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Catherine BEACON
Set As Default Person -
Name Catherine BEACON Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Gender Female Died Yes, date unknown
Siblings3 brothers
Half-siblings1 half brother and 2 half sisters (family of William CRAFT and Martha ROPER) Patriarch & Matriarch
Thomas BECON, b. Abt 1480, d. Yes, date unknown (6 x Great Grandfather)
Martha ROPER, bap. 31 Mar 1755, St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England
, d. 1827 (Age ~ 71 years) (Mother) 
Notes - Married when her mother wrote her will, but her marriage PR record points to her being the son of Martha and her second husband. This makes sense as Thomas's mother was called Catherine, so she was probably named after her grandmother.
Person ID I13336 All Last Modified 12 Aug 2016
Father Thomas BEACON, b. Abt 1755, bur. 14 Dec 1816, St. Bartholomew’s Church, Bobbing, Kent, England
(Age ~ 61 years) Mother Martha ROPER, bap. 31 Mar 1755, St. John the Baptist Church, Bredgar, Kent, England
, d. 1827 (Age ~ 71 years)
Other Partners: William CRAFT m. 24 Oct 1773Married 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.
Family ID F5791 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 John GILBERT, d. Yes, date unknown Children 1. Thomas BEACON, b. 30 Nov 1812, d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 12 Aug 2016 Family ID F5796 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Joseph COPPING, d. Yes, date unknown Married 19 Apr 1817 St. Mary Northgate Church, Canterbury, Kent, England
- From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 12 Aug 2016):
"Joseph Coppen, Bachelor of this Parish
and Catharine Beacon, Spinster of this Parish
were married in this Church by Banns with Consent of
this nineteenth Day of
April in the Year One thousand eight hundred and seventeen
By me Tho. Bennett, Vicar
This Marriage was solemnized between us Joseph Coppen + his Mark, Catharine Beacon
In the Presence of William Beacon, Mary Coppen X her Mark
No. 153."
(Archive reference U3/103 p.51)
Children2 children Last Modified 12 Aug 2016 Family ID F8750 Family Group Page | Family Chart


