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George GOATHAM
1797 - 1885 (88 years)
Has 43 ancestors and 117 descendants in this family tree.
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Name George GOATHAM Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1797 Bredgar, Kent, England 
Baptised 29 Oct 1797 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 April 2019)
Gender Male Occupation From 1829 to 1871 Carpenter - Recorded as carpenter:
1829-1843 - bapt PR entries for all of his children
1839 - on his son William's marriage PR entry (and his 1891 remarriage)
1841 - census
1851 census
1853 - son Thomas' marr cert
Shown as a retired carpenter in the 1871 census.
Residence 1841 Silver Street, Bredgar, Kent, England - With his second wife Lucy and 4 children (all from his second marriage - George,Thomas,Michael and Mary).
Occupation From 1843 to 1861 Bredgar, Kent, England Parish clerk - George may well have been the Parish Clerk up until he left Bredgar, probably in the 1860s, unless he was suffering from ill-health before this. Usually it was a post for life, but George left the parish before this. The PRs may gives clues as to when he became the parish clerk and when he ceased to act as such - not yet studied. Certainly by 1843, the earliest record of which I know so far recording his in this role.
At the same time as carpenter - recorded as such at baptism of his youngest in 1843, also 1851 census and when his wife Lucy died (given as his sole occupation on her death cert.)
Occupation 1844 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Carpentry work on the church gallery - I think it was probably the George Goatham who church accounts show to have been paid in 1844 for making changes to the gallery to accomodate the organ.
Residence 1861 Doctors Cottages, Bredgar, Kent, England - With his daughter Rebecca. His son George and family were the next household recorded in the census.
Residence 1871 Minster, Sheppey, Kent, England - With his son William
Poor Law 1881 The Union Workhouse, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England Resident in the workhouse Died 19 Nov 1885 The Union Workhouse, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England Cause: Senectus - GRO ref: Goatham, George q4 1885 aged 90 Milton RD 2a 495
Abode at time of death from burial register
Details from image of GRO register entry
Buried 24 Nov 1885 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jul 2019)
Shows George Goatham, abode Milton Union, aged 88
Siblings2 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
GOATHAM, d. Yes, date unknown (6 x Great Grandfather)
Mary HARBULT, b. Est 1736, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandmother)Person ID I435 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, The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch Last Modified 4 Mar 2023
Father Michael GOATHAM, b. 1762, Tonge, Kent, England , bur. 15 Apr 1832, St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England (Age ~ 70 years) Mother Rebecca RANDALL, b. Abt 1767, d. Dec 1835, Bredgar, Kent, England (Age ~ 68 years) Banns of marriage From 19 Feb 1786 to 12 Mar 1786 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From register entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 April 2019)
Married 7 Apr 1786 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From register entry (image on FMP, viewed 2 April 2019) Michael's surname was entered as Gotham, but he signed Goatham.
Ba and sp, both otp, by banns; witnesses John Medhurst and Stephen Roper (the latter may have been Parish Clerk - he was witness to many marriages around this time).
Family ID F273 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Sarah HUNT, bap. 21 Mar 1791, St. Mary’s Church, Teynham, Kent, England , bur. 24 Jan 1824, St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England (Age ~ 32 years) Married 3 May 1819 St. Mary’s Church, Teynham, Kent, England [1] - Status not shown, both otp, witnesses were Wm Hunt, Elizabeth Hunt (made her mark) and Wm Stiles (probably Parish Clerk)
Children3 children Last Modified 20 Jun 2019 Family ID F886 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Lucy LEEDS, b. Abt 1800, Brabourne, Kent, England , d. 26 Sep 1857, Bredgar, Kent, England (Age ~ 57 years) Banns of marriage From 21 Dec 1828 to 4 Jan 1829 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From banns register entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jun 2019)
Married 12 Jan 1829 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England [2] - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jun 2019, though missing from index)
Children5 children Last Modified 20 Jun 2019 Family ID F318 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Sources - [S47] Teynham Parish Registers (KFHS transcribed data), Kent Family History Society, accessed 21 Mar 2012), entry for the marriage of George Goatham to Sarah Hunt. (Reliability: 3), 21 Mar 2012.
576 1819 03 May George GOATHAM otp Sarah HUNT otp B Wm Hunt / Eliz Hunt
There was also a marriage of a Sarah Hunt to a Richard Friend in Teynham in 1829, but given that this Sarah would by then have been aged about 38 I don't think it was likely to have been her. - [S40] Bredgar Parish Registers (KFHS transcribed data), Kent Family History Society, Entry for the marriage of George Goatham to Lucy Leeds. (Reliability: 3).
581 1829 Jan 12 George GOATHAM Ba Tp Amey? LEEDS? Sp Tp B Mria Thomas Jenner