — married about 22 Sep 1834 in Hancock County, Maine

Descendants

Died 29 Apr 1839 at age 70 in Little Gotts Island, Hancock, Maine, USA

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Adrian Stanley [send private message]

Biography

This profile is part of the Gott Name Study.

Joseph Gott was born on Mar 4, 1766^[1] at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine. He was born on Mar 4, 1769 at Hancock, Maine.

Marriage banns for him and Lydia Barton [Burton] were published on Apr 26, 1790. He married Lydia Barton, daughter of James Barton, on May 5, 1790 at Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; [married Mount Desert May 5, 1790 by Joseph Holt Jp. ?]

Joseph and Lydia lived on Bar or Little Gott's Island where all their children were born. He bought Little Gott Island from his father in 1796 for $30.00.

Their children were:

1. Joseph Gott (1791 - 1839)
2. Lydia (Gott) Hopkins (1793 - 1862)
3. Martha (Gott) Lane (1795 - ~1816)
4. Hannah Gott (1797 - )
5. Ruth (Gott) Gilley (1799 - 1884)
6. Daniel Gott (1801 - )
7. James Gott (1804 - 1804)
8. Joanna (Gott) Robinson (1805 - 1860)
9. James S. Gott (1807 - <1870)
10. Robert Gott (1810 - 1859).

He married Lucy Hadlock, daughter of Nathaniel Hadlock and Hannah Ral, on Sep 22, 1834 at Hancock, Maine.

" ...GOTT Joseph m. 2nd, Sept. 22, 1834, Mrs. Lucy Richardson." https://archive.org/stream/danielgottmountd00sawt/danielgottmountd00sawt_djvu.txt

He died on Apr 29, 1839^[2] at age 70 or Apr 30, 1839^[3] at age 70. He was buried at McKinley Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock, Maine.

Find A Grave: Memorial #21325829

From Betty Andrews Storey's The Descendants of Lieut. John Andrew^[4]

1434. Joseph GOTT (Daniel, Daniel, Margaret Andrews, William, John), born 4 Mar 1769 in Mount Desert, Hancock County, Maine; died 29 Apr 1839 in Gott's Island, Hancock County, Maine; buried in McKinley Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock County, Maine. He married (1) on 26 Apr 1790 Lydia BARTON (see 1297), born 1773 in Hancock County, Maine; died 10 Aug 1831 in Hancock County, Maine; buried in McKinley Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock County, Maine, daughter of James BARTON and Martha ANDREWS; (2) on 22 Sep 1834 Lucy RICHARDSON , Widow, born 26 Mar 1791; died 26 Jul 1871; buried in McKinley Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock County, Maine.

From Sawtelle's Daniel Gott, Mount Desert pioneer^[5]

JOSEPH GOTT OF LITTLE GOTT'S ISLAND       Joseph, son of Daniel and Hannah Norwood Gott, born March 4, 1766, at Mt. Desert, married April 26, 1790, Lydia, daughter of James and Martha Andrews Barton who were married at Mt. Desert, Sept. 7, 1778. Joseph Gott lived on Bar or Little Gott's Island and all his children were born here. Joseph died April 29, 1839, Lydia, Aug. 10, 1831 (1832).VII       Children of Joseph and Lydia:

1.     Joseph, b. April 24, 1791; m. Sept. 3, (Mt Desert records) Dec. 12, 1812, (Blue Hill records) Hannah, dau. of David and Abigail Carter, of Blue Hill, d. 1846, lost at sea.

2.     Lydia, b. Feb. 2, 1793.

3.     Martha, b. Jan. 6, 1795; m. Feb. 24, 1816, Earl Lane, his 1st wife. d. 1816.

4.     Hannah, b. June 30, 1797, m. 4, 1817, Earl Lane, 2nd wife.

5.     Ruth, b. April 20, 1799; m. Oct. 4, 1817, Francis, s. of William and Eunice Bunker Gilley. Res. Placentia, then rem. to Orland, Me.

6.     Daniel, b. Sept. 25, 1801; m. 1st. Nov. 22, 1827, Lucy, dau. of Benjamin and Hannah Norwood Benson. Benson was an early settler on the west side of Bass Harbor. Daniel m. 2nd, Dec. 6, 1832, Huldah, sister of his 1st wife; m. by Rev. E. Eaton. Dec. 24, 1832.

7.     James, b. June 30, 1804. d. infancy.

8.     Joanna, b. Aug. 20, 1805; m. Jan. 5, 1828, Daniel Robinson.

9.     James, b. Nov. 17, 1807, m. April 27, 1829, Huldah Dawes.

10.     Robert, b. March 29, 1810; m. Rebecca Robinson, by Rev. E. Eaton. Lydia Barton Gott, d. Aug. 10, 1831. Joseph m. 2nd, Sept. 22, 1834, Mrs. Lucy Richardson.

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch: "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900", database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: F44W-TX8 : 14 January 2020), Joseph Gott, 1769.

   Name:	Joseph Gott
   Birth Date:	4 Mar 1769
   Birthplace:	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, United States
   Event Type:	Birth

2. ↑ Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21325829/joseph-gott : accessed 23 June 2022), memorial page for Joseph Gott (4 Mar 1769–29 Apr 1839), Find A Grave: Memorial #21325829, citing McKinley Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock County, Maine, USA ; Maintained by ceebeesay (contributor 46608610) . Death:

   Name:	Joseph Gott
   Birth Date:	4 Mar 1769
   Birth Place:	Hancock County, Maine, USA
   Death Date:	29 Apr 1839
   Death Place:	Hancock County, Maine, USA
   Cemetery:	McKinley Cemetery
   Cemetery Address:	Tremont, Hancock County, Maine, USA

3. ↑ The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
4. ↑ The Descendants of Lieut. John Andrews of Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts. by Betty Andrews Storey 2009
5. ↑ Sawtelle, William Otis. 1926. Daniel Gott, Mount Desert pioneer: his ancestors and descendants. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified].

• http://godfreydata.org/books/Genealogies/Andrews,%20Descendants%20of%20Lt.%20John/0363.txt

Acknowledgments

Thank you to David Smith for creating WikiTree profile Gott-184 through the import of Smith Family Tree-2LAW_2013-04-28_01.ged on Apr 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.