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John GOATHAM
1568 - 1611 (~ 43 years)
Has 4 ancestors and 9 descendants in this family tree.
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Name John GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 17 Oct 1568 St. Mary’s Church, Chartham, Kent, England 
Gender Male Died Dec 1611 Herne, Kent, England Will Abt 3 Feb 1611/12 - A nuncupative will (i.e. John expressed his wishes on his deathbed, but there was not time to write the will and have him witness it before he died).
The will of John Goatham (c. 1568 - 1611)
(a 10 x great grandfather OR a 10 x great uncle of mine)
A fairly short will, written down after John died. After bequests to his 3 children. He left £4 to his son, but only £3 to each of his daughters - but the latter to inherit when they reached the age of 18 while his son would have to wait until he'd reached the age of 21.
Everything else, no detail specified, he left to his wife - who was also his Executrix. His brother Richard was appointed overseer and to see his children would…Buried 5 Feb 1611/12 St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England - From PR image (on FMP)
under heading "1611 Regni Regis Jacobi nano." - "John Gotham housholder buryed quinto eiusdem [February]" 1611 [i.e. 1611/12]
Probate Inventory 11 Mar 1611/12 Taken - Exhibited in Court 18 Mar 1611/12
Siblings4 brothers and 5 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
Cicely FRED, b. Est 1540, d. Feb 1595/96, Chartham, Kent, England (Age ~ 56 years) (Mother) Notes - I believe John was the son of Richard, but Richard had 2 sons called John. Both of Richard's sons called John were mentioned (i.e. alive) when he wrote his will. I don't know which moved to Herne - I suspect the other was the one who lived in Burmarsh, dying in 1622. If I have them the wrong way around (50% chance that I do) all that is wrong is the baptism dates!
I don't know for certain that a John bapt in Chartham (in 1566 or 1568, son of Richard) and the John who died in Herne, in 1611, are one and the same but I've linked the 2 here and in my opinion it's gone from being a possibility to a probability, even a near certainty, since a link between the Chartham and Herne Goathams has been confirmed by the lease of land in Chartham to Richard Gotham "of Chislet" in 1614 - and PR entries make it clear that Richard Goatham of Chislet had his children baptised in Herne.
The same land in Chartham, Salter's Platt, was leased at an earlier date (1596) by "John Gotham, husbandman of Eastry". I think that John Gotham must be this one, though it is the first I knew of a link with Eastry. The lease is in the Canterbury Cathedral Archives - I have now seen this.
Whilst it could have been his brother John who was referred to, he didn't die until 1622, and the new 1614 lease to a Richard Gotham fits better with the previous leaseholder having died - which this one had.
Person ID I6552 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), England: Kent Group - subjects of Go(a)tham One-Name Study, All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 24 May 2017
Father Richard GOATHAM, b. Est 1537, d. Apr 1585, Chartham, Kent, England (Age ~ 48 years) Mother Cicely FRED, b. Est 1540, d. Feb 1595/96, Chartham, Kent, England (Age ~ 56 years)
Other Partners: Edward BADCOCKE m. 30 Nov 1588Married 29 Nov 1565 St. Mary’s Church, Chartham, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 26 Nov 2015)
"Novembr 29 Richard Gotheme and Cycele Fred were maried" - in section for 1565.
Family ID F3675 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Katherine BURGES, bap. 25 Feb 1572/73, St. Mary’s Church, Chilham, Kent, England , bur. 10 Jan 1638/39, St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England (Age ~ 65 years)
Other Partners: Vincent HOYARD m. 5 Nov 1612Married 20 Apr 1602 St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP)
"John Gotham et Katheryne Burges maryed 20 Aprilis 1602"
I suspect that, aged 34, John may have been marrying for the 2nd time.
Children4 children Last Modified 24 May 2017 Family ID F3718 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Baptised - 17 Oct 1568 - St. Mary’s Church, Chartham, Kent, England 
Married - 20 Apr 1602 - St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England Child - Sara GOATHAM - 6 Feb 1602/03 - St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England Child - Alice GOATHAM - 10 Mar 1604/05 - St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England Child - Susan GOATHAM - Between 28 Sep 1606 and 23 Nov 1606 - St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England Child - Richard GOATHAM - 25 Apr 1609 - St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England 
Died - Dec 1611 - Herne, Kent, England Buried - 5 Feb 1611/12 - St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Wills (transcripts) The will of Richard Goatham (d. 1585)
This is the will of John's father, in which he was named as a beneficiary.