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Henry GOTHAM
Set As Default Person -
Name Henry GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 9 Sep 1571 St. Andrew’s Church, Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
- img on FMP
Gender Male Residence to 1604 Haccombe, Devon, England
- Admon. for a Henry GOTHAM of Haccombe was granted to a relation Helen GOTHAM (presumably his widow) in 1606
Died 1604 The Sea, (near), Clovelly, Devon, England
Cause: Drowned - Death recorded in a note in the register of Stokeinteignhead:
"John Paddon, John Taplie, Nicholas Gotham and Henry Gotham were drowned att Clavellie about this time, in a Herring voiag"
(under heading 'Burialls 1604', between burials on 7 July and 29 Nov)
A John Varwell, possibly the husband of Nicholas' and Henry's sister Susanna, died in the herring voyage of 1603.
Administration 1606 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, England
- (seen, details to be added)
Occupation Fisherman - From death record
Siblings4 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch
William GOTHAM, b. Est 1530, (possibly), Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
, bur. 12 May 1603, St. Andrew’s Church, Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
(Age ~ 73 years) (Father) 
Johan LOOMAN, b. Est 1535, (possibly), Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
, bur. 31 May 1604, St. Andrew’s Church, Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
(Age ~ 69 years) (Mother) 
Person ID I300192 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 9 Jun 2023
Father William GOTHAM, b. Est 1530, (possibly), Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
, bur. 12 May 1603, St. Andrew’s Church, Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
(Age ~ 73 years) Mother Johan LOOMAN, b. Est 1535, (possibly), Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
, bur. 31 May 1604, St. Andrew’s Church, Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
(Age ~ 69 years) Married 10 May 1559 St. Andrew’s Church, Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP)
"William Gotham & Johan Looman marr xo maii"
Family ID F300054 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Elllen ROWE, b. Est 1576, bur. 26 Mar 1624, St. Andrew’s Church, Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
(Age ~ 48 years)
Other Partners: Anthony SELLMAN m. 26 Jan 1606/07Married 7 Feb 1603/04 St. Andrew’s Church, Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England
- imgs on FMP (prob PR and BT) - BT shows Heline Row
If there were any children of this marriage they may well have been baptised in Haccombe. However, the PRs only go back to 1687 (I think this is just as an old transcript, that the register no longer survives); I need to see if BTs survive from an earlier period.
Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300134 Family Group Page | Family Chart


