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) at Ss Mary & Eanswith Church on 19 Jul 18145. On 6 Jun 1841, she was living at Fancy Street, Folkestone7.

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)