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Margery GOATHAM
1599 - 1624 (~ 24 years)
Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Margery GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Temple Ewell, Kent, England 
Baptised 22 Apr 1599 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Temple Ewell, Kent, England - Marr licence shows Margery as dau of John and being aged about 24 at the time of her marriage - suggesting she was born c.1598/1600.
From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 25 Feb 2013):
"Margerye the Daughter of John Gotham was baptized the 22 daye of Aprill anno Dm. 1599"
Gender Female Bequest 1622 From her father Executrix 1622 Of her father's will Buried 5 Feb 1623/24 All Saints’ Church, Burmarsh, Kent, England - KFHS CD 29. No comment with the entry showing "wife of Daniel" or similar, but there were no other Bushells in Burmarsh, so I'm sure it must be this one.
Siblings1 brother and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandfather)
Abigaill GYLES, bur. 13 Mar 1613/14, All Saints’ Church, Burmarsh, Kent, England (Mother) Notes - Willesborough, where her husband was a husbandman, is on the edge of Ashford, about half way between Chartham, where her father grew up and Burmarsh, where Margery grew up.
She may well have met Daniel through his occupation being the same as her father, or given that the latter had moved around the 2 familes may have at one time lived closer to each other and thus been in contact.
Why was she buried in Burmarsh? - perhaps they moved there after marrying, although as Daniel was already a husbandman of Willesborough it would seem more likely they had settled there. She may have died suddenly when visiting her sister or step-mother, or gone there for them to nurse her in her illness.
Given that she had been married about a year, she may of course have been pregnant and gone to them for her confinement, only to die as a result of her pregnancy or childbirth. - (Research):If dates are correct Margery was either not the dau of Annes, or baptised sometime after her birth.
Person ID I1656 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 18 Apr 2024
Father John GOATHAM, bap. 6 Feb 1566/67, St. Mary’s Church, Chartham, Kent, England , d. 1622, Burmarsh, Kent, England (Age ~ 54 years)
Other Partners: Annes; Jone WILSON m. 24 Oct 1614Mother Abigaill GYLES, bur. 13 Mar 1613/14, All Saints’ Church, Burmarsh, Kent, England Married 26 Jan 1598/99 St. Anthony’s Church, Alkham, Kent, England - Date here as on KFHS transcript, CD 16
Tyler index - image on Ancestry - unclear scribble - looks like 1596
Now seen the PR (image on FMP, viewed 18 Feb 2013)
Entries are out of order - PR must have been written up at a later date (though style of handwriting is consistent with C16th) - but clearly seems to be 1598 (presumably OS)
"Jhon Gotham and Abygall Gyles married Jany. 26 1598"
Family ID F3721 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Daniel BUSHELL, b. Abt 1596, (possibly), Willesborough, Kent, England , bur. 12 Apr 1657, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Willesborough, Kent, England (Age ~ 61 years)
Other Partners: [ - ? - ] m. Aft 1623Marriage License 24 Feb 1621/22 Canterbury, Kent, England - "Bushell, Daniel, of Willesborough, husb., ba., about 26, and Margery Goatham of Burmarsh, maiden, about 24, d. of John Goatam, late s. p., husb., dec. about 3 months since, and now at her own govt. At. S. M. Bredman's, Cant. Feb. 24, 1622."
(from "Canterbury Marriage Licences, Second Series, 1619 - 1660, ed by Cowper, J.M., 1894, p. 166)
Married 24 Feb 1622/23 St. Mary Bredman Church, Canterbury, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Feb 2017)
"The 24th day of February were maried Daniell Bushell of the parish of Willesborowe & Margerie Goatem of the parish of Burmersh virgin, by Licence as above"
Last Modified 18 Apr 2024 Family ID F1284 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Marr licence shows Margery as dau of John and being aged about 24 at the time of her marriage - suggesting she was born c.1598/1600.
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Born - - Temple Ewell, Kent, England 
Baptised - 22 Apr 1599 - St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Temple Ewell, Kent, England 
Marriage License - 24 Feb 1621/22 - Canterbury, Kent, England 
Married - 24 Feb 1622/23 - St. Mary Bredman Church, Canterbury, Kent, England 
Buried - 5 Feb 1623/24 - All Saints’ Church, Burmarsh, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
Wills (transcripts) 
The will of John Goatham (c. 1566 - 1622)
Margery's father's will - as well as being a beneficiary he appointed her executrix, though he also appointed 3 overseers to assist her with her task. She was only aged about 23 so probably quite inexperienced at the sort of thing needed.
It's hard to know how much Margery inherited since her father left her all the residue after other bequests of fixed sumes of money or household items.
Sadly she would have been unable to carry out all of her father's wishes. Her sister Margaret was only 14…