Benedicta Pope (née Peters) 1795 - 1850

The child of Henry Peters and Mary Scott,

Benedicta Peters, the four times great-aunt of Nigel Horne, was born in Folkestone, Kent, England in 17951,2,3,4, was baptized there at Parish Church of St Mary & St Eanswythe, Church Street on Oct 11, 1795 and also married John Pope (a builder with whom she had 6 children: John, William, Susanna, Eliza, Elizabeth and Henry) there at Parish Church of St Mary & St Eanswythe, Church Street, on Jul 19, 18146 (St Mary and St Eanswyth Church). On Jun 6, 1841, she lived at Fancy Street in Folkestone10.

She died on Oct 28, 1850 on Mill Lane in Folkestone3,5 (ulceration of the bowels) and was buried at Parish Church of St Mary & St Eanswythe, Church Street, Folkestone on Nov 2, 18503,7,8,9.

Parents

1. Henry was born in 1755
2. Mary was born c. 1755

Children

1. John was born in 1825
2. William was born on Mar 2, 1827
3. Susanna was born in 1830
4. Eliza was born c. 1833
5. Elizabeth was born on Jul 13, 1836
6. Henry was born c. Feb 1838

Citations

1. 1841 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841. Data imaged from the National
2. England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991 - Findmypast
3. England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
4. Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry burials 1538-1988 - Findmypast
5. England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index: 1837-1915 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
6. England Marriages 1538-1973 - Findmypast
7. Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry burials 1538-1988 - Findmypast
8. England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991 - Findmypast
9. England Deaths & Burials 1538-1991 - Findmypast
10. 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 45 and the wife of the head of the household)

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