Captain Epps Gilley

1831 - 1897  (65 years)

• Name	Captain Epps Gilley  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	6 May 1831	Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA   [1]
  	Age: 19; Son of Ruth and Francis Gilley
  Military Draft Registration	1863	Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA   [3]
  	Draft Registration - Civil War; Married
  Census	1880	Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA   [4]
  	Marital Status: Married to Prudence; Relation to Head: Self
  Death	29 Mar 1897	Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, USA   [2, 5]
  Person ID	I30632	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Francis Gilley,   b. 20 May 1797, Tremont, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 2 Dec 1869, Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ruth Gott,   b. 20 Apr 1799, Gott Island, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 11 Apr 1884 (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	4 Oct 1817	Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA   [6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F9039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Prudence J Crane,   b. 8 May 1831, Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA d. 27 Apr 1899, Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, USA (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F14635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 6 May 1831 - Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Age: 19; Son of Ruth and Francis Gilley - 1850 - Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - Civil War; Married - 1863 - Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA Census - Marital Status: Married to Prudence; Relation to Head: Self - 1880 - Orland, Hancock, Maine, USA Death - 29 Mar 1897 - Bucksport, Hancock, Maine, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Orland, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 255; Page: 398b. 1850 United States Federal Census [S1746] Ancestry.com, Maine, U.S., Death Records, 1761-1922, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Maine State Archives; Cultural Building, 84 State House Station, Augusta, ME 04333-0084; 1892-1907 Vital Records; Roll Number: 22. Maine, U.S., Death Records, 1761-1922 [S1804] Ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marsha. U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [S41] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Orland, Hancock, Maine; Roll: 480; Page: 66C; Enumeration District: 141. 1880 United States Federal Census [S35] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, The Republican Journal; Publication Date: 8 Apr 1897; Publication Place: Belfast, Maine, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/840997668/?article=97a15165-b636-4eab-92ca-ae6bc3bc4644&focus=0.27851337,0.9245612,0.4181381,0.9701712&xid=3355. [S61] World Family Tree, (Name: Family Tree Maker;), Gott.FTW. [S4] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. Record for Francis Gilley [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.