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![Andrew GOTHAM, [Parents?]](img/male.jpg)
Andrew GOTHAM, [Parents?]
Abt 1648 - Yes, date unknown (~ 49 years)
Has 4 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Andrew GOTHAM Suffix [ONS gp] [Parents?] Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1648 - About 1668 from age given as 43 in marriage licence allegation (transcription).
I estimated 1663 from date of marriage, men marrying for the first time on average aged about 28, adjusted to 1660 * IF * he was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth.
This is quite a speculative link. It is based on:
- the liklihood that Thomas would have named a son Andrew;
- this (London) Andrew probably being about the right age to be a son of Thomas;
- both Thomas and this Andrew dealing in cloth.
- from a Chancery Court case (TNA ref: C 10/496/3, 1681) it is clear that Thomas was dealing with London merchants. It is therefore quite feasible that it would seem a good idea for one of his sons to go to London as a cloth merchant.
Andrew was not a rare name, but neither was it one of the most commonly used. There were clearly several earlier amongst the Devon Gothams. This means I think Andrew probably was from the Devon rather than the Kent or other Gothams, but because there is a reference to one in 1540 then clearly there was the possibility of another line using this family name.
If I thought I would be likey to find more evidence I would wait until I had it, but it seems to me unlikely that I will.
- neither PRs nor BTs survive that are likely to contain the baptism of a son of Thomas born at this time;
- although Thomas left a will that was lost in 1942, and there is no known copy.
It therefore seems sensible to add Andrew as a son so what I think is a probable link can readily be seen, but it should be noted that I could easily be wrong.
Gender Male Occupation From 1691 to 1695 London, England 
Victualler - At the time of his marriage, and according to index 'London Inhabitants 1695'
Buried 19 Apr 1697 St. Katherine Coleman’s Church, City of London, London, England - From PR entry
OR was this the burial of his father? - the apprenticeship info for his son might suggest so. But what about the re-marriage of his wife? Was his mother called Sarah as well?
Administration 30 Apr 1697 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England - From transcribed data on index to PCC admons., actual admon. entry to be seen.
This shows And. Goatham, St. Kath. Coleman, Lond.
Admon. granted to Sara. G[oatham], rel[ation].
Occupation London, England Merchant tailor - Described as such when his son was apprenticed in 1706.
Died Yes, date unknown Siblings2 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Andrew GOTHAM, b. Est 1585, (probably), Abbotskerswell, Devon, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 89 years) (Grandfather) 
Elizabeth, b. Est 1625, d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 38 years) (Mother)Notes - (Research):Have I fused two Andrews?
It looks like I might have fused two Andrews, although I think he could well have had two occupations.
They are more similar than they may at first appear. A merchant tailor was a merchant trading in cloth, not making garments. A victualler could have been provisioning, e.g. supplying the food etc. that a ship needed before sailing, not running a pub or eating establishment.
(Also, I am not sure if he would have been described like this if he was dead? - I think quite likely he would).
I think the possibility remains that I have fused two, but probably the events I have attached to this Andrew did all apply to the same Andrew.
Person ID I302188 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 29 Nov 2022
Father Thomas GOTHAM, bap. 6 Oct 1622, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England , d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 86 years)
Other Partners: Mary GOSWILL m. Jan 1664Mother Elizabeth, b. Est 1625, d. Yes, date unknown (Age ~ 38 years) Married Est 1647 - Date estimated from the dob suggested by marriage licence allegation for the Andrew Gotham I am guessing was his son.
My estimates of dates of birth of the daughters I guess to be children of this marriage (* which marriage may not have even taken place! *) are a little later, in the 1650s, so they do not require an earlier date.
An Elizabeth Gotham was buried in East Ogwell on 2 Sep 1663, I suspect this was Thomas' 1st wife. A remarriage just a few months later was common, especially where a man had young children needing mothering.
A Humphrey was buried about 2 months before Elizabeth who I guess may have been a son of Thomas and Elizabeth; I know of no Humphrey for whom I do not have a burial.
However, this does present another possibility: was this Thomas the son not of Andrew but of Humphrey? Since there is no Humphrey signing the protestation oath I think it unlikely.
There were also burials of Thomases in East Ogwell in 1700 and 1709, neither shown as 'son of' though other children were at this time. I guess that one was the Thomas in this marriage, but who was the other?
There may well have been a child of this marriage named Thomas (or of Thomas's marriage to Mary Goswill - there are no BTs or PRs for years incl. 1668 and 1670).
Family ID F300784 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Sarah GOSSON, b. Abt 1667, d. Yes, date unknown
Other Partners: Samuel BUSH m. 15 Jul 1697Married 8 Sep 1691 St. Katherine Coleman’s Church, City of London, London, England - Sara Gawson and Andr Gotham on Boyds Marriage Index, Main Series, London-2nd party part 2
"Andrew Gotham, Bachelor; & Sarah Gawson, Maid; Both of this Parish, were marryed Septemb: 8.th 1691: Per licent."
Marriage License 8 Sep 1691 - From transcriptions of marriage allegations in the registry of the Vicar-General of the Archbishop of Canterbury:
"Sep. 8 Andrew Gotham, of St Catherine Colman, Lond., Victualler, Bachr, abt 43, & Sarah Gosson, of the same, Spr, abt 24, at own disp.; at St Catherine Colman."
(Vicar General Marriage Licences (in The Publications of the Harleian Society (Volume 31), pub. in 1869, p. 192)
Children3 children Last Modified 29 Nov 2022 Family ID F300001 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- About 1668 from age given as 43 in marriage licence allegation (transcription).
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Occupation - Victualler - From 1691 to 1695 - London, England 
Married - 8 Sep 1691 - St. Katherine Coleman’s Church, City of London, London, England Child - Andrew GOTHAM - 15 Oct 1693 - St. Katherine Coleman’s Church, City of London, London, England Buried - 19 Apr 1697 - St. Katherine Coleman’s Church, City of London, London, England 
Administration - 30 Apr 1697 - Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England Occupation - Merchant tailor - - London, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
