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Martha ROPER
1755 - 1827 (~ 71 years)
Has no ancestors but 94 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Martha ROPER Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 31 Mar 1755 St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England 
- From KFHS CD 19 - dau of Stephen and Mary Roper
Not only did this Martha have a brother Batchelor Roper, but Batchelor Roper and his wife, although "of Hollingbourne", were buried at Bredgar, with an age to confirm it was the one with a sister Martha i.e. the burial register confirms that the Batchelor was the one Martha refers to as her brother in her will
Gender Female Will 17 Feb 1819 Written - Or possibly 1818 - start of word ending 'teen' unreadable in TNA PDF of the will.
Can only be 1818 or 1819 because her daugher Catherine is described as the wife of Joseph Copping, and they only married in April 1817.
Died 1827 - From will
Buried 15 Mar 1827 St. Bartholomew’s Church, Bobbing, Kent, England - From FMP, data transcribed on East Kent burial index - Martha BEACON, buried 15 Mar 1827, Parish: Bobbing, age at death: 72; abode: Teynham
Probate 9 Oct 1827 Prerogative Court of Canterbury, London, England Notes - (Research):Martha's will refers to her brother Bacholor Roper of Hollingbourne, yeoman; looking at the KFHS transcripts of the Hollingbourne PRs he appears to have been married with 4 children bapt in Hollingbourne, 1792 - 1803.
Person ID I13329 All Last Modified 18 Feb 2021
Family 1 William CRAFT, d. Yes, date unknown Married 24 Oct 1773 St. John the Baptist Church, Tunstall, Kent, England - By licence, William Craft to Martha Roper of Bredgar
Children3 children Last Modified 12 Aug 2016 Family ID F6224 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Thomas BEACON, b. Abt 1755, bur. 14 Dec 1816, St. Bartholomew’s Church, Bobbing, Kent, England (Age ~ 61 years) Married 19 Nov 1786 St. Bartholomew’s Church, Bobbing, Kent, England - There was a marriage of a Thomas Beacon to Martha Croft on 19 Nov 1786 at Bobbing (by banns) - was it this couple, Martha being a widow?
I'm now fairly sure it was. Martha's will shows her brother was a Roper, and a Martha Roper of Bredgar married William Craft (by licence) on 24 Oct 1773 of a William Craft to Martha Roper of Bredgar at Tunstall.
Both Thomas and Martha were buried at Bobbing so they clearly had a link with that village.
Children4 children Last Modified 14 Aug 2014 Family ID F5791 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From KFHS CD 19 - dau of Stephen and Mary Roper