Benjamin BEKEN

1754 - 1838  (~ 84 years)

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• Name	Benjamin BEKEN
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Baptised	24 Feb 1754	All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England
  	KFHS transcript, CD 24
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Biddenden, Kent, England
  	Farmer
  	From his gravestone
  Died	7 May 1838	Biddenden, Kent, England
  	Gravestone shows "Benjamin Beken late of this parish, farmer, 7th May 1838 aged 84. Martha his wife 18th September 1835 aged 81. Leaving issue two sons and seven daughters" From http://www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/Research/Libr/MIs/MIsBiddenden/MIsBiddenden.htm
  Buried	11 May 1838	All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England
  	KFHS transcript CD 24 aged 84, otp
  Siblings	1 brother and 6 sisters
  1. Deborah BEKEN,   bap. 31 Mar 1753, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   bur. 3 Apr 1753, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   2. Catherine BEKEN,   bap. 31 Mar 1753, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   bur. 3 Apr 1753, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England  (Age ~ 0 years) + 3. Benjamin BEKEN,   bap. 24 Feb 1754, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. 7 May 1838, Biddenden, Kent, England  (Age ~ 84 years) ▻ Martha COX,  m. 30 Sep 1776 + 4. Catherine BEKEN,   bap. 20 May 1756, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   bur. 6 Nov 1822, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England  (Age ~ 66 years) ▻ Richard WESTON,  m. 3 Apr 1774 + 5. Deborah BEKEN,   bap. 18 Nov 1758, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ John CLOUT,  m. 23 Feb 1783 + 6. John BEKEN,   b. 1761,   bur. 2 Dec 1834, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England  (Age ~ 73 years) ▻ Sarah BARROW,  m. 1 Aug 1791 + 7. Elizabeth BEKEN,   bap. 7 Jul 1765, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Edward ASHDOWN,  m. 13 Apr 1784 + 8. Mary BEKEN,   b. 1772,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ William Henden WINDER,  m. 16 Apr 1792
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	James BACON,   bur. 10 Mar 1648/49, St. Dunstan’s Church, Cranbrook, Kent, England   (2 x Great Grandfather)  Deborah CRAMPTON,   b. Abt 1725, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. 1796  (Age ~ 71 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID	I8253	All
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Benjamin BEKEN,   b. 1723, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. 18 Aug 1779  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Deborah CRAMPTON,   b. Abt 1725, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. 1796  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1753	All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England
  	KFHS transcript, CD 24 both otp
  Family ID	F3167	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha COX,   b. Abt 1754,   d. 18 Sep 1835, Biddenden, Kent, England  (Age ~ 81 years)
  Married	30 Sep 1776	All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England
  	KFHS transcript, CD 24 bach and spinster, both otp, witnessed by Thos Gravett and E.B.
  Children	11 children
  1. Benjamin BEKEN,   bap. 12 Jan 1777, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Rhoda BEKEN,   bap. 14 Jun 1778, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   bur. 20 Aug 1797, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England  (Age ~ 19 years) + 3. George BEKEN,   bap. 21 May 1781, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. 4 Dec 1871  (Age ~ 90 years) ▻ Hannah MARTIN   4. Martha BEKEN,   bap. 27 Oct 1782, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Ann BEKEN,   bap. 3 Jun 1787, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Isaac BEKEN,   bap. 27 Dec 1788, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Hannah WORSLEY  m. 1814 + 7. Harriott BEKEN,   bap. 22 Sep 1793, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Dinah BEKEN,   bap. 25 May 1790, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Deborah BEKEN,   bap. 16 May 1795, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Thomas LEEDS  m. 13 Sep 1823 + 10. Mary BEKEN,   bap. 13 Aug 1797, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Stephen BAKER  m. 29 Nov 1823   11. Rachel BEKEN,   bap. 18 Oct 1801, All Saints’ Church, Biddenden, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	17 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F4275	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart