Gotts Surname Family History
Outline tree 098George 1944 Gotts- the earliest ancestor
George 1944 Gotts is the earliest Methwold Gotts linked to a significant tree. He was bp in 1775, at Euston, near Thetford, and married Ann 1945 Clarke in 1795 in Methwold. There are several family members in Methwold, and others in Northwold, a village about 2 miles to the Northeast. Their children include:
- Samuel 1946 b 1796 in Methwold
- John 1947 b 1798 in Methwold
- William 1949 b 1802 in Methwold
- George 1940 b 1806 in Methwold
- James Bryant 1950 b 1808 in Methwold
- Mary 1952 b 1812 in Methwold, who married Thomas Gore in 1832 in Wilton
- 4 other children with no known descendants
George died in 1853 and Ann in 1853 in Wilton cum Hockwold (or Hockwold cum Wilton, depending on where you live), just down the road from Methwold.
Question: Who were George 1944's parents?
Samuel 1946
Samuel 1946 married firstly Margaret 1955 Baker in 1820 in Methwold.
Their son William 1957 was born in 1822 in Methwold, and died about 1909 in Thetford district.
Samuel then married Rebecca 1956 Feetham in 1830 in Methwold, and they had a daughter Susanna 1958 b 1833.
Nothing more is known of when Margaret died, or what happened to William or Susanna.
John 1962 & Mary Ann Rodgers
John 1962 b 1836 married Mary Ann 2777 Rodgers and had three children in NSW:
- Sarah 2778
- Frances 2779
- George 2780
John 1947- Northwold
John 1947 married Sarah 1959 Firman in 1826 in Northwold and lived in Northwold. Their children born in Northwold include:
- Frances 1960 b 1861, in Charlcote House Warwicks in 1881 census
- Clarke 1961 b 1832 (named after his uncle)
- John 1962 b 1836 married Mary Ann 2777 Rodgers
- George 1963 b 1841 married Anna Maria
- Sarah 1964 b 1833
098 - George 1944 Gotts of Methwold
James Bryant 1950
James Bryant 1950 married Mary 1968 Bennett in 1833 in Methwold. Their known children in Methwold are:
- Marianne 1969 b 1836 who married Ellis Garrod in 1856
- Betsy 1970 b 1840
- William 1971 b 1848.
William married Jane 1976 Young in 1872 and two of their children were born in Coxhoe and Cornforth in Yorkshire (1874-79), though the family is back in Methwold in 1881.
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