Benedicta 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, was baptised there at Ss Mary & Eanswith Church on 11 Oct 1795 and also married John Pope (a builder with whom she had 6 children: John, William, Susanna, Eliza, Elizabeth and Henry) there at Ss Mary & Eanswith Church on 19 Jul 18145. On 6 Jun 1841, she was living at Fancy Street, Folkestone, less than a mile from her nephew Edmund Tutt who was living in Folkestone, Kent, England7.

She died on 28 Oct 1850 at Mill Lane, Folkestone2,4 (ulceration of the bowels) and was buried at Ss Mary & Eanswith Church, Folkestone on 2 Nov 18502,6.

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, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
3. Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry burials 1538-1988 - Findmypast
4. 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
5. England Marriages 1538-1973 - Findmypast
6. Kent, Canterbury Archdeaconry burials 1538-1988 - Findmypast
7. 1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 45 and the wife of the head of the household)