Sidwell

Est 1527 - Aft 1577  (~ 51 years)

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• Name	Sidwell
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	Est 1527	(probably), Wolborough, Devon, England
  	Based on date and place of second marriage and then taking into account Sidwella having been married before. Also, considering my estimate for the dob of her probable son.
  Gender	Female
  Bequest	1577
  	In the will of her husband, Robert Hayman
  	Sidwell was left the right to Bowe Land in Staverton in the will of her husband Robert Hayman; if she moved there following his death her burial may well have been in that parish rather than Wolborough. Any remaining years were to pass to Sidwell's son John Gotham on her death; this may imply that Robert had acquired the right to the property on his marriage to Sidwell, and that her Gotham husband had previously held the right to this.
  Died	Aft 1577
  	After 1576/7 when her husband Robert Hayman wrote his will.
  Buried	No burial found in index to Wolborough PRs on FMP (though many names for this parish mis-transcribed so might be there). Sidwell may, though, have been buried in Staverton where her husband left her property, or, as this was bordering Ashburton parish and nearer to the church there she may, like her son, have been buried in Ashburton. Staverton PRs only survive from 1614, Ashburton from 1603, so a record of Sidwell's burial may well not survive.
  Origins
  Person ID	I300064	All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study
  Last Modified	16 Aug 2012

  
  

  Family 1	John GOTHAM, [? Forename Uncertain],   b. Est 1520, Devon, England ,   d. Bef 1572  (Age ~ 51 years)
  Married	Bef 1570
  	Must have married before 1570 as they'd had time to have 2 children before the widowed Sidwell remarried. If I am close with my estimate for the birth of their son John (which means I need to be right about which John he was, and I am not certain), then must have married by about 1556. I'm not sure who Sidwella's 'Gotham' husband and the father of Johan and John was. The only 'Gotham' burial I can find in Wolborough that could be Sidwella's husband is Thomas, but he was buried less than two months before her marriage to Thomas Hayman; would she have remarried this quickly? Had she moved to Wolborough after being widowed, i.e. might her husband have been buried elsewhere? (Or, given the large number of Gothams involved with the sea, might he have died there?) The fact that it appears that (Thomas?) and Sidwella's son John had a son and heir named Thomas increases slightly the likelihood of Thomas being the right person, but not by much, given how common the name Thomas was amongst the Gothams. The Thomas who died in 1572 was 'of Rydon' and appears to have been followed there by a John Gotham. Since Sidwella's second husband shows she had a son John Gotham that could be evidence that Thomas was her husband. On the other hand, Sidwella's second husband left property to her son John in Staverton and so her son John may well have been the one who settled there, not the one at Rydon. The dates don't fit well for the two Johns being the same. If anything, it would appear more likely that Sidwella was married to John of Rydon, and Thomas from an older generation. I think more likely Sidwella's Gotham husband was John who appears in the Staverton muster of 1569, not as an able bodied man but as one of a group required to provide an almain rivet, similar to a corslet but  of just a   breast plate and apron
  Children	2 children
  1. Johan GOTHAM,   b. Est 1550,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. John GOTHAM,   b. Est 1552, (possibly), Wolborough, Devon, England ,   bur. 20 Feb 1638/39, St. Andrew’s Church, Ashburton, Devon, England  (Age ~ 87 years) ▻ Joyce  m. Bef 1583;   Mary COLLARD  m. 20 Feb 1584/85;   Joan  m. Aft 1587
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2017
  Family ID	F300296	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Robert HAYMAN,   b. Est 1520, (possibly), Wolborough, Devon, England ,   bur. 7 Mar 1576/77, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England  (Age ~ 57 years)  Other Partners: Erutha
  Married	27 Jul 1572	St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England
  	From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 18 Nov 2014) "[July] xxviio die nupria fuer in[ter] Robtum Hayman gen[e]ros et Sidwella Gotham vid" [July 27th were married Robert Hayman gentleman and Sidwell Gotham widow]
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2017
  Family ID	F300831	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - Est 1527 - (probably), Wolborough, Devon, England  Child - John GOTHAM - Est 1552 - (possibly), Wolborough, Devon, England  Married - 27 Jul 1572 - St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England   = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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