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Name:
James BECKETT
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
c. 1773
Tharston3
Baptism:
23 May 1773 (age 0)
Tharston3
Census:
1841 (age 67-68)
Tharston4
65, farmer, living with wife Mary (60), children Sarah (25, female servant) and James (25, male servant), and John BECKETT (60, agricultural labourer)
Death:
21 Mar 1849 (age 75-76)
Burial:
28 Mar 1849
Tharston7
MI:
Tharston6
Address: St. Mary's Churchyard
IN MEMORY OF MARY THE WIFE OF JAMES BECKETT WHO DIED FEB 1ST 1845 AGED 65 YEARS [THREE LINES ILLEGIBLE] ALSO OF JAMES BECKETT HER AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND WHO DIED MARCH 21ST 1849 AGED 75 YEARS [FIVE LINES ILLEGIBLE]
Name:
Mary BARNARD
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
c. 1781
Census:
1841 (age 59-60)
Tharston4
609, living with husband James (65, farmer), children Sarah (25, female servant) and James (25, male servant), and John BECKETT (60, agricultural labourer)
Death:
1 Feb 1845 (age 63-64)
Burial:
6 Feb 1845
Tharston8
MI:
Tharston6
Address: St. Mary's Churchyard
IN MEMORY OF MARY THE WIFE OF JAMES BECKETT WHO DIED FEB 1ST 1845 AGED 65 YEARS [THREE LINES ILLEGIBLE] ALSO OF JAMES BECKETT HER AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND WHO DIED MARCH 21ST 1849 AGED 75 YEARS [FIVE LINES ILLEGIBLE]
Name:
Sarah BECKETT
Sex:
Female
Census:
1841
Tharston4
25, female servant, living with parents James (65, farmer) and Mary (60), brother James (25, male servant), and John BECKETT (60, agricultural labourer)
Death:
23 Aug 1891
Burial:
2 Sep 1891
Tharston10
Address: St. Mary's Churchyard
living in Metfield, Suffolk at the time of her death
MI:
Tharston6
Address: St. Mary's Churchyard
IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF • SARAH BECKETT • DAUGHTER OF THE LATE • JAMES & MARY BECKETT • BORN FEB. 7TH 1870 [?] • DIED AUG. 23RD 1891
Name:
James BECKETT
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
13 Jul 1813
Tharston11
Baptism:
8 Aug 1813 (age 0)
Tharston11
Census:
1841 (age 27-28)
Tharston4
25, male servant, living with parents James (65, farmer) and Mary (60), sister Sarah (25, female servant), and John BECKETT (60, agricultural labourer)
Census:
1851 (age 37-38)
Tharston12
37, farmer of 48 acres employing 3 labourers, living with sister Rachel (27)
Census:
1861 (age 47-48)
Moulton13
Address: Wacton Hall Farm, Moulton
47, farmer of 233 acres employing 6 men, living with wife Sarah (47) and servants Harriet GIRLING (18, dairy maid), Ann MEARS (16, housemaid), William MEARS (22, carter), Walter LONG (15, cowboy) and George DADE (14, cowboy)
Death:
27 Dec 1870 (age 57)
Burial:
4 Jan 1871
Tharston15
MI:
Tharston14
Address: St. Mary's Churchyard
JAMES BECKETT FORMERLY OF THIS PARISH LATE OF WACTON HALL WHO DIED ON THE 27TH DAY OF DECEMBER 1870 IN THE 51ST [thought it should have read in his 57th year] YEAR OF HIS AGE SARAH / THE WIFE OF JAMES BECKETT OF WACTON HALL WHO DIED ON THE 17TH DAY OF AUGUST 1861 IN THE 49TH YEAR OF HER AGE
Name:
Sophia BECKETT
Sex:
Female
Birth:
24 Jul 1815
Tharston17
Baptism:
20 Aug 1815 (age 0)
Tharston17
Death:
30 Oct 1847 (age 32)
Tharston6
Burial:
6 Nov 1847
Tharston18
MI:
Tharston6
Address: St. Mary's Churchyard
IN MEMORY OF • SOPHIA • the Daughter of • JAMES & MARY BECKETT • who died October 30TH • 1847 • Aged 32 Years • He need not come you know my dear • He is in heaven and he is here • And this is what he wants to do • To put his spirit into you • He came to earth came down from heaven • He died that we might be forgiven • And this is what you must believe • Those who repent he will receive • BE REALLY SORROW AND RELY ON JESUS CHRIST WHO CAME TO DIE AND [.....] TO HAVE YOUR SINS FORGIVEN AND [.....] WILL TAKE YOU ON TO HEAVEN
Name:
Rachel BECKETT
Sex:
Female
Birth:
2 Jul 1821
Tharston19
Baptism:
8 Jul 1821 (age 0)
Tharston19
Census:
1841 (age 19-20)
Tharston20
15, living in the household of Elizabeth RIX (60)
Census:
1851 (age 29-30)
Tharston12
27, living with brother James (37, farmer of 48 acres employing 3 labourers)
Census:
1861 (age 39-40)
Needham21
Address: The Street, Needham
30, housekeeper, living in the household of Samuel TAYLOY (67, farmer of 33 acres employing 1 man)
Census:
1871 (age 49-50)
Wacton22
Address: By the Common, Wacton
44, farmer of 200 acres, living with visitor Ann J HARRISON (34) and servants Caroline GIRLING (25, general servant), Louisa LIGHTNING (17, general servant) and William NICHOLS (15, farm servant)
Census:
1881 (age 59-60)
Tharston23
54, farmer of 45 acres employing 2 men, living with servant Sarah SMITH (14, general servant)
Census:
1891 (age 69-70)
Tharston24
Address: The Street, Tharston
65, farmer, living with servant Amelia ROBERTS (15, domestic servant
Death:
21 Jan 1896 (age 74)
Tharston25
Burial:
27 Jan 1896
Tharston26
MI:
Tharston6
Address: St. Mary's Churchyard
IN MEMORY OF • RACHEL BECKETT • WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE • JAN. 21ST 1896 • AGED 74 YEARS • THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY. BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD
Probate:
1 Jan 1897
London27
BECKETT Rachel of Tharston Norfolk spinster died 21 January 1896 Probate London 1 January to Alfred John Browne Kett and John Barnard farmers. Effects £596 0s. 11d.
Parish register - banns. Tharston. Cit. Date: 9 September 1804.
Parish register - marriage. Bunwell. Cit. Date: 8 October 1804.
Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 23 May 1773.
1841 Census. HO107 757 6 6. Cit. Date: 1841.
Civil Registration - death. 1849 Q1 Depwade 13 43. Cit. Date: Q1 1849.
Memorial. St. Mary's Churchyard, Tharston.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 28 March 1849.
Ibid. Cit. Date: 6 February 1845.
Civil Registration - death. 1845 Q1 Depwade 13 44. Cit. Date: Q1 1845.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 2 September 1891.
Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 8 August 1813.
1851 Census. HO107 1821 658 8. Cit. Date: 1851.
1861 Census. RG09 234 7 16. Cit. Date: 1861.
Memorial. St. Mary's Church, Tharston.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 4 January 1871.
Civil Registration - death. 1870 Q4 Depwade 4B 183. Cit. Date: Q4 1870.
Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 20 August 1815.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 6 November 1847.
Parish register - baptism. Tharston. Cit. Date: 8 July 1821.
1841 Census. HO107 757 6 7. Cit. Date: 1841.
1861 Census. RG09 1231 108 10. Cit. Date: 1861.
1871 Census. RG10 1836 165 1. Cit. Date: 1871.
1881 Census. RG11 1969 52 6. Cit. Date: 1881.
1891 Census. RG12 1545 127 2. Cit. Date: 1891.
Civil Registration - death. 1896 Q1 Depwade 4B 171. Cit. Date: Q1 1896.
Parish register - burial. Tharston. Cit. Date: 27 January 1896.
National Probate Calendar. Cit. Date: 1 January 1897.
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