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John BECON

John BECON

Male Abt 1646 - Yes, date unknown    Has 9 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name John BECON 
    Relationshipwith Teresa Ann GOATHAM
    Born Abt 1646 
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Siblings 3 brothers 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Thomas BECON,   b. Abt 1480,   d. Yes, date unknown  (2 x Great Grandfather) 
    Elizabeth BREDIMAN,   b. Abt 1603, Boughton Aluph, 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,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Mother) 
    Notes 
    • (Research):According to Burke's Landed Gentry John died unmarried. But since no date or place is given how did the researcher know?
    Person ID I4071  All
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2022 

    Father Basil BECON, [Family Dubious],   b. 1598,   d. Abt 1665  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth BREDIMAN,   b. Abt 1603, Boughton Aluph, 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,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Other Partners: William NEALE  m. 19 Aug 1633;   Mark SHORTE  m. 14 Aug 1640  
    Marriage License 21 Feb 1642/43  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, Basil, of Waltham, g., ba, 35 and upwards, and Elizabeth Shorte of  Wye, w. of Mark Shorte, late s. p., dec. At Wye or Crundale. Feb. 21, 1643."
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    Married Abt 21 Feb 1643/44  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 
    • The marriage licence shows the marriage was to be at Wye or Crundale (acc. to Cowper's transcripts). But I have not found an entry in the PRs (KFHS transcripts) for either parish.
      And in Wye a widow Elizabeth Short married a James Alexander in 1645 so did Basil marry this Elizabeth, or did the marriage fail to take place?
      Short was a very uncommon name in Wye, and the burial of Mark in 1643 was the only burial of any Short in the Parish, 1538-1865, though with Elizabeth such a common name it's not impossible that there was another.

      All the children of Basil and Elizabeth shown here are shown as such in Burke's Landed Gentry, but there is no baptism information for any of them.
      So where did the researcher get the info - a will that isn't mentioned?

      There clearly was a Robert who was of Mersham when he married, born about 1643. Burke also shows Basil as having bought land in Mersham; if this is correct then it seems quite likely that he was a son of Basil, but Basil's brother Thomas had lands in Mersham so maybe Robert was his son (with his second wife - unlikely to have been born 1643 but could have legitimately been born 1645)?

      The burial of Basil, shown as the son of Basil, could be the burial of Thomas's son Basil (son with his 3rd wife) - I don't know what became of him, or even the burial of this Basil, if he didn't marry.
      But many records are not online, and from this period of those that are, not all are legible. About 1640-1660 many are missing due to the Civil War and protectorate; I don't know enough to dismiss Burke's data on Basil's family at present (though the Becon tree published by Burke's is clearly wrong or dubious in some other areas).
    Family ID F3108  Family Group Page  |  Family Chart