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Edward GOATHAM
1757 - 1840 (82 years)
Has 29 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Edward GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 26 Dec 1757 Margate, Kent, England 
- Date from baptism register
Baptised 16 Jan 1758 St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 17 Feb 2017)
Gender Male Occupation 1785 North and East Kent, Kent, England Mariner - I have copies of five notices from The Times of Coast Lists from the London Custom House which mention (Edward) Goatham and his coaster Crown Quay being cleared, all between 15th April and 19th July 1785; the first names Margate, the rest Sandwich. I'm not sure of the significance of this short period - did Edward give up his coaster, or lose it, or did The Times only publish these notices for a short period?
More investigation needed.
Miscellaneous 1801 Margate, Kent, England A child named after Edward - Baptised at St. John's Margate - 27 Dec 1801 - Edward Gotham Thunder
A child was named after Edward by Thomas and Hannah Thunder in 1801. Sadly he died aged 2, but who were Thomas and Hannah and why did they name a son after him?
Hannah was born Hannah Bishop in 1773, the youngest child of Corenelius and Susanna. Her mother died about 2 years later, her father when she was aged about 11 in 1784. Older siblings then probably took care of the younger, and I suspect that Elizabeth, wife of Edward, was an older sister and being married by then was able to take in Hannah. Edward could then have been an older brother-cum-father figure to Hannah. Edward and Elizabeth seem to have been childless themselves, which would probably have made Hannah more special to them and their relationships closer.
This did not stop Edward having to enter the Workhouse in old age, though. I do not know when he entered the Workhouse, whether simply through poverty, or because in his final illness he was no longer able to look after himself.
Hannah was herself aged 67 when Edward died, and her husband a similar age. Looking after themselves may have been as much as she could manage, especially as they had little family to help them; at least 7 of their 9 children pre-deceased them, most dying in infancy. One son lived to the age of 77, being buried in Margate in 1881 and a daughter married in 1825 to a George Wheeler Bassett, and I have found an Elizabeth Bassett in Canterbury in 1851 who is probably her; at any rate, she does not seem to have been local to her elderly parents in Margate .
Died 2 Feb 1840 The Union Workhouse, Minster in Thanet, Kent, England Cause: Natural decay from old age - GRO ref: Goatham, Edward q1 1840 Thanet RD 5 351; GRO online index shows age as 82
Burial register shows age 67 and abode as "Thanet Union" - this means in the Thanet Union Workhouse, which was at Minster
Buried 6 Feb 1840 St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 17 Feb 2017)
Siblings2 brothers, 3 sisters and 1 person of an unknown gender Half-siblings1 half sister (family of Edward GOATHAM and Sarah ) Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (5 x Great Grandfather)
Susannah WATTS, b. Abt 1697, bur. 14 Mar 1783, St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England (Age ~ 86 years) (Grandmother) Notes - In 1785 The Times included a number of ship movement notices; a no. of these were for one Goatham, and some specifically Edward. All name the coaster as the "Crown Quay".
- (Research):I did have a son John attached as a possibility to Edward, the nephew to whom Robert left a bequest. But since I have discovered a son, John, of his brother John I am assuming that was the John Goatham who was left a bequest.
Person ID I1653 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 22 Nov 2022
Father Edward GOATHAM, bap. 6 Jan 1724/25, St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England , bur. 6 Mar 1798, St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years)
Other Partners: Sarah m. 12 Nov 1776; Anne CHURCH m. 13 Mar 1787Mother Elizabeth MOOR, b. Abt 1724, bur. 31 Oct 1774, St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England (Age ~ 50 years) Married 19 Nov 1751 St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewd 11 Dec 2012):
"Goatham & Moor [in left margin] } Edwd. Goatham & Eliz: Moor both of ths Psh by Banns. Novem: 19."
Family ID F1280 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth BISHOP, b. Abt 1760, d. Jun 1829, Margate, Kent, England (Age ~ 69 years) Banns of marriage 20 Oct 1782 to 3 Nov 1782 St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England Married 13 Nov 1782 St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Jan 2015, Archive ref: U3/140/1/14, year range: 1771-1788)
Both otp, by Banns, both signed (both but especially Elizabeth had quite poor handwriting), witnesses Denwood Harrison and Ann Bishop
Last Modified 27 May 2015 Family ID F1281 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - 26 Dec 1757 - Margate, Kent, England 
Baptised - 16 Jan 1758 - St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England Banns of marriage - 20 Oct 1782 to 3 Nov 1782 - St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England Married - 13 Nov 1782 - St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England Miscellaneous - A child named after Edward - 1801 - Margate, Kent, England 
Died - Cause: Natural decay from old age - 2 Feb 1840 - The Union Workhouse, Minster in Thanet, Kent, England Buried - 6 Feb 1840 - St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
