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Anstance GOTHAM
1632 - Yes, date unknown
Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Anstance GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 19 Feb 1631/32 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Nov 2014)Shows Anstance, dau of Andrew
Gender Female Died Yes, date unknown Siblings3 brothers and 2 sisters Half-siblings1 half sister (family of William JARMAN and Elizabeth ) Patriarch & Matriarch 
Andrew GOTHAM, b. Est 1585, (probably), Abbotskerswell, Devon, England, bur. 10 Mar 1673/74, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 89 years) (Father) 
Elizabeth, b. Est 1590, bur. 17 Feb 1632/33, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 43 years) (Mother) Person ID I300256 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 18 Jun 2013
Father Andrew GOTHAM, b. Est 1585, (probably), Abbotskerswell, Devon, England , bur. 10 Mar 1673/74, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 89 years) Mother Elizabeth, b. Est 1590, bur. 17 Feb 1632/33, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 43 years)
Other Partners: William JARMAN m. Bef 16 Mar 1613/14Married Abt Feb 1615/16 - Date based on date of marriage licence.
The marriage is not in Abbotskerswell PRs. The PRs for Cockington only survive from 1632 and the BTs for 1615 and 1616 do not survive either.
Most likely the marriage took place in Cockington, or in Exeter when they went there to obtain a licence.
But, am I merging 2 Andrews?
There was a gap and change of place between Humfrey baptised in 1616 and Thomas in 1622. The two places are near each other, and I could be missing a baptism or two. Weight is added to the theory that the children were offspring of the same couple by the burial of an Elizabeth, wife of Andrew in Wolborough in 1632/3. I wondered if Andrew had had two wives both called Elizabeth, but there were a couple of Chancery Court cases involving the Andrew who married Elizabeth German/Jarman; looking at these confirms that Andrew's wife Elizabeth formerly Jarman who he had married in 1615/16 was still living in 1632 and that Andrew was then described as of Newton Abbot (i.e. was in Wolborough Parish), so it seems safe to conclude there was just one Andrew who fathered the children shown here and just one wife Elizabeth.
The earlier Chancery case, in 1618, does additionally refer to an Andrew and Margaret Gotham; I have not come across another mention of these, so they probably lived in a parish whose PRs do not survive from this time. There was an Andrew in Abbotskerswell at the time of the 1581 tax - was he the one who was married to Margaret?
Marriage License 12 Feb 1615/16 Exeter, Devon, England - Vivian shows a licence issued on 12 Feb 1615/16:
"Andrew Gotehman of Abbotskerswell and Eliza German of Cockington, widow"
Given that Andrew was of Abbotskerswell and the licence was about 10 months before the baptism of a first child of this couple I'm sure it must be for them, despite the mangled surname.
Family ID F300077 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Baptised - 19 Feb 1631/32 - St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England 
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