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Jabez GOATHAM
1851 - 1926 (74 years)
Has 239 ancestors and 34 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Jabez GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 14 Jul 1851 Faversham, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Goatham, Jabez q3 1851 Faversham RD 5 192; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Hunt.
Gender Male Education 1861 Scholar Census 7 Apr 1861 Church Lane, Faversham, Kent, England Occupation From 1871 to 1891 Coach painter Census 2 Apr 1871 15, Partridge Lane, Faversham, Kent, England Residence 1881 Oare, Kent, England - Although he was married, Jabez was not with his wife by the time of the 1881 census. Rather, he was living in the home of George and Jane Jordan in Oare.
Court Jun 1889 [1, 2] - From the South Eastern Gazette, under the headings "County News", "Faversham":
"County Court. - Friday -(Before his Honour Judge Selfe).
Amos Goatham v. John Bones. - An action to recover £4 15s., made up of two sums, viz., £2 15s., the value of a horse said to belong to the plaintiff, which the defendant was alleged to have converted to his own use, and £2 for damages by such conversion. Mr. F. Johnson appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. F. G. Gibson for the defendant. His Honour held that the weight of evidence was in favour of the defence, that the horse was not sold, but lent to Jabez Goatham, and that it was not his to sell. He, therefore, gave judgment for the defendant. On the application of Mr. Gibson, costs were allowed."
Reading between the lines I think this means that Jabez had borrowed a horse from John Bones and then sold it to his brother Amos. When John Bones took the horse back, which Amos considered his, Amos understandably took John Bones to court to recover the value and damages. But Amos ended up trebly out of pocket: both from the payment he had given to Jabez, the costs or bringing the case and the costs of the defendant, awarded against him.
Residence 1891 Plantation Road, Faversham, Kent, England - Still with George and Jane Jordan, as a lodger, at the time of the 1891 census.
Living by himself in 1 room in Boughton, Faversham in 1911 - address sheet shows he was living in "Miles' loft"!
Residence 1901 King’s Arms Inn, Boughton under Blean, Kent, England - Jabez was a lodger in the inn at the time of the census, where he is recorded as 'John', but his date and place of birth, occupation, lack of a John to fit and lack of a record for Jabez elsewhere all point to him, as well as the fact he was living in Boughton in 1911 and 1916.
Residence 1911 “Miles' loft”, Boughton under Blean, Kent, England - Living by himself in 1 room in Boughton, Faversham at the time of the 1911 census - the address sheet shows he was living in "Miles' loft"!
I suspect 'Miles' referred to the Hon. Henry Augustus Milles-Lade. Son of the 1st Earl Sondes and father of the 4th Earl Sondes, Henry was never himself Earl, rather the 2nd and 3rd were two of his brothers. His surname had originally been Milles, and he only added Lades to it by Royal Licence in 1900, which could explain the apparent abbreviation.
The Sondes family had been land owners in the area for hundreds of years. Although they now own less than 7 000 acres, in the early C20th they owned about 85 000 acres! Their base was Lees Court in Sheldwich, but as a 4th son Henry Augustus did not inherit it and his home appears to have been in Boughton under Blean, where he was buried. And the following item leads me to make the link to him ...
Occupation 1911 Painter Court Dec 1916 County Petty Sessions, Faversham, Kent, England A Peculiar Case
Faversham County Petty Sessions.
Before Mr. W. W. Berry (in the chair), Mr. E. Chambers, General Jeffreys, Mr. J. French, Mr. F. Neame, and Mr. W. Roper Dixon.
...
A peculiar case.
Jabez Goatham, of Dunkirk, was summoned for the non-payment of Poor Rate etc., amounting to £1 2s. 9d.
The Collector (Mr. H. Dobbie) said the premises were condemned as unfit for habitation some two years ago.
Defendant said he had been working for the Hon. H. A. Milles-Lade's agent, and he gave him permission to sleep in this house,
but he did not pay any rent.
As he was the occupier the Bench made the usual order for payment.
It's not clear whether the accomodation Jabez was living in in 1916 was the loft he was in in 1911. The description of the former as in Boughton (under Blean) and the latter as Dunkirk would at first suggest not, but an examination of the parish boundaries shows that part of the present village of Boughton under Blean is actually across the boundary in Dunkirk parish.
Occupation 1920 Wood Dealer - Described as a 'wood dealer' when there was a fire in his home. Also described as a 'dealer' in the burial register, but he was 74 when he died, so may have retired by then.
Accident 10 Jan 1920 Loft, North Lane, Faversham, Kent, England Fire in his home - "FIRE. - The Fire Brigades were called out in the early hours of Saturday morning to a fire in North Lane at some small premises, consisting of a store and loft occupied by Jabez Goatham, a wood dealer. It appears he had been using the loft as a sleeping place. At about 2 a. m. he awoke to find the place on fire and full of smoke, and he lost no time in getting out of the building and raising an alarm. Firemen soon arrived, and with a good supply of water they got the fire out inside of half-an-hour. A cottage adjoining was in danger, and the occupants were much alarmed and greatly inconvenienced in having to hurriedly get out their furniture. Goatham lost all his belongings in the loft."
(from The Faversham Mercury and North-East Kent Journal, Sat 17 Jan 1920, p. 3, col. 2, image on FMP, viewed 6 Feb 2021)
Died 23 Mar 1926 Wood Lodge, North Preston, Kent, England Cause: Heart failure due to cardiac degeneration & severe weather - Age 75 and "of Preston" in burial register.
GRO ref: Goatham, Jabez q1 1926 aged 75 Faversham RD 2a 1287
Details from death registration (GRO register entry)
His body was found at Wood Lodge, where he resided, on 24 March; I don't know how accurately it would have been possible to give a date of death but his death registration records it as 23rd.
Coroner’s Inquest 26 Mar 1926 Certificate supplied by E Cecil Harris, Coroner for Kent - (from his death certificate)
Buried 27 Mar 1926 The Cemetery, Love Lane, Faversham, Kent, England - ref in burial register: A-593
Siblings8 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I172 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), England: Kent Group - subjects of Go(a)tham One-Name Study, All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study, The descendants (and other halves) of Charles Goatham and Sybilla née Hunt, The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds, The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby Last Modified 12 Aug 2023
Father Charles GOATHAM, b. Abt 1805, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 24 Dec 1888, 2, Abbey Street, Faversham, Kent, England (Age ~ 83 years) Mother Sybilla HUNT, b. Abt 1817, Wormshill, Kent, England , d. Between 29 Aug 1887 and 4 Sep 1887, Hernhill Marshes, Hernhill, Kent, England (Age ~ 70 years) Married 31 May 1835 St. Mary’s Church, Chatham, Kent, England - Although both Charles and Sybella were shown as "otp" when they married in Chatham, I suspect that this was an address of convenience to enable them to be married here - see my notes about Medway marriages.
The witness James Goodhew may well have been the James Goodhew who would marry Charles' sister Maria two years later.
I have not found baptisms for most of Charles' and Sybilla's children; they do not seem to have been baptised at the Parish Church in Faversham. Maybe there is a clue in that in 1875 a Mr Goatham lent his van for conveying children to a Congreational Church picnic; had they started attending or at least having the children baptised at the Congregational Church? - to be investigated.
The marriage of Charles Goatham to Sybilla Hunt
Parish Register entry for the marriage of my gt gt grandparents (my only 2xgt grandparents to marry before the registration of BMDs began). This is from the registers for the now redundant Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Chatham, Kent.Occupation to 1887 Hop picking - From the records of the events surrounding Sybilla's death it is clear that she went hop-picking. She had probably done this many years, perhaps almost all of her life. She may well have even been taken along as a baby to the hop fields by her own mother.
During her married life Charles probably did not accompany her, due to his regular work, but even though living most of it in a town she was still close enough to hop fields to go hop picking from home. The children probably all went too, and assisted in hop picking once they were old enough.
Family ID F100 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Ellen Maria LYONS, b. Dec Q 1853, Challock, Kent, England , d. Dec Q 1909, East Ashford Reg Dist, Kent, England (Age ~ 56 years) Banns of marriage From 9 Nov 1873 to 23 Nov 1873 St. Cosmas and St. Damian’s Church, Challock, Kent, England Married 30 Nov 1873 St. Cosmas and St. Damian’s Church, Challock, Kent, England - GRO ref: Goatham, Jabez to Lyon, Ellen q4 1873 E Ashford RD 2A 1199
From the PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Feb 2017)Also from KFHS transcript, CD 27 - details transcribed from Challock PRs:
1873 Nov 30 By: Banns
GOATHAM Jabez (23) Coach painter (Ba) of Challock (S of) Charles
LYON Ellen (20) (Sp) of Challock (D of) Richard
Witnessed by: Stephen Vincer, Mary Elizabeth Goatham
The marriage was noted in The South Eastern Gazette of 9th December:
"On the 30th Nov., at the parish church, Challock, by the Rev. Julian Pratt, Jabez Goatham, of Faversham, to Ellen, youngest daughter of Richard Lyon, Engdale-road, Challeck." [3]
Children3 children Last Modified 27 Aug 2022 Family ID F108 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - 14 Jul 1851 - Faversham, Kent, England 
Census - 7 Apr 1861 - Church Lane, Faversham, Kent, England 
Census - 2 Apr 1871 - 15, Partridge Lane, Faversham, Kent, England 
Banns of marriage - From 9 Nov 1873 to 23 Nov 1873 - St. Cosmas and St. Damian’s Church, Challock, Kent, England Married - 30 Nov 1873 - St. Cosmas and St. Damian’s Church, Challock, Kent, England 
Child - Jabez James GOATHAM - Jun Q 1874 - Faversham Reg Dist, Kent, England Child - Emily Grace GOATHAM - 6 Oct 1875 - Faversham, Kent, England 
Residence - 1881 - Oare, Kent, England 
Child - John William GOATHAM - 9 Sep 1881 - Challock, Kent, England 
Accident - Fire in his home - 10 Jan 1920 - Loft, North Lane, Faversham, Kent, England 
Buried - 27 Mar 1926 - The Cemetery, Love Lane, Faversham, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Sources - [S103] Newspaper ‘The South Eastern Gazette’ onThe Kent Messenger Group Digital Archive, Kent., (http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/digitalarchive.aspx :), "County News - Faversham - County Court," 25 Jun 1889, online archives (accessed 2 Apr 2013), p. 6, col. 2. (Reliability: 3), 19 Aug 2013.
- [S103] Newspaper ‘The South Eastern Gazette’ onThe Kent Messenger Group Digital Archive, Kent., (http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/digitalarchive.aspx :), "County News - Faversham - County Court," 29 Jun 1889, online archives (accessed 2 Apr 2013), p. 4, col. 2. (Reliability: 3), 19 Aug 2013.
(Item exactly the same as appeared on the 25 June.) - [S103] Newspaper ‘The South Eastern Gazette’ onThe Kent Messenger Group Digital Archive, Kent., (http://www.kentonline.co.uk/kentonline/digitalarchive.aspx :), "Marriages," 9 Dec 1873, online archives (http://www.ukpressonline.co.uk/ukpressonline/getDocument/KMSG_1873_12_09_008?fileType=PDF&#search=%22goatham%22 : accessed 2 Apr 2013), p. 8, col. 5. (Reliability: 4), 2 Apr 2013.