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Gotts Surname Family History

John 3302 Gotts & Martha 3303 Tyrrell

John was born about 1724, and married Martha Tyrrell in Barningham Town in 1756. Their four sons were:

Matthew 303 & Martha 304 Lawrence

Matthew 303 Gotts was born about 1763 and died in Ingworth in 1832. He married Martha 304 Lawrence at Thwaite on 16 October 1787. Their children were mainly born in Erpingham and include:

John 305 and Elizabeth Paul

John 305 was born in 1788 in Erpingham and and married Elizabeth 639 Paul on 21 Jun 1819 at St Mary's, South Creake. Their children include:

• Hannah 640 b 1820 at Wolterton
• Paul 590 b 1822 Wolterton
• Elizabeth 641 b 1826 at Wickmere
• John 642 b 1828 Wolterton - Believed to have died a bachelor in Australia

Paul 590 and Elizabeth Bacon

Paul 590 b 1822 in Wolterton married first Elizabeth 591 Bacon in 1844 in Saxthorpe and had nine children as shown below. After Elizabeth died in 1873 Paul married Jane 2330 Wade alias Southgate. Paul and Elizabeth's children born in Saxthorpe include:

• John 617 b 1844
• Robert 618 b 1846
• Elizabeth 619 b 1847
• Thomas 620 b 1849
• George 653 b 1851
• Samuel 654 b 1853
• Michael Paul 592 b 1854
• William 655 b 1857
• Matthew 2331 b 1861

• John 305 b 1788
• George 306 b 1790, d 1790
• Mary 307 b 1792
• Samuel 141 b 1794
• Ann 464 b 1796 at Ingworth
• Matthew 455 b 1798 at Ingworth married Sarah 456 Peart 5 Jan 1823 Aylsham
• Phyllis 465 b 1802 at Ingworth
• George 457 b 1804 at Ingworth
• Elizabeth 2743 b 1806, d 1875 at Heigham, unmarried

• John 3304 b 1757
• George 3305 b 1760
• Matthew 303 b 1762
• Samuel 3306 b 1766

What happened to the rest of the sons?

St Mary’s Barningham Town/Winter

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All Saints Thwaites

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Saxthorpe

Thanks to Ken Wilson for the photo