'Coham1'
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Families covered: Coham of Coham, Coham of Dunsland, Coham of Upcott Avenel
| This family is reported to have resided at Coham since the Conquest. | |||||||||||||||
| Stephen Coham of Coham, Devon | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Stephen Coham of Coham | ||||||||||||||
| A. | Lewis Coham of Coham | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Lewis Coham of Coham | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.12.1669) Mary Arscott (dau of John Arscott of Tetcott by Gertrude, dau of Sir Shilston Calmady) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Stephen Coham of Coham | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1707/09.05.1706) Mary Holland (dau of William Holland of Upcott Avenel) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Lewis Coham of Coham and Upcott Avenel (dsp 1778) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucretia Barnfield (dau/heiress of _ Barnfield of Mambury & Great Torrington) | |||||||||||||||
| (2) | Holland Coham bpt 01.09.1720, (rector of Northlew) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (10.07.1750) Christian Silke (dau of Rev. James Silke of Bedminster & Buckland Filleigh) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Stephen Coham of Coham and Upcott Avenel (bpt 05.09.1751, d unm 1786) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Holland Coham of Coham and Upcott Avenel (d 15.03.1825) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Arscott of Dunsland', p18). | |||||||||||||||
| m. (29.11.1790) Mary Bickford (d 04.02.1839, dau of George Bickford of Dunsland & Arscott) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | William Bickford Coham of Coham & Dunsland (bpt 06.04.1792, d 02.07.1843, cleric) had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.04.1827) Mary Davie Augusta Bassett (d 10.1868, dau of Joseph Davie Bassett of Heanton Court & Watermouth) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | George Lewis Coham of Upcott Avenel (bpt 05.06.1800, dsp 01.01.1878, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (28.07.1841) Elizabeth Anna Hole (d 1835, dau of Rev. John Hole) | |||||||||||||||
| (iii) | Holland Coham of Dunsland (b 02.04.1804, d unm 26.03.1867, cleric) | ||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Christiana Coham (bpt 25.06.1795, dsp 1864) | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Boughton Knydon (or Kington) of The Tower, Compton Gifford | |||||||||||||||
| (v)+ | other issue (d unm) - Stephen (bpt 07.11.1797, d 1819, RN), Mary Anne (bpt 20.04.1793, d 01.1875) | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Christian Cohan | ||||||||||||||
| m. (17.07.1776) Richard Wivell of North Lewe | |||||||||||||||
| b. | John Coham of Bovacott | ||||||||||||||
| m. (22.05.1712) Margaret Holland (bpt 0611.1687, dau/coheir of William Holland of Upcott Avenel) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Arthur Coham (archdeacon of Wiltshire, 3rd son) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Grace Anne Woodruffe (d 1818, dau of Plukenett Woodruffe of Chiswick) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Arthur John Cohan (d 1800, rector of Potterne) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sarah Salmon (dau of William Salmon of Devizes) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Arthur Coham (dsp 1812) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | William Murch Coham (dsp 1807, RN) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Hoghton (dau of William Hoghton of Chingford Hall) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Isabella Anne Coham (dsp 1826) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richard Nowell | |||||||||||||||
| (D) | Eliza Jane Coham (dsp 1859) | ||||||||||||||
| m. George Hardisty of Twickenham | |||||||||||||||
| (2)+ | other issue (d unm) - Stephen, William of Holsworthy | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Arthur Coham of Holsworthy, Devon had issue | ||||||||||||||
| m. (04.07.1715) (Elizabeth) Burdon (dau of (John) Burdon of Burdon) | |||||||||||||||
| d. | Mary Coham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Benoni Bampfylde of Poltimore (rector of Black Torrington) | |||||||||||||||
| e. | Gertrude Coham | ||||||||||||||
| m. Clement Gay | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Gertrude Gay probably of this generation | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Harrington of Worden | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): Commoners (vol I, 'Coham of Coham', p458+), BLG1952 ('Coham-Fleming of Coham') with input/support from Visitation (J.L. Vivian (1895), Devon, 1531+1564+1620+additions, 'Holland of Weare', p476)
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