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![Matthew Gotham JEFFERSON, [G-D(MB)]](img/male.jpg)
Matthew Gotham JEFFERSON, [G-D(MB)]
1813 - 1886 (73 years)
Has 18 ancestors and 10 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Matthew Gotham JEFFERSON Suffix [ONS gp] [G-D(MB)] Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 13 Jul 1813 Woolwich, Kent, England 
- Date from IGI bapt entry.
Born Woolwich according to 1861 and 1881 censuses, Plumstead according to 1871.
Baptised 22 May 1816 St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Woolwich, Kent, England - From IGI, accessed 10 July 2011. Indexing project C05594-1, source film 307734
Gender Male Occupation 1840 Merchant's Clerk - At the time of his marriage.
His father-in-law was a merchant - was he the one to whom Matthew was a clerk?
Occupation 1852 Clerk in Navy Pursery Account Branch - Thom's Irish Almanac of 1852 has on p.105 a listing of staff of the Navy (in England). Possibly under the Civil Department in Somerset House was the 'Pursery Account Branch' under which were listed a no. of first class (1), second class (4) and third class clerks (13). Matthew was the first listed of the 3rd class clerks.
(image on FMP, viewed 17 July 2017)
Tax 1886 Death duty register entry - Testator: Jefferson, Matthew Gotham
Residence: Bournemouth
Executor: Mary Ann Jefferson
No. of Affidavit: 10392
Court: PR
Register: A
(from Index to Death Duty Registers 1796-1903, held at the National Archives, TNA ref: IR27/465, entry for death in year 1886)
Residence to 1886 Avenue House, Avenue Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England - His home at the time of his death
Died 15 Oct 1886 Avenue House, Avenue Road, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England - GRO ref: Jefferson, Matthew Gotham aged 73 q4 1886 Christchurch RD 2b 390
Actual date and place from both probate calendar entry and newspaper notice of death:
'On the 15th inst., at Avenue House, Bournemouth, Matthew Gotham Jefferson, late of the Admiralty, in his 74th year.'
(in the Hampshire Advertiser, 20 Oct 1886, p.2 col. 2)
Administration 4 Nov 1886 Principal Registry, London, England Calendar entry - Jefferson Matthew Gotham
Personal estate £261.
4 November. Administration of the Personal Estate of Matthew Gotham Jefferson late of Avenue House Avenue-road Bournemouth in the County of Southampton who died 15 October 1886 at Avenue House was granted at the Principal Registry to Mary Ann Jefferson of 12 Cotleigh - road West Hampstead in the County of Middlesex Widow the Relict.
Middle name relationship His mother's maiden name - Matthew's parents were keen on giving family surnames as second Christian names, giving four different surnames to six of their nine children. Gotham was used for two - Margaret (his mother was born Margaret GOTHAM and it was also the married name of his maternal grandmother) and to Matthew himself - Matthew GOTHAM was the name of his maternal grandfather.
Two other siblings were given the middle name Edye, their maternal grandmtooher's maiden name, one the name Parry, their mother's sister's married surname and one Yorke - reason unknown.
Siblings4 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William JEFFERSON, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
Mary TUCKER, b. Est 1724, bur. 16 Mar 1775, St. John the Baptist Church, Hatherleigh, Devon, England (Age ~ 51 years) (Great Grandmother) Person ID I300423 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 12 Feb 2014
Father John JEFFERSON, bap. 29 Nov 1767, St. Mary and St. Sexburga’s Church, Minster, Sheppey, Kent, England , d. Between 1822 and 1841 (Age ~ 54 years)
Other Partners: Jane SWIFT m. 5 Nov 1791Mother Margaret GOTHAM, bap. 2 Apr 1783, All Saints’ Church, Okehampton, Devon, England , d. Jun Q 1868, Islington Reg Dist, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 84 years) Marriage License 8 Aug 1804 Allegation - From allegation, viewed at the DHC, ref. DEX/7/b/1/1804/308
Married 9 Aug 1804 The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP):
"John Jefferson Master and Owner of the Sloop Prudent of Queenborough a Widower & Margaret Gotham Junr. of this Parish, Spinster were Married in this Church by Licence this Ninth Day of August in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Four By me John Hawker Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between Us John Jefferson,
Margaret Gotham
In the Presence of the Mar of Wm Searl(?)
Margtt Gotham senr"
Family ID F300069 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mary Ann Elizabeth BATES, b. Bef 1819, Holborn, London, England , d. Abt Feb 1905, 29, Lammas Park Road, Ealing, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 86 years) Married 21 Sep 1840 St. John’s Church, Hackney, London, England - GRO ref: JEFFERSON, Mathew Gotham q3 1840 Hackney RD 3 104
Often finding a couple in the census following the marriage clarifies the bride or groom. However, in this case it shows that Matthew was married to a mary Ann - but 3 of the 4 brides on the page were called Mary Ann!
possible brides: BATES, Mary Ann; LITTLEWOOD, Mary Ann; SMEDLEY, Mary Ann
Fortunately this marriage was in London (the area covered by the LMA) and with the records on Ancestry it is clear that Matthew married Mary Ann BATES.
Children9 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300251 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Date from IGI bapt entry.
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Event Map Click to hide 
Born - 13 Jul 1813 - Woolwich, Kent, England 
Baptised - 22 May 1816 - St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Woolwich, Kent, England 
Married - 21 Sep 1840 - St. John’s Church, Hackney, London, England 
Child - Herbert Edye JEFFERSON - Sep Q 1849 - Hackney, London, England Child - Henry JEFFERSON - Sep Q 1858 - Hackney, London, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Wills (transcripts) 
The will of Margaret GOTHAM née EDYE (d. 1829)