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==Origin of Surname== | ==Origin of Surname== | ||
The name means 'by a brook' and is found in the [[Assize Roll]] of 1309. | The name means 'by a brook' and is found in the [[Assize Roll]] of 1309. | ||
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*[[Becquet family wills from 1663 to 1948 held by Jersey Archive]] | *[[Becquet family wills from 1663 to 1948 held by Jersey Archive]] | ||
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+ | *[[No 55½ King Street|E Becquet had a paraffin depot at 55½ King Street in the 1880s]] | ||
==Family gravestones== | ==Family gravestones== |
Revision as of 07:03, 20 December 2016
Origin of Surname
The name means 'by a brook' and is found in the Assize Roll of 1309.
There is a Rue du Becquet Vincent in Trinity Jersey
Early records
- Elizabeth Becquet (1582- ) of St Saviour m (1602) Mark Orange. Their daughter Elizabeth (1617- ) married Abraham Becquet in 1637
- Elizabeth Becquet (1585- ) m Elie Gibout (1582- ) of St Lawrence
- Thomas Becquet was baptised in St Saviour in 1604
Variants
- Becquet, 1607
- Beket 1528
- Bequet, 1331
- de Beket, 1309
Family records
Baptisms
Family trees
Family wills
Family businesses
Family gravestones
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