Daniel Gott

In 1625 Daniel's mother and father were married in Cambridge, England. We know of three children of Charles and Gift, although according to Robert Charles Anderson in his Great Migration series, he probably had more:

1. Deborah - baptized 1636/7 2. Charles - baptized 1639 3. Daniel - baptized 1646

Daniel was baptized in Salem in 1646, the youngest known child of Charles and Gift.

Daniel's parents came to Massachusetts Bay in 1628 aboard the Abigail and settled first in Salem. Charles and Gift removed to Wenham in 1654. Charles left behind a will dated 23 January 1667/8 which mentions only his wife, Charles, and Daniel.

Wenham was first settled in 1635 and officially incorporated in 1643. Wenham was originally a part of Salem. Hugh Peters, the minister in Salem, preached to a group on a hill by the Great Pond around 1638, most probably to encourage settlement. The earliest land grants in the Wenham area roughly coincide with Peters' sermon. In September 1643, the General Court of Massachusetts granted that Wenham should be a town in its own right and send a representative to the General Court. It was the first town to be set off from Salem. Charles was an attorney for Hugh Peters.

Daniel's marriage to Elizabeth Morris was recorded in Wenham, Salem, AND Lynn in 1665.

References

• The Essex Genealogist. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2018.) AmericanAncestors
• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V589-GKP : 24 January 2020), Daniel Gott, 1665 and Elizabeth Morris.