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Elizabeth GOTHAM
Est 1657 - Yes, date unknown
Has 4 ancestors and 3 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Elizabeth GOTHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Est 1657 - estimated from date of marriage
Gender Female Died Yes, date unknown Siblings3 brothers and 2 sisters Half-siblings3 half brothers (family of Thomas GOTHAM and Mary GOSWILL) Patriarch & Matriarch 
Andrew GOTHAM, b. Est 1585, (probably), Abbotskerswell, Devon, England
, bur. 10 Mar 1673/74, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England (Age ~ 89 years) (Grandfather) 
Elizabeth, b. Est 1625, bur. 2 Sep 1663, St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England (Age ~ 38 years) (Mother) Notes - (Research):A widow Elizabeth Searle remarried in East Ogwell in 1694 to William Peter. Was it this Elizabeth? Unfortunately it isn't easy to say.
So far I have not come across the burial of Samuel. From the index on FMP it appears it was not in East Ogwell, but I have not yet browsed the images. Neither I have found Elizabeth's burial in East Ogwell if she died as a Searle.
Samuel may for example have died at sea and so not been buried there and Elizabeth remarried as above, or the family may have moved elsewhere.
A James Searle was buried in East Ogwell in 1692 and Christopher in 1693; both left wills but they are only known of as entries in a calendar. Either (or both) may have left a widow Elizabeth, who (or one of them) could have been the one who remarried in 1696.
The Elizabeth who remarried died herself in 1696 and left a will (it is indexed with her surname as Peter or Searle; it's not that unusual at this period for women who had remarried to be named in a will as e.g. 'Elizabeth Peter als Searle'). Unfortunately this will too was a victim of the bombing with no known transcript or abstract surviving.
I think it was not this Elizaebth who married William Peter. It is not only that there is no burial of a Samuel Searle, neither is there any sign of marriages (or burials) of any of the children, nor of a family of son William.
I think the family must have moved elsewhere.
Person ID I302445 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 30 Nov 2022
Father Thomas GOTHAM, bap. 6 Oct 1622, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Wolborough, Devon, England , bur. 1700 or 1709, St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England (Age ~ 86 years)
Other Partners: Mary GOSWILL m. Jan 1663/64Mother Elizabeth, b. Est 1625, bur. 2 Sep 1663, St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England (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 Samuel SEARLE, d. Yes, date unknown Married 2 Aug 1681 St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Apr 2015)
Children3 children Last Modified 30 Nov 2022 Family ID F300786 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Married - 2 Aug 1681 - St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England 
Child - William SEARLE - 23 May 1682 - St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England Child - Elisabeth SEARLE - 12 Jun 1684 - St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England Child - Mary SEARLE - 27 Jan 1686/87 - St. Bartholomew’s Church, East Ogwell, Devon, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
