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Basil BECON
1663 - 1739 (~ 75 years)
Has 94 ancestors and 1230 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Basil BECON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 27 Nov 1663 St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England 
- From PR entry (image on microfilm, viewed at the CCA, 19 July 2016)
On p. 104 is a heading 'Borne Births and Christnings' - in left margin between 'Aprill 3' and 'May 29' 1660 is written 'Christnings', indicating the return from recording births to Baptisms.
For some reason some of the same baptisms are recorded twice, on both p.105 and p.106, including that of Basil.
On p.105: "Nob:r 27 Bazil the son of Theodore Beccone" - under headings 'Christnings' and 'Anno dni: 1663'
On p.106: "Novemb the 27 Bazzell the sonne of Theodore Becon And his wiffe" - under headings 'Christenings' and 'Anno Doni 1663'
Gender Male Will - PRC/17/90/53g
Occupation Lenham, Kent, England Cordwainer - His will and a couple of baptism entries for his children in the PRs give his occupation.
Buried 25 Jul 1739 St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England - KFHS CD 25
Name recorded as Basle
Siblings1 brother and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch 
Thomas BECON, b. Abt 1480, d. Yes, date unknown (3 x Great Grandfather)
Love, d. Aft 1702, Lenham, Kent, England (Mother) Notes - Until now (5 Jul 2011) I have accepted what others have suggested - that Basil was the son of Thomas, gent. of Waltham - without question. But I now notice that a Bazil Beacon was baptised in Lenham in 1663. He would fit well to be this Basil.
Several things in favour of the one born 1663:
* a co-incidence if both Basils of a similar age were in Lenham, and the one who married Elizabeth Fox was there by the time he married (from PR entry and marriage licence);
* this Basil used the name Theodore (the name of the father of the one baptised in 1663) before the name Thomas
* this Basil called his only dau Isabella (which seems to have been interchangeable with Sibella). The Basil born 1663 appears ot have had a sister "Sibbla", I've found no use of the name in the family of Basil born 1652.
* a 1663 birth would make him closer in age to his wife - both quite possible, one born in 1663 more likely to have married someone born about 1676
* a 1694/5 marriage would have been unusually late for the first marriage of someone born 1652 - i.e. aged c. 42, and the marriage licence (Cowper's transcript) does show him as a bachelor
* this Basil died in 1739; a birth about 1652 would mean he was about 87, 1663 about 76. Far more people made it to 76 than to 87, I think the latter was quite rare - but one of his sons did live to 87 and longevity seems to run in family, so this is a pretty weak argument in favour of the 1663 Basil.
Will ref: (Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury Will Index) in Canterbury Cathedral Archives - made 1738 prob 1739 ref PRC17/90/53g *Basil Beacon Lenham)
Person ID I3444 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 30 Jul 2022
Father Theodore BECON, bap. 4 Jan 1628/29, St. Bartholomew’s Church, Waltham, Kent, England , bur. 24 Apr 1702, St. Nicholas’ Church, Boughton Malherbe, Kent, England (Age ~ 73 years) Mother Love, d. Aft 1702, Lenham, Kent, England Married - I suspect Theodore and Love married and their son Theodore was baptised (or Theodore son of Theodore by a previous marriage) during the turbulent Civil War and interregnum years for which many PR entries do not survive.
Family ID F4102 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth FOX, bap. 23 Jul 1676, St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England , bur. 7 Feb 1756, St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England (Age ~ 79 years) Marriage License 28 Jan 1694/95 Canterbury, Kent, England - "Beawn, Basil, ba., and Eliz. Fox, spr., both of Lenham. At Berstead or Maidstone. Jan. 18, 1694."
(I nearly missed finding this one due to the mis-trancription somewhere of Beacon, but looked for Elizabeth Fox)
Married 31 Jan 1694/95 All Saints’ Church, Maidstone, Kent, England - From KFHS transcript (CD 26)
Both "of Lenham parish" - no indication whether by banns or licence, or status of Basil or Elizabeth
Children6 children Last Modified 30 Jul 2022 Family ID F2663 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From PR entry (image on microfilm, viewed at the CCA, 19 July 2016)
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Wills (transcripts) 
The will of Basil Becon (1663 - 1739)
(a 6 x great grandfather of mine)