This is a holding page for all information relating to any past resident of South Willingham with the surname Wattam. It is a work in progress and will be updated as information becomes available.
Media Related To Wattam
Headstone reference G8 Plan 3 – Wattam, Jane
Headstone reference G10 Plan 3 – Wattam, William
Headstone reference G19 Plan 1 – Wattam, George & Wattam, John
Headstone reference G18 Plan 1 – Wattam, George & Wattam, Sarah
Headstone reference G15 Plan 1 – Wattam, John & Wattam, Rebekah
Thank you so much for your work. Interesting to see the Wattams. I believe I’m descended from Frances Wattam (baptised 1750 in South Willingham) daughter of George Wattam and his wife Mary (still looking for their marriage record to find out her maiden name). Frances married Brown Spalding in Kelstern in 1791. Confirming research gets so much harder pre civil registration. Looking at the on line parish records from Lincs Archives there seem to have been a lot of Wattam families in South Willingham so probable related to the people in your list somewhere. Many thanks again seeing things like this makes you feel so much more connected to your ancestors.
Penny
Penny, I am not sure if you know Ron Wattam from NZ. He has done quite a bit of research on the Wattam family. His email address is – olivine@xtra.co.nz.
regards
Paul Ferguson
Paul I have never received and official address from you to send you a book I have compiled. I recently sent one to the Lincoln Library. I am willing to donate one to the South Willingham Parish so long as some one shares the cost of postage which is $55.00NZ or if some one has a friend who is visiting I can arrange to give them one to take home.
This book is on glossy A4 pages and consists of 496 pages and weighs in at 2 kgs., 40 years of work and research.
Regards
Ronald Wattam
With reference to the church bells and the name in the casting of bells on T Watam would more than likly come from a Thomas Wattam and his wife Jane this Thomas was b. 12 Nov. 1615 Thorganby but died and buried Sth Willingham date on head stone not ledgible, they had 4 children and another Thomas Wattam b Jan. 1640 m) 1663 he was christened and married in this church, They in turn had 6 more children and yet another Thomas Wattam b 1669 who married Ann Ailsbe 1691 all from South Willingham and after many more generations the finaly left the village in 1875 for New Zealand.
I am willing to send a file for some one to print out for the records of who is who etc.
Ronald Wattam
Ron, we would love to have sight of any research you have done regarding the South Willingham Wattams.
regards
Paul
Paul I have recently posted and donated my work in the book on the 500 years Wattam family to Lincoln library and they have acknowledge receipt of.
But please if you know someone who is coming to NZ I will certainly give a copy to your group as I understand that the Louth Ancestry Group has now folded the value of book NZ$75.00 plus post NZ$55.00 (cripples me sending) so good to know someone who is travelling here.
Hello Mr Wattam
I hope you can help me I am researching my family tree and I am trying to ascertain if my 4th times Great Grandfather Thomas Denton is the grandson of Thomas Denton and Elizabeth Wattam (1733) the daughter of George Wattam (1704-1773) and Mary Raby of South Willingham.
My mum is also researching the tree and we both have different parents for Thomas Denton and wondered if you had come across Thomas and Elizabeths descendants while doing your research?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Take care and keep safe
Kind regards
Michelle
Michelle. Is it possible to send me your email address and I will send a file direct to you. not sure if my last message got through Mine is olivine@xtra.co.nz – Ron Wattam
Hello Mr Wattam,
Thank you for your reply.
I did try to email you however it wasn’t recognised as an email on my email site?
My email is msc1476@hotmail.com
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Michelle
Paul, Season greetings to you over in the cold. When I visited back in 2004 I did pay a visit to St Julians Church and there are some grave stones in that property and at that stage a whole lot stacked up against the back fence. Has any one to your knowledge noted those sites like you have done for St Martin’s.
I have produced a book (end of March 2015) but I will send a copy by a person one day, so could you give me an address for it to be posted to from wih in UK as it will cost me the price of the book to print & to post from NZ.
The book covers a lot of Wattams and many from other areas.
I have one querry with a James Wattam born 1701 North Kelsey area and I can not for the life of me find his parents can any one help me to locate them please?
The book I have compiled consists of 460+ A4 pages is written in 11 font, consists people from Right around the world in different countries & 5 continents. 35 + years of hard work and the programme is a proper genealogy program, so easy to read.. When this comes I hope it will be kept in some sort of museum.
The first response from Penny, do you have her email address please as I would like more info and share what I have.
Regards
Ron Wattam
olivine@xtra.co.nz
Hi, I am currently doing some research into our family history and have found links to the Wattams in South Willingham through the Cordeys also from South Willingham. Any information you would be very interesting. Thanks, James
James I have many cordey’s in my list please send me an email and I will send back a file for your perusal.
my email is olivine@xtra.co.nz
Ron Wattam