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Theodore BECON

Theodore BECON

Male 1698 - 1762  (~ 63 years)    Has 100 ancestors and 12 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Theodore BECON 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Baptised 17 Oct 1698  St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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"
    Siblings 4 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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 19 Mar 1711/12, St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 25 Jul 1739, St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth FOX,   bap. 23 Jul 1676, St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 7 Feb 1756, St. Mary’s Church, Lenham, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years) 
    Marriage License 28 Jan 1694/95  Canterbury, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • "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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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
    Children 7 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 1734 
    Marriage License 4 Jan 1749/50  Canterbury, Kent, England See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • "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 See the place on a map and other information about it - if available (many more will be in time); also all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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