James Richardson

Abt 1732 - 1807  (75 years)

• Name	James Richardson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	Abt 1732  [5]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1738	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
  	Jane and Stephen Richardson left Londonderry, Ireland, with their son, James. Their son, Stephen, was born at sea on their way to America
  Census	1790	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [3]
  Death	12 Dec 1807	Hancock County, Maine, USA   [1, 5]
  Burial	Pretty Marsh Cemetery, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [5]
  Person ID	I14028	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Stephen Richardson,   b. Abt 1700   d. Abt 1747 (Age 47 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane Montgomery,   b. Abt 1705, Ireland d. Abt 1750 (Age 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1730	Ireland
  	Soldier Stephen Richardson and Lady Jane Montgomery eloped without their families' blessings
  Family ID	F2148	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel Gott,   b. 30 May 1730, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA d. 22 Mar 1814, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	19 Mar 1752	Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA   [2, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F4883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Immigration - Jane and Stephen Richardson left Londonderry, Ireland, with their son, James. Their son, Stephen, was born at sea on their way to America - 1738 - Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Marriage - 19 Mar 1752 - Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, USA Census - 1790 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA Death - 12 Dec 1807 - Hancock County, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Mount Desert Island Register

  
  

  Histories

  History-GOTT (Sisters who married Richardson Brothers)

  
  

• Sources

  [S518] Ancestry.com, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 [S28] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [S212] Ancestry.com, 1790 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1790; Census Place: Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine; Series: M637; Roll: 2; Page: 85; Image: 62; Family History Library Film: 0568142. 1790 United States Federal Census [S528] William Otis Sawtelle, Daniel Gott - Mount Desert Pioneer, (Date: 1926;), 929.2 G6852. [S515] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S22] Pierce, William MacBeth, Old Hancock County Families, (Name: Hancock County Publishing; Location: Ellsworth, Maine; Date: 1933;), Gott - Mt. Desert, Swan's Island, Pages 26 - 29. Charles Gott came to America with Gov. John Endicott, and his company of Puritans, sailing from Weymouth, England, in the "Abigail", June 20, 1628, and arriving at Naumkeag (Salem, Mass.,) Sept. 6, 1628. He died in Wenham, Mass., Jan. 15, 1668. [S528] 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.