Ancestry of
John Davis

14th and 17th Governor of Massachusetts

John Gott

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• • 2nd Great-grandfather of John Davis — 5th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 28 
  • Father:
  • Charles Gott Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Lydia Clark   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 Nov 1668 
  • Birth Location:
  • Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Jan 1722/1723 
  • Death Location:
  • Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Rebekah Tarbox
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Jul 1693 
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  • Child:

  Benjamin Gott (Ahnentafel No:14 )

  • Notes: 

  • This John Gott who married Rebecca Tarbox is often confused with the man of the same name who married Eleanor, widow of Jonathan Tarbox. They are two different men.

• Sources for John Gott

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Wenham, Vol. 1, p. 41, Birth record for John Gott.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Wenham, Vol. 1, p. 201, Death record for John Gott.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1888, Vol. 42, p. 30.
  • ⁴ The Essex Genealogist, 2000, Vol. 20, p. 135, gives incorrect mother for John Gott.
  • ⁵ The Essex Genealogist, 1983, Vol. 3, p. 26.
  • ⁶ Davis, Horace, Ancestry of John Davis, Governor and U. S. Senator and Eliza Bancroft His Wife, Both of Worcester, Massachusetts, San Francisco, California: n. p. (1897), 11.
  • ⁷ Sawtelle, William Otis, Daniel Gott, Mount Desert Pioneer: His Ancestors and Descendants, n. p.: n. p. [1926], 6.