Sylvanus Gott

1838 - Abt 1885  (46 years)

• Name	Sylvanus Gott  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	13 Jul 1838	Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [2]
  	Son of Robert (Stepson of Lydia)
  Census	1860	Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA   [3]
  	Living with brother, Isaac Gott
  _MILT	Dec 1861	New York, USA   [4]
  	Union Navy - War of the Rebellion
  Residence	23 Jan 1862	New York, USA   [4, 5, 6]
  	Naval Hospital with Rubeola
  Death	Abt 1885	Maine, USA   [1]
  Probate	Apr 1885	Hancock County, Maine, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I19455	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert Gott, Sr,   b. 29 Mar 1810, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 6 Mar 1859, Hancock, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Rebecca Robinson,   b. 2 Nov 1811, Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 5 Apr 1848, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 36 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	31 May 1831  [7]
  Family ID	F9034	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Jul 1838 - Mount Desert, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Son of Robert (Stepson of Lydia) - 1850 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Living with brother, Isaac Gott - 1860 - Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA _MILT - Union Navy - War of the Rebellion - Dec 1861 - New York, USA Residence - Naval Hospital with Rubeola - 23 Jan 1862 - New York, USA Death - Abt 1885 - Maine, USA Probate - Apr 1885 - Hancock County, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Ancestry.com, Maine, Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;), Probate Place: Hancock, Maine. [S18] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M432_255; Page: 382B; Image: 335. [S100] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Tremont, Hancock, Maine; Roll: M653_438; Page: 652; Family History Library Film: 803438. 1860 United States Federal Census [S1443] Ancestry.com, U.S., Naval Enlistment Rendezvous, 1855-1891, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). [S1760] Ancestry.com, Registers of Patients at Naval Hospitals, 1812-1934, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Registers of Patients at Naval Hospitals, 1812-1934 [S1750] Ancestry.com, U.S., Naval Hospital Tickets and Case Papers, 1825-1889, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). U.S., Naval Hospital Tickets and Case Papers, 1825-1889 [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.