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Gotts Surname Family History

William 309 and Matilda Parsons

William 309 Gotts married Matilda 310 Parsons in Aylmerton in 1822. He was already a widower, and from the 1851 census he was born about 1790 in Gresham. His first marriage may have been to Priscilla Underwood in North Repps, but at present this is conjecture. They had seven children in Aylmerton:

• Charles 314 b 1823 married Susan 315 Thurston
• Sarah Ann 2246 b 1824
• Harriett 311 b 1826, m Richard Gray in 1854 (with whom she may have been brought up)
• Sarah 2248 b 1827
• Mary 312 b 1831
• Maria 2247 b 1833
• Robert James 313 b 1834

The question is: who was William married to before and who are his parents?

Charles 314 and Susan 315 Thurston of Aylmerton

Charles 314 married Susan 315 Thurston, probably in 1847, and raised their family in Aylmerton:

• Mary Elizabeth 316, b 1848
• Jonathan 317 b 1850
• Martha 703 b 1854, d 1873
• Maria 2253, b 1855, d 1878
• Charles Robert 704, b 1858
• Emma Sarah 2255 b 1862

In 1881, both Emma Sarah and Mary Elizabeth were servants with Sarah Barcham in Long Eaton, Norwich. Emma Sarah later became her companion and lived in Norwich until 1928.

Robert James 313 and Celia Blyth of Aylmerton

Robert James 313 married Celia 2260 Blyth in 1868, and then Susannah 2261 Ivory in 1898. The only child was by Celia:

• Louisa 734 b 1869, m William Parsons in 1902.