John GOTHAM

Est 1640 - Abt 1699  (~ 59 years)

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• Name	John GOTHAM
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	Est 1640	(probably), Devon, England
  	Based on date of marriage
  Gender	Male
  Will	13 Jul 1697
  	Written
  Died	Abt 1699
  	A John Geatham / Geatton wrote a will in 1697, proved 1699 so he must have died between the 2. I think it was this John because of a reference to a Thomas Gaton alias Gatham, his son, a minor, in the probate statement.
  Probate	2 May 1699	London, England
  Origins
  Person ID	I300339	All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2023

  
  

  Family 1	Joane BUTLAND,   b. Est 1648, (probably), Mevagissey, Cornwall, England ,   d. Between 1678 and 1682  (Age ~ 30 years)
  Married	9 Nov 1672	St. Peter’s Church, Mevagissey, Cornwall, England
  	From FamilySearch website and Cornwall FHS transcripts (latter on FMP, viewed 27 May 2017) John GOTHAM to Jone BUTLAND Is this marriage correct? Marriages in Mevagissey for this period are not covered on the Cornwall OPC databse. Mevagissey is over 80 miles from Topsham, but if John was a mariner (as many in Topsham, once an important port, would have been) then maybe he and Joan moved to Topsham. John was almost certainly related to the 'Gotha's of St. Ewe, the village being just 3 miles inland from Meavagissey. Strictly speaking it appears that St. Ewe was in Meavgissey parish, although it had its own Parish Registers from the C16th. The Gotha(m)s may have simply decided that one church was more convenient at some point, and may not have lived in either village, but elsewhere in the parish. The Cornwall OPC database shows the following at St Ewe: baptism of Temperence GOTHA, dau of William - 1634 baptism of Tristram GOTHA, son of William and Katherine - 1641 baptism of Thomas GOTHA, son of John - 1665 baptism of Thomas RUNDLE als GOTHA, son of John - 1667 Was the John, father of Thomas, this John in an earlier marriage? On the other hand, John and Joan were both common Christian names; this could be chance - John's surname may be mistranscribed. But looking at the burial records on the Cornwall OPC website, 1685-1750, there were none for any names that could easily be written or mis-transcribed as Gotham. And in Topsham I have found no entries for names such as Gotham / Gatam / Gatten until Susanna's baptism, though quite a number are found after than, with several in the 1680s. These variants are different to those found for Gothams elsewhere, and I have yet to explore the presence of similar names in Exeter, so it could be that John and Joan were from the nearby city rather than the Cornish coast.
  Children	4 children
  1. Florence GOTHAM,   bap. 24 Dec 1672, St. Peter’s Church, Mevagissey, Cornwall, England ,   bur. 3 Jan 1672/73, St. Peter’s Church, Mevagissey, Cornwall, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   2. John GOTHAM,   bap. 24 Dec 1672, St. Peter’s Church, Mevagissey, Cornwall, England ,   bur. 28 Dec 1672, St. Peter’s Church, Mevagissey, Cornwall, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   3. Frances GOTHAM,   bap. 6 Oct 1674, Charles Church, Plymouth, Devon, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Susanna GOTHAM,   bap. 5 Mar 1677/78, St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	15 Apr 2023
  Family ID	F300095	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary TOWNEING,   b. Est 1658,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	9 Feb 1681/82	St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England
  	From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 19 Jan 2015) "The 9th day was married John Gatten to Mary Towneing" under heading 'February' before a heading 'Aprill 1682'
  Children	6 children
  1. Thomas GOTHAM,   bap. 22 Oct 1682, St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Mary GOTHAM,   bap. 25 Oct 1685, St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England ,   bur. 3 Oct 1686, St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   3. Hannah GOTHAM,   bap. 8 Jun 1687, St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England ,   bur. 18 Sep 1687, St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  (Age ~ 0 years) + 4. William GOTHAM,   bap. 3 Aug 1688, St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England ,   bur. 22 Apr 1764, St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  (Age ~ 75 years) ▻ Mary CHURCHILL  m. 13 Jun 1714;   Susanna TOMKINS  m. 13 Jul 1726   5. Richard GOTHAM,   bap. 17 Sep 1690, St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England ,   bur. 17 Nov 1690, St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   6. Henry GOTHAM,   bap. 10 Jul 1692, St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England ,   bur. 16 Aug 1692, St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2017
  Family ID	F300536	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - Est 1640 - (probably), Devon, England  Child - Frances GOTHAM - 6 Oct 1674 - Charles Church, Plymouth, Devon, England  Child - Susanna GOTHAM - 5 Mar 1677/78 - St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  Married - 9 Feb 1681/82 - St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  Child - Thomas GOTHAM - 22 Oct 1682 - St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  Child - Mary GOTHAM - 25 Oct 1685 - St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  Child - Hannah GOTHAM - 8 Jun 1687 - St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  Child - William GOTHAM - 3 Aug 1688 - St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  Child - Richard GOTHAM - 17 Sep 1690 - St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  Child - Henry GOTHAM - 10 Jul 1692 - St. Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon, England  Probate - 2 May 1699 - London, England   = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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