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098- Gotts of Methwold

George 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 childen 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 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

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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

Nothing further is known of them.

George 1963 and Anna Maria of Northwold

George 1963 b 1841 married Anna Maria 1971 (surname unknown) possibly in 1886 in Thetford district. Their children were:

 John ( possibly John William) 1972 b 1859 who married  Anna 1999( surname unknown) and with children John 2000 b 1880

 Alice 1668 b 1898

all based around Kings Lynn.