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William WOTTON
Bef 1554 -
Has 4 ancestors and 24 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name William WOTTON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Bef 1554 - Named as youngest of John's sons in his (William's) grandfather William Wotton's will, written 28 May 1554
Gender Male Died - Possibly the William for whom an IPM was held in the year 9 James 1 (i.e. between 24 March 1610/11 and 23 March 1611/12) - that seems to be William, son of Simon.
Siblings4 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I18440 All Last Modified 16 Feb 2017
Father John WOTTON, b. Abt 1522, d. Aft 1578 (Age ~ 57 years) Mother Agnes HACKWELL, d. Yes, date unknown Married Bef 1544 - John's wife's name and date ('by 1544') from John's page on the History of Parliament website.
The first 7 names I show here as their children are from the will of William, John's father; writing in May 1554 he names these 7 as John's children, including eldest son William and younger son William [sic - not youngest - what does this mean? youngest of all sons, or just younger of the 2 Williams?]. I am guessing younger did mean youngest in placing him last on the list. I do think he must have been born after his brother Walter, as Walter appears to have been ahead of him in inheriting Engleborne.
Apart from that, the order is as they are mentioned in the will (i.e. sons first, probably not birth order!).
The History of Parliament entry for John mentions 5 sons and 3 daughters, if accurate it would appear a son is missing from the will, I guess because he was born after it was written. That fits with the Arthur shown in the 1620 Devon visitation record.
Other documents mention others:
Anne - The visitation of Devon of 1564 shows an 'Anne, d. of John Wootton of Inglebury' married Andrew Holland of Weare [ no date given but a nephew of Andrew is shown as b. 14 Mar 1576 ]
In Colby's book of the 1620 visitation it was shown that:
'Andrew Holland of Weare co. Devon = Anne d. of John Wootton of Bugleborne'(!)
A daughter (name not given) married William Hakewill, possibly a cousin? Interesting grandsons. (see Devon Visitation 1620)
Family ID F7324 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Thomazine MARTIN, d. Yes, date unknown Married Bef 1590 - William's wife and sons Walter and Andrew from 1620 visitiation, daughters from Chancery court cases following the death of son Walter.
Date and son Arthur from another Chancery Court case (TNA ref: C 2/Eliz/W2/58)
Children5 children Last Modified 16 Feb 2017 Family ID F7329 Family Group Page | Family Chart