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Caroline GOTHAM
1747 - 1819 (~ 71 years)
Has 10 ancestors and 4 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Caroline GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 23 Feb 1746/47 Baptised 30 Mar 1747 St. Bridget’s Church, Bridestowe, Devon, England 
- "Anne the Daughter of Mr Thomas Gotham and Anne his wife Born the 23d of February baptized the 30th of March" -
Gender Female Buried 28 Jan 1819 St. Andrew’s Church, Plymouth, Devon, England - Burial register shows Caroline Chubb, abode Plymo., buried 28 [January, 1819], aged 72 Years, ceremony performed by Wm. Williams.
Siblings2 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Andrew GOTHAM, b. Est 1585, (probably), Abbotskerswell, Devon, England, bur. 10 Mar 1673/74, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 89 years) (2 x Great Grandfather) 
Elizabeth, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandmother)Notes - (Research):I was seeking to find out whether the Caroline who married in Exeter in 1770 was the one baptised in Bridestowe in 1747. She was the right sort of age to marry and there seemed to be no marriage or burial of a Caroline near Bridestowe, nor the baptism of a Caroline in or near Exeter. With her father a priest she would be more likely to have friends in Exeter or other reasons to visit the city than, say, a labourer's daughter. But even so, Bridestowe is about 30 miles from Exeter so it would be unsafe to assume it was the right one.
I hoped the burial register would show her age and so looked* for the burial of a Caroline Baynard in Exeter. None. Searched all of Devon. Still none. Perhaps they had left the county? There was, though, the marriage of a Caroline Baynard in Plymouth in 1785. Checking the PR page it showed she was a widow. It looked like she might have left Exeter for Plymouth - any evidence of this?
I looked for baptisms of Baynards in Devon within 20 years of her first marriage. There were surprisingly few, mostly in Plymouth, and several of them were for children of a William and Caroline. What's more, one had the middle name Gotham. I think this confirms this is the William and Caroline who married in Exeter, but does not yet confirm the Exeter/Plymouth Caroline was the one baptised in Bridestowe.
With the children showing William and Caroline had settled in Plymouth, no evidence of other widows Caroline Baynard, and the last child of William and Caroline baptised in 1782 I think it safe to assume it was this Caroline who married John Chubb. I looked for the burial of a Caroline Chubb. I didn't restrict my search to Plymouth but all of Devon; again I was surprised by how few results there were. Just one where the age shows born in the C18th, none where the lack of an age means could have been who didn't have a middle name. And that one had her age recorded as 72 in 1819, i.e. was born in 1746 or 7.
I think I have confirmed that the Exeter and Plymouth Caroilne is the Bridestowe one.
One final thing, I would like to compare the signatures of Caroline on the 2 marriage PR entries, but at the time of researching this the Exeter marriage was not online with an image, just the banns (it's on my 'to do' list).
I would also like to have 'killed off' Caroline's first husband (i.e. found his burial or something else relating to his death). There are a number of reasons why I may have not been able to find his burial. I think the most likely is that he was a mariner or otherwise ventured across the seas and died at sea or abroad.
* when I refer to looking in these notes I am talking about searching the PR entries as indexed on FMP on 9 July 2014. These include most but not all of the parishes whose registers are held at the Devon Heritage Centre or Plymouth and West Devon Record Office, but not those held in North Devon.
Person ID I300066 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 16 Aug 2012
Father The Revd. Mr. Thomas GOTHAM, bap. 26 Dec 1699, St. Mary’s Church, Morchard Bishop, Devon, England , bur. 17 Jan 1756, St. Bridget’s Church, Bridestowe, Devon, England (Age ~ 56 years) Mother Ann MADDAFORD, b. Abt 1710, bur. 7 Jul 1797, St. Bridget’s Church, Bridestowe, Devon, England (Age ~ 87 years) Married 23 May 1737 St. Peter’s Church, Lewtrenchard, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP)
"Thomas Gotham Cur:t of Bride Stow And Ann Madaford ware maried the 23: day of may 1737 "
Family ID F300152 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 William BAYNARD, b. Est 1745, d. Between 1781 and 1785 (Age ~ 36 years) Banns of marriage 15 Jul 1770 to 29 Jul 1770 St. Thomas’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England - "Banns of Marriage between Willilam Baynard and Caroline Gotham were published on the three Sundays underwritten ... [all by Chr. Churchill]"
Married 19 Aug 1770 St. Thomas’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England - DFHS transcript (on FMP)
Children3 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300019 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 John CHUBB, bur. 29 Mar 1811, Charles Church, Plymouth, Devon, England Married 13 Aug 1785 St. Andrew’s Church, Plymouth, Devon, England - "No 776 John Chubb of Plymouth Painter and
Carolina Baynard of this Parish Widow were
Married in this Church by Licence
this Thirteenth Day of August in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred
and Eighty-five By me John Gandy, Vicar
This Marriage was solemnized between Us John Chubb, Caroline Baynard
In the Presence of Aaron Cudmore, Thomas Richards"
(although the Vicar wrote Caroline's name as 'Carolina', she wrote it as 'Caroline')
Also, in a register just listing marriages without details the bride is recorded as Caroline
Children 1. Caroline CHUBB, bap. 28 Jan 1787, St. Andrew’s Church, Plymouth, Devon, England , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300207 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Baptised - 30 Mar 1747 - St. Bridget’s Church, Bridestowe, Devon, England 
Banns of marriage - 15 Jul 1770 to 29 Jul 1770 - St. Thomas’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England Married - 19 Aug 1770 - St. Thomas’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England 
Child - William BAYNARD - 15 Apr 1772 - The Church of St. Mary Blessed Virgin, Plympton St. Mary, Devon, England 
Child - Ann BAYNARD - 5 Apr 1778 - St. Andrew’s Church, Plymouth, Devon, England 
Child - John Gotham BAYNARD, [G-D(MB)] - Abt 1782 - (probably), Plymouth, Devon, England Married - 13 Aug 1785 - St. Andrew’s Church, Plymouth, Devon, England Child - Caroline CHUBB - 28 Jan 1787 - St. Andrew’s Church, Plymouth, Devon, England Buried - 28 Jan 1819 - St. Andrew’s Church, Plymouth, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
