Samuel Gott (1804 - 1887)

Born 3 Apr 1804 in Swans Island, Hancock, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Merchant) Gott — married about 18 Sep 1826 in Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine

Husband of Barbara Maria (Carter) Gott — married 18 Nov 1852 in Swans Island, Hancock, Maine

Descendants

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Biography

Samuel Gott; b. 3 Apr 1804 at Hancock, Maine; m. Mary Merchant, daughter of Nathaniel Anthony Merchant and Mary Abigail Sheldon; m. Barbara Maria Carter, daughter of Richard Carter and Barbara E. Carter, 18 Nov 1852 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; d. 13 Aug 1887 at age 83.

He appeared on the census of 22 Aug 1850 ^[1]at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine. Samuel, age 47, sailor with property valued at $25.

Samuel Gott M 47 Maine

Mary Gott F 44 Maine

Samuel Gott M 19 Maine

Mary Gott F 23 Maine

Roxa Gott F 16 Maine

Gott F 11 Maine

Kimball Gott M 8 Maine

Charles Gott M 5 Maine

Eldana Gott F 2 Maine

William Gott M 13 Maine

He appeared on the census of 11 Jul 1870 ^[2]at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine.

Samuel Gott M 64 Maine

Maria Gott F 40 Maine

Hannah E Gott F 15 Maine

Frederick Gott M 13 Maine

Augusta L Gott F 10 Maine

He appeared on the census of 1880^[3] at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine. He was a fisherman.

Samuel Gott Self M 76 Maine

Maria B Gott Wife F 49 Maine

Frederick R Gott Son M 23

Known children of Samuel Gott and Mary Merchant were as follows:

• i. MARY MARIA; b. 6 Jun 1829 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Frederic R. Huntley, son of Frederick Huntley and Mary Dodd Thurlow, 19 Jan 1851 at Rockland, Knox, Maine; d. 28 Dec 1875 at Culter, Washington, Maine, at age 46.
• ii. SAMUEL JR.; b. 1833 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; d. Sep 1859 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine.
• iii. ROXANA; b. 1834 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; d. 6 Oct 1850 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine.
• iv. WILLIAM; b. 4 Feb 1841 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; d. 9 Aug 1850 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, at age 9.
• v. CHARLES; b. 17 Jun 1841 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; d. 24 Oct 1857 at Little Cranberry Isle, Cranberry Isles, Hancock, Maine, at age 16.
• vi. KIMBALL; b. 1842 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine.
• vii. LYDIA; b. 30 Nov 1844 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine.
• viii. ELLAINE; b. 1848 at Maine.
• ix. ALDENON; b. Apr 1849 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; d. 7 Oct 1850 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, at age 1.

Known children of Samuel Gott and Barbara Maria Carter were as follows:

• i. EUDORA HANNA; b. 21 Oct 1855 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Lemuel A Sprague, son of Isreal Elwell Sprague and Eunice M. Sprague, 20 Feb 1873 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; d. 19 Aug 1895 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, at age 39. She was also known as Hannah E Gott.
• ii. AUGUSTA L.; b. 18 Sep 1858 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine; m. Albert H. Briggs 4 Jul 1880 at Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine; m. Frederick E. Turner, son of Asa Turner and Louisa Carter, 11 Jul 1883 at Brooklin, Hancock, Maine; d. 6 Nov 1910 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, at age 52. She was also known as Laura Augusta Gott.
• iii. RUTH; b. circa May 1859 at Swans Island, Hancock, Maine.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6JP-P4L : 12 April 2016), Samuel Gott, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing family 20, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DJ-DS6 : 12 April 2016), Samuel Gott, Maine, United States; citing p. 11, family 86, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,044.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF3G-ZDQ : 15 August 2017), Samuel Gott, Swans Island, Hancock, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 153, sheet 291B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0480; FHL microfilm 1,254,480.

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