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Lucy LEEDS
Abt 1800 - 1857 (~ 57 years) Has 4 ancestors and 91 descendants in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name Lucy LEEDS Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1800 Brabourne, Kent, England - From the 1851 census where shown as aged 50 and age at death
Baptised 6 Jul 1800 St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Nov 2019)
"Leeds Lucy daughter of William and Jane bap. July 6"
Mersham is some distance from Bredgar, but an adjacent parish to Brabourne where Lucy was born, so it appears to be the right baptism.
Gender Female Witness to marriage 16 Feb 1814 St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England - Witness to the marriage of her sister Celia.
Died 26 Sep 1857 Bredgar, Kent, England Cause: Heart disease / Dropsy - GRO ref: Goatham, Lucy q3 1857 Milton RD 2a 373; GRO online index (viewed 6 Nov 2016) shows age as 57
Details from image of GRO register entry
The informant was one Michael Goatham, presumably Lucy's son with this name.
Buried 30 Sep 1857 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 July 2019)
"Lucy Goatham No. 501., abode: Bredgar, buried: 1857 September 30th, aged: yrs 57, ceremony performed by: Thomas Oben Drawbridge Vicar of Rodmersham"
Siblings 3 brothers and 7 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch William LEEDS, bap. 18 Aug 1754, St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England , bur. 12 Apr 1806, St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England (Age ~ 51 years) (Father)
Elizabeth BAYLEY, bur. 28 Jan 1780, St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England (Grandmother)Person ID I445 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 20 Mar 2023
Father William LEEDS, bap. 18 Aug 1754, St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England , bur. 12 Apr 1806, St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England (Age ~ 51 years) Mother Jane HIGHSTEAD, bap. 19 Dec 1762, St. Martin’s Church, Aldington, Kent, England , bur. 18 Jul 1835, St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England (Age ~ 72 years) Banns of marriage From 9 Feb 1783 to 23 Feb 1783 St. Mary’s Church, Smeeth, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Nov 2019)
Banns of marriage to 2 Mar 1783 St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Nov 2019)
Married 4 Mar 1783 St. Mary’s Church, Smeeth, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 21 Nov 2019)
"No. 3 William Leedes of the Parish
of Mersham and Jane Histed of this Parish were
Married in this Church by Banns
this fourth Day of march in the Year One Thousand seven Hundred
and eighty three By me E Norwood Rector of Sevington
This Marriage was solemnized between Us Willm. Leeds, Jane Highsted [both signed]
In the Presence of Thomas Leeds, John Woodland [both signed]"
They had 8 daughters and 3 sons baptised in Mersham between 1783 and 1802.
Family ID F7764 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family George GOATHAM, b. 1797, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 19 Nov 1885, The Union Workhouse, Milton next Sittingbourne, Kent, England (Age 88 years)
Other Partners: Sarah HUNT m. 3 May 1819Banns 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 [1] - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jun 2019, though missing from index)
Children 5 children Last Modified 20 Jun 2019 Family ID F318 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Event Map Click to hide Born - Abt 1800 - Brabourne, Kent, England Baptised - 6 Jul 1800 - St. John the Baptist Church, Mersham, Kent, England Witness to marriage - 16 Feb 1814 - St. Mary of Charity Church, Faversham, Kent, England Child - George GOATHAM - Abt 1828 - Bredgar, Kent, England Banns of marriage - From 21 Dec 1828 to 4 Jan 1829 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Married - 12 Jan 1829 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Thomas GOATHAM - Abt 1831 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Michael GOATHAM - Abt 1834 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Mary GOATHAM - 1838 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Rebecca GOATHAM - Abt 1843 - Bredgar, Kent, England Died - Cause: Heart disease / Dropsy - 26 Sep 1857 - Bredgar, Kent, England Buried - 30 Sep 1857 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend
Sources - [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