Thomas Becher (c1640-1709)

Elizabeth Turner was born on an unknown date, the daughter of Henry Turner and Dorothy Boyle. As her youngest child was born in 1688 Elizabeth must have been born after 1642, and before the death of her father Henry in 1653.
As Elizabeth’s father died when she was a young child. She was probably raised by her mother and her stepfather Thomas Roberts, a clergyman in the Dioceses of Cork and Ross and of Cloyne who died in 1664.

Thomas Becher was born about 1640, Baltimore, Co Cork, the son of Henry Becher and Elizabeth Notte.
Thomas was educated by a Mr French at Baltimore, and on 2 June 1658 was admitted to Trinity College Dublin aged 18, giving his birth place as Baltimore (Alumni Dublinensis 1924 p 55).