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![Edward SHARPHAM, [Any Wife Uncertain]](img/male.jpg)
Edward SHARPHAM, [Any Wife Uncertain]
1576 - 1608 (~ 31 years)
Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Edward SHARPHAM Suffix [ONS gp] [Any Wife Uncertain] Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 22 Jul 1576 St. Andrew’s Church, East Allington, Devon, England 
- From PR entry (image on m/f)
Gender Male Died 1608 Will 22 Apr 1608 Written Probate 9 May 1608 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, England Siblings1 brother Half-siblings3 half brothers (family of Alexander HEXT and Mary POMEROY) Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I306338 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 24 Jul 2022
Father Richard SHARPHAM, d. Abt 1581 Mother Mary POMEROY, b. Abt 1548, d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: Alexander HEXT m. 2 Oct 1582; Charles BARNABY m. Aft 1588Married 26 Jul 1573 St. Peter’s Church, Cornworthy, Devon, England Family ID F301925 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family GOTHAM, d. Yes, date unknown Married - * This marriage / Edward's wife may not have existed *
In Edward's will he described Richard Gotham as his brother-in-law.
'Brother-in-law' could, in theory, indicate one of several links:
- They could have been what we would call step-brothers. However, what I know of the parents of Richard, and what I have read of the parents of Edward, seems to preclude this on this occasion.
- Richard could have been married to Edward's sister (or half-sister). With Edward's family living in East Allington Richard may have received land there in a marriage settlement; that could explain why he and his family lived there. However, Edward left no bequest to a sister. I would have thought he would, if she were living, so if Richard had married Edward's sister I suspect it was not his wfe Susan but an earlier marriage..
- Edward could have been married to RIchard's sister or (half-sister). Edward mentions no wife or child in his will, so may well have died a bachelor, but could have married and been widowed with no children from the marriage, or at least none who survived him. (The brief biographies of Edward I have seen do not mention any wife, but given that the records may well not survive I do not believe the possibility can be ruled out.)
I have linked Edward to Richard as per the last possibility, rather than leaving him unattached, to make Edward more obvious (both to me and to anyone else interested in this family).
Last Modified 26 May 2022 Family ID F301924 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Baptised - 22 Jul 1576 - St. Andrew’s Church, East Allington, Devon, England 
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