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Sarah GOATHAM
1727 - Yes, date unknown Has 25 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree. Loading...
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Name Sarah GOATHAM Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 9 Apr 1727 St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England Gender Female Died Yes, date unknown Siblings 3 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (4 x Great Grandfather)
Mary CURLING, d. Yes, date unknown (Great Grandmother)Notes - Is Sarah the Sarah Gotham who married in Rochester (St. Nicholas) in 1756?
(Marriage to Edward Phillips, 7 Dec. Both were otp, ba and sp. Edward signed, Sarah made her mark. By banns.)
view on the City Ark website
(A Sarah Gorham married in St Laurence on 6 Jul 1755, with a John Gorham as witness; I have seen the entry - it definitely is Gorham not Gotham; both Sarah and John made their mark)
Person ID I3202 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), England: Kent Group - subjects of Go(a)tham One-Name Study, All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 8 Sep 2020
Father John GOATHAM, bap. 16 Apr 1693, St. Laurence’s Church, St. Lawrence in Thanet, Kent, England , d. Bef 1770 (Age ~ 76 years) Mother Anne DIGGES, bap. 14 Apr 1700, St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England , d. Oct 1770, Margate, Kent, England (Age ~ 70 years) Married 25 Feb 1723/24 St. Benet’s Church, Paul's Wharf, City of London, London, England - Register entry "John Goatham of Ramsgate Kent B and Ann Digges of Margate Kent S by LC" - no indication of why the marriage was taking place in London.
With John being of Ramsgate, and Ann of Margate, it is not clear why they married in London. According to the website of St. Benet's "Until 1867 St Benet was the parish church of Doctors Commons, a legal institution which, among its other activities, could provide facilities for hasty marriages. There is a record, for instance, of some 1300 weddings taking place in one year alone in the Eighteenth Century." But it is not clear why they would have wanted a hasty marriage. Was Anne underage or one (or both) marrying against their father's will? Or was it just a romantic thing to do, to travel (presumably around the coast and up the Thames) to London?
Marriage License 25 Feb 1723/24 Faculty Office, London, England - Licence is in the Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations 1701-1850 collection of SOG
"25th. Febry. 1723o ??
On Which day Appeared P[er]sonally John
Goatham of Ramsgate in the County of Kent
aged Twenty nine years and a Batchelor and
alledged that he intendeth to marry with Anne
Digges of Margate in the sd County aged above
Twenty three years and a Spinster at her own
dispussal
Not knowing or beleiving any lawfull Lett or Impedimt by
reason of any p[re](?)contract Consanguinity Affinity or any
other lawfull means wtsoever to hinder the sd intended.
Marriage of the truth of the p[r]emisses he made Oath &
prayed Licence to Soleming & the sd Marriage in
the Parish Church of St. Bennet near Pauls Wharf London
John Goatham"
Family ID F1279 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Edward PHILLIPS, d. Yes, date unknown Married 27 Dec 1756 St. Nicholas’ Church, Rochester, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on CityArk website)
Shows Edward, Batchelour married Sarah Gotham, Spinster, both of the parish of St. Nicholas. Edward signed, Sarah made her mark.
Children 1. Ann PHILLIPS, bap. 15 Jan 1758, St. Margaret’s Church, Rochester, Kent, England , d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 31 Dec 2018 Family ID F10760 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Is Sarah the Sarah Gotham who married in Rochester (St. Nicholas) in 1756?
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Event Map Click to hide Baptised - 9 Apr 1727 - St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England Married - 27 Dec 1756 - St. Nicholas’ Church, Rochester, Kent, England Child - Ann PHILLIPS - 15 Jan 1758 - St. Margaret’s Church, Rochester, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend