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William MATTACOTT
1658 - 1731 (~ 72 years)
Has 8 ancestors and 316 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name William MATTACOTT Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 8 Nov 1658 Whitchurch, Devon, England 
- From PR for St. Andrew's Church, Whitchurch entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Aug 2012):
"William sonn of Bartholomew Mattacott was borne the 8th of November"
Gender Male Buried 27 Sep 1731 St. Mary’s Church, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP):
"William Maddicot was Buried the 27th day of Sepember 1731"
Siblings4 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Walter MATTACOTT, b. Est 1584, d. Abt 1649, Whitchurch, Devon, England (Age ~ 65 years) (Grandfather) 
Ame HOLLOCK, bur. 6 Jun 1645, St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England (Grandmother) Notes - The Matticotts have clearly been in the area a long time, with numerous PR entries in the parishes of Whitchurch, Meavy and Buckland Monachorum (one Maddacot entry in Walkhampton) going back to the C16th, also a number in Worth's "Calendar of the Tavistock Parish Records".
The book "The ancient stone crosses of Dartmoor and its borderland" (William Crossing, 1902) mentions in chapter VI (a chapter entitled "The Crosses of Meavy" that "In a corner of the churchyard is ... ; and nearer to the lich-gate is a squared granite block on which an inscription is cut in relief. This marks the grave of one Walter Mattacot, and the letters on the stone tells us that he died in 1657."
Data available from the Dartmoor Press shows that Walter died aged 22, on 29th April. (I've now seen this and taken photos)
Walter and Bartholomew were popular Christian names in the Matticott family over several centuries. - (Research):
Matticott research
Spellings variants include "Madd..." instead of "Matt..." and 'a' in place of 'i'. ('d' variant tends not to show in include similar names searches) Usually has 2 ts or ds in the middle, sometimes only 1 t at the end, sometimes 2 cs in the middle! Occasionally e instead of i or a in the middle. Or an e on the end.
"Mat*cot*" and "Mad*cot*" work well for (I think) picking up all or nearly all the variaions.
In Sampford Spiney PRs:
Not yet linked to tree:
"1782 Joan Matticott was buried the 16th June"
"1806 Betty Matticott was Buried the 8th of June" - could be the Battey born 1727
Sampford Spiney PRs cover the years:
Baptisms 1654 to 1660, 1704/5 to 1970
Marriages 1654 to 2007
Burials 1713/14 to 1989
- this means if Bartholomew / children of Wm and Joan were bapt in SS their bapt will be missing from the PRs. Hopefully the BTs will be readable, I believe these cover 1608-1812 (on m/f in Exeter).
In Whitchurch:
earliest Mattacott event indexed on FMP - bur of Reginald 1571
C17th
Mattacotts esp in Fremington / Chittlehampton / St Giles in the Wood area - including a Bartholomew who marr in the former in 1617. One could get the impression from FMP records that the Mattacotts moved in the C17th from North Devon to the Whitchurch area; the problem is, the only Devon records for this period on FMP are marriage entries from Boyd's Index, so bapt and bur in N Devon aren't showing, and as Boyds index doesn't cover parishes in the Whitchurch area with most Mattacotts those marriages are missing till indexed by FMP - where the PRs go back far enough. Even so, the occurrence of a Bartholomew in N Devon looks like an individual or family may have moved at some point, though in which direction is not clear. (Bartholomew continued as a family name in the Whitchurch area from the 1600s to the 1800s at least; this persistance of family names shows that any move could have been well before the C17th)
Person ID I10506 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 22 Aug 2023
Father Bartholomew MATTACOTT, bap. 27 Oct 1614, St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England , d. Aft 1678 (Age ~ 64 years) Mother Amy GLUBB, bap. 29 Jun 1617, St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England , bur. 30 Jul 1678, St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England (Age ~ 61 years) Married 9 May 1641 St. Eustachius’ Church, Tavistock, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 3 Sep 2014):
"9 Bartholomew Mattacot and Amy Glub were married" - under headings 'Marriages' and 'May 1641'
Family ID F4968 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Joane KINSMAN, b. Est 1660, bur. 9 Jun 1718, St. Mary’s Church, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England (Age ~ 58 years) Married 17 Jul 1682 St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 22 Aug 2023)
"William Mattacott and Joane Kinsman both of the parish of Sampford Spenney were married 17 of July"BT entry (image on FamilySearch)
"William Mattacott and Joane Kinsman were married the 17 day of July"
Children + 1. Bartholomew MATTACOTT, b. Est 1690, bur. 6 Jul 1771, St. Mary’s Church, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England (Age ~ 81 years)▻ Elizabeth MARTYN m. 25 Oct 1717Last Modified 22 Aug 2023 Family ID F4989 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR for St. Andrew's Church, Whitchurch entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Aug 2012):
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Born - 8 Nov 1658 - Whitchurch, Devon, England 
Married - 17 Jul 1682 - St. Andrew’s Church, Whitchurch, Devon, England 
Buried - 27 Sep 1731 - St. Mary’s Church, Sampford Spiney, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
