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William John WHITEHEAD
Abt 1803 - 1886 (~ 83 years)
Has 76 ancestors and 93 descendants in this family tree.
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Name William John WHITEHEAD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1803 Bredgar, Kent, England 
- From censuses
Baptised 7 Aug 1803 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From KFHS transcribed data
Gender Male Occupation From 1828 to 1833 Bredgar, Kent, England Labourer Occupation 1838 Policeman - When his daughter Grace was born
Residence 1841 Chalk Hill Court, Northfleet, Kent, England - With his wife and 5 children (Francis, Louis, Olive, Grace and Herbert)
Occupation From 1841 to 1851 Sawyer Occupation 1858 Bredgar, Kent, England Labourer and sawyer - Recorded as such when daughters baptised in 1858; doesn't necessarily mean he was doing this in 1858 - they may have just been recording what he had been.
Occupation 1868 Sawyer - On his wife's death GRO registration entry
Occupation From 1871 to 1881 Bredgar, Kent, England General Dealer Died Mar Q 1886 Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England - GRO ref: Whitehead, William John q1 1886 aged 82 Milton RD 2a 627
Siblings4 brothers and 4 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas WHITEHEAD, b. Est 1677, d. Aug 1732 (Age ~ 55 years) (2 x Great Grandfather)
Martha, d. Yes, date unknown (2 x Great Grandmother)Notes - The Poor Law Records include in the Bredgar papers "William Whitehead the younger, wife Maria, Frank (aged 1), from Bredgar to Stockbury. 26 Oct 1829"
This is marked as a removal, but why when William, Maria and Frank were all born and baptised in Bredgar? Presumably because William had inherited his place of settlement from his father (who was from Stockbury) and had not done anything to acquire Bredgar as his place of settlement.
Bredgar would have wanted to remove William and his family if they were going to require support from the parish; presumably this situation did not arise, as children were baptised in Bredgar in 1830, 1831 and 1833, all of whom are shown in the censuses as born in Bredgar.
William was a widower, living with his dau Agnes and her family at the time of the 1871 census.
Person ID I4772 All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds, The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby Last Modified 7 Mar 2024
Father William WHITEHEAD, b. Abt 1776, Stockbury, Kent, England , d. Dec 1842, Bredgar, Kent, England (Age ~ 66 years) Mother Ann PRIOR, b. Abt 1781, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. Abt 25 Dec 1847, Bredgar, Kent, England (Age ~ 66 years) Married 11 Oct 1799 St. Mary and St. Sexburga’s Church, Minster, Sheppey, Kent, England - This William Whitehead and Ann? - I think the evidence is quite convincing, although both William and Ann were shown as of Minster in Sheppey, and while I they could have been working there I have nothing to confirm this. Just under a year later their first child was baptised back in Stockbury where William was from.
Ann's age at death is consistent with the age suggested by Ann Prior's baptism.
But most convincing is that a number of members of the Prior and especially the Whitehead family married in Minster. In addition, 2 of Williams siblings married 2 of Ann's.
Neither of these couples married at the same time, but a couple who would appear to be Ann Prior's brother John and his bride married on the same day in Minster. They too were shown as of Minster, but their first child, also baptised the following September, was baptised in Bredgar (where the Priors were baptised).
Family ID F859 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Maria GOATHAM, b. Abt 1803, Bredgar, Kent, England , d. 4 Jan 1868, Bredgar, Kent, England (Age ~ 65 years) Banns of marriage From 11 May 1828 to 25 May 1828 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jun 2019)
Married 26 May 1828 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England [1] - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 20 Jun 2019)
Ba and sp, both otp, marr by banns; witnesses were Geo Goatham (presumably Maria's bro Geo) and Thomas Jenner (prob Parish Clerk - witness to many marrs at this time)
Children6 children Last Modified 20 Jun 2019 Family ID F185 Family Group Page | Family Chart
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Born - Abt 1803 - Bredgar, Kent, England 
Baptised - 7 Aug 1803 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Occupation - Labourer - From 1828 to 1833 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Frank WHITEHEAD - Abt 1828 - Bredgar, Kent, England Banns of marriage - From 11 May 1828 to 25 May 1828 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Married - 26 May 1828 - St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Herbert William WHITEHEAD - Abt 1829 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Lewis WHITEHEAD - Abt 1831 - Bredgar, Kent, England Child - Olive WHITEHEAD - Abt 1833 - Bredgar, Kent, England 
Child - Grace WHITEHEAD - 6 Mar 1838 - Union Street, Sheerness, Sheppey, Kent, England 
Child - Agnes Adolphine WHITEHEAD - 12 Apr 1844 - Northfleet, Kent, England Occupation - Labourer and sawyer - 1858 - Bredgar, Kent, England Occupation - General Dealer - From 1871 to 1881 - Bredgar, Kent, England 
Died - Mar Q 1886 - Milton Reg Dist, 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 William John Whitehead to Maria Goatham. (Reliability: 3).
578 1828 May 26 William John WHITEHEAD Ba Tp Maria GOATHAM Sp Tp B Geo Goatham Thomas Jenner