1536. Documentation for John Gootee Sr (Jean Gautier Sr)
(Abt. 1640 to Mar 26, 1711),
father of Joseph Gouty
(Abt. 1661 to 1716/7)
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.
The original Gouty family that moved to Maryland in the mid to late 1600s was from France. ("John Gottee and Margaret his wife of Dorchester Co., in 1671 at time of naturalization declared themselves as natives of the Kingdom of France." Maryland Archives, volume 2, page 270.)
The Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 2, Page 270, (Liber W H & L, page 48) identify an act of the General Assembly on March 27, 1671 that
Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 2, Page 270, Liber W H &L p. 48. Acts made att a Generall Assembly begun and held att St Maries in the Province of Maryland the twenty seventh day of March in the Nyne and thirtieth year of the Dominion of Caecilius &ca Annoq Domini 1671
The Honble Charles Calvert Esq. Govenour-
To the Right Honb'f the Lord Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore-
The humble peticon of Bernard Johnson of Calvert County in the said Province of Maryland Cooper William Nenfinger of Saint Maries County John Gotee and Margarett his wife of Dorchester County and Stephen Beson of the Same County all Inhabitants of this Province
Humbly Shew unto your Lordship that your Peticoners Barnard Johnson and William Nengfinger were borne in Holland and under the Dominion of the States Generall of the united Provinces John Gottee and Margarett his wife and Stephen Besson in the Kingdon of France etc.
John Gouty Sr. (Jean Gautier Sr.) arrived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in February 1662, sponsored by Antoine LeCompte, a gentleman and large landowner in Maryland.
Arrived on Eastern Shore of Maryland on 16 February 1662, sponsored by Antoine LeCompte.
John was a cordwainer (shoemaker) and 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.
She completed her servitude (indenture) on February 6, 1679.
Jean Gautier (John Gootee Sr.) was born 16?? in France.
He died in 1679 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
John and his wife, Margaret Beeson, married 1642 in France, immigrated to Dorchester County, Maryland.
Margaret Beeson was born in France in 1620 and died in May 1699 in Dorchester County, Maryland.
John died sometime after May of 1699. (Nothing earlier is known about their lineage.)
John and Margaret Gottee (sic) and Stephen Beeson (Ettiene Beeson) were naturalized on 19 April 1671 and listed as "Citizens of France".
Ettiene BEESON was a partner with John for considerable acreage in Maryland.
In 1679, 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.
Settlers of Maryland 1679 - 1783:
Goutee[Gootee], John; Dorchester County, Maryland
Name of Tract Acreage Date Reference(s)
Bourburke 100 19 Jul 1681 24/200; 28/301
Bow Court 100 [8 Dec 1679] 24/183
Callis 150 12 Feb 1680 24/182; 28/343
Frankling 100 18 Jul 1681 28/309
Graveling 100 12 Oct 1679 24/183
Bramble Hope Addition 2 13 Jul 1761 BC14/243; BC16/151
John and Margaret Gootee (Gouty) had three known children:
1) John Gootee, Junior 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, Virginia on 5
March 1654, twelve (12) years before his Father. There is no record of marriage
for John.
The will of John Gootee (Goutey) (Junior), son of John Gouty and his wife
Margaret, was written on May 4, 1699 and probated on August 7, 1699:
Goutey, John, Dorchester Co.,4th May, 1699; 7th Aug., 1699.
To father and mother, John and Margaret Goutey, all real estate.
To John Willey, personalty.
Exs.: Father John Goutey, Jno. Willey afsd.
Test: Jno. Wingod, Arthur Hart, Michael Todd. 6. 289.
John Gootee Junior and his brother Joseph, sons of John Gootee Senior and Margaret Beeson, were naturalized along with two of Josephs sons, Joseph and
John on May 22, 1695.
2) Joseph, the second son, was born in France circa 1661 and died in 1716 in
Maryland. Joseph was married two times.
1) Joseph's 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 circa 1721.
2) Joseph's 2nd wife was ??
3) Judith Gootee 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.
Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 2, Page 270, Liber W H &L p. 48
Acts made att a Generall Assembly begun and held att St Maries in the Province of Maryland the twenty seventh day of March in the Nyne and thirtieth year of the Dominion of Caecilius &ca Annoq Domini 1671
The Honble Charles Calvert Esq. Govenour-
To the Right Honb'f the Lord Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore-
The humble peticon of Bernard Johnson of Calvert County in the said Province of Maryland Cooper William Nenfinger of Saint Maries County John Gotee and Margarett his wife of Dorchester County and Stephen Beson of the Same County all Inhabitants of this Province
Humbly Shew unto your Lordship that your Peticoners Barnard Johnson and William Nengfinger were borne in Holland and under the Dominion of the States Generall of the united Provinces John Gottee and Margarett his wife and Stephen Besson in the Kingdon of France etc.
Archives of Maryland Online, Volume 3, Page 513, Liber H. H. p. 214
February 22th 1664
By the Leiutennt Generall Ordered, Antoine Le Compte haue Pattent of Dennizacon to him his wife and Children
Mutatis Mutandis in folio 157
To Benois Brasseurs
Archives of Maryland, Bacon's Laws of Maryland, Volume 75, Page 725, Naturalization. A List of Persons Naturalized by particular Acts. Gotee, John, &c., 1671, ch. 1.; Goutee, John, &c., 1695, ch. 10.
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 sd Joseph Goutee & Leonard Camperson Be it Enacted by the King and Queens most Excellent Maties by and with the Advice and Consent of this Present Generall Assembly and the Authority of the same That Mathias Mathiason als Freeman of Cecill County, Peter Golley; John & Joseph Goutee and Joseph & John sons of the said Joseph Goutee and Leonard Camperson of Talbott County within this Province Be from henceforth reputed and taken as Naturall born Subjects of this Province and that by the Authority afd they be Enabled and adjudged to all Intents & purposes whatsoever to Ask have hold purchase and enjoy any Lands Tenements Rents and hereditaments to which they might in any wise be intituled as if they were free and naturall born Subjects and also that they shall and may be (p. 91) Enabled to prosecute maintain and avow and also Justify and Defend all and all maner of Actions Suites pleas plaints and other Demands whatsoever as Liberally ffrankly ffreely fully Lawfully and securely as if they or either of them had been naturall borne people or Subjects of this Province any Law Statute or Custome to the Contrary notwithstanding.
Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt, Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607 - 1775; Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005.
Gottee, John. He and his wife, Margaret Gottee, were naturalized in Maryland 19 Apr. 1671. They lived in Dorchester County and were French.(page 110)
(Webster: Endenization - the act of naturalizing.)
(Webster: Denization - the act of making one a denizen or adopted citizen; naturalization.)
Wyand, Jeffrey A., and Florence Leone Wyand. Colonial Maryland Naturalizations. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1975. 104 p. Repr. 1986, page 5.
Newman, Harry Wright. To Maryland From Overseas: A Complete Digest of the Jacobite Loyalists Sold into White Slavery in Maryland, and the British and Continental Background of Approximately 1400 Maryland Settlers from 1634 to the Early Federal Period with Source Documentation. Annapolis, MD: Newman, 1982. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985, 1986, 1991. 190p. Page 80.
Primary Immigrant: John Gottee; Family Members: Wife Margaret;
Bockstruck, Lloyd DeWitt, Denizations and Naturalizations in the British Colonies in America, 1607 - 1775; Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2005.
Besson, Stephen. He was naturalized in Maryland 19 Apr. 1671. He lived in Dorchester County and was French.(page 23)
Goutee, John. He was naturalized in Maryland 22 May 1695. He lived in Talbot County.(page 111)
Goutee, Joseph. He and his sons, John Goutee and Joseph Goutee, were naturalized in Maryland 22 May 1695. They lived in Talbot County.(page 111)
LeCompte, Antoine. He, his wife, and children were made denizens in Maryland 2 Mar. 1664/5. Vide also Lacounte.(page 177)
Gootee Cemetery, Dorchester, Maryland, latitude 38.27944, longitude -76.17194, Map Cell Name = Golden Hill - appears to be east of intersection of 335 and 336. 336 is Golden Hill Road and turns into Lakesville Road near Blackwater.
Ettiene BEESON was a partner with John for considerable acreage in Maryland.
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).
LECOMPTE - page 85
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LECOMPTE (10)
Anthony LeCompte immigrated to Calvert County in the mid-1650's where he acquired a 75 acre tract called "Compton" from Ishmael Wright. He returned to his homeland in 1661 (He was born near Callis in France) and on July 11 of that year, in London, he married Hester Dottando (Dotlando) a native of Dieppe, in Normany, France (Volume 12, Maryland Historical Magazine, page 48).
On May 6, 1669, Anthony Lecompte was appointed along with several others as one of the original justices of Dorchester County. He served until 1671.
Anthony LeCompte died in 1673 and his widow, Hester, in 1674, married Mark Cordea; a wealthy merchange, innkeeper, and shipowner of St. Mary's County who had been naturalized in 1671. The bay which was named after Anthony LeCompte is still called LeCompte Bay as is LeCompte Creek.
Children (Gouty), born:
i. John, born in France and died in Maryland in 1699
ii. Joseph, born in France about 1661 and died in 1716 in Maryland
iii. Judith, born about 1673 in Maryland, married John Cole in 1691
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.
Jean Gautier (John Gootee Sr.) --The father of Joseph Gootee, John Sr. was born ca.1645 or before in France. He and his wife Margaret (maiden name unknown), immigrated from France to Dorcester Co. MD, where John died sometime after May of 1699. (Nothing earlier is known about their lineage.) John arrived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in February 1662, sponsored by Antoine LeCompte, a gentleman and large landowner in Maryland. John was a cordwainer (shoemaker) and 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 February 6, 1679 and 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".
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)
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
Anthony & Hester LeCompte
Anthony (Antoine) LeCompte was born sometime before 1620, most likely near Calais in the ancient French region of Picardie (known as Nord-Pas-de-Calais in 2003). Although we know nothing certain about his childhood, he was probably the son of Calvinist protestant parents who were living to see King Henry IV of France issue his Edict of Nantes (1598), which bestowed limited religious freedom upon the Huguenots. His great-grandparents may well have lived under English rule, as Calais had been held by the English from 1346 to 1558.
Anthony came of age during the rule of King Louis XIII and, more importantly, his Chief Minister, Cardinal Richelieu of the Roman Catholic Church. Long before the revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685), Anthony's family must have felt the increasing pressure to convert to Catholicism and may have even been forced to give up their land due to geographic restrictions on the practice of their religion.
Anthony fled his mostly Catholic homeland for England sometime after La Rochelle fell in 1628 to Richelieu's army, a foreboding of the end of protestant privileges, especially for the small number of Huguenots living north of Paris. In England, Anthony is reputed to have fought for the causes of King Charles I as a Lieutenant in the British Army, and even earned titles. However, as a French Huguenot (that is, a Calvinist protestant), Antoine would have been more likely to serve in the victorious New Model Army of Cromwell rather than the defeated Royalist Army of King Charles. In 1819 his great-grandchildren, Thomas and Daniel LeCompte tell us that Anthony:
"... joined the British army and fought eleven years for the King of Great Britain and when the wars were over his name was so great, and for his valor, had him knighted and the title of 'Monsieur' (Sir) given to him, and his 'coat of arms,' also which as we have heard from our ancestor is now in the tower of London ..."
Unfortunately, the brothers' testimony is the only reference to English knighthood that can be found. A search in May 2004 by William Hunt, Windsor Herald for the College of Arms in London, concluded that no knighthood of Antoine LeCompte (or its various spellings) is to be found in England. However, there remains the possibility that Antoine carried his family Arms from the European continent rather than for service to the English King.
After the Civil war in England between the Cavaliers and the Roundheads, and the subsequent execution of King Charles, Anthony headed for America. Whether his trip was self-financed or aided by others in the Huguenot community is currently unknown, but we do know that Anthony would later sponsor the crossings of other French Huguenots in the 1660s, such as Jean Gautier (John Gootee Sr.) who was also from Calais.
Anthony arrived on the Chesapeake Bay before 1655, possibly as early as October 1650, and acquired 75 acres of land, "Compton," on the Western Shore near St. Mary's in Calvert County, Maryland. However, the Eastern Shore tended to attract those who wished to practice their religion freely, particularly French Huguenots. So, Anthony embarked on a scouting trip around 1658 with a man named Horn. They both decided that waterfront property on the Choptank suited their needs. Anthony probably considered the Eastern Shore a very safe place - perfect for the family he envisioned raising there - despite its remoteness and even the threat of Indians.
We know from the church register of St. Helen's Chapel Bishopsgate in London that Anthony returned to England in 1661 and married a young French woman, Hester Dottantte (also known as Esther Doatloan) from Dieppe, Normandy. Hester (most likely pronounced 'es-stair') was perhaps 20 years younger than Anthony. We know nothing about Hester's life before marriage, but we presume her family also fled France because of religious persecution.
We don't know how or where Anthony and Hester first met, but the proximity of Dieppe to Calais means the families may have been known to each other previously, or they may have lived in the same section of London along with other French emigrants of that period. Perhaps Anthony returned to England with the intention to secure a wife, gather supplies and start a family. We do know they settled on Anthony's 700 acres, a land grant from Lord Baltimore, which was later patented as 800 acres, on the Choptank River in the New World, a place first known as St. Anthony, and later referred to as Castle Haven Neck.
Editor's Note: Where was Anthony baptized? Who was his family in France? With whom did he fight in England? Is there really a coat-of-arms attributable to him? How did Hester and her family come to be in London? Who was her family?
Sources:
Page 105: "LAKES. Lakes was unknown as a political division of the county until 1829, but in the Revolution of 1776 that section was called "Lakes," after the prominent and patriotic Lake families, who then lived there, though it was a part of Straits hundred.
Some of the earliest settlers in that section were the Keenes, Hoopers, Gootees, Insleys and Shentons. Its vast tracts of oak and pine timber of old growth were the last in the county to fall before the lumberman's axe."
Page 133: "Rev. Francis Asbury, the greatest Methodist missionary that ever traveled in America, frequently preached on the Eastern Shore Peninsula, but did not go to Dorchester until October, 1784. when in Cambridge he preached to a large congregation, and ministered to a poor colored man, under sentence to be executed for theft. On the 20th he went to Taylor's Island. He says, 'We had a profitable season there.' The next day he went to 'Todds,' Todd's Chapel, in Lakes district; now called 'Ebenezer.' He says, 'I found a warm people, indeed. I injured myself by speaking too loud."
Page 142: First Division of the County into Hundreds
The first political divisions of Dorchester County were hundreds, of which there is no official record to be found of their boundary lines, but the locations of the hundreds are recognizable by their names. They were laid out prior to 1689, when there were few roads through the vast forests which were only bounded by creeks, streams and other bodies of water.
The names of the hundreds were:
1. Great Choptank Hundred
2. Nanticoke Hundred
3. Transquaking Hundred
4. Fishing Creek Hundred
5. Little Choptank Hundred
6. Hermitage (or Armitage) Hundred
7. Straits Hundred
8. Cambridge Hundred
They were retained as county divisions until 1829 when the county was divided into eight election districts herein named.
Page 169: PAPISTS' LANDS. List of lands held by Papists in Dorchester County, returned by Charles Dickenson, Collecctor of Quit Rents, to the Keeper of the Rent Rolls, in 1758:
Joseph Griffith - 634 3/4 acres
Joseph Goutee - 695 1/2 acres
Robert Griffith - 777 acres
Hannah Griffith - 167 acres
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Below is the naturalization act dated April 1671 for the following individuals:
1. Bernard Johnson-Calvert County
2. William Nenfinger/Nengfinger (Cooper)-St. Mary's County
3. John Gotee/Gottee & wife Margaret of Dorchester County
4. Stephen Beson/Besson of Dorchester County
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[April 1671]
The Honble Charles Calvert Esq. Gouernour--
To the Right Honble. the Lord Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore--
The humble peticon of Bernard Iohnson of Calvert County in the said Province of Maryland Cooper William Nenfinger of Saint Maries County Iohn Gotee and Margarett his wife of Dorchester County and Stephen Beson of the Same County all Inhabitants of this Prouince
Humbly Shew vnto your Lordship that your Peticoners Barnard Iohnson and William Nengfinger were borne in holland and vnder the Dominion of the States Generall of the vnited Provinces John Gottee and Margarett his wife and Stephen Besson in the Kingdom of ffrance And your Peticoners being now Removed into this Province for long time therein Inhabitted being Invited to Come and dwell within this Prouince by and upon Confidence of your Lordships Declaracon of the second of Iuly one thousand six hundred forty Nyne where-by your Lordship did impower Your Lordships Gouernour of this Province from time to time to grant lands to any persons of Dutch french or any other forreign discent in the same in as ample manner and vpon the same tearmes and Provisoes as he was thereby Impowred to grant lands to any person or persons of Brittish or Irish discent and dureing their abode within this Prouince Your Peticoners have been alwayes faithfull and obedient vnto your Lordships Lawes Yett further your Peticoners are not of Brittish or Irish discent they cannott take Benefitt of the Lawes and Customes of the this Province as other the good people of this Province of Brittish or Irish discent may to their great losse prejudice and hinderance as alsoe to the Deterring of divers others of the forreigne Nations aforesaid from Coming into this Prouince and by Consequence foreslowing the peopling of this Prouince with vsefull Artificers and handicrafts men may itt therefore please your Lordship of your abundant goodnesse and wonted care of and over this Province That itt may be Enacted and ordeined. And Bee it Enacted and ordained by the Right Honble. the Lord Proprietary of this Province by and with the advice and Consent of the Upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly and the Authority of the same That your Lordships humble Peticoners Barnard Iohnson William Nengfinger Iohn Gottee and Margarett his wife and Stephen Besson and every of them Shall and may from henceforth by the same Authority be Enabled and adjudged to all intents and purposes able to demand Challenge aske haue hold and Enjoy any lands Tenements Hereditaments and Rents within the Prouince as heir or heires to any of the Ancesters by Reason of any descent in fee simple feetayle Generall or Speciall or Remainder vpon any Estate tayle or come to them or any of them by any discent in fee simple feetayle Gnerall or speciall or Remainder upon any estate tayle as aofresaid or by any other Lawfull Conveyance or Conveyances or meanes whatsoever as if they and every of them had been borne within this Province or were of Brittish or Irish discent as aforesaid And alsoe that they and every of them from henceforth may and shall be Enabled to prosecute maintaine and avow Iustifie and defend all manner of accons Suites plaints and other demands whatsoever as liberally frankly freely fully Lawfully and Securely as if they and every of them had been Natureally borne within this Prouince of Maryland of were of British or Irish discent and as any other person or persons Natureally borne within this Prouince or of Brittish or Irish discent may any wayes Lawfully doe Any law provisoes Act or Custome of this Prouince or other thing whatsoever had made ordeined or done within this Province to the Contrary thereof in any wayes Nothwithstanding.
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.
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
Andrew Gootee, Inventories, 1774, Dorchester, Liber 118, folio 16
Andrew Gootee, Wills, 1774, Dorchester, Liber 39, folio 762
Jacob Gootee Jr., Inventories, 1764, Dorchester, Liber 86, folio 30
Jacob Gootee Jr. , Inventories, 1765, Dorchester, Liber 86, folio 343
John Goute, Jr., 1700, Dorchester, Liber 20, folio 4 (account) Inventories and Accounts
Jacob Goutee, 1767, Dorchester, Liber 5, folio 20, Balances of Final Distribution Books
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
Joseph Goutte, 1717, Dorchester, Liber 37 B, folio 144 (inventory) Inventories and Accounts
Jacob Gouttee Jr, Accounts, 1765/67, Dorchester, Liber 53, folio 13, Liber 56, folio 133
John Gowtee, Accounts, 1744/45/56/60, Dorchester, Liber 40, folio 136; Liber 44, folio 290; Liber 70, folio 216; Liber 72, folio 212
Rosannah Goutee Trego, Accounts, 1767, Dorchester, Liber 56, folio 133
Settlers of Maryland 1679 - 1783:
Goutee[Gootee], John; Dorchester County, Maryland
Name of Tract Acreage Date Reference(s)
Bourburke 100 19 Jul 1681 24/200; 28/301
Bow Court 100 [8 Dec 1679] 24/183
Callis 150 12 Feb 1680 24/182; 28/343
Frankling 100 18 Jul 1681 28/309
Graveling 100 12 Oct 1679 24/183
Bramble Hope Addition 2 13 Jul 1761 BC14/243; BC16/151
Volume 2 Page 271, Assembly Proceedings, March -- April 1671. (Pages 270, 271, 272)
Acts made att a Generall Assembly begun and
held att St Maries in the Prouince of Maryland the twenty Seventh day of March in the Nyne and thirtieth yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &ca Annoq Domini 1671.
The Honble Charles Calvert Esq. Gouernour —
To the Right Honb'f the Lord Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore —
The humble peticon of Bernard Iohnson of Calvert
County in the said Province of Maryland Cooper William Nenfinger of Saint Maries County John Gotee and Margarett his wife of Dorchester County and Stephen Beson of the Same County all Inhabitants of this Prouince
Humbly Shew vnto your Lordship that your Peticoners Barnard lohnson and William Nengfinger were borne in holland and vnder the Dominion of the States Generall of the vnited Provinces John Gottee and Margarett his wife and Stephen Besson in the Kingdom of ffrance And your Peticoners being now Removed into this Province for long time therein Inhabitted being Invited to Come and dwell within this Prouince by and upon Confidence of your Lordships Declaracon of the second of luly one thousand six hundred forty Nyne whereby your Lordship did impower Your Lordships Gouernour of this Province from time to time to grant lands to any persons of Dutch french or any other forreign discent in the same in as ample manner and vpon the same tearmes and Provisoes as he was thereby Impowred to grant lands to any person or persons of Brittish or Irish discent and dureing their abode within this Prouince Your Peticoners have been alwayes faithfull and obedient vnto your Lordships Lawes Yett further your Peticoners are not of Brittish or Irish discent they cannott take Benefitt of the Lawes and Customes of this Province as other the good people of this Province of Brittish or Irish discent may to their great losse prejudice and hinderance as alsoe to the Deterring of divers others of the forreigne Nations aforesaid from Coming into this Prouince and by Consequence foreslowing the peopling of this Prouince with vsefull Artificers and handicrafts men may itt therefore please your Lordship of your abundant goodnesse and wonted care of and over this Province That itt may be Enacted and ordeined. And Bee itt Enacted and ordained by the Right Honble the Lord Proprietary of this Province by and with the advice and Consent of the Upper and lower houses of this present Generall Assembly and the Authority of the same That your Lordships humble Peticoners Barnard Iohnson William Nengfinger John Gottee and Margarett his wife and Stephen Besson and every of them Shall and may from henceforth by the same Authority be Enabled and adjudged to all intents and purposes able to demand Challenge aske haue hold and Enjoy any lands Tenements Hereditaments and Rents within this Prouince as heir
or heires to any of their Ancestors by Reason of any descent
in fee simple feetayle Generall or Speciall or Remainder vpon any Estate tayle or come to them or any of them by any discent in fee simple or feetayle Generall or speciall or Remainder upon any Estate tayle as aforesaid or by any other Lawfull Conveyance or Conveyances or measnes whatsoever as if they and every of them had been borne within this Province or were of Brittish or Irish discent as aforesaid And alsoe that they and every of them from henceforth may and shall be Enabled to prosecute maintaine and avow Iustifie and defend all manner of accons Suites plaints and other demands whatsoever as liberally frankly freely fully Lawfully and Securely as if they and every of them had been Natureally borne within this Prouince of Maryland or were of Brittish or Irish discent and as any other person or persons Natureally borne within this Prouince or of Brittish or Irish discent may any wayes Lawfully doe Any law provisoes Act or Custome of this Prouince or other thing whatsoever had made ordeined or done within this Province to the Contrary thereof in any wayes Notwithstanding.
20 Oct 1705 Deed Dorc. Co. Md. Z. Pritchett and Rachel, his sife, to John Rumley "Paris" 400 A. on Goose Creek wit. Phillip Wingate, Henry Wingate Ack. 2 Mar 1707 John Willey
4 Dec 1707 Deed Robinson to Goutee 27 Feb 1707/8 Wit. John Willey, Timothy McNamara
9 Jun 1708 Deed Dorc. Co. Jones to Woodland wit. Timothy McNamara, Francis Willey
Goutey, John, Dorchester Co., 4th May, 1699; 7th Aug., 1699. To father and mother, John and Margaret Goutey, all real estate.to John Wiley, personalty. - Ers.: Father John Goutey, Jno. Willey afsd. Test: Jno. Wingod [sic] Wingate, Arthur Hart, Michael Todd. 6. 289.
Pope, Robert, Dorchester Co., 20th May, 1700; 4th Mrch., 1701. To son Robert and hrs., all lands (unnamed). 2 eld. daus, viz., Rose Cannon and Catherine Willey and hrs., sd. lands in event of death of son Robert without issue. 5 daus., viz., Ann, Jude, Dianah, Sarah and Mary Pope, personalty at marriage. “ wife Eliza:, personalty. Ex.: Wife Eliza: and son-in-law James Cannon; the latter to be guardian of son Robert during his minority. Test; Redmon Follen, Jno. Meredith, Jno. Willy, Jr., Michael Todd.11.133
Pope, Eliza:, widow, Dorchester Co., 6th Aug., 1716; 2nd. Dec., 1716. To daus. Rosanna Cannon, Katherine Willy, Ann Rumley, Judy Wingate, Dianna Willy, Sarah Willis, Mary Wingate,1s. each. son-in-law John Willy, ex.. and his., all real estate, being 130 A. “Widow’s Purchase.” “ granddau. Dorcas Allen, residue of personal estate at age of 16 yrs. Test: Wm. Evans, Jr., Frances Willey. 14. 176.
James Cannon 2.150 DO £35.11.6 May 6 1719 Appraisers: John Robson, Morgan Adams. Creditors or Next of kin: Charles Ungle, John Rumbly, John Willy, Johannes Dehinoyosea.
Robert Pope w.d. 20 May 1700 , p.4 Mar 1701 Dorc. Co. Md.
son Robert Pope
daus Rosanna Cannon
Katherine Willey
Ann Pope, Judy Pope, Dianna Pope, Sarah Pope , Mary Pope
wife Elizabeth
Elizabeth Pope , wid. w. d. 12 Aug 1716 p. 2 Dec 1716 Dorc. Co. Md.
daus Rosanna Cannon
Katherine Willey
Sarah Willis
Ann Rumley,
Judy Wingate
Dianna Willey
Mary Wingate
son in law John Willey
grandau Dorcas Allen
John Willey w.d. 29 Jan 1745 p. 21 May 1746 Dorc. Co. Md.
son Francis Willey
dau Else Rodgers
dau Rosanna 1s.
dau Sarah Insley 1s.
dau Catherine Willey
son William Willey exec.
wit. John McNamara, Hue Cannon, Wm Cannon, John Willin
Marcus Andrews w.d. 24 Apr 1750 p. 9 May 1750 Dorc. Co.
wife Rebecca -exec. plantation and slaves
dau Sarah Andrews
son Daniel Andrews
dau Rebecca Andrews
sons Marcus and Nathaniel Andrews
son Isaac Andrews
wits. Francis Willey, John Willey, Comfort Roe.
Francis Willey w.d. ---- p. 13 Dec 1745 Dorc. Vol 24 f 345
son John Willey 32 A. pt of Willeys Outlet
grandson John Willey-cattle
son Robert Willey-dwelling plantation
3 sons Ezekias Willey, Edward Willey, Ezekiel Willey-cattle
son Francis Willey cattle, coopers tools
grandson Absolom Willey -cattle
dau Elizabeth Insley cattle
dau Alice Willey furniture
wife Diana Willey
wit. Job Hammond, Phillip Wingate
GOOTEE, Joseph W. (Biography) From St. Mary's Parish, Indiana
Library of Virginia, Gowtee [Goutee], John. 1749 Index Entry.
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)
1720 Joseph Goutee, Mary Luecraft and Samuel Payne, listed as witnesses for will of John Marain. (Vol. 2, VaES by Whitelaw and Acc Co Wills 1715-1729 and Wills and Admins 1663-1800). Gilbert Morris, son of John Norris, sold John Goutee 45 acres (A166) see 1729. (Vol 2, VaES by Whitelaw).
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).
05 Mar 1727/8 James Brown administered his estate to Joseph Gouty (pg 95, Orders, Acc Co, 1724-1731).
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)
1729 Gilbert Morris and wife Mary sold to John Goutee, 45 more acres (A166) (see 1720. Vol 2, VaES by Whitelaw.)
1733 John Goutee sold land to Gilbert Morris, (B&S part 1 1729-1737 pg 304)
02 Jan 1738 James Benston administered his estate to John Goutee. John Tankred, Scarburgh Tunnell, Sec. (pg 114, Orders, Acc. Co, 1737-1744)
30 Jun 1741 John Watts administered his estate to John Goutee. Robert Slocomb and Elias Taylor, Sec. (pg 340, Orders, Acc. Co,1737-1744)
1742 John Goutee sold land to Gilbert Morris, etux (B&S 1737-1746 pg 270).
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)
31 May 1748 John Gowtee administered his will to Widow, Mary. Mason Abbott and Thomas Parramore, Sec. (pg 268, Orders, Acc Co, 1744-1753).
30 Jan 1749 Ralph Anderson administered his estate to Mary Gowtee. George Douglas, Sec. (pg 268, Orders, Acc Co, 1744-1753)
1753 John Mercy (Massey), son of Thomas, sold 25 acres (A169) to Levin Taylor, husband of Mary Gootee. (VaES by Whitelaw)
1754 Hill Bensten and Joseph Gouty were witnesses for John Benstens will. Lists wife Hannah, sons Micajah, Zepheniah, Ezekiel, Isaiah and daughters Levineah and Leah. (Acc Co Wills, 1752-1757)
29 Mar 1755 Gerrard Syers of New Jersey, now of Cape Fear, left Andrew Goutey sea books and instruments. (Abstracts of Wills, 1690-1760, pg 369).
1756 Robert Pitt will lists 165 acres of land bought from Dennis Blake and Joseph Gootee, lying at the head of Pitts Creek and Mill Dam Branch. (Wills and Admin 1663-1800) Thomas Marcy (Massey), son of John Massey, deeded his claim over to Mary Gootee Taylor.(A169) (see 1719 entry) (VaES by Whitelaw).
28 Dec 1756 Thomas Ellis administered his estate to John Taylor. Nathaniel Shockley and Joseph Gowtee , Sec. (Wills and Admin 1663-1800).
24 Feb1762 Ezekiel Benston and his wife Ann left his land (A166) to eldest son John Benston (under 21). Lisney and Joseph Gootee and Hannah Benston were witnesses. (see 1779) (VaES by Whitelaw and pg 94,Orders, Acc Co, 1753-1763).
01 Dec 1762 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. (VaES by Whitelaw).
1763 Littleton Massey (Mercy) sold to Levin Taylor, husband of Mary Gootee Taylor, 25 acres (A169) (VaES by Whitelaw).
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).
01 Jun 1763 John Major, died intestate and his estate was administered by John Gowtee (A116). Ralph Justice, Sec. (pg 552, Orders, Acc Co, 1753-1763 and Va ES by Whitelaw) (see 1768). Joseph Gouty witnessed the will of John Benston (pg 218, Orders, Acc Co, 1753-1763.)
15 Feb 1764 John and William Miles to John Gouty, Messiuago Plantation.
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).
1765 Joseph and Rachel Gootee deeded to Jabez Pitts (Wor Co, Md), Pitts Creek land that once belonged to Josephs Mother, Mary, 250 acres.(VaES by Whitelaw)
1766 Joseph and Rachel Gowtee had the entail docked (A169) and sold by General Court to George Holden and two years later, Rachel, widow of Joseph, released her dower rights to Holden. ( VaES by Whitelaw)
Samuel Pitt, left his niece Leah, daughter of brother John Pitt, 280 acres (A168). She married Andrew Gootee. (VaES by Whitelaw).
26 Nov 1766 Thomas Pope administered his will to Polly Pope. Lisney and John Gootee Sec. (pg 307, Orders, Acc Co, 1765-1767)
1767 Lisney and Hannah Gootee sold to James Selby (A166- see 1762) (VaES by Whitelaw).
24 Feb 1767 John Outten administered his estate to Jesse Outten, John Gootee, Sec. (pg 1, Orders, Acc Co, 1767-1768)
28 Apr 1767 John and Bridget Goutee to John Sacker Barnes, 150 acres that had belonged to Bridgets Father, John Majors. ( Land Records)
29 Apr 1767 Joseph Goutee to his Sister, Trophene Pettit from a promise to his Mother, now deceased. One Negro girl called Sarah, for five shillings.(Land Records) John Sacker Barnes and John Goutee, 150 acres, John and wife Bridget. (Land Records)
01 Jul 1767 Samuel Pitts administered his estate to Andrew Gootee. Littleton Dennis, Sec (pg 159, Orders, Acc Co, 1767-1768)
31 Mar 1768 Joseph Gootee administered his estate to Rachel Gootee. George Stewart, Sec. (pg 18, Orders, Acc Co, 1767-1768)
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. (VaES by Whitelaw). Jedediah Brittingham administered his estate to Rachel Brittingham. Andrew Gootee, Sec. (Orders, Acc Co, 1768-1769).
28 Jul 1768 John and Bridget Gootee and Charles Bagwell, 300 acres (A 116).(John Majors land).(VaES by Whitelaw) John Gootee to James Henry for 50 £, slaves Abel, Isaac, Esther, Toby and Taffy. (Land Records) 04 Jun 1769 John Michael to John Gootee, Allesuage Plantation, for comfortable easy living, maintenance, bed and board during his natural life and clothing and livery and other necessities and convenience for life. ( ? Record )
10 Nov 1769 Andrew Gootee and Robert Jenkinson were witnesses for Jean Massey will.(Wills and Admins 1663-1800)
11 Feb 1770 - 24 Apr 1770 Andrew Gootee, Edward Benson and Josephus Warrington, were witnesses for Alexander Warringtons will.(Acc Co Wills 1767-1772)
9 Apr 1771 Littleton Massey and Mary, his wife, administratrix of Thomas Pope, deceased of Accomac County, gave power of attorney to Lindsey Goote to settle the affairs of the estate. (pg 213 William and Mary Quarterly)
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 divided between my two daughters. Proved by John Gootee and Betty Taylor. In order of probate: Trophenny Pettit, widow of testator qualified. (Wills and Admins 1663-1800)
2 Jan 1773 Andrew Gootee, John Cain, John Pitt and Joseph Waggoman were witnesses for the will of William Caine.( Acc Co Wills 1772-1777).
16 Feb 1773 Andrew and Leah Pitt Gootee sold 280 acres (A168) inherited in 1766 to George Holden, Pitts Creek land on Pocomoke River. This land was left to Leah by her Uncle, Samuel Pitt in 1766. (VaES by Whitelaw).
9 May 1775 - 29 Aug 1775 Levin Taylors will - To wife Mary (Gootee) Taylor, 15 acres during her widowhood to raise Levin, George, Lizebeth and should she marry, said tract to be rented out for 10 years to raise these three children. At the expiration of 10 years, I give the said land to my son, Jesse Taylor, upon the condition that he pay George Taylor 50£ and should Jesse offer to sell the land the same to fall to my son, Levin and should Levin offer to sell, to fall to my son, George. Bal. of estate to my wife for life then to my dau. Leath Taylor and Anne Taylor and Levin Taylor and George Taylor and Lezebeth Taylor. Wife Mary and son Jesse, Execs. Witt: Lisney Gootee and Polly Broadwater. (Acc Co Wills 1772-1777).
15 May 1775 Joseph Gootee, eldest son of John Gootee to Robert Pitt. (VaES by Whitelaw)
3 Feb 1776 Lisney Gootee and John Benson were witnesses for William Bratten will. Lists Sophia Bratten, widow and guardian for Nehemiah Benston. (Acc Co Wills, 1772-1777)
21 Sep 1776 Spicer Bagwell and Sophiah to John Gootee, France(s) Creel, "Simpson Hammock" adjacent to Jobs Island, 100 acres.
28 Nov 1776 John Gootee, Attorney for Ben Peck, Merchant.
11 Oct 1779 John Benston and wife Sarah, sold 200 acres (A166) to William and Mary Selby who resold to Lisney Gootee. (VaES by Whitelaw)
Feb 1781 James Silby and Anne Benston, both of Maryland, joined in a release to Lisney Gootee for any interest they might have in the John Benston land (A166). (VaES by Whitelaw).
27 Feb 1781 William and Leah Parker to John Gootee.
28 Feb 1781 Jacob Wilkinson administered his estate to John McClain. John Gootee, Sec. (pg 129, Orders, Acc Co, 1780-1783 and Acc Co Wills 1780-1784). Lisney Gootee, Masey Benson, Rebecker Benson and Mary Melvin were witnesses for will of Elizabeth Hill. Lists Elizabeth, sons Arthur, William, Zorowable, daughter Leah Broadwater and several other daughters not named. (Acc Co Wills 1780-1784).
11 Nov 1781 Col. John Cropper was informed that Mr. Gootee declined appointment to supply troops due to lack of pay. (Calendar of State Papers, pg 595) Col. John Cropper to Col. Davies, repeated the above.(Calendar of State Papers, pg 595).
26 May 1784 Walter Hatten administered his estate to Abraham Outten. William Snead and John Gootee, Sec. (pg 321, Orders, Acc Co, 1783-1784)
1785 Mary Gootee Taylor and her son, Jesse and his wife Rachel, sold 37 acres (A169) to William Massey.(VaES by Whitelaw).
22 Feb 1785 Jonathon Copes administered his estate to Thomas Snead and Solomon Read. John Gootee and John Speirs, Sec.(Wills and Admins 1663-1800)
25 Jan 1785 Benjamin Peck administered his estate to Sarah Peck. Thomas Custis and John Gootee, Sec. (pg 49, Orders, Acc Co, 1784-1786)
27 Jan 1785 Joseph Hemmons administered his estate to James Holston. John Gootee, Sec. (pg 69, Orders, Acc Co, 1784-1786)
1786 Mary Gootee Taylor, deeded 63 acres (A169)to son, Jesse and wife Rachel. They in turn sold to to Jabez Pitts. (VaES by Whitelaw).
1787 John Gootu (should read Gootee) 4 Blacks over 16, 9 Blacks under 16, 4 horses, 12 cattle. Lisney Gootu (should read Gootee) 10 Blacks over 16, 14 Blacks under 16, 9 horses, 28 cattle. ( Personal Property Tax List "A", Accomack Co, Va) John and Bridget Major Gootee sold 220 acres of inherited land (A116) to William Warner.
10 Dec 1788 John Gootee to Shadrach Mears for 140 £, slaves, Toby, Roby, Moses, Americus, Comfort, Patience and Ebey.
28 Feb 1789 - 29 Apr 1789 Lisney Gootee, John Morrison, Nehemiah Broghton and Hannah Morrison were witnesses to will of Michael Robins. Lists wife Leah, son Michael, daus. Sarah, Suanna and Mary Wilkerson and son John. (Acc Co Wills1788-1794). 25 Jun 1792 Isaac Powell married Polly Gootie (Marr Lic bonds, Acc co, Va)
16 Aug 1792 Lisney Gootee sold 24 acres (A166) to Isaac Bolton (Boston) of Worcester Co, Md (VaES by Whitelaw).
22 Sep 1794 J. Gootee took a letter from Col. John Cropper to Governor. (Calendar of State Papers, pg 321, 1794)
30 Oct 1794 John and Elizabeth Gootee to John Teackles Sr, waters entering Metomkin River. John Gootee to James Tyrell, 2 slaves, Shadrack and Tull. John Gootee Attorney for William Lucas of South Carolina. (Land Records)
10 Nov 1794 Lisney and Polly Gootee to Nehemiah Bratton (Mary signed note ?) (by 27 Jan 1795, Polly was a widow).
17 Nov 1794 - 27 Jan 1795 Lisney Gootee will- To son John Gootee, all the lands (A166) that I have title to and for want of issue, to be divided between my two daughters, Hannah and Elizabeth Gootee, resid. legatees. Brother John Gootee and friend Revel Patterson, Exrs. Witt: Charles Beard, George Marshall, Ephrain Melvin, Reabeck Marshall. (Note: Polly later married William Brittingham.(Acc Co Wills 1794-1796).
30 Dec 1794 Batholomew Twiford administered his estate to Robert Twiford. John Gootee and James Twiford, Sec. (pg 270, Orders, Acc Co, 1793-1796)
01 May 1798 Isaac Powell administered his estate to Polly (Gootee) Powell- Laban Powell, sec. (pg 410).
16 Jul 1799 John Gootee, son of Lisney Gootee sold 100 acres (A166) to Walter Bayne. (VaES by Whitelaw)
28 Dec 1799 John Gootee, son of Lisney Gootee sold 60 acres (A166) to Walter Bayne. (VaES by Whitelaw).
1800 John Gootee, of Ismy Note: should be Lisney ( 1800 Accomack Co, Va Census)
07 Jan 1800 Polly Gootee Brittingham (widow of Lisney) and new husband William Brittingham of Worcester Co, Md., released her dower rights (A166) to son John Gootee. (VaES by Whitelaw).
21 Mar 1800 John Gootee, son of Lisney sold 127 acres (A166) to Walter Bayne. (VaES by Whitelaw).
1803 Henry Selby, son of James Selby, sold 62 acres (A166) to Walter Bayne, which he had inherited from James and stated that 45 acres had come from Gilbert Morris (see 1729) to John Gowtee and 20 acres from Dennis Blake to Gowtee. Joseph Gootee, son of John had sold both to Robert Pitt II and title had passed to Robert Pitt IV, who sold to James Selby. (VaES by Whitelaw)
1807 218 acres (A116) were found for division, to the heirs of John and Bridget Major Gootee. (VaES by Whitelaw).
1812 William Gooty, Pvt, 1month 15 days service. Member of William A Christains Co., 27th Reg of Va Milita, Northampton County, Commanded by Lt Col Major S Pitts, 30 Jun to 15 Aug 1814.
15 Aug 1829 Thomas Holmes, Sheriff, to John Custis and James Gootee, land of John Downing (A171), who was in the custody of the Sheriff for writs of Cafreus (arrest) and Satisfaciendim, for $10.25. (Land Records)
28 Jan 1830 James Gootee and George D Downing. Major Duffie to James Gootee for $38.00, 1 yoke oxen, 2 horses, 2 cows, yearling, 1 waine, 1 horsecart, 2 beds, furniture, bedsteads, loom, 4 ploughs, 3 harrows, 20 geese, 3 hogs, 1 dutch oven etc.
20 Aug 1840 Elisha Gootee, widow of James Gootee married Thomas Russel of George. 20 Feb 1875 (Marr Lic of Acc Co, Va by Turman) Aydelotte (Wor Co) to John T Gootee, land on Md/Va line.
The Library of Virginia
Gowtee [Goutee], John
1749
Part of index to Accomack County Wills and Administrations (1663-1800)
Note p 25-29. Inv. & appr. rec. 30 Jan. 1749
p. 131. Accounts rec. 27 Nov. 1750.
Wills, 1749-1752 (Reel 51)
Gouty, Joseph
1728
Part of index to Accomack County Wills and Administrations (1663-1800)
p. 350a-351. Will pro. 6 Feb. 1728
p. 362-362a. Inv. & appr. rec. 4 Mar. 1728.
Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1715-1719 (Reel 8)
Gowtee, Mary
1764
Part of index to Accomack County Wills and Administration (1663-1800)
p. 360-361. Will pro. 27 Nov. 1764.
Will, 1761-1761 (Reel 52)
First Dorchester Families by Calvin W. Mowbray indicates under the family name of Gootee on page 48, "Patent Liber WC2, Folio 84, shows Margaret Gootee ?Service 1666, wife of John and John granted warrent for wife's service." (page 48-49)
Chapter I of the 1671 Act of the Maryland Assembly naturalized John Gootee and Margaret his wife who were born in France. Chapter Ten of the 1695 Acts naturalized John and Joseph Gootee and John and Joseph Gootee sons of the said Joseph. (page 49)
On March 16, 1677, a 100 acre tract of land was laid out for John Gootee. The tract was named "Canta" and it was located on the west side of Fishing Bay adjoining Roasting Ear Point. On February 12, 1680, a 450 acre tract called "Callis" was surveyed for him; it was located on the western side of the Blackwater River. (page 49)
On May 30, 1690, John Gootee, Sr., and Margaret his wife deeded to John Gootee Jr., several tracts of land including "Insley's Point," "Bowbunck," and "Callis." (page 49)
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. (page 49)
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. (page 49)
In 1691 John Gootee, Sr., and his wife Margaaret had deeded "Graveling" to their son-in-law and daughter, John and Judith Cole. (page 49)
(page 74) This same deed named Joseph Goutey (Gootee), son-in-law of Andrew and Elizabeth.
(page 93) "the descendants of Thomas Manning intermarried with the Cooks, Edmondsons, Gootees, Nortons, Phillips, Scotts, Stewarts, Tevallions, Whites, etc."
(page 160) As shown in the above abstract Michael Todd married Margaret Insley, daughter of Andrew Insley and Margaret Jones (Andrew was married twice). Michael was a cordwayner alias shoemaker by trade and he early formed a partnership with John Gootee (see DLR 4 OL/d 75 dated May 1, 1690)
John Gootee, 1679, Maryland, Source Publication 1243. Date and place of mention in land survey. County and name of land purchased are provided. Original records are contained in Land Office Registers, indexed starting on page vii of the introduction. COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. Settlers Of Maryland 1679 - 1783. Consolidated Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2002, page 261.
Father: Jacob Gootee
Mother: Margery Woodland?
* Name: John Gootee
* Birth: Abt 1738 in Dorchester County, Maryland
* Death: 4 Aug 1818 in Caroline County, Maryland
* Change Date: 18 Aug 2003 at 17:29
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