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Thomas BECON
1656 -
Has 9 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name Thomas BECON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 27 Jan 1655/56 St. Bartholomew’s Church, Waltham, Kent, England 
- From PR image (reg p.23)
"Thomas Becon sunn of Thomas Becon sen and Ann his wife baptized January the 27th : 1655"
This is the baptism of my half 8xgreat uncle in Waltham.
Most people seem to believe it was this Thomas who married Ann Dauncer in Biddenden and had the family shown on this tree.
I suspect the Thomas who married Ann Dauncer was the son of James(?) and Agnes (or Ann) in Cranbrook in 1649, shown here as alternate baptism and parents attached to this Thomas.
Gender Male Died - Shown on many trees as buried 22 Mar 1735/36 in Biddenden, Kent, but I am sure that that was a different person, Thomas Bacon.
Siblings3 brothers and 1 sister Half-siblings5 half brothers and 4 half sisters (family of Thomas BECON and Jane HALKE) Half-siblings1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Jeremiah STEED and Anne HILTON) Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas BECON, b. Abt 1480, d. Yes, date unknown (2 x Great Grandfather)
Anne HILTON, b. Est 1620, bur. 15 Feb 1675/76, St. Peter’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England (Age ~ 56 years) (Mother) Notes - Thomas, the son of Thomas Becon and Anne nee Hilton, is considered by many to be the Thomas "of Cranbrook" who married Ann Dauncer in Biddenden in 1677/8; the link appears on many, many trees on Ancestry and is in Burke's Landed Gentry.*
Having looked for the evidence to link the two it now seems to me that this link is clearly wrong.
Have seen his birthplace given as Cranbrook - I suspect because of the Thomas who was described as "of Cranbrook" in the PR at the time of his marriage to Ann.
* The name "Burke's Landed Gentry" may give an impression of reliability but in fact the opposite is the case - many professional genealogists do not consider the Burke's information to
be very reliable, and for several reasons.
1. The genealogies were (and are) sponsored by descendants who wish to go on record as descended from prominent families. In an effort to show this, they may have been too quicky to assume a possible link with a prominent person or family, or even have taken liberties with the truth.
2. The persons providing the information were / are not generally professional genealogists, and in the past (such as when the Beken genealogy was published) did not have access to all the indexes and transcriptions we have today, so making incorrect inferences or connections may be made would have been very easy.
The Beken / Becon genealogy appears in the 1952 edition which was better than many in that it was edited by L G Pine who tried to check the genealogies (rather than by some previous editors who published whatever was sent) but Pine himself pointed out that the published versions could contain errors.
In addition, Burke's Landed Gentry contains few source references, so it is virtually impossible to verify all that is published as the truth.
As far as the Beken tree goes it is quite clear that most, probably all, the life events exist as shown (where shown), but there is no evidence to show why it was assumed that Thomas of Cranbrook was Thomas son of Thomas Becon and Anne Hilton. It is clear that there are errors in the Hunt family, which just a little more research using the Lenham records would have shown, but that is a sideline to the main line being described there. I would really like to know if it is true that the John and Richard Hunt described as brothers were, but without any evidence of what this was based on, and a common name, it would be unwise to assume it is true.
Person ID I3992 All Last Modified 26 Apr 2017
Father Thomas BECON, bap. 14 Nov 1596, St. Matthew’s Church, Warehorne, Kent, England , bur. 22 Dec 1659, St. Bartholomew’s Church, Waltham, Kent, England (Age ~ 63 years)
Other Partners: Jane HALKE m. 23 Jan 1624/25; Bridget m. 25 Jul 1644Mother Anne HILTON, b. Est 1620, bur. 15 Feb 1675/76, St. Peter’s Church, Canterbury, Kent, England (Age ~ 56 years)
Other Partners: Jeremiah STEED m. 12 Aug 1660Married 15 Nov 1650 St. Mary Bredin Church, Canterbury, Kent, England Family ID F2669 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR image (reg p.23)
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Baptised - 27 Jan 1655/56 - St. Bartholomew’s Church, Waltham, Kent, England 
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Wills (transcripts) 
The will of Thomas's father, Thomas Becon
Along with his full siblings, Thomas was left £40 when he attained the age of 24 (or possibly more - if any of them died before this age their share was to be divided between those surviving)