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Here are some notable Gotts people:

Richard Gotts: Rector of South Lynn died 1535

His name is engraved on the font cover at St George’s church in South Acre in Norfolk. See Stories 11

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Richard Gottes of Rybrough

Richard and his father Robert were granted the Gottes Coat of Arms. Here are the links to details of the coat of arms and the family who obtained them.

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American Civil War

In 1861, August 7 there were Gottses in the Douglas County Home Guards, 75 men based in Vera Cruz, Indiana. William Gotts and John Gotts were listed as Union troops under General Lyons. They disbanded on 13 October 1861 and joined Colonel Phelps Missouri Volunteers at Rolla. See Stories 5

(source: Coonts family files www.angelfire.com/CoontsFamilyFiles/Coonts.html)

Charles Gotts: Bacton, died 1908

There is an official hero in the Bacton family. Charles saved a boy when a well they were digging collapsed and he died. He received the Carnegie Hero's Trust Medal for bravery: maybe YOU know where it is. See Charles 287 tree #034

John Benjamin 1049 Gotts OBE

Rose through HMSO to become Assistant Controller. Both he and his wife Bertha published books.

See JB Gotts 1049 tree 083

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Family Tree Database link London Gottses Northumberland & Durham Gottses Yorkshire Gottses Essex Gottses Suffolk Gottses USA and Canada Gottses Australia & New Zealand Gottses Known Families Index Merged Gotts trees-index of numbers 009-Samuel 235 born 1760 Gresham 017-William 309 Gotts and Matilda Parsons 022-Matthew 303 Gotts of Ingworth 024-George 4786 and Mary Nicholls 028 and 091 see tree #24 034-John 209 Gotts of Bacton 036-Richards of Gt Ryborough & Cambridge 038-Thomas 3800 and Sarah Wegg Gresham 040-William 193 of Stratton Strawless 052-George 2396 of Little Chart, Kent 053-Hull Gotts families 071-John 556 of Cawston and Aldermaston 077-Samuel 1496 Gotts/Bramble of Oulton 079-Gotts of Bulphan 083-Samuel 2397 Bethnal Green 092-John 574 Gotts of Ranworth 094 Lukes around Gt Massingham 096-Roughton and Felbrigg 097-Robert 2116 of Swaffham 098-George 1944 of Methwold 108-George 2537 Reepham 109-Jonathan 1031 of Upminster 112-George 1719 and Mary Newman 114-Nathaniel 2963 of Ingworth 121-Samuel 3424 of Castleacre 123-Timworth & Hawkedon in Suffolk 124-George 4240 and Sarah Barnes in Norwich 130-Morris Gotts from Kovno 131 Henry John and Elizabeth Fischer