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Gotts Surname Family History

Jonathan 1031 and Mary Keys

We know of Jonathan Gotts through the marriage of his son John, and that he died before 1838. Other than that, all we know is that he married Mary Keys in 1792 in Cranham, Essex (near Upminster).

Jonathan and Mary had two children:

• John 2626 b abt 1811, probably Upminster area
• Sarah 1030, b  abt 1803 who married James Hunwicks in 1820 in Cranham

It is more than likely that there is some connection between Jonathan and the family around Brentwood, Orsett, Bulphan, in tree #079, but so far we haven’t found it.

John 2626 and Ann Coe

John married Ann Coe in 1837 in Stratford, near Poplar. Looking at the age of their children and where they were born, John and Ann moved from Upminster to Hackney by 1861. He was a gardener all the way through the census, until 1881, when Ann is with here sister Susan Freshwater in Hackney.. John & Ann’s children are:

• James 3082 b 1839 Upminster
• Mark 2643 b 1840 Upminster
• Elizabeth 3102 b 1842 Upminster
• Mary 3103 b 1843 Upminster
• Sarah 3104 b 1846 Upminster
• Elizabeth 2628 b 1849 Upminster
• Jessy 3105 b 1849 Hackney
• Arthur 2629 b 1867 Hackney
• Frederick 2630 b 1877 Hackney

Frederick is shown in the 1881 census as ‘nephew’ of Sarah Freshwater, Ann’s sister, however this poses some problems. There are no other Frederick Gottses born in 1877. In 1901 he is with Arthur and is identified as his brother. However, Ann would have been 61 when she gave birth. This is not impossible but less likely.

In 1891 Frederick is a boarder at a school in Christchurch, Sussex, whilst Elizabeth is a boarder at St Mary Magdalene’s in Hastings. Are Arthur and/or Frederick her sons, but not declared as such?

James 3082 & Hannah Skilton

James tried his hand at several jobs: greengrocer, carman, beerhouse keeper. I 1891 he was back in South Weald running the Brass Bar Inn. Their children were:

• Alice 3196 b 1865 Mile End
• James 3197 b 1867 in Stepney who married  Kezia Hartgroves in 1892 and had a daughter Kezia in 1893
• Elizabeth 3198 b 1869 Stepney, who possibly died 1887
• John 3199 b 1870 Stepney who married Anna Isabella Chapman in 1896 and had children:
•  John George 3201 b 1897 Stepney died Arras 1917 (See WW1 section)
• Annie Isabella 3202 b 1898 London Radcliff
• Rose 3203 b 1900 Stepney London Radcliff
• Alice Elizabeth 3720