Otho Popham (bef. 1739 - 1815)

Born before 9 Jan 1739 in Bodmin, Cornwall, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hardin) Popham — married 30 Oct 1770 in Bodmin, Cornwall, England

Descendants

Died 18 Oct 1815 after age 76 in Bodmin, Cornwall, England

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Biography

What a wonderful name! Otho Popham was born to another Otho Popham (whose father was also Otho) and Honor (Marshall) Popham, and baptised on 9 January 1739 in Bodmin, Cornwall, England. ^[1] His siblings had more conventional names: Mary, Grace, John, Elizabeth, and another Mary (the first one died in a matter of days).

Bequest from the 1739 (proved 1746) Will of Grace Marshall to his mother: "Item I Give and Bequeath unto Honour the Wife of Otho Popham Five Pounds Two Years after my Decease and to her Child my Godson Five Pounds Fourteen Years after my decease to bind him an Apprentice."

Otho married Mary Hardin on 30 October 1770^{[2] [3]} in Bodmin, Cornwall. ^[4] After naming his eldest son Otho, he chose fairly ordinary names for the rest of his children: Robert, John, Ann, Elizabeth, and Elizabeth.

Otho died on 18 October 1815 and was buried in Bodmin, Cornwall. ^[5] As a genealogist, I shall always be grateful he had such an unusual name (easier to find in the records!)

Sources

1. ↑ Cornwall Baptisms transcription by Cornwall Family History Society via findmypast
2. ↑ "England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLK-QW3V : 2 February 2018), Otho Popham and Mary Hardin, 30 Oct 1770; citing Marriage, Bodmin, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Cornwall Records Office, Truro.
3. ↑ Cornwall Marriages transcription by Cornwall Family History Society via findmypast
4. ↑ Boyd's Marriage Index
5. ↑ Cornwall Burials transcription by Cornwall Family History Society via findmypast (named as Otho POPPOM)

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