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Anne CHURCH
Abt 1732 - 1824 (~ 92 years)
Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Anne CHURCH Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1732 - Age given in burial register suggests Ann was born about 1726, and a report of the marriage in the Kentish Gazette calls Ann 'a maiden lady, upwards of 60 years' and describes Edward as 'he nearly the same'. The age given on Trinity House petition of her husband in 1790, though, was 55, suggesting she was born c. 1735.
The 1732 baptism below seems to be this Ann, and suggests she was born 1732. (There is no other obvious marriage or burial of an Ann Church likely to be this Ann).
There was also an Ann Church daughter of Stpehn and Mary bap in Walmer in 1731; no indication from indexes on FMP of what became of her, either, but clearly the one born in Margate is far more likely to be the one who married Edward Goatham.
Baptised 7 Apr 1732 St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England 
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 30 May 2017)
"Anne daugh: of George & Mary Church _ _ [April.] 7"
Gender Female Buried 12 May 1824 St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Feb 2017)
Shown as aged 98 in burial register, though this seems to have been an exaggeration; I think she was probably aged 92.
Siblings2 brothers and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
George CHURCH, bap. 30 Nov 1684, St. Laurence’s Church, St. Lawrence in Thanet, Kent, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Father) 
Mary SANDWELL, d. Yes, date unknown (Mother)Notes - spinster, "of this parish" at time of marr
Person ID I3211 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 23 Nov 2022
Father George CHURCH, bap. 30 Nov 1684, St. Laurence’s Church, St. Lawrence in Thanet, Kent, England , d. Yes, date unknown Mother Mary SANDWELL, d. Yes, date unknown Married 20 Feb 1716/17 St. Alphege’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England Family ID F9387 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Edward GOATHAM, bap. 6 Jan 1724/25, St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England , bur. 6 Mar 1798, St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years)
Other Partners: Elizabeth MOOR m. 19 Nov 1751; Sarah m. 12 Nov 1776Marriage License 6 Mar 1787 Faculty Office, London, England - From marriage licence allegation (held by SOG, viewed there on microfilm)
"6th. March 1787
Faculty }
Office. }
Appeared personally Edward Goatham
and made Oath, that he is of the Parish of
Saint John Margaite in the County
of Kent Widower
and intendeth to marry with Ann Church of the
same Place Spinster Aged
Twenty one years and upwards
and that he knoweth of no lawful Impediment, by Reason of any Pre-
contract, Consanguinity, Affinity, or any other lawful Means whatso-
sever, to hinder the said intended Marriage, and prayed a Licence to
solemnize the same in the Parish Church of Saint
John ^ {Margate} aforesaid
and further made Oath that the ususal Place of Abode of him the
Appearer
hath been in the said Parish of Saint John Margate
for the Space of four Weeks last past
Edward Goatham"
Married 13 Mar 1787 St. John the Baptist Church, Margate, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP)
by licence, both otp, Edward a widr, Anne a spinster
Witnesses Eliz Higgins and Henry Sandwell.
From Public Advertiser ( London, England ), Thursday, March 22, 1787; Issue 16485:
"On Tuesday was married at MARGATE, Capt. Edward GOTHAM, to his third wife,
Mrs Ann CHURCH, a maiden lady, upwards of sixty years of age, and he nearly
the same."
Thanks to Michael Coomber for posting this on the Isle-of-Thanet RootsWeb list.
A similar report appearted in the Kentish Gazette of 16 March 1787, with emphasis on the ages of the couple, and another couple who married the same day, also in Margate:
"On Tuesday was married at Margate, [Capt.]
Edward Goatham, to his third wife, M[rs. Ann]
Church, a maiden lady, upwards of 60 years of age,
and he nearly the same.
The same day was married at Margate, [Jo-]
seph Hagthorp, to Mrs. Pound, widow M[r]
Pound, late of that place, this being her fo[urth hus-]
band. The ages of the above two couples [toge-]
ther make near 240 years."
(the end of the lines is hidden by the fold/ binding, I show my guesses in [ ])
(From British Library collection, images on BNA / FMP, viewed 18 Sep 2018)
Note, at that time Mrs - like Miss, a contraction of Mistress - did not imply, as it now does, a married woman so there is no contradiction between Ann Church's title of 'Mrs' and description as 'a maiden lady'. To marry for the first time at gone 60, though, suggests a significant change in lifestyle. With far fewer people living alone in those days, though, it may not have been as great as it first seems - she had quite likely spent most or all of her previous sixty plus years living with, possibly caring for, relations.
Last Modified 18 Sep 2018 Family ID F2478 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Age given in burial register suggests Ann was born about 1726, and a report of the marriage in the Kentish Gazette calls Ann 'a maiden lady, upwards of 60 years' and describes Edward as 'he nearly the same'. The age given on Trinity House petition of her husband in 1790, though, was 55, suggesting she was born c. 1735.