768. Documentation for Joseph Gootee Senior
(Abt 1661 to 1716/7)
father of Jacob Gootee
(Oct 1699 to 09 Mar 1779)
Joseph Gouty Senior, Seventh Great-Grandfather of Curtis Lynn Older:
1) Joseph Gootee Senior, husband of Elizabeth Insley, parents of Jacob Gouty
2) Jacob Gootee, husband of Margery Pritchett, parents of John Gouty
3) John Gootee (Gouty), husband of Elizabeth Pritchett, parents of Pritchett Gouty
4) Pritchett Gouty, husband of Mary Griffith, parents of Thomas Gouty
5) Thomas Gouty, husband of Nancy Kerr / Carr, , parents of Elias B. Gouty
6) Elias B. Gouty, husband of Elizabeth Shute, parents of Joseph P Gouty
7) Joseph P Gouty, husband of Mary Luella Hartman, parents of Robert William Gouty
8) Robert William Gouty, husband of Ethel Belle Fox, parents of Mavis Lorene Gouty
9) Mavis Lorene Gouty, wife of Truxton James Older, parents of Curtis Lynn Older
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The Five Sons of Joseph Gootee Senior:
Download Adobe Acrobat File - Joseph Gootee Junior, son of Joseph Gootee Senior and Elizabeth Insley.
Download Adobe Acrobat File - John Gootee the Elder, son of Joseph Gootee Senior and Elizabeth Insley.
Download Adobe Acrobat File - Andrew Gootee, son of Joseph Gootee Senior and Elizabeth Insley.
Download Adobe Acrobat File - Jacob Gootee, son of Joseph Gootee Senior and Elizabeth Insley.
Download Adobe Acrobat File - John Gootee the Younger, son of Joseph Gootee Senior and Ann Harper.
(For clarification, or perhaps confusion, please read Appendix A - Various Individuals Named John, Joseph, and Jacob Gootee)
One family tree listing from the Internet indicates Joseph Gootee (Gouty) Senior was born in 1661 at St. Donat, Diocese, Vienne, France. Another family tree on the Internet indicates Joseph Gootee Senior was born in 1661 in Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. Neither listing identies a source of the information. The Maryland Archives of 22 May 1695 record the naturalization of John Goutee (Senior) and Joseph Goutee (Senior) and Joseph (Junior) and John, sons of said Joseph Goutee.(1A)
Joseph Goutee, a son of John Gootee Senior and his wife Margaret, married Elizabeth Insley on 25 February 1689/90.(1) Elizabeth was the daughter of Andrew Insley and his wife Margaret, formerly Margaret Jones, who died about 1714 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
A sister of Elizabeth Insley was Margaret Insley who married a Michael Todd. Together Michael and Margaret Todd had 3 children: Jacob, Ruth (d.ca.1762), and Andrew (ca.1698-1774). Both Joseph Goutee Senior and Michael Todd were married to Insley sisters.(2)
Several land records identify Joseph Goutey and his wife Elizabeth Insley:
1) 5 Old 34 in the Maryland Archives - 25 Feb 1691, Joseph Goutey, planter and Elizabeth Goutey, wife, to John Goutey Jr. planter, Dorchester County, Joseph’s Lane, 50 acres, on north side of Goose Creek issuing out of Fishing Bay.(4)
2) 6 OLD 175, 13 June 1711. Joseph Gouty Senior and Elizabeth his wife to Joseph Goute Junior, in 1711, two tracts of land called Parris and Bourburk.
Two land transfers to Joseph Gouty Senior include:
1) 5 Old 34 - 25 Feb 1691, Dorchester County, Insleys Poynt, west side of Transquakin River containing 50 acres formerly patented to Andrew Insley. John Goutey Jr. planter, to Joseph Goutey, planter.(5)
2) 5 Old 35 - Feb 25, 1691 John Goutey Jr., of Dorchester County, Planter, to Joseph Goutey of the same County, Planter: Land on the west side of Transquakin River, containing 50 acres or less called "Insleys Poynt", formerly patented to Andrew Insley.
Settlers of Maryland 1679 – 1783, identifies five land records for Joseph Gouty Senior:
Gootee[Gooty], Joseph; Dorchester County, Maryland
Name of Tract Acreage Date Reference(s)
Joseph's Lane 50 9 Apr 1683 29/206
Callis 481 10 Sep 1716 FF7/83;PL4/128
Chance 50 10 Dec 1714 ED6/115;RY1/153
Paris 45 10 May 1710 DD5/628;PL3/14
Paris 275 10 Dec 1714 EE6/114/RY1/151
After the death of his first wife, Elizabeth, which occurred after 1711, Joseph married Ann Harper, with whom he had four more children. Joseph died in 1716 in Dorchester Co., Maryland.
OLD 6 226 Joseph Goute & Ann.
?? 1) 6 Old 175 – 1711, Joseph Goutey, Sr. deceased, Wife – Elizabeth Goutey, Son (Which Joseph Goutey, Sr. is this one? A son of John Gouty Junior?)
Inventories and Accounts: Joseph Goutte, 1717, Dorchester, Liber 37 B, folio 144 (Inventory)
Maryland Indexes
Marriage References
MSA S 1527
He-Hz
Houlton, William, m. by 12 June 1718, Ann, extx. of Joseph Goutee of DO Co. (MDAD 1:106).
Houlton, William, m. by 12 June 1718, Ann, extx. of Joseph Goutee of DO Co. (MDAD 1:106).
Maryland Indexes, Marriage References, MSA S 1527, Houlton, William, m. by 12 June 1718, Ann, extx. of Joseph Goutee of DO Co. (MDAD 1:106).
4) Relationships in Land Records on the gcgm.tripod.com/landrec.html website indicate:
1714 6 Old 226/ Aug 9, 1714, Joseph Gouty Senr, Planter, and Ann Gouty, his wife, to William Robinson, Shoemaker: “Cante”, containing 100 acres more or less and “Ganders Labrinth” adj to Cante, near the mouth of Goose Creek, containing 195 acres, more or less. Tracts formerly belonging to John Gouty, Senr. and John Gouty Junr. Father and Brother of said Joseph Gouty.
1718 7 Old 80/ Oct 6, 1718
Joseph Goutee of Dorchester County, Planter, to George Bowes, Cooper, of said County: part of two surveys called “Parris” and “Burburke” on the west side of Blackwater River, containing 40 acres more or less
1711 6 Old 174/ Jun 12, 1711 John Goutey Senr., of Dorchester County, Weaver, to Thomas Walter, Planter, late of Somerset County but now of Dorchester County, part of "Parris", on the west side of Goose Creek, and a small ridge on the lower end of said land, containing 250 acres in all.
1712 6 Old 191/ Aug 11, 1712 Josiah Macy and Angell Macy his wife to Joseph Goutey, Senr, Planter, "Batchellors Hope" formerly belonging to Henry Holt, dec'd, on a branch of Blackwater River containing 150 acres more or less.
1714 6 Old 226/ Aug 9, 1714 Joseph Gouty Senr, Planter, and Ann Gouty, his wife, to William Robinson, Shoemaker : "Cante", containing 100 acres more or less and "Ganders Labrinth" adj to Cante, near the mouth of Goose Creek, containing 195 acres, more or less. Tracts formerly belonging to John Gouty, Senr. and John Gouty Junr. Father and Brother of said Joseph Gouty.
Joseph Gootee, son of John Gootee and Margaret, died in 1716. Joseph Gootee, Senior, planter, made a will dated 04 January 1716, and it was probated March 13, 1716.(XX) The abstract of his will shows that he devised "Callis" his dwelling plantation to his wife, Ann. It also named John, his eldest son (the Elder), and sons Jacob, Andrew, Joseph and youngest son John (the Younger). The abstract also named daughters Elizabeth Shorter, Mary Robinson, Ruth, Rosannah, Triphena, Lucy and Elinor.
Children of Joseph Gouty Senior and Elizabeth Insley (married 25 Feb 1692?):
i. It seems to be the most reasonable to conclude that Joseph Gootee Junior was the first born male child of Joseph Senior and his wife Elizabeth Insley.
JOSEPH GOOTEE, JR, b. ABT 1692, Dorchester Co, Md; d. ABT 1768, Accomack Co, Va.; married (1) Elizabeth Johnson in 1711 in Accomack County, Virginia; Elizabeth Johnson died ? 1696 - Alexander Johnson left 100 acres (A169) to daughter Elizabeth, who later married Joseph Gootee. (Vol 2, Va. ES by Whitelaw). 1719 - Joseph Goutee and wife Elizabeth, Dorset Co, Md, sold 100 acres inherited from Alexander Johnson to John Massey. (A169). 1696 Alexander Johnson left 100 acres (A169) to daughter Elizabeth, who later married Joseph Gootee Jr. (Vol 2, Va. ES by Whitelaw).(9) Joseph Gootee Junior (married Elizabeth Johnson
Joseph Gootee Jr, born About 1691 in Maryland; died 1728 in Accomack CO. VA; married Elizabeth Johnson
Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632 - 1800, An Index
Gootee [Accomack County]
Mary 1768 i
Jos. 1768 i
Lisney 1795 w
Gowtee - [Accomack] Mary 1764 w
Goutee - [Accomack] Jno. 1749 i
Gouty - [Accomack] Jos. 1728 w.
iv. Joseph Gootee Junior was born about 1691 in ?
Joseph died about 1768 in Accomack County, Virginia
married (1) Elizabeth Johnson in 1711 in Accomack County, Virginia
Elizabeth Johnson died ?
1696 - Alexander Johnson left 100 acres (A169) to daughter Elizabeth, who later married Joseph Gootee. (Vol 2, Va. ES by Whitelaw).
1719 - Joseph Goutee and wife Elizabeth, Dorset Co, Md, sold 100 acres inherited from Alexander Johnson to John Massey. (A169). Note: The bequest by Johnson to his daughter Elizabeth had been entailed and they had no right to sell the land. They had a daughter Mary, who married Levin Taylor and she proved title to the land in 1756 and Thomas Marsey (Massey) deeded his claim to the Taylors. In 1785, Mary Taylor, widow, and son Jesse and his wife, Rachel, sold 37 acres to William Massey. the next year Mary deeded the balance to Jesse and he and his wife Rachel, sold to Jabez Pitt.( Vol. 2, Va.ES by Whitelaw)
2 Jun 1728 - 6 Feb 1728/9 - Joseph Gouty will - To wife Elizabeth. To bro. John Gouty. To dau Mary (under 16). Brother John and friend John Tankard, Exers. Witt: Priscilla Burton, Robert Leonard, Elizabeth Tankard. (Acc. Co Wills 1715-1729)
Joseph Gouty, son of Joseph Gouty, married (2) Sarah Mills in March 1711 in Virginia. Sarah Mills died ?? doesn't look right! 26 March 1711, 6 Old 175 – 1711, Parris and Bowebur, part of two tracts called Parris and Boweburk on the west side of Blackwater River containing 40 acres. GOUTEY, Joseph, Sr dec, Wife - Elizabeth GOUTEY, Son - Joseph GOUTEY, Jr & his wife Sarah, Son - Andrew GOUTEY, Son - Jacob GOUTEY
ii. JOHN GOOTEE, (the Elder) was born about 1692 in Maryland. He died 31 May 1748, Accomack County, Virginia. He married Mary Lisney before 1727 in Accomack County, Virginia. 1727
Ralph Lisney left his land, 100 acres (A169)(including 30 acres of A166) to his daughter Mary, who married John Gowtee. (Vol 2, VaES by Whitelaw). James Brown administered his estate to John Gouty. (Vol 2, VaES by Whitelaw). Mason Abbott and Thomas Parramore, Sec. (pg 268, Orders, Acc Co, 1744-1753).
20 Aug 1764 - 27 Nov 1764
Mary Lisney Goutee, surviving her husband John Goutee, left her Plantation and lands (A169) to son Joseph. Her will also lists sons John, Andrew, Lisney and daughters Trephina and Mary. Witnesses were John Mercer, Leaven Taylor, William Shipman.(see 1727) In order of probate Joseph Gowtee heir at law to the testatrix.(VaES by Whitelaw and Acc Co Wills 1761-1767).
v. John Gootee, born Abt. 1692 in Maryland; died May 31, 1748 in Accomack CO. VA; married Mary Lisney Bef. 1727 in Accomack CO, VA.
Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632 - 1800, An Index
Gootee [Accomack County]
Mary 1768 i
Jos. 1768 i
Lisney 1795 w
Gowtee - [Accomack] Mary 1764 w
Goutee - [Accomack] Jno. 1749 i
Gouty - [Accomack] Jos. 1728 w.
v. John Gootee, born about 1692 in Maryland
John died May 31, 1748 in Accomack CO. VA;
married Mary Lisney Bef. 1727 in Accomack CO, VA; died Unknown.
1727
Ralph Lisney left his land, 100 acres (A169)(including 30 acres of A166) to his daughter Mary, who married John Gowtee. (Vol 2, VaES by Whitelaw). James Brown administered his estate to John Gouty. (Vol 2, VaES by Whitelaw).
31 May 1748 - John Gowtee administered his will to Widow, Mary. Mason Abbott and Thomas Parramore, Sec. (pg 268, Orders, Acc Co, 1744-1753).
20 Aug 1764 - 27 Nov 1764
Mary Lisney Goutee, surviving her husband John Goutee, left her Plantation and lands (A169) to son Joseph. Her will also lists son John, Andrew, Lisney and dau. Trephina and Mary. Witnesses were John Mercer, Leaven Taylor, William Shipman.(see 1727) In order of probate Joseph Gowtee heir at law to the testatrix.(VaES by Whitelaw and Acc Co Wills 1761-1767).
Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632 - 1800, An Index
Gootee [Accomack County]
Mary 1768 i
Jos. 1768 i
Lisney 1795 w
Gowtee - [Accomack] Mary 1764 w
Goutee - [Accomack] Jno. 1749 i
Gouty - [Accomack] Jos. 1728 w.
Will of Mary Lisney Goutee:
Wife of John Gootee the Elder, son of Joseph Gootee Senior.
The Will of Mary GOWTEE
August 20, 1764
Transcribed and posted by ghote Bob Gootee.
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IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I Mary Gowtee of Accomack County being of sound mind and disposing memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life and desirous to settle all my worldly affairs, do by these presents make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following, to wit,
I devise unto my son, Joseph Gowtee his heirs and assign for ever the Plantation and land whereon I now live on condition he gives unto my two daughters, Mary and Triphina two negroes that is to say the negro girl called Sarah to Triphina and the boy called Stephen unto Mary to them and their heirs. But if the said Joseph should deny or refuse to deliver the said negroes unto my aforesaid daughters when by them required, then I devise the said land and Plantation unto my son Lisney Gowtee his heirs and assigns forever on condition that the said Lisney when by aforesaid daughters reasonably required, pay unto each of them a good negro of about twelve years old.
I give unto my son John Gowtee my negro woman called Press to him and his heirs and assign forever he paying unto my son Andrew twenty pounds (£20) current money and in case any of my children should clain any right to any part of the said negro woman by virtue of any claim from their Fathers estate, then I hereby direct that all such of my estate herein given to them shall be void and such ones part shall go to those who relinquish their claim to the said negro woman I give unto my son Lisney my hand mill to him and assigns.
I give unto my daughter Trephina my horse and sadle to her and her assigned and also my trunk with lock and key and all such things as shall be found therein at the time of my death.
I give unto my daughter Mary my mare and sadle to her and her assigned also the goods and other things she now has in her possession.
I give unto my daughter Trephina her choice of my beds with furniture thereto belonging.
Lastly I devise all of the remainder of my personal estate to be sold and that my debts be justly paid out of the same and the overplus of such sale be divided amongst all my children and I hereby nominate my two sons Lisney and John executors of this my will. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this twentieth day of August Anno Dom 1764.
Mary Gowtee made her mark
Published and declared
In presence off
John Massey
Leaven Taylor In a Court continued & held for Acco. County
William Shipman November 27, 1764
The within last will and testament of Mary Gowtee deceased was presented and proved by the oaths of John Massey and Levin Taylor two of the witnesses thereto and admitted to record. Joseph Gowtee heir at law to the decedent being present and having nothing to object and on the motion of Lisney Gowtee one of the executors therein named. John Gowtee the other executor relinquishing taking upon himself the trust thereof taking the oath and giving John Massey and Levin Taylor for his securitys who entered into and acknowledged a bond for that purpose. Certificate is granted him for obtaining probate thereof in due form.
signed Cha. Holden Co Clk Acco
vii. Andrew Gootee, born Abt. 1698; died February 1774 in Dorchester CO., MD; married Agnes Woodland Harper; died April 1768. More About Agnes Woodland Harper: Burial: April 16, 1768, Blackwater River, Dorchester CO., MD. Burial plot is adjacent to the Blackwater Reserve Headquarters Bldg.
vii. Andrew Gootee, born about 1698 in Dorchester, Maryland.
Andrew died in February 1774 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
Maryland Calendar of Wills, page 155:
Andrew Gootee, Dorchester County, 19 January 1774
To dau. Betty Wingate, a cow
To grandson George Gootee and his brother Edward Gootee and my grandson David Gootee, 1 shilling.
To dau. Mary Billins, a cow
To dau. Clear Andrews, a cow.
To John Bryan, my gun.
To grandson Griffith Gootee and his sister Mary Gootee, 1 shilling.
To granddau. Nance Tregoe, a cows and a ewe.
To grandson John Tregoe, 1 shilling.
To son Andrew Gootee, 200 acres called "Cales," laid out by a division line betwixt my brother Jacob Gootee; also all that part of land called "Gootees Choice," 25 acres; also that parcel called "Gootees Luck," and all the rest of my estate. Andrew Gootee to administer my estate. Wit: John Cole, Martin Cole, George Booze. 39. 765
Andrew married Agnes Woodland Harper on August 3, 1722, in ??
Agnes died April 16, 1768, in Dorchester, Maryland.
Agnes Woodland Harper was buried April 16, 1768, at Blackwater River, Dorchester Couonty, Maryland. The burial plot is adjacent to the Blackwater Reserve Headquarters Building.
1) child of Andrew Gootee and Agnes Woodland is Joseph Whelan Gootee, Sr, born in 1758 ???? Supposedly Joseph Whelan Gootee Sr married Mary Elizabeth Griffith. She was born April 5, 1728. Married in 1758?
2) second child possibly George S. Gootee
04 Jan 1763
Joseph Goutee and wife Rachel, Accomack Co, Va and Andrew Goutee, Dor Co, Md to John Goutee, three tracts of land : "Bellegrove", Gootee's Hope" , part of "Callis" (note: all in Dor Co, Md- Land Record 18 Old 284).
?check out - Andrew Bootee descendant of William James of England? - Title: Descendants
Repository:
Media: Book
Page: of William James of England, p. 2
Text: Yvonne James-Henderson 1997
Around 1800, the Gootees started to move and claim land in the west. Andrew Gootees Grandsons, Joseph Wheland and George S Gootee, accompanied by Joseph’s family, decided to go to Kentucky and and settled near Springfield, Washington Co, Ky.
Maryland State Archives, 1783, Dorchester County, Maryland
Andrew Gootee. 272 3/4 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 5. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
Andrew Gootee. Callis, 200 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 30. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
Andrew Gootee. Gootees Choice, 25 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 30. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
Andrew Gootee. Hazzard, 22 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 30. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
Andrew Gootee. Second Chance, 20 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 30. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
Andrew Gootee. Gootees Good Luck, 6 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 30. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
viii. Elizabeth Gootee was born About 1699. She died after Jun 1743.(Get Source!)
She married Anthony Shorter in 1711. Elizabeth died about 1773. Anthony Shorter was born about 1694. (Shorter’s Public Wharf Boat Ramp appears on 4-40-2013 map of Gootee Neck, Dorchester County, MD.)
iii. Ruth Gootee was born abut 1695 in Maryland.
Ruth died about 1760 in Maryland.
Ruth married William Robinson Jr., June 1, 1705, Dorchester County, Maryland.
William Robinson Junior died in 1746 in Dorchester County, Maryland.=
iv. ROSANNAH (ANNE) GOOTEE was born about 1700 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Rosannah Goutee Trego, Accounts, 1767, Dorchester, Liber 56, folio 133. ii. Roshannah Gootee, married William Button. Roshannah Gootee was born about 1694 in Maryland. She married William Button in 1708.
(see Rosannah Goutee Trego - Accounts, 1767, Dorchester, Liber 56, folio 133
see also Goutey, Gowtee, Goutee)
[is this Rosannah?] 15 Aug 1747-24 Nov 1747
Jonathon Benstons will -To wife Hannah, use of all my lands during her widowhood, then to son Rosewell (minor). Son Rosewell, Jonathon, Dau. Catherine. Witt: George Douglas, John Gowtee, Joseph Gowtee, Ambrose Benston, John Merril. John Gowtee was appointed guardian of Rosewell Benston, heir at law to the testator.(Acc Co Wills 1745-1749)
Children of Rosannah (?Anne?) Gootee and William Button were 1) Elizabeth, 2) William, and 3) Goutee Button.
also see Rosannah Goutee Trego - Accounts, 1767, Dorchester, Liber 56, folio 133
see also Goutey, Gowtee, Goutee
v. MARY GOOTEE, probably born 1690 to 1693; died 08 Mar 1728/9 (St Peters Parish Records Talbot County, MD); married William Robinson about 1710. He is in land records. She died March 8, 1728/9 as listed in [St. Peters Parish Records, Talbot County, Maryland.](footnote x)
vi. JACOB GOOTEE, some listings on the Internet indicate Jacob was born October 1699. Jacob died March 9, 1779. Jacob married Margery Pritchett Wingate in 1721. No documentation has been found to determine any of the above. However, the author concludes Jacob married Margery Pritchett who was a sister to Phunback Pritchett and the daughter of John Pritchett, chemist. Margery first married a Wingate before marrying Jacob Gootee. There were no other women named Margery in the Dorchester area the author has found living near the Gootee family.
The will of Joseph Gootee Senior, father of Jacob Gootee, lists the following individuals: 6 Old 175 – 1711, Joseph Goutey, Sr. deceased, Wife – Elizabeth Goutey, Son – Joseph Goutey, Junior and his wife Sarah, Son – Andrew Goutey, and Son – Jacob Goutey.
Jacob Gootee was an administrator on the Prerogative Court Balance Book (Final Distribution assumed), Liber 2, folio 39, Dorchester County, Maryland, 1756, for Thomas Oliver, deceased, November 2, 1756. Jacob Gootee administrator of Thomas Oliver dec. Representatives not known to the office.
Records for Thomas Oliver also appear at:
Accounts - Thomas Oliver, 1756, Dorchester, Liber 40, folio 136.
Inventories – Thomas Oliver, 1756, Dorchester, Liber 62, folio 1.
vii. ANDREW was born about 1698 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Andrew married Agnes Woodland Harper on 03 August 1722. Agnes died 16 April 1768, in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was buried 16 April 1768 at Blackwater River, Dorchester County, Maryland. The burial plot is adjacent to the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters Building, 2145 Key Wallace Drive
Cambridge, Maryland 21613Andrew Gootee died about 1773/4, in Dorchester County, Maryland.
(Maryland Calendar of Wills, page 155, Andrew Gootee, Dorchester County, 19 January 1774. Andrew Gootee, Inventories, 1774, Dorchester, Liber 118, folio 16. Andrew Gootee, Wills, 1774, Dorchester, Liber 39, folio 762.)
To dau. Betty Wingate, a cow
To grandson George Gootee and his brother Edward Gootee and my grandson David Gootee, 1 shilling.
To dau. Mary Billins, a cow
To dau. Clear Andrews, a cow.
To John Bryan, my gun.
To grandson Griffith Gootee and his sister Mary Gootee, 1 shilling.
To granddau. Nance Tregoe, a cows and a ewe.
To grandson John Tregoe, 1 shilling.
To son Andrew Gootee, 200 acres called “Cales,” laid out by a division line betwixt my brother Jacob Gootee; also all that part of land called “Gootees Choice,” 25 acres; also that parcel called “Gootees Luck,” and all the rest of my estate. Andrew Gootee to administer my estate. Wit: John Cole, Martin Cole, George Booze. 39. 765
Andrew Gootee’s grandsons, Joseph Wheland and George S. Gootee, accompanied by Joseph’s family, decided to go to Kentucky and and settled near Springfield, Washington Co, Ky.
Elizabeth Insley, first wife of Joseph Gootee Senior, was living at 13 June 1711 when she and Joseph Senior deeded part of Parris and Bourburk, both lying on the west side of the Black Water River and near Margrett’s Point, to their son, Joseph Gootee Junior, Sarah wife of said Joseph Gootee Junior.
Children of Joseph Gouty Senior (son of Jean Gautier) and his second wife Ann Harper (by 12 Jun 1718)(MDAD 1:106):
Houlton, William, m. by 12 June 1718, Ann, extx. of Joseph Goutee of DO Co. (MDAD 1:106).
ix. John (the Younger) was born after 1711 and died after 1764. He married Elizabeth “Betty” Lnu who was born about 1719 and who died after 1764..
x. Lucy was born after 1711.
xi. Elinor was born after 1711.
xii. Triphena was born after 1711.
ORIGINAL SOURCE MATERIAL to support the RELATIONSHIP between
JOSEPH GOOTEE SENIOR and his son JACOB GOUTY
1) 1738 10 Old 203/ Dec 1738, Jacob Gowtee of Dorchester County, Planter, to his brother, Andrew Gowtee, 200 acres due him by the will of their Father, Joseph Gowtee, being part of a tract called “Callys”. Note: John Gootee Senior was granted fifty (50) acres of land, which they named “Callais,” located between what is now Egypt Road and Little Blackwater River (eventually, “Callais” contained 450 acres).
2) 1729 8 Old 307/ Nov 7, 1729, Andrew Goute and Jacob Goutee of Dorchester County, Planters, to George Boaz of the same County, Cooper: parcel of land being part of two tracts called “Callais” and “Borebrook”, on the west side of Blackwater River, on Cabin Creek, containing 43 acres more or less. Ackn. Nov 14, 1729 by Andrew Goutee and Agness his wife and Jacob Goutee and Margery his wife.
?Callais left by John Gootee Senior to Joseph Gootee Senior? 26 Mar 1711, John Gouty to son Joseph, dau Judith Coale and G/S Joseph. 6 Old 175 – 1711, GOUTEY, John, Son - Joseph GOUTEY, G/Son - Joseph GOUTEY, Dau - Judith COALE
3) Maryland Indexes, Marriage References, MSA S 1527, He-Hz, Houlton, William, m. by 12 June 1718, Ann, extx. of Joseph Goutee of Dorchester County. (MDAD 1:106).
4) First Dorchester Families, Page 48, Joseph Gootee Senior, planter, made a will dated 04 January 4, 1716 and it was probated 13 March 1716 (Maryland State Archives, Wills 14, 319). The abstract of his will shows that he devised “Callis” his dwelling plantation to his wife, Ann. It also named John, his eldest son, and sons Jacob, Andrew, Joseph and youngest son John. The abstract also named daughters Elizabeth Shorter, Mary Robinson, Ruth, Rosannah, Triphena, Lucy and Elinor.
5) 8 Old 66/ Nov 10 1723, William Houlton and wife Anne his wife of Dorchester County to Jacob Gray of the same County: 1/3 of “Callais” as divided between William Houlten and the heirs of Joseph Goute; 1/3 of a tract called “Boorbrook”, both tracts lying on the west side of Blackwater, for the lietime of said Anne Houlton. 1/3 of “Callis” as divided between William Houlton and heirs of Joseph Gootee. 1/3 of “Bowbrook”, for the lifetime of said Anne.
6) Maryland Calendar of Wills, page 155, Andrew Gootee, Dorchester County, 19 January 1774. Also see, Wills, 1774, Dorchester County, Liber 39, folio 762 and Andrew Gootee, Inventories, 1774, Dorchester, Liber 118, folio 16.
will of Andrew Gootee:
To dau. Betty Wingate, a cow
To grandson George Gootee and his brother Edward Gootee and my grandson David Gootee, 1 shilling.
To dau. Mary Billins, a cow
To dau. Clear Andrews, a cow.
To John Bryan, my gun.
To grandson Griffith Gootee and his sister Mary Gootee, 1 shilling.
To granddau. Nance Tregoe, a cows and a ewe.
To grandson John Tregoe, 1 shilling.
To son Andrew Gootee, 200 acres called “Cales,” laid out by a division line betwixt my brother Jacob Gootee; also all that part of land called “Gootees Choice,” 25 acres; also that parcel called “Gootees Luck,” and all the rest of my estate. Andrew Gootee to administer my estate. Wit: John Cole, Martin Cole, George Booze. 39. 765
6 Old 175 – 1711, GOUTEY, Joseph, Sr dec, Wife – Elizabeth GOUTEY, Son – Joseph GOUTEY, Jr & his wife Sarah, Son – Andrew GOUTEY, Son – Jacob GOUTEY.
?? 1) 6 Old 175 – 1711, Joseph Goutey, Sr. deceased, Wife – Elizabeth Goutey, Son (Which Joseph Goutey, Sr. is this one?)
Account Records for Dorchester County, Maryland – Liber 57
folio 210 – 12 Aug 1767
BOAZ, George, dec
Adm & widow – Bridget BOAZ
Sureties – George BOAZ & Jacob GOOTEE
Son – Henry BOAZ
Son – George BOAZ
Son – James BOAZ
Son – William BOAZ
Dau – Nancy BOAZ
Son – Joseph BOAZ
Son – John BOAZ
Dau – Mary BOAZ
REFERENCES
(1A) 1695, Archives of Maryland, Assembly Proceedings, May 8-22 1695, Naturalization. An act of Naturalization of Mathais Mathison als Freeman, Peter Golley, John and Joseph Goutee and Joseph and John, sons of said Joseph and Leonard Camperson. Be it enacted by the King and Queen most excellent Maties by and with advice and consent of this present Generall Assembly and with the authority of same, that Mathais Matison als Freeman of Cecil County, Peter Golley, John and Joseph Goutee and Joseph and John, sons of said Joseph Goutee and Leonard Camperson of Talbot County within this Province be henceforth reputed and taken as natural born subjects of this Province
(1) Marriage date for Joseph Goutee and Elizaabeth Insley is said to be 25 February 1688/9, but no record has been seen so far.
(2) Andrew and Eliabeth Insley to son-in-law Michael Todd, Maryland Archives land records 5 125., Hannaways Forrestt the head of the north east branch of Fox Creek that issueth out of the east side of Hunger River.
(2) In McAllister’s Abstracts of Dorchester Land Records.
6 old 100 – Michael Todd. (Cordwainer Shoemaker) & Margaret Todd his wife – selling land in lower Dorchester. Power of atty. given to James Insley by Michael & Margaret “to our brother.” Margaret was an Insley.
Bk 3 – 5 old 125 – Andrew Insley & Eliz. Insley his wife of Dor. Co. to son in law Michal Todd & Margaret his wife. 2 pieces of land on Hungar River (lower Dor.
Bk 3 – 5 Old 125. Joseph Goutey (Gootee) Senior son in law. Joseph Gootee & Michael Todd were married to Insley sisters.
She was the daughter of Andrew Insley and Margaret Jones.
Andrew Insley was born about 1643 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England
Andrew Insley died about 1699 in Dorchester, Maryland.
Margaret Jones was born about 1645 in England.
Margaret Jones Insley died November 8, 1698 in Dorchester, Maryland.
Wills: Andrew Insly, 1699, Dorchester, Liber 6, folio 292
Inventories and Accounts: Andrew Insley, 1699, Liber 19 1/2 A, folio 89 (inventory)
(3) 4 Old 76, 13 May 1690, Margarett Gautier, wife of John Gautier, Dorchester County, Power of Attorney to Thomas Cooke, related to 3 parcels of land on Blackwater sold by John Gauter Sr. to John Gautier, son of said Margarett.
(4) 1691 5 Old 34/ Feb 25, 1691 Joseph Goutey, Planter, and Elizabeth Goutey, his wife of Dorchester County to John Goutey Jr, of the same County, Planter : “Josephs Lane” on the north side of Goose Creek issuing out of Fishing Bay, containing 50 acres more or less.
(5) 5 Old 34, 25 Feb 1691, Dorchester County, Insleys Poynt, west side of Transquakin River containing 50 acres formerly patented to Andrew Insley. John Goutey Jr. planter, to Joseph Goutey, planter. 1691 5 Old 35/ Feb 25, 1691 John Goutey Jr, of Dorchester County, Planter, to Joseph Goutey of the same County, Planter: Land on the west side of Transquakin River, containing 50 acres or less called “Insleys Poynt”, formerly patented to Andrew Insley.
(6) 1691 John Gouty and Margrett his wife to their son-in-law and daughter John Cole and Judith Cole, both of Dorchester County, Graveling, 100 acres on Blackwater River, 5 Old 81.(21) 1691 5 Old 81/ 1691 John Gouty and Margrett, his wife, to their son in law and daughter, John Cole and Judith Cole, both of Dorchester County: “Graveling” on a branch of Blackwater River, containing 100 acres more or less.
(XX) Wills 14, 319.
(8) Archives of Maryland, Proceedings and Acts of the General Assemply, 1693-1697, Volume 19, Page 211, Assembly Proceedings, May 8-22, 1695. 211, An Additional Act to the Act for Portes. Lib. L. L. 2., p. 90, An Act for Naturalization of Mathias Mathiason, als. Freeman, Peter Golley, John & Joseph Goutee and Joseph and John Sons of the said Joseph Goutee.
(9) 1696 Alexander Johnson left 100 acres (A169) to daughter Elizabeth, who later married Joseph Gootee. (Vol 2, Va. ES by Whitelaw).
(10) On May 4, 1699, John Gootee, Jr., made his will and it was probated August 7, 1699. He devised all of his real estate to his father and mother, John and Margaret Gootee. His father, John Gootee, was named as executor. (On May 4, 1699, John Gootee, Jr., made his will and it was probated August 7, 1699. He devised all of his real estate to his father and mother, John and Margaret Gootee.)
John Goute, Jr., 1700, Dorchester, Liber 21, folio 103 (account) Inventories and Accounts
John Goutey Jr., 1699, Liber 19 1/2 A, folio 98 (inventory) Inventories and Accounts
John Goutey Jr, 1699, Dorchester, Liber 6, folio 290, Wills
6 Old 175 – 1711, GOUTEY, Joseph, Sr dec, Wife – Elizabeth GOUTEY, Son – Joseph GOUTEY, Jr & his wife Sarah, Son – Andrew GOUTEY, Son – Jacob GOUTEY
6 Old 175 – 1711, GOUTEY, John, Son – Joseph GOUTEY, G/Son – Joseph GOUTEY, Dau – Judith COALE.
1711 6 Old 174/ Jun 12, 1711 John Goutey Senr., of Dorchester County, Weaver, to Thomas Walter, Planter, late of Somerset County but now of Dorchester County, part of “Parris”, on the west side of Goose Creek, and a small ridge on the lower end of said land, containing 250 acres in all.
1712 6 Old 191/ Aug 11, 1712 Josiah Macy and Angell Macy his wife to Joseph Goutey, Senr, Planter, “Batchellors Hope” formerly belonging to Henry Holt, dec’d, on a branch of Blackwater River containing 150 acres more or less.
1714 6 Old 226/ Aug 9, 1714 Joseph Gouty Senr, Planter, and Ann Gouty, his wife, to William Robinson, Shoemaker : “Cante”, containing 100 acres more or less and “Ganders Labrinth” adj to Cante, near the mouth of Goose Creek, containing 195 acres, more or less. Tracts formerly belonging to John Gouty, Senr. and John Gouty Junr. Father and Brother of said Joseph Gouty.
Maryland Indexes, Marriage References, MSA S 1527, Houlton, William, m. by 12 June 1718, Ann, extx. of Joseph Goutee of DO Co. (MDAD 1:106).
Elizabeth Ann Insley, born about 1668 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
Index to Dorchester County, Maryland Wills, 1669-1777 / by Raymond B. Clark, Jr., Arlington, Va. (4201 S. 31st St., #545, Arlington 22206)
In McAllister’s Abstracts of Dorchester Land Records.
6 old 100 – Michael Todd. (Cordwainer Shoemaker) & Margaret Todd his wife – selling land in lower Dorchester. Power of atty. given to James Insley by Michael & Margaret “to our brother.” Margaret was an Insley.
Bk 3 – 5 old 125 – Andrew Insley & Eliz. Insley his wife of Dor. Co. to son in law Michal Todd & Margaret his wife. 2 pieces of land on Hungar River (lower Dor.
Bk 3 – 5 Old 125. Joseph Goutey (Gootee) son in law. So Gootee & Todd were married to Insley sisters.
She was the daughter of Andrew Insley and Margaret Jones.
Andrew Insley was born about 1643 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England
Andrew Insley died about 1699 in Dorchester, Maryland.
Margaret Jones was born about 1645 in England.
Margaret Jones Insley died November 8, 1698 in Dorchester, Maryland.
Wills: Andrew Insly, 1699, Dorchester, Liber 6, folio 292
Inventories and Accounts: Andrew Insley, 1699, Liber 19 1/2 A, folio 89 (inventory)
Appendix A
Various Individuals Named John, Joseph, and Jacob Gootee
Nine Individuals Named John Gootee
(various spellings include: Gowty, Gouty, Goutey, Goute, etc.)
1. Name: John Gootee Senior
a. birth date: 27 January 1639/40
b. birth location: Saint-Gregoire, Ille de Vilaine, Brittany,
France (per Descendants of John Gootee listing, author not
known)
c. death date: 1711 (per will - Old 6 175 / 16 May 1711)
d. death location: Dorchester County, Maryland (per will)
e. spouse’s name: Margaret, perhaps Beeson was her surname
(per land records and Maryland Archives naturalization)
f. marriage date and location: probably about 1660 in France
g. left a will or died intestate: will - 6 Old 175 / 16 May 1711
h. occupation: weaver (per will); also cordwainer or shoemaker
(per Descendants of John Gootee listing, author not known)
i. item(s) of special significance: first Gootee to arrive in Maryland; identified in the Maryland Archives in 1695
(per Volume 19, page 211)
will - Old 6 175 / 16 May 1711: John Goutey of Dorchester County, Weaver, to his son Joseph Goutey, Planter: All of his property except one heifer given to Grandson, Joseph Goutey and one shilling to daughter Judith Coale.
The first documented GOOTEE in Maryland was John GOOTEE (Jean GAUTIER), a French citizen who arrived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in February 1662, sponsored by Antoine LeCompte, a Gentleman and large landowner in Maryland.
John was married to Margaret, whose last name is unknown but believed to be Beeson or Besson. Margaret and a son, Joseph, arrived in Maryland in 1666 and she completed her servitude (indenture) on 6 February 1679. At that time her husband, John, was granted fifty (50) acres of land, which they named "Callais," located between what is now Egypt Road and Little Blackwater River (eventually, "Callais" contained 450 acres). John and Margaret Gottee [sic] and Stephen Beeson (Ettiene Beeson were naturalized on 19 April 1671 and listed as "Citizens of France."
There apparently is a record of a John Goute [sic] that arrived in New Kent, Virginia, at the head of the York River, east of Richmond, Virginia, on 5 March 1654. This John was transported by John Peteete. If this record is correct, then this John Goute probably was born by 1636. This surely must refer to John Gootee Senior if correct.
2. John Gootee Junior (a son of John Gootee Senior and Margaret, his wife)
a. birth date: probably by early 1660s
b. birth location: France (per Maryland Archives
naturalization)
c. death date: 1699 (per will probated 1699)
d. death location: Dorchester County, Maryland ( per will)
e. spouse’s name: never married
f. marriage date and location: not applicable
g. left a will or died intestate: will – made 04 May 1699 and probated 07 August 1699, Dorchester County, Liber 21, folio 103
h. occupation: tanner (per Old 5 124, Dorchester County,
Maryland, 15 November 1698, land record, John Goutee
Junior, tanner, to Joseph Goutee Senior)
i. item(s) of special significance: no known children; identified
in the Maryland Archives in 1695 (per Volume 19, page
211)
will - Liber 21, folio 103, probated 07 August 1699. He devised all of his real estate to his father and mother, John and Margaret Gootee.
(account) Inventories and Accounts. John Goutey Jr., 1699, Liber 19 1/2 A, folio 98
(inventory) Inventories and Accounts. John Goutey Jr., 1699, Dorchester, Liber 6, folio 290
It must be John Gootee Junior who was a witness to the will of Andrew Insley on 14 April 1699 which names Michael Todd as a son-in-law.
Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume 7:
Insley, Andrew, Dorchester County, 14th April 1699; 2nd August
1699.
To daughter Mary and hrs., “Road Ridge.” (For description see will).
To son-in-law Michael Todd and Mary his wife, a certain parcel of land adjoining Wm. Deane’s plantation, and being part of tract on which sd. Todd now lives.
To wife Eliza:. personalty and “Betty’s Desire” during life.
To son James, said “Betty’s Desire” at decease of his mother and “Bentley’s Point” or “Bentley’s Hope” on Hooper’s Island; also residue of lands jointly with his brother William. (For description of lands see will).
Exs.: Wife Eliza: and son-in-law Michael Todd.
Test: Jno. Goutey Jr., Philip Wingod. Wm. Robinson. 6. 291.
3. John Gootee the Elder (a son of Joseph Gootee Senior and his first wife, Elizabeth Insley)
a. birth date: probably in early 1690s
b. birth location: Dorchester County, Maryland (per residence
of his parents)
c. death date: about 31 May 1748 (per will)
d. death location: Accomack County, Virginia (per will)
e. spouse’s name: married Mary Lisney before 1727, apparently
in Accomack County, Virginia (per will of Mary Lisney
Gootee and land record analysis)
f. marriage date and location: (per will of his wife and land
record analysis)
g. left a will or died intestate: will (per page 268, Orders, Accomack County, Virginia, 1744-1753, 31 May 1748)
h. occupation: unknown
i. item(s) of special significance: identified in the Maryland
Archives in 1695 (per Volume 19, page 211)
will - 31 May 1748 John Gowtee administered his will to Widow, Mary. Mason Abbott and Thomas Parramore, Sec. (pg 268, Orders, Accomack County, Virginia, 1744-1753).
1727 Ralph Lisney left his land, 100 acres (A169) (including 30 acres of A166) to his daughter Mary, who married John Gowtee. (Vol 2, Virginia’s Eastern Shore by Ralph T. Whitelaw)
James Brown administered his estate to John Gouty. (Vol 2, Virginia’s Eastern Shore by Ralph T. Whitelaw).
This John Gootee is the son of Joseph Goutee mentioned in Archives of Maryland, Proceedings and Acts of the General Assemply, 1693-1697, Volume 19, Page 211, Assembly Proceedings, May 8-22, 1695. 211, An Additional Act to the Act for Portes. Lib. L. L. 2., p. 90, An Act for Naturalization of Mathias Mathiason, als. Freeman, Peter Golley, John & Joseph Goutee and Joseph and John Sons of the said Joseph Goutee.
4 John Gootee the Younger (a son of Joseph Gootee Senior and his second wife, Ann Harper)
a. birth date: probably about 1714 to 1717
b. birth location: Dorchester County, Maryland
c. death date: 1764
d. death location: Dorchester County, Maryland
e. spouse’s name: Elizabeth “Betty” Lnu
f. marriage date and location:
g. left a will or died intestate: TO DO
h. occupation: TO DO
i. item(s) of special significance:
John Gootee the Younger and his wife Elizabeth Lnu possibly had a son named Joseph Goutee born 02 November 1757 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
The following must refer to John Gootee the Younger who died in 1764 because it lists John Goutee as “Junior”.
Settlers of Maryland 1751 – 1765:
Goutee, John Jr; Dorchester County, Maryland
Name of Tract Acreage Date Reference(s)
Hazard 21 3 Jul 1761 BC14/528; BC17/224
Second Chance 20 3 Jul 1761 BC14/519;BC17/353
It is possible John Gootee the Younger who appears in the Maryland Calendar of Wills, Volume 7, as a witness to the will of John Hollock, since the will is made in Dorchester County, Maryland. However, another John Gootee, a son of Joseph Gootee Junior and his first wife Sarah, also lived in Dorchester County, Maryland at this time.
Hollock, John, Dorchester Co., 08 January 1737; 27 May 1738.
To son William and hrs., 100 A. “King’s Town,” 50 A. “Cheapside;” and personalty.
To son Jonathan and hrs., 100 A. “Hollock’s Cow Pasture;” and personalty.
To dau. Dorothy, personalty.
Wife Matthew (sic), extx. of personal estate except the legacies before given.
Test: Patrick Macolister (McCullister), John Gootee, Margret Urvin. 21. 882.
5. John Gootee (a son of Joseph Gootee Junior and probably Sara Mills)
a. birth date: 1710 (per deposition in Dorchester County on 12
June 1764 in OLD 20 218; (born about 1713 per
Descendants of John Gootee listing, author Bob Gootee)
b. birth location: Maryland (per Descendants of John Gootee
listing, author Bob Gootee)
c. death date: before 30 March 1780 (per Descendants of John Gootee listing, author Bob Gootee)
d. death location: Maryland (per Descendants of John Gootee listing, author Bob Gootee)
e. spouse’s name: Elizabeth “Betty” Bramble (per Descendants of
John Gootee listing, author Bob Gootee)
f. marriage date and location: about 1744 (per Descendants of John Gootee listing, author not known) (It seems likely he
would have married about 1730 if he was born in 1710.)
g. left a will or died intestate: unknown
h. occupation: unknown
i. item(s) of special significance:
This John Gootee must be the one who gave a deposition on 12 June 1764 in OLD 20 218 where he stated his age of “54 years or upwards”. The depositions in this land record were given to a Dorchester County, Maryland, court and we assume this John Gootee lived in Dorchester County at that time. This John Gootee therefore was born about 1710. This John Goote may have died before 30 March 1780 in Maryland.
This is where is gets very confusing. Need to research the following from an internet listing. Seems to mix two John Gootees in my opinion:
Dorchester County Revolutionary Patriots 1775-1783 by Henry C Peden:
Gootee (Goutee, Gouty), John, (2 Apr 1755-4 Aug 1818) Son of John and Betty Gootee of Dorchester Parish [Ref: FF-99, GG-41]. Subscribed to the Oath of Allegience and Fidelity in 1778 [Ref:K-30, L-117]. The children of "John and Betty Goutee" were William Goutee b. 25 Aug 1745; Prissiller Goutee b. 2 Nov 1746?; Mary Goutee b. 2 Mar 1748; John Goutee b. 2 Apr 1755; dau. Cynthia Goutee or Gouty, married John Nicols or Nicolls in 1797; Joseph Goutee b. 2 Nov 1757? in Dorchester Parish [Ref: GG-41, RR-2186 (SAR National Society No. 107560, documented and approved in 1974]. John Gotee was head of household in Straights Hundred in 1776. aged between 21 and 30, one male between 16-21, one female between 30-40 and three females between 10 and 16 [Ref: AA-46].
6. John Gootee (a son of John Gootee the Elder and his wife Mary Lisney)
a. birth date: probably about 1740 (parents married before 1727; his father died in 1748)
b. birth location: Accomack County, Virginia
c. death date: after August 1764
d. death location: probably Accomack County, Virginia
e. spouse’s name: Bridgett Major
f. marriage date and location: 1764 in Accomack County,
Virginia
g. left a will or died intestate: unknown
h. occupation: unknown
i. item(s) of special significance:
This John Gootee is identified in the will of his mother, Mary (Lisney) Gootee. (See Appendix C for entire will.)
This John Gootee fits with the age of his father and mother and a location in Accomack County, Virginia.
It was probably this John Gootee in Accomack County, Virginia, who proved this will: 24 Jan 1772 - 31 Mar 1772, will of John Pettit Jr. (nunc) - To son William Pettit. Balance of Estate to wife during her widowhood, then to be divided between my two daughters. Proved by John Gootee and Betty Taylor. In order of probate: Trophenny Pettit, widow of testator qualified. (Wills and Adminstrations, Accomack County, Virginia, 1663-1800 by Stratton Nottingham, page 678.).
will of his mother, Mary (Lisney) Gowtee, August 20, 1764:
Mary Gowtee of Accomack County make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following, to wit,
my son, Joseph Gowtee
my two daughters, Mary and Triphina
son Lisney Gowtee.
son John Gowtee
daughter Trephina
daughter Mary
two sons Lisney and John executors of this my will.
twentieth day of August Anno Dom 1764.
Mary Gowtee made her mark
Published and declared In presence off
John Massey
Leaven Taylor In a Court continued & held for Acco. County
William Shipman November 27, 1764
7. John Gootee (a son of Jacob Gootee and Margery Pritchett Wingate)
a. birth date: probably about 1738
b. birth location: Dorchester County, Maryland
c. death date: about 04 August 1818 (also see "1818 John Gootee deceased 4 Aug. 1818.", The Note Book of Silas Nicols, from the notes of Miss Ruth Jones, Family Record, Ancestry.com)
d. death location: Caroline County, Maryland; per will of John
Gootee of Caroline County, 1818
e. spouse’s name: first marriage - Elizabeth Pritchett, daughter
of Phunback Pritchett and his wife ??; second marriage - Jemema Browhan
f. marriage date and location: first marriage – Dorchester
County, Maryland, Maryland Indexes, Marriage References, MSA S 1527, Elizabeth, dau. of P. Pritchett of DO Co., m. by 17 Nov 1769, John Goutee (MWB 37:406; MDAD 65:9); second marriage – Jemima Browhan, ?? County, Maryland
g. left a will or died intestate: will – made 28 October 1815,
recorded 21 August 1818, Carolina County, Liber JR-C
folio 332
h. occupation:
i. item(s) of special significance: Patriot of the American Revolution
John Gouty and family moved to Caroline County, Maryland by the time of the 178 Caroline County, Maryland, census. See 1778 Maryland Census – Caroline County, lists a John Goutee. Per 1778 Census of Maryland compiled by Bettie Stirling Carothers (14423 Eddington Drive, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017). Also see MSA Citation 1419-6-9858 for John Goutee in 1778 Caroline County, Maryland census.
?1778 Caroline Co., MD, Fidelity Oath, John Goutee, Choptank Hundred?
Entry in the 1783 Choptank Hundred/District Census automatically qualifies the individual as a Patriot of the American Revolution according to the Sons of the American Revolution. John Gootee is listed for owning two tracts or parcels of land in Lower Choptank District Hundred in the 1783 Maryland census.
John Gootee. Gootees Lott, 126 acres. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 48. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location: 1/4/5/46
John Gootee. Laynes Venture. CA Lower Choptank District Hundred, p. 48. MSA S 1161-3-6 Location: 1/4/5/46)
This John Gootee was a son of Jacob Gootee who was the son of Joseph Gootee Senior and his wife first wife Elizabeth Insley.
wills – summary: John Gowty of Caroline County, Maryland, Daughter: Rhoda Cannon, widow of Joshua Cannon; Son: Abel Gowty; Daughter: Britanna Willis; Son: Pritchel Gowty; Daughter: Centhea Nichols, widow of John Nichols; Daughter: Vility Stevens; Grandson: James Gowty; Granddaughter: Mary Gowty; Granddaughter: Lucretia Gowty; Grandson: John Stevens Gowty; Gives all to 4 grandchildren and appoints William Stevens to watch out for them until they come of age.
We know Pritchett Gouty was born 04 July 1765 so he probably should have been age 45 at the time of the 1810 census, but he appears in the 26 to 44 age listing.
If Zachariah was born about 1778, he would have been about 32 years old in 1810.
John Gouty makes no mention of a wife in his will. He appointed William Stevens as sole executor. It is my opinion that he was living with Zachariah Gouty at the time of the 1810 census. There is a Wm. Stevans listed in the 1810 as age 26 to 44 with two males up to 10 years of age, one female up to 10 years of age, one female 16 to 26, and one female 26 to 45. It is likely this William Stevens was the person appointed as sole executor of the John Gouty estate.
The 1820 census for Caroline County, Maryland, only lists Abel Gowty, James Gowly(probably Gowty), and Thomas Gowty. John Gootee and his wife were both death by 1820. Pritchett Gouty and his family had moved to Ohio before 1820.
Need to research the following statement:
Revolutionary Patriots 1775-1783, Caroline Co, Md:
Goutee (Gouty), John (ca 1740-1818) Private, Militia, Capt. Nehemiah Andrews Company, 14th Battalion, by August 13, 1777 (Ref:M-155, Y-1201)
8. John Gootee (a son of John and Elizabeth “Betty” Bramble)
a. birth date: 02 April 1755 (per Descendants of John Gootee
listing, author not known)
b. birth location: Dorchester County, Maryland
c. death date: unknown
d. death location: unknown
e. spouse’s name: unknown
f. marriage date and location: unknown
g. left a will or died intestate: unknown
h. occupation: unknown
i. item(s) of special significance:
9. John Goodman Gootee (a son of Capewell Gootee and his wife Mary Nuner)
a. birth date: 07 February 1768
b. birth location: Dorchester County, Maryland
c. death date: before October 1824
d. death location: Maryland
e. spouse’s name: unknown
f. marriage date and location: unknown
g. left a will or died intestate: unknown
h. occupation: unknown
i. item(s) of special significance:
Capewell Gootee was a son of Jacob Gootee and his wife Margery Pritchett. He was born about 1743 in Dorchester County, Maryland and died in 1788 in Dorchester County, Maryland. He married Mary Nuner before 10 June 1765 in Dorchester County, Maryland. She was the daughter of Edward Nuner and Mary Lnu. Mary Nuner was bor 17 March 1747/48 in Dorchester County, Maryland, and died about 1824 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
Five Individuals Named Joseph Gootee
(various spellings include: Gowty, Gouty, Goutey, Goute, etc.)
I. Joseph Gootee Senior (son of John Gootee Senior and Margaret, his wife)
a. birth date: probably born about 1660 (per – birth of father
was 1639; parents probably married about 1660)
b. birth location: France (per Maryland Archives
naturalization)
c. death date: 1716 (per will probated March 1716)
d. death location: Dorchester County, Maryland (per will)
e. spouse’s name: He married first Elizabeth Insley, a daughter of Andrew Insley and Margaret Jones. (per land record of
Joseph Gootee Senior and Elizabeth, his wife, which
names Michael Todd a son-in-law. Michael Todd married
an Insley. He married second Ann Harper by 1714. (per
OLD 6 226, 09 August 1714, Dorchester County, MD)
f. marriage date and location: probably all in Dorchester
County, Maryland; first marriage date 25 February
1689/90 but no record found; second marriage date by
1714 (per land record which names wife as Ann)
f. left a will or died intestate: will made 04 January 1716;
probated 13 March 1716 (Wills, Dorchester County,
Maryland, Wills 14, 319)
g. occupation: planter (see 25 February 1691, OLD 5 34)
h. item(s) of special significance: all descendants of John
Gootee Senior of Maryland with a surname of Gootee
descend through Joseph Gootee Senior; identified in the
Maryland Archives in 1695 (per Volume 19, page 211)
This Joseph Gootee is the son of John Goutee Senior mentioned in Archives of Maryland, Proceedings and Acts of the General Assemply, 1693-1697, Volume 19, Page 211, Assembly Proceedings, May 8-22, 1695. 211, An Additional Act to the Act for Portes. Lib. L. L. 2., p. 90, An Act for Naturalization of Mathias Mathiason, als. Freeman, Peter Golley, John & Joseph Goutee and Joseph and John Sons of the said Joseph Goutee.
Joseph Gootee Senior married first Elizabeth Insley, said to be on 25 February 1689/90 but no record found, a daughter of Andrew Insley and Margaret Jones. They were the parents of eight children:
1. Joseph Junior – born about 1691 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Joseph Junior may have married a Mary Griffith first. He married second a Sarah Mills in March 1710/1711. He married third Elizabeth Johnson by 1719. Joseph Gootee Junior died in 1728 in Accomack County, Virginia.
2. John the Elder – born about 1692 in Dorchester County, Maryland. He married Mary Lisney before 1727 in Accomack County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Ralph Lisney and Mary Crowland. She was born perhaps in 1697 and died 20 August 1764 in Accomack County, Virginia. John the Elder died 31 May 1748 in Accomack County, Virginia.
3. Ruth – born about 1695 in Dorchester County, Maryland. She died about 1774 in Maryland. Supposedly also married a William Robinson about 1708.
4. Jacob – born about 1696 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Jacob married Margery Pritchett Wingate about 1720? Margery Pritchett probably had first married a Wingate before she married Jacob. Jacob died 09 March 1779 in Maryland.
5. Andrew – born about 1698 in Dorchester County, Maryland. He married Agnes Woodland (perhaps Harper) before 07 November 1729 in Dorchester Co, Md. She died in April 1768 in Dorchester Co, Md. Andrew died about 1774 in Dorchester Co, Md.
6. Elizabeth – born about 1699. She married Anthony Shorter. She died after June 1743.
7. Mary – born about ? She married William Robinson. She died 08 Mar 1728/29, St Peters Parish Rec. Talbot Co, Md.
8. Rosannah (Anne) – born about 1700, Dorchester County, Maryland. She married a William Button.
Elizabeth Insley Gootee died before 1714. (1714 6 Old 226/ Aug 9, 1714 Joseph Gouty Senr, Planter, and Ann Gouty, his wife, to William Robinson, Shoemaker: “Cante”, containing 100 acres more or less and “Ganders Labrinth” adjacent to Cante, near the mouth of Goose Creek, containing 195 acres, more or less. Tracts formerly belonging to John Gouty Senior and John Gouty Junior, Father and Brother of said Joseph Gouty.)
Joseph Gouty Senior married second Ann Harper by 1714 (See OLD 6 226 dated 09 August 1714, Dorchester County, MD. They were the parents of four children by 12 June 1718 when she married William Houlton.(MDAD 1:106). Ann Harper was the daughter of William Harper. She died after November 1728.
Joseph married Ann Harper in 1711.
Maryland Indexes, Marriage References, MSA S 1527
He-Hz
Houlton, William, m. by 12 June 1718, Ann, extx. of Joseph Goutee of DO Co. (MDAD 1:106).
1. John the Younger – born after 1711. He married Elizabeth “Betty” Lnu. She was born about 1719 and died after 1764. John the Younger died in 1764.
2. Triphena – born after 1711.
3. Lucy – born after 1711.
4. Elinor – born after 1711.
will - (Joseph Gootee, Sr., planter, made a will dated January 4, 1716, and it was probated March 13, 1716 (Wills 14, 319). The abstract of his will shows that he devised “Callis” his dwelling plantation to his wife, Ann. It also named John, his eldest son, and sons Jacob, Andrew, Joseph and youngest son John. The abstract also named daughters Elizabeth Shorter, Mary Robinson, Ruth, Rosannah, Triphena, Lucy and Elinor.
Ann, widow of Joseph Senior married William Houlton by 12 June 1718.(Ann Extr of Joseph Goutee Dorchester County. MDAD 1:106).
Also, more about Ann Harper: Land records Old 8 66, 10 November 1723.
8 Old 66/ Nov 10 1723, William Houlton and wife Anne his wife of Dorchester County to Jacob Gray of the same County: 1/3 of “Callais” as divided between William Houlten and the heirs of Joseph Goute; 1/3 of a tract called “Boorbrook”, both tracts lying on the west side of Blackwater, for the lietime of said Anne Houlton. 1/3 of “Callis” as divided between William Houlton and heirs of Joseph Gootee. 1/3 of “Bowbrook”, for the lifetime of said Anne.
II. Joseph Gootee Junior (a son of Joseph Gootee Senior and Elizabeth Insley)
a. birth date: probably the early 1690s
b. birth location: Dorchester County, Maryland
c. death date: 1728
d. death location: Accomack County, Virginia
e. spouse’s name: married first Mary Griffith, a daughter of
George Griffith; married second Sarah Mills in March 1710/11, she was born in 1695 (see See 26 March 1711,
Old 6 175); married third Elizabeth Johnson by 1719.
f. marriage date and location:
f. left a will or died intestate: will - 02 June 1728 – 06 February 1728/9, Accomack County, Virginia, Wills 1715-1729
g. occupation:
h. item(s) of special significance: identified in the Maryland
Archives in 1695 (per Volume 19, page 211)
Joseph Junior probably married first a Mary Griffith, a daughter of George Griffith. H married second Sarah (?Mills?) in March 1710/1711. See 26 March 1711, Old 6 175, for Joseph Gootee Senior and wife Elizabeth to Joseph Gootee Junior and wife Sarah. Sarah apparently died before 1719.
Joseph Gootee Junior married third Elizabeth Johnson by 1719. (Joseph Goutee and wife Elizabeth (Johnson), sold 100 acres inherited from Alexander Johnson to John Massey. Indenture to John Massey of Accomack County, Va., 28 May 1719, Joseph Goutee, late of Dorchester County, Md. Wife – Elizabeth.)
In 1696 Alexander Johnson left 100 acres to his daughter Elizabeth, who later married Joseph Gootee Junior. (Volume 2, Virginia’s Eastern Shore by Ralph T. Whitelaw). The bequest by Johnson to his daughter Elizabeth had been entailed and they had no right to sell the land.
Joseph Junior and wife Elizabeth had a daughter, Mary, who married Levin Taylor, and she proved title to the land in 1756 and Thomas Marsey (Massey) deeded his claim to the Taylors. (“Joseph Gouty Junior and Elizabeth Johnson had a daughter, Mary Gootee, who married Levin Taylor”. (Barbara Massey Horsman, Massey Family of Worcester County, Maryland, Heritage Books, Inc., Bowie, MD, 1995)
In 1785, Mary Taylor, widow, and son Jesse and his wife, Rachel, sold 37 acres to William Massey. The next year Mary deeded the balance to Jesse and he and his wife Rachel sold to Jabez Pitt.( Volume 2, Virginia’s Eastern Shore by Ralph T. Whitelaw). Also see Stratton Nottingham, Accomack County, Virginia, Wills & Administrations, 1663-1800, p. 28 (will of Alexander Johnson, brother Alexander Massey).
will - Joseph Gootee Junior died in 1728. (Second day of June 1728, I Joseph Gouty of the County of Accomack in the Colony of Virginia being sick and weak in body.) 2 Jun 1728 – 6 Feb 1728/9, Joseph Gouty will – To wife Elizabeth. To brother John Gouty. To daughter Mary (under 16). Brother John and friend John Tankard, Executors. Witnesses: Priscilla Burton, Robert Leonard, Elizabeth Tankard. (Accomack County, Virginia, Wills 1715-1729)
III. Joseph Gootee (a son of John Gootee the Elder and his wife Mary Lisney)
a. birth date: probably before 1727
c. birth location: Accomack County, Virginia
b. death date: 1768 (per date of estate appraisal)
d. death location: Accomack County, Virginia
e. spouse’s name: married first Elizabeth Anne Johnson a
daughter of Alexander Johnson and Sarah Massey (per
Descendants of John Gootee listing, author not known);
married second Rachael Morris, daughter of John Morris and Mary Lnu (per Descendants of John Gootee listing,
author not known)
f. marriage date and location: Accomack County, Virginia
f. left a will or died intestate: 31 March 1768 administered his
estate to Rachel Gootee.
g. occupation: unknown
h. item(s) of special significance:
His father died in 1748 and his mother died in 1764. (Estate Appraisal for Joseph Gootee’s Estate, Apr 26, 1768.) 26 Apr 1768 Rachel Gootee, widow of Joseph released her dower rights to George Holden, 127 acres (A169) and 43 acres of swamp. See 1766. (Virginia’s Eastern Shore by Ralph T. Whitelaw).
Rachael Morris Gootee may have married a Jedediah Brittingham after the death of her husband Joseph. Jedediah Brittingham administered his estate to a Rachel Brittingham. Andrew Gootee, Sec. (Orders, Accomack County, Virginia, 1768-1769).
01 Dec 1762, Accomack County, Virginia, Joseph Gowtee and John Morris and wife Mary, united in a deed to Lisney Gowtee for 45 acres, stating that it had been bought by John Gowtee from Gilbert Morris and Henderson Baker. (Virginia Eastern Shore by Whitelaw). This should be John Morris and wife Mary Lnu who were the daughter of Rachael Morris, the second wife of Joseph Gootee.
20 August 1764 - 27 November 1764, Mary Lisney Goutee, surviving her husband John Goutee, left her Plantation and lands (A169) to son Joseph. Her will also lists sons John, Andrew, Lisney and daughter Trephina and Mary. Witnesses were John Mercer, Leaven Taylor, William Shipman.(see 1727) In order of probate Joseph Gowtee heir at law to the testatrix.(Virginia Eastern Shore by Whitelaw and Accomack County, Virginia, Wills 1761-1767).
It should be this Joseph Gootee who is listed as owning 695 & 1/2 acres in the List of lands held by Papists in Dorchester County, returned by Charles Dickinson, Collector of Quit Rents, to the Keeper of the Rent Rolls, in 1758.
Somerset County MDGenWeb, Index to Catholics in Colonial Delmarva by Thomas Joseph Peterman. (The Delmarva Peninsula is a large peninsula on the East Coast of the United States, occupied by most of Delaware and portions of Maryland and Virginia.)
Peterman’s Catholics in Colonial Delmarva:
Gootee, Agnes, 308 – On April 16, 1768, Agnes Gootee was buried by Father Moseley at Black Water River.
Gootee, Andrew, 308
Gootee, Frederick, 308 – Frederick Gootee, son of George and Priscilla Gootee, married Trophim Grady on November 15, 1790, with Father Bolton officiating.
Gootee, George, 308, 327
Gootee, John, 307
Gootee, Joseph, 308
Gootee, Levin, 308 – Levin Gootee had been baptized by Father Mosley on December 10, 1760. Levin was the son of Joseph Gootee, who in 1758 owned 634-3/4 acres in Dorchester County.
IV. Joseph Gootee (a son of Andrew Gootee and Agnes Harper (or Woodland).
a. birth date: probably about 1737 (per Descendants of John
Gootee listing, author not known)
b. birth location:
c. death date: after 28 April 1761 and before 1794 (per Descendants of John Gootee listing, author Bob Gootee)
d. death location: Dorchester County, Maryland
e. spouse’s name: Mary Elizabeth Griffith (per will of brother,
George Griffith, Dorchester County Genealogical
Magazine January 1984, Liber 31, folio 300, 20 April 1761)
f. marriage date and location: about 1758 (per Descendants of
John Gootee listing, author not known);
g. left a will or died intestate: unknown
h. occupation: unknown
i. item(s) of special significance:
Liber 31, folio 300, 20 April 1761, GRIFFITH, GEORGE, [Dorchester Co.] To each of my sister Mary Gowtees chldn. a cow calf or yearling.
To my bro. John Griffith, all my negroes [not named], horses, & cattle.
Witn: John Trippe, Jr., William Whit, William Lewis.
28 April 1761, all 3 witn. depose that on 20 April 1761 they heard Geo. Grifith, then sick, now d., say all his sister's chldn. should have a cow calf or yearling & then sd. John Trippe said I suppose you'll leave your negroes, horses, & cattle to your bro. Jonny, to which he answered yes.
The aforegoing dep. were taken in the presence of Joseph Gowtee, who mar. decd.'s sister.
Liber 28, folio 329, 13 July 1750, GRIFFITH, GEORGE, Dorchester Co. To son John Griffith, the land, with the plntn. I live on, beg. at a point near opposite a crk. that div. the land betw. Capt. Henry Ennalls & his bro. Joseph Ennals to the bounders of Hoopers Fortune & Hoopers Choice, all on the E of s line.
To son George Griffith, the other on the W side s line.
To sons John & George Griffith, equ. div., Venture 50a.
To son John Grifith, 6 negroes - Tom, Draper, Dick, Sabina, Silvia, & Pegg a large looking glass, & a colt that came of Snip.
To son George Griffith, 6 negroes Ned, Harry, Peter, Nan, Martha, & Grace a large looking glass, & a bay mare & her colt.
To bro. Lewis Griffith childn when they come of age.
To dau. Mary Gowtee, dau. Eliza, Sheild, George Gowtee, & John Frame, 1 sh. sterl apiece.
To sons John & George, [the residue of my p. e.] equ. div.
To bro. Robert Griffith, a tract taken up by my bro. John Griffith, Jr., & Sunken Island.
Extr: bro. Robert Griffith to care for my sons John & George till age of 18, & he may put them to school with the approval of my bro. Joseph Griffith & my friend Bartholemew Ennalls.
Witn: Moses Poole, Joseph Griffeth, Ann Abbit.
16 March 1752, sworn to by Poole & Griffith in presence of John Griffith, heir at law.
Andrew Gootee, the son of Joseph Gootee Senior and his wife, Elizabeth Insley, was born about 1698 in Dorchester County, Maryland. Andrew died about 1774 in Dorchester County, Maryland, and his wife, Agnes Woodland (Harper) died in April 1768, also in Dorchester County, Maryland. Andrew and Agnes were married before 07 November 1729 in Dorchester County, Maryland. On April 16, 1768, Agnes Gootee was buried by Father Moseley at Black Water River, Index to Catholics in Colonial Delmarva by Thomas Joseph Peterman.
Mary Elizabeth Griffith was born 05 April 1738 and died after April 1761. She married Joseph Gootee about 1758.
V. Joseph Gootee (a son of John Gootee and Elizabeth “Betty” Bramble)
a. birth date: 02 November 1757 (per Descendants of John Gootee
listing, author not known; also Great Choptank Parrish
record 00788-1 and Old Trinity records)
b. birth location: Dorchester County, Maryland (per Descendants of John Gootee listing, author not known)
c. death date: unknown (per Descendants of John Gootee listing, author not known)
d. death location: unknown
e. spouse’s name: unknown
f. marriage date and location: unknown
g. left a will or died intestate: unknown
h. occupation: unknown
i. item(s) of special significance:
Two Individuals Named Jacob Gootee
(various spellings include: Gowty, Gouty, Goutey, Goute, etc.)
1. Jacob Gootee (a son of Joseph Gootee Senior and Elizabeth Insley)
a. birth date: probably about 1699
b. death date: 09 May 1779
c. spouse’s name: Margery Pritchett (Wingate)
d. birth location: probably Dorchester County, Maryland
e. death location: Dorchester County, Maryland
f. left a will or died intestate:
f. marriage date and location:
g. occupation:
h. item(s) of special significance:
Balances of Final Distribution Books: Jacob Goutee, 1767, Dorchester, Liber 5, folio 20. Jacob was born and died in Dorchester County, Maryland. He married Margery Pritchett Wingate. Margery Pritchett first married a Wingate and then she married Jacob.
John Gowtee, probably a son of Jacob Goutee, was the administrator for all and singular the goods and chattles rights and credits of Jacob Bramble late of Dorchester County, Maryland. Prerogative Court Accounts, 1759-1760, 44 290-292, MSA SM7-54, SR 13858-1, Roll 56-1. “Of money paid by this accountant to the deceased’s brother Jacob Gowtee for funeral expenses as by his account proved and receipt appears.”
John Bramble
Will 1741: beq. landa
"Bram3ted," "Bram-
ble's Inclosure," and
"Par's Dwelling" to
bros. Jacob and Jno.
m. Mary
2. Jacob Gootee Junior (a son of Andrew Gootee and Agnes Woodland (or Harper))
a. birth date: probably in the 1720s or 1730s
b. birth location: Dorchester County, Maryland
c. death date: before 13 June 1764 (Inventory, Jacob Gootee
Junior, deceased, Liber 86, folio 30-31, 13 June 1764)
d. death location: Dorchester County, Maryland
e. spouse’s name: Rosannah (probably Lnu)
f. marriage date and location: unknown
g. left a will or died intestate: unknown
h. occupation: unknown
i. item(s) of special significance:
Jacob Junior’s father, Andrew, a brother of Jacob Gootee, was born about 1698 and married Agnes Woodland or Harper before 07 November 1729.
Jacob Gootee Junior, deceased, Inventory, Liber 86 folio 30-31, 13 June 1764, Andrew Gouty and Joseph Gouty kindred, Andrew Gouty and Joseph Gouty ?Crzodrs?, Rosanna (probably Lnu) Gowtee ?dower? of Jacob Gowtee Junior
Jacob Gootee Junior, late of Dorchester, deceased, The account of Solomon Trego and wife, 13 June 1765, 53 13-14, Accounts, representatives: this accountants wife Rosannah Trego, and the deceased’s 3 children, George, Edward, and David, minors
Jacob Gootee Junior, Accounts, 56 133-134, 18 March 1767, additional account of Solomon Trego of Dorchester who intermarried with Rosannah (Lnu) Goutee, deed to Joseph Goute, Surities on the administration John Goutee and George Cole, Hope the widow ??? this accountants wife and the deceased’s three children minors George, Edward and David; Solomon Trego the within accountant.
APPENDIX B
The will of Joseph Gootee (Gouty) Senior
(a son of Jean Gautier, i.e., John Gootee)
Dorchester County, Maryland, Wills, Liber 14, folio 319:
In the name of God Amen I Joseph gouty Senr. of Dorchester County in the province of Maryland planter being very sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect memory thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed of God for all men once to dye doe principally and first of all recommend my soule into the hands of God that gave it as for my body I recommend unto the Earth from whence it was taken to have such adecent and Christianlike burial as my Exects. hereafter named shall think fitt and as touching such worldly estate which it hath pleased God to bless me with in this life I give deviss and dispose of the same in the following manner and form
Item: I give and bequeath unto my well belowed wife Ann Gouty my now dwelling plantation called Calieas for and during the time of her widowhood or day of her death which shall first happen and then unto my son Jacob Gouty and his heires for ever, to be delivered unto him at the age of sixteen years, but if my said wife shall continue a widow till my said son Jacob shall attain to the age of sixteen then my aforesaid plantation houses and orchards to be equally devided between my said wife and said son and she to hold the ??? ???? during the time of widowhood or death as aforesaid and then to my said son Jacob and his heires for ever.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my well beloved wife Ann Gouty all my personal estate during the time of her widowhood but if my siad wife shall marry then I give unto her but one third part of my personal estate and the remainder unto my son Jacob Gouty and his heires for ever to be delivered unto m at the age of sixteen years and if my said wife shall remain a widow at that time then my said personal estate to be equally divided between her and my aforesaid son.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Andrew Gouty two hundred acres of land originally called Calias commonly called and known by the name of the Lower? Landing to him and his heirs for ever lawfully begotten of his body and for default of issue to my son Jacob Goutee.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my elder son John Gouty all that Ridge of land called Hall Ridge and all the land that appertains unto me lying on the south west side of the said Ridge to him and his heirs for ever lawfully begotten of his body and for default of issue to my son Jacob Gouty
Item: I give and bequeath unto my daughter Lucy Gowty one tract of land called Chance containing 50 acres.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my youngest son John Gouty all that tract of land originally called ??Borboock?? containing one hundred acres and all the land that appertains unto me between the said Boreboock and Blackwater River to him and his heirs for ever lawfully begotten of his body and for default of issue to my son Jacob Gouty.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my duaghters Eliz Shorter, Mary robinson, Ruth Gowty, Rosannah Gouty, Triphena Gouty, Lucy Gowty and Elenor Gouty each of them one shilling and no more of my estate.
Item: I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Gouty one shilling and no more of my estate personal nor real.
Item: I doe hereby make ordain and appoint my well beloved wife Ann Gouty to be whole and sole exexutorix of this my las will and testament and I do hereby utterly renounce revoke and dissoneth all and every other form will and testament by me in any wife? before this time named willed and bequeathed ratifying and confirming and allowing of this and no other to be my last will and testament In Wittness whereof I the said Joseph Gouty have hereunto sett my hand and seale this 4th day of January Anno Dom 1716
signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the said Joseph Gouty as his last will and testament in the sight and presence of us the subscribers Joseph Gouty Senr. (seal)
William Evans Jur John Cole William W. Shorter
And on the backside now ?endorsed?
March 13th 1716 then came the within mentioned Ann Gouty Executrix as within mentioned before me the subscriber Depty Comissary of Dorchester County and caused the within testament to be proved which said testament was accordingly prooved in due forme by the Oathes of William Evans Junr and John Cole two of the wittnesses to the said last? subscribed and latter Testamentory was accordingly granted unto the above named Ann Gouty ??reccent?? as within mentioned
Certd ??? Thi? ?Teddman Depty
Compsy of Dor County
APPENDIX C
The Will of Joseph Gootee (Gouty) Junior
(a son of Joseph Gootee Senior)
June 2, 1728
Transcribed and posted by Bob Gootee.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. This second day of June 1728 I Joseph Gouty of the County of Accomack in the Colony of Virginia being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect sence and memory thanks be to God for it I do there make and ordain this my last Will and Testament as followeth first and principally I recommend my soul into the hands of my Creator and redeemer that gave it to me and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my Executor and my worldly Estate as followeth.
Item. I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Elizabeth Gouty one cow and calf and one Mair called Nettle and six pewter plates and one pewter dish also my bigest Iron pott and kettle & one Chest that she calls her Chest and half the Indian corn that is made upon my Plantation this present year and the third part of the Wheat and all the rest of my Estate that is not mentioned and set down in this my will except for my fishing boat.
Item. I give and bequeath to my brother John Gouty all my wearing woolling Cloaths and one brindle heifer & one feather bed and new dutch blankett and one rug and one old dutch Blankett and old sheet and boat sail and Chest called my Chest and old Chest as it stands and one meal sifter and bedstead and one iron pott that is now at Darby Macarters and six pewter plates and one pewter dish and one milk pann one drinking Cup and Drinking glass and 3 glass bottles and a sow pig and borr pig of my English sow and my harrow hoes and half the Bucketts and Tubbs about my house and half my working hoes and Iron Pestle.
Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Gouty one two year old heifer that runs at Darby Macarters unmarked. Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Gouty one pide heifer and four pewter plates and my Largest pewter dish and my Least Iron pott and one feather bed and bolster all to be delivered to her at the day of Marriage or at Sixteen years of age and my will is that my wife shall have it in her possession till the time my daughter arrives to the age and then to be paid to her in as good condition as they are at this time.
Item. I give and bequeath to my brother John Gouty six turn’d Trenchers and a saddle tree and Leather and all other things suitable to make a saddle further my will is that my brother John Gouty pay all my just debts out of what is given to him with is due to me not takeing anything for my wife that is given to her and if he refuse so to relinquish what is given to him in this will.
Item. My will is that if my brother John Gouty die before my will is proved that what is herein given to him shall to my wife and Children. Item. I do ordain and appoint my well beloved brother John Gouty and my well and beloved friend John Tankard my whole and sole Executors of this my Last will and Testament as witness my hand the day and year above set down. his
Signed Sealed and pronounced and Joseph Gouty
Delivered in the presence of mark
Priscilla Burton
Robert Leonard
her
Elizabeth Tankard
mark At a Court held for Accomack county the 6th day of February 1728 ---------
This will was proved by the oaths of Priscilla Burton and Elizabeth Tankred two of the Witnesses to the same & admitted to record. Test. John Jackson Cl. Cur.
APPENDIX C
Indenture between Joseph GOWTIE
(wife of Rachael and a son of John Gowtee the Elder)
and Robert PITT
15 May 1755 – Accomack County, Virginia
Transcribed and posted by Bob Gootee.
Indenture between Joseph Gowtie and Robert Pitt – 15 May 1755
This Indenture made this Fifteen Day of May Anno Domini One Thousand Seven hundred & Fifty five, Between Joseph Gowtie eldest Son & heir at Law of John Gowtie late of Accomack County Deceased, of the one part and Robert Pitt of the County aforesaid, Gent. of the other part.
Witnesseth that the said Joseph for & in consideration of Forty Pounds of Current Money to the said Joseph by the said Robert, paid before the Sealing & Delivery hereof the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged. Hath given granted bargained & Sold and Doth hereby give grant bargain & Sell to the said Robert Pitt, his Heirs & assigns forever these Two Tracts & Parcels of Land hereafter mentioned & Described lately Descended unto him by the Death of his Father John Gowtie aforesaid dec’d. that this Forty Five acres of Land lying and being in Accomack County aforesaid heretofore Sold and Conveyed in fee to the said John Gowtie in his Life by Gilbert Morris by Indenture between the said Gilbert and the said John. Made on the Seventh Day of August Anno Domini One thousand Seven hundred & Thirty three and by the said Gilbert Duely acknowledged in Accomack County Court and Among the Records of the said Court the same Containing by Estimation forty five Acres of Land be the same more or less and is Bounded as in & by that indenture is mentioned and Described.
And also one other parcel of land in the Said County Containing by Estimation Twenty Acres of Land hertofore Sold and conveyed in fee to the said John in his life by Dennis Blake by Indenture of Bargain & Sale between the said Dennis & the said John made the thirtyeth Day of September Anno Dom: one thousand Seven hundred & Forty Six & Duely Proved and Recorded among the records of the General Court of this colony and is bounded as by that Indenture is mentioned & Described.
To have and to hold the said Two Several Tracts or Parcels of land so as above bounded with their & every Appurto: to the said Robert Pitt his Heirs and assigns forever To the only use of the said Robert Pitt his heirs & assigns for ever and no other use or uses whatsovever And the said Joseph for himself his Heirs Extors & Admins doth hereby Covenant with the said Robert Pitt his Heirs & assigns for ever that the said Joseph at & before Sealing & Delivery hereof is Seized of all & Singular the above Granted Premises with the Appurtts in good Pure indefensible Estate Inheritance in fee and that he hath good right & full power & authorizeed to grant bargain & Sell the Same & Every part thereof to the said Robert Pitt his Heirs & Assigns for ever in Manner & forn aforesaid.
In Testimony whereof the Parties aforesaid have to these Presents interchangeably affixed their hand & Seals the Day & Year first above written. Joseph Gowtie (LS) Sealed and Delivered in Presence of Benjamin Benston, James Benston, Isaac Milbourn. At a Court held for Accomack County May 27th 1755. The Within Indenture from Joseph Gowtie to Robert Pitt were proven by the Oaths of Benjamin Benston, James Benston & Isaac Milbourn. Witnesses thereto & admitted to record.
______ then (towit) The Day & Year within first written ___of Robt. Pitt ___ pounds Curr. Money of Virg. in full for the within lands as ____ Rec by me Joseph Gowtie. Witnesses:Benj. Benston, James Benston,Isaac Milbourn.
Truly Recorded signed ____ Holdon Cl.
APPENDIX D
The will of Mary Lisney Gootee
The Will of Mary (Lisney) GOWTEE
August 20, 1764
Transcribed and posted by ghote Bob Gootee.
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I Mary Gowtee of Accomack County being of sound mind and disposing memory and calling to mind the uncertainty of human life and desirous to settle all my worldly affairs, do by these presents make and ordain this my last will and testament in the following, to wit,
I devise unto my son, Joseph Gowtee his heirs and assign for ever the Plantation and land whereon I now live on condition he gives unto my two daughters, Mary and Triphina two negroes that is to say the negro girl called Sarah to Triphina and the boy called Stephen unto Mary to them and their heirs. But if the said Joseph should deny or refuse to deliver the said negroes unto my aforesaid daughters when by them required, then I devise the said land and Plantation unto my son Lisney Gowtee his heirs and assigns forever on condition that the said Lisney when by aforesaid daughters reasonably required, pay unto each of them a good negro of about twelve years old.
I give unto my son John Gowtee my negro woman called Press to him and his heirs and assign forever he paying unto my son Andrew twenty pounds (£20) current money and in case any of my children should clain any right to any part of the said negro woman by virtue of any claim from their Fathers estate, then I hereby direct that all such of my estate herein given to them shall be void and such ones part shall go to those who relinquish their claim to the said negro woman I give unto my son Lisney my hand mill to him and assigns.
I give unto my daughter Trephina my horse and sadle to her and her assigned and also my trunk with lock and key and all such things as shall be found therein at the time of my death.
I give unto my daughter Mary my mare and sadle to her and her assigned also the goods and other things she now has in her possession.
I give unto my daughter Trephina her choice of my beds with furniture thereto belonging.
Lastly I devise all of the remainder of my personal estate to be sold and that my debts be justly paid out of the same and the overplus of such sale be divided amongst all my children and I hereby nominate my two sons Lisney and John executors of this my will. In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand and seal this twentieth day of August Anno Dom 1764.
Mary Gowtee made her mark
Published and declared
In presence off
John Massey
Leaven Taylor In a Court continued & held for Acco. County
William Shipman November 27, 1764
The within last will and testament of Mary Gowtee deceased was presented and proved by the oaths of John Massey and Levin Taylor two of the witnesses thereto and admitted to record. Joseph Gowtee heir at law to the decedent being present and having nothing to object and on the motion of Lisney Gowtee one of the executors therein named. John Gowtee the other executor relinquishing taking upon himself the trust thereof taking the oath and giving John Massey and Levin Taylor for his securitys who entered into and acknowledged a bond for that purpose. Certificate is granted him for obtaining probate thereof in due form.
signed Cha. Holden Co Clk Acco
APPENDIX E
The will of Andrew Gootee, son of Joseph Senior
Maryland Calendar of Wills, page 155, Andrew Gootee, Dorchester County, 19 January 1774. Andrew Gootee, Wills, 1774, Dorchester, Liber 39, folio 762. (Andrew Gootee, Inventories, 1774, Dorchester, Liber 118, folio 16.)
To daughter Betty Wingate, a cow
To grandson George Gootee and his brother Edward Gootee and my grandson David Gootee, 1 shilling.
To daughter Mary Billins, a cow
To daughter Clear Andrews, a cow.
To John Bryan, my gun.
To grandson Griffith Gootee and his sister Mary Gootee, 1 shilling.
To granddaughter Nance Tregoe, a cow and a ewe.
To grandson John Tregoe, 1 shilling.
To son Andrew Gootee, 200 acres called "Cales," laid out by a division line betwixt my brother Jacob Gootee; also all that part of land called "Gootees Choice," 25 acres; also that parcel called "Gootees Luck," and all the rest of my estate. Andrew Gootee to administer my estate. Wit: John Cole, Martin Cole, George Booze. 39. 765
The majority of the Gootees from Dorchester County and Caroline County, MD are descended from Joseph’s son, Jacob and his offspring, John, Capewell, Jabez, and Shadrack.
folio 261 - 25 Aug 1767
AARON, John, dec
Exc - Thomas BARNES & Mary AARON
Sureties - John GOUTEE & Jonathan PATRIDGE
Reps - Per will
folio 255 - 11 Nov 1767
STAPLES, John, dec
Adm & widow - Margaret STAPLES
Sureties - John GOUTEE & William EDGAR
Dau - Anne STAPLES
Dau - Elizabeth STAPLES
Somerset County MDGenWeb, Index to Catholics in Colonial Delmarva by Thomas Joseph Peterman
Peterman's Catholics in Colonial Delmarva:
Gootee, Agnes, 308 - On April 16, 1768, Agnes Gootee was buried by Father Moseley at Black Water River.
Gootee, Andrew, 308
Gootee, Frederick, 308 - Frederick Gootee, son of George and Priscilla Gootee, married Trophim Grady on November 15, 1790, with Father Bolton officiating.
Gootee, George, 308, 327
Gootee, John, 307
Gootee, Joseph, 308
Gootee, Levin, 308 – Levin Gootee had been baptized by Father Mosley on December 10, 1760. Levin was the son of Joseph Gootee, who in 1758 owned 634-3/4 acres in Dorchester County.
Gootee, Priscilla, 308 - Priscilla Goote married Richard Lawson on June 30, 1793; witnesses
Gootee, Shadrack, 308 – Shadrack Gootee was born in 1780.
Gootee, William, 307, 308
Gootee (Gautier) family, 67, 185, 206, 244, 307, 308
67. He returned with his wife, Esther Dottande, of Dieppe, France, and friends John Gautier (anglicized into Gootee) and Stephen Besson, whose sister Margaret was John Gootee’s wife. She and Stephen’s wife followed a year later. It is believed that these Frenchmen were from Calais since they later named their parcel of land after that city in northern France.The Bessons and Gootees were among the first Catholics to settle on the lower (get remainder)
Feature Name: Gootee Cemetery
Feature Type: cemetery
State: Maryland
County: Dorchester
County Population: 30674
County Housing Units: 14681
County Size: 557.54 Square Miles
Latitude: 38.37944
Longitude: -76.17194
Map Cell Name: Golden Hill
RR. Maryland Hall of Records, Maryland Archives, Goutees Marsh, 13 and 1/2 acres, Dorchester County, 1764, certificate BC&GS#24, folio 589 and patent BC&GS#28, folio 251.
SS. Maryland Hall of Records, Maryland Archives, Middle Ridge, 10 acres, Dorchester County, 1745, certificate L.G.#E, folio 609 and patent P.T.#2, folio 306.
TT. Maryland Hall of Records, Maryland Archives, Goutees Marsh, Dorchester County, certificate BC&GS#24, folio 589 and patent BC&GS#28, folio 251.
19 HD 484 - 1801
GOOTEE, Jabus, dec
Son - William GOOTEE
___ - Lisney GOOTEE
Dau - Margery GOOTEE
Dau - Rachel GOOTEE
G/Son - Pritchett HORSEMAN
6 Old 175 - 1711
GOUTEY, Joseph, Sr dec
Wife - Elizabeth GOUTEY
Son - Joseph GOUTEY, Jr & his wife Sarah
Son - Andrew GOUTEY
Son - Jacob GOUTEY
6 Old 175 - 1711
GOUTEY, John
Son - Joseph GOUTEY
G/Son - Joseph GOUTEY
Dau - Judith COALE
OLD FILE INCLUDED BELOW:
Joseph Gootee (Gouty) was born in 1661 at St. Donat, Diocese, Vienne, France.
One family tree indicates Joseph Gootee was born in 1661 in Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.
He died in 1716 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
He was the son of Jean Gautier (i.e., John Gootee (Gouty)) and Margaret Beeson.
Joseph married first Elizabeth Ann Insley on February 25, 1692, in Dorchester, Maryland.(?)
Maryland Indexes, Marriage References, MSA S 1527, Houlton, William, m. by 12 June 1718, Ann, extx. of Joseph Goutee of DO Co. (MDAD 1:106).
Elizabeth Ann Insley, born about 1668 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
Index to Dorchester County, Maryland Wills, 1669-1777 / by Raymond B. Clark, Jr., Arlington, Va. (4201 S. 31st St., #545, Arlington 22206)
Joseph married Ann Harper in 1711.
Records at Hall of Records in Maryland, L213, f307, 1662, reads: "Then came Antonie LeCompte and enters a right vist (namely) for his wife Easter, John Gooteer, Andrew Guidrey, and Ambrose for which he demands a warrant having sworn as usually on a warrant and to the Surveyor Generall to layout for this LeCompte, 200 acres of land. Dated the 21st of February 1662. Return Last August last."
Maryland Indexes, Marriage References, MSA S 1527
He-Hz
Houlton, William, m. by 12 June 1718, Ann, extx. of Joseph Goutee of DO Co. (MDAD 1:106).
In McAllister's Abstracts of Dorchester Land Records.
6 old 100 -- Michael Todd. (Cordwainer Shoemaker) & Margaret Todd his wife -- selling land in lower Dorchester. Power of atty. given to James Insley by Michael & Margaret "to our brother." Margaret was an Insley.
Bk 3 -- 5 old 125 -- Andrew Insley & Eliz. Insley his wife of Dor. Co. to son in law Michal Todd & Margaret his wife. 2 pieces of land on Hungar River (lower Dor.
Bk 3 -- 5 Old 125. Joseph Goutey (Gootee) son in law. So Gootee & Todd were married to Insley sisters.
She was the daughter of Andrew Insley and Margaret Jones.
Andrew Insley was born about 1643 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England
Andrew Insley died about 1699 in Dorchester, Maryland.
Margaret Jones was born about 1645 in England.
Margaret Jones Insley died November 8, 1698 in Dorchester, Maryland.
Wills: Andrew Insly, 1699, Dorchester, Liber 6, folio 292
Inventories and Accounts: Andrew Insley, 1699, Liber 19 1/2 A, folio 89 (inventory)
Margaret Jones died about 1714 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
John and Margaret Gootee who immigrated to Maryland from France. Sometime before 1691, Joseph married his first wife, Elizabeth Insley (d.after 1711), who was the second of two daughters of Andrew Insley (d.1699) and Margaret Jones (d. before 1698) of Dorcester Co. MD (Elizabeth’s sister was named Margaret). Together the couple had 3 children: Jacob, Ruth (d.ca.1762), and Andrew (ca.1698-1774). After the death of his first wife, Elizabeth, around 1698-1712, Joseph married Ann Harper, with whom he had four more children. Joseph died in 1716 in Dorchester Co., Maryland.
Joseph Gouty was naturalized May 22, 1695, with his 2 sons, Joseph and John.
Children of Joseph Gootee and Elizabeth (Insley) Gootee are:
i. Mary Gootee, born about 1690 in Maryland. She married William Robinson about 1710 and she died March 8, 1728/9 as listed in [St. Peters Parish Records, Talbot County, Maryland.](footnote x)
ii. Roshannah Gootee, born about1694 in Maryland.
She married William Button in 1708.
see Rosannah Goutee Trego - Accounts, 1767, Dorchester, Liber 56, folio 133
see also Goutey, Gowtee, Goutee
[is this Rosannah?] 15 Aug 1747-24 Nov 1747
Jonathon Benstons will -To wife Hannah, use of all my lands during her widowhood, then to son Rosewell (minor). Son Rosewell, Jonathon, Dau. Catherine. Witt: George Douglas, John Gowtee, Joseph Gowtee, Ambrose Benston, John Merril. John Gowtee was appointed guardian of Rosewell Benston, heir at law to the testator.(Acc Co Wills 1745-1749)
Rosannah (?Anne?) Gootee, born about 1700, Dorchester, Maryland, married William Button and had 1) Elizabeth, 2) William, and 3) Goutee Button.
iii. Ruth Gootee, born abut 1695 in Maryland.
Ruth died about 1760 in Maryland.
Ruth married William Robinson Jr., June 1, 1705, Dorchester County, Maryland.
William Robinson Junior died in 1746 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
iv. Joseph Gootee Junior was born about 1691 in ?
Joseph died about 1768 in Accomack County, Virginia
married (1) Elizabeth Johnson in 1711 in Accomack County, Virginia
Elizabeth Johnson died ?
1696 - Alexander Johnson left 100 acres (A169) to daughter Elizabeth, who later married Joseph Gootee. (Vol 2, Va. ES by Whitelaw).
1719 - Joseph Goutee and wife Elizabeth, Dorset Co, Md, sold 100 acres inherited from Alexander Johnson to John Massey. (A169). Note: The bequest by Johnson to his daughter Elizabeth had been entailed and they had no right to sell the land. They had a daughter Mary, who married Levin Taylor and she proved title to the land in 1756 and Thomas Marsey (Massey) deeded his claim to the Taylors. In 1785, Mary Taylor, widow, and son Jesse and his wife, Rachel, sold 37 acres to William Massey. the next year Mary deeded the balance to Jesse and he and his wife Rachel, sold to Jabez Pitt.( Vol. 2, Va.ES by Whitelaw)
2 Jun 1728 - 6 Feb 1728/9 - Joseph Gouty will - To wife Elizabeth. To bro. John Gouty. To dau Mary (under 16). Brother John and friend John Tankard, Exers. Witt: Priscilla Burton, Robert Leonard, Elizabeth Tankard. (Acc. Co Wills 1715-1729)
Joseph Gouty, son of Joseph Gouty, married (2) Sarah Mills in March 1711 in Virginia Sarah Mills died ?? doesn't look right!
v. John Gootee, born about 1692 in Maryland
John died May 31, 1748 in Accomack CO. VA;
married Mary Lisney Bef. 1727 in Accomack CO, VA; died Unknown.
1727
Ralph Lisney left his land, 100 acres (A169)(including 30 acres of A166) to his daughter Mary, who married John Gowtee. (Vol 2, VaES by Whitelaw). James Brown administered his estate to John Gouty. (Vol 2, VaES by Whitelaw).
31 May 1748 - John Gowtee administered his will to Widow, Mary. Mason Abbott and Thomas Parramore, Sec. (pg 268, Orders, Acc Co, 1744-1753).
20 Aug 1764 - 27 Nov 1764
Mary Lisney Goutee, surviving he husband John Goutee, left her Plantation and lands (A169) to son Joseph. Her will also lists son John, Andrew, Lisney and dau. Trephina and Mary. Witnesses were John Mercer, Leaven Taylor, William Shipman.(see 1727) In order of probate Joseph Gowtee heir at law to the testatrix.(VaES by Whitelaw and Acc Co Wills 1761-1767).
vi. Jacob Gootee, born October 1699;
Jacob died March 9, 1779.
Jacob married Margery Wingate 1721.
Margery Wingate was born about 1721.
vii. Andrew Gootee, born about 1698 in Dorchester, Maryland.
Andrew died in February 1774 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
Maryland Calendar of Wills, page 155:
Andrew Gootee, Dorchester County, 19 January 1774
To dau. Betty Wingate, a cow
To grandson George Gootee and his brother Edward Gootee and my grandson David Gootee, 1 shilling.
To dau. Mary Billins, a cow
To dau. Clear Andrews, a cow.
To John Bryan, my gun.
To grandson Griffith Gootee and his sister Mary Gootee, 1 shilling.
To granddau. Nance Tregoe, a cows and a ewe.
To grandson John Tregoe, 1 shilling.
To son Andrew Gootee, 200 acres called "Cales," laid out by a division line betwixt my brother Jacob Gootee; also all that part of land called "Gootees Choice," 25 acres; also that parcel called "Gootees Luck," and all the rest of my estate. Andrew Gootee to administer my estate.
Wit: John Cole, Martin Cole, George Booze. 39. 765
Andrew married Agnes Woodland Harper on August 3, 1722, in ??
Agnes died April 16, 1768, in Dorchester, Maryland.
Agnes Woodland Harper was buried April 16, 1768, at Blackwater River, Dorchester Couonty, Maryland. The burial plot is adjacent to the Blackwater Reserve Headquarters Building.
1) child of Andrew Gootee and Agnes Woodland is Joseph Whelan Gootee, Sr, born in 1758 ???? Supposedly Joseph Whelan Gootee Sr married Mary Elizabeth Griffith. She was born April 5, 1728. Married in 1758?
2) second child possibly George S. Gootee
04 Jan 1763
Joseph Goutee and wife Rachel, Accomack Co, Va and Andrew Goutee, Dor Co, Md to John Goutee, three tracts of land : "Bellegrove", Gootee's Hope" , part of "Callis" (note: all in Dor Co, Md- Land Record 18 Old 284).
?check out - Andrew Bootee descendant of William James of England? - Title: Descendants
Repository:
Media: Book
Page: of William James of England, p. 2
Text: Yvonne James-Henderson 1997
Around 1800, the Gootees started to move and claim land in the west. Andrew Gootees Grandsons, Joseph Wheland and George S Gootee, accompanied by Josephs family, decided to go to Kentucky and and settled near Springfield, Washington Co, Ky
viii. Elizabeth Gootee, born about 1699 in Maryland.
Elizabeth married Anthony Shorter in 1711.
Elizabeth died about 1773.
Anthony Shorter was born about 1694.
Maryland Indexes
Marriage References
MSA S 1527
He-Hz
Houlton, William, m. by 12 June 1718, Ann, extx. of Joseph Goutee of DO Co. (MDAD 1:106).
The majority of the Gootees from Dorchester County and Caroline County, MD are descended from Joseph’s son, Jacob and his offspring, Capewell, Jabez, Shadrack. Jacob’s son, John, changed his name to Gowty and moved to the Caroline County area. Around 1800, the Gootees started to move and claim land in the west and in the South. For instance, Andrew Gootee’s grandsons, Joseph Wheland and George S. Gootee, accompanied by Joseph’s family, decided to go to Kentucky and and settled near Springfield, Washington Co, Ky. Consequently, there are many Gootee/Goatee/Gowty/Gouty families now located primarily in Maryland, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
The second son, Joseph, was born in France circa 1661 and died in 1716 in Maryland. Joseph was married two times. His first wife was Elizabeth Insley, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Insley. This union produced eight (8) known children. The sixth, Jacob Gootee, born circa 1696 and died 9 March 1779. Jacob married Margery Wingate (or Pritchett), circa 1721. No documentation has been found to determine the exact last name. Jacob was a Revolutionary War Veteran.
(The third child of John and Margaret Gootee was Judith Gootee who was born in Maryland circa 1673. Judith married John Cole in 1691 and at that time they were given fifty acres of land called, "Graveling", by her parents.)
John Gootee and his brother Joseph, were naturalized along with two of Josephs sons, Joseph and John on 22 May 1695.
Maryland Indexes
Marriage References
MSA S 1527
He-Hz
Houlton, William, m. by 12 June 1718, Ann, extx. of Joseph Goutee of DO Co. (MDAD 1:106).
The Gootees had three known children :The oldest was John Gootee, Jr. who was born in France and died in Maryland in 1699. John is believed (but not proven) to be the John Goute(sic) that arrived in New Kent, Va., at the head of the York River, east of Richmond, Va. on 5 March 1654, twelve (12) years before his Father. There is no record of marriage for John. The second son, Joseph, was born in France circa 1661 and died in 1716 in Maryland. Joseph was married two times. His first wife was Elizabeth Insley, daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Insley. This union produced eight (8) known children. The sixth, Jacob Gootee, born circa 1696 and died 9 March 1779. Jacob married Margery Wingate (or Pritchett), circa 1721. No documentation has been found to determine the exact last name. Jacob was a Revolutionary War Veteran. (The third child of John and Margaret Gootee was Judith Gootee who was born in Maryland circa 1673. Judith married John Cole in 1691 and at that time they were given fifty acres of land called, "Graveling", by her parents.) John Gootee and his brother Joseph, were naturalized along with two of Josephs sons, Joseph and John on 22 May 1695.
The majority of the Gootees from Dorchester County and Caroline County, MD are descended from Joseph’s son, Jacob and his offspring, Capewell, Jabez, Shadrack. Jacob’s son, John, changed his name to Gowty and moved to the Caroline County area. Around 1800, the Gootees started to move and claim land in the west and in the South. For instance, Andrew Gootee’s grandsons, Joseph Wheland and George S. Gootee, accompanied by Joseph’s family, decided to go to Kentucky and and settled near Springfield, Washington Co, Ky. Consequently, there are many Gootee/Goatee/Gowty/Gouty families now located primarily in Maryland, Delaware, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
Note: Special thanks to genealogist Bob Gootee for the use of information he has collected over the years on this page, pertaining to Jean Gautier, his son, Joseph, his grandson, Jacob, and the dissemination of the Gootee family into other states. His own Gootee site is located at http://www.ecosinc.com/gootee.
10. Jacob Gootee --The father of John Gootee, Jacob was born ca.1691-6, the sixth of eight children of Joseph Gootee and Elizabeth Insley. In 1721, he married Margery (Woodland?). Jacob was a Revolutionary War veteran and the father of five children: John, Shadrack (d.1780)--married Elizabeth Brohawn (sister of Jemima), Capewell (d.before 1793), Jabez, and Mary. Jacob died in 1779.
11. Joseph Gootee --The father of Jacob Gootee, Joseph was born in France in 1661. He was the second of three children of John and Margaret Gootee who immigrated to Maryland from France. Sometime before 1691, Joseph married his first wife, Elizabeth Insley (d.after 1711), who was the second of two daughters of Andrew Insley (d.1699) and Margaret Jones (d. before 1698) of Dorcester Co. MD (Elizabeth’s sister was named Margaret). Together the couple had 3 children: Jacob, Ruth (d.ca.1762), and Andrew (ca.1698-1774). After the death of his first wife, Elizabeth, around 1698-1712, Joseph married Ann Harper, with whom he had four more children. Joseph died in 1716 in Dorchester Co., Maryland.
Children (Gouty), born:
i. Joseph Gootee, 1691 - 1768
ii. John Gootee, 1692 - 1748
iii. Ruth Gootee, 1693 - 1760
iv. Roshannah Gootee, 1693 - ??
v. Mary Gootee, 1693 - ??
vi. Jacob Gootee, 1696 - 1779
vii. Andrew Gootee, 1698 - 1774
viii. Elizabeth Gootee, 1699 - 1773
ix. Lucy Gootee, 1700 - ??
x. Elinor Gootee, 1700 - ??
xi. Triphena Gootee, 1706 - ??
REFERENCES
GG. Maryland Indexes, Marriage References, MSA S 1527, Elizabeth, dau. of P. Pritchett of DO Co., m. by 17 Nov 1769, John Goutee (MWB 37:406; MDAD 65:9).
TT. Maryland Indexes, Marriage References, MSA S 1527, Rachel, dau. of P ... Pritchett of DO Co., m. by 1769, John Willingh (MWB 37:406; MDAD 65:9).
RR. Maryland Hall of Records, Maryland Archives, Goutees Marsh, 13 and 1/2 acres, Dorchester County, 1764, certificate BC&GS#24, folio 589 and patent BC&GS#28, folio 251.
SS. Maryland Hall of Records, Maryland Archives, Middle Ridge, 10 acres, Dorchester County, 1745, certificate L.G.#E, folio 609 and patent P.T.#2, folio 306.
TT. Maryland Hall of Records, Maryland Archives, Goutees Marsh, Dorchester County, certificate BC&GS#24, folio 589 and patent BC&GS#28, folio 251.
Maryland Indexes:
Accounts: Andrew Insley, 1776', Dorchester, Liber, 74 folio 129
Inventories: Andrew Insley, 1776, Dorchester, Liber 125, folio 123
Testamentary Papers: Andrew Insley, 1776, Dorchester, Box 86, folder 26, Authority to pass Account, account
Wills: Andrew Insley Jr, 1776, Dorchester, Liber 40, folio 738
Accounts: Elizabeth Insley, 1757, Dorchester, Liber 40, folio 268
Inventories: Elizabeth Insley, 1759, Dorchester, Liber 69, folio 89
Wills: Elizabeth Insley, 1759, Dorchester, Liber 31, folio 1107
Inventories: William Insley, 1719, Dorchester, Liber 2, folio 149
Inventories and Accounts: John Goutey Jr, 1699, Liber 19 1/2 A, folio 98 (inventory)
Wills: John Goutey Jr, 1699, Dorchester, Liber 6, folio 290
Inventories and Accounts: Joseph Goutte, 1717, Dorchester, Liber 37 B, folio 144 (Inventory)
Maryland State Archives, 1783, Dorchester County, Maryland
Andrew Gootee. 272 3/4 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 5. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
Andrew Gootee. Callis, 200 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 30. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
Andrew Gootee. Gootees Choice, 25 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 30. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
Andrew Gootee. Hazzard, 22 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 30. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
Andrew Gootee. Second Chance, 20 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 30. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
Andrew Gootee. Gootees Good Luck, 6 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 30. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48 |S Capewell Gootee. 235 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 5. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
Capewell Gootee. Nuners Pasture Enlarged, 235 acres. DO Lower District Hundred, p. 29. MSA S 1161-5-4 1/4/5/48
Account Records for Dorchester County, Maryland - Liber 57
folio 210 - 12 Aug 1767
BOAZ, George, dec
Adm & widow - Bridget BOAZ
Sureties - George BOAZ & Jacob GOOTEE
Son - Henry BOAZ
Son - George BOAZ
Son - James BOAZ
Son - William BOAZ
Dau - Nancy BOAZ
Son - Joseph BOAZ
Son - John BOAZ
Dau - Mary BOAZ
folio 261 - 25 Aug 1767
AARON, John, dec
Exc - Thomas BARNES & Mary AARON
Sureties - John GOUTEE & Jonathan PATRIDGE
Reps - Per will
folio 255 - 11 Nov 1767
STAPLES, John, dec
Adm & widow - Margaret STAPLES
Sureties - John GOUTEE & William EDGAR
Dau - Anne STAPLES
Dau - Elizabeth STAPLES
Final Distributions - Liber 2 - Dorchester County, Maryland
olio 39 - 1756
OLIVER, Thomas, dec
Adm - Jacob GOOTEE
Reps - No known
Somerset County MDGenWeb, Index to Peterman's Catholics in Colonial Delmarva:
Gootee, Agnes, 308
Gootee, Andrew, 308
Gootee, Frederick, 308
Gootee, George, 308, 327
Gootee, John, 307
Gootee, Joseph, 308
Gootee, Levin, 308
Gootee, Priscilla, 308
Gootee, Shadrack, 308
Gootee, William, 307, 308
Gootee (Gautier) family, 67, 185, 206, 244, 307, 308
Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 7
Jusly, Andrew,Dorchester Co.,14th Apr., 1699;
2nd Aug., 1699.
To dau. Mary and hrs., “Road Ridge.” (For description see will).
To son-in-law Michael Todd and Mary his wife, a certain parcel of land adjoining Wm. Deane's plantation, and being part of traet on which sd. Todd now lives.
To wife Eliza:. personalty and “Betty's Desire” during life.
To son James, sd. “Betty's Desire” at decease of his mother and “Bentley's Point” or “Bentley's Hope” on Hooper's Island; also residue of lands jointly with his brother William. (For description of lands see will).
Exs.: Wife Eliza: and son-in-law Michael Todd.
Test: Jno. Goutey, Jr., Philip Wingod. Wm. Robinson. 6. 291.
Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 2
Goutey, John,Dorchester Co.,4th May, 1699;
7th Aug., 1699.
To father and mother, John and Margaret Goutey, all real estate.
To John Willcy, personalty.
Exs.: Father John Goutey, Jno. Willey afsd.
Test: Jno. Wingod, Arthur Hart, Michael Todd. 6. 289.
Maryland Calendar of Wills: Volume 7
Hollock, John,Dorchester Co.,8th Jan., 1737;
27th May, 1738.
To son William and hrs., 100 A. “King's Town,” 50 A. “Cheapside;” and personalty.
To son Jonathan and hrs., 100 A. “Hollock's Cow Pasture;” and personalty.
To dau. Dorothy, personalty.
Wife Matthew (sic), extx. of personal estate except the legacies before given.
Test: Patrick Macolister (McCullister), John Gootee, Margret Urvin. 21. 882.
Virginia Wills and Administrations 1632 - 1800, An Index
Gootee [Accomack County]
Mary 1768 i
Jos. 1768 i
Lisney 1795 w
Gowtee - [Accomack] Mary 1764 w
Goutee - [Accomack] Jno. 1749 i
Gouty - [Accomack] Jos. 1728 w.
Settlers of Maryland 1679 - 1783:
Gootee[Gooty], Joseph; Dorchester County, Maryland
Name of Tract Acreage Date Reference(s)
Joseph's Lane 50 9 Apr 1683 29/206
Callis 481 10 Sep 1716 FF7/83;PL4/128
Chance 50 10 Dec 1714 ED6/115;RY1/153
Paris 45 10 May 1710 DD5/628;PL3/14
Paris 275 10 Dec 1714 EE6/114/RY1/151
Settlers of Maryland 1679 - 1783:
Goutee, John Jr; Dorchester County, Maryland
Name of Tract Acreage Date Reference(s)
Hazard 21 3 Jul 1761 BC14/528; BC17/224
Second Chance 20 3 Jul 1761 BC14/519;BC17/353
Settlers of Maryland 1751 - 1765:
Goutee, John Jr; Dorchester County, Maryland
Name of Tract Acreage Date Reference(s)
Hazard 21 3 Jul 1761 BC14/528; BC17/224
Second Chance 20 3 Jul 1761 BC14/519;BC17/353
Liber 30, folio 97
29 Jan. 1754
INSLEY, JAMES, Dorchester Co.
To eldest son, Andrew Insley, the lower 75a of Rackhune Ridge, where he dwelled, & on his d., to his 2 daus., Susaner & Rachal Insley, & to them also, part of
Insleys Outlet on the lower side of Rackhune Ridge; also to sd. Andrew, 5 sh.
To son Francis Insley, 2 sh.
To son Vallentine Insley, 50a of Andrews Fortten on the Rode Ridge on the upper side of the land I gave James Todd, 10a of Hopper Labour, my clothes, a cow, & 5 sh.
To son Joseph Insley, a parcel parts of Hamton, Fain, & Andrews Forten adj. Goos Crk. Swamp & Wm. Insley's Land, & if he d. s. p., to Betty Willen's &
Roseaner Willin's chldn.
To son Jacob Insley, that part of Andrews Fortin betw. Goos Crk. Swamp & BettysLott & Priveledge, & if he d. s. p., to Roseaner & Betty Woollin's chldn.
To dau. Rachel Anderson, 62a of Insleys Outlett adj. The Vale of Mizery, & if she d. s. p., to my dau. Judah Insley; also to sd. Rachel, negro wench Lucey & 5 sh.
To dau. Elizabeth Wingate, L 0.2.6.
To wife, for widhood, my dw. plntn., parts of Andrews Forten, Hamton, Insleys Prevention, Feain, & Bettys Desire, & on her d., to my 2 daus. Roseaner Woolen & Betty Willen; also to sd. wife for widhood, my horse Prince, her side saddle, & The Horse Pasture.
To dau. Ales Todd, 5 sh.
To dau. Betty Willen, negro girl Fillis, & to dau. Roseaner Woolen, negro boy Andrew.
To Susaner & Rachel Insley, d. o. Andrew Insley, the upper part of Insleys Outlett, where my son James Insley lived.
The residue is to be equ. div. among my 3 chldn. Joseph, Jacob, & Judah Insley.
Extrx: sd. wife [not named].
Witn: Benja. Todd, Aurthur Hartt, Jno. Woollen.
12 Feb. 1756, sworn to by Todd & Woollen.
Maryland Indexes
Marriage References
MSA S 1527
He-Hz
Houlton, William, m. by 12 June 1718, Ann, extx. of Joseph Goutee of DO Co. (MDAD 1:106).
Balances of Final Distribution Books: Jacob Goutee, 1767, Dorchester, Liber 5, folio 20
Inventories and Accounts: John Goutee Jr, 1700 Dorchester, Liber 21, folio 103 (account)
also see Rosannah Goutee Trego - Accounts, 1767, Dorchester, Liber 56, folio 133
see also Goutey, Gowtee, Goutee
Accounts: Jacob Gouttee Jr, 1765/67, Dorchester, Liber 53, folio 13; Liber 56, folio 133
Accounts: John Gowtee, 1744/45/56/60, Dorchester
Liber 40, folio 136
Liber 44, folio 290
Liber 70, folio 216
Liber 72, folio 212
Records at Hall of Records in Maryland, L213, f307, 1662, reads: "Then came Antonie LeCompte and enters a right vist (namely) for his wife Easter, John Gooteer, Andrew Guidrey, and Ambrose for which he demands a warrant having sworn as usually on a warrant and to the Surveyor Generall to layout for this LeCompte, 200 acres of land. Dated the 21st of February 1662. Return Last August last."
So, evidently my ancestor John Gootee (Gautier) was in Maryland in February 1662.
According to another document at the Archives of Maryland, LWH&L pg 48,19 April 1671, John Gottee and wife Margaret and Stephen Besson, born in Kingdom of France, were naturalized.
Can anyone help me find the area of France my ancestors were from ? I have searched records and paid for info from France but have never been able to pinpoint where in France thay were from.
Obviously John Gootee met LeCompte in England as that is where the ship departed from.
Any help with this problem will be most welcomed. Any leads appreciated.
Seeking info on the first three daughters of Joseph GOOTEE, b. ca 1660 in France and d. 1716 in Maryland. Married (1) Elizabeth Insley, dau of Andrew and Margaret JONES INSLEY on 25 Feb 1689/90 in Maryland.
1. Mary GOOTEE who married William ROBINSON and d. 8 Mar 1728/9 as listed in St Peters Parish Records, Talbot Co, Md.
2. Rosannah (Anne) GOOTEE, b. ca 1700,Dorchester Co, Md. who married William BUTTON and had three issue: Elizabeth, William and Goutee.
3. Ruth GOOTEE, d. ca 1780 (no other info).
ANY help with this group will be very helpful and appreciated.
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Joseph Sr. Gootee, born Abt. 1661 in France; died Bet. 1716 - 1717 in Dorchester CO., MD. He was the son of 1744. John Gootee and 1745. Margaret Beeson. He married 873. Elizabeth Ann Insley February 25, 1688/89.
873. Elizabeth Ann Insley, born Abt. 1668 in Dorchester CO., MD; died Abt. 1714 in Dorchester CO., MD. She was the daughter of 1746. Andrew Insley and 1747. Margaret Jones.
More About Joseph Sr. Gootee:
Naturalization: May 22, 1695, Naturalized with his 2 sons, Joseph and John
Children of Joseph Gootee and Elizabeth Insley are:
i. Mary Gootee, died Unknown; married William Robinson; died Unknown.
ii. Roshannah Gootee, died Unknown; married William Button; died Unknown.
iii. Ruth Gootee, died Abt. 1760; married William Jr. Robinson; died 1746 in Dorchester CO., MD.
iv. Joseph Jr. Gootee, born Abt. 1691 in Maryland; died Abt. 1768 in Accomack CO. VA; married (1) Elizabeth Johnson Aft. 1711 in Accomack CO, VA; died Unknown; married (2) Sarah Mills March 1710/11; died Unknown.
v. John Gootee, born Abt. 1692 in Maryland; died May 31, 1748 in Accomack CO. VA; married Mary Lisney Bef. 1727 in Accomack CO, VA; died Unknown.
436 vi. Jacob Gootee, born October 1699; died March 09, 1779; married Margery Pritchett Abt. 1721.
vii. Andrew Gootee, born Abt. 1698; died February 1774 in Dorchester CO., MD; married Agnes Woodland Harper; died April 1768.
More About Agnes Woodland Harper:
Burial: April 16, 1768, Blackwater River, Dorchester CO., MD- Burial plot is adjacent to the Blackwater Reserve Headquarters Bldg.
viii. Elizabeth Gootee, born Abt. 1699; died Unknown; married Anthony Shorter; died Unknown.
874. John Pritchett, born 1641; died 1711 in Apes Hill, Do. Co., MD. He was the son of 1748. John Pritchett and 1749. Anna. He married 875. Margery Price.
875. Margery Price, born November 10, 1667 in Somerset Co., MD; died 1700 in Apes Hill, Do. Co., MD. She was the daughter of 1750. John Price and 1751. Margery
874. John Pritchett, born 1641; died 1711 in Apes Hill, Do. Co., MD. He was the son of 1748. John Pritchett and 1749. Anna. He married 875. Margery Price.
875. Margery Price, born November 10, 1667 in Somerset Co., MD; died 1700 in Apes Hill, Do. Co., MD. She was the daughter of 1750. John Price and 1751. Margery.
Notes for John Pritchett:
From "Early Dorchester County History" by C. W. Mowbray and Maurice Rimpo
page 31
On March 10, 1672, a 50 acre tract called "Apes Hill" was surveyed for Richard meekins. That tract is known today as Bishop's Head Point. Five years after he aquired it, Meekins transferred the tract to Timothy MacNamara. Descendants of Timothy MacNamara became owners of numerous tracts of land in South Dorchester and intermarried into such old-line families of the area as the Pritchetts, Stewarts, lakes, Hoopers, Traverses and others. On April 1, 1679, Timothy macNamara sold "Apes Hill" to Dr. John Pritchett who had came from Talbt Co. where he had married Margery, daughter of Joh and Margery Price of that county. As shown in hs will Dr. Pritchett was the father of Zebulon, Edward, John, Phunback, Lott, Phillis, Margery, Mary who married Henry Fisher, and Jane who married Robert Lake. John Pritchett, on June 8, 1710, sold to Henry Lake, blacksmith, a 110 acre tract of land called "Long Acre" which was on Charles Creek. Robert Lake, blacksmith, the son of Henry lake, married Jane Pritchett. Henry Lake, through his son, Robert, was the progenitor of the Lake family of lower Dorchester CO.
Children of John Pritchett and Margery Price are:
i. Phunback Pritchett, born Abt. 1700; died Unknown.
ii. Zebulon Pritchett, died Unknown.
iii. Edward Pritchett, died Unknown.
iv. John Pritchett, died Unknown.
v. Lott Pritchett, died Unknown.
vi. Phillis Pritchett, died Unknown.
vii. Mary Pritchett, died Unknown; married Henry Fisher; died Unknown.
viii. Jane Pritchett, died Unknown; married Robert Lake; died 1716.
More About Robert Lake:
Occupation: Blacksmith
437 ix. Margery Pritchett, died Unknown; married (1) Wingate; married (2) Jacob Gootee Abt. 1721.
876. Patrick Brohawn, died Bet. 1734 - 1735 in Dorchester CO., MD. He married 877. Hannah.
877. Hannah, died Unknown.
Child of Patrick Brohawn and Hannah is:
438 i. John Brohawn, died 1758 in Dorchester CO., MD; married (1) Mary; married (2) Mary
1744. John Gootee, born in France; died Unknown in Dorchester CO., MD. He married 1745. Margaret Beeson.
1745. Margaret Beeson, born in France; died Unknown in Dorchester CO., MD.
More About John Gootee:
Emigration: February 1661/62, Sponsored by Antoine LeCompte, a large landowner in MD
Naturalization: April 19, 1671, John and Margaret and Stephen (Etienne) Beeson were naturalized; listed as citizens of France
Occupation: Cordwainer(shoemaker)
Property: February 1678/79, Granted 50 acres of land called " Callais" located between what is now Egypt RD and Little Blackwater River. Eventually Callais became 450 acres.
Children of John Gootee and Margaret Beeson are:
i. John Jr. Gootee, born in France; died 1699 in Maryland.
872 ii. Joseph Sr. Gootee, born Abt. 1661 in France; died Bet. 1716 - 1717 in Dorchester CO., MD; married (1) Ann Harper; married (2) Elizabeth Ann Insley February 25, 1688/89.
iii. Judith Gootee, born Abt. 1673 in Maryland; died Unknown; married John Cole 1691; died Unknown.
More About John Cole and Judith Gootee:
Land gift: 1691, Given 50 acres of land called " Graveling" by her parents.
1746. Andrew Insley, born Abt. 1643 in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England; died 1699 in Dorchester CO., MD. He married 1747. Margaret Jones 1668.
1747. Margaret Jones, died Unknown in Dorchester CO., MD.
More About Andrew Insley:
Immigration: 1663, Transported with a service requirement through 1667 (Liber 6 Folio 27)
Children of Andrew Insley and Margaret Jones are:
873 i. Elizabeth Ann Insley, born Abt. 1668 in Dorchester CO., MD; died Abt. 1714 in Dorchester CO., MD; married Joseph Sr. Gootee February 25, 1688/89.
ii. Margaret Insley, born Abt. 1672 in Dorchester CO., MD; died Unknown; married Michael Sr. Todd Abt. 1698; born June 15, 1653 in Dorchester Co., MD; died 1731 in Dorchester CO., MD.
Notes for Michael Sr. Todd:
It is rumored that Michael Todd was transported as a thief from England, and that he jumped ship in Toddville (Fallon's Cove) from Pat Slacum Leyendecker. ( as per Her phone conversation withDiane Insley Thomas.
iii. Mary Insley, born Abt. 1670 in Dorchester CO., MD; died Unknown; married Roger Hooper; died Unknown.
1748. John Pritchett, born 1610 in Herefordshire, Wales; died 1657. He was the son of 3496. William Pritchett and 3497. Joan Rufford. He married 1749. Anna.
1749. Anna, died Unknown.
Children of John Pritchett and Anna are:
874 i. John Pritchett, born 1641; died 1711 in Apes Hill, Do. Co., MD; married Margery Price
ii. George Pritchett, born 1637 in Wales; died Unknown.
1750. John Price, died Unknown. He married 1751. Margery.
1751. Margery, died Unknown.
Child of John Price and Margery is:
875 i. Margery Price, born November 10, 1667 in Somerset Co., MD; died 1700 in Apes Hill, Do. Co., MD; married John Pritchett
Feature Name: Gootee Cemetery
Feature Type: cemetery
State: Maryland
County: Dorchester
County Population: 30674
County Housing Units: 14681
County Size: 557.54 Square Miles
Latitude: 38.37944
Longitude: -76.17194
Map Cell Name: Golden Hill
John Gootee Sr. (Jean Gautier) -- Born ca.1645 or before in France and died sometime after May 1699 in Dorcester Co. MD. Married Margaret (Beeson?) in France ca.1660.
Parents: Unknown
Children: John Jr. (ca 1660-1699)
Joseph (ca.1661-1716) married Elizabeth Insley
Joseph Gootee -- Born in France in 1661; died 1716 in Dorchester Co. Married his first wife, Elizabeth Insley (died after 1711) before 1691. Second wife: Ann Harper.
Parents: John and Margaret Gootee.
Children of first marriage:
Jacob (ca.1691/6-1779) married Margery (Woodland?)
Ruth (d.ca.1762) married William Robinson
Andrew (ca.1698-1774) married Agnes Harper
Children of second marriage:
John
Triphena
Lucy
Elinor
Jacob Gootee -- Born ca.1691-6 in Dorchester Co. MD; died in 1779. Married Margery (Woodland?) before 1729.
Parents: Joseph and Marjorie Gootee
Children: John (ca. 1738-1818) married Elizabeth Pritchett.
Shadrack (d.1780) married Elizabeth Brohawn (sister of Jemima)
Capewell (d.before 1793) married Mary Nuner
(Jabez?)
Mary -married Safford
John Gootee (Jr.) -- Born ca. 1738 in Dorchester Co. MD; died in Caroline Co. MD on Aug.4,1818. First marriage: Elizabeth Pritchett. Second marriage: Jemima Brohawn? (1738-1786)
Parents: Jacob Gootee and Elizabeth Pritchett.
Children of first marriage: Elizabeth Pritchett.
Rhoda (b. after 1755)
Abel (b.ca. 1765/70)
Britannia (b: ca 1765)
Pritchett (b:1765)
Cynthia (b: ca. 1770-1780)
Children of second marriage:
Zachariah (b.ca.1774-84)
Violetta (b.ca.1775-84)
