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Susanna GOTHAM
1739 - 1779 (~ 40 years)
Has 13 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Susanna GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 6 Jan 1738/39 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2014)
"C 6 Susanna D: of Wm Gotham" - under heading for January 1738
Gender Female Buried 11 Oct 1779 Ss. Martin and Mary’s Church, Chudleigh, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 17 May 2017)
"Octr. 11th Susanna Shoot"
Siblings6 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOTHAM, d. Bef 1613 (3 x Great Grandfather)
Martha BEERE, b. Est 1712, bur. 30 Aug 1765, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 53 years) (Mother) Person ID I300698 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 29 Nov 2022
Father William GOTHAM, bap. 11 Jul 1710, St. John the Baptist Church, Paignton, Devon, England , bur. 7 Apr 1782, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 71 years) Mother Martha BEERE, b. Est 1712, bur. 30 Aug 1765, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 53 years) Married 25 Jan 1737/38 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2014)
"M 25 William Gotham & Martha Beere" - under heading for January 1737
Children - Although William exceeded his 'three score years and ten' and Martha lived at least well into middle age, their children did not do so well.
Of their ten children, tragically no less than six died either as babies (five) or young children (one). Not only that, but the other four all predeceased their father. All of these four had married - Susanna for seven years but apparently without children, John had just one son who died in infancy, but the other two did at least have children who outlived their grandfather so we may hope he took some comfort in that. James' only child was a daughter, Martha, who lived to a reasonably old age for the time, dying aged 67, but single and childless. William had a 'pigeon pair', his son, another William, probably has no living descendants, despite having had seven children. However, it seems that daughter Anne, who became a Southward on marriage and emigrated to the USA, does have descendants to this day (judging from various online trees - I have not verified the family so far forward from their 'Gotham' ancestors), so William and Martha's line has daughtered out, not died out.
Of course, the early deaths of William's adult children does not necessarily mean they had weak constitutions. The cause of Susann's death is completely unknown, but two of her brothers (William and John) seem to have died at sea, one in the Royal Navy,the other working for the East India Company. The fate of James is unclear. No burial has been found, which could suggest he too died at sea, but his will seems not to survive, suggesting it was proved in Exeter Diocese so he can't have died overseas.
Family ID F300076 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Thomas SHOOT, b. Est 1735, bur. 15 Nov 1807, Ss. Martin and Mary’s Church, Chudleigh, Devon, England (Age ~ 72 years)
Other Partners: Jenny EDGCOMBE m. 11 Mar 1789Banns of marriage 5 Jan 1772 to 17 Jan 1772 - From FMP
shows Thomas was of Chudleigh
Married 23 Jan 1772 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England - From PR entries on FMP (old register with brief entry (indexed), and 'Hardwicke register' with more details, viewed 14 Aug 2018 (found by browsing))
(PR with fuller entries introduced by this time seem to exist but only a few pages from it are on FMP at the time of writing)
Shows Thomas Shoot of Chudleigh married Susanna Gottheam 'of this Parish', married by Banns, both made their mark, witnesses Joseph Mathers and John Gottheam (both signed).
(The witness John Gottheam I believe to be Susanna's brother, John Thorn Gottheam; comparing the signature with that when he signed when he himself married they appear to me to be the same hand)
No sign of any children of this marriage baptised in Devon, in Wolborough, or Chudleigh or elsewhere.
Last Modified 29 Nov 2022 Family ID F300244 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2014)