Person:Charles Gott (6)

Name	Lieut. Charles Gott
Gender	Male
Christening^[1]	Jun 1639	Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	12 Nov 1659	Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sarah Dennis
Marriage	25 Dec 1665	Wenham, Essex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lydia Clarke
Death^[2]	Bef 1718

References

↑ Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records to the End of the year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1916-1925)
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Gott, Charles, s. Charles, bp. --- : 4m : 1639. CR1
↑ Charles Gott certainly died bef. 20 Feb 1717/18 when his wife is labeled a widow in her death record (Wenham VRs, p. 201). Cutter (p. 3:1214) says Charles d. 11 Feb 1707/08, but this is clearly an error, as the death record bearing that date says "s. Charls, sr. and Sarah", i.e., it belongs to the son of this Charles and not to Charles himself (Wenham VRs, p. 201). This is confirmed by the baptism of Susannah Gott in 1708, the record noting the father to be deceased when the baptism occurred on 11 Apr 1708 (NEHGR, p. 62:42). The birth record shows her to be the daughter of the younger Charles and his wife Elizabeth. Source:Anderson, Robert Charles. Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 seems to also disagree with Cutter since he reports no death date for this Charles, indicating that he did not think that the easily found death record dated 1707/08 applied to him.

For what it is worth, all the birth and death records stop referring to the son as "Charles, jr.", starting with the birth of daughter Elizabeth on 10 Apr 1707, and from then on, which may indicate the Charles, Sr. had died by that date?