BECKETT Family - Cheshire

[JDGen]

Amended with updated information 25/01/2013:
Allen Beckett married Ellen Sutton 10 March 1674 at Astbury

Son John BECKETT m Mary DAVIS(S) Sandbach St Mary 1707 (not proven):

son John BECKETT baptised Goostrey St Luke 1712 d Aston by Sutton 1789 m Mary JOHNSON in 1737 at Witton St Helen, children:

Mary born 1739
John born 1742
Samuel born 1744 baptised at Tarvin
Martha born 1745 baptised at Tarvin
Thomas
Ann born 1748
Allen born 1750
Ellen born 1756
*Some of these dates are guesswork as baptisms cannot be found yet so MI's have been used

Samuel m Ann GERRARD in 1767 at Aston by Sutton St Peter, children:
Thomas born 1768 Great Budworth
John born 1770 Warburton
Samuel born 1772 Warburton
Mary born 1776 Warburton
Samuel remarried Ann GREEN at Warrington St Elphin in 1780 after death of first wife, children:
Allen born 1781 Warburton
James born 1782 Warburton
Ann born 1784 Warburton
Ellen born 1787 Warburton
Thomas born 1790 Warburton
Samuel remarried Lydia HOUGH at Warburton in 1796 after death of second wife, no more children!

Have lots more information on these lines, a son of Samuel (1772) (Henry b 1802) emigrated to Canada in 1854.

Jean

[sixtiestek]

The following helps to sort out the descendants of Allen Becket (d.1728) and Ellen SUTTON whose son Ralph is:

Will of Ralph Beckett WS-1762
Summary:
Husbandman of Little Peover.
Extracts:

No wife or issue mentioned.
Legacies to:
Sisters: Anne Dudley, Mary Daniel,
Sister Ellen Birkenhead’s four daughters Martha,Anne, Elizabeth & Ellen.
Sister Martha Booth’s two children.
Brother Allen’s two Children
Brother John’s five children
Brother Thomas’ three children
Sister Anne’s three children
Niece: Anne Dudley & her two sisters
Niece: Ellen Woodward
Josiah Woodward
William Jayneson (or Jameson)
Nephew: John Beckett of Sutton
Nephew: Thomas Beckett of Hartford
Nephew John Jameson’s five children
Five children of Josiah & Ellen Woodward my niece
Seven children of my niece Mary Mason (one of whom, John, is lame & crippled)
Niece Ellen Cragg’s five children
Nephew Allen Beckett’s two children who was son to my brother Thomas
All the children of William & Anne Jayneson (or Jameson), my niece
Eight children of my nephew John Beckett of Sutton
Nine children of my nephew Samuel Beckett of Hartford
Three children of my niece Elizabeth Heywood
Nine children of my niece Charlotte Booth
Three children of my nephew Thomas Booth of Astbury
Three children of my nephew Allen Booth
Daughter of my niece Elizabeth Heyes
Micah Sutton & Thomas Sutton his brother of Astbury & to Robert Armitt of Over Peover, blacksmith
The five children of my nephew John Beckett of Hulme Walfield
John Hooley son of my niece Mary Hooley
To my two brothers-in-law; Jonathan Dudley & William Daniel
Two sisters-in-law
Executors: Thomas Beckett of Hartford, John Dooley of Allostock & William Jackson of Little Peover

Dated 23rd November 1761
Signed

HTH

[JDGen]

Hi sixtiestek - thank you for posting this information and welcome to RootsChat!

Since I originally made the post I have made the connection back to Allen Beckett of Lower Peover through the wills of Ralph Beckett (1762) and of Allen (1729) - I should have updated my original post to reflect this and will do so now.

I'm pretty sure the line is back through Allen's son John but can't yet find a baptism for him to be certain but the reference to nephew John Beckett of Sutton in Ralph's will is fairly conclusive.  I've estimated that John (senior) fits between Allen who was baptised 1680 at Astbury, and Ralph baptised 1684 at Astbury - if this is the case he should also be baptised at Astbury but I haven't found him there - or I have him in the wrong sequence of births.

I've done a bit of work in following the other lines down, but have much more work to do on this.

Are you connected to this family, if so we must be distantly related!

Jean

[sixtiestek]

Hi Jean,
I'm descended from John's brother Thomas (christened 27 Dec 1685 at Astbury). His daughter Ellen married Joshua CRAGG at Rostherne 3 Feb 1729/30. They both died young and the Becketts rallied round to support their five orphans as various wills and the Lower Peover Town book testify. Their descendents have incorporated the forename Allen in each generation down to mine (my middle name). So, yes, it would appear we are cousins of some sort: Allen BECKET and Ellen SUTTON were my g(x7)grandparents.
Nice to catch up cousin!
Best wishes,
-Martin

[JDGen]

Hi Martin,

Good to meet you.  I did start tracing the Cragg connection downwards but couldn't be sure of some of the marriages.  I have the following children of Joshua and Ellen:
Mary 1730 Over Peover
Richard 1732 Over Peover
Joshua 1733 Tabley
Thomas 1735 Tabley
John 1746 Tabley
First 2 children baptised at Lower Peover and the last 3 at Rostherne.  But there appears to be a large gap between Thomas and John so I may be missing something.

I haven't come across the Lower Peover town book so would be very interested to find out what is in it!

I'll send you a personal message to that we can continue off the thread.

Jean