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Richard Perring GOTHAM
Abt 1812 - 1847 (~ 35 years)
Has 23 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Richard Perring GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1812 - From date of baptism
Baptised 8 Nov 1812 St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England 
- From img on FMP
Mother shown as Frances
Gender Male Middle name relationship His mother's maiden name; Richard PERRING was his grandfather's name Occupation From 1837 to 1842 Mariner - Voyages known of between the dates shown, and recorded as a mariner when he married. Richard was probably a mariner for much longer than this.
Occupation 1847 76, Blundell Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Publican at ‘The Grapes’ - At the time of his death (recorded in burial register).
When his wife died at the registration of the death his widow was described as: "Widow of Richard Gotham Seaman" - presumably because it was as a seaman he spent most of his life, although not his occupation at the end.
Died 8 Jun 1847 Tyn-y-Coed, Northop, Flintshire, Wales Cause: Consumption - GRO ref: Getham [sic], Richard q2 1847 Holywell RD 27 212; GRO online shows surname as Gotham and age as 33
Although the original index shows surname as Getham, the entry is positioned between Gotch and Gothard! (FreeBMD has indexed as both Gotham and Getham)
(from baptism, age at death was at least and probably 34, but this is close enough)
Buried 12 Jun 1847 St. Eurgain and St Peter's Church, Northop, Flintshire, Wales - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 19 Dec 2014)
"Name: Richard Gotham, Publican The Grapes - 76 Blundell St. Liverpool. No. 372; Abode.: Ty'n y erid(?); When buried.: June 12th.; Age: 34; By whom the Ceremony was performed: Thomas Williams Curate" - under heading 'Burials in the Parish of Northop in the County of Flint in the Year 1847'
('Ty'n y' appears to be Welsh for 'the house'; unfortunately that means the significant part is what forllows, the part I have transcribed as 'erid' and that is particularly unclear)
Siblings1 brother and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOTHAM, d. Bef 1613 (5 x Great Grandfather)
Frances STABB, bap. 23 Oct 1751, St. George and St. Mary’s Church, Cockington, Devon, England, bur. 25 Jul 1792, St. George’s Church, Dittisham, Devon, England (Age ~ 40 years) (Grandmother) Notes - (Research):Richard is quite an unusual name amongst Gothams so it is safer to think that the burial and marriage shown refer to this Richard than it would be if records with limited info referred to a Thomas.
No records found for Richard in Devon, after his baptism (i.e. no marriage or death showing up in indexes to PRs, no entry in census indexes). It appears his brother may well have moved to Liverpool so seems quite likely Richard would too.
I can't find him in the the 1841 census, so it seems quite likely he was at sea, a mariner like so many Gothams.
This is bourne out by a mariner's record for a 24 year old Richard Gotham born Teignmouth with voyages 1837 - 1839 noted.
It should be possible to find out more about these and whether they were from Liverpool.
It therefore seems reasonable to suppose that by 1847 he could have been a publican in Liverpool, as the burial record suggests.
The link with Flintshire might have been through his wife; the reg district in which this took place (Great Boughton) spans Cheshire and Flintshire.
Person ID I300126 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 2 Dec 2022
Father William GOTHAM, bap. 9 Jun 1776, All Saints’ Church, Combeinteignhead, Devon, England , d. Between 1821 and 1827 (Age ~ 44 years) Mother Fanny PERRING, b. Abt 1777, d. 1 May 1855, The Union Workhouse, Newton Abbot, Devon, England (Age ~ 78 years) Marriage License 4 Dec 1801 Exeter, Devon, England Allegation - Entry in the Devon Archive Catalogue, marriage bonds and allegations, for the marriage of William Gotham of West Teignmouth, mariner and Fanny Perring of East Teignmouth, spinster
(ref. no. DEX/7/b/1/1801/492; cat. viewed 8 Sep 2016; bond / allegation seen 18 Oct 2017)
Married 5 Dec 1801 St. Michael the Archangel’s Church, East Teignmouth, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 14 Nov 2014)
"William Gotham of the Parish of W Teignmouth
and Fanny Perring of this
Parish were
Married in this Chapel by Licence
this fifth Day of December in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred
and one by me W Short [Curate]
This Marriage was The mark V of William Gotham
solemnized between Us The mark ++ of Fanny Perring
In the Mary Finch
Presence of William Gotham Benjamin Bulley"
I guess they may have got a licence to marry as quickly as they could, as the birth of their first child seemed imminent; she was born the day after the wedding!
Family ID F300006 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Margaret TEGIN, b. Abt 1796, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales , d. 3 Jul 1857, 82, Blundell Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 61 years)
Other Partners: Samuel MINSHULL m. 20 May 1827Marriage License 31 Oct 1842 Chester, Cheshire, England Cheshire marr lic & allegations Married 3 Nov 1842 St. John’s Church, Chester, Cheshire, England - GRO ref: GOTHAM, Richard to Minshull, Margaret q4 1842 Gt Boughton RD 19 29
Details from PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Apr 2017)With Richard dying before 1851 we lose the possibility of working out who he married by finding him with his wife in the census of that year.
Sometimes where this happens it is possible to exclude brides by finding other couples. However, Hurstwick doesn't really seem to exist as a surname - and I haven't worked out what it is a version of. Certainly there are no William Hurstwicks in the census. With Ellis Roberts the problem is the opposite - there are hundreds. Too many to look through, and in any case there must be Ellis Roberts who had wives with each of the Christian names above. I haven't even looked at Samuel Williams - there are bound to be loads.
The other way of identifying Richard's wife short of seeing the PR entry or marriage certificate is to find a reference to his widow.
I have been able to attach most Gotham BMD events in Liverpool to a tree on this website quite easily (most are descendants of the Thomas Gotham who was married to Susannah Carr or wives of descendants). One that I hadn't identified was the death of a Margaret Gotham in 1857.
It seemed to me likely that this was Richard's widow so I looked for Margaret Minshull in the censuses.
This is when I realised that a widower [sic] Bayant Gotham in the 1851 census was living at 76 Blundell Street - the address given for Richard at his burial. He was a publican there, but Bayant was a boarding house keeper - usually a woman's occupation. I believe Bayant was actually Margaret, a widow. I can see how Margaret could look like Bayant (images will be added to show this) and might have been mis-recorded by the enumerator. Although Bryant is a name (male) Bayant is not; although I might be mis-reading Bayart the 'Bay' part is clear. 'Bayant's' birthplace was shown as Hawarden, Flintshire. Hawarden is only about 5 miles from Northop, where Richard was buried; in fact, the closest parts of the parishes are little more than 2 miles apart. In addition, it was hard to explain the birth of a Gotham in Wales with a nephew born in Teignmouth, with no sign of that birth / the parents. I can see that a mariner from Teignmouth might have settled in the Hawarden area, and a child returned to stay with grandparents in Teignmouth and married and had children there, or even returned with a wife and had children there - but there should be PR entries for them. A widow makes more sense.
In 1841, before Richard's marriage, a Margart Minshull, an 'F.S.' (Female Servant) was living in Blundell Street, rounded down age shown as 30, not born in Lancashire. She was a servant in a boarding house, a good preparation for running one herself later. The slight discrepancy in her age may be due to a small mistake in 1851 or to her claiming to be a little younger than she was in 1841 - or the head of the house getting it wrong (the 1851 census suggests her age should have been recorded as 35 in 1841).
Last Modified 2 Dec 2022 Family ID F300420 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Baptised - 8 Nov 1812 - St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England 
Marriage License - Cheshire marr lic & allegations - 31 Oct 1842 - Chester, Cheshire, England 
Married - 3 Nov 1842 - St. John’s Church, Chester, Cheshire, England 
Occupation - Publican at ‘The Grapes’ - 1847 - 76, Blundell Street, Liverpool, Lancashire, England 
Buried - 12 Jun 1847 - St. Eurgain and St Peter's Church, Northop, Flintshire, Wales = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
