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William GOTHAM
1750 - Yes, date unknown (~ 57 years)
Has 4 ancestors and 653 descendants in this family tree.
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Name William GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 14 Oct 1750 St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 13 Nov 2014)
"October 14 - 1750 William son of Mathew Gotham & Jane his wife was Baptized"
Gender Male Residence Between 1776 and 1785 Wolborough, Devon, England - Sometime between 1785 and 1790 William and his family seem to have moved out of Wolborough to Ipplepen, juding by the baptism places of their children.
Died Yes, date unknown Buried 10 Jun 1808 St. Andrew’s Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England - A Mary who would fit as his wife and is the only possible Mary I know of with a known connection with Ipplepen was buried as a widow in 1816, so I think this burial is probably this William. (There was, though, a William baptised in Ipplepen in 1768; he may have been the one buried in Dartmouth but I think that probably wasn't so this could be his burial. However I have found the graves of that other William's parents, sisters and infant brothers in Ipplepen; there is no stone for him with them so he was probably not buried in Ipplepen).
Siblings2 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
Humphrey GOTHAM, bap. 5 Jan 1665, St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 63 years) (Grandfather) 
Jane CARPENTER, b. Est 1710, d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 71 years) (Mother)Person ID I300661 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 15 Aug 2025
Father Matthew GOTHAM, bap. 26 Jun 1707, St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England , d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 57 years) Mother Jane CARPENTER, b. Est 1710, d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 71 years) Married 30 Jan 1740 St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England Family ID F300233 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Mary RENDLE, bap. 9 Dec 1746, St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England , d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 69 years) Married 17 Dec 1775 St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England - PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 13 Nov 2014)
"Banns of Marriage between William Gotham Sojr: & Mary Rendle of this Parish were publish'd on three several Sundays wthout Contradiction
No. 89
William Gotham a sojour
and Mary Rendle of this
Parish were
Married in this Church by Banns
this seventeenth Day of December in the Year One Thousand Seven
Hundred and seventy five by me Thos. Prout Rector
This Marriage was solemnized between Us The mark X of Wm. Gotham, The mark \\ of Mary Rendle
In the Presence of John Jinny(?), John Knatman"
Proof Argument That is was William son of Matthew and Jane who married Mary RENDLE - William, son of Matthew and Jane, came from East Ogwell and yet the PR entry for this marriage shows William described as a sojourner. So was it this William? I believe it was. I would suggest that he had moved away and then briefly back to the parish before his marriage. The first 4 children from this marriage were baptised in Wolborough (Newton Abbot) and so it is reasonable to suppose that William had found work there, married a bride from his home parish, and then settled with her near / in Wolborough, possibly later moving to Ipplepen Parish. It is possible they lived in Ipplepen Parish the whole time; the baptism of their first child although in Wolborough records them as of Ipplepen, although this was not subsequently noted.
The names that William who married Mary Rendle gave his sons does suggest he was the son of Matthew and Jane; assuming he was, he named his first son Matthew, like his father and a brother, the second, William, like himself, and the third Thomas, like his other brother.
Proof Argument That the children shown were all offspring of this William and Mary - Were all the children the offspring of this couple? A William Gotham was baptised in Ipplepen in 1768; clearly he could not have been the William who married Mary Rendle, but he would have been old enough to have had a son Thomas baptised in 1790 and / or could have been the William buried in Ipplepen in 1808.
With no signs of a marriage of another William that I know of, I think Thomas was the son of this William (from East Ogwell) and Mary.
Widow Mary buried in Ipplepen in 1816 was born about 1746 - early enough that it was very unlikely she was the wife of the William baptised in 1768. In addition, William and Mary disappear from East Ogwell and must have gone somewhere, and an Elizabeth who fits as their daughter married in Ipplepen. The best evidence that they moved to Ipplepen may be that Matthew, the mariner who fits as their son, is shown first as of East Ogwell and then later as of Ipplepen in crew lists (the ages given in the different references suggest they are to the same Matthew). Whilst that makes Thomas being their son more likely it does not confirm it.
More evidence can be found by looking at the family of William bap 1768. It is clear that he was the son of John and Elizabeth née Pinson. He was probably the 2nd cousin once removed of the William who married Mary Rendle. However, he had no brother Matthew nor any close Gotham relation with that name, a name far less common that William / John / Thomas. Yet the Thomas bap in 1790 after naming a son William (like his father) and another Thomas (his own name) gave his third son the name Matthew. In addition, one of Thomas' sons married Eliza Simcock, sister of Elizabeth Simcock who married one of the sons of William, son of William and Mary née Rendle. Both were living in large towns, about 50 miles apart so the chance of these marriages happening by chance must be vanishingly small. It is surely far more likely that the two Gothams would have married the Simcock sisters if they were 1st cousins and not 4th cousins?
Children5 children Last Modified 14 Nov 2024 Family ID F300234 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 13 Nov 2014)
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Baptised - 14 Oct 1750 - St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England 
Married - 17 Dec 1775 - St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England 
Residence - Between 1776 and 1785 - Wolborough, Devon, England 
Child - Mary GOTHAM - 29 Mar 1776 - St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England Child - Matthew GOTHAM - 18 Apr 1779 - St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England Child - Elizabeth GOTHAM - 17 Jul 1785 - St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England 
Child - Thomas GOTHAM - 31 Oct 1790 - St. Andrew’s Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England Buried - 10 Jun 1808 - St. Andrew’s Church, Ipplepen, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
