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GOTHAM
- Yes, date unknown
Has 11 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Gender Female Died Yes, date unknown Siblings1 brother and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
Alexander GOTHAM, Gent., b. Est 1545, d. Abt 1608, (probably), Abbotskerswell, Devon, England
(Age ~ 63 years) (Father) 
Joane HILL, d. Aft 1547 (Great Grandmother)Person ID I306337 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 26 May 2022
Father Alexander GOTHAM, Gent., b. Est 1545, d. Abt 1608, (probably), Abbotskerswell, Devon, England (Age ~ 63 years) Mother Judith FURSLAND, b. Est 1547, (probably), Bickington, Devon, England , d. Aft 1613 (Age ~ 67 years) Married Est 1573 Family ID F300135 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Edward SHARPHAM, [Any Wife Uncertain], bap. 22 Jul 1576, St. Andrew’s Church, East Allington, Devon, England , d. 1608 (Age ~ 31 years) Married - * This marriage / Edward's wife may not have existed *
In Edward's will he described Richard Gotham as his brother-in-law.
'Brother-in-law' could, in theory, indicate one of several links:
- They could have been what we would call step-brothers. However, what I know of the parents of Richard, and what I have read of the parents of Edward, seems to preclude this on this occasion.
- Richard could have been married to Edward's sister (or half-sister). With Edward's family living in East Allington Richard may have received land there in a marriage settlement; that could explain why he and his family lived there. However, Edward left no bequest to a sister. I would have thought he would, if she were living, so if Richard had married Edward's sister I suspect it was not his wfe Susan but an earlier marriage..
- Edward could have been married to RIchard's sister or (half-sister). Edward mentions no wife or child in his will, so may well have died a bachelor, but could have married and been widowed with no children from the marriage, or at least none who survived him. (The brief biographies of Edward I have seen do not mention any wife, but given that the records may well not survive I do not believe the possibility can be ruled out.)
I have linked Edward to Richard as per the last possibility, rather than leaving him unattached, to make Edward more obvious (both to me and to anyone else interested in this family).
Last Modified 26 May 2022 Family ID F301924 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- * This marriage / Edward's wife may not have existed *