Symon Beverton (bef. 1575 - 1624)

Husband of Mary (Squire) Beverton — married 16 Feb 1603 in Harbledown, Kent, England

Descendants

Died 20 Apr 1624 after age 49 in Canterbury All Saints Parish, Kent, England

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Biography

Symon Beverton was a cloth maker, specifically a shearman (skilled worker who sheared the nap from cloth), according to two records in the Roll of the Freemen of the City of Canterbury:^[1]
-1634 Roll mentions his son Simon is a clothworker and notes Simon snr was a shearman.
-1642 Roll records his daughter Deborah’s marriage to the vinter, Henry Everet, and lists Symon's occupation was a clothworker

Symon seems to have been married 3 times, according to two death records and one marriage record. He had ten children:

• first marriage: Marye Beverton, who was the wife of Symon Beverton and was buried 2 Jul 1599 at All Saints Church, Canterbury ^[2]
  

children:
1) Anne 10 Jan 1590
2) Jhon 05 Nov 1592
3) Symon 20 Feb 1596 ^[3]

• second marriage: Hester Beverton, who was the wife of Symon Beverton and was buried 30 Oct 1602 at All Saints Church, Canterbury ^[4]
• third marriage: Mary Squire/Squier on 16 Feb 1603 in Harbledown, Kent, England. ^[5]
  

children:
4) Anne 10 Mar 1604 ^[6]
5) Josephe 20 May 1611 ^[7]
6) John 01 Aug 1613 ^[8]
7) Margaret 31 Dec 1615 ^[9]
8) Marye 31 Dec 1615 ^[10]
9) Thomas 15 Feb 1617 ^[11]
10) Debora 18 Jun 1620 ^[12]

A 1629 marriage application for John Alchorn of Faversham, Kent, bachelor, 23, to Anne Beverton, of St Catherine Cree Church, spinster 23, mentions she is the daughter of Simon Beverton citizen, and cloth worker, and that he is deceased.^[13]

There is a record for Symon Beverton burial on 20 April 1624 at Canterbury All Saints Parish, Kent, England ^[14]

Notes

One of his descendants, Squier/Squire Beverton (possibly named after Mary Squire's surname) became the Mayor of Canterbury in 1659, and his son or grandson, also Squier Beverton, became Mayor in 1683 and 1697.^[15]

The Roll of the Freemen of the City of Canterbury (by Joseph Meadows Cowper) also lists a number of Beverton men:

• Simon Beverton, clothworker, son of Simon Beverton, Shearman, 1634
• Thomas Beverton, clothworker son of Simon Beverton, clothworker, 1643
• Squier Beverton, son of Mayor Squier Beverton, 1660
  • Squier Beverton, gent, son of Squier Beverton, Alderman, 1695
  • John Beverton, brewer, son Squier Beverton, Alderman, 1700
  • Simon Beverton, gent, son Squier Beverton, 1702
  • Thomas Beverton, brewer, son Squier Beverton, 1703
    • Squier Beverton, bricklayer, son of Thomas Beverton, maltster, 1741
    • William Beverton of Chatham, husbandman, son of Thomas Beverton, Canterbury maltster, 1741
• Joseph Beverton, son of Squier Beverton, 1671
• John Beverton, tinman, son of Squier Beverton, Alderman, 1678
  • William Beverton, silkweaver, son of John Beverton, 1740

Sources

1. ↑ / Roll of the Freemen of the City of Canterbury
2. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZPN-3YF : 24 December 2014), Symon Beverton in entry for Marye Beverton, 02 Jul 1599; citing , reference item 5 p 26; FHL microfilm 1,751,623.
3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NNLQ-TQT : 11 February 2018, Symon Beverton, ); citing All Saints Church, Canterbury, Kent, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,751,623.
4. ↑ ""England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZPN-33K : 24 December 2014), Symon Beverton in entry for Hester Beverton, 30 Oct 1602; citing , reference item 5 p 29; FHL microfilm 1,751,623.
5. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKR2-VMT : 10 December 2014), Simon Beverton and Mary Squire, 16 Feb 1603; citing Harbledown,Kent,England, reference ; FHL microfilm 0924120 IT 3.
6. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL7H-W4F : 11 February 2018, Symon Beverton in entry for Anne Beverton, 10 Mar 1604); citing Canterbury, Kent, , England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,751,623.
7. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JMSB-CF9 : 11 February 2018, Symon Beverton in entry for Josephe Beverton, 20 May 1611); citing Canterbury, Kent, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,751,623.
8. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JQKD-YXZ : 11 February 2018, Symon Beverton in entry for John Beverton, 01 Aug 1613); citing Canterbury, Kent, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,751,623.
9. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSY6-WRZ : 11 February 2018, Symon Beverton in entry for Margaret Beverton, 31 Dec 1615); citing Kent, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,736,584.
10. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL7C-3YH : 11 February 2018, Symon Beverton in entry for Marye Beverton, 31 Dec 1615); citing Canterbury, Kent, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,751,623.
11. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NL7C-Q5F : 11 February 2018, Symon Beverton in entry for Thomas Beverton, 15 Feb 1617); citing Canterbury, Kent, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,751,623.
12. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JW3B-W6V : 11 February 2018, Symon Beverton in entry for Debora Beverton, 18 Jun 1620); citing Canterbury, Kent, , England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,751,623.
13. ↑ http://www.yourtotalevent.com/beverton/Bevertonparish.htm
14. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JZWY-34D : 24 December 2014), Symon Beverton, 20 Apr 1624; citing , reference it 4; FHL microfilm 1,736,584.
15. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Canterbury