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John GOTHAM

John GOTHAM

Male 1737 - 1775  (~ 37 years)    Has 10 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name John GOTHAM 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Baptised 19 Aug 1737  St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 13 Nov 2014)
      "August 19th. 1737 John son of John Gotham & Elizabeth his wife was baptized."
    Gender Male 
    Freeholder From 1758 to 1774  Ipplepen, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • John appears as a freeholder in Ipplepen in the lists for 1758 - 1774. (His surname usually recorded as Gotham, but as Goatham in 1758, 1759, 1772 and 1773, and Goatem in 1774 - from transcriptions on GENUKI, original document not checked). A yeoman, in 1767 and one other year (uncertain which, probably 1765) he was noted as one of the parish constables.
      (QS/7/34-QS/7/35,QS/7/37-QS/7/43, QS/7/45-QS/7/47)
    Civic Office 1767  Ipplepen, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    Parish Constable 
    • Also one other year, probably 1765; from Freeholder lists.
    Property 1769  Ipplepen, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    Land in his possession for sale 
    • "To be SOLD, The Fee Simple and Inheritance of

      All that Messuage and Tenement called

      Lower Tenement;

      And also divers other Fields, Closes, Parcels of Land,

      and Cottages, lying in the Parish of Ipplepen, in the County of

      Devon, about four Miles from Totnes, and the like Distance

      from Newton Bushell; being the Lands of Mr. Thomas

      Archer, of Ipplepen aforesaid, and which are now in the

      Possession of Mr. Gotham and others.

      &&& For which Purpose a public Survey will be held at the

      House of Mr. Maddicks, known by the Sign of the Angel

      Inn,in Totnes aforesaid, on Tuesday the 27th Day of this

      Instant June, by Three o'Clock in the Afternoon.

      &&& Any Persons wanting further Information, may apply to

      Messrs. Putt and Stephens, Attornies in Plymouth, or to

      the said Mr. Gotham, who will shew the Premisses.

      Plymouth. June 6. 1769"
      (from The Western Flying Post; or Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury And General Advertiser of 26 June 1769, p1, c. 4)
    Occupation Ipplepen, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    Yeoman 
    • At the time of his marriage
    Buried 11 Apr 1775  St. Andrew’s Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • Nothing in the burial register to indicate if the burial was his, his son or another John, but his widow Elizabeth married John Tozer in Ipplepen the following year.
      (That it was his widow who married John Tozer confirmed by John and Elizabeth's grave, which records that she afterwards married John Tozer. Also, John and Elizabeth Tozer had a son Henry Pinson TOZER, who was referred to as a brother by Ann, this John's daughter).
      However, a gravestone survives for John which shows he died 1775 aged 37. 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Andrew GOTHAM,   b. Est 1585, (probably), Abbotskerswell, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 10 Mar 1673/74, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 89 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather) 
    Elizabeth BAKER,   b. Est 1670,   bur. 15 Mar 1825, St. Andrew’s Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 155 years)  (Grandmother) 
    Person ID I300240  All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2024 

    Father John GOTHAM,   bap. 16 Jun 1707, St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 21 May 1738, St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth WOTTON,   bap. 11 Sep 1707, St. Andrew’s Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 28 Jan 1737/38, St. Andrew’s Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 30 years) 
    Married 26 Oct 1736  St. Andrew’s Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 4 Dec 2014)
      "Octobr the 26 John Gotham was marryed wth banns to Elizabeth Wotton"
    Family ID F300333  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth PINSON,   b. Between 14 Jul 1741 and 23 Aug 1741,   d. 13 Jul 1824  (Age ~ 82 years) 
    Other Partners: Mr. John TOZER  m. 9 Jun 1776 
    Marriage License 9 Dec 1760 
    Allegation 
    Married 29 Dec 1760  St. Andrew’s Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • From BT (image on FamilySearch, viewed 25 Jan 2021)
      "December the 29th. John Gotham was married wth Licence to Elizabeth Pinson"
      (the Hardwicke register for Ipplepen for marriages 1754-1813 appears not to have survived)
    Children 6 children 
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2023 
    Family ID F300070  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart