On 23rd February 1740 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet was born to Alexander Emerson.
On 16th April 1762 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet [aged 22] and Anna Maria Amcotts were married.
On 24th June 1763 [his daughter] Elizabeth Amcotts Lady Ingilby was born to Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet [aged 23] and [his wife] Anna Maria Amcotts. She married 25th October 1780 John Ingilby 1st Baronet and had issue.
On 13th May 1777 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet [aged 37] changed his surname from Emerson to Amcotts by Royal Licence.
In 1780 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet [aged 39] was elected MP Retford which seat he held until 1802.
On 25th October 1780 [his son-in-law] John Ingilby 1st Baronet [aged 22] and [his daughter] Elizabeth Amcotts Lady Ingilby [aged 17] were married.
In 1791 [his father] Alexander Emerson died.
On 11th May 1796 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet [aged 56] was created 1st Baronet Amcotts of Kettlethopre Park in Lincolnshire with a special remainder to his daughter Elizabeth's [aged 32] son William Amcotts-Ingilby 2nd Baronet [aged 12].
Around 1804 [his daughter] Sophia Louisa Emerson Amcotts was born to Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet [aged 63]. She married 15th June 1826 Mathew Wilson 1st Baronet and had issue.
On 26th September 1807 Wharton Emerson aka Amcotts 1st Baronet [aged 67] died. His grandson William [aged 24] succeeded 2nd Baronet Amcotts of Kettlethopre Park in Lincolnshire.