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Theodore BECON
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Name Theodore BECON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Baptised 17 Oct 1698 St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England
Gender Male Occupation Cordwainer Died 16 May 1762 - Date from his gravestone
Buried 20 May 1762 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Lynsted, Kent, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 8 Aug 2016):
"[May] 20th. Theodore Beacon." - under headings 'Burials' and '1762'
(Archive reference U3/248/1/2)
This, though, seems to be a later PR, transcribed from Bishopss' transcripts, as the page is headed
"Extracted out of the Registry of the Consistory Court of Canterbury"
Siblings4 brothers and 1 sister Patriarch & Matriarch
Thomas BECON, b. Abt 1480, d. Yes, date unknown (4 x Great Grandfather)
Joan BASSILL, b. Abt 1645, (possibly), Charing, Kent, England
, bur. 19 Mar 1711/12, St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England
(Age ~ 67 years) (Grandmother) 
Notes - I have his (long) willI guess he had 2 wives called Elizabeth as one "wife of Theodore" bur in Lynsted in 1747, another, an 80 yr old widow died 1782 - Theodore seems to have moved to Lynsted, no other Beacons of his generation lived there.
Person ID I3448 All Last Modified 31 Mar 2020
Father Basil BECON, bap. 27 Nov 1663, St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England
, bur. 25 Jul 1739, St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England
(Age ~ 75 years) Mother 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
Family ID F2663 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Elizabeth BATES, d. Jul 1747 Married 17 Apr 1732 St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Aylesford, Kent, England
- Transcribed data on Family Search (IGI) accessed 29Aug 2011
(indexing project (batch) number: M03651-1, system origin: England-ODM,
source film number: 416879)
Also transcribed data on KFHS CD 39
Shows they were bachelor and spinster, both of Linstead
Children7 children Last Modified 22 Sep 2018 Family ID F2666 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Elizabeth WILSON, b. Abt 1702, d. Abt 1782 (Age ~ 80 years)
Other Partners: Richard GLOVER m. 11 Jul 1734Marriage License 4 Jan 1749/50 Canterbury, Kent, England
- "Beacon, Theodore, widr., and Eiiz.Glover, w., both of Lynstead. At L.,Teynham or Wychling. Jan. 4, 1749."
(Cowper, 6th series, p31; KFHS CD 18, PDF p13)
Married 19 Jan 1749/50 St. Margaret’s Church, Wichling, Kent, England
- From Ancestry, a collection referred to as "Kent: - Register of Marriages, 1538-1837 b (Marriage)", book "Marriages at Wichling, 1577 to 1837." (4 Apr 2014)
Last Modified 31 Mar 2020 Family ID F4096 Family Group Page | Family Chart


