Friend Fauchon b 1791 Bearstead

[emmalydia]

I sure could use some help on this one.  I have chased every avenue I can think of from Australia.  Friend is my 3xggrandfather and I have his marriage and death dates, census records, records of taverns where he was the publican and a lot of records about his family including those who came to South Australia.  Despite all this I cannot find a birth record or his parents' names.  I am positive he was related to John Fauchon b 1740 Wilmington - John's daughter Jane married John Bunyar, who became miller, Maidstone in 1811.  Friend was a witness at that wedding and, in the 1841 census, Friend's son Henry was living with the Bunyars.   Friend married Sarah Ann Roberts 30 Jul 1816 at St. Alphage Greenwich and died 1861 Camberwell.  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[bearkat]

John and Susan FAUCHON were baptising children in Bearsted at the time but I cannot see a baptism for Friend. 

There is a Fauchons Lane in Bearsted today.

[BettyofKent]

There are FAUCHONs in Allington, which is near Bearsted, but no baptism for Friend

Betty

[emmalydia]

Thank you for replying and this is the puzzle.  I know my Fauchon is related to John and Susan but keep coming to the brick wall.  Have also been down the Allington path - I'm beginning to think he changed his name!!  John and Susan are the parents of Jane who married the miller and who had Friend's son living with them at the time of the 1841 census and Jane was born Bearstead - I thought I would have him there.
Grateful for any clues people can give me.

Emmalydia 

[bearkat]

Have you tried the neighbouring parish of Thurnham?

[emmalydia]

Bearkat  thank you for this tip - I haven't tried Thurnham because I didn't know of it but I will now and hope for the best

Emmalydia

[bearkat]

There isn't much on the IGI for Thurnham - only 19th century female baptisms.

I don't think the parish baptisms have been transcribed yet.

Marriages are included in the Mid Kent Marriage Index

http://www.woodchurchancestry.org.uk/midkentmarriages/index.php

[bearkat]

Have you found burials and headstone for John and Susan?

Some Kent monumental inscriptions can be very informative and list the couple's children.

[emmalydia]

There is a family tree on Ancestry which includes John Fauchon and his family going back generations and there is no Friend amongst them.  I was thinking cousin but John seems to be the only surviving member of the children of his father William - the rest died as children. 
I will keep looking at that family though as I know there is a connection.
Thanks again    EL