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Deborah GOTHAN
1780 - 1818 (~ 37 years)
Has 2 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Deborah GOTHAN Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born - About 1778 from age at death, as recorded in burial register, though baptism suggests probably 1780.
Baptised 14 Nov 1780 St. John the Baptist’s Church, Wateringbury, Kent, England 
- From FamilySearch
Shows parents as Robert Gawthern and Deborah
Gender Female Spelling 1804 Canterbury, Kent, England Gothan - Marriage (made her mark, so probably couldn't check or spell her name)
Also known as Deborah GAWTHERN Buried 8 Mar 1818 St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England - From East Kent burial index on FMP
Images for this church on FMP only go up to 1812 - need to see when in Kent
Siblings1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
Notes - (Research):Who was Deborah?
At marriage Deborah was recorded as a 'Gothan'. Usually a variant of Gotham, but on this occasion I think it was a variant of Ga(u/w/ )thern.
Not only is there no other evidence for a Deborah Go(a)tha(m/n), but there is a baptism for a Deborah Gawthern, whose baptism suggests an age close to that of this Deborah.
Added to this, her widower appears to have remarried, in Canterbury in 1821; his bride was Margaretta Gauthern.
Did William marry two people with similar surnames by co-incidence, or was Deborah really a Gauthern?
The only Margaret(ta) Ga(u/w/ )thern I can find to fit was a sister of Deborah!
Although remarriage to a deceased wife's sister was not allowed, it often happened. When Deborah died she left young sons and who more natural to move in with William to look after than and their father than her younger spinster sister.
Person ID I7725 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 25 Apr 2020
Father Robert GAWTHERN, d. Yes, date unknown Mother Deborah, d. Yes, date unknown Family ID F9501 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family William HEARNDEN, b. Abt 1774, bur. 8 Oct 1826, St. Andrew’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England (Age ~ 52 years)
Other Partners: Margaretta GAUTHERN m. 11 Jun 1821Married 10 May 1804 St. Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gillingham, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on CityArk, viewed 24 Sep 2016)
"No 193 William Harnden of this Parish Bachelor
& Deborah Gothan, Spinster of the same were
Married in this Church by Licence
this tenth Day of May in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred
and four By me W: Chafy, Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between Us Mark of William x Harden, Mark of Deborah X Gothan
in the Presence of Mark of Mary X Bud, Danl Bensted"
Children2 children Last Modified 25 Apr 2020 Family ID F8789 Family Group Page | Family Chart