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Michael GOATHAM
Abt 1699 - 1754 (~ 55 years)
Has 23 ancestors and more than 2000 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Michael GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1699 Herne, Kent, England 
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Baptised 8 Jan 1699/00 St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England - IGI, 30/4/2011, source film 1736835, 1836274 - mother Ame
KFHS transcript (CD 21) - mother's name given as Ann
Gender Male Occupation Millstrood Farm, Whitstable, Kent, England Farmer - Probably!
In the burial record for Michael's grandson Michael Webb is recorded that the latter drowned in his "Grandfather Michl. Goatham's pond at Millstrood".
From this I imagine that Michael Goatham must have been a farmer. Or might he have been a miller? (we refer to "mill ponds")
If I am right and he was a farmer I imagine the family would have lived at Millstrood Farmhouse, which still survives and is a listed building.
It can be seen in a photo here
Died Nov 1754 Whitstable, Kent, England - (assumed from burial)
Buried 1 Dec 1754 All Saints’ Church, Whitstable, Kent, England - The PRs show thes Michael buried as "householder". This is the only Michael I now know of whose burial this could be.
A widow named Elizabeth Goatham remarried in 1756 - this fits too with the widow of this Michael.
Siblings2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (3 x Great Grandfather)
Amy MANTLE, b. Abt 1593, Boughton Aluph, Kent, England, bur. 1 Jan 1647/48, St. Michael and All Angels’ Church, Throwley, Kent, England (Age ~ 55 years) (Great Grandmother) Notes - (name also recorded as Mickel Or Michal)
Is this George's father?
I have Michael and his wife as the parents of my ancestor George but I am not certain about this. See research notes on George's page for more about this.
Churchwarden and Feoffee
This Michael seems the only one the right age to have been the Churchwarden in Whitstable in 1730 when the bells were cast; his name is recorded on the tenor.
Also the only one who could have been a feoffee named on some documents in the Canterbury Cathedral archives centre, dating from 1731 - 1751. (I hope to see these in time)
The feoffees managed charities for the benefit of the poor of Whitstable; some more information about this can be found on the British History Online website.
Coleman's Catalogue: deeds
This includes an entry for deeds concerning Michael Goatham in Whitstable Parish in 1725 (vol. 113, item 458, p.20)
James Coleman was an heraldic and genealogical bookseller and publisher in London in the second half of the 19th century. As a second hand dealer he sold marriage settlements, wills, rent rolls, peerage claims, private and local Acts of Parliament, appeal cases, pedigrees, deeds, autograph letters, maps and so on as well as new and second hand books on heraldry, topography and biography.
His catalogues give brief details of the items for sale, and the Society of Genealogists has in its library bound copies of these catalogues. I will look up the entry for Michael and see if there is any additional info., although the information given about a document is often sparse.
Person ID I1762 All | Teresa's direct ancestors, 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 Jun 2024
Father George GOATHAM, b. Abt 1665, Herne, Kent, England , d. Jan 1730/31, Herne, Kent, England (Age ~ 66 years) Mother Ame RICKSON, b. Abt 1663, Faversham, Kent, England , d. Jul 1705, Herne, Kent, England (Age ~ 42 years) Married 19 Apr 1692 St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 10 Oct 2012):
Under "1692" - "George Gotham and Ame Rickson - - - Mar: Apr. the 19th"
Family ID F824 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth DUNKIN, b. Est 1701, d. Jul 1759, Whitstable, Kent, England (Age ~ 58 years)
Other Partners: Michael BROADSTREET m. 31 May 1756Marriage License 13 Feb 1724/25 Canterbury, Kent, England - "Goatham, Michael, of Whitstable, ba., and Eliz. Dunkin, s.p., spr. At W., Littlebourne or Ickham. Feb 13, 1724."
(from "Canterbury Marriage Licences, Fifth Series, 1701 - 1725", ed by Cowper, J.M., 1905, p. 193)
Married 14 Feb 1724/25 St. Vincent’s Church, Littlebourne, Kent, England - A romantic day to get married!
Seen PR image on FMP (2 Feb 2013):
"Michaell Goatum & Elizabeth Dunkin Married Febr. the 14: 1724"
Children8 children Last Modified 24 Jun 2024 Family ID F1365 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Abt 1699 - Herne, Kent, England 
Baptised - 8 Jan 1699/00 - St. Martin’s Church, Herne, Kent, England 
Marriage License - 13 Feb 1724/25 - Canterbury, Kent, England 
Married - 14 Feb 1724/25 - St. Vincent’s Church, Littlebourne, Kent, England 
Child - Elizabeth GOATHAM - 4 Jul 1725 - All Saints’ Church, Whitstable, Kent, England Child - Eame GOATHAM - 29 Jan 1726/27 - All Saints’ Church, Whitstable, Kent, England Child - Michael GOATHAM - 26 Jan 1728/29 - All Saints’ Church, Whitstable, Kent, England 
Child - Mary GOATHAM - Abt 1731 - Whitstable, Kent, England Child - Mary GOATHAM - Abt 1733 - Whitstable, Kent, England Child - George GOATHAM - Abt 1738 - Whitstable, Kent, England Child - George GOATHAM - Abt 1740 - Whitstable, Kent, England Died - Nov 1754 - Whitstable, Kent, England Buried - 1 Dec 1754 - All Saints’ Church, Whitstable, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
