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Martha BEERE
Est 1712 - 1765 (~ 53 years)
Has no ancestors but 34 descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Martha BEERE Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Est 1712 - Based on date of baptism of her husband and date of their marriage
Gender Female Buried 30 Aug 1765 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2014)
"Day of the Month: 30 Buried Martha Gotham" (under headings '1765' and 'August')
Person ID I300701 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 8 Sep 2014
Family 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) 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.
Children10 children Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300076 Family Group Page | Family Chart