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Mary GOTHAM
1781 - 1839 (~ 58 years)
Has 19 ancestors and 23 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Mary GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 19 Jun 1781 St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England 
- Img on FMP
Gender Female Occupation Managed the Market Boat - From report of the death of her nephew Thomas Edwin ("Uncle Ned") Gotham:
"Long before the South Devon railway was cut between Teignmouth and Newton Abbot, market people had to travel by road or boat, and the latter, the "market boat," was under the control of Mrs. Mary Heath, and was often rowed by Ned Gotham, then a tall lad."
Died 12 Dec 1839 East Teignmouth, Devon, England Cause: Apoplexy - GRO ref: HEATH, Mary q4 1839 Newton Abbot RD 10 96; GRO online index shows age at death as 57
Certificate shows she was the widow of the late William Heath, Mariner
Buried 16 Dec 1839 St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England - From PR emtry (image on FMP, viewed 3 Dec 2014)
Shown as aged 57 years, abode West Teignmouth. The fact that the age at burial matches that of this Mary makes me think the burial probably was of this Mary, but I haven't studied the Heaths enough to know the ages of others in the area at this time.
A study of the Heaths and / or purchase of the death certificate should provide greater certainty.
Siblings5 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Person ID I300117 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 25 Aug 2024
Father William GOTHAM, bap. 22 Nov 1751, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England , bur. 14 Feb 1834, St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England (Age ~ 82 years) Mother Johanna BENNETT, b. Abt 1747, bur. 6 Nov 1814, St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England (Age ~ 67 years) Banns of marriage 5 Dec 1773 to 19 Dec 1773 All Saints’ Church, Combeinteignhead, Devon, England [1] Married 31 Dec 1773 All Saints’ Church, Combeinteignhead, Devon, England [2] - From PR entry
It is clear that it was this William who married Johanna Bennett, as he was still living when his sister Elizabeth wrote her will in 1827, and she named him and also named several of his children.
Family ID F300036 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Married? Not married or evidence to suggest they didn't marry Children 1. Mary Ann GOTHAM, b. 19 Jan 1803, West Teignmouth, Devon, England , d. 27 Jul 1876, The Union Workhouse, Newton Abbot, Devon, England (Age 73 years)▻ George Henry DAVIES m. 17 Dec 1837Last Modified 3 Mar 2022 Family ID F300245 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 William HEATH, b. Abt 1770, d. 3 Feb 1840, East Teignmouth, Devon, England (Age ~ 70 years) Banns of marriage From 20 Jul 1806 to 3 Aug 1806 St. James’ Church, West Teignmouth, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP)
"William Heath and Mary Gotham"
No parish shown in the banns register for either of the couple; was the priest just slack about recording the information (the name of the person who published the banns is also missing), or does this imply both were otp?
Married 27 Oct 1806 St. Thomas’s Church, Exeter, Devon, England - Although there were banns of marriage for William and Mary in West Teignmouth in 1806, their marriage took place in Exeter a few months later, with both of them shown as of the parish of St. Thomas the Apostle.
From the PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 3 Mar 2022)
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Perhaps there was an impediment, hence marrying in a city parish, where they were not known.
An impediment could also explain why a daughter of Mary's (Sarah), shown in the register as born more than 7 months after the marriage, was recorded as a Gotham and illegitimate.
I show Mary's other daughter who was baptised as a Gotham as having a different father, but she could have been a daughter of William Heath.
Children8 children Last Modified 25 Aug 2024 Family ID F300325 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Sources - [S338] Devon Parish Registers - Combeinteignhead, All Saints (Combeinteignhead, Devon, England), (brightsolid online publishing limited. FindMyPast. findmypast.co.uk : 2014.), Banns of marriage of William GOTHAM and Joanna BENNETT; accessed 6 Sep 2014 (Reliability: 3).
"No 59.
Banns of Marriage between William Gotham of this Parish
and Joanna Bennett of this Parish
were published on the three Sundays underwritten:
That is to say, On Sunday, the 5o of December 1773 by me Willm. Pyne C: Collins Rectr.
On Sunday, the 12o of December 1773 by me Willm. Pyne C: Collins Rectr.
On Sunday, the 19o of December 1773 by me Willm. Pyne C: Collins Rectr."
(under heading '(The Year 1815) Page 55') - [S338] Devon Parish Registers - Combeinteignhead, All Saints (Combeinteignhead, Devon, England), (brightsolid online publishing limited. FindMyPast. findmypast.co.uk : 2014.), Marriage of William GOTHAM and Joanna BENNETT; accessed 6 Sep 2014 (Reliability: 3).
"William Gotham of this Parish
Joanna Bennett of this
were
in this Church by Banns
Thirty First Day of December in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred
Seventy Three by me William Pyne Rectr.
Marriage was solemnized between Us William Gotham, Joann Bennett
the Presence of Richard Bennett, Stephen Crispin"
p. 16 under heading '(The Year 1773)')
Archive reference: 3419A/PR/1/4