People search
(married name will be ignored if broad check is ticked;
a broad check includes a search for nicknames, married names and other alternative names)Where were they from?
Search for places, see all people in the tree with events in that place, and (where added) see places marked on a map with photos, links and other information about the location.

Joseph BEKEN
Set As Default Person -
Name Joseph BEKEN Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 1747 Biddenden, Kent, England
Baptised 13 Dec 1747 All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England
- KFHS transcript CD 24
Gender Male Died 10 Feb 1806 - "Joseph BEKEN son of Joseph and Hannah Beken, 10th February 1806 aged 58. Left issue by Sarah his wife: Hannah, Joseph, Sarah, Lydia and James. Sarah his wife 21st September 1824 aged 77. Lydia their daughter, 12th January 1824 aged 37."
From gravestone, as transcribed on www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsBiddenden/MIsBiddenden.htm
Buried 15 Mar 1806 All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England
- KFHS transcript CD 24
"Married - housekeeper" (I suspect this means "householder")
Siblings1 brother Patriarch & Matriarch
James BACON, bur. 10 Mar 1648/49, St. Dunstan’s Church, Cranbrook, Kent, England
(2 x Great Grandfather) 
Hannah EDMET, b. Abt 1721, Biddenden, Kent, England
, d. 6 Jun 1793, Biddenden, Kent, England
(Age ~ 72 years) (Mother) 
Person ID I4142 All Last Modified 17 Feb 2013
Father Joseph BEKEN, b. 1721, d. 24 Mar 1802, Biddenden, Kent, England
(Age 81 years) Mother Hannah EDMET, b. Abt 1721, Biddenden, Kent, England
, d. 6 Jun 1793, Biddenden, Kent, England
(Age ~ 72 years) Married 29 Apr 1746 All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England
- KFHS transcript CD 24, both otp
Family ID F3166 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Sarah BARLING, b. 7 Apr 1747, d. 21 Sep 1824 (Age 77 years) Banns of marriage 8 Sep 1776 All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England
- Joseph otp, Sarah of Halden, bach and spinster
KFHS transcript CD 24
Married 8 Oct 1776 St. Mary the Virgin Church, High Halden, Kent, England
- KFHS transcript CD 23
Marr by banns, Joseph of Biddenden, Sarah otp; witnesses were Joseph Beken (snr) and Mry Judges
Children5 children Last Modified 17 Feb 2013 Family ID F3168 Family Group Page | Family Chart
-
Event Map Click to hide 
Born - 1747 - Biddenden, Kent, England 


Baptised - 13 Dec 1747 - All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England 


Banns of marriage - 8 Sep 1776 - All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England 


Married - 8 Oct 1776 - St. Mary The Virgin Church, High Halden, Kent, England 


Child - Hannah Edmett BEKEN - 28 Oct 1777 - All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England 


Child - Joseph BEKEN - 16 Apr 1781 - All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England 


Child - Sarah BEKEN - 9 Jun 1783 - All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England 


Child - Lydia BEKEN - 9 Jul 1786 - All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England 


Child - James BEKEN - 19 Aug 1788 - All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England 


Buried - 15 Mar 1806 - All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England 

= Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend


