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Margaret Gotham JEFFERSON, [G-D(MB)]
Abt 1808 - 1867 (~ 59 years) Has 18 ancestors and 12 descendants in this family tree. Loading...
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Name Margaret Gotham JEFFERSON Suffix [ONS gp] [G-D(MB)] Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1808 Portsmouth, Hampshire, England - According to the 1851 and 1861 censuses
Baptised 10 Feb 1808 Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, Hampshire, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 28 Oct 2017)"Jefferson, Margaret Gothem Dr of John & Margaret - 10" - under headings for Baptisms, February and 1808
Gender Female Middle name relationship Her mother's maiden name - Her mother's maiden name was used with her mother's Christian name.
Middle name relationship Her mother's maiden name - Margaret's parents were keen on giving family surnames as second Christian names, giving four different surnames to six of their nine children. Gotham was used for two - Margaret (her mother was born Margaret GOTHAM and it was also the married name of her maternal grandmother) and her brother Matthew - Matthew GOTHAM was the name of their maternal grandfather.
Two other siblings were given the middle name Edye, their maternal grandmtooher's maiden name, one the name Parry, their mother's sister's married surname and one Yorke - reason unknown.
Died Sep Q 1867 St. George in the East Reg Dist, London, England - GRO ref: Barber, Margaret Gotham q3 1867 aged 59 St. Geo. East RD 1c 284
Siblings 5 brothers and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch William JEFFERSON, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandfather)
Mary TUCKER, b. Est 1724, bur. 16 Mar 1775, St. John the Baptist Church, Hatherleigh, Devon, England (Age ~ 51 years) (Great Grandmother)Person ID I300429 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 8 Jan 2021
Father John JEFFERSON, bap. 29 Nov 1767, St. Mary and St. Sexburga’s Church, Minster, Sheppey, Kent, England , d. Between 1822 and 1841 (Age ~ 54 years)
Other Partners: Jane SWIFT m. 5 Nov 1791Mother Margaret GOTHAM, bap. 2 Apr 1783, All Saints’ Church, Okehampton, Devon, England , d. Jun Q 1868, Islington Reg Dist, Middlesex, England (Age ~ 84 years) Marriage License 8 Aug 1804 Allegation - From allegation, viewed at the DHC, ref. DEX/7/b/1/1804/308
Married 9 Aug 1804 The Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP):
"John Jefferson Master and Owner of the Sloop Prudent of Queenborough a Widower & Margaret Gotham Junr. of this Parish, Spinster were Married in this Church by Licence this Ninth Day of August in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Four By me John Hawker Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between Us John Jefferson,
Margaret Gotham
In the Presence of the Mar of Wm Searl(?)
Margtt Gotham senr"
Family ID F300069 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family John BARBER, b. Abt 1804, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales , d. Aft 1861 (Age ~ 58 years) Married 8 Oct 1826 St. James’ Church, Picadilly, London, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 14 Nov 2014)
"John Barber of this Parish
and
Margaret Gotham Jefferson of this Parish
were Married in this Church by Banns
this eighth day of October in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred
& thirty six By me, Thomas Maney Browne Curate
This Marriage was John Barber
solemnized between us, Margaret Gotham Jefferson
In the Presence of Thomas Radcliffe, Harriet Codd
No. 320" - under heading 'Marriages solemnized in the Parish of St. James, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, in the Year 1826' (on p.318 of the register)
Children 6 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300140 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Event Map Click to hide Born - Abt 1808 - Portsmouth, Hampshire, England Baptised - 10 Feb 1808 - Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, Hampshire, England Child - Margaret Gotham BARBER, [G-D(MB)] - Abt 1829 - Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales Child - Edmund Edye BARBER - Abt 1834 - Manchester, Lancashire, England Child - Caroline Victoria BARBER - Abt 1841 - Ghent, Belgium = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend
Wills (transcripts) The will of Margaret GOTHAM née EDYE (d. 1829)
Named as a beneficiary in her grandmother's will.