GOTT OF SILSDEN
AND HOLBECK
John Gott of Holbeck, a
Quaker, died in 1712/13. His widow Tabitha remained a Quaker but his surviving children
(by an earlier marriage to a woman named Mary) left the Society of Friends and
can be traced in the registers of the chapelry of Holbeck and parish of Leeds.
The records of the Brighouse Monthly Meeting show that before living in
Holbeck, John had resided in Gildersome.
John appears to be the son of
that name mentioned in the 1696 will of William Gott of Silsden Moor in the
parish of Kildwick. There is good evidence that
William’s family had connections with the Gildersome
area, as his daughter Mary married Thomas Crowder who is stated in the marriage
entry in the Kildwick registers to be of the parish
of Batley. The latter was the parish in which Gildersome
was situated. In addition, the Wakefield quarter sessions records include
mention in 1690 that “Christopher Gott is lately come to inhabit in the Towne
of Gildersome from the Towne of Silsden where he was
last lawfully setled” and it was ordered that he be
removed to Silsden.[1] The
witnesses at the marriage of John Gott of Gildersome
to his second wife Tabitha in 1704 included both a Christopher Gott and a Mary
Crowder.[2]
The Kildwick
registers show two plausible baptisms for William: one in 1614 (son of William
and Margaret) and one in 1624 (son of Christopher and Elizabeth). A clue to
William’s parentage is that his will of 1696 leaves “to Jane Gott my sister
five shillings”. However, there does not otherwise seem to be any indication
that either the William baptised in 1614 or the one baptised in 1624 had a sister called Jane. A search of the
parish registers reveals only one likely candidate, that is to say Jane, widow
of Jonas Gott. Therefore,
it appears that the testator was referring to his sister-in-law and that he was
a brother of Jonas Gott. This allows him to be identified as a son of
Christopher and Elizabeth.
A
Christopher Gott, son of Robert and Grace, was baptised at Kildwick
in 1586 but his identity with the Christopher who married Elizabeth is made
more complicated by the presence in the area at the time of more than one man
of the name. In particular, there was a Christopher Gott who married Sarah
Brigg at Kildwick in 1610 and who seems to have moved
to Thorlby in the parish of Skipton by 1614/15 when his son Henry was baptised.
Christopher Gott of Thorlby was buried at Skipton in 1631 and Sarah Gott, widow,
of Thorlby, was buried at Skipton in 1655. Some clarity is provided by a record
of 1626 in which Robert Gotte of Cringles in Silsden, yeoman, Christopher Gotte
of the same, his eldest son, William Butterfeild of
Bingley, tanner, and Richard Gotte another of Robert’s sons, assigned property
to Arthur Blaykey of Nesfield, yeoman.[3] In
conjunction with the Kildwick parish registers, the
names of these sons indicate that the Robert in the assignment was the one
married to Grace. William Butterfield of Bingley acting with them confirms
this, as Margaret Gott, daughter of Robert and Grace, married as her second
husband, in 1624 at Bingley, William Butterfield. The assignment shows that
Robert’s son Christopher was living in Silsden in 1626 and he can therefore be
distinguished from Christopher Gott of Thorlby. Furthermore, it is stated that
Christopher was Robert’s eldest son, which assuages any doubt that he survived
to adulthood due to the baptism of another Christopher Gott, son of Robert and
Grace, in 1603. It was not unknown at the time for living siblings to have the
same name.
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GOTT
1 ROBERT GOTT of Cringles, Silsden,
Yorkshire, yeoman, was born ca 1557[4]
and buried on 23 December 1649 at Kildwick.[5] He
married GRACE.[6]
She was buried on 30 January 1611/12 at Kildwick.[7]
Children of Robert and Grace Gott:[8]
2 i CHRISTOPHER
GOTT (1586-1634); m ELIZABETH WARD.
ii THOMAS GOTT, bap 21 Sep 1589, Kildwick,[9]
bur 6 Nov 1589, Kildwick.[10]
iii MARGARET GOTT, bap 22 Nov 1590, Kildwick;[11] m(1) 6 Oct 1612, Kildwick, WILLIAM
BUTLER;[12]
m(2) 7 Jun 1624, Bingley, WILLIAM BUTTERFIELD.[13]
iv HENRY GOTT, bap 13 Jan 1593/94, Kildwick.[14]
v ELIZABETH GOTT, bap 9 Mar 1594/95,
Kildwick.[15]
vi RICHARD GOTT of Halton, bap 23 Nov
1600, Kildwick,[16]
bur 27 Nov 1681, Skipton;[17] m
13 Jul 1631, Linton in Craven, ALICE KIDD.[18]
vii CHRISTOPHER GOTT, bap 26 Oct 1603, Kildwick.[19]
viii GRACE GOTT, bap 26 Oct 1606, Kildwick.[20]
ix ALICE GOTT, bap 19 Jun 1608, Kildwick.[21]
2 CHRISTOPHER
GOTT of Silsden Moor was baptised on 9 October 1586 at Kildwick[22] and buried on 22 September 1634 at Kildwick.[23] He married on 25 October 1612 at Skipton,
ELIZABETH WARD,[24]
daughter of William Ward (see here). She was
buried on 22 July 1634 at Kildwick.
Children of Christopher and Elizabeth
(Ward) Gott:
i HENRY
GOTT of Ilkley and Silsden, bap 20 Dec 1612, Skipton;[25] m
29 Jun 1637, Ilkley, JANE HUDSON.[26]
ii RICHARD GOTT, bap 8 Oct 1615, Kildwick,[27]
bur 1 Feb 1615/16, Kildwick.[28]
iii GRACE GOTT, bap 10 May 1618, Kildwick.[29]
iv JOHN GOTT, bap 24 Jun 1621, Kildwick.[30]
3 v WILLIAM GOTT (1624-1696); m JENNET
BOULTON.
vi CHRISTOPHER GOTT, bap 17 Feb
1627/28, Kildwick,[31]
bur 9 Nov 1628, Kildwick.[32]
vii CHRISTOPHER GOTT, d Halton, bur 13
Mar 1635/36, Skipton.[33]
viii JONAS GOTT of Brunthwaite,
bap 7 Apr 1633, Kildwick,[34]
bur 1 Sep 1693, Kildwick;[35] m
JANE.[36]
3 WILLIAM GOTT of Silsden Moor was
baptised on 26 December 1624 at Kildwick[37]
and buried on 29 December 1696 at Kildwick.[38]
He married on 5 April 1646 at Addingham, JENNET BOULTON,[39]
daughter of Thomas Boulton (see here). She was
baptised on 10 April 1625 at Addingham and buried on 18 July 1703 at Kildwick.
Children of William and Jennet (Boulton)
Gott:
i GOTT, bur 19 Feb 1646/47, Addingham.[40]
ii THOMAS GOTT of Silsden Moor,
yeoman, bap 12 Mar 1647/48, Addingham,[41]
bur 8 Sep 1699, Kildwick;[42] m
ELIZABETH.[43]
4 iii JOHN GOTT (ca 1650-1712/13); m(1) MARY; m(2) TABITHA (HOPWOOD) JOWETT.
iv ELIZABETH GOTT, bap 1 Feb 1651/52, Kildwick,[44]
bur 14 Apr 1679, Kildwick.[45]
v CHRISTOPHER GOTT, bap 3 Feb
1655/56, Kildwick.[46]
vi MARY GOTT, bap 19 Jun 1659, Kildwick;[47] m
28 Apr 1679, Kildwick, THOMAS CROWDER.[48]
vii MARTHA GOTT, bap 2 Feb 1661/62, Kildwick,[49]
bur 4 Feb 1661/62, Kildwick.[50]
viii WILLIAM GOTT of Silsden Moor, badger,
bap 22 Oct 1665, Kildwick,[51]
bur 16 Feb 1736/37, Kildwick;[52] m
29 Apr 1696, Kildwick, AGNES BOOTH.[53]
ix GOTT, bur 22 Jul 1668, Kildwick.[54]
4 JOHN GOTT of Gildersome
and Holbeck, husbandman, was born ca 1650,[55]
died on 15 February 1712/13 and was buried on 16 February 1712/13 at Leeds.[56]
He married first, MARY. She died on 17 November 1701 and was buried at Morley.[57]
John married second, on 6 December 1704 at Leeds, TABITHA (HOPWOOD) JOWETT,
widow of Richard Jowett[58]
and daughter of Christopher and Margaret Hopwood.[59]
She was born on 2 May 1660,[60]
died on 16 March 1739/40 and was buried on 18 March 1739/40 at Leeds.[61]
Children of John and Mary Gott:
i JOHN GOTT, b 11 Jan 1685/86,[62] d
24 Jun 1689.[63]
ii RACHEL GOTT, b 1 Dec 1687.[64]
5 iii JOHN GOTT (1689/90-1769); m
ELIZABETH JACKSON.
iv THOMAS GOTT of Holbeck, b 17 Jun
1692;[65] m
21 Feb 1720/21, St Peter, Leeds, MARY BROTHERDON.[66]
v WILLIAM GOTT, b 6 Sep 1695,[67] d
14 Feb 1695/96.[68]
vi WILLIAM GOTT of Holbeck, b 24 Jan
1696/97,[69]
bur 15 Apr 1749, Holbeck;[70] m
31 May 1730, St Peter, Leeds, MARY WAITE.[71]
vii JOSHUA GOTT of Holbeck and Hunslet, b 8 Nov 1700,[72]
bur 26 May 1776, Holbeck;[73] m
24 Nov 1730, St Peter, Leeds, PHEBE TIDSWELL.[74]
5 JOHN GOTT of Holbeck was born on 31
January 1689/90[75]
and buried on 12 March 1769 at Holbeck.[76]
He married on 4 April 1719 at St Peter, Leeds, ELIZABETH JACKSON.[77]
She was buried on 31 July 1775 at Holbeck.[78]
Children of John and Elizabeth (Jackson)
Gott:
i MARY GOTT, bap 13 Jul 1720,
Holbeck.[79]
ii ELIZABETH GOTT, bap 12 Aug 1722,
Holbeck;[80]
m 23 Feb 1747/48, St Peter, Leeds, JOSEPH LEATHLEY[81]
(see here).
iii JOHN GOTT, bap 8 Jun 1725, Holbeck;[82] m
16 Mar 1756, St Peter, Leeds, ANN TAYLOR.[83]
iv RACHEL GOTT, bap 27 Oct 1727,
Holbeck,[84]
bur 19 Jan 1796, Hunslet;[85] m
17 Dec 1753, St Peter, Leeds, JOHN GARNETT.[86]
v MARTHA GOTT, bap 10 Feb 1730/31,
Holbeck,[87]
bur 22 Mar 1761, Holbeck;[88] m
22 Oct 1752, St Peter, Leeds, ABRAHAM DEANE.[89]
vi THOMAS GOTT, bap 1 Jan 1733/34,
Holbeck.[90]
vii SARAH GOTT, bap 20 May 1737, Holbeck,[91]
bur 1 Nov 1741, Holbeck.[92]
[2] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1276).
[4] In depositions of Oct 1641 relating to Silsden mill, Robert Gott’s age was given as 84: T.M. Steel, Holden Park: A Study, citing National Archives, E 134/17Chas1/Mich14.
[5] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[6] Grace is named as the mother in her children’s baptism entries.
[7] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). After the death of Grace, Robert Gott may have married, on 16 Jan 1614/15 at Kildwick, Agnes Laycock (Kildwick parish registers, online at www.ancestry.com). However, the presence of more than one Robert Gott in the parish means that this is not immediately clear.
[8] They may also have been the parents of Isabel Gott, daughter of “Roberti et Isabellæ”, baptised on 29 Jan 1597/98, in which case the child’s name has been incorrectly repeated as the mother’s name in the Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Another possible child is Mary Gott, buried at Kildwick on 29 Aug 1607 as “Maria Gott infans fil: Rob: Silsden”.
[9] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[10] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[11] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[12] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). William Butler was buried at Bingley on 4 Nov 1623 (Bingley parish registers, online at www.ancestry.com).
[13] Bingley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[14] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[15] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[16] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[17] Skipton parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). The identity of Richard Gott of Halton in the parish of Skipton is confirmed by the burial entry for “Chr: Sonne of Chr: Gott of Silsden Moore Whoe died at the house of Richard Gott his Unckle at Halton” in 1635/36 (Skipton bishop’s transcripts, online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[18] F.A.C. Share, ed., The Registers of the Parish Church of Linton-in-Craven, vol. 1 (Leeds, 1900), 61. Alice, wife of Richard Gott of Halton, was buried at Skipton on 30 Jun 1664.
[19] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[20] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[21] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com); Kildwick bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[22] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[23] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[24] Skipton parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk). Christopher is stated to be of the parish of Kildwick and Elizabeth of the parish of Skipton.
[25] Skipton parish registers (online at www.findmypast.co.uk): “Henry the sonne of xpofer Gotte of Draughton”. This would not be a son of Christopher and Sarah (Brigg) Gott who later lived at Thorlby as they had a daughter baptised at Kildwick on 29 Sep 1612, less than three months earlier. Henry was mentioned as “my grand childe Henry Goot” in the 1619 will of William Ward of Draughton.
[26] Ilkley parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Jane, wife of Henry Gott, was buried on 16 Aug 1647 (Kildwick parish registers, online at www.ancestry.com). Henry, son of Christopher and Sarah (Brigg) Gott, baptised at Skipton on 15 Jan 1614/15, could not be the one who married Jane Hudson as he was buried at Skipton on 29 Oct 1628.
[27] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[28] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[29] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[30] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[31] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[32] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[33] Skipton bishop’s transcripts (online at www.findmypast.co.uk): “Chr: Sonne of Chr: Gott of Silsden Moore Whoe died at the house of Richard Gott his Unckle at Halton”.
[34] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[35] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[36] Jane is named as the wife of Jonas in baptism entries for their children in the Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[37] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[38] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Will dated 30 Oct 1696, proved 8 Apr 1697, Silsden peculiar court (Borthwick Institute).
[39] Addingham parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[40] Addingham parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com): “An Infant of Willm Gotts”.
[41] Addingham parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[42] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Will dated 5 Sep 1699, proved 3 Oct 1699, Silsden peculiar court (Borthwick Institute).
[43] Will of Thomas Gott, dated 5 Sep 1699, proved 3 Oct 1699, Silsden peculiar court (Borthwick Institute).
[44] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[45] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Elizabeth is not mentioned in the 1696 will of William Gott and seems to be the “Elizabetha Gott de Silsden” buried in 1679.
[46] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Details of his later life are unclear as there were multiple men of the name who have not yet been adequately differentiated. One Christopher Gott was buried on 31 Aug 1718 at Birstall having married first, on 22 Jul 1681 at Baildon, Mary Booth, and second, on 9 Jan 1694/95 at Birstall, Grace Law. Another Christopher Gott was of Sutton and married on 4 Feb 1682/83 at Kildwick, Mary Swinden. A Christopher Gott of Silsden was an alehouse keeper in 1697 (West Yorkshire Archive Service, QS4/18, fol. 54).
[47] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[48] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). The surname is spelt “Crowther” in the marriage entry and “Crowder” in William Gott’s will.
[49] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[50] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[51] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[52] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Will dated 12 Jul 1736, Silsden peculiar court (Borthwick Institute).
[53] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). There were multiple William Gotts in the parish, but this was evidently the marriage of the William who was the son of William and Jennet (Boulton) Gott. In the 1696-97 probate record of the older William Gott, two of the parties in the bond are the testator’s son William, described as a badger, and Jonas Booth. It is apparent from the will of Jonas Booth (dated 22 Nov 1709, proved 20 Apr 1710, Silsden peculiar court, Borthwick Institute) that he was the father of Agnes (Booth) Gott. In addition, the 1736/37 burial entry of William Gott describes him as a maltster, an occupation matching badger, and the will of the William buried in 1736/37 allows him to be identified as the one who married Agnes Booth.
[54] Kildwick parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com): “Infans Guliel: Gott non bap: de Cringles”.
[55] The 1696 will of William Gott explicitly states the order of his sons as “Thomas Gott my eldest sonn”, “John Gott my second sonn”, “Chris: Gott my third sonn” and “William Gott my fourth sonn”. It is not known whether John was older or younger than his sister Elizabeth.
[56] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1276); Jean Mortimer and Russell Mortimer, eds, Leeds Friends’ Minute Book, 1692 to 1712 (Leeds, 1980), 206. Administration granted 12 Mar 1712/13 (Borthwick Institute).
[57] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1372).
[58] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1090); Jean Mortimer and Russell Mortimer, eds, Leeds Friends’ Minute Book, 1692 to 1712 (Leeds, 1980), 97.
[60] York Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1120).
[61] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1276).
[62] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1276).
[63] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1276).
[64] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1276). Rachel seems to have married about 1710, but the identity of her husband is not known: Jean Mortimer and Russell Mortimer, eds, Leeds Friends’ Minute Book, 1692 to 1712 (Leeds, 1980), xxvi, 145-48.
[65] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1276).
[66] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[67] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1276).
[68] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1276).
[69] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1276).
[70] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[71] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[72] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1276).
[73] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[74] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[75] Brighouse Monthly Meeting records (National Archives, RG 6/1372).
[76] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[77] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). There was also a marriage of a John Gott and Elizabeth Brunton at St Peter, Leeds, on 29 Apr 1721. This was probably John Gott of Call Brow in Leeds, father of Hannah who was born on 28 Sep 1719 and husband of Ann Gott of Call Brow who was buried on 22 Feb 1719/20. John Gott of Calls was buried on 23 May 1737 at Leeds.
[78] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). A Samuel Jackson was involved with the care of the widow and children of John Gott (d 1712/13): Jean Mortimer and Russell Mortimer, eds, Leeds Friends’ Minute Book, 1692 to 1712 (Leeds, 1980), 212. However, Samuel’s will, written and proved in 1722 (Borthwick Institute) does not mention Elizabeth, so it is not clear whether there was a connection.
[79] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[80] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[81] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[82] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[83] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[84] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[85] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). Will dated 14 Jan 1796, proved Jan 1796 (Borthwick Institute).
[86] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com). There was another Rachel Gott who married James Atkinson at St Peter, Leeds, on 12 Aug 1759, and who would be the Rachel, daughter of Joshua Gott, baptised at Holbeck on 15 Dec 1736. The identity of John Gott’s daughter Rachel as the one who married John Garnett is supported by the presence of John Garnett as a witness at the marriage of John Gott and Ann Taylor, and by abstracts of marriage licence records which indicate that the Rachel who married John Garnett was at least twenty-one in 1753: Archbishop of York Marriage Licences Index, 1613-1839 (online at www.findmypast.co.uk).
[87] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[88] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[89] St Peter, Leeds, parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[90] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[91] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).
[92] Holbeck parish registers (online at www.ancestry.com).