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Mary George JONESS
1745 - 1826 (~ 80 years)
Has no ancestors but 4 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Mary George JONESS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born - Age at death suggests born about 1746
Baptised 19 Apr 1745 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England 
- There is no sign of a baptism of a Mary George JONES anywhere in the vicinity in any year which could mean she was the one who married John Thorne GOTHAM and then John BANFILL. There is also no Mary JONES who is a close fit; 3 were baptised within 10 miles of Wolborough and within 10 years of 1745: in Brixham in 1751, Harberton in 1753 and Kenton in 1755.
There is no sign of any other marriage or burial that could be those of the following Mary GEORGE, who is a good fit:
From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 6 Mar 2021)
"C[hristening] 19 Mary George a Bastard Child."
I cannot find a George = Jones marriage, but perhaps her mother married a Jones, and she took her father / step-father's surname. Or perhaps Mary was 'adopted' by a Jones family, or brought up by relatives with the surname Jones.
Gender Female Also known as Mary GEORGE Buried 28 Feb 1826 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 8 Mar 2021)
"Mary Banfill No. 410., abode: Newton Abbott, buried: Feby 28, aged: 79, ceremony performed by R Bradford Curate"
Person ID I300655 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 3 Feb 2023
Family 1 John Thorne GOTHAM, b. Abt 1747, (probably), Wolborough, Devon, England , d. Between 28 Mar 1777 and 17 Apr 1779 (Age ~ 30 years) Banns of marriage From 9 Jan 1774 to 23 Jan 1774 Ss. Martin and Mary’s Church, Chudleigh, Devon, England - "No 252
Banns of Marriage between John Thorn Gottheam of this Parish of
Chudleigh and Mary George Joness
were published ...
... by me Gilbert Burrington Vicar"
Married 30 Jan 1774 Ss. Martin and Mary’s Church, Chudleigh, Devon, England [1] - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 6 Sep 2014)
"John Thorn Gottheam of this Parish of Chudleigh
and Mary George Joness of this
Parish were
Married in this Church by Banns
this thirtieth Day of January in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred
and seventy four by me Gilbert Burrington Vicar
This Marriage was John Thorn Gottheam
solemnized between Us Mary George Joness
In the John Westcott
Presence of John Lenten"
No other children of a John and Mary were baptised in Wolborough, 1774-1780, so it seems probable that they had only the one son.
Children 1. John GOTHAM, bap. 21 Mar 1776, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England , bur. 8 Aug 1779, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 3 years)Last Modified 3 Feb 2023 Family ID F300231 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 John BANFILL, bap. 10 Aug 1738, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England , bur. 12 Oct 1812, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 74 years)
Other Partners: Elizabeth SHILSTON m. 3 Apr 1768Married 7 Dec 1780 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Apr 2015)
"7 Married John Banfil & Mary Gotheam" - under heading '1780 December.'
Also from Hardwicke entry (image on FMP, not indexed, found by browsing, 14 Aug 2018)
This shows that the Mary who married John Banfill was a widow. She also used the unusual spelling Gottheam when she signed her surname, the spelling adopted by the family of William Gotham and Martha Beere, including by her first husband when he married her, suggesting she was, by marriage, part of that family.
Marriage was by licence, but licence not found in collection on FS (checked through those for July - Dec 1780)
Children3 children Last Modified 29 Nov 2022 Family ID F300787 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Sources - [S348] Devon Parish Registers - Chudleigh, Ss. Martin and Mary (Chudleigh, Devon, England), (brightsolid online publishing limited. FindMyPast. findmypast.co.uk : 2014.), Marriage of John Thorn GOTHAM to Mary George JONESS; accessed 8 Sep 2014 (Reliability: 3).
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\\\\viewkind4\\\\uc1\\\\"No 255
Thorn Gottheam of this Parish of Chudleigh
Mary George Joness of this
were
in this Church by Banns
thirtieth Day of January in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred
seventy four by me Gilbert Burrington [Vicar]
This Marriage was John Thorn Gottheam
between Us Mary George Joness
In the John Westcott
of John Lenten"
page 63 under heading '(The Year 1774)')
- [S348] Devon Parish Registers - Chudleigh, Ss. Martin and Mary (Chudleigh, Devon, England), (brightsolid online publishing limited. FindMyPast. findmypast.co.uk : 2014.), Marriage of John Thorn GOTHAM to Mary George JONESS; accessed 8 Sep 2014 (Reliability: 3).