The Weald - People history and genealogy

John Collier: 1685-1760, town clerk and mayor of Hastings, Attorney and Surveyor General of the Customs for Kent
Copy coroner's inquisition - ref. SAY/330 - date: 8 Jun 1715
Before Anthony Trumble, coroner of the rape of Hastings, held by adjournment at the White Hart, Breadsell Green [in Battle] on the body of William Beeching of Hollington, deceased, accidentally killed at Telham [in Battle] 22 May 1715 by James Smith, one of His Majesty's riding officers of the customs, when apprehended in the act of taking smuggled goods to Battle
William BEECEN of Hollington 1715 [B16 f.19r]
18 June 1715 Misericordia BEECHEN, relict. to administer
Witnesses: John BAKER of Wartling, gent. & William TAYLOR of East Grinstead, bricklayer
£18.16.6

25^th May 1715

Buried

At St. Clement's Church in the Parish of Hastings, Sussex

Hastings Burial Registers
Jack Beeching's research

m: c 1615

b: c 1595

b: 1620 Hawkhurst, Kent
ch: 8^th Oct 1620 St Laurence Church
d: Dec 1687 Ticehurst, Sussex
bur: 27^th Dec 1687 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex

b: 1627 Hawkhurst, Kent
ch: 23^rd Sep 1627 St Laurence Church

b: 1630 Hawkhurst, Kent
ch: 11^th Apr 1630 St Laurence Church

b: 1631 Hawkhurst, Kent
ch: 12^th Jul 1631 St Laurence Church

b: 1633/34 Ticehurst, Sussex
ch: 1^st Jan 1633/34 St. Mary the Virgin Church

b: 1636 Ticehurst, Sussex
ch: 1^st May 1636 St. Mary the Virgin Church

Great-
Grandfather
record

Henry Beeching

m: c 1645

Elizabeth

b: 1620 Hawkhurst, Kent
ch: 8^th Oct 1620 St Laurence Church
d: Dec 1687 Ticehurst, Sussex
bur: 27^th Dec 1687 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex

b: c 1620
d: May 1696 Ticehurst, Sussex
bur: 7^th May 1696 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex

b: 1650 Ticehurst, Sussex
ch: 22^nd Sep 1650 St. Mary the Virgin Church
d: May 1703 Ticehurst, Sussex
bur: 25^th May 1703 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Ticehurst, Sussex

b: 1652/53 Ticehurst, Sussex
ch: 9^th Jan 1652/53 St. Mary the Virgin Church

b: 1654/55 Ticehurst, Sussex
ch: 15^th Feb 1654/55 St. Mary the Virgin Church

b: 1656/57 Ticehurst, Sussex
ch: 25^th Jan 1656/57 St. Mary the Virgin Church

b: 1658/59 Ticehurst, Sussex
ch: 27^th Feb 1658/59 St. Mary the Virgin Church

b: 1661 Ticehurst, Sussex
ch: 12^th May 1661 St. Mary the Virgin Church
d: Dec 1707 Hastings, Sussex
bur: 21^st Dec 1707 St. Clement's Church, Hastings, Sussex

b: 1665 Ticehurst, Sussex
ch: After 30^th Apr 1665 St. Mary the Virgin Church

Grandfather
record

2nd marriage

William Beeching

m: 14^th Apr 1691 All Saints, Lewes, Sussex

Sarah Withers

b: 1661 Ticehurst, Sussex
ch: 12^th May 1661 St. Mary the Virgin Church
d: Dec 1707 Hastings, Sussex
bur: 21^st Dec 1707 St. Clement's Church, Hastings, Sussex

b: c 1670
d: Jan 1697/98 Hastings, Sussex
bur: 20^th Jan 1697/98 St. Clement's Church, Hastings, Sussex

Anne

William

Thomas

b: 1692 Hastings, Sussex
ch: 15^th Apr 1692 St. Clement's Church
d: Nov 1692 Hastings, Sussex
bur: 10^th Nov 1692 St. Clement's Church, Hastings, Sussex

b: 1693 Hastings, Sussex
ch: 4^th Oct 1693 St. Clement's Church
d: 22^nd May 1715 Battle, Sussex
bur: 25^th May 1715 St. Clement's Church, Hastings, Sussex

b: 1696 Hastings, Sussex
ch: 21^st Apr 1696 St. Clement's Church
d: Feb 1697/98 Hastings, Sussex
bur: 1^st Feb 1697/98 St. Clement's Church, Hastings, Sussex

Parental
record

William Beeching

m: 21^st Apr 1713 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex

Mercey Taylor

b: 1693 Hastings, Sussex
ch: 4^th Oct 1693 St. Clement's Church
d: 22^nd May 1715 Battle, Sussex
bur: 25^th May 1715 St. Clement's Church, Hastings, Sussex

b: 1694 East Grinstead, Sussex
ch: 8^th Jan 1694 St Swithin Parish Church

William

Mercy

b: 1714
d: Jun 1714 East Grinstead, Sussex
bur: 8^th Jun 1714 St Swithin Parish Church, East Grinstead, Sussex

b: 1715 Hollington, Sussex
ch: 28^th Sep 1715

Family
record