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In thanking those who have so kindly responded to my
letters of inquiry, I would say that I shall continue the
" History of the American Beckwiths," and to that end request
that I may be informed of all genealogical events that may
take place in your families. Also I request biographical
sketches of yourselves, your parents, grandparents, etc.
PAUL BECKWITH.
1003 Twenty-fourth street, N. W.,
Washington, D. C.
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THE BECKWITHS.
The Beokwith Talisman.
Obverse, the area filled with planetary characters
with this inscription, "In Deo confideo revertentur
inimici meo retrosum." Reverse, these symbols U and
? in conjunction in §s with the inscription " A pavis
inimici custodi vitam meam oh tu Jehova." (Ducatus
Leodensis, Thursby).
A. RMS.
Yorkshire.
Ar. a chevron gu. fretty or., between 3 hinds' heads
erased, of the second. On a chief engrailled gu. a
saltier engrailled between 2 roses or, in pale, and on
a chief joined to the dexter and sinister sides a demy
fleur-de-lis paleways or.
Yorkshire.
Sa. on a chevron az. between 3 griffens' heads erased
or. a boar's head couped, between 2 pheons gu.
Aldborough in Yorkshire.
Ar. a chevron, between 3 hinds' heads erased gu.
Trimden in Durham.
Ar. a chevron between 3 hinds' heads couped gu.
6 The Beckuriths.
Cfo/ntonin Yorkshire.
Or. on a fess az. 3 fleur-deslis of the field.
Crests.
Beckwith or Bickwith. A stag's head erased.
Beckwith. An antelope ppr.
Beckwith. William of Thurcroft in York, and
Trimden in Durham. An antelope ppr. in mouth a
branch vert. Motto " Jouir en bien."
Beckwith. A dove az. in mouth 3 ears of wheat
vert, all ppr.
Beckwith of Durham. A roebuck's head couped sa.
Beckwith of Aldborough, York and Durham. A
stag's head couped sa.
Beckwith of York. A stag's head quarterly per
fess, indented or. and gu.
Beckwith of York. A stag's head quarterly per
fess, indented or. and az.
Beckwith or Beckworth of York. An eagle's head
or. depressed with two bends vert, wings one arg., the
other gu.
The Beckwiths.
SIR HUGH DE MALEBISSE.
" Sir Hugh de Malebisse, held lands, time of Wil-
liam the Conqueror," is all that Domesday Book tells
us of this valiant old Noflnan knight, for valiant he
must have been, or few broad acres would he have
possessed in those days, when men encased themselves
in iron shells, and struck hard with sword, lance and
club. When arms and armor hung conveniently near,
for outside one's own castle gate there generally was a
chance for blows ; and if we would know the men of
those days we must look for them under helmet and
shield, founders of a feudalism felt even unto our day.
Their lands, acquired at the sword's point, were held
only as a price of valor in the service of their sovereign.
At the time of the invasion of England, the Nor-
mans had lost all traces in language and manners of
their northern or Danish origin, and though but little
love existed between them and their French neighbors,
still it was in Normandy that the French language had
acquired its greatest polish and elegance. As the more
essential attributes of body and mind are not so easily
shaken off as language and conventional manners, the
Normans were distinguished from the other natives of
France by their stature, fair complexion, abstemiousness
and moral qualities ; we can, therefore, well imagine
Sir Hugh, tall of stature and fair of complexion, a type
8 The Bechwiths.
that distinguishes so many of his descendants, even
unto our day, as he stood in 1066 upon the shores of
England, eight hundred and twenty-four years ago,
and with his warrior companions, vowed by the aid of
Madame St. Mary (the patroness of Norman chivalry)
to carve with his good sword an Earldom or a narrow
resting place, which even England could not refuse
her valiant invaders.
Toward the end of the eleventh century, wild times
as they were, a glimpse of an approaching civilization
was seen in the erection by the nobles of frowning
castles and costly abbeys. William the Conqueror,
who with a single frown made England tremble, re-
built at his own expense, the superb Abbey of Jumieges,
where the Cleric found learning and the poor man
bread, on condition that the church should be under
the invocation of the Mother of God. He assisted in
person, with the Duchess Matilda, all his great Nor-
man Barons and their retinues, at the dedication July
1st, 1068, and who knows but that Sir Hugh may have
been a spectator, and may have accompanied the Con-
queror some years later when he crossed the sea to
Normandy, in order to be present at the dedication of
the Church of " Our Lady of Bayeau." It was at this
time, probably, that the Duchess Matilda paid hom-
age to Saint Mary of Bayeau, by presenting that cele-
brated tapestry in which her patient needle had in-
voked the great epoch of the conquest of England.
This drapery, " embroidered with figures and inscrip-
tion," was hung the whole length " of the nave of the
The Bechmths. 9
church," says an inventory of the treasures of our Lady
of Bayeau, drawn up in 1476. The tapestry of Bayeau
enables us to see in battle and in camp these rough and
rugged warriors, pioneers of a dawning civilization.
The work, even of the needle, was rude in those
days, still we can see there the men who fought at
Hastings, and here we find Sir Hugh, in a "leather
coat of tough Bull hide," covered with metal rings,
sewn upon it, touching at their circumference, not in-
terlaced, as in chain mail, for chain mail was as yet
unknown. The coat and breeches one piece with a
flap at the breast to admit the wearer, a casque of steel,
gilded and painted, shoes and gloves of leather, legs
protected by sheepskins fastened with leather straps,
armed with an embossed shield bound with iron and
covered with leather, upon which the arms were
painted, a long spear and broad-bladed sword, and so
appeared Sir Hugh, and his warrior companions.
Sir Hugh de Malebisse had three sons. Richard, the
eldest, was witness to the charter of Albert de Rain-
ville. Gralf red, the youngest, willed all his lands to God,
Madame St. Mary and the Monastery of Newbo, in
1142, and became the first Prior. Sir Hugh, the second
son, married tyrice ; through his second marriage he
became Lord of Knyveton ; his first wife, Emma, daugh-
ter of William de Percy, one of the great and powerful
Norman barons (ancestor of Harry Hotspur). Sir
Hugh lived in the reign of King Stephen, 1138, and
had issue, four sons and one daughter, as follows:
Hugo, Richard, Sir William, Sir Simon and Matilda.
/
10 The Bechwiths.
Hugo, the eldest, was Chief Justice of County York,
and married twice; his second wife was Lady Bea-
trice, Lady of the Manor of Wykes, County Cam-
bridge ; she founded the Priory of Spinney, during the
reign of Henry the Third, and died without issue, his
lands passing to his brother, Kichard de Malebisse,
Lord of Ancaster, Knyveton and other estates. He
lived during the time of Richard, the Lion Hearted,
and possibly accompanied him to the Holy Land. He
was Chief Forester of Galles, Derwent and Wonerdale;
Chief Justice of County York during the fourth year
of the reign of King John. In the second year of the
reign of Richard the First, he paid 20 pounds to be
Forester, as he had been in the time of King Henry.
He paid, first year of King John, 5 pounds for the
farm of Gueltres, and founded in 1198 the Monastery
of Newbo, in Lincolnshire, of the Order of Praemon-
statensis, and "gave to God, Madame St. Mary and
the Abbey of Newbo," of which his uncle Galfred was
Prior, all his lands in the village of Newbo, with the
Churches of Ancaster and Knyveton, and, also, other
lands. He had three sons. Robertus, the eldest,
whose line became extinct in the second generation ;
Richard, Lord of Beningworth, the youngest, died
without issue; John, the second son, confirmed the
grants his father, Richard, had received from Morton
Grange to the Abbey of Newbo in the fourteenth year
of the reign of King John.
John de Malebisse founded the de Malebisse branch
of our family, which became extinct in the eleventh
7
The Bechwiths. 11
generation, on the marriage of Elizabeth de Malebisse
to Adam Beckwith, Lord of Clint, in 1379.
The de Malebisse family, if we are to judge from
munificent gifts to abbeys and monasteries, were
wealthy and prominent, connected by marriage with
many of the noble families of England. Many were
High Sheriffs and Chief Justices, in those days offices
of high importance, filled only by the more prominent
nobles of the county. They were Lords of several
manors or estates.
Sir Walter de Malebisse mortgaged his Manor of
Scalton Castle to William Fairfax, on going to the
Holy Land, on a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre, as
was the habit of the nobles of those days, in fulfill-
ment of certain vows ; he made Richard Fairfax, son
of William, his heir in case he did not return ; this
Richard Fairfax, son of William, married the daughter
of Sir Thomas de Malebisse, brother of Sir Walter,
and, as Richard Fairfax afterward appeared on the
records of Yorkshire as seized of the lands and Castle
of Scalton, it is to be presumed that Sir Walter never
returned from his pious pilgrimage.
Sir Simon de Malebisse, Lord of Cowton in Craven,
fourth son of Sir Hugo de Malebisse, married the
daughter of John Lord de Methly. It was his son, Sir
Hercules de Malebisse, who, in 1226, married Lady
Dame Beckwith Bruce, daughter of Sir William Bruce,
Lord of Uglebarby, which lordship and other lands he
had inherited from his ancestor, Sir Robert Bruce, of
Skelton Castle, the progenitor of the Royal Braces of
/
12 The Beckwith*.
Scotland. It is from this marriage that we derive our
name. Lady Beckwith Bruce possessed, by inheritance,
an estate or manor of land, called " Beckwith," in the
old Anglo-Saxon "Beckworth," from "Beck" a brook
and " Worth " an estate. With a view, evidently, to the
perpetuation of the name, required her husband, by a
marriage contract dated 1226, to assume the name of
Beckwith.
Sir Hercules de Malebisse was Lord of Cowton in
Craven, inherited from his great-grandfather, Sir Hugh
the Norman, Lord of Clint, and by his marriage with
Lady Beckwith Bruce, Lord of Uglebarby, and of the
Manors of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw. He was suc-
ceeded by his son, Sir Hercules de Beckwith de Clint,
who married the daughter of Sir John Ferrars, of
Tamworth Castle, who by marriage into the House of
Marmion inherited by tenure of the Castle of Tam-
worth the high office of Champion of England.
Hamon Beckwith, grandson of Sir Hercules, was
seized of the Lordships of Clint and Uglebarby, and
the Manors of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw, took upon
himself the coat of arms of John Lord de Malebisse, in
1339, in proof of descent, presented to the Earl Mar-
shall of England the marriage contract of his great-
grandfather, Sir Hercules de Malebisse to the Lady
Beckwith Bruce. The decision of the Earl Marshall,
dated 1339, is still to be seen (1868) in the Herald's
Office. The marriage contract reads as follows :
" Be it known to all Nobles, where this present writ-
ing shall come, be seen, or heard; whereas Hamon
The Bechmths. 13
Beckwith, son and heir of Nicholas Beckwith, was
named by the Earl Marshall of England, by a process
that was datied from the aforesaid Marshals Manor of
Reayssing Castle, in the County of Norfolk, Jan. 18th,
in the tenth year of our Sovereign Lord, the King, in
the year of our Lord, 1339. That the said Hamon
Beckwith, should usurp and take unto him a coat of
arms, which was appertaining unto John Lord de
Malebisse, for which better use by virtue of this pro-
cess, we charge you, that you will appear at the new
Mansion House of Saymore, before us and bring with you
all such evidence and records of arms, that we may al-
low, grant, and set our hands to your teste and posterity
forever, and also that your appearence will be the 14th
day of October, next coming, in the aforesaid year
above written. And the said Orator did appear at
the said day appointed, and did bring with him such
evidence, whereof one piece dated from the 10th year
of Henry the 3rd., which was in the year of our Lord
1226, from one Hercules de Malbie, the son of Simon
de Malbie, Knight, who married the Lady Dame Beck-
with Bruce, one of the daughters of Sir William Bruce,
Lord of Uglebarby, and certain other lands in Picker-
ing, that the said Hercules de Malbie, should change
his name, or else his coat, and his posterity forever ;
and so it was what the said Hercules de Malbie changed
his name from de Malbie to Beckwith, and did hold
his coat, whereof I the said Earl Marshall Peter Maw-
lam, Lord od de Luke, Lord Chamberlain to our Sover-
eing Lord, King Edward 8rd, and Henry Lord Percy,
14 The Beckwiths.
Sir Robert Boynton, Knt., and Sir William Acton, did
see and allow it in proof, and the said coat to be bis
own lineally descended, whereof we have our hands
and seals, to the aforesaid teste, the day and year
above written, in the presence of many."
Sir Hamon Beckwith had numerous issue, three sons
and four daughters. William, his heir, was seized of
the Manors of Beckwith and Beckwithshaw, in the
38th year of the reign of King Edward the 3d, and
married the daughter of Sir Girard Urfleet, Knight of
Wighill, in Co. York, who commanded a Knight's reti-
nue at the battle of Agincourt in France. Of Thomas,
the second son, nothing is now known ; probably he
died young. John, the fourth son of Hamon, pur-
chased lands in Scough ; his line became extinct in the
next generation, on the marriage of his daughter Ann
to George Rowdon, Esq., of Rowdon and other fair
possessions. John Beckwith was a stout man-at-arms,
and was with King Henry in his French wars ; he was
at the siege of Harfleur and at the battle of Agincourt,
his name with those of other gentlemen, in the list of
men-at-arms under Sir Girard Urfleet, at the battle of
Agincourt. From the following document, this worthy
scion of our family received 24 cents a day for his
military services : " The awards to be made by King
Henry, to those who are to accompany him into France,
to serve one year, and that they should receive, every
Duke 13sh. 4d., every Earl 6sh., 8d.; every Baron 4sh.;
every Knight 3sh. a day if the voyage extended into
France, every Esquire and man-at-arms (gentlemen
*
The Bechuoiths. 15
who served under the orders of a Knight), was to re-
ceive for his wages, 12 pence (24 cents), and every
archer 6 pence a day, and for every thirty men-at-arms,
a reward of one hundred marks a quarter, and if the
voyage extended to Guienne, each Duke, Earl and
Baron, and Knight, was to receive as above, every
man-at-arms forty marks, every archer twenty marks."
Doubtless this doughty warrior fought noble, and with
the rest of the English army, before the battle of
Agincourt, kneeling, asked the blessing of the Almighty
on their arms, and stooping placed in their mouths a
morsel of earth, in remembrance, it is conjectured, of
their mortality, as a contemporary has it.
William Beckwith was succeeded by his son Thomas
of Clint, in the fourth year of the reign of Richard the
Second ; he held the Manors of Magna Otringer and
Huxley near Thursk, and married the daughter of
John Sawley of Saxton. Thomas Beckwith was suc-
ceeded by his son Adam Beckwith of Clint, who mar-
ried Elizabeth de Malebisse, and thus reunited the two
branches of the Malebisse family, after a separation of
over three hundred years. Sir William, the eldest son
of Adam Beckwith, married a daughter of Sir John
Baskerville, and was succeeded by his son Thomas
Beckwith of Clint, who by marriage with the daughter
and co-heiress of Wm. Haslerton, became Lord of the
Manors of Filey, Muston and Thorp, which his wife
had inherited from Havisia, the daughter and co-heir-
ess of Ralph de Neville. Thomas Beckwith of Clint
had five sons ; Thomas, the eldest, and Adam, the fourth,
16 The Beckwith*.
died without issue. Sir William, Knight, of Clint, the
second son, married twice ; by his first wife, daughter
of Sir William Plumpton of Plumpton, had issue, but
his line became extinct in the next generation, Rob-
ert Beckwith, the fifth son, married the daughter of
Lowenthorp of Lowenthorp, and was the founder of
the greater portion of the Beckwith family in Eng-
land. Many of his descendants have filled important
public offices, and whose names figure prominently in
the military, judicial and civil history of England ;
space will not allow a more extended reference to
these branches of our family, other than to refer to
the body of this work.
John Beckwith, third son of Thomas of Clint, mar-
ried the daughter of Thomas Radcliff of Mulgrave, and
was succeeded by his only son, Robert Beckwith of
Broxholme, in the 8th year of the reign of Edward
4th. He, in his turn, was succeeded by an only son,
John, who inherited the Manors of Clint and Thorp,
and livfed in the 8th year of the reign of King Edward
the 4th ; he left an only son, Robert Beckwith of Clint
and Thorp, whose will was dated Oct. 16th, 1536,
and proved Mch. 24th, 1537 ; he married Jennet and
had issue. Robert, the eldest son, died young ; Marma-
duke of Dacre and Clint, the second son, sold the
Manor of Clint that had been in the family since 1226,
and bought the Manors of Featherstone and Acton,
Yorkshire ; he married twice ; by his first wife, Ann,
daughter of Dynley of Bramhope, had eleven children ;
Thomas, the eldest, inherited Acton and married Fran-
The Beckwiihs. 17
ces, daughter and heiress of William Frost of Acton ;
he had three sons, Thomas, the eldest, of Acton, to
whom we will presently return ; William, the second
son, was baptized at Featherstone Castle in 1571, emi-
grated to America in 1607, landing at Jamestown, Va.,
with Captain John Smith from the ship u Phoenix ; "
he married in 1616, and had but the one son (and a
daughter), Henry who was born about 1619, and who
settled in Dorchester Co., Maryland, there founded a
family, many of whose members have been prominent
in the political, civil and military history of that county,
and whose descendants are still living on the old
homestead.
To return to Thomas Beckwith of Acton (son of
Thomas), he married Barbara, daughter of John Mill-
burn of Hinderskelf, Co. York; he had numerous
issue ; of Thomas his eldest son, his line became ex-
tinct in the second generation ; of the next five chil-
dren nothing is now known ; his seventh son, George
Beckwith, was baptized at Featherstone Mch. 29th,
1610, and emigrated to Maryland in the year 1648, in
company with Secretary John Hatton and others. He
landed at St. Marys. George Beckwith represented
in the line of primogeniture the Beckwith family, as
far as known, and the author of this work, in the line
of primogeniture, is his last male descendent.
We must now return to Marmaduke Beckwith of
Clint and Dacre, and find mention of Mathew Beck-
with, who is possibly the Mathew Beckwith who is
first recorded at Saybrook Point, Conn., in 1635, and
3
18 The Bechmths.
the ancestor of by far the largest, numerically, of the
American Beckwiths and whose descendants are to be
found in every State of the Union, Canada and the
Sandwich Islands.
We will return once more to Marmaduke Beckwith
of Clint and Dacre, whose third son, Roger Beckwith
of Northcot and Aldborough, married twice ; by his
second wife, Susannah, daughter of Brackenbury of
Tellahay, he was succeeded by his son, Author Beck-
with of Aldborough, a captain in the Parliamentary
Army, killed 1642 in battle ; his eldest son, Roger
Beckwith, was knighted and created a Baronet of Eng-
land by Charles the 2d in 1681. He married twice,
and died in 1700; by his second wife Elizabeth, the
daughter of Edward Jennings, he had two sons; the
second son, Marmaduke, emigrated to Virginia about
the time of his father's death, and eventually succeeded
to the title ; he was then living in Virginia.
GENEALOGY.
"Sir Hugh De Malebisse, 1, held lands time with
William the Conqueror," is all that is now known of
this valiant old knight Born in Normandy as were
all the followers of the Conqueror.
2. Richard de Malebisse was a witness to the
charter of Albert de Rainville.
3. Hugo de Malebisse.
4. Galfred de Malebisse, who, in 1142, gave all
his lands to the Monastery of Newbo and
became the first Prior.
Hugo de Malebisse, 3, living in 1138 ; his will was
proven in the third year of King Stephen ; he married
twice; his second wife was Maude, daughter of
Knyveton of Knyveton. By his first wife Emma,
daughter of William de Percy and Adalaid de Ton-
bridge, he had the following children :
5. Hugo de Malebisse, chief justice assizi
County York; married twice ; his first wife
was Constancia ; his second, Beatrice, Lady
of the Manor of Wykes, Co. Cambridge ;
he founded the Priory of Spinney, during
the reign of Henry the 3d, and died with-
out issue.
20 The Beckuriths.
6. Richard de Malebisse.
7. Sir William de Malebisse, built the chapel of
Newbo 1215, was Lord of the Manor in 1 206.
8. Sir Simon de Malebisse, Lord of Cowton in
Craven.
9. Matilda de Malebisse; married Richard de
Berri, Lord of Tolliston; they conferred
grants to the Priory there, time of Henry
2d.
Richard de Malebisse, 6, lived time of Richard the
1st, was chief forester of Galles and Derwent and
Wonerdale, chief justice assizi time of John the 4th ;
he founded the Monastery of Newbo, Lincoln Co., in
1198.
10. Robertus de Malebisse of Benningworth,
had a son Ricardus, 13, who married Alicia,
daughter of Sir Skipwith, knight, and died
without issue.
11. John de Malebisse.
12. Richard de Malebisse de Beningworth.
John de Malebisse, 11, confirmed the grants his
father Richard had from Morton Grange, to the Abbey
of Newbo, in the year of the reign of King John the 4th.
14. William de Malebisse.
William de Malebisse, 14, gave lands to the Priory
of Bridlington, 51st year of Henry 3d. He married
Matilda, daughter and heiress of Ralph de Neville.
15. Richard de Malebisse.
Richard de Malebisse, 15, of Miles, 15th year of Ed-
ward 2d.
The Bechwiths. 21
16. John de Malebisse.
John, Lord de Malebisse, 16, de Miles, Vice-comes,
Co. York High Sheriff 1314, 8th year Edward 2d.
17. William de Malebisse, de Miles, living time
Edward 3d, married daughter of John
Lampson of Miles.
18. Margarette de Malebisse married Thomas
Viscount Fairfax.
19. Walter de Malebisse, on going to the Holy
Land, mortgaged Scalton Castle to William
Fairfax, making Kichard, his son, his heir,
if he did not return. He probably died in
Palestine.
20. Thomas de Malebisse.
Thomas de Malebisse de Miles, 20, de Ancaster-
Malebisse, 38th year of Edward the 8d, married Mary,
daughter of Francis Palmer, Esq., of Naburn.
21. Margaret de Malebisse, co-heiress, married
Eichard Fairfax.
22. Elizabeth de Malebisse, co-heiress ; married,
first, John Herringe, 38th year Edward 2d ;
for her second husband she married Adam
Beckwith of Clint, in the 4th year of Rich-
ard 2d.
Sir Simon de Malebisse, 8, Lord of Cowton in Cra-
ven, married the daughter of John, Lord of Methley.
23. Sir Hercules de Malebisse.
Sir Hercules de Malebisse, 23, who changed his name
to Beckwith, on his marriage in 1226, Lord of Ugle-
barby, by deed shown the Lord Marshall in 1339; he
married Lady Dame Beckwith Bruce, daughter of Sir
22 The BeckwW*.
William Bruce, Lord of TJglebarby, derived from Sir
Robert Brace, of Skelton in Cleveland, progenitor of
the Royal Braces of Scotland.
24. Sir Hercules Beckwith.
Sir Hercules Beckwith, 24, married daughter of Sir
John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle.
25. Nicholas.
Nicholas Beckwith de Clint, 25, married the daugh-
ter of Sir John Chaworth,
26. Hamon.
Hamon Beckwith, 26, "who took upon him in 1339,
coat of arms of John, Lord de Malebisse," was seized
of the Lordship of Clint, bounding on the north side
of Niddjuxta, Hampswaite and of Uglebarby in
Whitby Strand, Pickering and Roxby Manor of Beck-
with and Beckwithshaw, 12th year of Edward 3d,
1339 ; he married the daughter of Sir Philip Tynley,
Kt.
27. William.
28. Thomas.
29. John Beckwith of Scough ; his line became
extinct in the next generation.
30. ; married Sir John Filliert, Knt.
31. ; married Sir William Calthorp, Knt.
32. Anne ; married William Treville.
33. ; married William Constable.
William Beckwith, 27, seized of the Manor of Beck-
withshaw, 38th year of Edward 3d, 1364, married a
daughter of Sir Girard Urfleet.
34. Thomas.
35. Hercules; married daughter of William
Walgrave.
The Beckuriths. 23
36. John ; married daughter of Sir John Rat-
cliff, Knt. of Cressell.
Thomas Beckwith, 34, of Clint and Manors of Magna
Otrigen and Housley, near Thursby, 4, Richard 2d,
which lands were holden of John Lord Mowbray, as
his Manor of Thursk. He married the daughter of John
Sawly of Saxton.
37. Adam.
Adam Beckwith de Clint, 37, married Elizabeth de
Malebisse, 4, Richard 2d.
38. Sir William.
39. John.
40. Margaret; married Richard Hulse, Esq.
41. Anne ; married John Chesney, Esq.
42. Amye ; married John Lawton, Esq.
Sir William Beckwith, 38, de Clint, Knight, married
the daughter of Sir John Baskerville.
43. Thomas.
Thomas Beckwith of Clint, 43, Lord of a one-third
part of Fily, Muston and Thorp; he died 10th year of
Henry 7th; he married the daughter and heiress
of William Heslerton, heiress of a one-third part of the
manors of Filey, Muston and Thorp, inherited from
Havisia, daughter and heiress of Ralph Neville, above
mentioned.
44. Thomas of Clint ; married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Thomas Ingleby, of Ripley; died
without issue.
45. Sir William.
46. John.
24 The Beohmths.
47. Adam; married Amye, daughter of Wil-
liam Redman of Harewood Castle.
48. Robert.
49. Ellen; married J. Vavasour of Weston,
Co. York.
50. Joan ; married Falkner, Esq.
Sir William Beckwith, 45, of Clint; Knight in
1481 ; married twice ; his second wife was the daugh-
ter of Sir John Rattcliff , K. Gk; by his first wife, Eliz-
abeth, daughter of Sir William Plumpton, he had the
following children :
51. Thomas; died unmarried.
52. Jennet; married William Gascoigne of
Laringcroft.
John Beckwith, 46, married the daughter of Thomas
Radcliff of Mulgrave.
53. Thomas of Clint.
54. Robert of Broxholme.
Thomas Beckwith of Clint, 53, heir to his uncle,
Sir William Beckwith of Clint, married Mary, daugh-
ter of Sir Henry Pudsey of Bassf ord and Bolton, Rich-
mondshire.
55. William of Clint.
56. Thomas of Clint ; died before his nephew,
Thomas; he married Elizabeth, daughter
of W. Tyrell of South OcMnden, Co.
Essex, and died without issue.
57. Henry.
58. Lambert.
59. Agabus.
60. Ambrose.
61. John.
The Bechmths. 25
62.
63.
William Beckwith of Clint, 55, married twice ; his
second wife was the daughter of Sir John Mallony of
Studley ; by his first wife, Anne, daughter of Sir John
Lancaster of Co. Westmoreland, Knt., he had the
following children :
64. Thomas of Clint.
65. William of Rawcliff.
66. Francis.
67. .
68. .
Thomas Beckwith of Clint, 64, was buried at
Ripley, November 29th, 1575; be married twice; his
second wife was Catherine, daughter of William Tan-
cred of Borobridge ; she was buried at Ripley, April
25th, 1598 ; will dated April 7th, 1598. His first
wife was Maud, daughter of Brian Palmer of Iindsey,
by whom he had the following children :
69. William of Clint:
70. Roger.
71. Francis ; married Chas. Clapham of Beam-
ley.
72. Elizabeth; married Hercules Clapham of
Beamley.
William Beckwith of Clint, 69, commonly called
" Captain," was buried at Ripley, March 6th, 1607 ; he
married twice; by his first wife, Anne, daughter of
William Tancred (sister of his father's second wife),
he had the following children, who all died young :
4
26 The BechjoUhs.
73. William.
74. Elizabeth.
75. Anne.
William Beckwith of Clint, 69; his second wife
was Mary, daughter of Anthdhy Soloman, of Anners-
ley Woodhouse, Notts Co., York ; buried at Ripley,
January 6th, 1601, by whom he had the following
children :
76. Huntington of Clint ; married daughter of
Thomas Mesing of Mesing, Notts Co.,
York ; he was buried at Ripley, August,
1655.
77. William; baptized at Ripley, March, 1583.
78. Henry; baptized at Ripley, May, 1583.
79. Catherine.
80. Isabell ; baptized at Ripley, January, 1582.
William Beckwith of Rawcliff, 65 ; married Anne,
daughter of Hugh Currer of Harightwaitwill ; she
died September 18th, 1611.
81. Francis.
82. Parmeno.
83. Catherine.
84. Elizabeth.
85. Ellen; living 1611.
86. Prudence.
87. Priscilla; living 1611.
88. Paulina; living 1611.
Francis Beckwith, 81; aged 20 in 1585; married
Margarette.
89. William ; living 1 641 ; married daughter
of Thomas Winchester.
The Bechwiths. 27
90. Joseph of Rawcliff; married Mercy; his
will was dated March 15th, 1641.
Robert Beckwith of Broxholme, 54 ; living in the
eighth year of King Edward the Fourth.
91. John.
John Beckwith, 91, of Clint and Thorp; eighth year
of Edward 4th.
92. Robert.
Robert Beckwith, 92, of Clint and Thorp; will
dated October 6th, and proved March 24th, 1536;
married Jennet.
93. Robert ; died young.
94. Marmaduke.
Marmaduke Beckwith, 94, of Dacre and Clint ; he
sold his lands in Clint 1597, and bought Featherstone
and Acton ; his second wife was Ellen, widow of Wil-
liam Style of Haddockon, Co. York ; by his first wife,
Anne, daughter of Dynly of Bramhope, Co. York,
he had the following children :
95. Thomas.
96. William.
97. Roger.
98. Symon of Pontef ract ; married at Feather-
stone, in 1585, to Catharine Austwicke of
Pontefract ; no children.
99. Jane; married John Thorp, 1635.
100. Alice ; married Robert Bannister.
101. Grace ; married John Norield.
102. Anne.
103. Mathew.
28 The Beckwith*.
104. Catherine ; married Pudsey of Barford.
Thomas Beckwith, 95, of Acton, married Prances,
daughter and heiress of William Frost of Acton ; he
was buried at Acton,
105. Thomas of Acton.
106. William ; baptized at Featherstone.
107. Marmaduke; baptized in 1573.
108. Alice; married Richard Nelson of Altoftes.
Thomas Beckwith, 105, of Acton, age 43 in 1612,
buried at Featherstone, Jan. 12th, 1615 ; married Bar-
barra, daughter of John Milburn of Hinderskelf, buried
at Featherstone in 1644.
109. Thomas of Acton.
110. John.
111. Henry; baptized 1606.
1 12. William ; baptized at Featherstone in 1604.
113. Samuel; baptized 1605.
114. Richard; baptized 1609.
115. George.
116. Robert; baptized 1611 r ; buried 1615.
117. Edward; baptized Feb. 6th, 1613.
118. Frances; married Ralph Rascine.
119. Mary; baptized 1596; married Ed. Ashton
of Methley.
120. Jane; married J. Thorp.
121. Frances; baptized 1602; married Richard
Foster.
122. Ellen; baptized 1607; died unmarried.
Thomas Beckwith, 109, of Acton, which he sold,
was buried at Featherstone, in 1652. He married
The Beehwiths. 29
twice ; by his first wife, Priscilla, who was buried at
Featherstone, September 30th, 1638, he had the fol-
lowing child :
123. Priscilla; buried at Featherstone, March
8th, 1638.
Thomas Beck with, 109, of Acton ; his second marriage
was with Muriele, daughter of William Wandersford
of Pickhill.
124. Thomas; buried at Featherstone, July 30th,
1636 ; as he died unmarried, the elder line
of the Beckwith family became extinct, and
the line of primogeniture became invested
in the next oldest branch, represented by
his uncle, George Beckwith, No. 115.
125. Isabelle; married N. Fairfax, brother to
Thomas Viscount Fairfax.
126. Barbara; married J. Lock wood of County
York.
George Beckwith, 115, born at Featherstone Castle,
Yorkshire; baptized there March 29th, 1606; he emi-
grated to Maryland in 1648 ; and was a merchant and
planter at his manor of land called " St. Joseph," situ-
ated at Point Patience on the Patuxent river, Calvert
County, Maryland, inherited by his wife from her
father. He, with other Protestant gentlemen of Mary-
land, was a signer of a declaration commending the
liberal administration of Lord Baltimore, in allowing
the Protestants undisturbed worship of their religion.
Asa follower of Lord Baltimore's party he participated
in the battle of Ann Arundell ; after their defeat, with
80 The Beckwiths.
the Catholic party took refuge in Virginia, where he
remained two years, returning to Maryland in 1657.
In 1676 he went to England on business, and falling
ill, died in the city of London, November, 1676. Mar-
ried Frances, daughter and heiress of Nicholas Hervy,
Lord of the Manor of " St. Joseph " and member of
the House of Burgesses, who emigrated to Maryland,
from London, in 1641. She died, about the time of
her husband's death, at the manor home in Maryland,
leaving their children all minors.
127. Mary; married John Miles of Calvert Co.
previous to 1676.
128. Elizabeth ; married Elias Nuttall of Cal-
vert Co., previous to 1676.
129. Charles.
130. Barbara; a minor in 1676.
131. Margarette ; a minor in 1676.
Charles Beckwith, 129, born in Calvert Co., Md.,
about 1669. Sold his Manor of St. Joseph's in that
county and bought a part of Hawley's Manor, called
u St. Jerome's Manor " in St. Mary's County. He finally
settled in Prince George County, where he died Sep-
tember )8th f 1712. Married Anne, October 9th, 1702,
who, after her husband's death, married John Miller, a
planter of that county, and died October 17th, 1746.
On November 8th, 1746, John Miller renounced his
right to administer on his wife's estate, when, on the
20th of that month, letters of administration on her
estate were granted to Basil and George Beckwith,
with John and Gabriel Claggett, planters, as their
sureties, in the sum of 500 pounds sterling.
The BeckfwUhs. 31
132. Basil
133. William.
134. George.
Basil Beckwith, 132, born in Prince George Co.,
April 9th, 1 703 ; planter ; married Volinda Claggett,
October 7th, 1741 ; she died April 17th, 1798 ; she
was the daughter of Jonathan Claggett, planter, son of
Thomas Claggett of St. Leonard's Creek, Md., who
emigrated to Maryland in 1671 ; on his mother's side
he was descended from Sir Thomas Adams, Lord
Mayor of London and a Cavalier of Charles the 2nd ;
on his father's side he was descended from a Mayor of
Canterbury.
135. John.
136. Anne; born in Montgomery Co., June
10th, 1748 ; married Charles Williams, and
moved to Bullitt Co., Ky.
187. George; born in Prince George Co., Sep-
tember 26th, 1745 ; he was a captain in the
Continental Army in 1776 in Col. Bailey's
Regiment ; and was killed in battle.
138. Basil; born in Montgomery Co., April
4th, 1743; died in Frederick Co., Md.,
November, 1767 ; unmarried.
John Beckwith, 135 ; born in Prince George Co., Md.,
October 7th, 1752; planter; he enlisted in the Conti-
nental Army in 1776, serving until 1778 ; was sergeant
in Post's Company, Hazen's Kegiment; in 1800 he
moved to Bullitt Co., Ky., where he purchased lands
and became a farmer ; he died there August 8th, 1825;
32 The Beckunths.
he married Martha Williams of Prince George Co., Md.,
August 18th, 1773 ; she was a daughter of Joseph
and Prudence Williams, who were born and married
in Wales; emigrated to Maryland in 1740; she was
sister to General Otho and Colonel Eliu Williams of
the Continental Army.
139. Volinda; born in Prince George Co., Md.,
July 4th, 1774, and died in Bullitt Co.,
Ky. ; she married the Hon. Ben. Summers,
born in Montgomery Co., Md. ; and moved
to Bullitt Co., Ky., about 1800, was county
clerk for many years. Children : George
W # , married Mariah Hill; Kufus K.,
married E. Carpenter ; Martha S., married
Mathew Wilson; Sarah E., married S.
Bealmear ; Frank, married L. C. Moremer ;
Mary, married Sam Williams; Patsy,
married Abram Fry; Basil B., married
Bettie Bealmear; Susan, married J. San-
ders ; John B., married A. Meerfield and
J. Kirkpatrick.
140. Elianor; born in Prince George Co M Md.,
May 31st, 1776 ; she died of apoplexy at
Nashville, Tenn., in 1826; she married
Richard Winn of Nashville, son of Gen.
Winn of the Continental Army; Richard
Winn was elected to the National Con-
gress, but died en-route to Washington
City; her second husband was Anthony
Foster, uncle of Ephraim Foster, Governor
of Tennessee.
The Eeckwiths. 33
141. Basil Beckwith ; born in Montgomery Co.,
Md., May, 1778 ; returning home to Ken-
tucky, on horseback, with gold and silver
money in his saddle-bags, proceeds of the
sale of a plantation in Maryland, was
struck by lightning and killed.
142. Sarah ; born in 1780 ; died unmarried in
1834.
143. John Williams.
144. Upton; born in Prince George, Md., June
8th, 1750; died at Louisville, Ky., Decem-
ber 5th, 1818; married Betsey, daughter
of Judge L. Laws; they had one child,
Anne Uptonia, who married Mr. Reaugh
of Louisville ; her son, Upton B. Reaugh,
was a colonel in the U. S. Volunteer Ser-
vice, 1861 to 1865, and a prominent civil
engineer ; was living in Louisville in 1886.
145. Marthew; born in Montgomery Co.,
Md., August 27th, 1795 ; married Thomas
Yeatman of Nashville, Tenn. ; after her
death he married a sister of Henry frwin,
son-in-law of Henry Clay, who married,
after Yeatman's death, John Bell, candi-
date to the Presidency of the United
States.
146. Anne; born August 8th, 1788; died un-
married.
John Williams Beckwith, 143, born in Montgomery
Co., Md., July 18th, 1781; planter; died at Shepards-
5
34 The Beokwiths.
ville, Bullitt Co., Ky., October 23d, 1828 ; he married
"Polly" Floyd Smith, October 12th, 1808; she was
born on Bears' Grass Creek, near Louisville, in 1 785, and
died in Illinois in 1872; her father, Thomas Smith, was
born in Virginia, of the line of Revolutionary Smiths
of that State ; his brother William was United States
Senator from Alabama in 1816 ; her mother, Abigail
Floyd, born in Virginia, was sister of Col. John Floyd,
pioneer of Kentucky, whose son and, also, his grand-
sons, John and John B., were Governors of Virginia ;
the latter was Secretary of War in 1861, and afterward
a Major-General in the Confederate Army; her grand-
mother, Abigail Davis, wife of William Floyd of Ac-
comac Co., Va., was a descendant of Pocahontas; her
brother, Samuel Davis, was grandfather of Jefferson
Davis, President of the Southern States during the
Rebellion.
147. Mary ; married James Bucklin, a civil en-
gineer, son of Simion Bucklin, the first
mayor of Louisville; their children were
James, a railroad official living in Bristol,
Ind. ; Mary, who married George Keating,
now a widow, living in Greencastle, Ind.,
with her daughter, Georgia.
148. Minerva, noted for her beauty; married
Alfred Bullitt of Bullitt Co., Ky., son of
William and nephew of Alexander Bullitt,
who bad several daughters; one married
General Atkinson, U. S. Army, and after
the General's death, married Major Stew-
The Beckwitha. 36
ard, U. S. Army; the second daughter,
Diana, married General Phil Kearney, U. S.
Army ; and another daughter married the
Count de Kanza, a Swedish nobleman,
and is now living in Sweden. The chil-
dren of Minerva and Alfred Bullitt
were Mary, who married her cousin,
Lewis Chouteau Smith of St, Louis, Mo. ;
William, who married Belle Luckett of
St. Charles Co., Mo.; Ada, who married
Dexter Crosby of St. Louis, Mo.
149. Frederick William.
150. Basil; born in Bullitt Co., Ky. ; studied
for the law; at the completion of his
studies he went west, and was never heard
from.
Frederick William Beckwith, 149, born in Shep-
ardsville, Bullitt Co., Ky., October the 8th, 1813;
studied for the Methodist ministry ; owing to throat
troubles he relinquished his studies and, in 1840,
moved to St. Louis, Mo , where he engaged in business ;
he died there December 30th, 1854 ; he married Tullia
Clementia Paul, May 5th, 1842 ; she was born in St.
Louis, Mo., December 11th, 1821, and is now living in
Washington, D. C. ; daughter of Col. K6n6 Paul, son
of fitifenne Paul, Admiral in the French Navy and
Am61ie, daughter of Sieur Mass6e, French Governor of
the Island of St. Domingo ; Col. R6n6 Paul was born
on the Island of St Domingo, in 1783; during the
negro insurrection his father and brother were mas-
36 * The Beckwiths.
sacred by the negroes ; he escaped to France, where he
was placed in the iScole Politechuique, at Paris ; the
year before graduation the students were removed, by
order of the Emperor Napoleon, and given rank in the
army ; Col. Paul received the rank of captain of en-
gineers, and rose to the rank of colonel of engineers ;
participated in the campaigns of Italy and Spain,
though an engineer officer ; was on board the Admiral's
vessel at the naval battle of Trafalgar, where he was
severely wounded; upon recovering from his wounds
he came to America, and was commissioned by Presi-
dent Monroe to examine the frontier posts ; he visited
St. Louis, Mo., where he married Eulalie, daughter of
Col. August Chouteau, the founder of that city ; he
died May 5th, 1851 ; Col. Paul was the first city sur-
veyor of St. Louis ; and established the grades of the
first paved streets of that city.
151. Frederick William, Jr. ; born St. Louis,
March 22d, 1842 ; died at Alton, 111., June
10th, 1863 ; married Alice, daughter of
Dr. Samuels of St. Louis; they had one
child, Frederika, who died young; his
widow married again and died in Texas.
152. Minerva Eulalie ; born in St. Louis, De-
cember 29th, 1845; died in 1872; married
W. L. Hull, June 20th, 1871, a merchant
of that city.
153. Mary Amelia; born St. Louis, Sept. 21st,
1846 ; died 1852.
154. Paul Edmond Smith ; born St. Louis, Sep-
The Bechmths. 37
tember 2 2d, 1848 ; student at the St. Louis
University; in August, 1861, he runaway
from home and joined General Fremont's
command, after serving one month he was
sent back to St. Louis, and shortly after-
ward was taken to Europe, to be kept out
of the army ; he was placed at the Jesuit
college at Feldkirch in the Austrian Voral-
berg, near Lac Constance ; after mastering
the German language, he went to Bonn
Am Rhine, Prussia, where he matriculated
at the university of that city, in civil and
mining engineering. In 1867, at the break-
ing out of hostilities between Pope Pius
IX and Victor Emanuel, he went to Rome
and enlisted in the Papal army, serving in
that world-known corps, the "Pontifical
Zouaves," participating in the battles of
Monte Rotondo and Mentana where the
Zouaves so signally defeated the Italians
under General Garibaldi. He returned
to America in 1869 ; was U. S. Indian
agent 1875, living among the Sioux for
one year, when he resigned, and going
to Colorado, followed his profession of
civil and mining engineering, until, in
1886, his health failing he came to Wash-
ington, D. C, where he entered the Gov-
ernment service ; married Martha B.,
daughter of Samuel and Lydia Chord, in
38 Ths Beekwiths.
1872 ; she died in 1879 ; their children
were Paul, died in infancy ; Chord, died
in infancy ; Hattie Eulalie, born Oct. 15th,
1874 ; Aim6e, born November 5th, 1876.
William Beckwith, 133, born in Prince George Co.,
Md., about 1706 ; moved to Stafford Co., Va. ; returned
to Md. and settled in Montgomery Co. in 1728 ; died
prior to 1738; will proved March 26th, 1742; he
married Elizabeth, who was living in Montgomery Co.
in 1742.
155. Lucy.
156. Ann.
157. Mary.
158. William.
William Beckwith, 158, born in Prince George Co.,
Md., in that portion from which was erected Frederick
county; he eulisted in the Continental Army in 1776,
was appointed head captain of the 16th Reg., Mary-
land State troops, June 18th, 1794, and was promoted
to rank of major of the same regiment, October 13th,
1794 ; he married Lucy Watson of Montgomery Co.,
Maryland.
159. Watson; born in Montgomery Co. ; died
there in 1794, unmarried.
160. Altha; born 1770; died 1862.
161. Benedict.
162. Sykes.
Benedict Beckwith, 161, born Frederick Co., Md.,
in 1776 ; enlisted in the Revolutionary Army, moved
to Ky. about 1816 ; there married his second wife, a
The Beckwiths. 39
Miss H. Pumphreys ; by his first wife, Elizabeth White
of Montgomery Co , Md., license to marry dated Rock-
ville, Md., August 8th, 1800, he had the following
children :
1 63. John Greenbury ; moved to Lexington, Ky.,
about 1816, and there married the sister
of his father's second wife.
164. Samuel.
165. Elbert
166. Sirena.
Samuel Beckwith, 164, born Montgomery Co., Md.,
about 1798; died at Taylorsville, Md., in 1890; li-
cense to marry Sarah Samones dated Rockville, Md.,
March 22d, 1826.
167. Stanley, of Fairland, Montgomery Co.,
Md., in 1888.
Elbert Beckwith, 165, born Montgomery Co., Md.,
married Susan Burgess.
168. Elizabeth ; married B. Bassett ; children,
Elbert. Susie married W. Roby, Isabella.
169. Emily; living D. C. in 1888.
170. Sue.
171. Jane; married McCloud of the D. C, in
1888 ; children, John, William, Frank
172. Martha.
173. Helen; married G. Ryan of Olney, Md.
174. Zachariah.
175. Benedict.
176. Thomas; born Montgomery Co., Md.;
farmer; married M. Ryan, living Fairland,
Md., in 1888.
40 The Beckwith*.
9
m
Benedict Beckwith, 175, born Montgomery Co., Md.,
1836; farmer, living in Bethesda, Md., in 1888; mar-
ried Mary Williams in 1868 ; she was born in 1841,
and died in 1885.
177. Charles W. ; born 1868.
178. Eugene; born 1871.
179. Mary; born 1873.
180. Birdie; born 1881.
181. Eliza; born 1876.
182. Benjamin ; born 1878.
183. Sarah ; born 1878.
Sykes Beckwith, 162, born Frederick Co., Md. ; en-
listed in the Revolutionary Army in 1776; was wounded
at the battle of Cowpens ; died in Montgomery Co.,
Md., 1822 ; license to marry second wife dated Rock-
ville, Md., January 26th, 1820 ; by his first wife, Kis-
siah Adamson, whom he married January 26th, 1801 ;
died 1816 ; he had the following children :
184. William W. ; died unmarried.
185. Lucy; married and moved to Tenn.
186. Nancy ; married J. B. Belt of Montgomery
Co., Md., ; children, H. I., J. B., Rufus,
Walt., Lizzie.
187. Parmelia ; married in Illinois.
188. John A.
189. Henry Sykes; born 1812; living near
Rockville, Md., in 1889.
190. Rupert O.
John A. Beckwith, 188, married E. Ricketts of
Montgomery Co., Md., March 10th, 1834.
The Eeckwitha. 41
191. Greenbury C.
192. Columbus.
193. Waters.
194. John W. ; living in Montgomery Co., Md.,
in 1888.
Hubert O. Beckwith, 190, of Montgomery Co., Md. ;
married Dianna Belt of that county.
195. Joseph.
1 96. Fannie ; living in Montgomery Co., Md.,
in 1888.
George Beckwith, 134, born in Prince George Co.,
Md., about 1710 ; settled in Frederick Co., Md., and
died there in 1760.
197. Charles.
198. Basil.
199. Nicholas.
200. Benjamin.
201. William.
202. Lorena.
203. Nancy.
204. Eleanor.
Charles Beckwith, 197, born in Frederick Co., Md.,
April, 1799, married Casandra, who was living in
1813.
205. George.
206. Rescine ; born Montgomery Co., Md. ;
married Mary Hopkins, March 31st, 1798,
Rockville, Md., Records.
207. .
208. .
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42 The BecTcwiths.
209. Nicholas ; license to many Mary Butt,
August 10th, 1799, Rockville Records.
George Beckwith, 205, born Montgomery Co., Md.,
May 16th, 1760; enlisted in the Revolutionary Army
December 13th, 1776, for two years ; was a sergeant in
Captain George Beckwith's company, Col. Bailey's
regiment, Maryland line; he died in 1849; married
Ann Clarkson in 1792 ; she died in 1855.
210. Martha.
211. Ann; married Rifle.
212. Mary; married Cronin.
213. Charles.
214. Vincent ; born Montgomery Co., Md.
215. William.
216. Singleton.
Charles Beckwith, 213, born in Montgomery Co.,
Md. ; farmer ; died May 7th, 1816 ; married Mary Bab-
bitt of Rockville, Md., July 21st, 1819 ; she died there
December 24th, 1877.
217. Mary E. ; born May 1st, 1823; married
A. F. Boswell of Rockville, Md., October
30th, 1845; their children are: John C,
born November 18th, 1846 ; Mary E., born
October 6th, 1848 ; Franklin M., born March
15th, 1850 ; Charles E., born January 1 5th,
1852 ; James W., born December 25th,
1853.
218. Martha A. ; born April 3d, 1825 ; married
Hoskinson of Rockville, Md., November
2d, 1847 ; their children are : Charles H.,
The Bechwitha. 43
born July 6th, 1848 ; John T., born Septem-
ber 26th, 1849 ; Mary E., bom February
9th, 1851 ; William (t., born September
29th, 1852 ; Andrew C., born July 2d, 1854 ;
James A., born July 15th, 1857 ; Ann R.,
born April 15th, 1859; Martha E., born
March 14th, 1860 ; Henry A. J,, born Sep-
tember 16th, 1862; R. E. L., born March
29th, 1866.
219. Ann M. ; married J. W. Campbell of Rock-
ville, Md., June 10th, 1845; their children
are : Charles W., born April 14th, 1846 ;
Susan M., born August 8th, 1847 ; Wil-
liam B., born October 20th, 1849 ; Mary
E., born December 6th, 1850 ; Charles A.,
born July 18th, 1852; Ann R, born
March 29th, 1855 ; Libby E., born Febru-
ary 28th, 1858 ; Harriet A., born October
16th, 1860 ; James F., born January 21st,
1865.
220. Elizabeth E.; born December 22d, 1821;
married W. F. Fisher of Rockville, Md.,
January 10th, 1843; their children are:
Thomas P., born August 24th, 1844;
Celestia V., born February 28th, 1846 ;
William A,, born January 18th, 1847.
221. Rebecca G. ; born February 2d, 1830; mar-
ried Mathew Field of Rockville, December
30th, 1850; he was editor of the Mont-
gomery Co. Sentinel ; their children are :
44 The Beckwiths.
Mary M., born November 13th, 1851 ;
Charles W., born November 27th, 1853 ;
Henry C, born April 12th, 1856; John
W. A., born December 19th, 1859 ; Albert
S. J., born September 27th, 1863 ; Kate R.,
born March 16th, 1868.
222. John A. ; born Montgomery Co., Md., July
23d, 1833; died in Maryland.
223. William G.; born Rockville, Md., April
19th, 1827.
224. Celest.
Vincent Beckwith, 214, born Montgomery Co., Md. ;
married Martha ; she was born in the District of Col-
umbia, and died in Montgomery Co., Md.
225. Lizzie ; born in Montgomery Co., Md. ; mar-
ried WiUiam Shufforth of Albany, N. Y.
226. Burgess; living in 1889; unmarried.
227. Joseph ; living in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1889 ;
unmarried.
Benjamin Beckwith, 200, born Frederick Co., Md.,
about 1760 ; enlisted in the Revolutionary Army, 1776 ;
moved to Morgan Co., Ohio, about 1819; school
teacher and surveyor; died and was buried with
military honors near Malta, Ohio; he married twice ;
by his first wife, Livonia Crum, he had the following
children :
228. William.
229. Benjamin ; born Frederick Co., Md. ; settled
in Richland Co., Ohio, and died there ; he
married Dorcas Turner.
The Beckvnths. 45
230. Elizabeth; born Frederick Co., Md.; married
J. W. Johnson of Morgan Co., Ohio ; died
September 29th, 1844 ; children : Livonia,
married John McCann ; Stephen ; Martha
married Loyd McBee ; living Malta, Ohio,
1889; Philamon, died; William; Martha;
John W., of Philadelphia.
231. Mary; married Tice of Frederick
Co., Md. ; died there.
232. Lenox; born Frederick Co., Md. ; married
Rebecca Turner, and remained in Maryland.
William Beckwith, 228, born in Frederick Co., Md.,
1799 ; married Ogden of West Virginia; re-
moved to Indiana; he died November 5th, 1877 ; she
was born in October 25th, 1806, and died in 1855.
233. Dr. I. O., born in Wardensville, W. Va.,
July 13th, 1826 ; physician and M. D. ;
settled at Lewis, Vigo Co., Tnd. ; his first
wife was Martha Rogers, died in Hampshire
Co., W. Va., 1865 ; his second wife was
Kate Drysart of Richland Co., Ohio ; no
children.
234. Benjamin F.
235. Catherine; bornNpvember 5th, 1834; mar-
ried A. Vignessy, born France ; living Kan-
sas City, Mo., in 1889.
236. Adaline; born March 10th, 1830 ; married
J. M. Johnson ; living at Danville, Ind., in
1888.
Benjamin F. Beckwith, 234, born Wardensville, W.
46 The Eecbwiths.
Va., March 5th, 1828 ; settled at Greencastle, Ind. ; liv-
ing there 1888 ; contractor and builder ; enlisted in the
U. S. Vol. Service, 1861-5 ; serving in the 99th Ind.
Reg. 15th Army Corps, throughout the war, and marched
to the sea with General Sherman, and was mustered
out of service with his regiment, in Washington city,
in 1865 ; he married Susan Hopwood, who was born
in Ky., July 4th, 1835.
237. Addie; born 1854; died in 1884.
238. Lillie; born 1860; died 1861.
239. Laura; born 1856; married A. B. Phillips ;
living Clearwater, Kansas, in 1888; one
son, Orion; born June 18th, 1886.
240. Orion; born March 19th, 1858; train dis-
patcher with Indianapolis and St. Louis
Ry. Co. ; living in St. Louis, Mo., in 1889 ;
unmarried.
241. Luella; living Greencastle, Ind., in 1888.
242. Emma; living Greencastle, Ind., in 1888.
243. Allie ; living Greencastle, Ind., in 1888.
Benjamin Beckwith, 200, his second wife was Martha,
widow of John Rogers of Hampshire Co., Va., she died
at Malta, Ohio, October 7th, 1841 ; they had the fol-
lowing children :
244. Lorena ; born Alleghany Co., Md., Septem-
ber 1st, 1800; married Thomas Osborn of
Morgan Co., Ohio ; left children as follows :
Eliza Wiseman, Rebecca Patterson, living
McConnelsville, Ohio, Mary Scott, Martha
Arnold, living York, Neb., William, living
The BecJcwitha. 47
Hawleysville, Iowa, Wesley, living Haw-
leysville, Iowa, George, at Malta, Ohio.
245. Livonia ; born August, 1802, in Alleghany
Co., Md. ; married Charles Kinsel of Mor-
gan Co., Ohio ; left children : Matilda Gei-
ger at Eaglesport, Ohio, Elizabeth, at
i Eaglesport, Mary Deaver, at Eaglesport
246. Matilda ; born Muskingum Co., Ohio, Jan-
uary 25th, 1805 ; died 1865 ; unmarried.
247. George ; born Muskingum Co., Ohio, 1808 ;
\ died 1828.
[ 248. Solomon.
249. David J.
250. Rosanna ; born Muskingum Co., Ohio, De-
cember 2nd, 1815 ; married Samuel Bone of
Morgan Co., Ohio, March 25th, 1847; he
died September 16th, 1873; she was living
in McConnelsville, Ohio, in 1889 ; their chil-
dren are : Mary, born April 7th, 1848 ; mar-
ried P. M. Christy ; living Muskingum Co.
in 1889; Martha, born June 24th, 1850;
died young ; Lorena, born July 6th, 1851 ;
died young; Cynthia, born April 3d, 1853 ;
s married L. B. Porter 1878 ; Henry J., born
September 29th, 1864; married S. Eva
. Gregg 1877; Emma, born March 29th,
1859 ; married Ed. Trimble 1887.
Solomon C. Beckwith, 248, born Newton township,
Muskingum, Ohio, April 2 2d, 1812 ; farmer; died at
Malta, Ohio, August 12th, 1887, of cancer; when he
48 The Bechmths.
was 8 years old his parents moved to Malta ; lie was
noted for his remarkable memory ; was a member of
the M. E. church and a prominent abolitionist and
whig, assisting annually 15 slaves to escape north and
to freedom ; in all he personally assisted 300 slaves to
their freedom, and was one of the founders of the un-
derground railway. He filled many places of trust
and prominence, and was for 20 years collector of tolls
on the river, a State appointment, illustrating his ster-
ling worth ; before his death he left to each of his chil-
dren a card inscribed "Honor thy father and thy
mother, that thy days may be long in the land which
the Lord thy God hath given thee." He married Ann
McBee of Harper's Ferry, Val, July 2d, 1834.
251. Rosanna Deborah ; born Morgan Co., Ohio,
January 13th, 1836 ; married Dr. E. G.
Tracy of Malta, Ohio, March 30th, 1858 ;
their children are : Charles A., born Novem-
ber 17th, 1859; Rosie, born May 18th,
1867.
252. James Hinin ; born June 8th, 1833 ; died
August 26th, 1839.
253. George Alvah.
254. Martha A.; born May 6th, 1843; died
January 2d, 1868 ; married W. J. Byers,
March 5th, 1865 ; left one daughter, who
married W. A. Hutchins; living at Mc-
Connelsville, Ohio.
255. " Massa Jane ; " born 1845 ; died 1846.
256. Emma M. ; living Malta, Ohio, in 1888 ;
unmarried.
The Bechwiths. 49
257. Mary E. ; born 1847 ; died 1848.
258. Matilda E. ; bom February 9th, 1849.
259. Sarefta E. ; born March 12th, 1851 ; married
W. A. Bask ; living Malta, Ohio, in 1889.
260. Lorena Charlotte ; born 1854; died 1879.
261. Charles Sumner ; born Malta, Ohio, Octo-
ber 22d, 1856 ; living there in 1889 ; un-
married ; clerk Malta National Bank.
George Alvah Beckwith, 253, born Malta, Ohio, Oc-
tober 10th, 1841 ; married Sarah L. Naylor, June 17th,
1863 ; she was born in Pennsville, Ohio, Nov. 17th,
1834 ; living Malta, Ohio, in 1889.
263. Grosvenor R. ; born Pennsville, Ohio, Au-
gust 20th, 1864 ; living at Wolton, Kansas,
in 1888.
264. Fannie S. ; bom McConnelsville, Ohio, May
12th, 1866 ; living at Wolton, Kansas, in
1889.
265. Jennie M. C. ; born Malta, Ohio, Septem-
ber 19th, 1868 ; living at Wolton, Kansas,
in 1889.
266. Charles Franklin; born McConnelsville,
Ohio, July 22d, 1870 ; living at Malta,
Ohio, in 1889.
267. Mary Evaline ; born Pennsville, Ohio, Au-
gust 13th, 1872; living at Malta in 1889.
268. Leonard; born Malta, Ohio, September
14th, 1876; living at Malta, Ohio, in 1889.
David T. Beckwith, 249, born Muskingum Co., Ohio,
March 14th, 1810; farmer; he died at Malta, Ohio,
7
50 The Beckwiths.
September 20th, 1860 ; married twice ; his first wife
Mary A., daughter of Martin and Mary Saun
ders, May 8th, 1834, was born February 14th, 1816
and died October 15th, 1847.
269. George Wm. ; born August 29th, 1835
died November 2d, 1835.
270. William Martin; born March 2d, 1847
died December 2d, 1847.
271. Loyd; born September 12th, 1839; died
March 7th, 1853.
272. Solomon.
273. Martha Rachel ; born August 31st, 1841 ;
died December 28th, 1878 ; married Homer
A. Alderman ; he was living in Washing-
ton, D. C, 1889; their children are as fol-
lows : Zenas, married and living in Wash-
ington; Jennie, married and living in
Washington ; Josie, living in Malta ; AUita,
living in Washington, D. C, 1889.
274. Laban.
Solomon Beckwith, 272, born January 30th, 1837 ;
enlisted in the U. S. Vol. Service, serving in Co. B,
161st Reg., Ohio, 1861-65 ; died at Malta, Ohio, De-
cember 8th, 1867; he married Mary E. Parsons of
Malta, December 8th, 1859 ; she was living there in
1889.
276. James Z. ; born Malta, Ohio, May 30th,
1861 ; living there in 1889.
Laban Beckwith, 274, born Morgan Co., Ohio, July
12th, 1844; enlisted in the U. S. Vol Service, in
The Beckwiiks. ' 51
1861; was sunstruck during the war and, in consequence
of this disability, was honorably discharged ; farmer ;
living at Rokeby, Morgan Co., Ohio, in 1889; he mar-
ried Armeda McClintick, December 11th, 1871; she
was born, Morgan Co., Ohio, August 7th, 1846.
276. Clara; born September 16th, 1873.
277. Clarence; born July 19th, 1876; living
Rokeby, Morgan Co., Ohio, in 1889.
278. Joe E.; born August 30th, 1880.
David T. Beckwith, 249 ; his second wife was Ame-
lia Saunders, sister of his first wife ; born September
8th, 1823 ; died March 10th, 1882.
279. Charles O.; born Malta, May 30th, 1850;
living there 1889.
280. Lucy M. ; born February 6th, 1856 ; mar-
ried George Black ; he died, and she was
living in Malta in 1889.
281. Albert; born September 20th, 1860; died
November 21st, 1878.
William Beckwith, 201, born in Frederick Co.,
McL, 1758 ; enlisted in the Continental Army, in 1776,
and served two years ; moved to Morgan Co., Ohio,
about 1819; farmer; married twice; he married his
second wif e, Priscella Jenkins, September 23d, 1778;
no children ; he married his first wife, Martha Elder ;
who died in Maryland ; and by her had the following
children :
282. Tobias.
283. Richard.
284. Rebecca.
52 The Bechwiihs.
Tobias Beckwith, 282, born Frederick Co., Md., and
settled in Morgan Co., Ohio ; died there January, 1823 ;
he married Bridget Walpole, in 1818; she was born
in Ireland.
284a. John; lived and died in Somerset, Perry
Co., Ohio.
285. Katie.
286. Mary Ann ; married Framer, and was liv-
ing in Artesian City, Dak., in 1889.
287. Rebecca; born Morgan Co., Ohio, March
1st, 1823 ; living in New Lexington, Ohio,
in 1889 ; married Michael Forcjuer, May
18th, 1841; he was born in Philadelphia,
Penn., June 3, 1813; their children are:
May A., born April 27th, 1842; Jane,
born October 27th, 1843; Charles, born
March 9th, 1849 ; Raymond, born Decem-
ber 26th, 1851; William, born January
5th, 1855; Kate, born September 8th,
1858 ; Dugan, born May 23d, 1861 ; Laura,
born July 23d, 1863 ; John, born October
23d, 1867.
William Beckwith, 96, of Dacre, Yorkshire, Eng.
288. Thomas of Aldborough was buried in
1683.
Thomas Beckwith, 288, of Aldborough, York, was
buried in 1683; he married Sarah, daughter of Simon
Beckwith of Pontferact, York ; she died in 1673.
289. Samuel.
Samuel Beckwith, 289, of Aldborough, and after-
The Bechwiths. 53
ward of High Barton, died in 1694; he married Mar-
gnrette, daughter and heiress of Rev. George Walker,
who was afterward Bishop of Deny, which town he
defended against King James 2d.
290. Samuel, of Burton, Secretary to the Duke
of Ormond and Philip, Duke of Wharton ;
he married in 1699, and died in 1725.
291. Thomas.
Thomas Beckwith, 291, of High Barton and Clifton,
married, in 1702, Phyllis, daughter of Pickingill of El-
lerton ; she died in 1710.
292. Thomas.
293. Samuel, of Raikes ; married Anne, daughter
and heiress of John Dent of Clifton Lodge ;
he died in 1773.
294. John; sold the Manor of Beckwithshaw,
in 1753, that had been in the family since
1226, being a part of the estate of Lady
Beckwith Bruce.
Thomas Beckwith, 292, of Clifton, married Mary,
daughter of J. Winn.
295. Thomas, of Liverpool, ancestor of the Liver-
pool Beckwiths, many of whom were liv-
ing there in 1888 ; he sold Clifton.
Samuel Beckwith, 293, of Raikes, married Anne,
daughter and heiress of John Dent of Clifton Lodge ;
she died in 1773.
296. Samuel
297. Thomas, of Liverpool
298. Margarette; first husband, Christopher
54 The Eeckwitks.
Jaques ; second husband, Timon Wrather ;
buried in 1771.
Samuel Beckwith, 296, of London, married Jane,
daughter of John Roydell of London; left several
children.
299. Samuel.
Samuel Beckwith, 299, of London, married Jane,
daughter of John Donewell of London.
300. Rev. Samuel ; died 1846.
301. Jane Emily; died unmarried in 1866.
Roger Beckwith, 97, of Northcot and Aldborough,
York, which he purchased from Sir Wm. Gee in 1597 ;
buried at Pontferact in 1634; he married twice;
his first wife was Dorothy, daughter of Currer of
Leeds.
302. Thomas of Beverly ; line extinct.
303. Catherine; married Thomas Norton of Ever-
ton.
304. Margarette ; baptized 1607.
305. Anne ; married J. Robinson of Bolton-upon-
Swales.
306. Barbara; married Mathew Lockwood of
Sowerby Thursk.
Roger Beckwith, 97, of Northcot and Aldborough ;
his second wife was Susannah, daughter of Brakenbury
of Sellahy, Co. Durham; she died October, 1670, and
was buried at Skellborough.
307. Arthur.
308. William of Thurcroft in Laughton; died
without issue March 27th, and was buried
The Bechwiths. 55
at Laughton in 1678; devised Thurcroft
to his nephew William ; he married Mar-
garette, daughter of Bernard Ellis; she
was buried at Laughton, October 5th,
1676.
309. Mathew.
310. Susannah; married John Aulaby of Aulaby.
311. Judith; married Wm. Parker, M. D., of
London.
312. Hester; married John Odinsell of OdinselL
Arthur Beckwith, 307, of Aldborough, baptized
1615; captain in the Parliamentary Army; killed in
battle 1642; he married Mary, daughter of Marma-
duke Wyville of Constable Barton, knight and baronet.
313. Sir Roger.
314. Marmaduke; baptized at Tanfield, and
died unmarried.
315. Mary ; died unmarried.
316. Isabell; died unmarried.
317. Susan ; died unmarried.
Sir Roger Beckwith, 313, of Aldborough ; created
a baronet by Charles the 2nd; patent dated April
15th, 1681; died December 5th, 1700; he married
twice ; his first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Sir
Christopher Olapham.
318. Arthur; died beyond seas ; possibly the an-
cestor of the Beckwiths of the Island of
Barbadoes.
Sir Roger Beckwith, 313 ; his second wife was Eliz-
abeth, daughter of Edmond Jennings of Ripon, Knight.
56 The Bechmths.
319. Sir Roger.
320. Sir Marmaduke of Virginia.
Sir Roger Beckwith, 319, of Aldborough ; Baronet
and High Sheriff of Co. York, 1706 ; Mayor of Leeds
in 1705 ; died May, 1743 ; he married in October 10th,
1705, Jane, daughter and heiress of Bej. Waddington
of Allerton Gladhow; she died in 1713.
321. Roger; died unmarried.
322. Edward ; died unmarried.
323. Jane ; sole heiress ; married Bielby Thomp-
son of Micklethwaite Grange, Co. York;
she died at Bambirg in 1756.
Sir Marmaduke Beckwith, 320, born at Aldborough,
Yorkshire, Eng., in 1687; emigrated to Virginia in
1700; he was County Clerk of Richmond Co. from
1708 to 1748; it is probable that he died at the latter
date.
324. Sir Jonathan of Virginia.
325. Mary; married Lawrence Butler, born in
England and was a major in the Revolu-
tionary Army, and who died in 1811, leav-
ing one son, Beckwith Butler.
326. Rebecca; married Major John Belfield.
327. Marmaduke.
328. Elizabeth; married Joseph Morton, an
Englishman, and had one son, William
Jordon, who married Martha Pryor and
had twelve children.
329. Tarpley ; born in Virginia ; and died in Eng-
land, November 7th, 1748.
\
The Bechmths. 57
Sir Jonathan Beckwith, 324, born in Richmond
Co., Va. ; signer Northern Neck Declaration, protest-
ing against the Stamp Act, in 1765; he was living in
Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1835 ; he was a patriot and,
in consequence, the title of " Sir," which he had inher-
ited from his father, ceased to exist upon the declara-
tion of his patriotic sentiments ; he married Rebecca
Barns of Virginia.
330. Jennings.
331. Jonathan; died unmarried.
332. Penelope.
333. Elizabeth.
334. Richard Marmaduke.
385. Barnes.
336. Rebecca; born in Richmond Co., Va. ; mar-
ried her cousin, Marmaduke Brockin-
borough Beckwith, and died in Jefferson
Co., Va.
Jennings Beckwith, 230, born in Richmond Co.,
Va., 1764 ; he was a great sportsman, and passed many
years among the Indians of the far west, hunting ; died
near Bleak Hall, the country-seat of Marmaduke
Beckwith, in Westmoreland Co., Va., in 1835; he
married a Miss Kill.
337. Richard M. B.
338. Edwin; super-cargo of a merchant vessel
that was lost at sea, supposed to have been
captured by pirates, who murdered those
on board.
339. Malbis; died in Frederick Co., W. Va., at
the u Retreat," his father's country-seat
8
58 The Bechwiths.
340. T. W.
341. .
342. .
Richard Marmaduke Barnes Beckwith, 337, born
in Jefferson Co., W. Va. ; enlisted in the U. S. Army
in 1813, and served until 1816, in Wells Co.; he died
at St. Louis, Mo M in 1818, when on his way to visit
his father, who was then among the Indians of the far
west; he married Sarah Hite, who was boro in 1796,
married September 13th, 1813, and died in 1884; she
was daughter of Captain George Hite, who served in
the war of 1776, was wounded and pensioned; he was
grand-nephew of James Madison, President of the
United States .
343. Lawrence Butler.
344. George H. J.
Lawrence Butler Beckwith, 343, born Frederick
Co., W. Va, 1814 ; died Orangeburg, Columbia Co.,
S. C, 1868; married Harriet Hunt, 1840; born Co-
lumbia Co., S. C.
345. Lawrence R.
346. "Bettie."
347. Sallie F.
348. Mary H.
349. Annie L.
350. Hattie.
Lawrence Ransom Beckwith, 345, born in Orange-
burg, Columbia Co., S. C, 1842 ; he was in the Con-
federate Army, serving in the "Hampton Legion,"
with rank of captain ; was severely wounded during
The Beckwith*. 59
the war, and married Ann Moorer in 1866; died in
1884.
351. Lawrence Henry; born in 1867.
352. JohnG.
George Hite J. Beckwith, 344, of Charlestown, Jef-
ferson Co., W. Va., born in 1816; living in 1889 at
his country-seat, near Charlestown, called "Shady
Side ; " he married Anne, daughter of Dr. S. Scolley,
in 1843, of Middling Co., Va.; she died at "Shady
Side" in 1868.
353. S. S.; died 1848.
354. Harriet; died 1848.
355. Eloise; died 1878.
356. Frank.
357. Lawrence Butler ; surveyor ; living in Ar-
kansas 1888.
358. Mary Elizabeth.
359. Sallie M. ; married T. G. Barlow, civil en-
gineer ; living Wood End, W. Va., in 1889 ;
have two children, Anna L. and Robt.
Matson.
Frank Beckwith, 354, of Charlestown, W. Va. ; law-
yer; in State Legislature,* 1881-2 ; officer on Gov.
Jackson's Staff, 1861-5 ; living in Charlestown, 1891 ;
married Lucy, daughter of Angus McDonald, 1887.
360. Angus McDonald.
Richard Marmaduke Beckwith, 334; lawyer; born
in Richmond Co., Va., in 1774; moved to Falmouth,
Stafford Co., Va. , where he practiced his profession ;
60 The Bechmths.
he died there in 1820; he married Elizabeth Scott
Buchanan February 13th, 1798; she was of Stafford Co.
361. Jonathan.
362. Richard M.
363. Lawrence Butler; born at Falmouth, in
Stafford Co., Va., in 1804; he served in
the Oapt. Hunter's Company, 1st Reg.,
Ark. Vol., during the Mexican War, and
died at Brownstone, Ark. in 1885; mar-
ried Jennette Hill in February, 1857;
she was born in 1829, and died in 1887;
no children.
364. Andrew B.
365. James H.
366. Robert.
867. Hugh M.
368. Laura B. ; born at Falmouth, Stafford Co.,
Va., March 30th, 1818; married S. P.
Graves, a lawyer, June 2d, 1849 ; he died
in 1886; she was living at Baton Rouge, La.,
in 1889; their children are: Mary, born
September 13th, 1850, married T. B. Du-
pree, and died August 17th, 1883 ; Laura
M. ; Lucy E. ; Samuel P. ; Elizabeth B.
369. Elizabeth.
370. Mary H.; married Smith; one daughter,
Mary, married L. B. deMorse, merchant at
Texarkana, Tex., in 1889.
371. Rebecca; married Harrison of Texarkana ;
one son, Richard, a merchant at Texarkana
in 1889.
The Bechmths. 61
372. Martha.
Jonathan Beckwith, 361, born in Stafford Co., Va.,
1799; M. D.; moved to Lauderdale Co., Alabama,
and died there in 1856 ; he married Dolly, daughter
of Isaac Winston of Va.
373. Alexander.
374. Isaac.
375. William.
376. Elizabeth ; born in Va., and living in Flor-
ence, Ala*, 1889.
Alexander Beckwith, 373, living in Athens, Tennes-
see ; married Mary Mason.
377. .
378. .
Richard Marmaduke Beckwith, 362, born in Stafford
Co., Va., 1804 ; died in Lauderdale Co., Ala. ; married
Priscilla, daughter of Jas. Turner of Caroline, Va.
379. William J.
William J. Beckwith, 379, living Gravelly Springs,
Ala., in 1888 ; married his first cousin, Virginia, daugh-
ter of Robert Beckwith, No. 366.
380. Robert R. ; born in 1866.
381. Florence.
Andrew Buchanan Beckwith, 364, born Stafford Co.,
Va, in 1805 ; M. D. ; married Adelaide B. Carter in
1830 ; she was born in Fauquier Co., Va., in 1806, and
died in 1836.
382. Henry C.
383. Virginia ; married Hutchinson.
384. Marmaduke C. ; living in Lynchburg, Va.,
in 1891.
62 The Beckwiths.
385. Minnie; living in Mobile, Ala., in 1889.
Henry C. Beckwith, 382, living in Lynchburg, Va.,
in 1889 ; he married Ada Le Baron of Pensacola, Fla.
386. .
James H. Beckwith, 365, born in Stafford Co., Va. ;
moved to Setfier, Arkansas, in 1883 ; was a tanner,
and after the quick process of tanning was discovered
he became a farmer, and died there ; he married
Simons of Virginia.
387. Amanda; born in 1844; married Smeadly
of Ark. in 1883.
388. Rebecca; born in 1852; married three
times in Ark.
389. Laura; born in 1862; married Thomas Bell
of Ark.
390. James; born in 1858; living at Brown-
stone, Ark, in 1889.
391. Virginia; born in 1865; living at Brown-
stone, Ark., in 1889.
Robert Beckwith, 366, born in Stafford Co., Va.,
1813 ; died in Alabama in 1873 ; he married Sarah B.
Curtiss.
392. Virginia, who married her cousin William
J. Beckwith of Gravelly Springs, Ala., No
379.
Hugh Mercer Beckwith, 367, born in Stafford Co.,
Va., in 1817; ranchman on the Rio Grande river at
Presidio, Presidio Co., Texas, in 1889 ; he married
Refugia Rascon,a Spanish lady, December 22d, 1849;
she was born in Santa Fe, N. M., August 29th, 1833.
The Bechunths. 63
393. Robert W. ; born October 16th, 1850.
393a. John M. ; born January 14th, 1853.
394. Cornelia ; born March 31st, 1857.
395. Josephine ; born November 24th, 1858.
396. Ellen ; born May 10th, 1861.
397. Elizabeth ; born December 24th, 1867.
398. Nicolas Pino ; born May 17th, 1869.
399. Laura ; born September 24th, 1872.
Barnes Beckwith, 335, born in Richmond Co., Va.,
in 1783 ; was a captain in the quartermaster's depart-
ment of the U. 8. Army in 1812 ; was sheriff, justice
of the peace, U. S. marshal, and member of the State
Legislature of W. Va. ; died in Jefferson Co., W. Va.,
in 1855 ; he married Betsy Peyton Martin'of Virginia.
400. Lawrence A.
401. Barnes.
402. Mary Peyton; widow of D. Huff of W.
Va. ; has three children, all married.
403. Penelope'S. ; married B. R. Penny backer of
Belleville, W. Va. ; four children, all mar-
ried.
404. Jane ; born in 1806 ; living in Parkersburg ;
unmarried in 1886.
Lawrence Albert Beckwith, 400, born in Jefferson
Co., W. Va., in 1816 ; living at Ravenswood, W. Va.,
in 1889 ; he married his cousin Mary E., daughter of
Tapley Beckwith.
405. Lewis A. ; born June 13th, 1841 ; was a
lieutenant in Co. D, of the 14th Reg. W.
Va, in the U. S. Vol. Service, 1861-65;
farmer, Wood Co., W. Va., in 1889.
64 The Beckwiths.
406. Richard A. ; born in 1842 ; county clerk of
Wood Co. ; fanner, Wood Co., W. Va,, in
1889.
407. Tapley ; born in 1847; fanner, Wood Co.,
W. Va., in 1889.
Barnes Beckwith, 401, born in Jefferson Co., W.
Va., 1818 ; married Virginia, daughter of Abraham
Samuels and Hannah Neal daughter of John Neal of
" Border Warfare " fame.
408. Author B.
409. Rebecca; born in 1844; married R. P.
Haywood ; living in Dover, Mo., in 1889.
410. Elizabeth ; born in 1847 ; married G. A.
Pennybaker of W. Va.
411. Virginia; born in 1856; married C. C.
Evans; living Bartlet, Ohio, in 1889.
412. John Neal; born in 1849; constable of
Wood Co., W. Va., in 1889.
413. Abram S. ; born in 1853 ; agent Adams
Express Co., at Parkersburg, W. Va., in
1889.
414. George C.
414a. Lawrence A. Jr.; born in 1860.
415. William S. ; born in 1860; clerk in Adams
Ex. Co., at Parkersburg, in 1889.
Author B. Beckwith, 408, born in Jefferson Co., W.
Va., in 1842 ; was county clerk, U. S. marshal of
that county and chief of police of Parkersburg, W.
Va., in 1869 he married Emma A. Sleoght, who was
born in Germany, January 7th, 1851.
The Bechuntlis. 65
416. Helen R. ; died young.
417. Walter S. ; died young.
418. Charlotte V.; "Kate;" born August 1st,
1874.
419. Nellie; "Buster;" born April 14th, 1881.
420. Amly A.; "Blackbird;" born October 19th,
1852.
Marmaduke Beckwith, 327, married Sybel, daughter
of Major Elsie of the Revolutionary Army.
421. Marmaduke B.
422. Tapley.
423. Newman.
424. Lucy; married Harrington.
425. Elizabeth ; married Brough.
426. MaryE.
427. William ; died in Prince William Co., Va.,
unmarried.
428. Jennings.
429. Lewis.
Marmaduke Brockinborough Beckwith, 421, married
his cousin Rebecca, daughter of Sir Jonathan Beckwith.
430. Jonathan B.
431/ Prank.
Jonathan Brockinborough Beckwith, 430, born
1800, in W. Va.; married Margarette, who was born
in 1800, and died in 1884.
432. John ; born in Wood Co., W. Va, and died
there ; he was a soldier in the Confederate
Army, 1861-65.
Tapley Beckwith, 422, born in Richmond Co., Va.,
9
66 The Beckwitks.
1798 ; died at Ravenswood, Wood Co., W. Va. ; he
married Nancy Bailey, who was born in Richmond Co.,
Va., and died in Wood Co., W. Va.
433. Author.
434. Alfred.
435. Elizabeth.
436. Adaline.
437. Martha.
438. Tapley ; living at Ravenswood, W. Va., in
1889.
439. Lewis ; living at Cottageville, W. Va., in
1889.
440. Jennings ; living at Ravenswood in 1889.
441. Barnes.
Barnes Beckwith, 441, born at Ravenswood, W. Va.,
in 1825; died there; he married Elizabeth Lord in
1849 ; she was born and died at Ravenswood.
442. William ; living at Ravenswood, W. Va.,
in 1889.
443. Ered.
444. Charles B.
445. Tapley.
446. Nancy G.
448. Leroy A.
Leroy A. Beckwith, 448, born at Ravenswood, W.
Va., in 1850 ; merchant and lumber dealer at Ravens-
wood in 1889 ; he married Nannie F. Jarrett in 1877 ;
she was born at Charlestown, W. Va., in 1853.
449. Evalina ; born November 18th, 1878.
450. Nora; born May 5th, 1880.
The Beckwiths. 67
451. Martha ; bom October 24th, 1882.
452. Roy Barnes; born November 24th, 1885.
Newman Beckwith, 423, born in Richmond Co., Va.;
moved to Mississippi Co., Mo., in 1812, and died there ;
he married Judith A. Neal ; she was born in Va. and
died in Mo. in 1836 ; she was an aunt of the mother
of General Stonewall Jackson, C. 8. A.
453. Underwood; died in 1855 unmarried.
454. Richard ; died unmarried.
455. Francis ; died in 1 857 unmarried.
456. Sabina ; died unmarried.
457. Lucy ; married J. Hunter and left two
children; Joseph married Miss Harell
and was living at Jackson, Mo., in 1889 ;
Catherine married John Cams.
458. Quiros.
459. Marmaduke.
460. Mountain ; born in Va. before 1840 ; mar-
ried Mrs. Faulkner ; no children.
461. Barnes ; born in Va. ; married Miss Faulk-
ner ; no children.
Quiros Beckwith, 458, born in Fairfax 0. H., Va.,
September 25th, 1801 ; settled in Mississippi Co., Mo.,
and died September 3d, 1862 ; he married Susan John-
son, April 2d, 1839 ; she was born in Nashville, Tenn.,
October 31st, 1813.
462. Ellen ; born October 15th, 1842 ; died at
Shelbyville, Ky., June 2d, 1858.
463. Margarette; born Cinthiana, Ky., October
8th, 1844 ; died September 9th, 1851.
68 The BechwUks.
464. Mathew; born October 3d, 1846; died
January 27th, 1847.
465. Quiros.
466. Thomas.
Quiros Beckwith, 465, born in Mississippi Co., Mo.,
November 22d, 1847 ; died there February 8th, 1878 ;
he married Susan James, August 7th, 1866 ; she died
July 4th, 1879.
467. Quiros; born in Oharlestown, Mo., April
14th, 1869; living there in 1889.
468. John Harding; born August 23d, 1867;
living Oharlestown, Mo , in 1889 ; he mar
ried Julia Winbush, December 28th, 1887.
Thomas Beckwith, 466, born in Mississippi Co., Mo.,
January 24th, 1840; farmer; living in Oharlestown,
Mo., in 1889 ; he married Laura Swauk, March lltht
1863 ; she was born in Hardin Co., Ky., December
4th, 1844.
469. Lillie May; born November 26th, 1864;
living Oharlestown, Mo., in 1889.
470. Minnie Lee; born December 19th, 1866;
living Oharlestown, Mo., in 1889.
471. Allie; born October 10th, 1868; living
Oharlestown, Mo., in 1889.
472. William; born 1870; died November 28th,
1882.
Marmaduke Beckwith, 459, born in Virginia, in
1805 ; married twice ; his first wife was Grif-
fith ; the children by this marriage all died young ; by
The Beckwith*. 69
his second marriage, with the daughter of Col. Hunter
of Mississippi Co., Mo., he had the following children :
473. Amanda; married L. T. Medley; living
Arcadia, Mo., in 1889.
474. Judith Ann ; married Peas of Farmington,
Mo.
475. Underwood ; born in Mississippi Co., Mo. ;
living at Bird's Point, Mo., in 1889.
476. Lucy B. ; born in 1842 ; married Dr. Travis,
and was living, in 1889, at Wolf Island,
Mo.
Lewis Beckwith, 429, born in Prince William Co.,
Va., in 1789; died in Wood Co., W. Va. ; he married
Matilda Carter of Prince William Co., W. Va. ; she
moved to Grayson Co., Ky., in 1854, and died there;
by marriage she was related to George Washington's
mother, Mary Ball, who married Augustine Washing-
ton ; also, to Gen. Wm. H. Harrison, President of the
United States, grandfather of the present President
(1889) ; also, [to Gen. Robert E. Lee, major-general
in the Confederate Army during the War of the Rebel-
lion, through his wife, who was a Fitzhugh of Virginia.
477. Jane ; died young.
478. Ann; born in Grayson Co., Ky.; married
John A. Hord of Grayson Co., Ky., and
died in 1851; children: Lewis B. ; Mary
W. ; Bainton M. ; Arthur A. ; John W. ;
William T. ; Frank J.
479. Arthur.
Arthur Beckwith, 479, born in Wood Co., W. Va.,
70 The Bedkwiths.
September 22d, 1815 ; living in Grayson Co., Ky., in
1889; farmer; he moved to Grayson Co., Ky., in
1828; married Louisa Duncan, May 26th, 1842; she
was born in Greenup Co., Ky., August 16th, 1818.
480. William L. ; born March 5th, 1843 ; farmer ;
living in Grayson, Carter Co., Ky., in
1889.
481. Jane.
482. Mary L.
483. Sophia M. ; born January 15th, 1849.
484. Lucy H. ; born June 12th, 1851.
485. A. Laura; born September 1st, 1855.
486. Allen C. ; born May 23d, 1858 ; farmer ;
living Grayson, Carter Co., Ky., in 1889.
Mathew Beckwith, 309, of Tanfield and Slenington ;
captain in the Parliamentary Army ; was born in 1628 ;
married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Buck of Filey,
knight ; buried at Tanfield in 1679.
487. John.
488. William.
489. Susana.
490. Mary; baptized at Tanfield in 1652.
491. Elizabeth ; baptized in 1658.
492. Martha ; died young.
John Beckwith of Sleningford, 487, age 14 in 1666 ;
died in 1688 ; he married Castliana, daughter of Lionel
Copley of Wads worth ; she died May 13th, 1700.
493. Roger ; died young.
494. Castliana ; died young.
495. Elizabeth ; died young.
The Bechwiths. 71
William Beckwith, 488, of Thurcroft, born Novem-
ber 22d, 1664; inherited Thurcroft from his uncle
William Beckwith ; he was buried at Laughton Co.,
York, October 8d, 1713 ; married Mary, daughter of
Sir Edward Chalmer of Guisburg; she died in 1702,
and was buried at Laughton.
496. William.
497. John of Dalton Hall ; merchant ; mayor of
Beaumont ; he married Miss Wyke.
498. Edward ; com. of customs of Tewsham Co.,
Kent
499. Mathew ; merchant Marine service ; died
unmarried ; buried at St Paul's, Govent
Garden, London, in 1728.
500. Mary ; married June 1714 to John Murray
of Slade Horton.
501. Elizabeth ; married twice in Lincoln Co.
502. Susana; married 1722 to Thomas Harrison
of Dillern Co., Stafford.
503. Margarette ; married Jno. Powers of Utto-
exeter Co., Stafford.
504. Dorothy ; married George Saunders, Gent
of Howden, and died October 24th, 1734.
505. Mary.
506. Elizabeth ; died young.
William Beckwith, 496, of Thurcroft and Slening-
ton; married April 28th, 1715; died at Thurcroft,
April 10th, 1760, aged 74; he married Elizabeth,
daughter and heiress of John Woodfield of Fishburn
and Trimden Co., Durham ; she died in 1767, aged 70.
72 The Beckwith*.
507. WoodEeld.
508. Malby; ensign in the 3d Reg. of foot
(Buffs) 1775.
509. John; Lieut.-CoL in Abercrombie's Regi-
ment; died and buried at Bishop Middle-
ham in 1705, aged 65.
510. William.
511. John.
512. William.
513. Author.
511. Mary.
515. Jane ; married J. Welty.
516. Elizabeth; married William Horsfall, and
died aged 72 in 1798.
Woodfield Beckwith, 507, of Thurcroft and Trimden,
baptized at Laughtonin 1719 ; married Maud Dorothy,
daughter of C. Robinson of Eastington Co., Durham,
in 1771 ; died 1779.
517. WiUiam.
518. Richard; died young.
William Beckwith, 517, of Thurcroft, in Yorkshire
and Trimden, in Durham; died in 1847. Married
Caroline, daughter of John Nesham, of Houghton-le-
Spring, she died in St. Omer, France, in 1832.
519. WiUiam of Thurcroft and Trimden, K H.,
General in the Army, and Colonel of the
14th Hussars in 1846, born in 1795, died
in 1871. He married Priscella, daughter
and heiress of Thomas Hopper of Silks-
worth House.
The Beckwith*. 73
520. John ; born in September 1803.
521. Henry.
522. Caroling; married Samuel Kentish, and died
in 1867.
523. Mary; died unmarried in 1865.
Henry Beck with, 521. In Holy Orders, Rector of
Eaton, Conatantine Co., Salop, he was born in 1806;
married Anne Rose, daughter of Rev. John Eaton.
524. Henry John ; captain in the 23d Reg., born
in 1840.
525. William Edmund ; born in 1844.
526. Rose Caroline.
William Beckwith, 510, of Cary street, London,
Barrister at Law.
527. William ; ensign 27th Reg., died unmarried
in 1776.
528. Maria.
529. Elizabeth.
Edward Beckwith, 498, commissioner of Customs,
of Tewsham Co., Kent, he married twice.
530. Onslow; lieut. Royal Welsh Fusileers,
23d Foot 1771, captain in the 45th, 1776,
left a daughter who died young.
Mathew Beckwith, 103, born in Ponteferact, York-
shire Eng., about 1610. Emigrated to New England
in 1635, residing for a short time at Say brook Point
1635, Bramford 1638, Hartford among the first settlers
in 1642, Lyme in 1651 he purchased large tracts of
land on the Niantic river, and was left a legacy by
Capt. Lyrado, his land laid practically in Lyme and
10
74 The Beokwitks.
New London. Mould & Art ship builders construc-
ted especially for him the barque Endeavor, which
was the first vessel launched from New London, and
traded with the Barbadoes, she was sold at Barbadoes
in 1666, for a cargo of sugar. Mathew was of that class
known as planters, many of whom were men of means,
who placed their vessels in the charge of competent
mariners, who also attended to the mercantile trans-
actions and interests of the owners, Mathew was born
September 2 2d, 1610, and died December the 13th,
1681. " His death being sudden, and being the result
of an accident, a jury was summoned, who gave their
verdict, that he came to his death by mistaking his
way of a dark night and falling from a cliff of rocks.*'
He left an estate valued at 393 pounds ($1,975) "at
his death he left a wife Elizabeth."
531. Mathew.
532. John.
533. Joseph.
534. Nathaniel.
535. Benjamin.
536. A daughter, who married Benjamin Grant.
537. A daughter, who married Robert Grirard.
Mathew Beckwith, 531, born possibly at Saybrook
Point, in 1637 ; was recorded at Waterford, where he
was made a freeman in 1658 ; he resided first at
Guildford, and was one of the founders of the church
there, and died at New London, Conn., June 4th, 1727 ;
he married twice ; by his first wife, Elizabeth, he had
the following children :
The Beckwiths. 75
538. Mathew.
539. John.
540. James.
541. Jonah*
542. Prudence ; born in New London, August
22d, 1676 ; married Roger Bart of Lyme,
July 24th, 1717 ; children, Solomon, born
April 10th, 1739; Margarette, born May
1st, 1737 ; Lucy, born May 10th, 1722 ;
Ann, born May 31st, 1724; Roger, born
July 14th, 1726 ; Richard, born December
20th, 1728 ; William, born December 21st,
1730 ; Prudence, born December 5th, 1732 ;
Hannah, born July 25th, 1735.
543. Elizabeth ; born February 4th, 1678 ; mar-
ried James Burchard, March 17th, 1696.
544. Ruth; born March 14th, 1680.
545. Sarah ; born Lyme, Ct., December 15th,
1684; died February 28th, 1773; married
Joseph Leonard in 1704.
Mathew Beckwith, 531, his second wife Eliza-
beth, daughter of Mathew Griswold of Lyme;
she married three times ; her first husband was
John Rogers, the founder of the sect known as
" Friends, or Quakers/' and sometimes called " Roger-
ine Quakers," whom she married October 17th, 1670 ;
from him she was divorced October 18th, 1676; her
second husband was Peter Pratt, whom she married
August 5th, 1679 ; he died March 24th, 1685 ; in 1689
76 The Beckvnths.
she married Mathew Beckwith, and had by him a
daughter, and died at Lyme in 1737.
546. Griswold ; born in 1691 at Lyme and mar-
ried Eliakem Oooly at Lyme, Conn., Sep-
tember 14, 1706 ; children Eliakim, born
1707; Griswold, born 1709, died 1764
Mathew, born 1712 ; Jonah, born 1716
died 1778 ; Josiah, born 1714 ; died, 1715
Luke, born 1718; died 1777; Hezekiah,
born 1720; died 1796; Elizabeth, born
1727 ; Esther, born 1729.
Mathew Beckwith, 538, born at Guilford, Ct., April
13th, 1667, and died there June 4th, 1740; married
Elizabeth, February 17th, 1721 ; she was born at New
London and died at Lyme in 1746.
547. Abiyah; born July 11th, 1722.
548. Elizabeth ; born February 14th, 1723 ;
married twice ; 1st, married Joshua Cham-
pion, Oct. 14th, 1742 ; children, Lydia,
born August 3d, 1745 ; Joshua, bom Feb-
ruary 3d, 1747. 2d, married to D.Peck, April
19th, 1757; children, Martin, b. 1759;
Elizabeth, born 1761 ; Darious, born 1770 ;
Huldah, born 1778 ; Simion, .born 1766 ;
Andrew, born 1768; John, b. 1770 ; Um,
born 1774; Elisha, born 1777; Timothy,
born 1779.
549. Lois; born July 11th, 1725.
550. Diadiama; born November 18th, 1728.
551. Eunice ; born May 4th, 1733.
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The Bechwiths. 77
552. Sarah; born April 22d, 1737.
John Beckwith, 539, born Bramford, February 4th,
1669; he moved to New London, and there married
Naomi de Wolf August 12th, 1700 ; she was born at
Waterford 1676, and died at Lyme 1736.
553. John.
554. Elisha; born at New London 1712; died
at Waterford, Ct. ; married Amy Durand,
October 10th, 1759 ; she was born at
Waterford, and died there.
James Beckwith, 540, born New London, June 1st,
vJ O 1671 ; removed to Lyme in 1692, and <Jied there in
^ **5 1719; he married Sarah Griswold, September 22d,
j .^ 1693 ; she was born at Lyme in 1673, and died there
i .; October 10th, 1714.
A 555. James.
556. Martha ; born August 16th, 1697 ; married
Joseph Wait in 1715.
557. Sarah ; born July 1st, 1701.
558. Elizabeth ; born May 30th, 1702.
559. Mary; born June 1st, 1716; 1st husband
Durant Tinker ; 2d husband, married 1745
to Capt Starling of Lyme.
560. Daniel.
561. Samuel.
562. Renald*
563. John; born October 10th, 1714.
James Beckwith, 555, born Lyme, Ct., May 11th,
1695; died there July, 1730; married Mary Lamb,
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78 The Beckunths.
July 3d, 1721 ; she was born at New London, 1697,
and died there.
564. Sarah; born Lyme, Ct., March 20th, 1722.
565. Rebecca ; born Lyme, Ct., January 20th,
1729.
566. James.
James Beckwith, 566, born at Lyme, April 1st, 1725;
died at Bristol, Ct*, October 12th, 1764; he married
Lucy Griswold, April 10th, 1755; she was born at
Lyme, Ct., September 28th, 1729.
567. Thomas; born at Lyme, Ct., 1755; re-
moved to Rhode Island ; removed to Exe-
ter, Otsego Co., N. Y. ; he married Azubah
Pinkney in 1786.
568. James.
569. Zacariah; born at Bristol, Ct., February
14th, 1761 ; died there May 21st, 1811 ;
married Eunice Gaylord; she was born
October 18th, 1764, and died at Bristol in
1846.
Daniel Beckwith, 560, born at Lyme, Ct, October
26th, 1704; farmer and Baptist minister ; died Novem-
ber 10th, 1763; married Miriam Smith, November
13th, 1740; she moved to Marlow, N. H., in 1765,
and died there March 7th, 1809 ; she was born in 1721.
570. Eleazor; born at Lyme, Ct., in 1741; he
was a Baptist minister in good standing
and, also, a farmer; he died April 16th,
1808; married Hannah Lewis, who was
born in 1743, and died August 16th, 1823.
The Beckwiths. 79
671. Mary; born October 9th, 1743, and died
June 23d, 1823 ; married Samuel Miller of
Lyme.
572. Elizabeth; married Richard Lampshire of
Lyme, and died in 1814.
573. Titus; born Lyme, Ct, December 30th,
1736; farmer; died at Chelsea, N. Y., in
1802.
574. Ruel; born Lyme, Ct, August 18th, 1742 ;
died December 11th, 1790 ; married Sarah
Wood, December 9th, 1773.
575. Amos ; born at Lyme, Ct., April 17th, 1730;
removed to Marlow, N. H., in 1787; to
SuttoH, Vt. ; Baptist minister; died at
Sutton, Vt., December 6th, 1822 ; he mar-
ried Susannah Trueman, who was born at
New London, Ct, August 4th, 1760, and
died at Sutton, Vt, September 21st, 1839.
576. Ira; born 1733; died January 7th, 1829;
he was a farmer ; married Hannah Wheel-
ock, in 1750; she died May 22d, 1780.
577. Amon; born Lyme, Ct, 1752, and died
July 28th, 1805; farmer; he removed to
Marlow, N. H., and married Sarah Brown ;
she was born in 1763, and died June 28th,
1837.
Samuel Beckwith, 561, born at Lyme, Ct, May 14th,
1709 ; removed to Norwich, Ct. ; had grant of land in
Cornwallis, N. S., from the British Government; he
died there ; married Miriam Marvin, in 1740, daughter
of Captain Renald Marvin, of Lyme, Ct.
80 The Bechioiths.
578. Samuel ; born Norwich, Ct. ; removed to
Cornwalli8, N. S., and settled at Halifax,
N. S. ; he married Rebecca Chapman, of
Lyme, Ct.
579. Marvin.
580. Handley.
Renald Beckwith, 562, born at Lyme, Ct., February
6th, 1706, to Fredericton N. B., where he married Mary
Handley, April 12th, 1796 ; she was born at Frederic-
ton, N. B.
581. Elizabeth.
582. Mary Ann.
583. Nehemiah ; born in Conn. ; was drowned at
Frederickton, N. B., he married Julia Le
Brun, who was born in Canada, in 1790.
5 84. Samuel ; born in New Brunswick, died at
Buffalo, N. Y. ; married Adelaide Le Brun,
born in Canada and died at Albion, N. Y.
Jonah Beckwith, 541, born at New London, Conn.,
December 27th, 1673 ; to Lyme, Conn., Deacon of the
Congregational Church of Lyme ; died there in 1744 ;
married Rebecca, July 12th, 1701 ; she was born at
Lyme, in 1719.
585. George.
586. Benjamin.
587. Jonah.
George Beckwith, 585, born at Lyme, Conn., Sep-
tember 17th, 1702 ; graduate of Yale, ordained first
pastor of the Congregational Church of Lyme, in Jan-
uary, 1730 ; died there in 1794. In 1761 was Chaplain
The Bechwitks. 81
of the 1st Regiment Conn. Volunteers ; participating
in the French and Indian wars, and was at Lake
George, N. Y. ; he was moderator of the general associa.
tion of Conn., in 1762, at Marsfield, Conn., and in 1773,
at Bristol, Conn, ; married Sarah, December, 1744; she
was born in 1705, and died in 1797.
588. George; born at Lyme, Conn., in 1733;
graduate Yale College and entered the
ministry, but afterward became a practic-
ing physician at Lyme; he removed to
Great Barrington, married and had children,
all daughters.
589. Barzillai; born Lyme Conn., in 1736; Dea-
con of the Congregational Church, to East
Haddam in 1765, farmer; he married Mary
Butler of East Haddam, she died there.
590. Nathaniel Brown was killed in the Revolu-
tionary War.
Benjamin Beckwith, 586, born at Lyme, Conn., Oc-
tober 18th, 1706.
591. Benjamin.
591a Josiah; born at Lyme, Conn., in 1742;
married Mehitable Parsons (or Piersons).
592. Silas.
592a. David.
John Beckwith, 532, born at Lyme, Conn., in 1669,
one of the original Patentees of New London, to
Waterford Conn. In a deposition before the county
court he says that he " had lived at Niantic Ferry for
the last seventy years," as the deposition was dated in
11
83 The Bechwiths.
1740, he must have been at that time one hundred and
two years old.
593. John.
594. Elisha,
John Beckwith, 593, he was born at Waterford,
Conn., August 12th, 1718; married Elizabeth May-
hew, October 12th, 1742.
595. Elizabeth ; born May 25th, 1743.
596. Amy; born in 1745.
597. Sabra; born in 1750.
598. Noah; born 1752; married July 8th, 1773.
599. John; born 1753; enlisted in the Revolu-
tionary Army, 1775; one year quarter-
master's assistant; quarter-master; third
lieutenant recruiting service; was taken
prisoner battle Flatbush; resigned 1778.
600. Seth; born 1755; married November 14th,
1781.
601. Frederick; born 1758; married April 3d,
1783.
602. Lydia.
603. Esther; born 1762.
604. Caleb; born 1763; married in 1788.
Elisha Beckwith, 594, born and died at Waterford,
Ct. ; buried on the west bank of the Niantic river ; his
grave is unmarked
605. Elisha; born at Waterford, Ct., in 1761;
he had ten children, who all settled in the
Western and Southern States.
606. Jason.
The Bechwiths. 83
607. David ; born Waterford, Ct. ; removed to
New York.
Jason Beckwith, 606, born Waterford, Ct., 1764;
removed to New London, Ct. ; ship-builder;
married 1785; died New London, Ct.
608. David. ^
609. Ezra.
610. Amy; married Anson Smith; living Chi-
cago, HI., in 1886.
611. Sabra.
612. Betsy.
613. Elisha.
614. Jason ; married Naomi Caulkins.
615. Gurdon ; bom New London, Ct. ; enlisted
in the U. S. Army, 1807-8 ; served under
Gens. Harrison and Hull ; taken prisoner
Detroit ; served in the 37th Conn. Reg. ;
married Wealthy ; she was living
in 1887 ; a son, Gurdon, living at New
London, Ct, in 1889.
616. Daniel.
617. James.
James Beckwith, 617, born September 12th, 1803 ;
died February 24th, 1875 ; he married Caul-
kins, sister of his brother's wife.
618. Cordelia.
619. James E. ; married and had two daughters :
Julia A., married Hon. R W. Chapman,
living Waterford, Ct., 1889; Agnes D.,
married Rev. F. P. Braman ; she died No-
vember 30th, 1886.
84 The JSeehmthe.
620. ElishaR; bom August 17th, 1832; mar-
ried; no children; living New London,
Ct. ; U. S. Ship Inspector in 1889.
621. Cyrus Gk
Cyrus G. Beckwith, 621, born at New London, Ct. ;
merchant there in 1888; State Senator, Connecticut
Legislature, several times; married Augusta Dart,
who was born at Saybrook, Ct., October 23d, 1841.
622. James Allen; born at New London, Ct.,
September 26th, 1868.
Joseph Beckwith, 533, born Lyme, Ct., in 1640;
served in the military expedition to Wood Creek,
1708, in the old French War, where he lost his life;
he married Susanna, daughter of Capt. Way of Lyme ;
she was born in Lyme, July 9th, 1682.
623. Sarah; born April 14th, 1677.
624. Joseph.
Joseph Beckwith, 624, born at Lyme, Ct., April
15th, 1679, was living in 1727, but died prior to 1730;
he married Mary .
625. Joseph ; born at Lyme, Conn., in 1700 ;
died August 9th, 1764.
626. Thomas ; born at Lyme, Conn., December
11th, 1711 ; living Bristol, Conn., in 1789.
627. Hezekiah.
628. Susanna.
629. Mary; born in 1709; married Mathew
Marvin, 1732.
630. Lydia ; born 1711 ; married Benjamin
Huntley, April 27th, 1732 ; one son Cur-
tice B., b. 1725.
The Bechwiihs. 85
681. Dorothea ; born 1715.
632. Elijah.
633. Nathan.
634. Stephan ; born Lyme, Conn., 1721.
635. Elizabeth; married Darius Peck, April
19, 1757.
636. Hannah ; married John Griswold.
Nathaniel Beckwith, 534, born at New London,
Conn., in June 1642.
637. Nathaniel
Nathaniel Beckwith, 637, born at Lyme, Conn., May
28th, 1671 ; married Sarah, who was born at East
Haddam, Conn.
638. Job ; born at Lyme, Conn., May 22d, 1705 ;
married Elizabeth Harvey, who was born
in Mass.
639. Nathaniel ; born at Lyme, Conn., January
6th, 1707.
640. Stephan.
641. Jerusha ; born August 10th, 1709.
642. Sarah ; born August 13th, 1712.
643. Patience.
644. Joseph ; born December 10th, 1715.
Benjamin Beckwith, 535, born at New London,
Conn., March 8th, 1643 ; he was a mariner and was
lost at sea ; married Azubah Brewster of Hartford,
Conn.
645. Benjamin ; born at New London, January
13th, 1679.
646. Elisha.
86 The Bsdbwiths.
647. Samuel; drowned at Lyme about 1800;
enlisted in the Revolutionary Army in
1775, Sells Co., Parsons' Reg., Conn, line
for seven months ; re-enlisted 1776 for one
year ; re-enlisted 1777 in the sea service ;
was taken prisoner during the war and
exchanged ; married twice ; first, Polly
Greenfield in 1781; born 1760; second,
Mary Tinker, who died in 1836.
648. Sarah ; married Ebenezer Perkins of Lyme,
Conn.
Elisha Beckwith, 646, born at New London, Conn.,
January 13th, 1682 ; married Nancy Perkins of Lyme,
Conn. ; moved to Lyme, Conn., where they both died.
649. James ; born Lyme, Conn., in 1711.
650. Elisha.
651. Prudence.
652. Huldah.
Elisha Beckwith, 650, born Lyme, Conn., 1718; he
married Adelaide Carpenter, who was born at Lyme
n 1724, and died there.
653. Rev. Roswell.
654. Samuel, born at Lyme, Conn., in 1755 ; set-
tled at Hartford, Conn., he enlisted in the
Revolutionary Army in 1776, and served
in Sells 9 Company, Parsons' Regiment.
655. Nathan; born at Lyme, Conn., in 1747;
settled at Waterford, Conn. ; sailor. En-
listed in the Revolutionary Army in 1775 ;
served in Sells' company, Parsons' regiment ;
The BechwUhs. 87
he married Patience in 1774 ; he had a
grandson Samuel, age 9 in 1847.
656. Abner; born Lyme, Conn., in 1857. En-
listed in the Revolutionary Army in 1776,
Ely's company, Conn. Line. Re-enlisted
in 1777, on the Spy Boat, and served
twenty-two months.
Rev. Roswell Beckwith, 653, born at Lyme, Conn.,
October 21st, 1753, was a Presbyterian minister; later
joined the Baptist Church and became a preacher of
that denomination ; removed to Coeymans, N. Y., in
1795, Cazenovia, N. Y., in 1807; died February 2d,
1336; enlisted in the Continental Army, Sells' Com-
pany, Parsons' regiment, in 1775; he was taken pris-
oner at Fort Washington and placed in the prison
ship in New York harbor ; he married Lydia, daugh-
ter of George Dorr of Lyme ; they were married Janu-
ary 13th, 1780; she died April 16th, 1834.
657. Deacon Barak.
658. Roswell; born at Lyme, Conn., October 8th,
1789; died August 8th, 1870; married
Nancy Hudson, February 29th, 1820 ; she
died July, 1832 ; his second wife was Olive
Bang of Pompey, N. Y. ; they were married
September 3d, 1833 ; she died in 1865.
659. George ; born at Lyme, Conn., February
20th, 1792 ; died 1814.
660. Elizabeth; born December 5th, 1782;
married Chancy Jones of Coeymans, N. Y.,
February 3d, 1802 ; children : Allen; living
Rochelle, DL; Hiram; living Penn Yan
88 The Bechmiths.
Pa. ; Amos ; his widow living Waukegan,
HI. ; Ransom ; died unmarried ; Sally ; died
in Albany, leaving children.
661 . Huldah ; born at Lyme, Conn., November
14th, 1785; married Alva Hotchkins of
Gazenovia, June 5th, 1809; children: Maria;
married James Kent ; living Palmyra, N.
Y. ; Susan ; married Allen Scoville; living
Sullivan, N. Y. ; Lydia ; married Charles
. Barnes ; living Walworth, N. Y.
662. Eunice ; born December 4th, 1787 ; married
Peter Peck, January 6th, 1814; children:
Lydia A. ; married Joel Foster ; Harriet ;
married William Davis; Daniel; married
Betsy Foster; Betsy ; married A. N. Clarke ;
William ; married and left children.
663. James ; born at Coeymans, N. Y., June 1st,
1796 ; married his cousin Mary A. Hyde
of lisle, N. Y., August 28th, 1825 ; she
was born January 22d, 1799 ; and was liv-
ing at Cazenovia in 1858. He served in
the U. S. Army in the war of 1812. En-
listed in 1814, and served in Captain Un-
derwood's company.
Robert Beckwith, 48, born at Clint, Yorkshire, Eng-
land; married Barbarra, daughter of James Lo wen-
thorp of Lowenthorp.
664. John.
665. Mary.
John Beckwith, 664.
666. Sir Leonard.
The Beckwith*. 89
667. Ambrose.
668. Jane ; married William Allen.
669. William.
Sir Leonard Beckwith, 666, of Selby, High Sheriff
County York, 4th year of Edward 6th, 1551 ; he served
King Henry in his French wars, and served Edward
6th ; from him received the Abbey of Selby, 1550; he
was Seneschal of the Abbies of St. Marys, Ancaster
and Stillingfleet, and Selby Abbey, County York,
1535. Lord of the Manor of Catfoss by purchase
from Sir R. Gressham, in 1539 ; was knighted, admit-
ted one of the council of the North. Admitted Cor-
pus Christie, York 1529. Died May 7th, 1555, and was
buried in York Minster ; will dated April 15th, 1555;
proven in 1558. He married Elizabeth, daughter of
Sir Rogers Cholmley, lord chief justice ; she died No-
vember, 1583, aged sixty; buried at York Minster
November 28th.
670. Roger, of Hardwicke Hall, sold his lands
and Selby to Henry, Earl of Derby, and
died in 1587 ; he married Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of Sir Roger Cholmley of Roxby.
671. Francis ; died young.
672. Elizabeth ; married Wm. Vavasour of Wes-
ton, Co. York.
678. Frances; daughter and co-heiress ; married
Sir George Harvey of Markes Tey, County
Essex ; lieutenant of London Tower.
Ambrose Beckwith, 667, of Stillingfleet, etc., by de-
vise from his brother, Sir Leonard, was admitted
12
90 The Beckwith*.
Corpus Christie, York, 1531 ; in 1540 was granted site
of Handale Abbey, and died March 10th, 1574 ; buried
in church of Still ingfleet ; he married daughter of Sir
R. Metham of Luckton ; living 1557 ; buried in church
at Stillingfleet.
674. Leonard.
675. Roger.
676. Ann.
677. Elizabeth.
678. Isabel; married John Saltmarsh of Whitby.
679. Jane; married Miles Newton of Whixley,
and died in 1604.
680. Grace; married Fairfax, and died in 1601.
681. Thomas.
Leonard Beckwith, 674, of Stillingfleet and Handale,
in the North Siding of Yorkshire, 1584; will dated
July 24th, 1596.
682. Jane ; daughter and heiress.
Roger Beckwith, 675, of Handale Abbey ; married
Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Newark of Accomb, Co.
York ; formerly esquire of the body of Queen Mary ;
she died in July 29th, 1696.
683. Newark.
684. Philip.
685. Mary Ann.
Newark Beckwith, 683, of Handale Abbey, died
1656 ; married Mary, daughter of John Fisk of Lax-
field, County Suffolk.
686. Leonard.
687. Mary.
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688. Elizabeth ; married Robert Lascelles of
Eighshine, County York.
Leonard Beckwith, 686, of Handale Abbey ; he was
born in 1619, and married twice ; his first wife was
Theaphinia, daughter of Marmaduke Grimstone of
Grimstone Garth ; by this first marriage he had the
following children :
689. Roger; age 18 in 1666.
690. "William ; died young.
691. Newark
692. Leonard ; age 14 in 1666.
693. Marmaduke; age 9 in 1666.
694. Ann; baptized in 1643.
695. Mary ; married Philip Gemet of Dahsmill,
Co. York.
Newark Beckwith, 691, age 16 in 1666*.
696. John.
697. Roger.
John Beckwith, 696, lieutenant-colonel in the
army ; married Sarah Crook; she died in 1741.
698. John.
John Beckwith, 698, major-general, commanded the
20th Regiment at the battle of Minden, and the Brig-
ade of Grenadiers and Highlanders during the Seven
Years' War, with very distinguished reputation; he
married Janet, daughter of Dr. G. Wishart, Deacon of
Chapel Royal, Edinburgh, and Anne, daughter of Sir
James Campbell, of Orchard Argyleshire ; she died in
1827, aged 97.
699. John.
92 The Beckwiths.
700. Sir George, G. C. B. ; adjutant, 1776 ; gen-
eral and commander-in-chief of the Island
of Barbadoes in 1798; lieutenant-general
in 180& ; governor of the Windward Isl-
ands in 1815; quartermaster-general to
the forces in North America in 1814;
colonel 89th Foot, 1818; commander of
the forces in Ireland in 1819; born in
1753, and died in 1824; unmarried.
701. Ferdinand Amelia; ensign 33d Foot, 1779;
lieutenant, 1780; colonel, 1802 ; brigadier-
general on His Majesty's, and major of the
37th Foot; died in 1805, and was born in
1764.
702. William.
703. Sir Thomas.
704. Jessie; born in 1773, and died in 1776.
John Beckwith, 699, of Somerby Park, Co. York,
born in 1751 ; lieutenant 15th Light Dragoons, 1776 ;
lieutenant 79th Liverpool Vol., 1780; captain 23d
Light Dragoons ; married Mary Halliburton, sister of
the supreme judge of Halifax, N. S., in 1818.
705. George; was in the navy, and died unmarried.
706. Charles ; Major-General in the army.
707. Sydney; lieutenant-colonel of Rifle Brigade
in 1848 ; captain in 1839 ; major in 1847 ;
was killed in the Crimean War.
708. Henry Ferdinand ; lieutenant-colonel in the
Rifle Brigade ; captain, 1830 ; major, 1840;
died at Kingston, Canada.
The Bechwiihs. 93
709. Susao ; married Lieut.-Col. Evart of Bath,
in 1874.
710. Anne.
711. Mary.
712. Jessie.
713. Isabell.
714. Catherine.
715. Clementina.
Major-General Charles Beckwith, 706, born at Hali-
fax, N. 8., in 1789, and died at La Tour, France, in
1862 ; in 1807 was in the expedition against Denmark;
in 1808 against Sweden; in 1809 in the War of the
Spanish Peninsula ; was present at Corunna ; and in
every action of importance until 1814, when he re-
ceived the gold medal and rank of major, 3d March ;
Commander of the Bath in 1815 ; 95 th Foot, acting-
quartermaster; lieutenant-colonel, 1815; lost a leg at
the battle of Waterloo ; captain on half pay, 1820 ;
Knight of St. Maurice and Lazarus ; (see work, lt Gen-
eral Beckwith, his life and labors among the WaJden's
of Piedmont," by J. P. Meille) ; he married a peasant
girl of Piedmont, Italy.
716. Charlotte ; posthumous and only child.
William George Henry Beckwith, 702, born in 1765,
and died 1 844 ; ensign 20th, and captain 52d Regi-
ments ; married Sophia Maria Johanna, daughter of
Lieut -Col. Robt. Ewing, son of Ewing of Borsham
Towers, Dumphries; married in 1806, and died 1867.
717. John Ferdinand ; born in 1824 ; lieut. of
the Rifle Brigade in 1844.
94 The BechvoUhs.
718. Charlotte; married Rev. James Maringay.
719. Elizabeth ; died unmarried.
720. Georgiana ; died unmarried.
721. Jessie Henrietta.
722. Sophia.
Sir Thomas Sydney Beckwith, 703, K. C. B. ; major-
general in 1814; born in 1770; died in 1831 while in
the command of the Bombay Army ; acting governor
of Bombay ; he married twice ; his second wife was
Mary, eldest daughter of Sir William Douglas, Bart,
and was sister of the second and third Marquis of
Queensbury ; she was married in 1817, and died in
1841 ; by his first wife, Clementina, daughter of Laugh-
man, she died in Canada in 1815, he had the following
children :
723. Ferdinand ; died young.
724. Thomas Sydney ; in the Rifle Brigade ;
died 1827.
725. Jessie Philadelphia; died in 1822.
726. Ann Clementina; married in 1830 to E.
Wilson of Rigmaden Hall, Westmoreland.
Leonard Beckwith, 686, of Handale Abbey ; married
his second wife, who was Anne, daughter of John
Theiry of He ward, Co. York, by whom he had the
following children :
727. Albert ; age 1 in 1666.
728. Helen ; age 3 years in 1666.
Thomas Beckwith, 681, of Poppleton ; married Isa-
bel, daughter and heiress of Guy Franklin of Nether
Poppleton ; she was buried at Poppleton, May, 1613.
The Bechwiths. 95
729. Ambrose ; buried at Poppleton in 1665.
730. Leonard ; buried at Poppleton in 1663.
731. Roger.
732. Henry of Nether Poppleton ; buried there
in 1663; unmarried.
733. Susannah ; born at Poppleton in 1569.
734. Elizabeth ; married John Routh of Ricall,
Co. York
735. Mary.
736. Margarette; buried at Poppleton in 1640.
737. Mary; buried at Poppleton in 1640.
Roger Beckwith, 731, buried at Poppleton in 1677 ;
married Elizabeth, daughter of William Stiles.
738. John of Poppleton ; buried there in 1 689 ;
married Mary, daughter of Henry Smithson
of Brompton, Co. York ; buried there.
739. Ambrose.
740. Elizabeth; born in 1644; married in 1669
to Robert Horsefield, and died soon after.
Ambrose Beckwith, 739, of Poppleton; married
Anne, daughter of W. Nelson ; buried at Poppleton
in 1728.
741. Roger.
742. Ambrose of Poppleton.
743. John; baptized at Poppleton in 1715, and
buried there in 1717.
744. William.
Roger Beckwith, 741, of Poppleton, until about 1746
when he sold his property there ; died at Heningbor-
ough; buried there in September, 1787; he married
96 The BeeburUhg.
Catherine, daughter of Ralph Bray of Woodhall near
Herningborough.
745. Roger.
746. Ambrose.
747. William of Poppleton in 1738; buried
there in 1740.
748. Thomas ; baptized in 1745.
749. John; dead in 1758.
750. Elizabeth.
751. Dorothy.
752. Catherine.
753. Amabilla ; died unmarried.
Rev. Roger Beckwith, 745, of Nun Monkton, Co.
York; by his second wife, Dorothy, daughter of
James Short of Martin's Hall, Has worth, Co. Notts ;
she died in 1789 ; he had the following children :
754. Rev. Thomas; born November, 1768, at
Nun Monkton ; in 1 836 was living, unmar-
ried.
Rev. Roger Beckwith, 745 ; by first wife Mary,
daughter of John Comfort of Newton-on-Ouse, he had
755. Ambrose ; baptized at Nun Monkton in
1758 ; drowned in the North Sea in 1778.
756. Hannah; buried at Nun Monkton in 1778.
757. Catherine ; buried at Nun Monkton in 1768.
758. Elizabeth ; buried at Newton-upon-Ouse in
1788.
759. Mary; baptized at Nun Monkton in 1760;
married Thomas Wright of Richmond, in
June, 1785, and was buried in Richmond,
Co. York, in 1800.
The Beckwith*. 97
Ambrose Beckwith, 746, baptized August 17th,
1713, at Poppleton ; married Hannah Rhodes of Brad-
ford.
760. Ann, or Nancy ; baptized at Bradford in
1755 ; buried at St Olives, Co. York ; age
93.
William Beckwith, 744, lieutenant, 2d Dragoon
Guards; baptized at Poppleton in 1717, and buried
there in 1769; married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
Hunt of Lyme Regis, Co. Norfolk
761. William.
762. Ambrosia.
763. Elizabeth.
William Beckwith, 669.
764. William.
765. James.
William Beckwith, 764, merchant of York ; free in
1530; chamberlain in 1540; sheriff in 1548; lord
mayor in 1555 ; governor of the Merchants 9 Company
in 1555 ; seized at his death of the site of the Priory
of the Carmelites or White Friars, York ; died July
31st, 1586; buried at the Church of St. Croix; mar-
ried Alicia Rose, December 7th, 1548 ; she died Au-
gust 16th, 1598 ; buried in the Church of St. Croix.
766. Leonard; sheriff, Co. York, 1587; died
1615.
767. Robert.
768. Christopher of St. John's; alderman of
York.
769. Mary ; second wife of Alderman Hall ; sur-
13
98 The Beckwith*.
vived him and was buried in St. Croix,
December 14th, 1622.
Robert Beckwith, 767, of York, buried April 5th,
1586.
770. John ; buried August, 1566.
771. Michael; buried 1568.
772. Edith; born 1567.
James Beckwith, 765.
773. Alice ; married Wa Wyville.
William Beckwith, 106, baptized at Featherstone,
Yorkshire, England, in 1571; removed to London;
merchant tailor. Emigrated to Virginia in 1607, with
Captain John Smith, in the ship tl Phoenix," landing
at Jamestown in the Virginia Colony in 1607.
774. Henry.
775. A daughter.
Henry Beckwith, 774, born possibly in Virginia;
received a land grant in Maryland, dated Oct. 5th,
1669, from Lord Baltimore, for "transporting himself
from Virginia." He settled in Dorchester Co., Mary-
land; will made 1717; proven Oct 27th, 1717.
776. Henry.
777. Nehemiah.
Henry Beckwith, 776, born in Dorchester Co., Md. ;
appeared in a suit against his brother in 1719; mar-
ried Mary, who was born in Dorchester Co., Md. ; her
will was proven July 8th, 1758.
778. Nehemiah.
779. Charles.
780. Samuel ; born in Dorchester Co., Md. ; in-
The Bechwiths. 99
herited Refuse Neck from his father ; was
living in 1770.
781. Mary; married Vickers, mentioned in will.
782. Elizabeth; married Taylor, mentioned in
wilL
788. Margarette; married Thomas Corp, men-
tioned in will
Nehemiah Beckwith, 778, born in Dorchester Co.,
Md., about 1721; living 1758; mentioned in will of
Mary Beckwith.
784. Jeremiah.
785. Henry.
786. Nehemiah.
Jeremiah Beckwith, 784, born Neck district in Dor-
chester Co., Md., about 1755; died there; married
Catherine Wheatly, who was born and died near
Cambridge, in Dorchester Co., Md.
787. Jeremiah.
788. Mary.
789. Hennie.
790. Wheatly.
Jeremiah Beckwith, 787, born Neck district in Dor-
chester Co., Md., and died there ; married Charlotte
Childerson, December 28th, 1819; born and died in
Dorchester Co., Md.
791. Aurania ; married J. E. Davis.
792. William B.
793. Henry White ; unmarried in 1889.
William B. Beckwith, 798, born in Dorchester Co.,
Md., January 11th, 1881 ; fanner ; living there in 1889 ;
100 The Beckwiths.
married Annie E. Williams, April 9th, 1863 ; she was
born February 22d, 1841.
794. Oscar C. ; born February 2d, 1864.
795. Katie; born December 27th, 1865.
796. William F. ; born October 7th, 1868.
797. Edward B. ; born December 25th, 1870.
798. Lottie C. ; born May 1st, 1878.
799. Maggie M. ; born January 11th, 1876.
800. Roma ; born October 16th, 1878.
Wheatly Beckwith, 790, born Vienna district, Md. ;
died Neck district, Dorchester Co., Md., in 1856.
801. Rev. Jeremiah H. ; died unmarried, age 28 ;
802. Catherine ; married Joe Simmons ; he died ;
she was living in Cambridge, Md., in 1889,
having several children.
803. Job W.
Job W. Beckwith, 803, born Cambridge district
Md., November 19th, 1829 ; he resided at Airys, Md. ;
married Mary A. Wheeler, December 5th, 1850 ; she
was born December 27th, 1830; he married a second
time to Miss Mawbray ; the following children were
by his first wife :
804. Walter H. ; living at Airys, Md., in 1889.
804a. Charles W.
805. Sadie W.; living at Airys, Md., in 1889.
806. William P. ; born at Cambridge, Md., No-
vember 12th, 1856 ; in 1890 was principal
of East New Market, Md., Academy;
married Sallie W. Spedden, December
The Beckwith*. 101
27th, 1882 ; she was born Dorchester Co.,
Md., August 31st, 1859 ; no children.
Nehemiah Beckwith, 777, died in Dorchester Co.,
Md., prior to 1770; married Frances; her will was
made June 18th, 1734, aud proved August 15th,
1734.
807. Dorothy.
808. Elizabeth ; married Ennals ; mentioned in
her mother's will.
Henry Beckwith, 785, born in Dorchester Co., Md.,
about 1758; died there in 1842 ; married Miss Mitch-
ell; had several children, but all died young; his
second marriage was to Miss Taylor, by whom he had
the following children :
809. Catherine ; born in 1796 ; married
Travers; she died October 26th, 1887;
her daughter Catherine married her cousin,
William W. Beckwith.
810. Nehemiah; born in Md., and moved to
Georgia.
Nehemiah Beckwith, 786, born in Dorchester Co.,
Md., in 1761 ; enlisted in the Revolutionary Army
1781 ; in the Maryland militia for four months' ser-
vice, in Captain Stapleford's Co. ; he again enlisted in
1782 for one year ; married three times, and died in
1844 ; his third wife was Cornelia Mitchell, sister of
his brother's wife.
811. Nehemiah.
812. John M.
813. ; married Mr. Thompson.
102 The Bechmths.
Nehemiah Beckwith, 811, bom in Dorchester Co.,
MA, 1791 ; died there in 1 878 ; married Mary Wheeler
in 1820; she died in 1867.
814. John M.
815. Rebecca; born in 1820; died in 1870;
married J. L. Radcliff of Dorchester Co.
John M. Beckwith, 814, born in Dorchester Co.,
October 10th, 1821 ; connty treasurer, member State
Legislature, merchant ; and was postmaster of Corners-
ville in 1889; married Henrietta Ennals Corners in
1851, of Dorchester Co.
816. Mollie; born 1852 ; married Rev. Wm E.
Evans of Richmond, Va., December 29th,
1873 ; was pastor of a church at Richmond,
Va., in 1889; they had three daughters
and one son.
817. Nettie; married Dr. C.F. Newbill, in 1878,
who was practicing medicine at Millenback*
Va., in 1889 ; they have two children,
daughters.
818. Samuel C. ; born September 24th, 1854;
married C. M. Corey, January 25th, 1882 ;
living in New York city in 1889.
819. Robert; born in 1854.
820. J. Tripp ; living in New York city, 1889.
821. Bunnie.
822. J. Ennals.
John M. Beckwith, 812, born in Dorchester Co.,
Md., 1801 ; died there in 1885 ; married Miss Kirby.
823. Thomas.
The Beckwiths. 103
824. Sarah ; died unmarried.
825. Nehemiah ; born Dorchester Co., Md., mar-
ried and had several children.
Thomas Beckwith, 823, born in Dorchester Co., Md. ;
married Miss Wheeler.
826. Jennie ; married G. Slocum ; living Dor-
chester Co., Md., in 1889.
Charles Beckwith, 779, mentioned in will of Mary
Beckwith ; he was living in 1756.
827. Lemuel.
Lemuel Beckwith, 827, born at Cornersville, Mtf.,
about 1745 ; died there.
828. William.
William Beckwith, 828, born at Cornersville Md.,
' about 1767, and died there ; married Jane Childerson,
in 1808.
829. Mary E. ; born in 1808.
830. Sarah Jane.
831. Susan.
832. William W.
833. George W.
834. James.
835. Margarette ; born at Cornersville, Md., Jan-
uary 28th, 1813 ; married John Hubbard,
December 4th, 1834; living in Dorchester
Co., Md., in 1889 ; they had children :
Susan; William; Mary, born September
22d, 1840 ; married Wherette, December
18th, 1859; living Dorchester Co., Md.,
1889 ; Francis, and Margarette.
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104 The Beckwith*.
William W. Beckwith, 882, born in Dorchester Co.,
Md., April 22d, 1820 ; married his cousin Miss Tro-
vers, in Jane, 1846, and moved to Hannibal, Mo. ; was
living at Pony, Montana Territory, in 1889.
836. Thomas James ; born February 2d, 1853 ;
living in 1889, at Pony, M. T.
837. Arthur John ; born October 26th, 1861 ;
living in 1889, at St. Louis, Mo.
838. William H. ; born in Dorchester Co., Md.,
March 4th, 1857 ; ranchman ; Pony, M. T.,
in 1889.
839. Kate ; born September 10th, 1855 ; married
October 4th, 1882, W. C. McGastle of
Pony, M. T. ; living there in 1889.
840. Mary M. ; born Dorchester Co., Md., May
80th, 1850; married M. W. Medor, De-
cember 16th, 1877 ; and in 1889 was living
at Pony.
Titus Beckwith, 573, farmer of Lyme, Conn. ; mar-
ried Lizzie Howard of Lyme ; he died at Chelsea, N.
Y., in 1802.
841. Wheeler.
842. Daniel.
843. Rufus.
Rufus Beckwith, 843, born at Chelsea, N. EL, in
1764 ; soldier in the Continental Army in 1786, for nine
months' service ; he was living in 1861 ; married Thank-
ful Sadie; she was born May 12th, 1765.
844. Martha; born January 12th, 1790; married
Saulsbury; she was living in 1886; children:
The Bechmtha. 106
Reuben, Alex., Henry, Roderick, Charles,
Eliz., Russel, John, Hannah, Miriame.
845. Sammie; born 1791.
846. Josiah ; born 1 796 ; enlisted in the Revolu-
tionary Army in 1814 ; participated in the
'', battles of Plattsburg and Burlington, and
was wounded at Plattsburg ; married Mar*
tha Plaistiel in 1817.
847. Edward W. ; born 1798.
848. Rufus, Jr. ; born 1800.
Ruel Beckwith, 574, born Lyme, Conn., August 8th,
1742 ; by trade a mason ; died December 11th, 1790 ;
married Sarah Wood, December 9th, 1773.
849. Francis.
849a. Titus.
850. Ruel ; born September 12th, 1778.
851. Nathan; born January 80th, 1781.
852. Betsy; born April 9th, 1790; died De-
cember 8d, 1790.
858. Sarah ; born at Lyme, Conn., August 8th,
1787.
858a Richard ; born April 15th, 1780.
Titus Beckwith, 849a, born at Lyme, Conn., Novem-
ber 2d, 1776; farmer; died July 21st, 1854; married
Lucy Chappel of Montville, February 11th, 1798 ;
died March 18th, 1870.
854. Ruel.
855. William.
856. Betsy; born March 12th, 1802; died Oc-
tober 25th, 1848.
14
106 The BeehuoUhs.
857. Daniel; born March 31st, 1805; died De-
cember 31st, 1885.
858. Rebecca GK ; born Lyme, June 1st, 1811 ;
married J. M. Smith of East Lyme, No-
vember 26th, 1844; one child Louisa;
they were living at East Lyme in 1889.
858a. Titus; born December 11th, 1806; died
January 18th, 1864.
859. Sarah A.; born June 10th, 1813; died
March 4th, 1886 ; married R L. Chadwick
of South Lyme, November 3d, 1840 ; one
child, Sarah Ann.
859a. Lucy; born August 26th, 1808; died
February 16th, 1817.
859b. Mercy; born November 5th, 1816; died
September 13th, 1825.
Ruel Beckwith, 854, born Lyme, December 13th,
1800; farmer; died March 10th, 1870; married Julia
A. Chappel, daughter of William Chappel of East
Lyme, October 15th, 1822 ; died February 22d, 1883.
860. Lucy ; born February 8th, 1827 ; married
J. R. Spencer, October 16th, 1827, of
East Lyme ; children : Jennie, Emma and
May Ella; they were all living at Nor-
wich, Conn., in 1889.
861. Francis F.; born June 4th, 1829.
862. Marcus N. ; born 1836 ; died 1881.
863. William G; born May 21st> 1840; died
July 28th, 1876 ; married Sophia Hollen-
beck, at Athens, N. Y. ; left no children.
The Beckwith*. 107
William Beckwith, 855, born Lyme, November 26th,
1803; married Carolina Champion, 1881.
864. William W.; born 1832; died 1872.
865. Hiram ; born July 29th, 1884.
866. Niles C. ; born April 27th, 1838.
867. Esther A. ; born May 11th, 1840 ; married
J. Lamont, October 23d, 1872.
868. Rev. Osborn Thaddeus; born Lyme, Oc-
tober 18th, 1843 ; prof. Trinity College,
Hartford, 1886.
Nathan Beckwith, 851, born Lyme, September 12th,
1778; removed to Oswego, N. Y., and died there;
married Dalinda Appleton ; she died at Oswego, N. Y.
869. Edgar.
869a. Appleton.
870. Betsy.
871. Dalinda.
872. Emily.
873. Thirsa.
874. Nathan R.
Nathan R. Beckwith, 874, born in the State of N.
Y., 1800 ; married twice ; his first wife was Phebey,
who was born at Ontario, N. Y., 1806.
875. Appleton.
876. Augustus.
877. Addison.
878. Carolina.
879. Francis Jefferson.
Francis J. Beckwith, 879, born at Ontario, N. Y., in
1834 ; farmer ; married Sarah Greenmeyer, at Steuben,
108 The Beckwiths.
»"<■*»*
Ind. ; born Ohio, 1841 ; he was living, in 1889, at Sat-
icoy, Cal.
880. Caroline M. ; born September 20th, 1861.
881. Charles F. ; born January 12th, 1863.
882. Delbert F. ; born January 21st, 1869.
883. Emma G.; bom October 22d, 1875.
Amos Beckwith, 576, born April 17th, 1730 ; died
December 6th, 1822 ; removed to Marlow, N. H., 1787,
and afterward to Sutton, Vt. ; Baptist minister ; soldier
Continental Army, Parsons Reg. Conn. Line; married
Susan Truman ; oorn New London, August 4th, 1760;
died at Sutton, Vt, September 18th, 1839.
884. Abigail; born June 8th, 1781; died Au-
gust 22d, 1796.
885. Daniel ; born October 15th, 1783 ; married
1809, Sylvia Newall of Burke, Vt. ; she was
born January 27th, 1790 ; died November
11th, 1867.
886. Truman.
887. Rebecca; born March 17th, 1786; married
Rufiis Newall, in 1805 ; died March 18th,
1812 ; they lived at Jay, Essex Co., N. Y. ;
he married secondly, Betsy, daughter of
Ira Beckwith, and died February, 1859.
888. John.
889. Elizabeth ; born March 21st, 1789 ; married
Truman Newall, of Sutton, May 24th,
1824; died January 24th, 1843.
890. Sylvania; born December 26th, 1795;
married 1825, Arad Ball of Newark, Vt.
The Beckwiths. 109
Truman Beckwith, 886, born October 15th, 1783;
married 1st, August 5th, 1814 ; Alice, daughter of Isaac
Brown, born January 2d, 1790; died August 19th,
1837 ; married 2d, November 6th, 1838, Mrs. Abbey
M. Cooke, daughter of George Hall, of Newport, born
October 14th, 1808 ; died May 2d, 1873 ; merchant of
Providence, R. I. ; by last marriage no issue.
891. Susan; born June 13th, 1815; married
January 9th, 1838; died February 5th,
1851 ; married Arthur S. Train of Fram-
ingham, Mass. ; Baptist minister.
892. Amey Brown ; born April, 1817 ; died June
23d, 1825.
893. Henry Truman; born December 22d, 1818;
living Providence, R. L, in 1889.
894. Abbey Green; born October 4th, 1820;
living in Providence, R. I., in 1889.
895. Amos NewalL
896. Isaac Brown; born 1825; died 1825.
Amos Newall Beckwith, 895, born December 4th,
1822 ; cotton manufacturer; married November 15th,
1848, Clara C. Lippitt, daughter of Warren Lippitt,
of Providence, born May 5th, 1828 ; died June 15th,
1879.
897. Daniel; born September 13th, 1849; Brown
Uni., 1870; librarian of Pro v. Atheneum
since 1879 ; living Prov. in 1889.
898. Alice D. ; born June 13th, 1852 ; died Sep-
tember 18th, 1884 ; married Earnest L. Op-
penheim of New York, late U. S. consul.
110 The Beckwiths.
899. Robert Lippitt.
900. Truman.
901. Helen Stuart; born June 8th, died Sep-
tember 14th, 1861.
902. Warren Lippitt; born September 12th,
1867 ; living in Chicago in 1889.
Robert Lippitt Beckwith, 899, born October 14th,
1855 ; manufacturer of laces and yarns, at Scituate, R.
L, in 1889 ; married Carrie, February 2d, 1887, daugh-
ter of Henry L. Joslin of Prov., R. I.
903. Amos ; born August 22d, 1880.
904. Henry Truman ; born March 26th, 1882.
905. William; born June 6th, 1884.
906. Alice Brown ; born November 6th, 1885.
907. Daniel ; born December 25th, 1888.
Truman Beckwith, 900, born August 24th, 1859 ;
cotton manufacturer at Prov., 1889 ; married Harriet
C, daughter of Henry L. Parsons of Prov., February
2d, 1887 ; born September 18th, 1860.
908. Truman; born October 10th, 1887.
John Beckwith, 888, born October 12th, 1789 ; died
May 10th, 1874 ; lawyer at Sutton, Vt. ; married Mar
tilda Shaw, daughter of Jacob Shaw of Sutton ; born
April 12th, 1797 ; died March 7th, 1882.
909. Ladeska; born August 7th, 1821; living
at Sutton, Vt. ; married Rufus D. Wilson
of Sutton ; he died 1884.
910. Cory don.
911. Amos Beckwith; born at Sutton, Vt, Oc-
tober 4th, 1825; graduate West Point
The BechwUhs. Ill
Military Academy, in 1850 ; served in the
Seminole war; during the Civil war as
chief commissary at Washington; chief
commissariat of the military division of
the Mississippi ; on staff of General Sher-
man in Atlanta campaign; after the war
was chief Com. Department of the Gulf ;
brev. brig.-genl., U. S. A., March 13th,
1863; It.-col. on general's staff, June 23d,
1874 ; commissary-general, and stationed
in St. Louis, Mo., in 1889 (see Roll of
Honor).
912. Laura Enos; born October 10th, 1827;
married David Joy of Cambridge, Mass.,
July 5th, 1843 ; living there in 1889.
913. Daniel Newall.
914. Truman.
915. John ; born June 15th, 1835 ; unmarried
and living in St. Louis, Mo., in 1889 ; in
the government service.
916. Henry Nehemiah; born 1838; died 1863.
917. Kate Susan; born October 10th, 1843.
918. Sarah Elizabeth; born April 20, 1840;
living in Sutton, Vt, in 1889.
Hon. Corydon Beckwith, 910, born Caledonia Co.,
Vt, July 24, 1823; removed to Chicago, 1853; judge
Illinois State Supreme Court, 1863; general solicitor
C, A. & S. L. R Co., in 1864; lawyer, Chicago, ILL,
in 1889 ; past superior judge of Illinois (Court) ; mar-
ried Mary Ann Smith of St. Albans, Vt., in 1849;
\
112 The Beckwith*.
he died at Highlands, 111., his country seat, August
18th, 1890.
919. Mary Ann; married Cutter; living in Cin-
cinati, Ohio, in 1889.
920. Henry W. ; U. S. consul at Bermuda in 1889.
921. John William; Yale University in 1889.
Daniel Newall Beckwith, 913, born June 10th, 1830 ;
merchant and postmaster at Ludlow, Mass., in 1889;
married Mandville Colby of Burks, Vt.
922. Mary Ellen; born October 17th, 1861.
923. Henry.
924. Alice.
Truman Beckwith, 914, born December 22d, 1832 ;
formerly surveyor-general of Iowa; living at Co-
mancha, Iowa, in 1889 ; married 1st, Salinda C. Angier ;
died July 2d, 1868; married 2d, Violla A. Finney of
Comancha, Iowa.
926. Laura May ; born December 29th, 1861 ;
married John Tong; living at Pleasant
Home, Neb., in 1889.
926. Henry Truman; born January 4th, 1864;
living at Vail, Iowa, unmarried.
927. Fannie Augusta; born May 24th, 1872.
928. Charles Finney; born August 25th, 1876.
Ira Beckwith, 576, born 1760; settled in Ackworth
in 1801; died January 7th, 1829; farmer; married
Hannah Whelock, 1789, of Marlow; born 1761; died
May 22d, 1850.
929. Jared.
930. Rebecca.
The Beokwitks. 113
931. Stephen.
932. Philinda,
934. Betsy.
935. Polly ; born June 19th, 1795 ; died at Iona,
Mich., in 1885 ; married and had follow-
ing children: Chloe, Mary, Lucy, Betsy,
Elone, Royal, Henry.
936. Annie.
937. DanieL
938. Eunice.
939. Abigail.
Amon Beckwith, 577, born 1762 ; removed to Mar-
low, N. H. ; married Sarah Brown of Alstead, N. H.,
born 1763 ; died June 28th, 1837.
940. Amos.
941. Willard.
942. Rhoda.
943. Charles.
Charles Beckwith, 943, born Marlow, N. H.; re-
moved to Fitchburg, N. H. ; married Mindwell Alex-
ander.
944. Alvah A.
945. Sarah L.
946. Charles L.
Alvah A. Beckwith, 944, born Fitchburg, N. H.,
July 4th, 1815; died November 17th, 1868; married
1st, Lucy Fairbanks, May 15th, 1841; married 2d,
Sarah Goodrich, May 29th, 1855.
947. Francis A. ; born Fitchburg, January 4th,
1868 ; living there in 1889.
15
114 The Bechmths.
947a. Charles; born November 30th, 1850; died
January 25th, 1854, unmarried.
947b. Ellen; born September 27th, 1841; died
July, 1851, unmarried.
947c. Maria; born January 25th, 1843; died
November 5th, 1858, unmarried.
947d. Sarah; born April 16th, 1857; died Sep-
tember 22d, 1857, unmarried.
James Beckwith, 566, born Lyme, Ct., April lst>
1725; died at Bristol, Conn., October 12th, 1764;
married Lucy Griswold, April 10th, 1 755, born Lyme,
September 28th, 1729.
948. Thomas; born Lyme, Conn., 1755; removed
to R. I. ; to Exeter, Otsego Co., N. Y. ;
married Azubah Pinckney in 1786.
949. James.
950. Zachariah.
Zachariah Beckwith, 950, born at Bristol, Conn.,
February 14th, 1761; died there May 21st, 1811;
married Eunice Gaylord, born October 18th, 1764;
died at Bristol, 1846.
951. Anna.
952. Lucy; married James McKinney; children,
Alice, married Ira Pish, Perry, Frank,
Fred, Eva, Earnest*
953. Philander.
954. Eunice; married Rev. E. A. Atkins of
Bristol.
\ 955. Samuel G. ; moved to Girard, Ala.
956. Sidney.
The Beckwith*. 115
957. Dana.
958. Zachariah.
959. James.
960. Anson.
Dana Beckwith, 957, born Bristol, Conn., April 18th,
1793; died there July 31st, 1889; married Esther
Ritchie, October 3d, 1817, born at Bristol, February
13th, 179S ; died July 4th, 1888.
961. Mary C. ; born 1820 ; died 1845.
962. George; born 1826; died 1826.
963. Lucy; born June 23d, 1827; living at
Bristol in 1889.
964. Henry.
Henry Beckwith, 964, born July 28th, 1821 ; died
November 28th, 1887 ; married Charlotte M. Skinner,
July 14th, 1851.
965. Julia E.; born July 28th, 1872.
966. Mary C. ; born June 27th, 1856; married
Louis B. Brewster, October 9th, 1878 ; liv-
ing at Bristol in 1889.
Zachariah Beckwith, 958, born Bristol, Conn., Oc-
tober 2 2d, 1795, resided in Monckton, Vt., until August,
1822, when he moved to Middlebury, Vt., and died
there March 15th, 1862 ; married Julia Smith, Novem-
ber 26th, 1818, born Monckton, Vt., November 25th,
1799 ; died September 22d, 1886.
967. Julius A. ; born February 10th, 1821 ;
lawyer ; died December 3d, 1857 ; married
Abbey Wainwright, June 26th, 1847, born
116 The Beckwith*.
1824; she was living in Middlebury, Vt,
in 1889.
968. Julia A.; born February 9th, 1825; mar-
ried W. S. Goodrich, November 1 8th, IS 74;
living at Middlebury, Vt., in 1889.
969. Buel Smith.
Buel Smith Beckwith, 969, born Middlebury, Vt.,
September 24th, 1834 ; merchant there In 1889 ; mar-
ried Etnma Wainwright, January 16th, 1867; born
Boston, March 24th, 1843.
970. Robert; born Middlebury, 1879; died 1879.
971. William ; born April 28th, 1881.
James Beckwith, 959, born November 9th, 1797 ; re-
moved to Smith ville, Tenn., in 1820; farmer; died
1859; married Rachel B. Roulston, March 3d, 1822;
born Knox ville, Tenn., October 15th, 1804.
972. Zachariah; born Smithsville; died unmarried.
973. Dana; born 1832.
974. Sidney; born 1830.
975. Olivia; born 1838 ; died 1860; unmarried.
976. Harriette; born Carthage, Tenn.; married
G. H. Kill.
977. George.
978. James.
979. Samuel Grant; born 1834; served in the
War of the Rebellion in the 54th Reg.
Tenn. Inf. C. S. A., 1861-4.
980. Anson Gaylord ; born 1836; sergeant 23d
Reg. Tenn. Inf., 0. S. A., 1861 ; killed
at battle of Chattanooga.
The Beckwith*. 117
981. William Devereaux.
982. Irenus.
George Beckwith, 977, born Carthage, Tenn., Feb-
ruary 11th, 1824 ; farmer ; at Lebanon, TeniL, in 1889 ;
married Fannie M. Winson, May 18th, 1835; born
Vicksburg, Miss.
983. Carrie ; died young.
984. James ; died young.
985. Harriet; died young.
986. Andrew ; died young.
987. Hugh ; died young.
988. Rachel; born July 29th, 1874.
James Beckwith, 978, born December 6th, 1825 ;
farmer; Smith ville, Tenn., in 1889; married Matilda
Whaley, March 25th, 1849; born Liberty, Tenn., Oc-
tober 18th, 1832.
989. James E. ; born March 16th, 1851 ; married
Cornelia Martin, December 23d, 1886;
living at Smith ville in 1889.
990. Lemuel M.; born February 10th, 1858;
farmer; Smith ville, Tenn., in 1889; mar-
ried Sarah H. Keith, October 10th, 1888.
991. William G.; born December 8th, 1854.
992. Sidney H. ; born May 21st, 1864.
993. Thomas D.; born May 18th, 1866.
994. Charles E. ; born June 26th, 1878.
William Devereaux Beckwith, 981, born White Co.,
Tenn., May 30 th, 1840; farmer; at Smith ville, Tenn.,
in 1889; married twice; his first wife, Ellen B.
118 The Bechwiths.
Rogers, September 6th, 1879, born Mt. Pleasant,
Tenn., September 18th, 1855,
995. Jonathan R ; died young.
996. Mary I. ; died young.
William Devereaux Beckwith, 981, his second wife,
Laura Williams, married November 23d, 1884, born
February 28th, 1854.
997. Berta; born August 21st, 1885.
998. Mary R. ; born June 29th, 1886.
999. Thomas Fite; born December 16th, 1889.
Irenus Beckwith, 982, born February 19th, 1843;
in 1889, living in Alexandria, Tenn. ; farmer; his first
wife, Bettie Brandon, married June 12th, 1871, born
October 25th, 1 843.
1000. James W. ; born October 20th, 1871 ; clerk
bank, of Alexandria, Tenn., in 18S9.
Irenus Beckwith, 982, second wife, Sarah A. Barry,
married April 15th, 1879, born Wilson Co., Tenn.,
October 27th, 1859.
1001. Henry W. ; born April 17th, 1881.
1002. Mattie B.; born March 1st, 1885.
1003. Frank B.; born September 20th, 1882.
1004. Ellen; born July 19th, 1889.
1005. Benjamin McM.; born November 15th, 1886.
Samuel Beckwith, 578, born Norwich, Conn. ; re-
moved to Cornwallis, N. S., and settled at Halifax, N.
S. ; married Rebecca Chapman of Lyme, Conn.
1006. Marvin H.
Marvin H. Beckwith, 1006, born at Halifax, N. S.,
and died there ; married Eunice Pinneo.
The Bechwiths. 119
1007. George C.
1008. Rev. William ; living in N. S. in 1889.
George C. Beckwith, 1007, born Halifax, N. S. ;
ranchman in Colorado in 1889; married Tamison
Heath, born Boston, Mass. ; grand-daughter of Richard
Heath, general in the Revolutionary Army.
1009. Rev. Loring E.
1010. Elton F. ; ranchman Ula, Colo., in 1889;
married Elsie, and had daughter Vellma.
1011. Edwin F. ; living at Ula, Colo., in 1889.
1012. Vellma; married S. A. Ford.
1013. Edella; married S. F. Edgar; living at
Woodbridge, N. J., in 1889.
Rev. Loring E. Beckwith, 1009, born Maine, Febru
ary 12th, 1845 ; living at Cambridge, Mass., in 1889
married Alice Houghton, April 28th, 1871, born Bos-
ton, Mass. ; he graduated at Harvard College in 1864
Harvard Divinity School in 1870; settled as a Unita
rian minister, at Denver, Colo., Augusta, Me., Milford
N. EL ; for several years has devoted himself to lectur
ing on English literature.
1014. Theodora M. ; born Cambridge, April 13th,
1880.
Marvin Beckwith, 579, born Conn., resided at South-
ington; moved to Cairo, Green Co., N. Y. ; died at
Southington, N. Y.
1015. Alva.
1016. Clark.
1017. James.
1018. Ira.
120 The Beckvriths.
1019. Lorin.
1020. Dianna.
1021. Sarah.
1022. Sophia.
1023. Harriet.
1024. Andre ; born 1803 ; living at Chester, Ohio,
in 1889.
Alva Beckwith, 1015, born Cairo, N. T., May 29th,
1787; died October 21st, 1835 ; married Maud Brush,
October 21st, 1819, born N. Y., July 10th, 1800; he
settled at Clarence Co., N. Y., and then moved to Mon-
roe, Mich., where he bought out a tavern or stage house,
which he carried on to his death, in 1835 ; his widow
and children removed to Willoughby, Ohio, where she
was still residing in 1889.
1025. Dianna; born Clarence, Mich., 1820; mar-
ried and residing in Willoughby, 1 889 ; her
children: Alva C. Nutter; born 1844;
Libbie ; born 1840 ; married Astog; Ernest
L. ; born 1853 ; living in Willoughby,
1889.
1026. Anna; born Monroe, Mich., 1834; married
James.
1027. Elvina; born 1827; married; died 1857;
left one child, Mrs. Orville Dean, living
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1889.
1028. James.
1029. Marvin E.
Marvin E. Beckwith, 1029, born Clarence, N. Y.,
November 4th, 1823; photographer at Cleveland,
The BechwUhs. 121
Ohio; died there December 13th, 1887 ; married M.
McLeod; born Prescott, Canada, January 6th, 1819;
daughter of General McLeod, the Canadian patriot.
1030. Hattie ; born Ohio in 1 847 ; married H.
Roosa of Cleveland ; living there in 1889 ;
children: Frank E. ; born 1875; died
1875 ; Effie B. ; born 1877 ; Bessie M. ;
born 1880 ; died 1882.
1031. Alvira; married Ardville.
1032. Alva Donald
Alva Donald Beckwith, 1032, born Willoughby, Ohio,
September 26th, 1849 ; photographer at Cleveland,
Ohio, in 1 889 ; married Jennie A. Mark, in March,
1875 ; born Cleveland, November 5th, 1853.
1033. Mark E. ; born Cleveland, June 4th, 1877.
1034. Henry H. ; born April 5th, 1884.
Handly Beckwith, 580, born in Conn. ; died at
Cornwalli8, N. S.; married Catherine Newcomb, in
1782, born and died in Cornwallis.
1035. John.
1036. Joseph.
1037. James E.
1038. Lavinia.
1039. Mary.
1040. Handly.
1041. Daniel.
1042. Holmes.
1043. Mayhew.
Mayhew Beckwith, 1043, born Cornwallis, N. S., in
1798; died 1871 ; married Eunice Rand, March 21st,
16
i
122 The BeckwUhs.
1829, born N. S. 1808 ; he was a member of the Pro-
vincial Parliament for twenty years, from Hicks Co.
1044. Ellen; married J. E. Masters, St. Johns,
N. B.
1045. Crassie; married H. Handle; living Law-
renceton, N. S., in 1889.
1046. Mary; married V. Landy; living Digby,
N. S., 1889.
104 7. Adelia; married Dr. Sheffield; living St.
Johns, N. B., 1889.
1048. Leliah; married Wentworth of Sheffield,
N.S.
1049. Edward M.
1050. Burpee, M. D. Imperial Staff of the Court
at Jamaica, W. L, in 1889 ; married and
has children.
1051. Robert Nelson.
1052. John Albert.
Robert N. Beckwith, 1051, born Cornwallis, N. S.,
April 2d, 1834 ; married Annie Graves, September
23d, 1856; born Windsor, N. S., March 1st, 1832.
1053. Horace L. ; born Halifax, September 22d,
1857; lawyer therein 1889.
1054. Mayhew; born January 3d, 1860; living
North West Territory in 1890.
1055. Charles E.
1056. Robert B. ; born November 5th, 1862 ; liv-
ing at Boston, Mass., in 1889.
1057. Laura E.; born October 18th, 1875.
The BeokvoUha. 123
1058. Ernest 8. ; bom July 4th, 1867 ; living at
Halifax, N. S., 1890.
John A. Beckwith, 1052, born at Cornwallis, N. S.,
in 1830 ; farmer ; living at Middleton, N. 8., in 1889 ;
married Rebecca Barnaby, June 10th, 1852, born
April 12th, 1823.
1059. William S.; born March 30th, 1853; liv-
ing Victoria, B. C, in 1890.
1060. Author ; born October 25th, 1854 ; living
Missoula Co., Montana, in 1890.
1061. John L.; born March 5th, 1856; living
Victoria, B. C, 1890.
1062. Herbert ; born November 27th, 1861 ; liv-
ing Portland, Oregon, 1888.
1062 J. Alfred; born August 7th, 1861 ; living at
Portland, Oregon, 1888.
1063. Henry ; born April 7th, 1864, at Portland,
Oregon, 1888.
1064. Norman ; born June 7th, 1860.
Nehemiah Beckwith, 68J, born in Conn., drowned
at Frederickston, N. S. ; married Julia Le Brun, born
Canada in 1790.
1665. Francis M ; married Greensward.
1066. Julie ; married Hart.
1067. Sophie; married J. S. Marsh.
1068. Charles.
1069. Amelia.
1070. Hon. John A.
Hon. John A. Beckwith, 1070, born Frederickston,
124 The Beckwith*.
N. S., December 18th ; lawyer and member of Provin-
cial Parliament ; married A. C. Jonette.
1071. Julia A.; married J. K. Hazen.
1072. Amelia C. ; living at St. Johns, N. B., in
1889.
1073. Thomas A.
Thomas A. Beckwith, 1073, born N. B., October
10th, 1829 ; merchant ; married Charlotte Whitesides,
September 21st, 1865 ; living at Oronocto, N. B., in
1889.
1074. Adolphus J. ; born August 5th, 1860.
1075. Eliza ; bom September 25th, 1868.
1076. Gertrude M.; born April 4th, 1872.
1077. George Frederick; born February 11th,
1877.
1078. Robert ; born June 6th, 1 877.
1079. Fannie ; born September 25th, 1880.
Samuel Beckwith, 584, born N. B. ; died Buffalo,
N. Y. ; married Adalaide Le Brun, she was born in
Canada in 1798 ; died at Albion, N. Y., December 1st,
1873.
1080. Elizabeth.
1080a. Francis X.
1081. Mary Ann.
1081a. George L.
1082. James F.
Francis X. Beckwith, 1080, born in Maine, March
29th, 1808; removed to Scottsville, Canada; died Gates,
N. Y., in 1886 ; married Hannah Goodhue, born at
Wheatland, N. Y. ; when quite young he moved to Hen-
The Bechwiths. 125
rietta, attended the academy, removed to Scottsville and
entered the furniture business, was active in the " Patriot
War of 1837," commanding an artillery company from
Wheatland, which went to the front. He was ap-
pointed sheriff, and was jailer for many years. He
was buried at Oatka cemetery, near Gate, N. Y.
1083. Adelaide.
1083a. Francis M.
1084. Mary E. ; married H. H. Miller of Scotts-
ville, N. Y. ; living there in 1889.
1085. Florence; living at Rochester, N. Y., in
1889.
1086. William L.
William L. Beckwith, 1086, bom Scottsville, N. Y.,
April 23d, 1835 ; farmer ; U. S. Vol. Service 134th and
140th N. Y. Inf. 1861-5 ; was wounded and taken
prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness, May 5th,
1864, was five months in rebel hospitals and prisons,
returned to his regiment, and was present at the last
campaign from Petersburg to Appomattox ; living at
Prescot, Iowa, in 1889 ; married Mary Kazebeer, Oc-
tober 8th, 1868, born Wapello Co., Iowa, March 29th,
1845.
1087. Anna H. ; born Lucas Co., Ohio, March
10th, 1876.
George L. Beckwith, 1081a, born N. B., May 23d,
1800 ; removed to Vermont with his parents when
nine years old ; living in Henrietta, Monroe Co., N. Y.,
in 1889 ; married Sarah Winslow, August 9th, 1829,
born at Dartmouth, Mass., July 7th, 1805. He was at
126 The Bechwiihs.
Buffalo and witnessed the entry of Com. Perry's fleet
into that port after the battle of Lake Erie, and he pi-
loted a boat-load of officers into the harbor. In 1815
he removed to Henrietta, then a part of Pittsford,
teaching school in winter and working at farming in
summer ; before the opening of the Erie canal the far-
mers would send him to Montreal to sell their produce,
returning on foot through an almost unbroken wilder-
ness to his home in Henrietta. In 1826 he purchased
fifty acres of land, the nucleus of his farm, where he
died.
1088. Warren.
1089. Samuel; living at Mi Pleasant, Iowa, in
1889.
1090. Adolphus ; U. S. Vol. Service, 8th N. Y.
Cav., 1861-65.
1091. Everett; U. S. Vol. Service, 8th N. Y.
Cav., 1861-65.
Warren Beckwith, 1088, born in W. Henrietta, N. Y.,
January 21, 1833 ; farmer at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, in
1889 ; captain 4th Iowa Cavalry, U. S. Vol. Service,
1861-65; married Lou Porter, April, 1863, born Tren-
ton, Iowa, November 1st, 1841.
1092. Everett ; born at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Feb-
ruary 1st, 1864.
109S. Orville ; born February 17th, 1867.
1094. Emily ; born August 8th, 1869.
1095. Florence ; born April 16th, 1872.
1096. Warren W. ; born August 10th, 1874.
1097. George L. ; born Preston, Iowa, in 1888.
The Beckwith*. 127
James F. Beckwith, 1082, born Vermont, July 22d,
1813 ; died at Albert, N. Y., May 31st, 1879 ; married
Sarah Lawson, December 5th, 1836, born Poultney,
Vt., October 13th, 1816.
1098. Charles ; born Rush, N. Y., September 20th,
1839 ; died at Albans, N. Y., in 1888 ; U.
S. Vol. Service, 1861-65 ; 4th N. Y. Heavy
Artillery.
1099. James.
James Beckwith, 1099, born Scottsville, N. Y.,
March 2d, 1841 ; U. S. Vol., 1861-4, 4th N. Y. Heavy
Artillery; was chief of the colored bureau war depart-
ment for several years after the war ; married Emily
Martin, August 2d, 1866, born Pembroke, N. Y., No-
vember 18th, 1844 ; living Quincy, 111., in 1889.
1100. Frank ; born Quincy, 111., November 8th,
1869.
1101. Emma; born May 19th, 1868.
Silas Beckwith, 592, born Lyme, Ct., 1746; moved
to Watertown ; to Elmira ; to Albany, N. Y., where
he kept a public house, but was driven off by the
Tories for befriending Gov. Yates ; he was an officer
in the Revolutionary Army, enlisted 1776, three years
service, was appointed captain by Gen. Yates in 1777 ;
died at Vincennes, Indiana, October 13th, 1835, mar-
ried three times, his first wife, Anna Reeves, born
Conn., died Coventry, N. Y.
1102. Richard.
1103. Daniel.
1104. Henry.
128 The Beckwiths.
Richard Beck with, 1102, born Watertown, Conn.,
in 1776 ; when a young man moved to Newtown, now
Elmira, Chemung Co., N. Y. ; farmer and sheriff of
Chenango Co., N. Y. ; died at Elmira, N. Y., May 8th,
1836 ; married Sarah Holbert, died July 11, 1836.
1105. Albert Alonzo.
1106. Richard R.
1107. George.
1108. Sarah A. ; born June, 1802 ; married David
Griswold ; she died January 2 2d, 1868.
1109. Dellia ; married Gilbert Dean, and their
only child Dellia married Dr. John Balls ;
living in 1889 at Breesport, Chemung Co.,
N.Y.
1110. May; died 1826.
1111. Clarissa; married E. Mather ; one child May.
1112. Nancy ; born March 30th, 1809 ; died Sep-
tember 19th, 1841; married John Carpen-
ter in 1830 ; children : Eliza, born June
16th, 1832; married Alfred Strader in
1860; living Elmira, N. Y., in 1889;
Mary, born December 9th, 1833 ; married
A. Ostrander in 1855 ; Thomas, born May
16th, 1836; married La V. Whitcomb ;
Nancy, born May 28th, 1841 ; married
Alonzo Whitcotnb.
1113. Shelden.
1114. Elizabeth ; born at Elmira.
1115. Julia A.
1116. Peter C.
The Beohmths. 129
1117. Timothy.
1117a. Zina Amanda ; died unmarried.
1117b. David; born June 17th, 1846; died un-
married.
1117c. Mary ; died unmarried.
Albert Alonzo Beckwith, 1105, born 1800; drug-
gist, N. Y. city; removed to Bidgebury, N. Y.; to
Horseheads, N. Y. ; died at Elmira, N. Y., November
1st, 1843; married Hannah Griswold; she died at
Horseheads, now North Elmira, N. Y., about 1843.
1118. George.
1119. Edwin Ruthvin.
1120. Townsend.
1121. Harriet; married William S. Carpenter of
Big Flatts, N. Y. ; their children : Jefferson
B., Charles E., Clara E., married Samuel
Minner ; Susan L., married Willis Leonard ;
Harriet M.
1122. Minerva ; married Louis Fitch, living Horse-
heads, N. Y. ; their children : Albert B.,
married Linnie Rockwell ; Townsend, Julia,
Ellia C, married Henry Foy ; Roa C,
Anna M.
1123. Caroline; married Louis Fitch; child:
Bertha C.
1124. Julia.
1125. Jefferson.
George Beckwith, 1118, living at Elmira, N. Y.,
in 1889 ; married Charlotte Palmer.
1126. Franklin P.
17
180 The itafanttt.
1127. Harriet L
1128. Stella L
Edwin Ruthvin Beckwith, 1119, born South port,
Chemung Co, N. Y., September 15th, 1822 ; removed
to Ridgebury, Pa^ 1847; died August 20th, 1877; mar-
ried Jnlia P. Bart, February 5th, 1858; born Ridgebury,
Pa., January 9th, 1832 ; she was living at Elmira, N.
Y n in 1889 ; when he was eleven years old his father
took him to dine with the postmaster of Ridgebury,
Pa*, Mr. John Burt, as the two elders were busy talk-
ing, young Edwin amused himself playing with a two-
year-old baby girl ; he declared he had lost his heart ;
at the death of his parents he was only twenty-one ;
educated his brothers and sisters to fill responsible
positions in life ; he engaged in the lumbering busi-
ness ; and moved to N. Y., engaging in the wholesale
drug business, and married the little girl to whom he
had lost his heart when a boy ; sold out, and buying
a farm at Ridgebury, entered into fruit growing ; was
J. P. several years, and held other offices of public
trust.
1129. Hannah K; born Ridgebury, December
21st, 1860; living at Wheatly Hill in
1889.
1130. Julia G. ; born Ridgebury, 1868 ; died 1863.
1131. Edwin B. ; born Ridgebury, June 8th, 1870 ;
druggist; living at Syracuse, N. Y., in
1889.
1182. James Webb; born Ridgebury, Pa., De-
cember 1st, 1865 ; graduate Philadelphia
The Bechwiths. 131
College of Pharmacy, March, 1888 ; phar-
macist, Syracuse, N. Y., in 1889.
Town8end A. Beckwith, 1120, living in Cuthbertson,
Nebraska, in 1889 ; married Sarah Pratt.
1133. Albert A.
1134. Townsend 0.
Jefferson T. Beckwith, 1125, married Helen Ruther-
ford ; he died and his widow was living in Rutherford,
N. J., in 1889.
1135. Leroy W.
1136. Helen W.
1137. Clara A.
Richard Ransom Beckwith, 1106, born 1800; died
December 2d, 1862; married; she was living at
Smeethsport, McKena Co., Penn., in 1888.
1138. William.
1189. Amanda.
1140. Amanda.
1141. Abbey ; married J. G. Huston ; living El-
mira, N. Y., in 1889.
1142. David; living at* Mozierville, Penn., in
1889.
George Beckwith, 1107, born 1807 ; died May 3d,
1868 ; married Polly Brown.
1148. Albert Alonzo, born August 20th, 1842 ;
living at Bradford, Penn., in 1889.
Shelden Beckwith, 1113, born February 28th, 1804 ;
died December 29th, 1851 ; married Betsy McHenry,
December 20th, 1821 ; born May 12th, 1801.
1144. Ruhamah; born September 15th, 1829;
13S The BeckwM*.
died December 21st, 1885 ; married Wm.
Green ; he was living Bedford, Wayne Co.,
Miclu, in 1889 ; their children were : Au-
thor, born October 22d, 1860 ; Ida, born
September 30th, 1862; married Elenor
Lyons; Dexter, born January 7th, 1865 ;
Clarence, born November 10th, 1866 ;
Mattie, born April 27th, 1869.
1145. Martha; born July 29th, 1836; married
6. Roberts, August 28th, 1865.
1 146. Clarissa; born September 7th, 1 841 ; married
Edwin Sachet, December 28th, 1862; living
in Bedford, Mich., in 1888 ; their children
were : Wilbur, born November 18th, 1863;
Custer, born December 4th, 1864 ; Fred,
born January 10th, 1867; Lina, born
March 21st, 1869; John, born July 2d,
1870; Bertie, born May 30th, 1872;
Josie, bofti November 10th, 1873; Milton,
born May 17th, 1875; Ansel, born October
8th, 1876; Etta, born January 15th, 1880 ;
Archie, born October 28th, 1882.
1147. James ; born July 24th, 1831 ; died April
4th, 1847.
1148. Henry.
1149. Richard; born August 3d, 1834.
Henry Beckwith, 1148, born July 8th, 1881 ; mar-
ried Josie, 1867 ; she died July 12th, 1872 ; married
second wife, October 1st, 1884 ; he moved to Bedford,
Wayne Co., Mich.
The BechwUha. 133
1150. Minnie; born September 10th, 1868.
1151. Frederick; born November 29th, 1869.
1152. Lottie L. ; born July 26th, 1884.
Peter C. Beckwith, 1116, born Elmira, N. Y., in
1824 ; died August 11th, 1877 ; married Betsy Powers.
1153. Charles A. ; living at Ravenna, Cal., in
1889.
1154. Eliza.
1155. Ella.
Timothy Beckwith, 1117, born Elmira, February
27th, 1826; living at Bradford, Pa, in 1886; TJ. S.
Vol. Service, 1861-64 ; owner of several oil wells and
an extensive owner of oil shares ; married Mary Rum-
sey, January 20th, 1867, born August 8th, 1840.
1156. Eugenia; born North Chemung, N. Y., Oc-
tober 5th, 1870.
1157. Clara; born Bradford, Pa., June 30th, 1880.
1158. Jessie; born Bradford, Pa., March 11th,
1872.
1159. Frederick; born March 14th, 1874.
Daniel Beckwith, 1103, born Watertown, Conn.,
1770; moved, when a young man, to Newtown, now
Elmira, N. Y., and settled on the south side of the
Chemung river, now called Southport ; was a farmer
and died at Southport ; married Ann ' Sly, born Pa. ;
they had three sons and six daughters.
1160. Henry Sly.
1162. Robert; married.
1163. John.
1163a. Abuna.
134 Ihe Beckwiihs
1163b. Louisa.
1163c. Elizabeth.
1163d. Sarah.
1163e. Mary Ann.
1163f. Lucy.
Henry Sly Beckwith, 1160, bom Elmira, N. Y.,
June 17th, 1805 ; fanner ; removed to Oregon, El. ; liv-
ing there 1889; married Patiance Deans, August 28th,
1828; born Westchester Co., N. Y., April 1st, 1810.
1164. Elizabeth Ann; born May 2d, 1829; mar-
ried Geo. H. Beers, and was living in El-
mira 1889.
1165. Francis B.; born August, 1832; married
Baker.
1166. Emma G. ; born April, 1848; married
GamboL
Robert Beckwith, 1162, born Elmira, N. Y.; died
at Southport, N. Y. ; his widow was living there in
1889; on the farm owned by her father-in-law, Silas
Beckwith.
1167. Dan.; living at Southport in 1889.
1168. Seth; enlisted in U. S. Army during War of
1812, from Martinsburg, N. Y. ; died 1851 ;
married Elizabeth Battles, born 1787 at
Martinsburg ; she moved to Easton, Mich.
1169. Marion.
John Beckwith, 1162, born Southport ; farmer ; died
there ; his widow was living there in 1889.
1170. Guy.
1172. Ida.
The Beckunths. 135
1178. Judd.
Henry Beckwith, 1104, born Watertown, N. Y. ;
farmer ; died at Elmira, N. Y., March 10th, 1850.
1174. Henry; living near Elmira in 1889.
1175. Elizabeth ; married Buckbee of Elmira.
Silas Beckwith, 592, his second wife, Anna Smith,
born Merford Co., N. Y. ; died Chemung, N. Y., May
17th, 1857; aged ninety years.
1176. Samuel
1177. Silas.
1178. Seth Smith.
1179. AnnaY.; born December 29th, 1783 ; died
March 24th, 1883; married D. Hungerford,
October 21st, 1802; born Watertown,
Conn., 1780; moved to Coventry, N. Y.,
1812; died there in 1860; their children
were : Rachell, born 1805 ; married J. P.
Goble; living Fulton city, 111., 1889; La-
vinia, married Joseph E. Snell, March
9th, 1835 ; died March 6th, 1849; Sally,
born 1816; Annie, born 1826; married
J. T. Barnum ; living Minneapolis in 1889 ;
Laura, born 1822 ; married K. P. Baird ;
living Butternuts, N. Y., in 1889; David,
born 1824 ; married M. A. Castle ; Chauncy
EL, married E. Shoals ; Susan, married
H. P. Judd; Maria, born 1803; living
Coventry, N. Y., 1886 ; married M. Hatch
1840.
1180. Isaac
136 The Beckwith*.
Samuel Beckwith, 1176, born Watertown, N. Y., in
1800 ; removed to Painted Post, N. Y. ; died at New
Milford, in 1865 ; married in Elmira, N. Y.
1181. Seth S. ; living in 1889.
Seth Smith Beckwith, 1181, was living at Canisteo,
N. Y., in 1889.
1182. Anso M. Hall; living at New Milford,
Pa., in 1889.
1188. Ann; married David Brown of Elmira;
living there in 1889.
Silas Beckwith, 1177, born at Watertown, N. Y.,
in 1799; removed to Painted Post ; died at Big Flats,
N. Y., in 1867 ; he was married in Elmira.
1184. Richard H.
1185. Silas.
1186. Seth.
1187. Susannah; died young.
1188. Elizabeth; died young.
1189. Ann; married David Brown; living El-
mira, N. Y., in 1889.
1190. Olive.
1191. Olinda.
1192. Mathias W.
Richard H. Beckwith, 1184, born Big Flats, N.
Y., in 1820; died there in 1852; married Cornelia
Judson ; born Elmira ; died 1884.
1193. Milton H.
Milton H. Beckwith, 1193, born Big Flats, Oc-
tober 27th, 1857; removed to Newark, Delaware;
The Beckwiths. 187
pro! of Entomology and Pomology in Del. State ColL
at Newark, in 1889; married Eugenia Lossie; born
Elmira ; he is the author of numerous scientific works
on Entomology and Pomology.
1194. Gertrude; born 1877.
1195. Winnifred ; born 1884.
1196. Clara J.; born 1886.
Mathias W. Beckwith, 1192, born Chemung, Che-
mung Co., N. Y. ; died there March 16th, 1888 ; married
Esther P. Hensell.
1197. Charles H.
Charles H. Beckwith, 1197, born Chemung, N. Y.,
November 20th, 1844; married Mary Donahue, Oc-
tober 8th, 1865 ; born at Phila., Pa., January 17th,
1845.
1198. Charles F.; born Elmira, October 29th,
1866 ; living at New Brighton, Penn., in
1889 ; glass cutter and finisher.
1198a. Milton; living Elmira, N. Y., in 1888.
1198b. Dan; living Elmira, N. Y., 1889.
Seth Smith Beckwith, 1178, born Watertown, N. Y.,
1785; removed to Chenango Co., N. Y. ; died Bing-
hamton, N. Y., May 12th, 1865; married Hannah
Yale, born 1738, at Chicago, I1L, September 18th,
1871.
1199. Charles H.
1200. Elizabeth.
1201. Sarah Evalina; born 1834; died Septem-
ber 12th, 1851.
1202. Augustus.
18
138 The Bechwiths.
1203. Augusta.
1203a. Jane H.; bom 1837 ; died November 30th,
1857.
1204. Hannah F.
1205. Seth S. ; died young.
Charles H. Beckwith, 1199, born Chenango Co., N.
Y., 1819; formerly merchant, dealer in real estate at
Chicago, ILL, in 1889 ; married Mallissa M., daughter
of Solomon W. Owen, a pensioner of the War of
1812, and Sallie Sherwood, of Greene, Chenango Co.,
N. Y., May 20th, 1841 ; born Guilford, N. Y., May
9th, 1821; died at Chicago, December 5th, 1886.
1206. Franklin Henry; born Albany, N. Y.,
April 8th, 1846; living Chicago, 1889;
married N. L. Kerfoot, October 16th,. 1872.
1207. Charles Le Roy ; born Greene, N. Y., March
7th, 1848 ; farmer in 111., in 1889 ; married
Alice W. Denke, July 20th, 1875.
1208. J. Carrol ; born Hannibal, Mo., September
23d, 1852; artist; living in N. Y. city in
1889 ; married Bertha Hall of N. Y. city,
June 1, 1887 ; from 1873 to 1878 was a
student under Carolus Duran, in Paris,
France; also studied at the Government
Art School there ; exhibited in the Salon
of '77 ; also in the Universal Exposition in
'78 ; received honorable mention at the
Salon, and was recipient of the medal at the
Universal Exposition of 1889 ; returned to
America in 1878, and took studio in New
The Beckwith*. 189
York city ; director, Society of American
Artists; president, National Free Art
League; professor, Art Schools, Cooper
Institute, Metropolitan Museum, and Art
Students League.
Isaac Beckwith, 1180, born Watertown, N. Y., in
1785 ; died Wake Co., N. C, May 20th, 1866.
1209. Green.
1210. Sion.
1211. Silas.
1212. Ira.
Silas Beckwith, 592, his third wife Benja-
men, who died atVincennes, Indiana.
1213. Benjamin.
Benjamin Beckwith, 1213, born 1791 ; participated
in the War of 1812 in Boatman's Co., was at battle of
Lundy's Lane ; removed to Cincinnati, Ohio ; married
Sally Gresham in 1815 ; died Elmira, N. Y.
1214. Dr. Beckwith; dentist at Sterling, HI., in
1889.
Isaac Beckwith, 1 180, by his second marriage.
1215. Needham.
Needham Beckwith, 1215, Wake Co., N. C, in
1822 ; living at Elm Grove, N. C, in 1889 ; married
A. E. Atkins, in 1848; born Orange Co., N. C, in
1822.
1216. Eugenia.
1217. Council.
1218. Josiah.
1219. W. H. B.
140 The Bechwiths.
1220. Wesley.
1221. John.
1222. J. Fabius, M. D. ; born Chatham Co., N.
C, in 1852 ; living at Plymouth, Pa., in
1889 ; married Bessie W. Payne, Novem-
ber 11th, 1887; born N. C, 1863.
Barzillai Beckwith, 589, born Lyme, Conn., 1736 ;
farmer at Ellington, Conn.; deacon Congregational Ch.;
removed to East Haddam, Conn., 1735; died there
February, 1818 ; married Mary Butler; she died there.
1223. George.
1224. Rebecca; born East Haddam, December
22d, 1767 ; married E. P. Cone.
1225. Mary; born December 16th, 1769; died
November, 1814.
1226. Sarah; born June 3d, 1774; married L.
Griffen; children: Lillia, Emily and Mary.
1227. Elizabeth; born February 23d, 1777; mar-
ried Allen Griffen; daughter Betsy mar-
ried John Brockway, M. D., of N. Lyme, Ct.
1228. Barzillai
1229. Rhoda; born February 4th, 1786 ; married
Allen Griffen.
1230. Butler.
1231. Dr. Baruch.
1232. Nathaniel Brown.
1233. Jonathan.
George Beckwith, 1223, born East Haddam, Febru-
ary 6th, 1764; removed to Great Barrington in 1807.
1234. Penelope; married Sandford.
The Beehwiths. 141
1235. Patience; married Ely.
1236. Maria; married Davis.
1237. Sarah.
1238. Emily.
1239. Eliza.
1240. Erastus.
1241. Allan.
1242. Julius.
1243. George; farmer at Gt. Barrington.
1244. Baruch.
Erastus Beckwith, 1240, born Wellington, Mass. ;
removed to Gt. Barrington ; farmer.
1245. Daniel W.
1246. Maurice.
1247. Kev. Edward.
1248. George E.
1249. Martha M. ; married E. Humphreys.
Daniel W. Beckwith, 1245, born Great Barrington ;
farmer ; married twice ; 1st, to W. H. Martin ; 2d, to
Annice Peck; living Great Barrington, Mass., in 1889.
1250. Alice.
1251. Noble.
1252. William.
1253. Edward.
Maurice Beckwith, 1246, born Gt. Barrington ; died
Sandwich Islands ; planter ; married Sarah Mosely in
1868.
1254. Nellie ; married Damon.
1255. Julia; married Walsh.
1256. Maurice ; born in Sandwich Islands.
142 The Beckwiths.
Rev. Edward G. Beckwith, 1247, born Gt. Barring-
ton ; removed to Sandwich Islands ; pastor Cong. Ch.,
San Francisco, 1887 ; married Caroline P. Armstrong,
born Sandwich Islands; living there in 1889.
1257. Rev. Frank A. ; died December 13th, 1885.
1258. Carrie A. ; born Sandwich Islands in 1865 ;
living in San Francisco, Cal., in 1887.
George E. Beckwith. 1248, born Gt. Barrington; re-
moved to the Sandwich Islands ; planter ; married H.
Goodale of Marlboro, Mass.
1259. Mary E.
1260. Martie.
Barnch Beckwith, 1244, born Gt. Barrington ; Bap-
tist minister ; removed to Gouverneur, N. Y.
1261. Julius.
1262. Henry B.; born Gouverneur, N". Y.; re-
moved to Chateaugay, N. Y. ; living there
in 1880.
Barzillai Beckwith, 1228, born East Haddam, Conn.,
November 19th, 1765 ; farmer ; died there March 10th,
1812; married Silvia Griff en, born E. Haddam, Oc-
tober 12th, 1764; died June 14th, 1840.
1263. Norman.
1264. Frederick.
1265. Elizabeth ; married M. S. Sill of Windsor.
1266. Emeline; living at E. Haddam in 1889;
blind and unmarried.
1267. Edmund G.; born E. Haddam, 1796; re-
moved to Sommers, Conn.; died there
1841.
The Bechwiths. 143
1268. George Beckwith ; born E. Haddam, 1799 ;
died Molina, N. Y., in 1850.
1269. Barzillai.
Norman Beckwith, 1263, born E. Haddam, April
8th, 1793 ; carpenter ; removed to Hartford, Conn. ;
married Francis Clark, November 3d, 1817 ; died No-
vember 16th, 1857.
1270. Julia E.; born September 2d, 1818; mar-
ried E. G. Strand.
1271. Harriet S.; born April 3d, 1820; married
C. Lee.
1272. Franklin R.; born August 21st, 1822; mar-
ried M. A; Munsell, November, 1842.
1273. Henry J. ; born August 24th, 1824.
1274. Norman C. ; born January 20th, 1834; liv-
ing at Hartford, Conn., 1858.'
Frederick Beckwith, 1264, born E. Haddam, 1794;
cloth dresser; married his 4th cousin, Jerusha Sill,
October, 1817; born June 18th, 1794; he died 1825;
she moved to Cleveland, Ohio, 1858.
1275. William E.
1276. Thomas S.
1277. Cornelia; born Lyme, 1822; married E.
Sacket.
1278. George G.; born Glens Falls, N. Y., 1824;
died 1825.
1279. Marie S. ; born 1826 ; married.
William E. Beckwith, 1275, born Lyme, Conn., Jan-
144 The Becfamth*.
uary 9th, 1819 ; married Sarah Doe in 1849 ; removed
to Cleveland, Ohio.
1280. Frederick A.; born Cleveland, December,
1850; living there in 1889.
Thomas S. Beckwith, 1276, born Lyme, January
11th, 1821 ; merchant, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1889; mar-
ried Sarah Oliphant.
1281. Mary C. ; born Cleveland, 1849 ; died 1849.
Barzillai Beckwith, 1269, M. D., born East Haddam,
1797; settled in Monmouth, HI., in 1846, where he
resided until 1879, when he died of heart disease;
married C. M. Amsden in 1831, at Saybrook, Ashta-
bula Co., Ohio, about 1821 ; she was living in Chicago,
HI., in 1889.
1282. Livia A.; married A. B. Scenter, in 1867.
1283. Mary E. ; living at Chicago, 111., in 1889.
1284. Emma; married S. M. Muck; one child,
Ella.
1285. Henry C.
Henry C. Beckwith, 1285, born Saybrook, Ohio,
graduate Monmouth College in 1844 ; U. S. VoL Ser-
vice in 1861-65; removed to Clarinda, Iowa; living
there 1889 ; married Alice P. Bowers in 1869 ; born
Monmouth.
1286. Jennie A.
1287. Jessie; born 1872.
1288. Alice A. ; born 1878.
1289. Barzillai ; born 1881.
i
The BedkwUhs. 145
Butler Beckwith, 1230, born E. Haddam, February,
1772 ; married Hannah Cone of E. Haddam.
1290. Rev. George Cone, D. D., graduated at Mid-
dlebury College, Vt., and at Andover Theo-
logical Seminary, was pastor several years
of Congregational Church at Lowell, Mass.,
but was most of his public life Secretary
of the Am. Peace Society of Boston, Mass.
Dr. Baruch Beckwith,<1231 ; M. D. ; born E. Had-
dam, September 6th, 1779; removed to Beekmantown,
N. Y. ; died there ; married Lucy Mather, niece of
Cotton Mather, born Lyme, Conn., November 11th,
1777; died Beekmantown, February 28th, 1833.
1291. George M.
1292. Baruch.
1293. Samuel B. M.
1293a. Lucy 11 ; born November 23d, 1811 ;
married Rev. Justin Taylor, October 10th,
1827; he died in 1887 ; she was living at
Forest, Wis., 1889 ; children : Mary, Lucy,
Hattie, Nellie, Martha.
1293b. Mary A. ; married Aug. Smith of Lyme,
Conn. ; she died in 111.
1293a Louisa W. ; born June 14th, 1819 ; died
November 6th, 1835.
1293d. Betsy; born July 13th, 1817; living at
Whitehall, N. Y., in 1889 ; married Na-
than J. Judson, January 10th, 1839; he
died November 14th, 1887 ; children : Har-
riet L., born November 20th, 1843; mar-
19
146 The Bechwiths.
ried Hon. D. F. Dobie; Henry C, born
October 4th, 1848 ; living Whitehall, 1889 ;
Frederick B., bom July 21st, 1854; liv-
ing Whitehall, 1889.
George Mather Beckwith, 1291, born Lyme, Ct., Jan-
uary 27th, 1805 ; lawyer, county judge of Clinton Co.,
N. Y. ; died Plattsburg, N. Y., June 24th, 1883 ; mar-
ried Hannah Eliza Moores, February 28th, 1833,
daughter of General Moores of Plattsburg,
1294. George H.
1295. Benjaman.
1296. Maggie L.; married J. Hubel, September
16th, 1856 ; living at Chazy, N. Y., in 1889;
children: Amos M., born December 5th,
1857; married CI. Jones; Elizabeth, born
August 31st, 1859; Nelson W.Fiske; Mary
C, born May 28th, 1861 ; married J. W.
North; Julius C, born June 5th, 1863;
George L., born October 18th, 1865 ; Mar-
garette 8., born July 18th, 1868 ; MattieF.,
born March 11th, 1871; Iillie S., born Sep
tember 17th, 1873: John S.. born Febru-
ary 1st, 1875 ; Jennie C, born December
25th, 1877 ; Eichard W., born May 30th,
1880 ; all the above were living in Chazy,
N. Y., in 1889.
1297. Lucy M.; married M. Sowles of St. Albans,
N. Y.; living PJattsburg in 1889; children:
Margarette B., born April 29th, 1869; died
October 23d, 1872; Mary G., born April
The Bechwiths. 147
5th, 1873 ; died March 16th, 1876 ; Eliza-
beth B., born October 27th; 1887.
George H. Beckwith, 1294, born Plattsburg, N. Y. ;
lawyer ; married E. Villas of Plattsburg ; living there
in 1889,
1298. Harriet V.
1299. Grace.
1300. Mary.
1301. Vilas.
Benjamin M. Beckwith, 1295, born Plattsburg, Au-
gust 24th, 1836; lawyer; enlisted in the U. S. Vol.
Service 1861-64: died at Plattsburg, January 27th,
1887 ; married Lodie Mitchell, December 21st, 1858 ;
she moved to Milwaukee, Wis., where she was living
in 1889.
1302. Sophia C. ; born Greenbay, Wis., December
7th, 1859; married H. Newton in 1887;
living Plattsburg, N. Y., in 1889.
1303. Elizabeth; born August 22d, 1862; died
March 19th, 1879.
1304. Harriette; born January 17th, 1869.
1305. Maria L.; born September 26th, 1874; liv-
ing Milwaukee in 1889.
1306. George M.; born 1861; died 1865.
1307. William M.; born January 15th, 1867;
living at Milwaukee in 1889.
1308. Henry M. ; born June 15th, 1867 ; living at
Milwaukee in 1889.
Baruch Beckwith, 1292, born at Hartford, Conn.,
148 The Beckunths.
April, 1809 ; farmer ; married Clarissa, widow of Enos
P. Beckwith, at Plattsburg, N. Y., August 4, 1836.
1309. Allen G.
1310. William H.
1311. Helen; born June 21st, 1845; married J.
Higgins, October 22d, 1872 ; living Ellen-
burgh, N. Y., 1886 ; children: George B.,
born Ellenburgh, December 12th, 1874 ;
died July 30th, 1878; Chas. L., born
Ellenburgh, September 12th, 1877; Lottie
L., born June 22d, 1880.
Allan G. Beckwith, 1309, born Beekmantown, Vt.,
June 1st, 1837 ; book-keeper at Burlington, Vt., in
1889 ; married Mary Hoffnagel, December 2d, 1858, of
Essex, N. Y.
1312. Frederick A.; born March 2d, 1865; living
at Burlington, Vt., in 1889.
1313. Bertie C. ; born January 16th, 1876.
William H. Beckwith, 1310, born September 17th,
1842; married Julia E. Whitney, November 15th,
1866, born Whitehall, N. Y. ; living Keeseville, N.
Y., 1889.
1314. Milton E.; born July 1st, 1870; living
Keeseville, N. Y, in 1889.
1315. Minnie E. ; born November 4th, 1874; liv-
ing Keeseville, N. Y., in 1889.
1316. Charles S. ; born May 4th, 1882 ; living
Keeseville, N. Y., in 1889.
1317. Maud S. ; born August 17th, 1884 ; living
Keeseville, N. Y, in 1889.
The Bechwiths. 149
1318. William H. ; born March 21st, 1886; liv-
ing Keeseville, N. Y., in 1889.
Samuel B. M. Beckwith, 1293, born Beekmantown,
April 16th, 1814; lawyer; removed to Chateaugay,
N. Y. ; married Mary, daughter of Daniel Beckwith of
Morrisonville, N. Y., May 26th, 1842 ; she died July
19th, 1872 ; he married 2d wife, Helen ; living' at
Chateaugay, N. Y., February 14th, 1874; by the
second marriage he had no children.
1319. Mary H. ; born January 24th, 1843 ; living
at Lisle, N. Y., 1889.
1320. EmmaE. ; born January 13th, 1845; mar-
ried H. Upson ; living Winslow, Arizona,
in 1889 ; one child : Mary B. ; married
Chas. Daly.
1321. Walter S. ; born December 17th, 1850 ;
married Josie Dixon ; living Lowell, Mass.,
in 1888.
1322. Rev. Edgar C. ; born August 16th, 1856 ;
living N. Y. city 1889.
1823. Charles S.; born January 25th, 1862 ; mar-
ried Eliza L. Leach of "Wilksbarre, March
4th, 1888; living Allentown, Pa, in 1888.
1324. Dr. George M.
Dr. George M. Beckwith, 1324, M. D., born Platts-
burg, N. Y., September 10th, 1853; living at Lisle,
N. Y., 1889 ; married Carrie Kitchell, October 1st,
1877 ; died December 21st, 1887.
1325. Mary Winnifred; born Ithaca, May 2d,
1879; living Lisle, N. Y., 1889.
150 The Beckwith*.
1326. Bessie E. ; born January 18th, 1881 ; living
Lisle, X. Y., 1889.
1327. Harriett* G.; born December 14th, 1882;
living Lisle, N. Y., 1889.
Nathaniel Brown Beckwith, 1232, born E. Haddam,
September 25th, 1781 ; married Betsy Lord, born E.
Haddam, Conn.
1328. Nathaniel L.
1329. Bareillai.
1330. Rhoda; married W. E. Cone of E. Had-
dam.
1331. Gilbert
Gilbert Beckwith, 1331, living at Iibertyville, Lake
Co., 111., in 1889.
1332. Charles F. ; living at Libertyville in 1889.
Jonathan Beckwith, 1233, born E. Haddam, Sep-
tember 2l8t, 1783 ; died January 22d, 1857 ; married
Nancy Lord.
1333. Nancy D.; born August 14th, 1814.
1334. MaryH.; born April 29th, 1818 ; living at
Ledyard, Conn., 1889.
1335. Jonathan.
1336. Rev. George A.; born July 6th, 1829;
graduated at Amherst College in 1857;
at Andover Theological Seminary in 1860 ;
married Eliza C, daughter of Rev. Levi
Bingham, of Langus, Mass., October 11th,
1861 ; was ordained pastor of 1st Congre-
gational church of Manhattan, Kan., in
The Bechmths. 151
1862; dismissed 1867; acting pastor of
Congregational church at Olathe, Kan.,
three years; at Neodester and Altoona
three years; health failing he returned
east in 1874; was pastor at Franconea,
Warner, Hawsville, Alstead and Aldear
Center, all in N. H., and at present is acting
pastor of Congregational church of Wind-
ham, Vt. ; no children,
1337. Henry E.; born July 6th, 1831 ; married
Sarah Norcross of Monmouth, HI.; she
died in 1864; he then married Louisa
Markle, at Manhattan, July 4th, 1866;
living there in 1889.
Deacon Barak Beckwith, 657, born Lyme, Conn.,
November 3d, 1780; removed to Cazenovia, N. Y. ;
lawyer; judge county court ; died April 12th, 1844;
married Mary Kennedy, January 12th, 1804; born
1784; died October 13th, 1854.
1338. Dr. Addison K.
1339. Nelson M.
1340. George D. ; born March 29th, 1809 ; died
Macon, Ga.
1341. Roswell R. ; born 1815; died 1861, at
N. Y.
1342. Mary Jane; born February 24th, 1820.
1343. Catherine E. ; born 1822; died 1840.
1344. William ; born 1827; died 1870, at Frank-
lin, Pa.
1345. Edward Griffen.
! 159 The Bedtmitht.
Addison E. Beckwith, 1338, born March 22d, 1805 ;
M. D. ; died at Palermo, N. Y., January 28th, 1856 ;
married Amelia Kiss of Winans, 1 831 ; she died Feb-
ruary 10th, 1885.
1346. Thelestres A.
1347. James A.
1348. AlcestesM.
1349. Barak D.
1350. Catherine £.
1351. George.
1352. Adelaide.
Nelson M. Beckwith, 1339, born May 2d, 1807;
died N. Y. city 1888 ; married M Forbes, in 1842 ;
she died May 7th, 1885.
1353. Leonard F.; living at Garrisons, N. Y., 1889.
1354. Adelaide ; died N. Y., 1871.
1355. Arthur ; living N. Y. city 1889.
1356. Helene; born 1847; living N. Y. city;
married November 3d, 1890, at London,
England, to Frank Dudley Leigh, eldest
son of Lord Leigh, of Leighstone Abbey,
England.
General Edward Griff en Beckwith, 1345, born Caz-
enovia, N. Y., June 25th, 1818 ; died Clifton, N. Y.,
June 2 2d, 1881 ; graduated at West Point Military
Academy in 1842 ; participating in the Mexican War ;
at the battles of Tampico and Vera Cruz ; was detailed
on the Pacific R. R. Reconnoissance in 1853-4 ; his
scientific reports of that expedition were published by
the government ; during the War of the Rebellion he
The BeohwUhs. 153
served as chief commissary in the 5th army corps ;
commanded the defenses of New Orleans 1868-4 ; major
U. S. A. February 8th, 1864 ; brvt brig.-genl. U. S.
A., March 16th, 1865 ; after the war was employed in
the Bureau of Subsistence ; (see Roll of Honor) ; mar-
ried Cornelia Williamson of Savannah, Ga. ; she was
living in Washington, D. G, in 1889.
1357. Madeline ; graduate Washington College
of Elocution 1888 ; living at Washington,
D. C, 1889.
1358. Nelly ; married C. E. Fox, U. S. N.
Hezekiah Beckwith, 627, born Lyme, Conn., 1704 ;
died March 12th, 1791 ; married Lydia Gilbert, born
1707, Lyme, Conn. ; died March 13th, 1794.
1359. Elisha; born Lyme, October 12th, 1738;
removed to New London, Conn.
1360. Sylvanus.
1361. Nathan ; born Lyme, Conn., in 1747.
1362. Ann ; married F. Brown, a soldier in the
Continental Army.
Sylvanus Beckwith, 1360, born Lyme, May 22d,
1742; carpenter; removed to Standford; died May
30th, 1839 ; he, as well as his wife's family, were firm
supporters of the cause of the colonies, and bore their
parts in the struggle, not only by giving their services
in the field, but also by the ready offering of their
means; married Amy Sutherland; born 1742; died
October 2lst, 1817; her family were originally from
Scotland, and were allied to the Douglass family of
20
154 The Bechunths.
that ilk, and the Sutherlands still bear for their coat of
arms the " wild cat."
1363. Nathan.
1364. Israel ; born 1796 ; died May 4th, 1823.
Nathan Beckwith, 1863, born Standford, September
13th, 1778; placed at the famous Kinderhook Acad-
emy, was a school-mate of Martin Van Buren, and
graduated as a civil engineer, and with Pro! Joseph
Henry, selected and surveyed the route of Erie R. R.,
and no contemporaneous engineer of the state enjoyed
a higher reputation; in the War of 1812 he commanded
a battalion of cavalry; in 1824 upon the visit of Gen-
eral Lafayette to N. Y., was marshal of the day at Cler-
mont ; he was a Democrat of the Jeff ersonian school ;
the family record states he was a lieutenant in the War
of 1812, and was afterward commissioned as colonel of
cavalry by Gov. Tompkins ; married twice ; died at Red
Hook, N. Y., March 4th, 1865; married 1st, Betsy
Gale, December 22d, 1802; born April 14th, 1781;
died March 22d, 1838.
1365. Dr. Josiah Gale.
1366. Amy; born June 7th, 1809 ; died January
1st, 1824.
1367. Edward ; born February 19th, 1812 ; died
June 11th, 1821.
1368. Lewis C.
1369. Eliza A ; born at Red Hook, October 3d,
1809 ; died August 5th, 1843 ; married
1st, Edwin Knickerbocker, February 26th,
1835 ; her children by the first marriage
% The Bechmths. 155
were: Edwin, born 1808; died 1875;
Edward B., bom December 18th, 1836;
died March, 1854 ; Mary E., born Febru-
ary 7th, 1887; married 2d, Dr. T. E. Lossee
of Upper Red Hook, N. Y. ; by her second
marriage they had : Dr. John E. of Upper
Red Hook, in 1889 ; Edward, Harvey.
1370. Clarinda L. ; born Red Hook, June 7th,
1816; died August 2d, 1864; married W.
Capron, November 18th, 1849 ; he moved
to Pontiac, Mich. ; U. S. Vol. Service
1861-65 ; he died in 1881, from the effects
of a bullet wound received at the battle of
Fair Oaks ; their children were : Nathan,
born September 29th, 1841; Ellen, born
September 2d, 1843 ; Mary, born Sep-
tember 3d, 1845 ; Amy, born April 26th,
1848; Lucy, born March 23d, 1850; Ed-
ward, born June, 1852; Carrie, born
September 5th, 1857.
1371. Annie S.; born October 22d, 1824; mar-
ried G. H. Clapp, September 9th, 1845 ; re-
moved to Phila., Pa.; he died October 11th,
1877; their children were: Emma, born
April 20th, 1849; Edward B., born June
16th, 1854; living Phila., Pa,, 1889.
1372. George W.
1373. William S.
Dr. Josiah Gale Beckwith, 1365, M. D., born Sep_
156 The Beckwith*.
tember 4th, 1803, at Standford, N. Y. ; graduated at
Union College ; studied medicine in Solsbury, Conn.,
and settled in Litchfield, Conn., in 1829 ; died there
March 2 1st, 1871 ; he was a successful practitioner ;
officer of the State Medical Society ; nominated for
governor ; and was elected to the State Legislature
several times ; married Jane M. Seymore, February
1st, 1831; she was daughter of Moses Seymore of
Litchfield ; and a niece of Governor Horatio Seymore
of N. Y.
1374. Jona S. ; born June 15th, 1833 ; died Janu-
ary 28th, 1837.
1374a. Elizabeth G. ; born January 19th, 1835 ;
living Litchfield, Conn., in 1889.
1375. .Sarah EL ; born April 20th, 1840 ; living at
Litchfield, Conn., in 1 889 ; unmarried.
1376. Dr. Josiah G.
1377. Dr. George S.
Dr. Josiah Gale Beckwith, 1376, M. D., born at
Litchfield, Conn., January 14th, 1838; living there in
1889 ; married Anne Alsop, January 16th, 1873, of
Quebec, Canada.
1378. Josiah Gale ; born August 13th, 1874.
1379. Bonney.
1380. Baby.
Dr. George S. Beckwith, 1377, M. D., born Litch-
field, May 27th, 1842; resided at Pine Plains, N. Y.;
died there December 20th, 1890; married Isabel
Cohen, October 7th, 1873, of Charleston, S. C.
The Eechwiths. 157
1381. Jane Seymour.
1382. George S.
1383. Sarah S.
1384. Belle S.
1385. Catherine S.
Lewis Curtis Beckwith, 1368, born Red Hook, N.
Y., June 83d, 1807 ; died at Matteawan, N. Y., April
10th, 1871 ; married Ameline Capron, January 6th,
1830 ; daughter of Judge Giles Capron of Upper Red
Hook, N. Y.
1386. Giles E. C.
1387. Ellen Elizabeth; born Troy, N. Y., August
26th, 1833 ; married J. Bently, November
7th, 1872, of Newark, N. J. ; living there
in 1889 ; one child, Ellen Capron.
1388. Sarah Kinney; born July 24th, 1835 ; liv-
ing at Matteawan, N. Y., in 1889; unmarried.
1389. Emily Savage; born March 6th, 1835;
died 1881, unmarried.
1390. JohnC; born March 4th, 1842 ; died 1888,
unmarried.
1391. Isaac Be van.
Giles Edward Capron Beckwith, 1386, born Troy,
N. Y., May 23d, 1781 ; married Helen van Steenburg;
removed to Catskill, N. Y. ; living there in 1889.
1392. Frocene; married D. Bralley; living at
Sing Sing, N. Y., in 1889.
1393. Josephine; born Catskill; living there in
1889.
Isaac Bevan Beckwith, 1391, born December 2 2d,
158 The Eechwtihs.
1844 ; married twice ; his first wife was Frances A.
Welch, who died March 20th, 1882 ; his second wife
was Sara E. Hooper; living at Syracuse, N. Y., 1889.
1394. Wallace W.; born at Frankfort, N. Y,
February 14th, 1887.
1 395. Warren Bevan ; born at Frankfort, N. Y.,
January 27th, 1889.
George W. Beckwith, 1372, born Red Hook, N. Y.,
June 8th, 1814; died Standford, April 9th, 1881 ; mar-
ried Abbey E. Thompson, January 17th, 1843; she
was living at Stissing, N. Y., 1889.
1396. Elizabeth R; born December 19th, 1844;
graduate of Vassar College ; prof, of Greek
at Normal College, N. Y. city, in 1889.
1397. Emma; born March 16th, 1847.
1398. Mary G.; born Standford, N. Y., July 25th,
1849 ; living N. Y. city in 1889.
1399. ClarindaL.; born at Standford; married H.
Austin ; living at Hiawatha, Kans., 1889.
1400. Sarah C. ; born July 3d, 1851 ; died 1862.
1401. Clara; born June 11th, 1853; married
Homer E. Austin, February 22d, 1883;
they had Grace B, born July 24th, 1884;
Willie B., born August 19th, 1887.
1402. Asa ; born March 24th, 1864; living Stand-
ford, N. Y., 1889 ; unmarried.
1403. Edward.
1404. Nathan E. ; born March 7th, 1870 ; living
at Standford, N. Y., 1889 ; unmarried.
Edward Beckwith, 1403, born Standford, N. Y., Jan-
The Beohmths. 159
nary 14th, 1859 ; living Hiawatha, Kana, 1889 ; mar-
ried Noamie E. McGuilkin, January 21st, 1882.
1405. Abbie E. ; born March 26th, 1883,
1406. Annie C.; born March, 1886.
1407. George G. ; born March 24th, 1889.
William S. Beckwith, 1373, born Eed Hook, Janu-
ary 14th, 1820; farmer; married Ann M. Collyer,
March 29th, 1848 ; born February 8th, 1826 ; living
Eed Hook, Dutchess Co., N. Y., 1889.
1408. Alice M. ; born August 10th, 1852.
1409. Thomas C. ; born November 1st, 1853.
1410. George; born 1855; died 1875, at Pella,
Iowa.
1411. Annie G. ; born March 14th, 1857 ; married
Armond DePotter, October, 1878 ; living
in Prance 1889 ; he was a colonel in the
French Army, now a tourist manager to
parties traveling in Europe.
1412. Leilla H. ; born January 17, 1860 ; married
A. Bretton Havens; lawyer, January 27th,
1887 ; living N. Y. city 1889.
1413. Willie S. ; born October 11th, 1861 ; re-
moved to Denver, Colo. ; living Salt Lake
City 1889; married Belle Colon of Michi-
gan, September 9th.
1414. Charles G. ; born January 6th, 1864 ; died
1865.
Nathan Beckwith, 1363, by his second wife, Mar-
garette Pratt Pelton ; born Dalton, Mass.,
160 The Beckwith*.
January 15th, 1807 ; died January 14th,
1857.
1415. Nathan E.
1416. Eliza Ann. ; born September 8th, 1845 ;
married George Ogden, Sr., of Phila., Pa.,
June 30th, 1880 ; living at Bridgeton, N.
J., 1889.
Nathan E. Beck with, 1415, born Red Hook, N. Y.,
April 4th, 1848 ; living at Los Gates, Cal., 1889 ; civil
engineer ; married Alice Black, September 19th, 1878 ;
born July 25th, 1854.
1417. Theodore K. ; bom July 6th, 1879.
1417a. Ralph Ed.; born September 30th, 1880.
1418. Adelaide ; born April 25th, 1882.
1419. Ruth L. ; born December 15th, 1883.
1420. Charles Z. ; born December 19th, 1886.
John Beckwith, 553, born Waterford, Conn., 1703 ;
died at Lyme, Conn., 1768 ; married Elizabeth Dart,
November 8th, 1744, born East Haddam, August
30th, 1716, and died at Lyme.
1421. John.
1422. Watrus.
John Beckwith, 1421, born at Lyme, Conn., October
19th, 1754 ; died Poughkeepsie, N. Y., September 12th,
1834 ; served in the Continental Army ; married Chloe
Bosworth, January 27th, 1730; born Washington,
Conn., November 3th, 1759 ; died Poughkeepsie, Oc-
tober 9th, 1834.
1423. John.
1424. Watrus.
The Beckwith*. 161
1425. Nathanial Beckwith; bom at Pough-
keepsie, N. Y., December 13th, 1781; re-
moved to N. 0., in 1834, and died at Ply-
mouth, November, 1840 ; unmarried.
John Beckwith, 1423, born Poughkeepsie, July 31st,
1785; M.D. ; served in War of 1812 ; removed to New
Berne in 1808, and Raleigh, and thence to Newton,
N. C. ; to Petersburgh, Va. ; died N. Y., 1870; mar-
ried Margarette Stanley.
1426. T. Stanley.
1427. John Watrus.
1428. Catherine ; married H. F. Spaulding ; liv-
ing at Riverdale, N. Y., 1889.
1429. Nancy E.; living at Riverdale, 1889.
1430. Cordelia; living at Riverdale, 1889.
T. Stanley Beckwith, 1426, born Raleigh, N. C,
1814 ; M. D. ; died at Petersburg, Va., in 1884 ; mar-
ried Agnus ; daughter of Edmund Ruffin, Sr., of Vir-
ginia.
1481. Julian R. ; C. S. Army ; killed at battle of
Seven Pines, June 1st, 1862.
1432. Margarette.
1433. Kate D.
1434. Matilda E.
1435. Thomas S.
1436. Edmund R.
1437. John.
1438. Susan ; married R. Gillam of Petersburgh,
Va.
1439. Agnus ; married J. R. Gary of Gloucester,
21
162 The Beckwitks.
Va. ; their children are : Bettie, Willis,
Stanley B., Sue B., Agnus R., John R.
1440. Charles M.
Thomas S. Beckwith, 1435, married Eunice ; daugh-
ter of S. B. Cary of Gloucester, Va.
1441. Samuel G.
1442. AnnaF.
1443. Julian R.
1444. Thomas S.
1445. Eunice C.
Edmund R. Beckwith, 1436, of Petersburgh, Va,
1889 ; druggist ; married Mary, daughter of J. White
of Warrenton, N. 0.
1446. John W.
1447. Edmund R
1448. Delia S.
1449. Agnus R.
1450. Hugh W.
1451. Mary W.
John Beckwith, 1437, married Katie Lee, daughter
of J. E. Edwards of Charleston, S. C.
1452. Agnus R.
1453. Thomas N.
1454. William E.
1455. John Q.
1456. Katie L.
1457. MaryE.
Charles M. Beckwith, 1440, married S. B., daughter
of J. R. Fairbanks, of Ferdinando, Florida
1458. George R. F.
The Bechwith*. 168
John Watrus Beckwith, 1427, bom Raleigh, N. G,
February, 1831 ; Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Ga. ;
died at Atlanta, Ga., November 23d, 1890; married
Ella Brockinborough of Va. ; died 1886 ; he graduated
at Trinity College, Hartford, in 1852 ; ordained deacon
May 24th, 1854; priest May, 1855 ; pastor in Wades-
boro, N. G, and Anne Arundel, Md. ; at breaking out
of the Rebellion moved to Mississippi, and thence to
Alabama ; was rector of Trinity Church, N. O., and
was elected from there Bishop of Ga. ; received degree
of S. T. D., from Trinity in 1867 ; consecrated bishop
in St. John's Church, Savannah, Ga., April 2d, 1868.
1459. John F. B.
1460. Ella
1461. Bessie.
Wattrus Beckwith, 1424, born Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
February 8th, 1791; removed to Newberne, N. C,
1810 ; practiced law at Elizabeth City, N. C, 1814-15 ;
died Plymouth, N. C, March 10th, 1850; lawyer;
married Susan Bailey, January 8th, 1816 ; born Feb-
ruary 6th, 1797; at Pasquaton Co., N. C.
1462. John Bailey; born November 21st, 1816;
M. D. ; graduated in medicine at Univer-
sity of Md., in 1837; removed to Smith-
field, N. C, 1841 ; living there 1889; no
children; married twice; his first wife,
Anna G. Thomson, married February 2 2d,
1849 ; died July 7th, 1850; 2d wife, Julia
M. Saunders, married May 20th, 1856 ; died
March 21st, 1859.
164 The Bechwtihs
1463. Nathaniel.
1464. James L. S.
1464a. Chloe Ann ; born April 17th, 1828; died
in 1848 ; unmarried.
1465. Thomas.
1465a. Georgette D. ; died in 1834.
Nathaniel Beck with, 1463, born Pasquaton Co., N.
C, February 19th, 1819 ; lawyer; removed to Hyde Co.,
N. C, in 1843; died there October 30th, 1886 ; married
Mary E. Wynne, September 1 3th, 1849.
1466. Noma; born December 14th, 1850; mar-
ried J. W. Willborn, November 28th,
1878.
1467. Robt. Watrus ; born June 27th, 1852 ; mar-
ried Mattie Hammond, January 80th,
1884.
1468. Steward J. ; born January 23d, 1861.
1469. Norbonne; born 1854; died 1865, from a
gunshot wound accidentally inflicted by
himself.
1470. Sidney Thomas ; born February 6th, 1864 ;
lawyer, practicing at Monroe, N. C, 1889.
James L. S. Beckwith, 1464, born Pasquaton Co.,
N. C, September 1 9th, 1824 ; M. D. ; died at Cremer,
N. C, March, 1866; graduated in medicine at Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, in 1854; practiced at Scottshill,
N. C, and after at Swifts Creek, where he died ; mar-
ried Evaline Clifton of Raleigh, N. C, in 1855.
1471. Robertson; born 1856; M. D. ; graduated
The Beckwiihs. 165
at Vanderbilt University ; living Charlotte,
N. 0., in 1889.
1472. Bosworth 0.; born 1858; lawyer; living
at Raleigh, N. 0., in 1889.
1473. Ann Julia; married Mr. Thackston, and
was living at Raleigh, N. C, in 1889.
1474. Susan ; living with her mother at Raleigh,
N. C, in 1889.
Thomas Beckwith, 1465, born Pasquaton Co., N. C,
June 9th, 1825 ; lawyer ; practiced law in Plymouth,
N. C. ; at the breaking out of the war he entered the
C. S. Army, serving in the 24th Reg. N. C. Inf., from
1861-63; died January 5th, 1863, from disease con-
tracted during the campaigns in North-west Virginia ;
married Henrietta T. Phelps, in 1857, at Plymouth, N.
C. ; she was born in Washington Co., N. C, 1838.
1475. John Percy.
1476. Thomas Lynden ; born January 14th, 1858 ;
M. D. ; graduated in medicine at College
of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore,
1882 ; died February 22d, 1883.
John Percy Beckwith, 1475, born June 24th, 1858;
living at Jacksonville, Ma., in 1889 ; married Sadie
W. Boyer, of Anniston, Ala.
1477. Thomas Lyndon ; bom June, 1885 ; living
at Jacksonville, Fla., 1889.
Watrus Beckwith, 1422, born Lyme, Oonn., Sep-
tember 18th, 1754 ; served in Continental Army, 1776.
1478. John; born 1788, at Lyme, Conn. ; moved
west
166 The Bechwiths.
1479. Stephen.
Stephen Beckwith, 1479, resided at Pike, Wyoming
Co., N. Y., in 1835; died there; married Narcissa
Black.
1480. Philo D.
1481. Mrs. Thompson; living at Dawagiac, Mich.,
1889.
Philo D. Beckwith, 1480, born Pike, N. Y., 1824;
removed to Dawagiac, Mich., 1844, where he engaged
in the manufacture of stoves, amassing a very large
fortune entirely through his own exertions ; died there
January 12th, 1889; married C. M. Scott, in 1844;
living at Dawagiac 1889.
1482. Delia; married Ch. Gardner; living at Da-
wagiac, 1889.
Job Beckwith, 638, born Lyme, May 22d, 1705;
married Elizabeth Harvey ; born Mass.
1483. Harvey.
1484. Ezekiel.
1485. Job Beckwith; born New London, 1759;
soldier Revolutionary war, 1776 to 1778;
died Chemung Co., N. Y., in 1853 ; un-
married.
Harvey Beckwith, 1483, born Lyme, Conn., 1755;
removed to Northampton, Mass. ; farmer ; married
Josie Marion, January 17th, 1780; born Mass., Oc-
tober 23d, 1758.
1486. Harris William.
The Beckwith*. 167
1487. William.
Harris William Beckwith, 1486, born Northampton,
Mass., January 18th, 1781 ; died November 15th,
1818 ; married Pearly Briggs, January 2d,^ 1809 ; born
Northampton.
1488. William Harvey; born January 18th,
1810 ; died March 9th, 1825.
1489. Francis E.
1490. Henrietta; born Northampton, January
6th, 1818; died Dorchester, March 9th,
1819.
Francis E.* Beckwith, 1489, born Northampton,
September 6th, 1817; settled at Litchfield, Mass.;
married Mary Turner, April 16th, 1845 ; born Pitts-
field, Mass.
1491. Francis E.
1492. Theodocia; born Whitinsville, April 9th,
1848 ; married L. Randall, at Springfield,
January 10th, 1873 ; living at Springfield
in 1889; children: Henry W., born April
24th, 1877; Emma A., born November
2d, 1881; Lora P., born January 18th,
1883.
1498. Henrietta L.; born June 16th, 1852 ; mar-
ried J. Pinches, May 14th, 1874 ; children :
John, born April 29th, 1875; Frank W.,
born September 21st, 1876; Charles W.,
born June 27th, 1882.
1494. Jennie; born Holyoke, August 29th, 1861 ;
married C. F. Moore, January 4th, 1882 ;
168 The Bechwiths.
children : George T., born July 7th, 1883 ;
Francis E., born October 9th, 1885.
Francis E. Beckwith, 1491, born Whitinsville, Feb-
ruary 10th, 1846 ; married Henrietta S. Miller, May
11th, 1869; born Springfield.
1495. Charles Harris ; born August 21st, 1870.
1496. Henry W. ; born 1877.
1497. Lora P. ; born Hartford, 1875.
1498. Emma A. ; born 1881.
William Beckwith, 1487, born February 18th, 1786 ;
died at Dorchester, November 19th, 1823; married
Betsy Northy, April 26th, 1808; died Dorchester,
June 12th, 1836.
1499. James Harvey ; born Scituate, Mass., May
16th, 1809; died at Dorchester, Mass., De-
cember 19th, 1831.
1500. Ira Lewis.
1501. David Barnes.
1502. William Henry.
1503. Julia Ann ; born at Dorchester, June 7th,
1818; married Sloan; living at Milton,
Mass., in 1888.
1504. Olarina Wade ; born Dorchester, December
25th, 1820; died August 5th, 1857, in
Boston.
1505. Laura A. ; born Dorchester, December 26th,
1824; married Sam. Somes; living at N.
Attleboro, Mass., in 1889.
Ira Lewis Beckwith, 1500, born Weymouth, Mass^
s
The Bechmths. 169
June 24th, 1810 ; at Providence, R. L, January 9th,
1865.
1516. Henry L. ; merchant, Providence, R. I., in
1889.
David Barnes Beck with, 1501, born Scituate, Mass.,
January 2d, 1813; died at Dorchester, November 1st,
1 837 ; married Caroline E. Fuller ; born Maine ; died
January 12th, 1875. ,
1517. David Harvey.
David Harvey Beckwith, 1517, born Dorchester,
February 24th, 1836 ; carpenter and machinist ; U. S.
VoL Service 1863-65, 2d R. I. Reg., wounded at the
Battle of the Wilderness, May 4th, 1864; and was
taken prisoner July, 1864 ; and made his escape April
5th, 1865 ; married Susan A. Stone, June 29th, 1862 ;
died May 29th, 1867 ; married 2d, A. E. Wood, March
27th, 1872.
1518. Minattie C; born September 18th, 1866;
graduated from Providence High School,
June 29th, 1887 ; living Providence, R. I.,
1889.
William Henry Beckwith, 1502, born Scituate, Feb-
ruary 29th, 1816 ; died Jamaica Plains, in 1860.
1519. Henry; living at Jamaica Plains, in 1889.
Ezekiel Beckwith, 1485, born at New London, in
1757 ; moved to Colchester, Conn. ; died there ; mar-
ried Elizabeth Fosdick ; died New London.
1520. Nathan.
1521. Betsy; married D. Phelps; and died at
Salem, Conn.
22
i
170 The Beckwith*.
1522. Sallie ; married Fuller; and died at Salem,
Conn.
1523. Mercy.
1524. Charity.
1525. Grace.
1526. Fosdick.
1527. Moses.
1528. EzeHel.
Nathan Beckwith, 1520, born New London, 1765 ;
died at Old Lyme, Conn., January 18th, 1859 ; married
Betsy Spencer ; born E. Haddam ; died Lyme, Decem-
ber 28th, 1864.
1529. George.
1530. Harriet; born June 2d, 1801; married
Seaver ; and died at Salem, Conn., in 18 7-;
they had two children : Henry, living at
Deep River, Conn., in 1889; and Mary
Ann, born February 1st, 1803 ; married
Justin Jewett of New York.
1531. Mary Ann ; born February, 1803 ; married
J. Jewett.
1532. William T.
1533. Elizabeth; born September 21st, 1817;
married John Kirtland; living at Say-
brook, Conn., in 1889.
George Beckwith, 1529, born Lyme, Conn., Septem-
ber 3d, 1799; died at Horseheads, N. Y., in 1862;
married Mary Treadway ; born Salem.
1534. Henry; married and living at Park Station,
N. Y., 1889.
I
\
The BeokwWx. 171
1535. Mary; married J. Hammond, and was liv-
ing at Park Station in 1889.
William T. Beckwith, 1532, born at Lebanon, Conn.,
April 3d, 1813 ; died at Old Lyme, Conn., Jime 28th,
1885 ; married Mary Havens, October 28th, 1848 ;
born Sag Harbor, January 20th, 1819.
1536. Jennie M.; born Old Lyme, Conn., Sep
tember 15th,. 1853 ; living there in 1886.
1537. William E. ; born Lyme, Conn., November
17th, 1863 ; living in Erie, Penn., 1889 ;
unmarried.
1538. George C; born Lyme, Conn., February
3d, 1865 ; living there 1889 ; unmarried.
Ezekiel Beckwith, 1528, born New London; removed
to Louisville, Ky ; died there; married Jane McDonald,
in 1821 ; born New Jersey, 1801 ; daughter of Rev.
Mr. McDonald, an Episcopal clergyman of New Jersey.
1539. John.
1540. William.
1541. Caroline ; married H. McClernan; she was
living in St. Louis, in 1889; children:
Hannah, married Tom Wyatt; Laura,
married G. Curry; living St. Louis, Mo.,
1889 ; Emma, married Sam Fenn ; living
Hunters Bottom, Ky., in 1889 ; Anna,
married Smith of Louisville, Ky. ;
George, living Louisville, 1889.
1542. Lod W.
Lod W. Beckwith, 1542; M. D.; born Campbell
Co., Ky., October 26th, 1827 ; graduated March, 1856,
172 The Beckwith*.
from medical department of the University of Louis-
ville, entered the U. S. Army, in 1861, as surgeon of
the 38th Reg. Indiana Volunteers, and served in vari-
ous capacities until he was mustered out in 1865, was
physician to Indiana State Prison South for six years,
has been in civil practice at Jeffersonville, Ind., where
he was living in 1889 ; married Emma Jones, October
29th, 1858; born Corydon, Ind., 1839.
1543. William Jones; born October 29th, 1859.
1544. Mitchel Jones ; born Nashville, August 4th,
1854.
1545. Jennie; born Nashville, August 4th, 1854.
1546. Emma Jones ; born December 4th, 1872.
Thomas Beckwith, 626, born at Lyme, Conn., De-
cember 11th, 1711 ; removed to Bristol, Conn., in 1789 ;
and had six children.
1547. Thomas,
Thomas Beckwith, 1547, born at Lyme, Conn., 1746 ;
farmer; deacon Presbyterian Church ; died at Burling-
ton, Conn., 1830 ; living at Batavia in 1807 ; at Bris-
tol in I78y ; enlisted 1776, in Revolutionary Army,
Lay's Co., Parsons' Reg., 3d Conn. Line, was at battle
of Bunker Hill, re-enlisted, 17 77, for two months, re-en-
listed, 1778, for four months, drafted, 1778, on the brig
Defiance for three nionths, and served in the privateer
service six years.
1548. Flavel.
1549. Parnell; married Dibbell of Hartford.
1550. Ursula; married J'. Hart.
1551. Annie; married Crowell of Hartford.
The Beckwith*. 173
1552. Thomas.
1553. Harvey.
Harvey Beckwith, 1553, born at Burlington, Conn
1554. Harvey.
1555. Job.
Flavel Beckwith, 1548, born Burlington, June 17th,
1782 ; died in Nelson Co., Ohio, 1874. **• ^v*~~ P-*
1556. Ralzaman. * - • ». - /^ *'
1557. Caroline; born September 14th, 1803; mar-
ried Dr. Foote of Nelson Co., Ohio.
1557a. Edmund ; born 1809.
1558. Polly; born March 7th, 1812; married
Addie of Burlington, Conn.
1559. Gay R; born April 5th, 1823; living at
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1888.
1560. Thomas.
1561. Wolston.
1562. John; born June 16th, 1816; removed to
Windham, Ohio.
1563. Seth; born September 3d, 1818; removed
to Nelson Co., Ohio.
1563a. Ann ; born December 6th, 1820.
1564. Wells E. ; born December 26th, 1826 ; liv-
ing at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1889; married
Aurelia.
1565. Flavel.
Ralzaman Beckwith, 15 §6, born Burlington, Novem-
ber 17th, 1801 ; farmer; removed to Genesee, N. Y. ;
married Eliza Jostin, March 11th, 1834; born March
4th, 1813, at Clifford, Penn.
/
174 The Beckwith*.
1566. FlaveL
1567. Diamond ; married Dr. Moores of Iowa.
1568. Thomas D.
1569. John.
Thomas D. Beckwith, 1568, born Lakeville, N. Y.,
February 14th, 1835 ; to Rochester, N. Y. ; married
A. D. Rhodes, December 4th, 1866; born June 14th,
1845.
1570. Carrie M. ; born January 9th, 1870.
lo71. Anson J.; born February 26th, 1872, at
Rochester, N. Y.
John Beckwith, 1569, born in Nelson Co., Ohio, Au-
gust 11th, 1842 ; married Amanda C. Nelson, Novem-
ber 14th, 1867; living at DesMoines, Iowa, in 1889.
1572. William M. ; born September 28th, 1868.
1573. Jessie M. ; born September 15th, 1871.
1573a. Andrew N. ; born 1877 ; died 1878.
1574. Royden and Roy, twins ; born August 21st,
1881.
Thomas Beckwith, 1560, born Burlington, Conn.,
December 5th, 1807; removed to Cleveland, Ohio; his
first wife was H. Beardsley ; born May 1st, 1816; died
June 3d, 1843; he was living at Cleveland in 1889.
1575. Hanna A. ; born May 1st, 1835.
1576. Dr. Edmund M.
1577. Shelden.
1578. Columbus C.
Dr. Edmund M. Beckwith, 1576, born October 14th,
1836 ; married Ann Dickerman in 1860 ; born Febru-
The Beckwith*. 175
aiy 22d, 1838 ; he moved to Colorado in 1886 ; to
Santa Rosa, CaL, in 1888.
1579. Nellie M. ; born Knoxville, Tenn., May
24th, 1860.
1580. Mary ; born April 24th, 1861.
Shelden Beckwith, 1577, born December 27th,
1838 ; removed to Cleveland, Ohio ; living there in
1889; manufacturer; married Ann Page, November
14th, 1864.
1581. George S. ; living at Cleveland, Ohio, in
1889.
1582. Fannie; living at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1889.
Columbus C. Beckwith, 1578, born June 29th,
1842 ; living at St Paul, Minn., in 1888 ; Fargo, N.
D., in 1891; married J. A Sherwin, December 28th,
1865 ; born June 8th, 1846.
1583. Sherwin C. ; born at St Paul, June 29th,
1868.
Thomas Beckwith, 1560, his second wife was H. L.
Panie ; born April 16th, 1819.
1584. Harriet ; born February 2d, 1819.
1585. Albro M.; born September 10th, 1861.
1586. Alice M. ; born September 20th, 1861.
1587. Flavel.
1588. Thomas R
Flavel Beckwith, 1587, born September 7th, 1850 ;
banker at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1889 ; married A.
Haight ; born January 29th, 1853.
1589. Grace L. ; born November 20th, 1883.
1590. Ada M. ; born February 27th, 1886.
176 The Beckwith*.
Thomas R. Beckwith, 1588, born December 14th,
1857 ; book-keeper at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1888 ; mar-
ried F. D. Romp, May 26th, 1881.
1591. Florence; born June 29th, 1885.
Wolston Beckwith, 1561, born at New Hartford,
Conn., February 10th, 1 810 ; removed to Oberlin,
Ohio ; died there July 19th, 1874; married Maria Tay-
lor, October 21st, 1835 ; born Tallmadge, Summit Co.,
Ohio, March 28th, 1817;
1592. Charles F.
Charles F. Beckwith, 1592, born Nelson, Portage
Co., Ohio, September 19th, 1839 ; brought up in the
hardware business, afterward a banker at Oberlin,
Ohio, in 1889 ; married Ellen C. Fletcher, August
12th, 1861 ; born Eden, N. Y., July 23d, 1840.
1593. L'ouie Maria ; born July 20th, 1864.
1594. Charles Clifton; born September 12th, 1868.
1595. Frank Fletcher; born May 27th, 1871.
1596. John Wolston; born June 31st, 1875.
Flavel Beckwith, 1565, born June 16th, 1816; re-
moved to Massillon, Ohio; married Emma Kill of
Massillon, Ohio.
1597. Sophia; married J. Roberts of Mansfield,
Ohio; children: Thomas, Flora, William.
1597a. Sarah; married A. Hoff in 1863.
1598. William F.; U. S. V. S., 1861-65; killed
at battle of Rocky Face Ridge, served in
Col. Mcllvane's Reg.
1599. Thomas; living at Mansfield, Ohio, in 1888;
The Bechwitha. Ill
married Sarah A. Hoff ; born March 3d,
1863.
1600. John.
1601. Hiram.
John Beckwith, 1600, U. S. V. S., 1861-5, 102d
Ohio, GoL McGlocklen ; was living at Mansfield, Ohio,
in 1881 ; married M. E. Massie.
1602. Emma A.
1603. Harva.
1604. Sadie.
1605. Clara.
1606. Olive.
1607. Charlie.
1608. Nellie.
Hiram Beckwith, 1601, married Agnes Stump.
1609. Addie.
1610. Ethel.
Thomas Beckwith, 1552, born at Exeter, N. Y., No-
vember 6th, 1789 ; to McDonough, N. Y. ; removed to
Cincinnatus, N. Y., 1850 ; died there, September 21st,
1860; married Dillamy Comstock; born November
21st, 1787 ; died at McDonough, November 27th, 1850.
1611. Azubah; born August 9th, 1811; died
March 27th, 1853 ; married Joshua Perkins.
1612. Sephrona; born July 15th, 1816; married
Oliver Hutchinson ; had four children.
1613. Cordelia ; born December 7th, 1820 ; died
August 8th, 1878; married Albert Skill-
man.
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178 The Eeckwiths.
1614. Dellamy; born January 2 2d, 1825; mar-
ried David Ellsworth ; living in. 1889.
1615. Samuel.
1615a. Albert.
1616. Harmonious.
Samuel Beckwith, 1615, born at McDonough, Janu-
ary 20th, 1818; died July 22d, 1887; married Sarah
Skillman.
1617. Seward; living at Cincinnatus, N. Y., in
1888.
Harmonious Beckwith, 1616, born McDonough, N.
Y., February 14th, 1823 ; died at Cincinnatus, N. Y.,
February 12th, 1873; married Mary Skillman, Janu-
ary 1st, 1849 ; born McDonough, N. Y., August 8th,
1833.
1618. Sarah A. ; born November 9th, 1850 ; mar-
ried Yokia Wood ; living at Cincinnatus,
N. Y, in 1889; one child, Estella, born
December 27th, 1882.
1618a. Thomas S. ; born July 9th, 1854 ; died
1857.
1618b. Harris B.; born April 13th, 1856; died
1861.
1619. Fidelia; born November 25th, 1853; died
1853.
1620. EllaD.; born March 26th, 1860; married
Ralph Harvey, December 24th, 1884 ; liv-
ing at Cincinnatus, in 1889; one child
Blanche, born June 18th, 1886.
The Beckwith*. 179
1620a. Benjaman; born March 31st, 1867; liv-
ing at Cincinnatus, 1888.
1620b. Lyman G. ; born April 23d, 1869 ; living
at Cincinnatus, 1889.
1621. Devillo J.; born March 15th, 1862; me-
chanic ; married Blanch Brooks, June 10th,
1885 ; born Cortland Co., N. Y., August
20th, 1868; living Binghamton, N. Y., in
1889.
1622. Harmonious V.
1622a. Nellie J. ; born April 8th, 1865 ; married
Will Smith, January 1st, 1889.
Harmonious V. Beckwith, 1622, born March 27th,
1858; living at Cincinnatus in 1889; married Alice
Council, February 26th, 1885.
1623. Baby; born July 5th, 1889.
Harmonious Beckwith, 1616.
1624. Kittie; born April 8th, 1865; married
Will Smith, Jan 1st, 1889.
1625. Benjaman L.; born March 31st, 1867; liv-
ing at Cincinnatus, 1889.
1626. Luman G.; born April 28th, 1869; living
at Cincinnatus, 1889.
Joseph Beckwith, 625, born Lyme, Conn., 1700;
died August 9th, 1764.
1627. Asa.
Asa Beckwith, 1627, born Lyme, Conn., about 1734.
1628. Chauncey.
1629. Wolcot; settled in N. Y.
1630. Reuben.
180 The Beckwith*.
1680a. Lois; born 1765.
1631. Abigail; born 1759; married De Wolf.
1632. Asa.
1633. Joseph.
Chauncey Beck with, 1628, born Lyme, Conn. ; re-
moved to Bristol, Conn , and died there ; married Jan-
uary 27th, 1780.
1634. Chauncey; born Bristol; removed to Ak-
ron, Ohio, in 1888.
1635. John; born Bristol; removed to Licking
Co., Ohio, 1824.
1636. Enos.
1637. Asa.
1638. Emaline ; married Ives; her daughter Ophe-
lia was living at Bristol in 1889.
1639. Amy; married; her daughter Amanda Car.
ter, living at So. Euclid, Ohio, in 1889.
Enos Beckwith, 1636, born Bristol, Conn. ; removed
to Licking Co., Ohio, in 1824; died at Martinsl »urg,
Ohio; married Clarissa Hart, June, 1822; died at
Sycamore, 111.
1640. Chauncey B.
Chauncey B. Beckwith, 1640, born Martinsburg,
Ohio; died at Sycamore, 111., August 30th, 1869;
married Mary A. Woolsey, March 21, 1855, born
Austinsburg, Ohio, May 13th, 1835.
1641. Clara; married Flannery ; living at Engle-
wood, 111., in 1889.
1642. Anna; born 1868; died 1869.
1643. Thomas Welsy.
The Beckwith*. 181
Thomas Welsy Beckwith, 1643, born November
18th, 1857 ; dentist, at Sterling, HI., in 1889 ; married
Hattie K. Tracy, November 5th, 1884, born Spring
field, Mass., August 2d, 1859.
1644. Clara Tracy; born August 30th, 1885.
1645. Mary L. ; born November 22d, 1886.
1646. John T. ; born September 5th, 1888.
Asa Beckwith, 1637, born Bristol, Conn., 1 789 ; re-
moved to Ohio in 1826; married Sarah Barnes of
Bristol.
1647. Eli B.
1648. Hiram.
1649. Hewitt.
1650. Orlando; born Ohio; died 1864, of disease
contracted in the U. S. Vol. Service ; mar-
ried Harriet Wilson, in 1854, of Zanesville.
1651. Charles B. ; born in Ohio ; died in 1856.
1652. Sarah ; married George Moore ; living at
Newark, Ohio, in 1859.
Eli Bartholomew Beckwith, 1647, born Bristol, Feb-
ruary 21st 1823; died Westminister, Md., June 22d,
1881 ; married Sarah A. Howard, at Zanesville ; living
at Baltimore, Md., 1889.
1653. Ariana ; born Newark, Ohio, in 1853 ; mar-
ried February, 1888, and moved to Flag-
staf, Arizona, in 1889.
1654. Frederick M. ; born Baltimore, Md., in
1855; died Zanesville, Ohio, in 1877.
1655. William R. ; born Baltimore, Md., in 1856 ;
182 The Eeckwiths.
married Marie McCarthy of Chicago, EL ;
living at New York city in 1889.
1656. Charles Barnes; born 1864; died 1865.
1657. Ella Cole ; born Zanesville in 1863 ; died
1864.
1658. Alice; born 1866; died 1875.
Reuben Beckwith, 1630, born Cloverache on the
Hudson, November 10th, 1762 ; died near Cleveland,
Ohio; married Elizabeth Utley, born Cloverache on the
Hudson, October 13th, 1768 ; died Cleveland, Ohio.
1659. David.
1660. Wolcot; born December 31st, 1789; died
Oneida Co., N. Y.
1661. Charlotte; born February 15th, 1791; mar-
ried Tallmadge of Blissfield, Ohio.
1662. Polly; born June 19th, 1795; married;
and died in Mich .
1663. Martha; born July 21st, 1797; married
Saulsbury.
1664. Lemuel.
1665. Henry; born August 11th, 1799; died un-
married.
1666. Betsy; born February 24th, 1804.
1667. Lucy; bom May 11th, 1811.
1668. Nelson; born July 3d, 1806; died in Mich.
1669. Saxton.
David Beckwith, 1059, born at Lyme, Conn., Feb-
ruary 15th, 1787; died at Warrensville, Ohio.
1670. David.
1671. Letta.
The Beckwith*. 183
Lemuel Beckwith, 1664, born Westonville, Oneida
Co., N. Y., April 18th, 1793; removed to Tyantig,
Ontario, in 1832 ; married Betsy Hicks, in 1861, bom
at Rutland, Vt., November 8th, 1793 ; died at Cobden,
EL "
1672. Martha A. ; born February 17th, 1817 ;
died August 17th, 1828.
1673. Mary; born May 14th, 1821 ; married H.
B. Barton, September 19th, 1839; living
at Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1889.
1674. George.
1675. Sandford W. ; born at Ellisburgh, Jefferson
Co., N. Y., March 17th 1830 ; pomologist ;
living at Cobden, 111., in 1889 ; married
Mary Swan, February 14th, 1854, born
Westonville, N. Y., November 30th, 1830;
no children.
1676. Joseph.
1677. Henry N.
1678. Maremus.
George Beckwith, 1674, born N. Y. State, May 18th,
1818; resided at Tweed, Ontario; married J. A. Pro-
vort, in 1840, born Canada, November 30th, 1816;
living at Shannonsville, Ont., in 1889.
1679. Marshall ; living at Cobden, 111., 1889.
1680. Mallissa A. •
1681. Elizabeth J.
1682. Uriah Eldridge.
1683. John P.
John Percival Beckwith, 1683, born November 15th,
184 The Bechwiths.
1849 ; carriage wood-worker ; living at Chicago, HI.,
in 1889; married Kate E. Eberhart, October 18th,
1876, born at Chicago, 111., October 11th, 1857.
1684. Anna F. ; born June 29th, 1877.
1685. George ; born August 16th, 1878.
1686. Henry A. ; born November 13th, 1879.
1687. Edward J. ; born October 21st, 1821.
1688. Charles E. ; born January 13th, 1883.
1689. Mary E. ; born May 25th, 1886.
Joseph Beckwith, 1676, born Sidney, Ont., June
30th, 1832; living at London, Ont., in 1889; married Ori-
ana Bushnell, 1 858, born in England, March 4th, 1841.
1690. Jenette M. ; born 1860; married and living
in London, Ont, 1889.
1691. Frank; born 1862; married.
1692. Luella; born 1867.
1693. Amelia ; born 1869.
1694. Laura; born 1872.
1695. Florence; born 1874.
1696. Dudley ; born 1877.
Henry Nelson Beckwith, 1677, born Canada, June
20th, 1835; carpenter and house joiner; living at
Selby, Out., in 1 889 ; married Flora Fraser, January
11th, 1864, born Lansdale, Ont, March 4th, 1841.
1697. Lewis ; born October 19th, 1864.
1698. Lemuel Nelson ; born February 22d, 1866.
1699. Ellen ; born October 23d, 1867.
1700. Franklin ; born November 4th, 1868.
1701. Christian; born October 7th, 1871.
1702. Norman A. ; born October 29th, 1873.
The Bechwiihs. 185
1702. Malcolm F. ; born June 20th, 1877.
1703. Sabra; bom June 15th, 1879.
Maremus Beckwith, 1678, born at Rome, Oneida
Co., N. Y., December 25th, 1822 ; gardener ; married
Aluria Wyman, March 10th, 1849, born Ontario,
Prince Edward Co., Canada, November 25th, 1822 ;
living Sharonville, Ont., in 1889.
1704. Louisa ; born August 10th, 1848.
1705. Betsy J. ; born June 14th, 1850.
1706. Maremus B.; born March 11th, 1852 ; liv-
ing Central City, Dakota, in 1889.
1707. Millburn; died October 2d, 1857.
1708. Martha A. ; born April 14th, 1856.
1709. Walter S.; born September 15th, 1853;
living Central City, Dakota, in 1889.
1710. Aluria M. ; born May 12th, 1858.
1711. Chauncey W. ; born January 12th, 1862;
living Central City, Dakota, in 1889.
1712. Laura J.; born June 15th, 1864.
Saxton Beckwith, 1669, born August 12th, 1801, in
Oneida Co., N. Y. ; married Sally Burgess.
1713. Susan; married Main.
1714. Martha; married Dakin.
1715. Warden ; married Sarah Peck.
1716. Millisa; married Ellis.
1717. Lucy; married J. McKinney.
1718. Harriette ; married Linderman.
1719. Henry.
1720. Daniel.
1721. Esquire.
24
186 The Beekwitha.
Henry Beckwith, 1719, born in 1840; removed to
Mansfield, Ohio; U. S. V. S., 1861-65 ; married J. C.
Guest, September 15th, 1865.
1722. Bertram H. ; born September, 1866.
1728. Charlie E. ; born September 18th, 1875.
1724. Freddy C. ; born January 26th, 1880.
Daniel Beckwith, 1 720, born Monroe, Ohio ; U. S.
V. S., 1861-65; married H. Peck in 1867.
1725. Inez.
Esquire Beckwith, 1721 ; U. S. V. S., 1861-64.
1726. Levi.
1727. Eddie.
1728. Ernest.
1729. Florence.
1780. Eva.
1731. Jane.
1732. Chauncey.
Asa Beckwith, 1682, born in N. Y. State ; settled
inN.Y.
1733. Joseph.
1734. Ira.
1735. Polly.
1736. David.
1737. Patience.
1738. Eleanor.
Joseph Beckwith, 1633, born at Lyme, Conn., in
1749; died 1834; married Mrs. Esther W. Wait
nee Daniels, born in 1765.
1739. Hepsibah; born 1799; married F. Cham-
pion.
The BecbwUhs. 187
1740. Harriet; born 1807; married J. Haynes.
1741. Richard Beckwith*.
Richard Beckwith, 1741, born Lyme, Conn., in
1786; soldier of the War of 1812-14; married Free-
love Smith ; died at New London, Conn.
1742. Leonard.
1 743. Amanda ; married Crocker.
1744. Lucrissia; married Demison of New Lon-
don.
1745. Francis D.
Francis D. Beckwith, 1745, born Waterford, Conn.,
April 28th, 1810 ; married Nancy A. Howe, Novem-
ber 4th, 1832, born Delhi, N. Y., September 14th,
1813.
1746. George T.
1747. Thomas A.
1748. Jeannette C.
1749. Horace.
1750. Anson J.
1751. Nathan.
1752. Orrin Wolcott.
Orrin Wolcott Beckwith, 1752, born Waterford,
Conn., February 14th, 1838 ; steamboat pilot ; married
twice ; first wife was Ellen M. Sistaire, whom he mar-
ried October 30th, 1860, born Groton, Conn., March
1st, 1838 ; married 2d, Aluira S. Burrows, born March
7th, 1835.
1753. Tressa S. ; married Frank Edgecomb, Sep-
tember 30th, 1883.
1754. Orrin P.
188 The Beckwith*.
1755. Lottie H. ; married Wm. EL Trail, March
14th, 1889. .
Elijah Beckwith, 632, born at New London, 1716;
married Joanna Watrous.
1756. Elijah.
1757. Lydia; born October 23d, 1752.
1758. Joanna; born October 23d, 1752.
1759. Hezekiah ; born September 12th, 1754.
1760. Stephen.
1761. George.
1762. Samuel.
Elijah Beckwith, 1756, born New London, 1750;
died 1780; married Sally Miller of Lyme, Conn.
1763. Joanna; died 1828; married Sabin K.
Smith.
1764. A daughter; adopted by a family in Ver-
mont.
1765. Joseph M.
Joseph M. Beckwith, 1765, born Vermont, 1773 ;
carpenter; died Watertown, N. Y., 1878; married
Sally in 1766, his cousin, daughter of Ezra Beckwith
of Lyme, Conn.; she died at St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.,
in 1846.
1766. Lydia J.; born Lyme, Conn., February 4th,
1807; married D. Lessee, February 10th,
1828 ; he died; married 2d, Nathan Noyes,
September 10th, 1849; she was living at
Marble Rock, Iowa, in 1889 ; children :
Daniel Lessee, born March 24th, 1831 ;
married Laura Cooper of Watertown, N.
The BeckwUhs. 189
Y.; living there in 1889; Hiram, born
March 3d, 1884.
1767. Hiram; born Lyme, February 28th, 1809;
a sailor; died at New London, August
29th, 1829.
1768. Alfred.
1769. Jeremiah.
1770. Elijah.
Alfred Beckwith, 1768, born Lyme, Conn., Septem-
ber 25th, 1811 ; fanner; died at Orleans, Jefferson
Co., N. Y., January, 1877; married Armenia Wood in
1833, born St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., February 11th,
1815.
1771. Annie; married Hiram Ellis; living Clay-
ton, N. Y., in 1889.
1772. Harriette; married Peck; living at Plessis,
N. Y., in 1889.
1773. Orion; born Lyme, Conn., March 20th,
1851; living at Otto Lake, Mich., in 1889;
married Sylvia Turner.
1774. Hiram.
Hiram Beckwith, 1774, born St. Lawrence Co., N.
Y., January 13th, 1850; farmer at LaFargeville, N.
Y., in 1889; married Dora S.Buskirk, November 15th,
1871; bom at Clayton, N. Y., December, 1849.
1775. Earl N.; born March 4th, 1875.
1776. Edith M.; born September 10th, 1877.
1777. Grace J. ; born May 31st, 1888.
Jeremiah BeckAvith, 1769, born Lyme, Conn., No-
vember 23d, 1814; distiller at Cleveland, Ohio, in
190 The Bechwiths.
1889; 1st wife, Charlotte Jones; married 2d wife,
August 14th, 1851; born February 16th, 1838; died
Cleveland, Ohio, June 27th, 1872.
1778. Charles G.; born Clayton, N. Y., 1851 ;
died at Fort Missoula, Montana, in 1883 ;
unmarried.
1779. Lonon; bora Canada West, February 29th,
1855 ; married John A. Riggs, March 12th,
1886; he died November 2d, 1887; she
was living at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1889; one
child: Charles Howard, born Cleveland,
Ohio, September 17th, 1883.
1780. William M. ; carriage painter; living at
Denver, Colo., in 1889 ; married Edith
Cramer, September 16th, 1886.
1781. Edgar J. ; machinist at Montreal, Canada,
in 1889 ; unmarried.
Jeremiah Beckwith, 1769, married Harriette Shel-
den, 2d wife.
1782. Shelden; U. S. V. S.; killed in battle.
1783. Jenks; farmer in Kansas.
1784. Augusta; married William Kelly of Rod-
man, N. Y.
Elijah Beckwith, 1770, born March 20th, 1817; liv-
ing at La Fargeville, N. Y. ; married twice ; 1st wife,
Betsy Hinds; by his 2d wife, Pheodore E. Shelden,
born October 7th, 1826, he had the following
children :
1785. Mary L. ; born April 20th, 1840; married
The Beckwith*. 191
Layfelt; living at Marble Rock, Iowa, in
1889.
1786. Ellen E.; bom July 5th, 1855; married
Lew Leach ; living at Perch River, N. Y.,
in 1889.
1787. Martha L.; born September 6th, 1843.
1788. Charles R. ; born September 13th, 1842.
1789. Gilbert; born July 22d, 1846.
1790. Norman E. ; born April 11th, 1852.
1791. "Willard C. ; born September 27th, 1848 ;
farmer at La Fargeville, 1889.
1792. Alvin W.; born April 11th, 1852; married
Georgiana Drury.
Stephen Beckwith, 640, born Lyme, Conn., August
10th, 1709; died at Hartford, 1788; ensign of Train
Band of Hartford ; he married Hannah Newton, May
17th, 1742; died at Lyme, Conn., May 16th, 1746.
1793. Cyras G.; born October 18th, 1748; cap-
tain 2d Reg. N. Y. line in the Continen-
tal Army.
1794. Jerusha; born May 16th, 1746.
Stephen Beckwith, 640, married Jerusha Watrous,
December 16th, 1747; born 1730; died 1796.
1795. Jeysie.
1796. Jerusha.
1797. Azubah ; married Jessie Peck.
Jeysie Beckwith, 1795, born Lyme, Conn., 1753,
then " Chesterfield Society; " served in the Continental
Army; died 1840; married Esther Smith of Montville;
died 1838 at Lyme, Conn.
192 The Bechwiths.
1798. Betsy; died unmarried.
1799. Elijah.
1800. Nathan.
1801. Ezra; bom Lyme; removed to Sloomfield ;
died in Wis.; married Parnol Crane of
Rochester, N. Y.
1802. Sylvanus.
1803. Nathaniel.
1804. Jeysie.
1805. Israel.
Sylvanus Beckwith, 1802, born Lyme, Conn., Feb-
ruary 14th, 1787; removed to Bloomfield, N. Y.; died
Cassopolis, Mich., February 24th, 1829; married Lydia
H. Goold, February 12 th, 1809; born Lyme, Conn.,
November 23d, 1792; died at Dawagiac, Mich., Sep-
tember 15th, 1875.
1806. Hattie ; living at Dawagiac, Mich., in 1889.
1806a. ; married James Sullivan; living
Dawagiac, Mich., in 1889.
1807. Walter.
Walter G. Beckwith, 1807, born at West Bloomfield,
N. Y., January 8th, 1810 ; died at Cassopolis, Mich. ;
married Eliza A. Lee, May 2 2d, 1838 ; born at Bloom-
field, December 2d, 1811.
1808. Frank L.
1809. Edwin N.
Frank L. Beckwith, 1808, born at Cassopolis, Mich.,
March 10th, 1844; died September 30th, 1876, at
Dawagiac, Mich.
The Beckwiths. 193
1810. Fred L.; living at Dawagiac, Mich., in
1889.
1811. E. Blanch ; living at Dawagiac in 1889.
Edwin N. Beckwith, 1809, born at Cassopolis, Oc-
tober 2l8t, 1847; farmer; married C. L. Sullivan,
August 6th, 1869 ; born Horicon, Wis., February 1st,
1850.
1812. Charles G. ; born at Dawagiac, April 19th,
1870.
1813. Walter G. ; born at Dawagiac, November
29th, 1871.
Nathaniel Beckwith, 1803, born Lyme, Conn.; died
at Bloomfield; married Clarissa Guthrie, in 1816;
born Mass.
1814. Watts.
Watts Beckwith, 1814, born at Bloomfield, June
8th, 1825 ; living at Daytonia, Fla., in 1889 ; married
A. Gilkey, November, 1869; born N. H., in 1832.
1815. Charles Gilkey ; died young.
Jeysie Beckwith, 1804, born at Lyme, Conn., 1790;
died 1829; married Obiah Rogers; died aged 90,
March 8d, 1822.
1816. Laura; married Seth Crocker.
1817. Azubah; married E. Atwood, and moved
to Cal. ; she died August 7th, 1881.
1818. Henry F. ; living at Providence, R L, in
1889.
Israel Beckwith, 1805, born Lyme, Conn., May 2d,
1T94; died September 21st, 1859; married Eunice
Hilliard in 1819 ; died May 28th, 1884.
25
194 The Beckwith*.
1819. Eliphalet.
1820. Elias H.
Eliphalet Beckwith, 1819, bom May 13th, 1821;
died January 80th, 1886; married Sarah A. Rathburn.
1821. Albert; born April 8th, 1851; living at
Norwich, Conn., in 1889; not married.
Elias BL Beckwith, 1820, born at Norwich, Conn.,
June 23d, 1823; merchant; married M. J. Davis, Jan-
uary 4th, 1862; living Norwich, Conn., in 1889.
1822. William W.; born at Norwich, June 23d,
1863; married Lillian W. Sears, November
7th, 1866.
"Nathaniel Beckwith, 639, born Lyme, Conn., Janu-
ary 6th, 1707.
1823. Niles.
1824. Jabez.
Niles Beckwith, 1823, born Lyme, Conn., in 1753 ;
removed toLempster, N. H. (Sullivan County); soldier
in the Continental Army ; during one of the battles he
had a narrow escape — "a ball cut the knot of his
cravat;" died at Unity, N. H., in 1821.
1825. Warren.
1826. Byron.
1827. BethueL
1828. Lauren.
1829. Lucinda.
1830. Clarissa; married Caleb Sales; 2dly, married
Holt; their children were: Louisa, Rox-
anna, Oscar.
The Eeckwiths. 195
1831. Polly; married Hodge of Lempster; chil-
dren : Chester, Roulle.
1832. Betsy; married Moses Cooper of Greenfield.
1833. Esther ; married Fuller of Sutton.
1834. Nelson ; died young.
Warren Beckwith, 1825, born Lempster, N. H., Au-
gust 20th, 1779; farmer; died in 1830; married Sta-
tira Redding, February 15th, 1805 ; born July 12th,
1780; died Lempster, August 11th, 1839.
1885. Charles G.
1886. Joseph W.
1837. Lucinda; born at Lempster, October 10th,
1809; died October 17th, 1850; married
Charles Bignall of Ackworth; children;
Mary, Henry, Helen, Mary, Hattie P.
1838. Harriett C. ; born August 26th, 1819 ; died
November 16th, 1880; married 1st, J. P.
Bignall, August 11th, 1839; their chil-
dren : Thomas W., born August 3d, 1840 ;
U. S. Vol. Service, 1861-4; killed battle
of Gettysburg ; Parmelia S., born Novem-
ber 16th, 1843; married George B. Alex-
ander; living Gilsum, N. H., 1889; Lu-
sylva A., born June 1st, 1846; married
Henry Temple ; Charles P., born Novem-
ber 6th, 1851; living West Swansey, N
H., 1889; married Lucy T. Brown ; after
Bign all's death she married Asa E. Howe,
August 20th, 1839 ; the children by this
2d marriage were: Austin L, born July
196 The Beckunths.
23d, 1858 ; George C, bom May 3d, 1860;
Johnny A. D., bom July 23d, 1862.
1839. Esther P.; bom February 14th, 1825; died
April 4th, 1873 ; married James F. Reed ;
children: Albert H., Darwin H., Edwin
W., Abbie A., Edah C.
1840. Sarah A. ; born March 7th, 1813 ; died
April 4th, 1874 ; married Chapin Burt of
Hillsboro, N. H.; children: Sarah Ann,
Alwidda, Milan, Hattie.
1840a. Huldah; bom August 15th, 1817; died
August 18th, 1817.
1840b. Statira; bom August 3d, 1818; died
young.
1841. Thomas A.
1842. Silas S.
1842a. Lucy S.; bom April 19th, 1821; died
young.
Charles G. Beckwith, 1835, bom July 16th, 1805 ;
married Fanny Badger ; bom at Peterboro, N. H.
1843. John W.
1844. Nancy.
1845. Stephen H.
Joseph W. Beckwith, 1836, born at Lempster, N.
H., October 11th, 1807 ; died June 13th, 1872 ; mar-
ried five times ; 2d, married to Pauline Cummins of
Unity; 5th, married to Rebecca Pierce, November
5th, 1859 ; born at Hancock in 1809 ; removed to Gil-
sum, N. H., where she died ; 1st, married Erminia J.
Buswell.
The Bechwiths. 197
1846. Edward S.
1847. Emma 8.
Joseph W. Beckwith, 1836, 3d wife, Sarah L. Pal-
mer of Bradford, N. H.
1848. Kirk.
1849. Francis A. ; born at Welton, October 26th,
1844.
Joseph W. Beckwith, 1836, 4th wife, Belinda Brown
of Mt. Vernon, Mass.
1850. Henry S.
Henry S. Beckwith, 1850, born at Bennington, De-
cember 26th, 1846; married Jennie Welch, January
20th, 1875.
1851. Lena; born August 12th, 1876.
Thomas A. Beckwith, 1841, born at Lempster, De-
cember 29th, 1811 ; married Ellen Patterson.
1852. Martin W.
1853. Thomas A.
1854. Silas S.
1855. Ellen M.
1856. Emma J.
1857. William H.
1858. Charles F.
1859. Edwin W.
1860. George O.
1861. Freddy C.
Silas S. Beckwith, 1842, born at Lempster, N. H.,
April 11th, 1816; removed to Claremont, Dodge Co.,
Minn., in 1856; farmer; living there in 1 889 ; married
198 The Bechwiths.
Electa Reed, April 14th, 1840; born Langdon, N. H.,
July 8th, 1816.
1862. Darwin O. ; born Lempster, N. H., July
16th, 1841 ; died December 19th, 1847.
1862a. Amelia Z.; born Lempster, N. H., May
4th, 1844 ; died May 6th, 1844.
1862b. Ruth L.; born Lempster, N. H., December
23d, 1845 ; died January 22d, 1847.
1862c. Ruth N. ; born Lempster, N. H., October
7th, 1847 ; married J. L. Clark, November
18th, 1845; living Herrick, Knox Co.,
Neb., in 1889 ; he was a ranchman; their
children: Iness C, born December 17th,
1869; Edwin M., born November 10th,
1871 ; Orrin L. and Warren, twins, born
October 9th, 1874; Elmer A., born Sep-
tember 4th, 1877 ; El wood L., born April
21st, 1879; Jennie P., born April 9th,
1881.
1863. Edith E.; born at Ackworth, December
8th, 1851 ; married E. A. Chapman, Sep-
tember 8th, 1872; living at Philomath,
Oregon, in 1889; their children are : Welma
E., born August 11th, 1873; Athol O.,
born July 13th, 1875 ; Leo E., born July
9th, 1879 ; Winnie E., born July 13th, 1884.
1864. Cornelia E. ; -born at Charlestown, N. H.,
September 11th, 1856; married F. G.
Clark, March 29th, 1874; living at Cor-
vallis, Oregon, in 1889 ; their children are:
The Bechmtha. 199
Merton P., born May 26th, 1876; Guy A.,
born August 17th, 1880.
1865. Jennie F.; born at Claremont, Minn., July
5th, 1860; was cashier of the W. U. T.
Co., at St Paul, Minn., in 1889.
1866. Albro E.
1866a. Pamelia; married Byron Alexander ; chil-
dren : Frank E., Hattie.
1866b. Abbie A. ; married Elmer E. Dodge; one
child: Bertha.
1867. Ormond W.
Albro E. Beckwith, 1866, born at Lempster, Janu-
ary 5th, 1 850 ; married Clara Pierce, November 28th,
1872; born July 26th, 1853; farmer; living at Cheney,
Dodge Co., Minn., in 1889.
1868. Florence E. ; born January 13th, 1874.
1869. MyraE. ; born January 22d, 1876.
1870. Lauraette B. ; born September 26th, 1881.
1871. Leslie May; born May 3d, 1884.
Ormond W. Beckwith, 1867, born Lempster, May
1st, 1854; married Nellie G. Ryder, October 28th,
1883 : born March 16th, 1846 ; ranchman: they were
living at Cornwall, Oregon, in 1889.
1872. Frederick A.; born February 14th, 1885;
died August 8th, 1885.
1872a. Charles A.; born July 15th, 1887.
Byron Beckwith, 1826, born Lempster, N. H. ; mar-
ried Candace Hurd, daughter of Justin Hurd of East
Haddam, June 4th, 1806 ; born June 7th, 1781 ; died
January, 1859.
200 The Beckwith*.
1873. Elvira; born in 1811 ; died in 1839 ; mar-
ried J. Buckminister of Methuem, Mass.
1874. Diana; bom 1813; died 1825.
1875. Harriette S. ; born Lempster, 1815; died
1829.
1876. Emeline; born Unity, 1818; married
Spencer.
1877. Polly E.
1878. John Bethuel ; born at Lempster.
Bethuel Beckwith, 1827, born October 10th, 1783;
died at Alstead, January 17th, 1808 ; married twice;
1st wife, Betsy Davis ; died Lempster in 1809 ; 2d
wife, a sister of his first wife.
1879. Linus Niles.
1880. Betsy D.; born August 12th, 1812; mar-
ried B. Davis.
1881. Lucy A.; born 1814; died 1872; married
D. Tifft.
1882. Esther M.; born 1826; died 1846.
1883. Margarette; born Alstead in 1826; mar-
ried O. Inman of R. I.
1884. Amanda; born 1828 ; married J. Spaulding
of Wilson Co., Wis.
1885. Salmon C. ; born at Mario w, July 1st, 1816.
1886. John.
1887. Ezra N.
Linus Niles Beckwith, 1879, born at Alstead, N. IL,
August 19th, 1811 ; died at Alstead, February 19th,
1880; married 1st wife, Eliza A. Davis, October 16th,
1835; born Barry, Mass., February 16th, 1816.
The Bechwitha. 201
1888. Albert D.
1889. Ransom £.
1889a. Addison ; living Boston, Mass., in 1889.
1889b. Addie.
1889c. Hattie.
1890. Henry H.
1891. George A. ; born Weston, Vt, January
22d, 1843; U. S. V. S., 1861-5; wounded
at battle of Fredericksburg ; died in hos-
pital, May 12th, 1864.
1892. Eliza A. ; born at Weston, Vt., 1846 ; died
at Alstead, 1865.
1893. Milan N. ; born August, 1848 ; U. S. V. S.,
2d Reg. Vt Vol. ; living in 1889, at Nashua,
N. H. ; married Ruth E. Dodge, July 9th,
1870.
1894. Nelson B. ; born at Weston; living in 1889,
at Chester, Penn. ; married C. Beebee,
1850 ; died 1875.
Albert D. Beckwith, 1888, born Lempster, February
22d, 1837; U. S. V. 8., 2d Reg. Vt. Vol., 1861-5;
wounded at battle of Fredericksburg ; married Amelia
Lincoln, October 15th, 1870; living Bellows Falls,
Vt, in 1889.
1895. Ernest C; born at Alstead in 1872.
1896. Edna; born at Alstead, September 29th,
1878.
Ransom E. Beckwith, born at Lempster in 1838 ;
died at Nashua in 1878 ; married Lizzie White.
1897. Lucania ; born Florida in 1876.
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202 The Bechwiths,
Henry H. Beckwith, 1890, born at Marlow, June
20th, 1841 ; contractor and builder; married Eliza A.
Townsend, June 15th, 1874; born at A] stead, May
29th, 1850 ; living at Keene, N. H., in 1889.
1898. Willard H.; born October 14th, 1876.
1899. Ella 1£; born July 27th, 1880.
Lauren Beckwith, 1828, born at Lempster, January
13th, 1787; farmer; married Sally Button of Lemp-
ster.
1900. Thomas.
1901. Gillman.
1902. Byron.
Jabez Beckwith, 1824, born in East Haddam, Conn.,
1768 ; died November 10th, 1871 ; removed to Jilsum,
N. H., and then to Lempster ; they came on horseback
through a wilderness by a pathway of blazed trees
with the bed and bedding and other things for their
log cabin, and with them their two-year-old daughter
Sally ; they drove a cow along, " which was their liv-
ing ; " until he could raise his own corn he had to go
to Charlestown for his grain ; surveyor, county clerk,
State representative of Sullivan Co. 12 years, and
was appointed colonel of militia ; married Elizabeth
Hurd ; born East Haddam, Conn., in 1772 ; died Octo-
ber 6th, 1849.
1903. Sally; born Jilsum, October 8th, 1799;
married Eli Hull, and lived at Keene ; she
died age 79.
1904. Diadiama ; married Asa Way, and had four
sons and six daughters.
The Beckwith*. 203
1905. Betsy; married Erastus Newton of New-
port, N. H. ; a farmer ; had three sons, all
graduates of college, and were lawyers
practicing at Hanover, N. H., and Burling-
ton, Vt. ; one daughter who lives at the
old homestead at Newport, N. H.
1906. Nathaniel.
1907. Jabez.
1908. Martin.
Jabez Beckwith, 1907, married Catherine Putnam
of Charlestown, N. H.
1909. .
1910. Emeline ; married at Lowell, Mass.
1911. Angeline; married Newton of Lowell,
Mass.
1912. Mary C. ; married Putnam of Lempster.
Martin Beckwith, 1908, born at Lempster, N. EL,
April 28th, 1780; died May 27th, 1881 ; State repre-
sentative five years, a democrat, captain of militia; mar-
ried Tirzah Judd, February 26th, 1808 ; born South
Hadley, Mass., February 26th, 1782 ; died September
6th, 1858; he was a very large man, and "on muster
day in full uniform and riding a fine horse always cre-
ated a sensation; " he commanded the escort when Gov.
Hill was inaugurated and went to Concord ; several
years before his death he became blind, and walked
the streets of Lempster alone with aid of his cane, and
lived to be one hundred and one years of age.
1913. Rev. Hiram.
1914. Homer.
204 The BechwWi*.
1915. TirzahM.; born January 22d, 1819; died
September 13th, 1858 ; married D. J. Burn-
ham of Farmington, Mass.
1916. Elizabeth; born February 7th, 1817; died
1881 ; married John Piatt of Manchester,
Me.
1917. Caroline; born July 12th, 1811 ; living at
Lempster in 1889 ; unmarried.
1918. EdsonLeroy; born August 22d, 1818; died
August 22d, 1818.
Rev. Hiram Beckwith, 1913, born May 21st, 1809 ;
minister ; married Hannah R. Moore of Shelby, N. Y.,
September 8th, 1836 ; living at Spring Lake, Mich., in
1888.
1919. Andrew.
1920. Libby; married Rev. Mr. Cross; living at
Springfield, 111., in 1889.
1921. Ruth; married J. B. Hancock, October
20th, 1881, of Grand Haven, Mich.
1922. Luez ; married Morrison ; living at Chicago,
111., in 1889.
Andrew Beckwith, 1919, living at Spring Lake,
Mich., in 1889 ; lumber merchant.
1923. Hiram.
Homer Beckwith, 1914,. born January 1st, 1813;
married Mary Ann Sutton, November 1st, 1842 ; born
February 15th, 1824.
1924. Edson L.
1925. Martin ; born June 24th, 1849 ; removed
to Lempster ; married M. Blake of Derby,
The Beckwiihs. 205
Vt., November 15th, 1877; born Septem-
ber 8th, 1850 ; living in 1888, on the old
homestead.
Edson Leroy Beckwith, 1924, born March 27th,
1848; removed to Manchester ; died July 4th, 1886;
married Betsy Cahill, at Boston, September 6th, 1874 ;
died July 29th, 1879.
1926. ; born at Boston, April 17th, 1875;
living in 1889, on the old homestead.
Benjamin Beckwith, 645, born at New London,
Conn., January 13th, 1679.
1927. Phineas.
Phineas Beckwith, 1927, born at Lyme, Conn., in
1701 ; married Phoebe Wait, September 21st, 1734 ;
died October 28th, 1791.
1928. Phineas.
1929. Lois; born December 13th, 1735; married
M. Parsons in 1764.
1930. Sarah; born August 6th, 1738; died un-
married in 1841.
1931. Elizabeth; born August 12th, 1742; died
May 8th, 1768 ; married Sylvanus Smith.
1932. Richard; born November 2 8 th, 1739 ; died
June 16th, 1810 ; married Lucy Griswold,
1st wife ; 2d, married Mary Wood.
1933. Sarah; born July 28th, 1745; died 1780;
unmarried.
1934. Marvin ; born Lyme, Conn., December 16th,
1746 ; died June 21st, 1815 ; removed to
New London; lawyer; married 1st, Patty
206 The Beckwiths.
Jones ; died March 5th, 1 804 ; married 2d,
H. Saltonstal; died July 10th, 1808;
married 3d, Nancy Farmer; died April
11th. 1857.
Phineas Beckwith, 1928, born at Lyme, Conn., in
1735; sailor; enlisted in Revolutionery Army in 1777;
sergeant 1777 ; ensign in 1781; married Huldah; born
1739.
1935. Lois; born 1759.
1936. Stephen.
1937. .
1938. .
1939. .
David Beckwith, 607, born at New London, Conn. ;
settled in New York city, N. Y. ; enlisted in Conti-
nental Army in 1776.
1940. Fannie; married Morgan of Westfield,
Mass.
1941. Livonia; married Garretson.
1942. Eliza; married Carpenter.
1943. Sally.
1944. Richard Bebee.
Richard Bebee Beckwith, 1944, born New York city;
removed to Baltimore, Md., in 1832; ship builder;
married Elizabeth Coumer ; born in Wales.
1945. Henry C.
1946. John; U. S. V. S., 2d Md. Reg., participated
in twenty-two engagements ; was living at
National Soldiers' Home, Virginia, in 1889,
The Bechmths. 207
1947. David G.
1948. Horace.
1949. Mary; married Todd of Phila.
Henry C. Beckwith, 1945.
1950. James; living at Baltimore in 1889.
David G. Beckwith, 1947, born New York city; re-
moved to Baltimore, Md., in 1836; married Mary Ed-
gerton of Baltimore.
1951. Ida; married R. Bradley.
1952. Molly; married L. Benjamin of Md.
1953. Emma 8.; school teacher; living at Balti-
more, Md., in 1889.
1954. Ella V.
1955. Fannie.
1956. Thomas R.
Horace Beckwith, 1948, born New York city, Janu-
ary 5th, 1828 ; removed to Baltimore, Md.; married
Margarette Hayes, October 6th, 1861 ; born at Ann
Arundell Co., Md., April 27th, 1840.
1957. Wm. Franklin; living Baltimore, Md.,
1889; unmarried.
1958. Mary F. ; unmarried.
1958a. IdaE. ; unmarried.
1959. Margarette E. ; unmarried.
1960. RoselleE.; unmarried.
1961. Sarah L.; unmarried.
1962. Horace J. ; died August 26th, 1882.
1963. George W. ; living Baltimore, Md., 1889 ;
unmarried.
208 The Beokvritha.
1964. Charles E. ; living Baltimore, Md., 1889 ;
unmarried.
1965. Samuel F. ; living Baltimore, Md., 1889;
unmarried.
1966. Annie V. ; living Baltimore, Md., 1889 ;
unmarried.
1967. Richard Burnside; born at Baltimore, Md.,
March 18th, 1862 ; canmaker; living there
in 1889; unmarried.
Richard Bebee Beckwith, 1944, by his 2d marriage.
1968. Franklin; living in Md., in 1889.
1 ( J69. Eliza; married Hubbard of Md.
Jonah Beckwith, 587, born Conn., in 1716 ; returned
to England and settled in London and died there.
1970. Jonah.
Jonah Beckwith, 1970, born at London 1746 ; died
there; buried in Old St. Luke's Church, London.
1971. Joseph.
Joseph Beckwith, 1971, born November 11th, 1776,
at St. Mary's Stairway, London; married Jane Pittard,
June 20th, 1800; married and born at St. Mary's, Is-
lington, London.
1972. Joseph; died unmarried.
1973. Mary A. ; died unmarried.
1974. Jane; married Mr. Mollett, and is now liv-
ing in London.
1975. Henry; living at Bedford ave., Brooklyn,
N. Y.
1976. George.
George Beckwith, 1976, born September 6th, 1816,
The Bechwiths. 209
at Wilderness Row, London ; by occupation a clerk ;
removed to Erie, Penn. ; married Marianne Wigaman,
February 4th, 1845 ; born London, England.
1977. Thomas D. ; born at Erie, Penn., November
15th, 1846.
1978. J. Henry ; born at Brooklyn, N. Y., March
24th, 1849.
1979. Jane; born at Brooklyn, November 29th,
1851 ; married Cuzner.
1979a. Minnie; born January 26th, 1852; married
Smith.
1980. Polly; born September 26th, 1854; married
Slater.
1981. Minnie; born January 26th, 1852; married
Smith.
1982. George; born Brooklyn, February 14th,
1859.
1983. James P. ; born December 31st, 1865.
David Beckwith, 592a, born Lyme, Conn., in 1742;
removed to Geneseo, Cayuga Co., N. Y., in 1829 ; far-
mer; enlisted in Continental Army 1776-9, Miller's
Co., De Voos' Reg., Mass. Line; wounded during the
war; died at Attica, N. Y., in 1834; married Abigail,
daughter of Capt. Whiting; born Lyme, Conn., in
1757.
1984. Jonathan ; removed to Cayuga Co., N. Y.,
and died 'there.
1985. William/
1986. David.
1987. Perry Green.
27
210 The Beckwith*.
1988. Warren.
1989. Richard ; died unmarried.
1990. Polly; born 1795; died at Barry Co., N.
Y., March, 1887 ; married Noah Bowker.
1991. Huldah; born 1802; married Brown of
Ohio.
William Beckwith, 1985, born at Norwalk, Conn.,
in 1796 ; enlisted War of 1812, in Gale's Co.; died at
Merfork, Brunson Co., Ohio, in 1861 ; married Anne
Herrick in 1819 ; born 1798; died 1883.
1992. Alonzo; died unmarried.
1993. Marian ; married Dr. Nelson of Ann Arbor,
Mich.
1994. William; inventor.
1995. Dr. David H. ; M. D. ; born 1826, in Ohio;
living at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1889.
1996. Dr. Ephraim.
1997. Dr. Seth R
Dr. Ephraim Beckwith, 1996; M. D. ; born 1830 ;
• settled at Columbus, Ohio ; married Fannie Forest.
1998. Dr. Edwin F.
1999. Whitney C. ; living at Detroit, Mich., in
1889 ; lawyer; married M. A. Gaylord.
2000. Charles P. ; student at Ann Arbor in 1889.
Dr. Edwin F. Beckwith, 1998, living at Munn,
Mich., in 1889 ; married Kate Burr.
2001. Alice.
2002. Baby.
Dr. Seth R Beckwith, 1997; M. D. ; mining expert
The Bechmtha. 211
and speculator, in Ohio and Colo. ; living at Elizabeth,
N. J., in 1889.
2003. L. C. ; living at Maiden Lane, N. Y., in
1889.
2004. Dr. Tifft; living at Elizabeth, N. J., in
1889.
David Beckwith, 1986, from Attica, N. Y., removed
to Alexander, N. Y. ; married Sybell Hodges.
2005. Susan ; married Smith ; living at Kalama-
zoo, Mich., in 1888.
2006. Chaucey.
2007. Fanny.
2008. Lenassa.
2009. William.
2010. Eliphalet
2011. Elmira.
2012. John.
2013. David.
2014. Mary Ann.
2015. Dexter T.
Dexter Tiffany Beckwith, 2015, born at Attica,
Wyoming Co., N. Y., in 1823; farmer; living Wyom-
ing Co., in 1888 ; married Sarah A. Wood, March 9th,
1848 ; born Attica, N. Y., September 18th, 1825.
2016. Clara Louda; born August 2d, 1855.
Perry Beckwith, 1987, born at Hartford, Conn., in
1796 ; enlisted in Revolutionary Army 1814, served in
Grierson's Co., Porter's Reg., New York Line ; died at
New Lyme, Ohio ; married 1st wife, Delia Springster,
in 1824 ; born Lyme, Conn ; died New Lyme, Ohio.
212 The Beokwiths.
2017. Perry G.
Perry Green Beckwith, 2017.
2018. Dr. Nelson ; dentist at New York city in
1888.
2019. Halsey P.; living in Jefferson Co., in 1888.
Perry Green Beckwith, 1987, married 2d wife, Rock-
well ; born Lyme, Conn. ; died New Lyme, Ohio.
2020. Alvin.
2021. Edward C.
2022. Ezra M.
2023. Samuel R.
2023a. Esther.
2024. Elijah.
Elijah Beckwith, 2024, born Lyme, Conn. ; removed
to New Lyme, Ohio ; married Sarah Partridge ; born
Gustavus, Ohio, March, 1800!
2025. Fanny P.
2026. Joana.
2027. Sarah V.
2028. William ; living at Colebrook, Ohio, in
1888.
2029. George W. ; living West Williamsfield,
Ohio, in 1888.
2030. Elijah P.
2031. Alva R
Alva R. Beckwith, 2031, born at New Lyme, Ashta-
bula Co., Ohio, July 14th, 1838 ; merchant there in
1889; married Joanna Dodge, December 18th, 1849;
born New Lyme, January 7th, 1879.
The Bechwiths. 213
2032. Altha A. ; born December 20th, 1852.
2033. Flora A. ; born September 6th, 1858.
2034. Alva A., Jr. ; bom February 28th, 1870.
Warren Beck with, 1988, born Geneva, Cayuga Co.,
N. Y., September 6th, 1799 ; farmer ; removed to Kala-
mazoo, Mich., in 1806 ; died there April, 1863 ; married
in Attica, N. Y., to Mary Tyrell in 1824 ; she was living
at Kalmazoo, Mich., in 1889.
2035. Charles.
2036. Henry.
2037. Phoebe J. ; married M. J. McPoor ; living
at Detroit, Mich., in 1889 ; had- one son,
Arthur, who died young.
2038. Helen; married Harry Wells of Kalamazoo.
Hon. Charles Beckwith, 2035, born at Alexander,
N. Y., July 9th, 1825; removed to Kalamazoo with his
parents in 1836 ; entered Michigan University 1845 ;
graduated 1849 ; studied law at Holly Springs, Miss. ;
and practiced his profession in Buffalo from 1854 until
1877 ; was then made judge of the Superior Court of
Buffalo, and finally made chief judge, was living in
Buffalo, N. Y., in 1889; married Harriet Dodge, May
12th, 1849.
2039. Mary R
2040. Jessie Lee.
2041. Fanny L.
Henry Beckwith, 2036, removed to Kalamazoo, Mich.;
farmer.
2042. Ray, an artist ; living at Kalamazoo, Mich.,
in 1889.
214 The Bechwiths.
Benjamin Beckwith, 591.
2043. AlonzoS.
Alonzo S. Beckwith, 2043, born at Hartford, Conn.;
moved to Providence, R I., in early married life, and
returning to Hartford, there engaged in financial oper-
ations, and was a prominent business man of that
place ; married Laura Moseley Clark of Hartford
2044. William C.
2045. Laura C.
2046. Charles.
2047. Henry Clark; died August, 1883 ; married
Clara Brownell, niece of Bishop Brownell
of Hartford, Conn.
2048. Charlotte G. ; married Daniel R. Crouse of
Utica, N. Y.
William Clark Beckwith, 2044, M. D. ; died October
7th, 1868 ; married Jane, daughter of Dr. Leprelette
8. Miller. Dr. Beckwith practiced medicine in Roch-
ester, N. Y., from 1851-55 ; then removed to Provi-
dence, R. L ; entered into partnership with his father-
in-law, Dr. Miller, and was living there in 1889.
2049. William L.
2050. Walter ; died young.
William L. Beckwith, 2049; living at Providence,
R. L, in 1889 ; married Emily Jones ; died July 1st,
1887.
2051. Lorania C. ; born April 5th, 1887.
Ch&rles Beckwith, 2046; died October, 1884; 1st
wife married, Kate Seymour.
The Beckioitha. 215
2052. Kate; married Strickland; living at St.
Paul, Minn., in 1889.
Charles Beckwith, 2046 ; married 2d, Hannah Boyd
Miller, granddaughter of Dr. Nathaniel Miller of
Franklin, Mass.
2053. Charles.
2054. Charlotte.
2055. Richard.
Josiah Beckwith, 591, born Lyme, Conn., in 1742;
married Mehetible Parsons.
2056. Andrew.
2056a. Joel.
2056b. Joshua.
2057. Richard P.
2057a. Mehitable ; b. Lyme ; m. Nathan Tinker,
February 17th, 1780 ; he died April, 1792 ;
children : Laurana, born August 24th,
1780; Allen, born December 30th, 1781 ;
Elizabeth, born July 18th, 1783 ; Jonathan,
born June 14th, 1785; Anna, born June
31st, 1788 ; Mary, born December 3d, 1790 ;
Nathan, born September 80th, 1792 ; mar-
ried Eunice Wade.
Andrew Beckwith, 2056, born Lyme, Conn., in 1767 ;
removed to Alstead, and had nine children ; married
Catherine Shouler.
3058. Benjamin B.
2059. Simon Brooks ; born at Alstead ; removed
to Ticonderoga ; married Livonia Dart ;
born January 26th, 1780.
216 The Bechioiths.
Benjamin Brooks Beckwith, 2058, born at Alstead,
June 10th, 1786 ; died July 10th, 1831 ; married Jo-
anna Chapin ; died at Alstead, February 19th, 1856.
2060. Alfred.
2061. Olinda ; born May 8th, 1810 ; married B.
M. Metcalf, June 9th, 1835.
2062. Oliver ; bom at Walpole, April 11th, 1816.
2063. Rizpah ; born at Hillboro, April 25th, 1821.
2064* Silas; born November 1st, 1818; married
and removed to California in 1888.
2065. Edna; born May 6th, 1820; removed to
Salt Lake City ; married J. H. A. Young ;
and became a Mormon.
Richard P. Beckwith, 2057, born at New London,
Conn., 1776; died at Lyme, Conn.; married Mary
Phillips in 1796 ; born and died in Lyme.
2066. Abel ; settled at Hamburg, Conn.
2067. Joel ; his descendants were living at Lyme,
Conn. ; died Chatham, N. Y., in 1886.
2068. Richard ; died at Sag Harbor.
2069. Josiah.
2070. John S. ; living at Lyme, Conn., in 1889.
2071. Andrew.
Andrew Beckwith, 2071, born Lyme, Conn., 1797;
died Aledo, 111., August 3 1st, 1872; married Nancy
J.Hudson, March 29th, 1820 ; born Lyme, 1799; died
1871.
2072. Seth Lee.
2073. John B.
The Beckwith*. 217
2074. Richard E.
2075. William H.
2076. Alfred P. ; living at Lyme in 1889.
2077. Louisa ; married Daniels of Harlem, N. Y.
2078. Mary L. ; married Lord of Hamburg, Conn.
2079. Sarah E. ; married Bobbins.
2080. Harriette C. ; married S. C. Amberson ; liv-
ing at Minneapolis, Minn., in 1889.
2081. Angelina; living at Hamburg, Conn., in
1889.
2082. Ann Maria.
Seth Lee Beckwith, 2072, born at Lyme, Conn., in
1820 ; sea captain ; retired from sea life and entered
into the boat-building business, and was living at San
Francisco in 1889 ; married Abbey Jane Le Pard, May
24th, 1846 ; born at New London, Conn., November
9th, 1820.
2083. Ida Jane ; born February 2d, 1857 ; mar-
ried J. McFarland; living at San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
2084. George Lee ; born January 14th, 1856.
2085. Frederick A. ; born November 1st, 1859 ;
died young.
John B. Beckwith, 2073, born Lyme, Conn., Decem-
ber 18th, L824; was in the grocery business at Tulare,
Cal., in 1889 ; married Jennette E. Brown, August
5th, 1855 ; born Lyme, Conn., October 5th, 1832.
2086. Nellie ; born at Tulare, Cal., March 28th,
1857.
28
218 The Beckwiths.
2087. Kate ; born 1860 ; living at Tulare in 1889.
Richard E. Beckwith, 2074, born at Lyme, Conn.,
December 13th, 1831 ; merchant ; living at Fresno,
CaL, in 1889 ; married Ellen L. Brown, November 8th,
1856; born at Lyme, Conn., April 8th, 1836.
2088. Alice Rose ; bora June 14th, 1863.
2089. Grace ; born March 5th, 1865.
2090. Eva D. ; born June 25th, 1867.
2091. Frank; born January 15th, 1869.
2092. Edna S. ; born September 3d, 1875.
William H. Beckwith, 2075, born at Lyme,£!onn,,
April 27th, 1838; living in Saybrook, 111., in 1888;
married Lavinia Cheney, June 11th, 1863, daughter
of Hon. W. H. Cheney ; born Cheney's Grove, HI.,
May 19th, 1844.
2093. W. Cheney; born at Saybrook, HL, March
2d, 1867 ; merchant at Chicago, 111., in
1889; unmarried.
Stephen Beckwith, 1760, born New London, Conn.,
September 22d, 1760; died in New York; married
York ; born Stonington, Conn. ; died March,
1863, age 97 ; daughter of York, who was in
the Revolutionary Army and at the Indian Massacre
of Wyoming Valley.
2094. George.
2095. Dan.
2096. Hiram Jefferson/
2097. Sebaken.
2098. Hadley.
2099. Minor York.
The BeckwUhs. 219
Dan Beckwith, 2095, born Flushing, Penn. ; died
Danville, 111. ; deputy U. S. surveyor; founder of Dan-
ville ; was colonel of the Illinois Mounted Rangers in
Blackhawk War; married May J. Williams; born
Franklin Co., Penn. ; died Danville.
2100. Laura; married Mott; living Chicago, 111.,
in 1889.
2100a. Malissa; married Lamon; a daughter May
living in Danville, 111., in 1886.
2101. Hiram W.
Hi^n Williams Beckwith, 2101, born at Danville,
111. ; author of " Historic Notes of the North-west Ter-
ritory," and other local historical and aboriginal works;
practicing law at Danville in 1889 ; married Emily
Reeder, March 24th, 1857; born Oneida Co., N. Y.,
September 19th, 1832.
2102. Clarence H.; born at Danville, June 30th,
1869.
2103. Will.
Will H. Beckwith, 2103, lawyer; born at Danville,
March 1st, 1858 ; married Lynne Williams, December
3d, 1884; born April 22d, 1862 ; living at Danville in
1889.
2104. Sella G.; born September 6th, 1885.
2105. Dan Williams ; born December 25th, 1886.
Minor York Beckwith, 2099, born New York, 1798;
moved to Michigan in 1836, where he died in 1854;
married Edwards in 1824; born about 1800
in Massachusetts ; her father was in the Revolutionary
Army, participating in the battle of Bunker Hill.
230 The Beckwiths.
2106. Mary Eugene.
2107. Mortimore Edwards.
Mortimore Edwards Beckwith, 2107, born Wayne
Co., N. Y., 1826; learned the ship-carpenter's trade in
Milwaukie, Wis. ; worked at that business until 1873;
was in business for himself in Racine from 1850 to
1860; in Grand Haven, Mich., from 1860 to 1873; in
1873 he was in Duluth, building dredges for the N. P.
R. R. Co.; in 1881 he entered business in La Crone,
Wis., as a commission agent and dealer in second-hand
goods ; he married twice ; his first wife was iielen
Bonman of Racine, Wis. ; she died in 1872, leaving
eight children ; his second wife was Julia E. Selby*
who was born at Blue Earth, Wis.
2108. Harriet.
2109. Eugenia.
2110. Evangeline.
2111. Ella.
2112. ClarebelL
2113. Frank; living Winona, Minn., in 1889.
2114. Fred W. ; merchant at Sioux Falls, Iowa, in
1889.
Nathaniel Beckwith, 1906, born Lempster, N. H. ;
married Eunice Parkhurst ; they died within one week
of each other at Unity, N. H., in 1830.
2115. Lawson; his children were living at or
near Longmont, Colo., in 1886.
2116. George.
2117. Oscar.
2118. Aira; married C. A. Moore, Rutland, Vt. ;
The Bechwiths. 221
children : C. A. Moore, Rutland, Vt. ; Geo.
C. Moore, Weathersfield Bow, Vt. ; Mrs.
J. H. Butler and Mrs. Hiram Parker, Lemp-
ster, N. H.
2119. Lucy.
2120. Eunice.
2121. .
2122. .
2123. Ransom P.
Oscar Beck with, 2117.
2124. Helen; married Kent; living at Eldora,
Iowa, in 1889.
Ransom Parkhurst Beck with, 2123, bom Unity, N.
EL, about 1817; resided at Lempster, N. H.; married
Emily L. Parker, May 13th, 1849 ; born Goshen, N. EL,
July 2d, 1827.
2125. Hira Ransom ; living at Claremont, N. EL,
in 1889.
2126. Walter P.
Walter Packer Beckwith, 2126, born Lempster, N.
EL, August 27th, 1850 ; superintendent of schools at
Adams, Mass., in 1889 ; married Mary JL Sayles, Decem-
ber 23d, 1879; born Adams, Mass., April 26th, 1856.
2127. Francis Sayles; bom August 11th, 1881.
Clark Beckwith, 1016, bora Conn., August 6th, 1810;
moved to Cairo, N. Y. ; married Eliza Curtis, April 20th,
1833 ; bom February 25th, 1813.
2128. Celestia; married Hyde; living N. Y. city
in 1889.
222 The Beckwith*.
2129. Eugenia ; married H. Bogardus ; living Cox-
sackie, N. Y., in 1889.
2130. Janet.
2131. Devillo.
2132. Calvin.
2133. Zanoni.
Zanoni Beckwith, 2133, born Cairo, N. Y., Novem-
ber 10th, 1842; hotel proprietor and insurance broker
at Cairo in 1889 ; married Adel Stewart, November
6th, 1868 ; born Cairo, February 28th, 1844.
2134. Maude; born April 18th, 1871.
Nathan Beckwith, 633, born Lyme, Conn., in 1718 ;
moved to New York.
2135. Ransom.
2136. Joseph.
2137. Elijah.
Ransom Beckwith, 2135, born Herkimer Co., N. Y.,
August 12th, 1747; married Abadiah Putnam; born
in Mass.
2138. Ransom.
2139. Ethan; born in Herkimer Co., N. Y., 1793;
died there, April 25th, 1856.
2140. Son ; whose descendants were living in
Herkimer Co. in 1889.
2141. Volney.
Ransom Beckwith, 2138, born Herkimer Co., N. Y.,
October 25th, 1791 ; died in Nebraska ; married Anna
Perkins, April 25th, 1812; born Lake George, N. Y.,
July 11th, 1798; living in 1887.
The Beckmtha. 223
2142. Delight; bom July 12th, 1813; married
Israel Burts, January 19 th, 1842, of Sart-
well Creek, Potter Co., Penn.
2143. Jabez C. ; born July 31st, 1815 ; married
Anna M. Landinburge, November 18th,
1833.
2144. Ransom; born December 7th, 1817; living
at Smeethsport, McKeens Co., Penn., in
1888 ; married Elizabeth Landinburge.
2145. Samuel P.
2146. Simion ; born May 6th, 1822 ; married
Elizabeth Palmer, May 6th, 1844.
2147. John L. ; born June 20th, 1824; married
Lucinda Harwood, June 1st, 1844.
2148. Asher M. ; born September 17th, 1829 ; U.
S. V. S., 1861-5 ; wounded at battle of
Gettysburg ; died in hospital.
2149. Mary C; born February 18th, 1827.
2150. Thankful; born December 15th, 1828.
2151. Olive L.; born April 12th, 1834.
2152. Joel B. ; born November 27th, 1831.
2153. Nathaniel; born August 12th, 1836.
2154. Daniel C. ; born May 1st, 1841.
Samuel P. Beckwith, 2145, born January 27th,
1820 ; farmer, Farmers Valley, Penn., in 1888 ; married
Rebecca Bobbins, December 4th, 1841.
2155. Mary Ann; born September 20th, 1845;
married R. Ellis, February 23d, 1867.
2156. Charles H.; born February 22d, 1852;
married Ella Day, November 22d, 1872.
224 The BecJcwtihs.
2157. Fannie; born February 5th, 1853 ; married
L. Steinbauer, February 23d, 1876.
2158. Henrietta; born February 5th, 1853; mar-
ried J. Stull, February 23d, 1876.
2159. Juliette; born December 11th, 1855; mar-
ried H. Resler, February 23d, 1876.
2160. Westley; born November 23d, 1857; mar-
ried Martha Coraghan, May 1st, 1883.
2161. Rebecca J. ; born May 12th, 1860 ; married
B. Stull, October 27th, 1882.
2162. Elmer E. ; born May 8th, 1862; married
Minnie Thomas, October 22d, 1886.
2163. Mystie A. ; born October 22d, 1867 ; mar-
ried M. F. Wright, October 20th, 1886.
Volney Beckwith, 2141, born Herkimer Co., N. Y.,
February 1st, 1814; removed to Ottawa, 111.; carpen-
ter and builder ; living at Harding, 111., and died at
Ottawa, 111., April 28d, 1861 ; married Mary A. Piper,
January 23d, 1833 ; born Herkimer Co., November
5th, 1816; died Ottawa, HI., November 22d, 1865.
2164. Edwin Buckingham; born Herkimer Co,
N. Y., December 23d, 1834; removed to
Harding, HL; married E. Kauffelt, Febru
ary 25th, 1855 ; living Marseilles, 111., in
1889.
2165. Daniel.
2166. Manly V. ; born October 24th, 1843 ; died
at Ottawa, 111., September 29th, 1858.
2166a. Morgan A. ; born April 17th, 1845 ; died
August 14th, 1846.
The Beckwiths. 225
2166b. Mary P. ; bom April 30th, 1847.
2167. Andrew D. ; born July 11th, 1848; died
August 23d, 1848.
2168. Morgana; died August 14th, 1846.
2169. Mary P. ; born April 30th, 1847 ; married
J. M. Kagy of Ottawa, 111., September
19th, 1865 ; he died ; she was living Boze-
raan, Montana, in 1889.
Dan Beckwith, 2165, born Herkimer Co., N. Y., Oc-
tober 27th, 1836, on the ground of the great Indian
massacre; U. S. Vol. Service 1861-4; carpenter and
builder; married Rachel Josephine Ford, July 5th,
1854; born Lowell, Mass., October 5th, 1838.
2170. Jessie Fremont; born October 9th, 1856;
married Thomas F. Robinson, at Ottawa,
BL, May 20th, 1879; he died at Ottawa, IU.,
May 31st, 1884; their children are: Jessie
L., born at Springfield, BL, October 12th,
1880; Volney A., born Springfield, DL,
March 14th, 1882; Thomas F., born at
Denver, Colo., February 4th, 1883 ; Charles
W., born Denver, Colo., February 4th,
1883 ; Albert Roy, born Ottawa, 111., Au-
gust 22d, 1884.
2171. Charles Sumner; born Ottawa, December
31st, 1858 ; married at Ottawa to Jessie
Rowe, October 17th, 1882.
2172. Clara Bell; born Ottawa, May 11th, 1862 ;
died September 30th, 1862.
2173. Mabel Adelia; born Ottawa, III., May
29
226 The Beckwiths.
11th, 1862; living at Chicago, I1L, in
1889.
Elisha Beckwith, 1359, born Lyme, Conn., October
12th, 1738 ; removed to New London, Conn.
2174. Ezra.
2175. Samuel.
Ezra Beckwith, 2174, born Lyme, Conn. ; sea cap-
tain ; was drowned at sea in 1820 ; married twice ; 1st
wife, Naomi Haynes.
2176. Sally ; born Lyme, Conn., July 16th, 1786 ;
died Lawrence Co., N. Y., January 5th,
1849 ; married Joseph M. Beckwith, No.
1765.
2177. Jeremiah.
Jeremiah Beckwith, 2177, born Lyme, Conn., 1790 ;
died Borne, Ashtabula Co., Ohio; married Esther;
born Lyme, Conn., December 9th, 1810; died Borne,
Ohio.
2178. Mary Ann.
2179. Priscilla F.
2180. Polly M.
2181. Josiah M.
2182. Ezra G.
Josiah M. Beckwith, 2181, born New Lyme, Ohio,
July 20th, 1814 ; married Harrington, October
10th, 1843; born Girard, Penn., May 7th, 1825.
2183. Franklin G.
2184. Elisha J.
Elisha J. Beckwith, 2184, born Borne, Ohio, August
4th, 1849 ; carriage-maker, South Lyme, Ohio, in 1889;
The Bechwiths. 227
married Smith, May 12th, 1871 ; born Colebrook, Octo-
ber 30th, 1852.
2185. Jerry M. ; born July 4th, 1886.
Ezra G. Beckwith, 2182, born New Lyme, Ohio ; re- '
moved to Plattsville, Wis. ; married G-ertrude Break-
away, December 23d, 1855; born Orangeville, Ohio,
March 4th, 1846.
2186. Harry G. ; born Plattyville, November 4th,
1867 ; living there in 1889.
2187. Clara; born Plattflville, November 4th,
1867 ; living there in 1889.
2188. Priscilla.
2189. Mariah.
2190. Mary.
2191. Kate.
Ezra Beckwith, 2174, by his second wife, Clarissa
Mack ; they moved to Niantic, Conn. ; he had the fol-
lowing children :
2192. Elisha.
2193. Ezra.
2194. Anson.
2195. Albert.
2196. Noma.
2197. Clarissa.
2198. Austin.
2199. Phoebe.
2200. Preelove.
2201. Nancy ; born 1816 ; living at Niantic, Conn.,
in 1889 ; married Jeremiah Rush.
228 The Beckwith*.
2202. Charles.
2203. Samuel.
Charles Beckwith, 2202, born New London, Conn.,
1783; died Windsor, Broome Co., N. Y. ; married
Betsy Nichols, October 20th, 1822 ; died Chenango
Bridge, N. Y.
2204. Eli.
2205. Geoige W.
2206. Benjamin.
2207. Charles D. ; was living at Frenchtown,
Missoula Co., Montana, 1885.
2208. Elias W.
2209. Delia D.
2210. Ruth A.; married Wilmot; was living
at Chenango Bridge, N. Y., 1885.
2211. Nathan B.
Nathan B. Beckwith, 2211, born Windsor, N. Y.,
January 19th, 1827 ; married Mary C. Dibble, October
20th, 1847; born Fulton, N. Y., August 12th, 1828.
2212 Kate M.
2213. Jennie A.
2214. Charles Nathan; born Windsor, N. Y.,
June 27th, 1863; hotel clerk, New York
city, in 1889.
Samuel Beckwith, 2203, born Marlow, N. H., 1797 ;
when four years old his father moved to Niantic, Conn.,
in 1801 ; married Jennie Church; born Lyme, 1799.
2215. Samuel; living Niantic, Conn., in 1889.
2216. Lorenzo; living Niantic, Conn., in 1889.
2217. William; living Niantic, Conn., in 1889.
The Bechwitha. 229
2218. Ezra; living Niantic, Conn., in 1889.
2219. Louisa ; living Niantic, Conn., in 1889.
2220. Belinda ; living Niantic, Conn,, in 1889.
2221. Fannie; living Niantic, Conn., in 1889.
2222. Theresa M. ; born Niantic, June 9th, 1831 ;
married Benjamin I. Beebee, January 9th,
1850 ; he died ; she was living at Niantic
in 1889 ; their children : James F., born
December 17th, 1852; William G, born
March 26th, 1864; Bertie L., born Oc-
tober 17th, 1869; Mary F., born Decem-
ber 26th, 1872 ; John E., born December
15th, 1878.
Anson Beckwith, 960, born Bristol, Conn., Septem-
ber 7th, 1803; carriage manufacturer; died February
27th, 1866; married twice; his first wife was Emily
Peck; married July 20th, 1825; born Bristol, Conn.
March 9th, 1805; died July 16th, 1851; married 2d
Amelia F. Schubert; born Germany, July 13th, 1831
2223. Eleanor Eunice ; born Bristol, June 8th
1828; married July 10th, 1849 to H. K
Hotchkiss ; living Ansonia, Conn., in 1889
children: William H., born April 17th
1851 ; married Mary F. Benehor, July 10th
1876; Emily Bell, born November 2d
1857; married October 20th, 1881, to
William A. Fellows.
2224. Robert Anson ; born Bristol.
2225. Sidney Schubert ; born Bristol.
2226. James Gaylord ; born Bristol.
330 The Beckmths.
Robert Anson Beckwith, 2224, born September 8th,
1834; photographer; resided in Norwalk, Conn., died
there in June, 1871 ; married Helen J. Hayes, January
29th, 1862.
2227. Helen C; born Norwalk, December, 1862;
living Meriden, Conn., in 1889.
2228. Sarah E. ; born Norwalk ; died in infancy.
Sidney Schubert Beckwith, 2225, born August 18th,
1853; book-keeper; died December 5th, 1883; mar-
ried Lizzie Atkins of Norfolk, Conn., in 1873.
2229. Elenor E.; born September 18th, 1874.
2230. Florence A. ; born October 1st, 1877.
2231. Sidney A.; born February 21st, 1880; died
December 3d, 1883.
2232. Jessie ; born May 29th, 1883 ; died Decem-
ber 10th, 1883.
James G. Beckwith, 2226, born May 6th, 1855 ; an
engineer by profession ; married Carrie Terry of Bristol
in 1873.
2233. Inez M. ; born June 28th, 1874.
2234. Harry R. ; born July 25th, 1877.
Nathan Richard Beckwith, 874 ; his second wife,
Caroline Davenport, was living in 1889 ; they had the
following children :
2235. Appleton.
2236. Frank.
2237. Nathan.
2238. Francis P.
Francis P. Beckwith, 2238, born Dubuque, Iowa,
The Bechwiihs. 231
April 3d, 1847 ; married Augusta Waldeck, June 14th,
1847.
2239. Georgia Augusta ; born Toledo, Ohio, May
4th, 1877 ; living at Findlay, Ohio, in 1889
2240. Carl William; born Toledo, March 1st
1871 ; living at Findlay, Ohio, in 1889.
2241. Nathan R ; born Toledo, June 1st, 1871
living at Findlay, Ohio, in 1889.
2242. Jessie Hartha ; born Sylvania, Ohio, Janu
ary 9th, 1868 ; clerk ; living at Toledo
Ohio ; unmarried in 1889.
Francis Beckwith, 849, born Lyme, Conn., 1774
settled in Utica, N. Y. ; married Sarah Ried, August
10th, 1796 ; born 1774.
2243. Ried.
2244. John.
2245. Charles.
2246. Lyman.
Ried Beckwith, 2243, born Lyme, Conn., October
9th, 1796; died Utica, N. Y. ; married Sarah Welch ;
born and died in Conn.
2247. Samuel.
2248. William.
2249. Wesley.
2250. Francis.
2251. Sarah.
2252. James L.
James Lafayette Beckwith, 2252, born Utica, N. Y.,
May 18th, 1824 ; removed to Chicago, where he was
232 The Beckwitha.
living in 1889 ; married Cinderella Noyes in 1845 ;
born Danville, Vt., April 7th, 1825.
2253. Francis W. ; born May 14th, 1847 ; died
September 15th, 1875.
2254. James A.
James A. Beckwith, 2254, born June 19th, 1849 ;
was in the insurance business in Chicago, El., 1889 ;
married Mary Glover, May 28th, 1880; born Scotland,
Canada, October 11th, 1859.
2255. Beatrice ; born April 19th, 1882.
2256. Francis L.; born November 20th, 1883.
2257. James L. ; born January 15th, 1886.
Lyman Beckwith, 2246, born Utica, N. Y., 1798 ;
farmer, Otisco, Onondaga Co., N. Y. ; died 1832; mar-
ried Martha Watson.
2258. Betsy Ann.
2259. Marcus D. L.
Marcus D. Lafayette Beckwith, 2259, born January
27th, 1832, at Ludlowville, N. Y. ; married Sarah J.
Brady, born Scotland, Canada, June 29th, 1834.
2260. MaryE.
2261. Sarah J.
2262. Emma; married Edward Lyons; living
Five Corners, N. Y., in 1889.
2263. Lafayette.
2264. Jay; living Forest Home, Tompkins Co.,
N. Y.
2265. Frank.
2266. Lafayette.
2267. LeroyL.
The Becfajoiths. 288
Leroy L. Beckwith, 2267, born Freeville, N. Y.,
March 25th, 1853 ; conductor on Northern Central
Ry. ; living Elmira, N. Y., in 1889 ; married Eva A.
Sperry; living N. Y., 1875; born Tompkins Co., N.
Y., August 15th, 1854.
2268. Frederick Clark ; born January 80th, 1879.
2269. Lena Sperry; born August 29th, 1881.
Nathan Beckwith, 633, possibly the Nathan who
was born in Lyme, Conn., in 1718, and moved to
Waterford, where he died ; married Naomi Winchell ;
born Waterford 1720; daughter of Isaac and Naomi
Winchell ; and had one son.
2270. Isaac.
Isaac Beckwith, 2270, possibly the Isaac who was
born at Waterford, Conn. ; enlisted in 1777 in the Con-
tinental Army for three years in Capt. Danon's Co.,
1st Reg., Conn. Line, and was at the battle of Bunker
Hill ; died in 1798 ; married Grace Edgecomb.
2271. Lydia; married Joshua Woodburn; left
five children ; son Charles was a Presby-
terian minister and settled at Auburn,
N. Y.
3272: Jesse.
2273. Naomi; married John Mitchell; left sev-
eral children living in Bozosah ; daughter
Louisa married Weldon.
2274. Joshua.
2275. Grace; died unmarried.
2276. Charles.
30
234 The Beckwitha.
Jesse Beckwith, 2272.
2277. Edgecome; has descendants living at New
London and vicinity.
2278. Caroline; married.
2279. Same; married Abner Reed of Windham ;
children: Thomas, living Willimantic,
1889 ; Chester, living at Windham, 1889 ;
Robert, who enlisted in the U. S. V. S., and
was killed in battle.
Joshua Beckwith, 2274, born Waterford, Conn.,
March 14th, 1760; settled in Greene Co., N. Y. ; died
at Calais, Vermont, March 7th, 1813; married Bethia
Parkhurst, born March 19th, 1767, at Williston, Vt. ;
died there.
2280. Matilda; born April 17th, 1787.
2281. Martin.
2282. Betsy; born January 10th, 1796.
2283. Joseph ; born April 10th, 1798.
2284. John P. ; born January 25th, 1800.
2285. Nathan ; born February 8th, 1803.
2286. Perrin ; born June 24th, 1805.
2287. Enos P.
2288. Josephus; born February 27th, 1812 ; died
January 3d, 1813.
Martin Beckwith, 2281, born Calais, Vt, July 4th,
1792; married Hannah Latham in 1815 ; bornPelham,
Mass., May 18th, 1790.
2289. Susan.
2290. Laura.
2291. David L. ; settled at Burlington, Vt.
The Bechwiths. 235
2292. Almira M. ; settled at Burlington, Vt.
2293. George W.; born Chazy, N. Y., May 18th,
1829; postmaster at Burlington, Vt., in
1889 ; married Julia Hyde, February 13tb,
1860 ; born Grand Isle, Vt, July 7th, 1836 ;
no children.
Enos P. Beckwith, 2287, born July 7th, 1807 ; died
July 21 st, 1833 ; married Clarissa Lewis at Plattsburg,
N. Y., September 7th, 1828; she afterward married
Baruch Beckwith of Beekmantown.
2294. Sarah Maria; born at Williston, N. Y.,
March 10th, 1832; married S. H. Downing
of Beekmantown, December 31st, 1855
children : Carrie L, born April 6th, 1857
Henry S., died 1861 ; Frank, died 1862
Frank, born August 2d, 1864 ; Charles A,
born January 22d, 1869 ; Robert C, born
July 11th, 1870.
Charles Beckwith, 2276, born Waterford, Conn., in
1781 ; he worked week days at his trade of a carpen-
ter, and, as he was a regularly constituted Methodist
preacher, "preached on Sundays from town to town;"
died at Windham ; married Sally Palmer, August 28th,
1808 ; born Windham, 1781 ; daughter of Enos Palmer
and Jerusha Webb, his wife, who was a descendant of
Stephen Webb of Boston.
2295. Mary ; born July 14th, 1811 ; married Alex.
Crandall, April 14th, 1836; children:
Charles B., enlisted in U. S. Vol. Service,
1862, and was killed at the battle of Port
236 The Beckwtihs.
Hudson ; Amos G., living at South Wind-
ham in 1889.
2296. William ErL
2297. Nancy; born October 18th, 1815; died
1874; married J. L. Weaver, August,
1836; daughter Emily; born July 9th,
. 1857 ; died 1864.
2298. Susan; born May 16th, 1818; married
Lyman Jordan, August, 1844; children:
Rev. D. A., presiding elder M. E. Church,
Providence, R. L, in 1889 ; Charles B.,
music teacher, Providence, R. L, in 1889 ;
Julius, Annette, Lottie, Lyman, Flora,
Jennie.
2299. Sophia; born May 16th, 1820; married
Norman Melony, September 10th, 1848 ;
born March 27th, 1817 ; children : George
W., born February, 1850; lawyer at Willi-
mantic, Conn., in 1889 ; Flora, born Octo-
ber 21st, 1859.
2300. Charles Wesley.
2301. Enos Palmer; born September 8th, 1828 ;
died 1862 ; married in 1854 to Marita
Smith.
2302. Sarah; born November 26th, 1827; mar-
ried G. F. Braman ; living at Willimantic
in 1889.
William Erl Beckwith, 2296, born Windham, Septem-
ber 15th, 1813; removed to Groton, Conn. ; married
The Beckwith*. 237
twice ; his first wife, Sophia Hewit, he married Novem-
ber, 1865.
2303. William H.; born July, 1837; living at
Grroton, Conn., in 1886.
William Erl Beckwith, 2296, married 2d wife, Re-
becca Hallo way, in 1840; she was born in Rhode Island.
2304. Charles W.
Charles Wesley Beckwith, 2303, born Groton, July
12th, 1847; U. S. V. S. 1861-65; officer Engineer
Corps U. 8. Reserves Marine; died December 19th,
1889, at Newport, R. L ; married Ellen Bailey of New
London, Conn., in 1846.
2305. William G. ; born April 8th, 1876.
2306. McAuther ; died young.
Charles Wesley Beckwith, 2300, born July 4th, 1822 ;
married in 1851 to Charlotte Bass ; they had four chil-
dren.
2307. Fred.; civil engineer Lehigh Valley R.
R. Co. ; living at Plainfield, N. Y., in
1889.
James Beckwith, 663, born at Coeymans, N. Y.,
June 1st, 1796 ; died January, 1885 ; married his
cousin, Mary A. Hyde of Lisle, N. Y., August 28th,
1825 ; born January 22d, 1799 ; living at Cazenovia
in 1858; enlisted in the U. S. Army, War of 1812, and
served in Capt. Underwood's Co. until 1814.
2807. Lydia Ann; born September 18th, 1826;
married Henry Tuttle, December 25th,
1844 ; died September 22d, 1884 ; left one
daughter, Florence E., born May 18th,
938 The Bechwiths.
1850; married Frank Evans in 1872; re-
siding in Shawano, Wis., in 1889.
2308. Elizabeth Dudley; born December 22d,
1827.
2309. Julia Maria; born July 19th, 1829; mar-
ried Paul Saleteski, March 30th, 1851;
died February 12th, 1875 ; living Peoria,
HI., 1889; children : Ada B., born March,
1854; married Daniel Shane, December,
1871; living Pontiac, 111., 1889; Elizabeth
BL, born January, 1855 ; married George
Carrol, October, 1882; James B., born
February 25th, 1860; married in St.
Charles, Minn., January, 1884.
2310. Sarah Emeline ; born December 30th, 1850;
married John Snow, November 9th, 1873 ;
2d husband, Hiram Ward, March 19th,
1872 ; livingin Cazeno via, a wido w, in 1889.
2311. James Roswell ; born December 23d, 1832;
married Catherine Watrous, December 23d.
1861 ; lawyer, judge of circuit court ; liv-
ing New Orleans, La., in 1889.
2312. Calvin Hyde.
2313. Mary Anna; born September 25th, 1836;
married James Woodfin, of Virginia, June
7th, 1857; children: Madora, born July
3d, 1860; married Fred Powers, in 1878;
Edmund P., born October, 1863 ; married
1886; Elizabeth H., born 1866; married
Robert Putney, in April, 1886; James,
The Beckwith*. 239
born 1868; Minnie, born October 25th,
1878.
Calvin Hyde Beckwith, 2306, born November 29th,
1824; married Mary Louise Newland, October 31st,
1867.
2314. Francis A. ; born July 27th, 1868.
2315. Emma L. ; born September 22d, 1872.
Joshua Beckwith, 205$ j» born New London, Conn.,
October 9th, 1778 ; was drafted into the Revolutionary
Army ; settled and died in N. Y. State.
2316. Oscar; born in New York about 1806;
died March 3d, 1888, leaving several chil-
dren who were living in Mass. and N. Y.
Jason Beckwith, 614, born New London, Conn.;
married Naomi Caulkins.
2317. Benjamin P.
2318. Jason T.
2319. Regus.
2320. Betsy; married D. J. Kearney; children:
Jason, Gilbert, Warren, Abbie, married
W. E. Boster of Hartford, Conn.
Benjamin F. Beckwith, 2317, married Eunice Edgar.
2321. Annie E.
2822. Minnie ; died young.
Jason Beckwith, Jr., 2318, born 1823 ; married H.
F. Sisson.
2323. Alice; bom 1850; married W. Learned;
living New London, 1889.
2324. Hattie.
2325. Dr. Fred. J. ; born 1858 ; practicing phy-
*
i
240 The Bechwiths.
sician; died New London, Conn., in 1889;
married E. H. Blodgett in 1885; born
Pawtucket, R. I.
Seth Beckwith, 600, born New London, Conn.,
1755 ; died Montville, Conn., in 1839 ; enlisted in the
Revolutionary Army in 1778, Captain Ropes' Co. for
one year; re-enlisted in 1779, for four months ; married
Esther Lead in 1781 ; born 1762.
2326. Esther; born 1782.
2327. Joseph; born 1785.
2328. Rupel; born 1788.
ROLL OF HONOR.
AMERICAN WARS, 1655 to 1865.
Battle of Ann Abundel, 1655.
George Beckwith; with Lord Baltimore's party against
the Virginians.
Cape Breton Expedition, 1745.
Captain Beckwith; commander of a six-gun sloop.
Battle of Monongahela, 1755.
Captain Beckwith; captain 44th Reg., Royal Foot;
wounded in the foot.
Old French Wab, 1758.
Major Beckwith; field officer Rogers Rangers; Camp
Lake George, August 27th, 1758.
Colonel Nathan Beckwith; officer of day Rogers
Rangers; Camp Lake George, August 27th, 1758.
Joseph Beckwith; killed during the expedition.
Wab of Independence, 1775, and Wab of 1812.
Abner Beckwith, 1776; for the war, Bacon's Co.,
Peters' Reg.
31
242 The Beckwith*.
Abner Beck with, 1776; for two years, Connecticut
Line.
Amos Beck with, 1775; for eight months, Sells 7 Co.,
and one year in Waters 7 Co., Parsons 7 Reg.
Amos Beckwith, 1775; for one year, 7th Co., 2d Md.
Reg., Col. Price.
Ansel Beckwith, 1809; Conn. State Troops.
Benedict Beckwith, 1776; wounded at battle of Cow-
pens, Md. Line.
Benjamin Beckwith, 1812; battle of Lundy 7 s Lane,
Md. Line.
Barens Beckwith, 1812; captain Q. M., Va. Line.
Cyrus Beckwith, 1775; captain, 2d Reg., N. Y. line.
Clement Beckwith, 1812; Maple's Co., Conn. Line.
Clement Beckwith, 1813, Adams 7 Co., Del. Line.
Daniel Beckwith, 1812; Baker's Co., Vt. Line.
David Beckwith, 1775; "hospital returns, 77 age nine-
teen; Chapman 7 s Co., Parsons 7 Reg., Conn. Line.
David Beckwith, 1775; "hospital returns, 77 dismissed
cured.
David Beckwith, 1776; for three years, Miller's Co.,
Davis 7 Reg., Mass. Line.
David Beckwith, 1777; April 10th, Miller 7 s Co., Vere's
Reg., Mass. Line.
Edward G. Beckwith, 1814; ensign, 1814, 3d lieut.,
1814, 2d lieut., 1814, dis., 1815, rein., 1815, re-
signed, 1816.
Edward J. Beckwith, 1812; midshipman.
Eno Beckwith, 1775; "ordnance returns, 77 1st Reg.,
Conn. Line.
The Bechwiths. 248
Everton Beckwith, 1775; ensign, Fellows 7 Reg., Mass.
Line.
Ezra Beckwith, 1777; for one year, Allen's Co.,
Webb's Reg., Conn. Line.
Ezra Beckwith, 1778 ; for two years, Allen's Co., Wy-
las' Reg., Conn. Line.
George Beckwith, 1776; captain in CoL Bailey's Reg.,
Md. State Troops ; killed in battle.
George Beckwith, 1776; sergeant, Beckwith's Co.,
Bailey's Reg., Md. State Troops.
George R. Beckwith, 1812; Army.
Guy Beckwith, 1780; for five months (paid J635 2s.),
4th Reg., Conn. Line.
Hams Beckwith, 1777, September 1st; for the war,
Stodard's Co., Chandler's Reg.; killed February
19th, 1778.
Harris Beckwith, 1814 ; for six weeks, Warren's Co.,
N. H. Militia.
Humphreys Beckwith, 1778 ; for three years, Co. 7,
Quinby's Reg., Md. Line.
Ichabod Beckwith, 1778; Canada Expedition, Mass-
State Troops.
Ichabod Beckwith, 1777 ; for three years, July 5th,
Ely's Co., Battle's Reg., Conn. Line.
Ichabod Beckwith, 1780; corporal, sergeant August
1st, 1780, Battle's Reg., Conn. line.
Isaac Beckwith, 1777 ; for three years, Darrow's Co.,
1st Reg., Conn. Line.
Isaac Beckwith ; Continental Army.
James Beckwith, 1814; Underwood's Co., N. Y. Line.
244 The Beokwitha.
James R. Beckwith, 1813; ensign, 1814, 3d lieut.,
1815, 2d lieut, 1818, 1st lieut, 1821 ; disbanded.
Jere Beckwith, 1780, July 1st; for one year, Cheney's
Co., 2d N. H. Reg., N. H. Line.
Jeysie Beckwith, 1775; for one year, BushuelTs Co.,
Conn. Line.
Jeysie Beckwith, 1776; for three years, Conn. line.
Job Beckwith, 1776 ; for one year, Conn. Line.
Job Beckwith, 1778 ; for three months, Conn. Line.
John Beckwith, 1775 ; for one year, artician in Q. M.
Dept., 1776 ; Lieut. Q. M. Dept., Conn. Line.
John Beckwith, 1776 ; Lyme, Conn., Militia.
John Beckwith, 1778, May 6th; for two years, ser-
geant in Post's Co., Hazen's Regulars.
John Beckwith, 1812 ; surgeon, Conn. Militia.
John Beckwith, 1812 ; Ohio Volunteers.
John Beckwith, 1813; Adams' Co., N. Y. State Line.
John Beckwith, 1777; Shuway's Co., 1st Reg., Conn.
Line.
Jonathan Beckwith, 1775; "hospital returns," age
eighteen, fever, Parsons' Co., Parsons' Reg., Conn.
Line.
Joseph Beckwith, 1775-6; 4th Batt, Lewis' Reg., N.
H. Line.
Joseph Beckwith, 1777; for three years, Lee's Co.,
Conn. Line.
Joseph Beckwith, 1780; for two years, teamster,
Conn. Line.
Joseph F. Beckwith, 1814; for thirty days, N. Y.
Militia.
The Beckwiths. 245
Joshua Beckwith, 178G ; for two years, teamster, Conn,
Line.
Josiah Beckwith, 1814: for sixty days; wounded at
battle of Plattsburg, Vt. Line.
Lemuel Beckwith, 1872 ; for two years, Conn. Line.
Marmaduke Beckwith, 1777, January 9th ; Craig's
Regt., 3d Penn. Regt., Penn. Line.
Nathan Beckwith, 1775 ; for one year ; Sells' Co., Par-
sons' Reg., Conn. Line.
Nehemiah Beckwith, 1781 ; for four months, Stafford's
Co., Md. State Troops.
Nehemiah Beckwith, 1782 ; for one year, Stafford's
Co., Md. State Troops.
Oberson Beckwith, 1775, November 26th; "hospital
returns," age thirty-five, pleurisy, Chapman's Co.
Phineas Beckwith, 1777; for the War, sergeant in
Lee's Co., 4th Batt., Lewis' Reg., Conn. Line.
Phineas Beckwith, 1778; ensign, Sherman's Reg.,
Conn. Line.
Phineas Beckwith, 1781 ; ensign, 1st Reg., Conn. Line.
Perry Beckwith, 1814 ; Greeson's Co., N. Y. Militia.
Richard Beckwith, 1812 ; Godfrey's Co., Conn. Line.
Richard Marmaduke Beckwith, 1812; Weel's Co.,
Virginia Line.
Richard P. Beckwith, 1781 ; for six months, Spauld-
ing's Co., Durkee's Reg., Conn. line.
Riswall Beckwith, 1775 ; for one year, Sells' Co., Par-
sons' Reg., Conn. Line.
Rufus Beckwith, 1776; for six months, N. H. Militia.
246 The Beckwith*.
m
Rice Beckwith, 1778; for three years, Ode's Co.,
Allen's Reg., Conn. Line.
Robert Beckwith, 1812; prisoner of war.
Seth Beckwith, 1778 ; Rhees' Co., Conn- Line.
Seth Beckwith, 1779 ; for four months, Rhees' Co.,
Conn. Line.
Seth Beckwith, 1812 ; N. Y. Line.
Samuel Beckwith, 1775 ; for one year, Sells' Co., Par-
sons' Reg., Conn. Line.
Samuel Beckwith, 1776; for one year, Sells' Co., Par-
sons' Reg., Conn. Line.
Samuel Beckwith, 1777 ; sea service.
Samuel Beckwith, 1776; Maryland Militia.
Samuel Beckwith, 1776; 7th Co., Manderlon's Reg.,
5th Md. State Troops.
Silas Beckwith, 1773; for nine months, Strong's Co.,
5th N. Y. State Troops.
Silas Beckwith ; for three years, Conn. Line.
Silas Beckwith, 1775 ; captain, N. Y. State Troops.
Sykes Beckwith, 1775 ; Md. State Troops.
Thomas Beckwith, 1776 ; for two years, Lay's Co.,
Parsons' Reg., Conn. Line.
Thomas Beckwith, 1778, June 16th ; privateer service.
Timothy Beckwith, 1776; for one year, Richards' Co.,
Maydrake's Reg., Conn. line.
Timothy Beckwith, 1779, June 16th; for the war,
Richards' Co., Maydrake's Reg, Conn. Line.
Watrus Beckwith, 1776; Conn. Line.
William Beckwith; lieutenant, Grayson's Reg., Md.
Line.
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William Beckwith, 1775; "hospital returns," age six-
teen ; fever cured, Wills' Co., Willis' Reg.
William Beckwith, 1794; captain, 16th Reg., Md.
State Troops.
William Beckwith, 1794 ; major, 16th Reg., Md. State
Troops.
William Beckwith, 1776 ; Slay's Co., Bailey's Reg.,
Md. Militia.
William Beckwith, 1779 ; bounty $150 ; 5th Va. Reg.
of Infantry, 5th Brigade.
William Beckwith, 1812 ; 3d Reg., Mass. Line.
William Beckwith, 1812 ; Gale's Co., Conn. Line.
William Beckwith, 1814; for thirty days, N. Y. State
Troops.
William Beckwith, 1792 ; midshipman, ship u Confed-
eracy."
William Beckwith, 1778 ; 2d lieut. ; promoted June
1st, in place of Thomas Washington, now 1st lieut.,
from return of officers in CoL W. Grayson's Regiment
of the Line and appointment.
Zachariah Beckwith, 1778; for eight months, Judd's
Co., Webb's Reg., Conn. line.
U. S. Pension Office Records.
Abner Beckwith, born at Lyme, Conn., in 1757; en-
listed in 1776, for two years, in the Conn. State Line,
and was stationed at Fort Trumbull, New London
Co., Conn.; served in Capt. Ely's Co., Everton's
Reg., Conn. Line. The company volunteered and
248 The Beckwiths.
entered the Continental Army. He served nine
months with his company, until falling sick with
camp fever was sent to the hospital, where he re-
mained until the expiration of his enlistment. He
re-enlisted in 1777 in Capt. Hall's Co., Latimer's Reg.,
and was stationed at Fort Gooston for one month,
and was discharged; he afterward served seven
months on the spy boat, and was still living in 1 832,
then aged seventy-five years.
Amos Beckwith, born Lyme, Conn., in 1755. Li 1820
was a resident of Sutton, Caledonia Co., Vt ; en-
listed in 1775 for eight months in Sells' Co., Parsons'
Reg., Conn. Line; served at Roxbury until dis-
charged ; re-enlisted in Parsons' Reg., Waters' Co.,
in 1776, for one year, and was stationed at Boston
until the British left that vicinity ; marched with his
company to Kingsbridge, then to White Plains and
the Jerseys, and was there discharged. He was a
laborer, and the schedule of his property amounted
to $526.98, and says his indebtedness is $315. He
died December 6th, 1823, leaving a family consist-
ing of wife Susannah, and daughter Sylvania, aged
24 years. He was married at Lyme, Conn., April
7th, 1780, to Susannah Truman; she died at Sutton,
Vt, September 21st, 1839.
Ansel Beckwith enlisted in the Continental Army
when under twenty-one years of age. When dis-
charged, August 14th, 1814, was in the 23d Reg. of
Inf. on duty in Upper Canada. In 1818 he re-en-
listed for two years, but was discharged on account
The Beckwith*. 249
of disability, before the expiration of his term of
enlistment.
Benjamin Beckwith, born in Frederick Co., Md., in
1756 ; enlisted in Capt. Young's Co., Col. Johnson's
Reg., in 1776, Continental Army, and continued in
active service until 1778 ; participated in the battle
of Brunswick Plains, March 1st, 1777, and had his
horse shot from under him ; was at the skirmish of
Quibbleton, and altogether served eighteen months.
In 1800 he moved to Morgan Co., Ohio, where he
was living in 1832. At that time his family con-
sisted of David, the eldest of five sons, Joseph, a
cripple, and two daughters — Livonia, aged twenty-
two, Matilda, aged fourteen. He also says that his
brother William served in the Continental Army.
Benjamin Beckwith, born in 1791 ; enlisted in 1814 in
Stone's Co., Boatman's Beg., and was discharged at
Canandaigua, N. Y., November 1st, 1814; partici-
pated in the battles of Chippewa, Lundy's Lane and
Bridgewater, and was at Fort Erie, where they cut
their way out after being besieged forty days. He
married Sally Gresham (now dead) at Elmira, N. Y.,
February, 1815. In 1871 he was a resident of
Claremont, Richland Co., 111.
Clement Beckwith ; at Point Matilda, Penn., July 12th,
1879, appeared Mrs. Mary Beckwith, who says she
was born in 1815 ; that her maiden name was Mary
Coogan ; that she is the widow of Clement Beck-
with, who served in the Revolutionary Army ; en-
82
250 The Beckwith*.
listed from Milford, Del., in 1813, then aged nineteen;
serving in Adams 9 Co., Delaware Militia ; that he
was by occupation a painter, five feet seven inches
tall, light eyes and hair, and that they were married
in Millersburg, February 20th, 1*57, by the Rev.
Mr. Spottswood, a Methodist minister ; that Clement
was married three times ; 1st wife, Miss Wehly of
Easton, Md., who died in Baltimore ; 2d wife, Miss
S. M. Barry, who died at Point Matilda about twenty
years ago. Clement died December 26th, 1868.
He resided at Milford, Del., and moved to Belter
Point in 1823; lived there twenty years; and then
removed to Point Matilda in 1843, where he died.
Clement S. Beckwith; at New London, Conn., May 13th,
1878, appeared Hannah Beckwith, who says she was
born in 1796 ; that her maiden name was Hannah
Chappell, and that she is the widow of Clement S.
Beckwith, who served in the Revolutionary Army ;
enlisted from Norwich, Conn., August 9th, 1814, in
1st Reg. Conn. Militia, in Capt. Maple's Co., Col.
Tracey's Reg. ; that at the time Clement was of slim
figure, five feet ten inches tall, and that he died at
New London, Conn., March 30th, 1863 ; a farmer by
occupation; they were married at Montville, Conn.,
February 23d, 1817, by Rev. Robert Fargo, a min-
ister of the gospel.
At New London, Conn., 1878, appeared Minnock
Beckwith, aged forty-five years, and John Beckwith,
aged thirty-nine years, sons of Clement and Hannah
Beckwith, and they say they have living three
The Bechwiths. 251
brothers and two sisters, and that their mother,
Hannah, died December 4th, 1881.
(This application was signed before Enoch Beck-
with, probate judge.)
Daniel Beckwith, train conductor of teams in the Con-
tinental Army from October 25th, 1778, to February
25th, 1779.
Daniel Beckwith ; at Clinton Co., N. Y., May 10th,
1878, appeared Sylvia Beckwith, who says she was
born in 1809, and is the widow of Daniel Beckwith,
who served in the Revolutionary Army ; who was
born at Manchester, N. H. (or Vermont) ; enlisted at
Plattsburg, N. Y., in 1813, and was discharged
there in 1814; in Baker's Co.; was active in tearing
up a bridge across the Saranac river, to prevent the
British from crossing ; that he was at the battle of
Plattsburg, September 11th, 1814. That they were
married at Schuyler Falls, N. Y., December 9th,
1838, by Rev. Cloak, a Presbyterian minister. At
the time he was twenty-two years old his descrip-
tion was as follows : Black hair, blue eyes, and light
complexion, a farmer by occupation, and that he
died September 7th, 1851, of heart disease, at Al-
baugh, Vt.
At Schuyler Falls, N. Y., May 11th, 1878, ap-
peared Henry S. Beckwith, who says he is thirty-
eight years old and is the son of Daniel.
David Beckwith ; at Genoa, Cayuga Co., N. Y., 1820,
appeared David Beckwith, aged sixty eight years, a
resident of Cayuga Co., by occupation a farmer, and
252
The Bechwiths.
says lie enlisted in the year 1776, for three years'
service in Col. Baron de Voos' Reg., Capt. Miller's
Co., Mass. Line, and that he served his entire time
in active service ; was mustered out at Fort Plains
on the Mohawk river, in 1779. He was wounded
in the arm and thigh. His family, in 1820, consisted
of his wife, aged sixty-three, a daughter Huldah, a
consumptive, aged eighteen, a son Richard, aged
seventeen, and a grandson Phibbs, aged eight years.
The schedule of his property is as follows :
1 cow, valued at $10 00
1 sow and six piggs '
8 00
1 plow '
1 00
1 ox chain '
1 00
1 axe '
50
1 chest '
50
5 chairs '
2 50
1 kettle
1 25
1 tea kettle '
1 00
1 spade '
62
1 pail '
50
1 churn '
25
2 pork barrels '
1 00
5 knives and forks '
1 00
1 fire shovel
1 00
6 tea cups and saucers, l
25
George R. Beckwith, of Patriot, Switzerland Co., Ind.,
April 11th, 1878, appeared Jane Beckwith, eighty-
one years of age, widow of George R.
Beckwith,
who served in the War of 1812.
They were married
The Bechwiths. 253
January 11th, 1819, at Patriot, Ind., by one Thomp-
son, a preacher of the gospel. She further says her
maiden name was Wade, and that George died at
Patriot, Ind., August 24th, 1850.
George Beck with ; at Frederick Co., Md., March 25 th,
1833, appeared George Beckwith, born May 16th,
1760, and who says he resided a short time in Prince
George Co., Md. ; with that exception always lived
in Frederick Co.; enlisted in the Revolutionary
Army, July, 1776, as a volunteer in Captain George
Beckwith's Co., and marched to Georgetown to guard
that place against Governor Dunsmore ; remaining
two weeks, returned, with his company, to Frederick,
and with the consent of Captain George Beckwith,
was taken home by his father, as he had enlisted
contrary to his father's wishes, and was under eigh-
teen years of age. In July, 1778, he again volun-
teered for six months, in the same company, which
was stationed at Frederick, and received a discharge
from Captain Beckwith, and was appointed a ser-
geant in the same company, in Col. Bailey's Reg.
He married Annie Clarkson, who was born in 1792.
At Rockville, Montgomery Co., Md., 1850, ap-
peared Martha Beckwith, daughter of George Beck-
with, and says he died December 13th, 1849.
Gordon Beckwith ; at New London, ConiL, April 2d,
1826, appeared Wealthy Beckwith, and says she is
the widow of the late Gurdon Beckwith, who en-
listed into the Army in 1807-8, for three years,
and served out his full time ; that he was with Gen.
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354 The Bechwiths.
Harrison in his Indian war, and afterward with
Gen Hull, and was taken prisoner on the surrender
of Detroit ; that he was taken to Quebec by the
British, and was exchanged. On his way home he re-
enlisted for one year, and before that term of en-
listment had expired, he re-enlisted for the war in
Captain Sweet's Co.; taken sick in 1814; obtained a
furlough ; at the expiration of his furlough he was
too sick to report, and was reported as a deserter.
In the fall of 1814, he rejoined his company, and
reported to Lieut. Brown, and was with him at the
battle of Sackett's Harbor, where he remained until
the declaration of peace. He was ordered to New
London to be mustered out ; on his way there he
died. He served in the 37th Conn. Reg., and at his
death there was due him $39.73, being his pay from
the 21st of November to the 26th of April, 1815.
(The above application was not allowed by the
pension office, and was then brought before the 24th
Congress, who, upon investigation, ordered the
amount paid to his widow, and removed the assertion
that Gordon Beck with was a deserter.)
Harris Beckwith ; at Rochester, Windom Co., Vt.,
February 26th, 1873, appeared Harris Beckwith,
aged seventy-five, who says that he is not married,
and that he was enrolled in the New Hampshire
Militia, in Captain Warren's Co., at Portsmouth,
N. H., September 1st, 1814, and was discharged De-
cember 1st, 1814.
James Beckwith, Cazenovia, Madison Co., N. Y., March
The Bechwiths. 255
25th, 1871, who married Mary A. Hyde at Pompey,
N. Y., August 25th, 1825, by the Rev. Truman Bald-
win, a Presbyterian minister. He was enrolled De-
cember 8th, 1814, in Underwood's Co., Farmhouse's
Reg., Gen. Hord's Brigade, and served until Novem-
ber, 1814, when he was discharged. He re-enlisted
at Sackett's Harbor for two months and four days,
and was discharged November, 1814.
At Madison Co., N. Y., January 31st, 1885, ap-
peared Mary A. Beckwith, widow of James Beck
with, and says her husband died January. 12th, 1885.
John Beckwith ; at Willet, Cortland Co., N. Y., May
29th, 1871, appeared John Beckwith, seventy-seven
years of age, and says he married Anna Perkins July
30th. 1859, at Smithfield, and was drafted into the
army at Butternuts, N. Y., September 13th, 1813,
into Ezra Adams' Co., Col. Stonehouse's Reg., and
was discharged at Brownsville, December 1st, 1813;
was in no battles during his entire term of service ;
he was stationed at Brownsville.
At Willet, Cortland Co., N. Y., May 28th, 1878,
appeared Armenia Perkins, widow of the late John
Beckwith, and says that they were married at Smith-
field, N. Y., by the Rev. Cyrus Stone, and that her
late husband, John Beckwith, died December 19th,
1876.
John Beckwith ; at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., appeared John
Beckwith, who says he was born at Lyme, Conn., in
1763, and is now a resident of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
and that he enlisted December, 1775, in Captain
256 . The Beckwiihs.
Jewet's Co., Col. Huntington's Reg.; served two
years and one month as a private, nine months in
the laboratory as an artificer, and one ) ear as quar-
termaster in Col. Lamb's Reg., and three months as
lieutenant on recruiting service under Captain
Thayer. He says he was at the battle of Flatbush,
in Col. Clark's command, when he was taken pris-
oner. The command lost two hundred and twenty-
three officers and men ; they retreated to Mearbanks,
and at night continued their retreat to New York.
He was discharged January, 1777, after thirteen
months of actual service. He then re-enlisted as an
artificer in the laboratory, and was discharged in 1778.
John Beckwith; at Perry Co., Ohio, 1878, appeared
Isabella Beckwith, aged seventy-six, widow of John
Beckwith, and says that her husband served as a
staff officer in the Ohio Militia, in Col. Storm's Reg.,
in the War of 1812 ; that he volunteered from Fair-
field Co., Ohio, and served for more than fourteen
days, and was discharged. They were married July
8th, 1819, at the city of Lancaster, Fairfield Co.,
Ohio, by Rev. Michael T. Stock, a minister of the
gospel, and that her maiden name was Isabella Castle ;
they lived all their lives in Perry Co., Ohio, except
at such times that they visited their married children,
who at that time were living in other parts of the
State. She says that her husband, John Beckwith,
died at Columbus, Ohio, December 3d, 1873, and
was buried at Somerset, Perry Co., Ohio.
Job Beckwith ; at Newfield, Tompkins Co., N. Y., ap-
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peared Job Beckwith, and says he was born in 1759,
and entered the Continental Anny when a resident
of East Haddara, Conn., June, 1776, for one year, in
Capt. Buckley's Co., Col. Wolcot's Reg., and was sta-
tioned at New London, and after serving seven
months was discharged; was drafted June, 1778,
into the Militia at East Haddam ; we go to Rhode
Island on the expedition under Gen. Sullivan; on
three months' service in Capt. Passfield's Co. The
command was to co-operate with the French fleet ;
to either drive off or capture the British force sta-
tioned there ; however, before the force was ready
to march, a heavy storm came up and dispersed both
fleets. General Sullivan retreated and intrenched
his command ; the English assaulted the intrench-
ments, but were repulsed ; after which the Americans
withdrew from the island, and he was soon after dis-
charged ; Joshua Gates was an ensign in this com-
pany.
Joseph Beckwith, born in 1762, at Butternuts, N. Y.,
enlisted from Lyme, Conn., March, 1780, for two
years, as a teamster, in Capt. Ransom's Co. After
the expiration of his term of service, he re-enlisted
for two years. His father, Joshua Beckwith, fur-
nished a six-ox team, which he (Joseph) drove un-
til two died, and the remainder were captured by
the enemy. He saw Gen. Cornwallis surrender, and
the British soldiers march out between two files of
the American Army.
Joseph Beckwith, born at Lyme, Conn., in 1757, en-
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258 The Beckwith*.
listed in the Continenal Army from Lyme, March
1st, 1777, for three years, as a private in Capt. Lee's
Co., Col. Durkee's, Reg., Conn. Line, and was dis-
charged April 1st, 1780, at Springfield, N. J. The
schedule of his property is as follows : 1 small house
and 12 acres of rough, poor land, valued at $116 ;
1 cow, $12; 6 sheep, $4.50; and a few articles of
furniture, $10 ; from his pension he had saved $40 ;
and that he owes $52 ; by occupation a coasting trade
seaman ; in 1824 his family consisted of his wife
Esther, who was born May 2 2d, 1765, a daughter of
Jeremiah and Lowen Wait ; they were married No-
vember, 1761; his daughter Hepsibah, age twenty-
five ; Harriet, age seventeen.
Joseph; died August 25th, 1839; age eighty.
At Lyme, Conn., May 20th, 1838, appeared Abi-
gail DeWolf of Lyme, age seventy-nine years, and
says she is the sister of the late Joseph Beckwith,
and mentions her sister, Lois Beckwith.
At Lyme, Conn., November 23d, 1842, appeared
Harriet Haynes, wife of James Haynes, daughter
of Joseph Beckwith; her sister, Mahala, married
Frederick Champion.
August 6th, 1838, appeared Esther Beckwith,
now aged sixty-nine years, widow of Joseph.
September 20th, 1838, appeared Mahala Tinker,
age thirty-three years, daughter of Joseph Beckwith,
and says her husband is dead.
Joseph Frederick Beckwith, born in Conn., in 1795;
now a resident of Gillman, 111. ; was enrolled in the
The Beckwith*. 259
N. Y. State Militia, October 10th, 1814, in Captain
Comstock's Co., Col. Stoddard's Reg. (68th N. Y.),
enlisting for twenty days' service, was ordered to
Sackett's Harbor; lie resided in Williamsburg, Orange
Co., N. Y., until 1868, when he removed to Iroquois
Co., 111.; and lived in the towns of Arbria and
Douglas ; at the time of his enlistment he was eigh-
teen years old; by occupation a farmer; he died
January 27th, 1884, aged eighty-nine years.
Josiah Beckwith, Orange Co., Vt., April 4th, 1871;
appeared Josiah Beckwith, age seventy-five years, a
resident of Asmuth, Orange Co., Vt. ; enlisted No-
vember 1st, 1814, at Wilmington, Vt., in Capt Rob-
inson's Co., Col. Davidson's Reg.; was at the battles
of Plattsburg and Burlington, Vt. ; thinks he served
sixty days ; was wounded at the battle of Plattsburg,
by being struck by a clubbed musket in the hands
of a British soldier, and received a severe bayonet
thrust in the right side while on a reconnoitering ex-
pedition; his right shoulder became deformed from
the effects of the blow of the clubbed musket ; he
married Martha Plaisteel at Barnville, Vt., August
9th, 1817.
Jeysee Beckwith, born at Lyme, Conn., in 1753; was
drafted into Col. Latimer's Reg., in 1775, for one
month ; was again drafted in the same year for two
weeks; in 1776 was drafted for four months in
Capt. Bushnell's Co., which joined the Continental
Army at White Plains ; he was one of one hundred
men detailed to prevent the British from landing ;
260 The Bechmths.
they retreated to White Plains, and after the
battle retreated to North Castle, and were discharged;
in 1777 was again drafted for three months' service
in Capt. Catlin's Co., and was stationed at New Lon-
don ; after two weeks' service, a comrade accidentally
dropped his musket on Jeysee's big toe of the right
foot and crushed it, rendering him incapable for ser-
vice, and he was allowed to go home ; as soon as he
recovered the use of his foot he returned and served
out his time.
Lemuel Beckwith, born at Norwich, Conn., October
9th, 1765; enlisted April 1st, 1782, under Capt.
Stoddard, at New London, Conn., for two months ;
was discharged at Fort Trumbull, New London ; he
again enlisted June 1st, 1782, for one year's service
in Capt. Charles Miles' Co ; he has resided at Brat-
tleboro, Vt., Enfield, Mass., two years at Une Pas-
ture, Dutchess Co., N. Y., twelve years at Rensselaer-
ville, Albany Co., N. Y., and then moved to Hatton.
Ichabod Beckwith ; he enlisted in the Continental
Army January 26th, 1776, as a private soldier in
Capt. Stevens' Co., Knox's Reg., Mass. Line, and
served throughout the Canada Expedition, and is
now sixty years old ; he was a farmer in Ludlow,
Hampden Co., Mass., where he was born in 1758 ;
he was afterward a laborer without family or means
of support, except by public charity ; has no property
of any kind or description, except his necessary
clothing ; is old and infirm, and by reason of palsy
deprived of sight and speech ; physically and men-
The Beekwitha. 261
tally incapable of taking care of himself ; his pen-
sion certificate is now in our possession, and dated
May 30th, 1818, No. 11,149.
Timothy Nast,
Abel Burr,
A committee of the poor of the Commonwealth of
Mass.
Nehemiah Beck with, born in Dorchester Co., Md.,
1762 ; enlisted in the Continental Army, September
1781, for four months; served in the select militia
under Capt. Staplefoot until 1782 ; re-enlisted 1782
in Capt. Spadden's Co., serving until 1783, and re-
ceived pay for fourteen months' service.
Nathan Beckwith; at Waterford, Conn., 1820, ap-
peared Nathan Beckwith, and says he was born in
1747 ; a sailor by profession ; enlisted in the Conti-
nental Army, December, 1775, for one year, in Capt.
Sill's Co., Col. Parsons' Reg., and was discharged at
Peekskill, N. Y., January 1st, 1777.
His family now consists of his wife, Patience, sixty-
nine years old, and one grandchild, Samuel Beck-
with, aged nine. The schedule of his property is as
follows : One cow and calf, pledged to pay his rent,
valued at $30 ; other personal property, $65.31 ; and
he says he owns neither house nor lands.
Niles Beckwith; at Lempster, N. H., 1818, appeared
Nile 8 Beckwith, a farmer, and say 8 he was born in
1753, and enlisted in the Continental Army, May 1st,
1775, at Mistict, Province of Massachusetts, for three
months, as a private in Capt. Stiles' Co., Col. Starke's
962 The Beckwiths.
Regt., N. H. Line ; was then drafted into Rigmont's
Reg., and served eight months, and was discharged ;
Ye-enlisted in Capt. Scott's Co., Col. Sargeant's Reg.,
and marched to Castle William, below Boston, and
remained there until Independence was declared;
then marched with his regiment to New York, and
was taken in Col. Hatton's Reg. of Rangers, and
remained until taken prisoner by the British at Fort
Washington ; was placed in irons aboard a prison
ship for fifteen weeks ; was then paroled and returned
home. His family, in 1820, consisted of his wife,
aged fifty-eight ; his children, Lonine, aged twenty,
and Nelson, aged thirteen, non-compos mentis. In
about 1819 he moved to Unity, Cheshire Co., N. H. ;
the schedule of his property amounts to $89.37.
At Lempster, N. H., September 19th, 1838, ap-
peared Jemima Beck with, seventy-seven years of age,
widow of Niles Beckwith, who died February 20th,
1821, and says they were married December 6th, 1778.
At Lempster, N. H., September 28th, 1838, ap-
peared Warren Beckwith, who says Niles Beckwith
moved to Unity, Sullivan Co., N. H., shortly before
he died.
Certificate of marriage was dated Lempster, N. EL,
December 6th, 1778, between Niles Beckwith and
Jemima Wedge.
Perry G. Beckwith; at Bronson, Huron Co., Ohio, March
9d, 1871, appeared Perry G. Beckwith, and says that
he was born in 1796, and enlisted from Greerson
Co., N. Y., May 1st, 1814, in Capt. Freeman's Co.,
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Col. Porter's Reg., and was discharged at Buffalo,
N. Y., November 8th, 1814. He married Delia
Springster, September 15th, 1824, and died at.Olney,
HL, September 15th, 1824.
Phineas Beckwith, born at Lyme, Conn., in 1735 ; en-
listed in the Continental Army January 15th, 1777,
in Capt. Lee's Co., Col. Durkee's Reg., for the war ;
was promoted to the rank of sergeant. He joined
his regiment April 30th, 1777, and served until Oc-
tober 20th, 1780, when he was promoted to ensign ;
his commission (now on file in pension office, 1889)
reads, u to take effect from January 13th, 1781," in
Capt. Spalding's Co., and was discharged November,
1782. By trade he was a saddler. In 1818 he be-
came blind ; his family at this time consisted of wife,
Huldah, aged sixty-nine years, and one daughter,
Lois, aged fifty-nine, still living with him ; his other
children have long since left him, and gone out into
the world. He was still living in 1818, then aged
eighty-three.
His commission in the Continental Army reads
as follows: "Phineas Beckwith commissioned en-
sign 1st Connecticut Regiment from the 13th day of
January, 1781, the sixth year of our Independence,
and signed Thos. McLean, President of the Congress
of the U. S. of America."
Rice Beckwith, born Lyme, Conn., November 20th,
1757, and served in the Continental Army from 1776
to 1780 in Col. Wynkoop's Regt., N. Y. line, as fol-
lows : In 1776 he resided at Manchester, and enlisted
264 The Beckwith*.
from New Lebanon Springs in Capt. Vishyh's Co.,
and served until 1777 ; was discharged at Kinder-
hook, N. Y. ; he again enlisted and marched from
New Lebanon Springs to Kinderhook, Sunday Hill,
Fort Ann and back to Lebanon, and then to Kinder-
hook, and was there discharged in 1778 ; he then
volunteered in Capt. Oder's Co., Col. Allen's Reg.,
and served until December, 1778, and was then
drafted into Capt. Smith's Co., Col. Allen's Reg., Vt.
Line, serving six months; re-enlisted March, 1780,
in Capt. Barney's Co. for one month. At the expira-
tion of his last term of enlistment he returned to
Manchester, where he resided until 1800, and then
moved to Plattsburg. He says his brother, Grant
Beckwith, also served throughout the war in the
Continental Army.
The above papers were filed by George M. Beck-
with, acting chief clerk of Common Pleas of Platts-
burg, and Daniel Beckwith appeared as a witness.
Richard Marmaduke Barnes Beckwith ; at Charleston,
Jefferson Co., W. Va., June 10th, 1871, appeared
Sarah E. Beckwith, and says she was born in 1796,
and that she is the widow of the above, who enlisted
in 1814 in Capt. C. Wills' Co., and served until Au-
gust 14th, 1816; that her maiden name was Sarah
E. Hite, and that they were married September 1 3th,
1813, by the Rev. T. Mathews, at Charleston, W. Va. ;
her husband died at St. Louis, Mo., about 1818, leav-
ing a son, George W. H. Beckwith, now living at
Charleston, Jefferson Co., W. Va.
The Beckwiths. 265
Richard Beck with ; at Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y.,
May 16th, 1878, appeared Jane Beckwith, who says
she was born in 1814, and is the widow of Richard
Beckwith, who volunteered at Batavia, N. Y., Au-
gust 31st, 1814, in Capt. Godfrey's Co., CoL Church-
hill's Reg., for three months' service ; he was dis-
charged at Fort Erie, September 16th, 1814, on
account of sickness. He was, at that time, five feet
six inches tall, light hair and complexion and blue
eyes, and that they were married October 11th,
1841, by Adam Reid ; her maiden name was Jane
Porter, and that Richard died at Batavia, N. Y.,
June 21st, 1866.
Robert Beckwith; at Norwich, Conn., May 2d, 1871,
appeared Robert Beckwith, who says he was born
in 1794; that he was a seaman in the War of 1812,
on board the schooner " Mars," commanded by Capt.
Noah Buckley, and sailed under letter of marque.
The "Mars "was captured by the British frigate
" Shannon " with all on board, while off Cadiz ; he
was held a prisoner of war for eighteen months, part
of the time at Millsville Island, and sixty days as a
hostage on board the British ship "Lucaro," and
was paroled at Halifax, N. S.
Roswell Beckwith; born at Lyme, Conn., October
21st, 1753, where he resided until forty-one years of
age, then moved to Westerlo, Albany Co., N. Y., and
again to Cazenovia, N. Y. For many years was a
Baptist minister in good standing. He enlisted
December, 1775, in Capt. Sells' Co., CoL Parsons'
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366 The Bechotih*.
Reg., for one year, entering actual service January
1st, 1776, and was stationed on the heights over-
looking Boston, and could see the British soldiers
parading the decks of their vessels in the harbor as
if preparing to land, then they dropped down the
river evacuating Boston. He assisted in erecting the
fortifications, and marched back to Lyme by way of
Providence, R. L, where the regiment embarked and
sailed for New York, joining the Army under Gen.
Washington ; he retreated with the Army to Long
Island, where he was discharged. He then re-en-
listed in a company commanded by Gapt Knowl-
ton to serve " by day and night, by land and by
water, open or secret service," and was captured and
taken prisoner at Fort Washington, by the British
and marched to Harlem, and then with other prisoners
sent to New York, and placed in irons on board the
prison ship, the " Dalton " until February, when the
prisoners agreeing not to bear arms against England
until regularly exchanged, were allowed to go home;
he returned to Lyme on parole until exchanged, in
1780, but owing to feebleness from long confinement
in the prison ship, did not re-enter the service, until
he was drafted at the burning of New London. In
1832, he was still living, age seventy eight years.
The application of Roswell Beckwith was sworn
to before Barak Beckwith, judge of the Common
Pleas of Madison Co., Conn.
Rufus Beckwith ; at Chelsea, Orange Co., N. Y., 1861,
appeared Rufus Beckwith, who says he was born
The Beckwith*. 267
in 1764 ; and enlisted at Alstead, Cheshire Co.,
N. EL, in 1776, in the 1st Reg. of Volunteers, Capt.
Nathan Fay's Co., for nine months' garrison duty, at
Fort Otter Creek, Vt; he marched through the
wilderness to Fort Pittsfield and was mustered
into the Continental Army by Major Tolman ; at the
expiration of ten months was discharged.
Attached to this application was an old faded
leaf of a Bible, upon which was written the follow-
ing:
Rufus Beckwith; born May 12th, 1764; Thank-
ful Sadie, his wife, January 1st, 1790 (probably
date of marriage) ; Sammie, born December 18th,
1791 ; Josiah, born May 20th, 1793 ; Edward W.,
born September 15th, 1798 ; Rufus, Jr., born De-
cember 20th, 1 800.
Samuel Beckwith; at Hartford, Conn., July 18th,
1833, appeared Samuel Beckwith, who says he was
born at Lyme, Conn., in 1755. That he and his
brother, Roswel Beckwith, were both taken prison-
ers at Fort Washington by the British, and that he
did not return home until January, 1777.
Samuel Beckwith ; at Lyme, Conn., June 7th, 1843,
appeared John Lay, who says he was born in 1764,
and that he knew personally Samuel Beckwith, who
enlisted May, 1775, for seven months' service in
Capt. Sells' Co., Col. Parsons' Reg., and that he
marched to Roxbury and was stationed there until
discharged, about January 1st, 1776; he re-enlisted
in the same company for one year, and was stationed
268 The Beckwith*.
at New York, and was discharged there, January
1st, 1777; he then enlisted in the sea service, and
was at the capture of the East India ship u The
Lovely Lass," and made a heavy purse from his
share of the prize money. He was taken prisoner
several times, once in Rhode Island, and once in
New York where he was placed on board of a prison
ship for a long time. He married Polly Green-
field before he returned home, and that he after-
ward joined Capt. Moody in a government ship,
and was drowned at Lyme, May, 1800.
At Lyme, Conn., June 7th, 1844, appeared Polly Beck-
with Tinker, who says she was born in 1760 ; that
her maiden name was Polly Greenfield, and that she
married Samuel Beckwith, June, 1781; that he died at
Lyme, May, 1800, and in December, 1818, she mar-
ried Joseph Tinker, who died November 28th, 1836.
Seth Beckwith, born at Waterford, Conn., October,
1758; enlisted, 1778, in the Militia, Capt. Bebee's Co.,
and was drafted into the Continental Army for six
months, in Capt. Thompson's Co., and was stationed
at Fort Trumbull, assisting in the building of
that fort ; was discharged April, 1799- He was again
drafted July, 1779, in Capt. Wait's Co., for four
months ; was stationed at Long Island Sound, east
of Niantic bay, where he was discharged July, 1780 ;
was again drafted to go in pursuit of British soldiers,
who had made their escape from the prison ships,
then lying in New London, and who were secreted
around in the country ; the militiamen succeeded
The Eeckwiths. 269
in recapturing moat of them, returning them to
prison ; he was then placed on guard duty at the
prison. He was subsequently drafted several times,
serving short terms of service aggregating ten months.
At Waterford, Conn., September 18th, 1837, ap-
peared Esther Beckwith, who says she was born in
1762, and is the widow of Seth Beckwith; that her
maiden name was Esther Leach, and was married No-
vember 14th, 1781; that her husband died at Mont-
ville, Conn., March 15th, 1839.
At Waterford, Conn., September 23d, 1839, ap-
peared Grace Beckwith, the widow of Elisha Beck-
with, and says she was born in 1764; that her maiden
name was Grace Leach, and is the sister of Seth
Beckwith's wife ; that Seth's children were : Hester,
born October 16th, 1782 ; Joseph, born January
k J5th, 1785, and Rupel, born December 27th, 1788.
Seth Beckwith ; at Easton, Ionia Co., Mich., December
14th, 1871, appeared Elizabeth Beckwith, who says
she was born in 1787, and is the widow of Seth
Beckwith, who served sixty days in the War of
1812, in Capt. Tallmadge's Co. ; at that time he re-
sided at Martinsburg, Lewis Co., N. Y., and was sta-
tioned at Sackett's Harbor during the years 1812-
1813. He again enlisted for three months as a sub-
stitute for one Elijah Soule, who was drafted. Her
maiden name was Elizabeth Butler, and they were
married November 6th, 1806; he died at Easton,
Mich., June 5th, 1856.
Silas Beckwith, born at Lyme, Conn., in 1746, enlisted
270 The Bechmthx.
in the army with his team to haul provisions from
East Harbor Landing to Boston, and had command
of several other teams; acting as train- master for
three months. He then, with his family, moved to
near Albany, N. Y., and was selected by the Com-
mittee of Safety of Albany to take charge of thirty-
five men to go north and join Gen. Schuyler's com-
mand, then stationed a little below Albany on the
Hudson river. He, with Sergeant Butler and twenty-
five men, went up the river, and were drawn into an
ambush by the Indians ; after a skirmish with them
they retreated to Albany without the loss of a sin-
gle man, carrying with them the only man wounded.
He was then commissioned by Gen. Gates a captain
in Col. Van Ness' Reg., Conn. Line ; was at the bat-
tle of Stillwater, September 19th, 1777, and was dis-
charged at the expiration of his nine months 7 enlist
ment. In 1778, he was again selected by the Com-
mittee of Safety of Nobletown, Albany Co., N. Y.,
to take charge of thirty men to join General Wash-
ington at Valley Forge ; he reported to General Pier-
son upon his arrival, who advised him to be " nocu-
lated " for the small-pox, then very bad in the army,
after which he lay sick in the hospital for a long
time ; getting better, he was placed in a wagon and
followed the army ; having a relapse, was discharged
as unfit for active service. He knows of no one who
could testify to the above, except his father, Benjamin
• Beck with. After the war he moved to Indiana, and
then to Crawford Co., ILL, where he resided in 1833.
The Bechwiths. 271
At Crawford Co., HI., December 14th, 1837, ap-
peared Benjamin Beckwith, and says that his father,
Silas Beckwith, has lived with him for the last
fifteen years, and is now old and infirm, and that his
mother died in 1834.
Thomas Beckwith, born at Lyme, Conn., April 3d,
1759 ; enlisted in the Conn. Militia, September 9th,
1776, in Capt Say's Co., CoL Parsons' Reg., the 3d
Conn. Line, called the u Governor's Guards;" re-
mained on duty at Lyme until discharged, January
10th, 1777 ; re-enlisted January 15th, 1777, to go to
New London, in Capt. Lay's Co., Col. Thorp's Reg.,
Conn. Line ; remained there four months, and was
discharged; volunteered, April, 1777, for two months,
State service, in Capt. Bebee's Co., Col. Thorp's
Regt., and was stationed at New London until dis-
charged ; re-enlisted, July 1st, 1777, in Capt. Palmer's
Co., CoL Ely '8 Regt., for six months ; marched with
his company to Norwalk, and there embarked on
board a schooner for secret service to surprise the
British Fort at Brookhaven, L. I. ; the Americans
were themselves surprised by British vessels of war,
who captured one boat and drove the others to land ;
after a weary march through the wilderness arrived
at New London, and was discharged, January, 1778 ;
was drafted into Capt. Davis' Co., Col. Latimer's
Reg., 8d Conn. Line ; was stationed at Fort Gris-
wold for four months, and was discharged, May,
1778; again enlisted; this time on the State brig.
Defiance, mounting sixteen guns, and manned by one
372 The Beckwith*.
hundred and twenty men ; Seth Harding, captain,
and Nehemiah Whitney, surgeon ; cruised to the Ber-
mudas for one month, and in that time captured two
ships, with which the Defiance returned to New
London, and after refitting returned to the same
cruising grounds for three months; were chased home
by a British man-of-war ; was then discharged De-
cember, 1778; drafted in 1779, and served three
months in Capt. Hempstead's Co., 3d Reg., Conn*
State Troops ; he then, at the expiration of his en-
listment, entered the naval service on a privateer ves-
sel for one year. In 1832 he was still living at
Batavia, N. Y., aged seventy-three years.
Timothy Beckwith; at Waterford, Conn., 1820, ap-
peared Timothy Beckwith, who says he was born at
Waterford, Conn., and enlisted from that place into
the Continental Army, for the war, May, 1777, in
Capt. Richards' Co., and served until the end of the
war, and was discharged at West Point. By occu-
pation a laborer ; his wife Lydia is fifty-three years
old ; their children are as follows : Livonia, age four-
teen ; Timothy, age ten ; Cynthia, age eight, and
says his property amounts to $6.06 in value, and
that he owns neither " house nor lands." He mar-
ried Lydia Newberry, late of Waterford, May 1 9th,
1789, who was born in 1760, and lived to be ninety-
seven years old ; Timothy died May 27th, 1825, and
Lydia, his wife, May 3d, 1857.
At New London, Conn., July 27th, 1838, ap-
peared Hannah Burrs of Waterford, seventy-seven
The Beckwiths. 273
years old, who says she is a sister of Timothy Beck-
with.
At New London, Conn., July, 1839, appeared
Newberry Beckwith of New London, and Desire
Beebee of Waterford, children of Timothy Beckwith
and Lydia, his wife.
William Beckwith; at Waterford, Oonn., June 9th,
1871, appeared William Beckwith, who says he was
born at Waterford, Conn., 1774, and married Amy
at Waterford, in 1793 ; and that he served in the
War of 1812, for thirty days, in CoL More's Reg.,
3d Conn. Line.
William Beckwith ; at Morgan Township, Morgan Co.,
Ohio, 1832, appeared William Beckwith, who says
he was born in Frederick Co., Md., in 1758, and
that he enlisted at Frederick, Md., in the Continen-
tal Army, August, 1776, in Capt. Slay's Co., Col.
Battle's Beg., for six months ; after serving his term,
he re-enlisted at White Marsh Crossing for one year,
in Capt. Camp's Co., Col. Green's Reg. ; was at the
battle of White Marsh, where Capt. Bailey and half
of his company ran away, the remainder and Capt.
MoLane, contending with an overpowering force of
the enemy, fought their way back to White Marsh,
after leaving half their men dead and wounded.
He was at the battle of Chestnut Hill, under Gen.
Green, which lasted from noon to dark ; was at the
battle of Germantown. After the" battle of German-
town, the British lighted their camp fires, and the
Americans then went into camp ; William had just
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874 The Beckwitks.
put a cake of dough into the ashes to bake when an
advance was ordered, and he was obliged to eat his
cake raw, only to find upon their arrival at the
enemy's lines that they had retreated. His command
arrived too late to participate in the battle of the
Brandywine. All the pay he ever received was one
month's pay, $8 in Continental currency. His com-
pany was ordered to quell the Tories, who gave
much trouble in and around Frederick. He was
born in Frederick Co., Md., on Rock Creek, twelve
milesfrom Washington, D. C, and lived there until
he moved to Morgan Co., Ohio.
Benjamin Beckwith says he is a brother of Wil-
liam Beck with, late of Morgan Co., Ohio, who died
October 27th, 1836; his wife died a short time be-
fore ; they had three children : Richard, Tobias and
Rebecca ; Richard left his father's home years ago
and was supposed to have returned to Md. ; Tobias
died, and Rebecca is the only surviving child, and
is thought to be living in New York.
Solomon Beckwith says he is the son of Benja-
min and nephew of William, and that he knows
that William is dead, that Tobias is dead, and be-
lieves that Richard is dead, and that Rebecca is the
only surviving child of William ; Richard left home
about 1819, or shortly after they moved to Ohio ;
Tobias died in Morgan Co., and that Rebecca is
living in New York city.
William W. Beckwith ; at Cleveland, Ohio, May 1st,
1879, appeared Dr. C. Marell, who says he formerly
The* Bechmths. 275
practiced in Huron Co., Ohio, and knew William W.
Beck with and his family, and that William died at
Branson, Huron Co., Ohio, August 19th, 1861, aged
about sixty-five years, leaving a widow, Ann Beck-
with, who moved to Cincinnati, Ohio.
At Cleveland, Ohio, April 29th, 1879, appeared
Ann Beckwith, aged 81 years, the widow of William
W. Beckwith, who was in the War of 1812 ; enlisted
in Capt. Gale's Co., N. Y. Militia, Woodsworth's
Brigade, and that her maiden name was Ann Herrick.
At Cleveland, Ohio, 1879, appeared Dr. David H.
Beckwith, who says he is fifty-three years old, and
is a son of William W. and Ann Beckwith ; that his
father just before his death, was five feet eleven
inches tall, had light blue eyes and light complexion,
with dark hair ; that his father died August 1 9th,
1861.
At Cleveland, Ohio, April 19th, 1879, appeared Dr.
Seth R. Beckwith, and says he is forty-nine years
old and is a son of William W. and Ann Beckwith.
Ann Beckwith died March 25th, 1883. Certifi-
cate of marriage is as follows : Norwalk, Huron Co.,
Ohio, I certify that W. W. Beckwith and Ann Her-
rick were lawfully joined in marriage by me, this
20th day of October, 1819, Robert S. Southgate,
J. P.
1815.
Jennings Beckwith, 1815 ; ensign, 3d lieut. 14th U. S.
Inf., May 2d, 1815 ; 2d lieut, December 14th, 1815 ;
276 The BeehwUhs.
regimental Q. M,, August 24th, 1815 ; resigned,
June 16th, 1816,
Blackhawk War, 1830.
Dan Beckwith, 1830, May 14th to June 14th, lieut-
coL, 111. Mounted Volunteers.
1840.
F. L. S. Beckwith, 1840; midshipman, resigned in
1844.
1843.
S. M. Beckwith, 1843 ; gunner, U. S. N.; resigned in
1853.
Mexican Wab, 1847.
Lawrence Butler Beckwith, 1847; enlisted in 1st
Ark. VoL; wounded at battle of Buena Vista; en-
listed July 1st, 1846, at Washington, Ark., for
twelve months; served as a private in Hunter's Co.,
1st Beg., Ark. Vol. ; was shot in the thigh at the
battle of Buena Vista, and was mustered out at
Cavago, Mexico, January 20th, 1847.
Edward Gk Beckwith, 1st lieut, U. S. A. (see 1861-
1865.)
Wab of the Rebellion, 1861-1865.
Adolphus Beckwith, 1861 ; for four years; N. Y. Cav.
Albert O. Beckwith, 1861 ; for three years ; 2d Vt. In£ ;
wounded at battle of Fredericksburg.
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Amos Beokwith, 1846 ; cadet U. S. M. A., 1846 ; brevt.
2d lieut. Art., 1851 ; 2d lieut., 1851 ; 1st lieut.,
1854 ; capt. com. sub., 1861 ; major com. sub., 1862 ;
brevt, lieut, 1868 ; brevt. brig. -gen., 1865 ; brevt
major-gen., 1865 ; col. add, A. D. C, 1856 ; lieut -
coL asst. gen. of sub., 1874.
Asa Orlando Beckwith, 1861 ; for three years ; Ohio
Vols. ; buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Ohio.
Asher M. Beckwith, 1863 ; for three years; wounded
at battle of Gettysburg ; died in hospital.
A. W. Beckwith, 1861; captain 20th Mass. Inf.,
March 29th, 1862 ; in sixteen engagements.
Benjamin F. Beckwith, 1861 ; for four years ; 99th
Ind. Inf. ; mustered out in 1865.
Benjamin Beckwith, 1 862 ; 1st lieut. and adjutant 32d
Wis. Reg. ; resigned 1864.
Charles Beckwith, September 19th, 1862; for nine
months ; Co. B, 49th Mass.
Charles Beckwith, 1861 ; Conn. Vols. ; killed in battle
in 1862.
Charles Beckwith, 1861 ; Co. E, 18th Conn. ; died
August 6th, 1864 ; buried at Staunton, Va., National
Cemetery, No. 60, section B.
Charles Beckwith, 1863 ; died in Staunton prison, Va.,
July 11th, 1864.
C. Beckwith, 1862; 14th N. Y. Art. Co.; died Sep-
tember 11th, 1864; buried Andersonville Prison
Cemetery,
a C. Beckwith, 1861 ; corporal Co. E, 4th Vt ; died
November 2d, 1863; buried at Arlington Ceme-
278 Ths BechwMs.
tery, grave No. 75, row No. 7, section No. E, block
2 ; body was buried on Dr. Fisher's Plantation, War-
renton, Va., and removed to Arlington.
Charles B. Beckwith ; killed at battle of Port Hudson.
Charles H. Beckwith, May 7th, 1861 ; 2d Conn. Inf.;
died December 1st, 1862.
D. L. Beckwith, 1864 ; captain 22d U. S. Veteran Re-
serve Corps ; discharged (disability) 1866.
Dan Beckwith, 1862 ; for four years ; 111. Vols. ; mus-
tered out in 1865.
Daniel Beckwith, 1861 ; for two years ; mustered out
in 1863.
David H. Beckwith, 1862; for three years; captain
101st N. Y., November 16th, 1862; in twenty-two
engagements.
David L. Beckwith, 1862 ; for two years ; 2d R. I. ;
prisoner at battle of the Wilderness.
David O. Beckwith, 1861 ; 2d lieut. 57th N. Y. Inf.,
October 4th, 1861.
E. Beckwith, 1861 ; corporal 6th Mich., Co. I ; died
May 31st, 1864; buried in Anderson ville Prison
Cemetery.
Edward Griffen Beckwith, 1842 ; cadet U. S. M. A. ;
2d lieut 3d Art., July 1st, 1842; 1st lieut, June
18th, 1846 ; captain, May 12th, 1855 ; col. add. aid-
de-camp July 5th, 1862 ; major 2d Art., February
8th, 1864; brevt. lieut -col., brevt. col. and brevt brig.-
gen., March 13th, 1865, for faithful and meritorious
services during the war ; mustered out as colonel
add. aid-de-camp May 31st, 1866.
The Beckwiths. 279
F. Beckwith, November 8th, 1862 ; 94th N. Y., Co. H ;
buried at Military Asylum, D. C.
Francis E. Beckwith, Jr., July 13th, 1864 ; for one
hundred days ; Co. A, 8th Mass. Inf. ; aged eighteen.
Francis Beckwith ; Co. F, 13th Conn. ; died September
5th, 1864 ; buried at St Louis, Mo. ; section 32, No.
134.
Frank Beckwith, June 16th, 1864; Co. D, 13th Conn.
G. Beckwith, 1861 ; 58th Penn. ; died July 31st, 1864 ;
buried at Hampton Cemetery, Va.
George Beckwith, 1861 ; 6th Mich., Co. C ; died June
23d, 1864 ; buried at Lynchburg, Va.
George C. Beckwith, 1861 ; Vt, Vols. ; wounded at
battle of Fredericksburg ; died in hospital, 1864.
George C. Beckwith, 1861 ; for the war ; 2d Vt. Reg.;
wounded at battle of Fredericksburg ; died in hos-
pital, 1864.
George L. Beckwith, 1861 ; for three years ; 2d lieut,
4th N. Y. Cav.; December 31st, 1862.
George H. Beckwith, 1861 ; for three years; 1st lieut.
13th Wis.
George W. Beckwith ; Ind. Volunteers ; mustered out
in 1865.
George W. Beckwith, 1861 ; for the war; 16th N. Y.,
Co. E; died September 1st, 1862; buried at Phila-
delphia, Penn.
Gilbert Beckwith, 1861 ; for the war; 10th Mich., Co.
C; died May 16th, 1862 ; buried at St. Louis, Mo.,
section 52, No. 50.
280 The BeohwUha.
Henry Beckwith, 1861 ; for three years; Ohio VoL;
mustered out in 1864,
Henry A. Beckwith, 1862; 1st lieut. 21st Masa Reg.,
September 5th, 1862 ; in fourteen engagements ;
died of wouuds received at battle of Chantilly, Va.,
September 5th, 1862.
Henry C. Beckwith, 1 862 ; 3d ass't eng. U. S. N., June
27th, 1862 ; 2d ass't eng., 1863 ; 1st ass't eng., 1868 ;
retired in 1874.
Henry G. Beckwith, 1861; 29th Ohio Reg.; died
March 28th, 1862 ; buried September 12th, at Win-
Chester National Cemetery; drowned in Sleepy
Creek, Va.
Henry M. Beckwith, 1862, March 10th ; 1st Conn. Art.;
died Oct. 10th, 1863.
Herbert E. Beckwith, 1861; 1 0th Conn. ; served eigh-
teen months ; transferred to 2d Mass. Heavy Art. ;
corporal 2d Mass. Art.; prisoner at Plymouth, N.
C; eight months in prison at Anderson ville and
Florence, Ala. ; paroled 1 864, and died on his landing
at Annapolis, Md., December 30th, 1864.
Herbert D. Beckwith, 1862; 57th Mass., Co. F; died
Jan. 17th, 1865 ; buried at Poplar Grove National
Cemetery, Petersburgh, Va. ; disinterred from Ruf •
fin's Plantation, Va.
Ira M. Beckwith, 1862 ; January 22d; discharged Jan-
uary 23d, 1863.
James Beckwith, 1861 ; for four years; N. Y. VoL;
mustered out in 1865.
James Beckwith, 1861 ; for the war ; 105th N, J,, Co.
The Eeckwiths. 281
C; died October 9th, 1862 ; buried at Cave Hill
Cemetery, Ky.
J. Beckwith, 1861 ; for the war ; Scott's 900 ; died
June 26th, 1864 ; buried at Military Asylum, D. C.
J. C. Beckwith, 1864 ; for 3 years; captain, 187th N.
Y. Inf., October 11th, 1864.
J. E. Beckwith, 1862 ; 31st IE, Co. I; died July 21st,
1864; buried at Atlanta, Ga., Nat. Cem., No. 581.
J. H. Beckwith, 1861 ; 177th N. Y. Inf., Co. C; died
August 19th, 1864; buried at Port Hudson Nat.
Cem., La.
J. P. Beckwith, 1861 ; 52d Mass., Co. F; died Decern-
ber 2d, 1862, aged 39; buried in New York; mus-
tered out, October 11th, 1862.
John Beckwith, 1 861 ; 8th Ind., Co. I; died Hunts-
ville, Ala., 1862.
John Beckwith, 1861; 179th N. Y., Co! C; died June
26th, 1165 ; buried Nat. Cem. at Alexandria, Va.
John Beckwith, 1861; for three years; Conn. VoL ;
wounded in foot.
John Beckwith, 1863 ; for one year ; 102d Ohio; mus-
tered out in 1864.
John Beckwith, 1861 ; 2d Md. Reg. of Inf., twenty-
two engagements ; mustered out in 1865.
John A. Beckwith, 1861, October 5th; 8th Conn.;
wounded and discharged on account of disability, in
1864.
John H. Beckwith, 1863, December 29th; for three
years, age 18; Co. K, "New Batt.," Mass. Cav.
(received $325 bounty).
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282 The Beckmtha.
John H. Beckwith, 1864 ; captain 2d Reg., U. S. A. ;
organized in Va., 1864 ; resigned 1864.
John W. Beckwith, 1863, September 15th; for nine
months ; 66th Mass., Co. C, age 30.
John W. Beckwith, 1863, July 18th; for three years;
2d Art., Mass. Vol., Co. A ; mustered out, disability.
Joseph Beckwith, 1861 ; 14th In£, U. 8. A., Co. B;
died January 18th, 1862 ; buried Nat. Cem. at Alex-
andria, Va.
L. Beckwith, 1861 ; 14th 111. Inf., Co. C; died No
vember 13th, 1863 ; buried at Camp Grove Cem.,
section B, grave No. 40.
Laban Beckwith, 1861; for three years; Ohio VoL;
sunstruck and mustered out, disability.
Lafayette Beckwith, 1861; 114th N. Y., Co. B; died
near New Orleans, La., October 5th ; 1863 ; buried
in Monumetit Nat. Cem., Charlemette, La.
Lewis Beckwith, 1862, January 7th ; captain, Co. D,
Veteran Batt; commissioned May 21st, 1863.
Lewis Beckwith, 1862 ; captain, 13th Conn., December
11th, 1862.
Lewis A. Beckwith, 1865 ; 2d lieut., 14th W. Va. Inf.
Lewis C. Beckwith, 1861 ; for three years ; 2d lieut
1st Batt. Mountaineers, Cal. ; resigned November
23d, 1864.
Lad W. Beckwith, 1861 ; surgeon 38th Ind. ; resigned
1863.
Lowell A. Beckwith, November 28th, 1864 ; for one
year ; 1st Batt. Heavy Art. Mass., Co. C ; aged 19 ;
bounty $218.
The Beckwitha. 283
Martin Beckwith, 1861 ; 8th Ind. Cav., Co. I ; buried
at Nashville, Tenn., Nat. Cem., section 36, No. 803.
Martin Beckwith, 1861 ; 125th Ohio, Co. I ; died May
1st, 1864; buried at Winchester, Va., Nat. Cem.
Milan H. Beckwith, 1861; for three years; 2d Vt.
Inf. ; mustered out in 1864.
Nicholas Beckwith, 1861 ; 11th UL, Co. A; died Janu-
ary 13th, 1862; buried at St. Louis Nat Cem., sec-
tion 28, No. 115.
Paul Beckwith, 1861 ; served one month in General
Fremont's Command, as a volunteer, during the
Missouri campaign, age 14.
Robert Beckwith ; Conn. Vols. ; killed in battle.
Robert S. Beckwith, May 1st, 1861 ; for three months;
aged 21 ; 5th Mass. Inf., Co. B.
R S. Beckwith, 1861 ; 2d lieut.,'J0th Mass., December
31st, 1862; in thirty -one engagements; died from
wounds received at battle of Fredericksburg, Va.
Reuben R. Beckwith, 1864; captain 38th Wis., Sep-
tember 26th, 1864.
Rufus H. Beckwith, July 20th, 1864; for one hundred
days; aged 34; 42d Mass. Inf., Co. D.
Rufus Beckwith, Jr., 1862 ; 12th N. Y. Cav., Co. B;
killed May 13th, 1865 ; buried at Cypress Hill Nat.
Cem., L. I.
S. Beckwith, 1861 ; 9th N. Y., Co. A ; died June 21st,
1863 ; buried at Military Asylum, D. C.
Samuel R. Beckwith, 1862 ; for three years ; captain,
150th Penn., June 26th, 1864; in twelve engage-
ments ; mustered out in 1865.
284 The Beckwiths.
Solomon Beck with, 1861 ; for four years ; 161st Ohio ;
mustered out in 1865.
Stephen Beckwith, 1862 ; captain 101st Ohio Inf. ; re-
signed in 1864.
Stewart W. Beckwith, 1861 ; 14th U. S. Inf., Co. B ;
died January 6th, 1862; buried Nat. Cem., Alexan-
dria, Va.
Sylvester G. Beckwith, 1862; for three years; 1st
lieut. 23d Iowa Inf. ; died of wounds received at
battle of Big Black River, Miss., July, 1863.
Theodore L. Beckwith, 1862 ; for nine months; captain
28 th Mass. ; in eleven engagements.
Timothy Beckwith, 1864 ; for one year ; 76th Penn. ;
mustered out at Raleigh, N. C, in 1865.
W. Beckwith ; buried at City Point Nat. Cent, Va.
W. Beckwith, 1861 ; 189th N. Y., Co. D ; buried at
Camp Point Nat Cem., Va., section D, division 1,
grave No. 119.
Warren Beckwith, 1862; for three years; captain 4th
Iowa Cav., May 20th, 1863 ; was in fourteen engage-
ments.
William Beckwith, May 7th, 1864 ; aged twenty-five ;
transferred to U. S. Navy, April 23d, 1864.
William Beckwith, December 22d, 1863 ; 22d Conn.
Cav. ; mustered out July 15th, 1865.
William F. Beckwith, 1861 ; 64th Ohio Inf. ; killed at
battle of Rocky Face Ridge.
William G. Beckwith, August 21st, 1862 ; enlisted at
Grand Rapids, Mich.
The Bechwiths. 285
William H. Beckwith, 1861 ; captain 80th N. Y., June
10th, 1862 ; in fourteen engagements.
William L. Beckwith, 1861 ; for four years; 140th N.
Y. Inf. ; mustered out in 1865.
William W. Beckwith, 1861 ; for three years ; captain
35th N. Y. Inf., October 8th, 1862.
Wright Beckwith, 1862 ; 2d lieut. 7th Mo. Cav. ; mus-
tered out in 1865.
William Beckwith, 1861 ; U. S. ship Scotia ; quarter-
master on gunboat Hetidrich Hudson; discharged
for disability in IS 65.
Herbert E. Beckwith, clerk ; eighteen years of age ;
son of Elisha Beckwith of Norwich, Conn. ; served
eighteen months in the 10th Conn. Reg. of Inf., and
subsequently as corporal in the 2d Mass. Heavy Ar-
tillery. He was taken prisoner at Plymouth, N. C,
and confined for eight months at Andersonville and
Florence, Ala, prisons, where he suffered severely
for food and clothing. He was paroled, landing at
Annapolis, Md., where he rallied, but died six days
afterward, December 30th, 1864, aged twenty-one
years. At Andersonville he wrote in his journal :
I fancy at times I hear the bells of Norwich. [Nor-
wich, Conn., in the War.
Lewis Beckwith ; enlisted from New London, Conn.,
January 7th, 1862; sergeant 1862 ; 2d lieut. Co. K,
January 27th, 1863; captain assigned to Co. D, Vet-
eran Battalion, May 21st, 1863. Lieut. Beckwith,
while trying his skill with the musket, was struck
by a bullet, which carried away his big toe. His
286 The Bechmths.
language on the occasion was slightly profane. [His-
tory of the 13 th Conn. Reg.
William G. Beckwith ; enlisted from Grand Rapids,
Mich., August 21st, 1862 ; sergeant Co. B, 5th Mich.
Cav., 1863; 1st lieut., April 14th, 1865. Lieut.
Beckwith was not mustered out as an officer, as he'
was absent on sick leave when his company was
mustered out. [Conn, in the Rebellion.
On the night of March 3d, 1865, Mr. Lincoln and
several members of his cabinet were in attendance at
the Capitol awaiting final passage of bills by Congress
in order that they might receive the presidential sig-
nature. Every one was happy at a prospect of an
early re-establishment of peace, Gen. Grant having
just telegraphed a glowing account of his successes,
and his control of the situation. While felicitating each
other on the approaching cessation of hostilities, a sec-
ond dispatch was handed to Mr. Stanton from Gen.
Grant. The telegram advised him of the receipt of a
letter from General Lee, requesting an immediate in-
terview, with a view to the re-establishment of peace
between the two sections, in answer to which the Presi-
dent wrote the following dispatch, handing it to Mr.
Stanton, who signed, sealed and forwarded it, which
ran as follows : " The President directs me to say to
you that he wishes you to have no conference with
Gen. Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of Gen.
Lee's army or on some minor or purely military
matter. He instructs me to say, you are not to
decide, discuss or confer on any political question ; the
The Beckwiths. 287
President holding the decision of these questions in
his own hands, and will submit them to no military-
conference or convention, and you are to press to the
utmost of your ability, your military advantage." On
the succeeding day the following dispatch was received
from Gen. Grant, in cipher as follows :
March 4 6.30.
Mr. Eokert 4 : 30 Washington :
Name to you ditto me most Annie A price ditto
because Senate considered too green pink or blue of
affidavits yellow. My Davenport honoring by struck
oil increase that eat it etta Willie to will can loaf a black
Provost Marshall Hayden sexton Kirkwoods No sing
my eggs chum had subject matter before Mary of Den-
mark by that press of circumstances may I gambol the
buff cravat foreign proposed know the solid ability all
act meal copy hampered Sallie Sinclair resembles du-
plicate which I justice demolished neither auther platina
Tom him kisses nearest neighbor Ira Denmark was
arrive under thought prevent assure to letter magnify
panic.
S. H. Beokwith.
TRANSLATION.
Crnr Point, March 4, 1865, 4 : 30 p. m.
Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War :
Your dispatch of the 3d, midnight, received. I have
a letter to Gen. Lee, copy of which will be sent you by
to-morrow's mail. I can assure you that no act of the
388 The Beekwiths.
enemy will prevent me pressing all advantages gained
to the utmost of my ability. Neither will I, under any
circumstances, exceed my authority, or in any way
embarrass the Government. It was because I had no
right to meet Gen. Lee on the subject proposed by
him that I referred the matter for instructions.
U. 8. GRANT,
Lieutenant- General.
" The real Lincoln." By Ward B. Lemon. *
Upon inquiry at the War Department they could give me no further
information.
Confederate States Army, 1861-1865
Anson G. Beckwith, 1862 ; sergeant 23d Tenn., killed
at battle of Chickamauga.
Frank Beckwith, 1863; 3d Va. Inf., 1863-5.
Frank Beckwith ; killed in the war.
Hays Beckwith ; colonel 20th Va Inf., 1861-1865.
Julian R Beckwith, 1861; killed at battle of Seven
Pines.
Lawrence Beckwith, 1861; Wade Hampton's Legion.'
Newton Beckwith, 1861 ; 80th Va. Reg. Inf.
John Beckwith, 1861 ; killed in Virginia.
Samuel G. Beckwith, 1861; for three years; 54th
Tenn. In£ ; prisoner at Fort Donaldson.
The Perots.
This family derived their name from the village of
Percy, near Villedieu in Normandy. They deduced
their pedigree from Geoffrey, son of Manifred, a Dan-
The Bechmths. 289
ish chieftain, who assisted Hollo, in 912 in subjugat-
ing that principality, and acquired considerable pos-
sessions there. William de Percy accompanied the
Conqueror from Normandy and obtained from him a
Barony of thirty Knights fees, and became a feudal
Lord of England. This William de Percy was also
known by the name of " Als Gernon " or William with
the whiskers ; he re-founded the Abbey of St. Hilda in
Yorkshire, of which his brother, Serbo de Percy, was
Prior. Accompanying Duke Robert in his first cru-
sade in 1096, he died at Mountjoy, near Jerusalem,
leaving five sons and a daughter, by his wife Emma
de Post, a lady of Saxon descent, whose lands were
amongst those bestowed upon him by the Conqueror,
and according to an ancient writer, u he wedded hyrr
that was very heire to them, in discharging of his con-
science." He was succeeded by his son Alan de Percy,
2d Baron, surnamed "The great Allan, he married
Emma, daughter of Gilbert de Gaunt (which Gilbert
was son of Baldwin, Earl of Flanders, and nephew of
Queen Maud, wife of William the Conqueror), and
was succeeded by his eldest son, William de Percy, at
whose decease, the eldest branch of the first race of
Percys from Normandy became extinct in the male
line, and their great inheritance became devolved upon
his Lordship's two daughters. Maude married the
Earl of Warwick, who died in the Holy Land in 1184,
sans issue; Agnes de Percy married Jocelaine, brother of
Queen Adeliza, second wife of Henry the first, and son
of Geoffrey de Bouillon, Duke of Lower Brabant, and
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290 The Bechwiths.
Count of Brabant who was descended from the Em-
peror Charlemagne. Lady Agness who only consent to
this alliance upon condition that Jocelaine should adopt
either the surname or arms of Percy, the former of which,
the old tradition says, he accordingly assumed and re-
tained his paternal coat, in order to perpetuate his claim
to the principality of his father, should the elder branch
of the reigning family become extinct. The ancient*
arms of Hainault, the Lord retained, and gave his
children the surname of t€ Perci " he left several children.
Henry the eldest son, who appears to have died be-
fore his mother, married Isabel, daughter of Adam
Bruce, Lord of Skelton, by whom he had the Manor
of Levington, for which he and his heirs, were to re-
pair to Skelton Castle, every Christmas day, and to
lead the lady of the Castle, from her chamber to the
chapel to Mass, and thence to her chamber again, and
after dining with her depart.
The family merging into the house of the Earls of
Northumberland became one of the most illustrious of
England. It is of this family, we have the Sir Henry
Percy, so well known as "Harry Hotspur" that was
killed at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1403. [Burke's
Peerage of England.
Tonbridge.
Richard de Tonbridge called allso Richard de Bene-
factor, or Richard Alius Giliberti, or Richard de Clare,
eldest son of Gilbert Earl of Brion, in Normandy, was
at the battle of Hastings, and was also a large land-
i
I
The BechwitKs. 291
owner or chief tenant of the king's lands. [First Sur-
vey of Domesday Book
Bbuob.
Sir Robert Brus a Noble Norman Baron, who accom-
panied the Conqueror from Normany, and obtained no
less than 9 Lordships in the County of Yorkshire, of
which Skelton Castle and Manor, was one and the
chief, allso the manors of Hert and Hertness, in the
Bishopric of Durham, He married, first Agnes daugh-
ter of FaJk Pasquall and had Adam who succeeded to
the estates, and whose male line terminated in 1271,
with Peter de Brus whose vaste estates reverted to his
4 sisters as coheiresses, viz. Margarette who marries
Sir L. Peter Brus. Agness who married Walter Fal-
conridge, Lucy who married John Baliol. Sir Robert
Brus married secondly, Agnes Armand, a great Scot-
tish heiress, by whom he acquired the Lordships of
Anandale, which, with Hert and Hertness he bestowed
upon his son Robert de Brus, of whom but little is
known, save benefactions to the church. He was suc-
ceeded by his son William de Brus, who is noticed for
his religious grants, he was living at the close of the
12 th century, and was succeeded by his son Robert
Brus, who married Isabella, daughter of David Earl of
Huntington, niece of William of Scotland, and one of
the sisters of John Earl of Huntington and last
Count Palatinate of Durham. [Burke's Peerage of Eng-
land.
892 The EeclcwUhs.
From Blount's " Fragment atis Antiquitis." London,
p. 432.
Hercules de Maltbiss, married Beckwith daughter
of Sir William Bruce Lord of Uglebarby, descendant
of Sir Robert Bruce - - a noble norman Knight of Skel-
ton Castle Cleveland, this Sir William de Bruce appears
to have inherited a considerable portion of the lands
granted by William the Conqueror to his ancestor Sir
Robert de Bruce Lord of Skelton Castle in Cleveland
a noble norman Knight, ancestor of the Braces of Scot-
land, for we find that his daughter was heiress of Ugle-
barby and Roxby, and manors of Beckwith & Beck-
with Shaw, which are mentioned among the possessions
originally granted Sir Robert de Bruce, with these pos-
sessions are mentioned lands in Lewiston or Levington
which must have formed part of the inheritance of Sir
William de Bruce, which was conveyed by his daugh-
ter's marriage to Sir Hercules de Malbisse, and is now
possessed by the lineal descendant of Sir Hercules de
Malbie, the present CoL Beckwith of Tremden, this
estate is held by lt Feudal Tenure " viz that the eldest
son of the possessor, should hold the King's stirrups
whenever his majesty may come into the north Riding
of Yorkshire.
Levington Co. of Yobk.
Adam de Brus, lord of Skelton gave in marriage
with his daughter Isabel to Henry de Percy, eldest son
and heir of Jocelin de Lorain (ancestor to the present
The Beckwiths. 293
Duke of Northumberland), the manor of Levington, for
which he and his heirs were to repair to Skelton Castle
every Christmas Day, and lead the lady of that Castle
from her chamber to the Chapel, to mass, and thence
to her chamber again, and after dining with her to de-
part. (Temp Ricardus I. Collins' peerage, vol. II, p.
297 ; edit. 5, page 505.)
The late Woodifield Beckwith Esq, (who as well as
the Editor were descendants of this portion of the
Brace family), was seized of an Estate at Knife Lev-
ington, edicts Castle Levington near Gorm Co. York in
1779.
Habtlepool, Co. of Durham.
Robert de Brus hath at Hartlepool, in the County of
Durham, a seaport, and there takes Keelage to wit, of
every ship with a boat arriving there eightpence ; and
of eveiy ship without a boat f ourpence. (Edwardus I.)
Whitby Co of York. p. 557.
In the fifth year of the reign of King Henry II.,
after the conquest of England by William Duke of
Normandy, the Lord of Uglebarby, then called Wil-
liam de Bruce (of the family of Bruce or Brus, of Skel-
ton Castle) founded a Chantry in the Church of Pick-
ering, Co York to pray for his soul, his ancestors souls,
and all christian souls (in which church his monument
yet remains).
The lord of Snaynton, called Ralph de Percy, and a
gentleman freeholder, called AUotson, did, on the 16th
294 The Bechwiths.
day of October, meet to hunt the wild boar, in a cer-
tain wood or desert called Eskdale Side : the wood or
place did belong to the Abbot of the Monastery of
Whitby, who was then called Sedman, and abbot of
the same place.
Then the aforesaid gentlemen did meet with their
hounds and boar-staves in the place aforesaid, and
there found a great wild boar, and the hounds did run
him very hard near the chapel and hermitage of Esk-
dale Side, where there was a Monk of Whitby, who was
a hermit ; and the boar being so hard pushed took in
at the chapel door, and there laid down and died im-
mediately, and the hermit shut the hounds out of the
chapel, and kept himself at his meditation and prayers :
the hounds standing at bay without, the gentlemen in
the thick of the wood just behind their game, in fol-
lowing the cry of the hounds came to the hermitage*
and found the hounds round the chapel; then came
the gentlemen to the door of the chapel, and called on
the hermit, who did open the door, and then they got
forth, and within lay the boar dead, for which the
gentlemen in a fury, because their hounds were put
out of their game, run at the hermit with their boar-
staves, whereof he died ; then the gentlemen knowing,
and perceiving that he was in peril of death, took
sanctuary at Scarborough ; but at that time, the ab-
bot, being in great favour with the King, did remove
them out of Sanctuary, whereby they came in danger
of the law, and not privileged, but like to have the
severity of the law, which was death. But the her-
The Beckwiths. 295
mit, being a holy man, and being very sick, and at the
point of death, sent for the abbot, and desired him to
send for the gentlemen, who had wounded him to
death ; so doing the gentlemen came, and the hermit
being sick, said, "lam sure to die of these wounds : "
the abbot answered, " they shall die for it," but the
hermit said, " not so, for I will freely forgive them my
death, if they are content to be enjoined this penalty
(penance) for the safe-guard of their souls : " the gen-
tlemen being there present, bid him enjoin what he
would, so he saved their lives; then said the hermit,
" You and yours shall hold land upon (of) the abbot
of Whitby and (his) successors in this manner : that
upon Ascension day even, you, or some of you, shall
come to the wood of Strayheads, which is in Eskdale-
side, and the same day (Ascension-day at sun rising)
and then shall the officer of the Abbot blow his horn,
to the intent that you may know where to find him,
and deliver unto you, William de Bruce, ten stakes
eleven strut-stowers, and eleven yadders, to be cut with
a knife of a penny price ; and you Ralph de Percy
shall take one and twenty of each sort, to be cut in the
same manner ; and you, Allotson, shall take nine of
each sort ; to be cut as aforesaid, and to be taken on
your 'backs, and carried to the town of Whitby, and to
be there before nine o'clock of the same day before
mentioned; and at the hour of nine o'clock, if it be full
sea, to cease their service, as long as till it be low
water; and at nine o'clock of the same day, each of
you shall set your stakes at the brim of the water,
296 The Beckwitha.
each stake a yard from another, and so yadder them
with your yadders, and to stake them on each side
with strut-stowers, that they stand three tides, without
removing by force of the water , each of you shall
make at that hour in every year, except it be full sea
at that hour, which when it shall happen to come to
pass the service shall cease : you shall do this to re-
member that you did slay me, and that you may the
better call to God for mercy, repent yourselves, and
do good works. The officers of Eskdale shall blow,
" Out on you ! Out on you ! Out on you ! " for this
heinous crime of yours : if you or your successors re-
fuse this service, so long as it shall not be a full sea at
the hour aforesaid, you and yours shall forfeit all your
lands to the abbot or his successor ; this I do intreat,
that you may have yourselves and goods for this ser-
vice, and you to promise by your part in heaven, .that
it shall be done to you, and your successors as it is
aforesaid ; " and then the abbot said " I grant all that
you have said, and will confirm it by the faith of an
honest man ; " then the hermit said, " My soul longeth
for the Lord, and as I freely forgive these gentlemen
my death, as Christ forgave the thief upon the cross "
and in the presence of the Abbot and the rest, he said
moreover these words " Into thy hands O Lord I com-
mend my spirit, for thou hast redeemed me from the
bonds of death, O Lord of truth." And the Abbot
and the rest said, "Amen." And so (the hermit)
yielded up the ghost the eighth day of December upon
whose soul God have mercy Anno Domini 1 1 60. In
The Bechwiths. 297
1784 the service was still annually performed. [" His-
tory of Ripon."
Savtlle of Methley.
The family of Saville of Yorkshire, was one of the
most illustrious of that County, and probably had its
rise at Silston in that County, it flourished there in the
15th century. During the reign of Edward the 3rd,
the family divided into two lines or branches, John of
Tankersley, and Kerry of Bradley (brothers). The
senior branch acquired its greatest renown, in the per-
son of George, Marquis of Halifax. The junior branch,
now of Copely and Methley is represented by the Earl
of Merborough. [Burke's Commoners of England.
Ferrars of Babeslby Clinton.
The sole remains of this most ancient and powerful
family, illustrious for its antiquity, and the splendor of
its connections, of which the powerful Earls of Derby,
and the Ferrars a Feres, the chiefs. At the time
of the conquest, held 200 and ten Lordships, in 14
counties of England, besides the castle of Flatbury,
the principal seat of the Earldom. After the forfeiture
of the Earldom the castle of Chartloy in Staffordshire,
inherited from Agnes daughter and coheiress of Ra-
nulph Earl of Chester, became the seat of the princi-
pal male line, extinct on the death of William Earl of
Ferrars of Chartloy, in the time of Henry the 6th,
The representative of the family then devolved upon
the Ferrers of Tarn worth in 1680. The present family
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298 The Bechwiths.
of Bad does, — Clinton, succeeded as chief of this house.
The Castle of Tarn worth came into the family as follows
by marriage into the house of Marmion. In the early
times of Normandy, the family of Marmion, Lords of
Foulemaye, were highly distinguished, Robert de Mar-
mion, Lord of Foulemaye, a distinguished follower of
the Conqueror, obtained a grant of Castle and Town
of Tarn worth, and allso of the manor of Scrivelhaye
in Lincolnshire, one or both of these noble possessions,
were held by the honorable service of being the royal
champions, as the ancestors of the Marmions had been
in the Dukes of Normandy in France.
After the castle and Lordship had been held by four
successive Barons, from Robert de Marmion, the family
in the male line became entirely extinct, upon the death
of Philip de Marmion who lived in the 25th year of
the reign of Edward the 1st. he dying without male
issue, was succeeded in his castle of Tamworth by
Alexander de Treville, his (Alexander's) descendants
in the reign of Richard the 1st. claimed by the tenor
of the castle of Tamworth, the office of royal champion,
and to do service appertaining thereto, but this office
was adjudged to Sir John Dimmock, to whom the Manor
of Scrivelhaye, had descended by marriage with an-
other co-heiress of Robert de Marmion, and it remains
in that family, whose representative is hereditary Cham-
pion of England to the present day. The family and
possessions of the Treville's, merged into that of the
Earls of Ferrars. This old custom, as it did at one
time, pertain to the heredditery domain, once in the
The Beckwiths. 299
possession of the family, maybe of interest, and was
as follows, copied from an old record, in the British
Museum. At the time of the coronation of King Rich-
ard the second, Sir Baldwin Treville, Knight, Lord of
Tamworth grandson of Sir Alexander de Treville, ex-
hibited his claim to be the Kings Champion on that
day, and to do the same appertaining to that office, by
reason of his tenure of his Castle of Tamworth, viz.
To ride completely armed, and challenge any who
would gainsay the royal and legal right of the King
to be crowned. Which service the Barons de Marmion,
his ancestors, Lords of that castle, had theretofore per-
formed, but this service passing into the family of
Scrivelhaye of Lincoln shire, which had descended to
him, by an heir female of Sir Thomas Ludlow, Knight,
husband of Joanne, the youngest daughter of, and co-
heiress of Philip de Marmion, the last Lord Marmion
of Tamworth, since when, the Dimmocks had ever re-
tained the honor, now for over 400 years. The said
Dimmocks had for his fee, one of the best coursers in
the Kings stable, with the Kings saddle and harness
appertaining to the same horse. He had likewise one
of the best armors in the Kings armory, for his own
body, and all that belonged thereto. At the corona-
tion of King Charles the second, Sir Edward Dim-
mock, the Kings champion, by right of bis Manor of
Scrivelhaye, entered Westminster Hall, a little before
was served, on a goodly steed, armed at all points, in
rich armor, and having a plume of blue feathers in his
helmet, he then made a stand for some time, then way
300 The Beckwiths.
being made by the Kings Marshall, he advanced with
his retinue, in the following order.
Two Trumpets.
Sergeant Trumpeter.
Sergeant at Arms.
An Esquire carrying a shield on which is
portrayed the coat of arms of the Knight.
Herald.
The Earl Marshall. The Champion. The Lord High Constable,
on horseback on horseback. on horseback.
The Herald then proclaimed the challenge as fol-
lows. If any person, of what degree soever, high or
low, shall deny or gainsay, our Sovereign Lord King
Charles the second, King of England, Scotland & Ire-
land,~defender of the faith, son and next heir to our
Sovereign Lord King Charles the first, the last Bang of
England, deceased, to be the right heir, to the imperial
crown of the realms of England, or that he ought not
to enjoy the same, here is his champion who saith that
he lieth, and is a false trator, being ready in person to
combat with him, and in this quarrell will adventure
his life against him on whatever day soever, he shall
be appointed. The champion, thereupon threw his
glove upon the ground, which lying some time, and
nobody takeing it up, it was delivered to him by the
Herald. Then all advanced to the middle of the hall,
where the throwing of the gauntlet was repeated, and
proclamation again made, upon the return of the gaunt-
let, all advanced to the foot of the throne, where once
again the same performance was gone through with,
The Beokwitha. 301
and the Herald for the third time, proclaimed the chal-
lenge, this being done, the King drank to the health
of the Champion, by takeing a sip from a gilt cup with
a cover, the cup was then handed to the Champion,
who after three reverances drank the contents, and re-
tained the cup, as his fee. then reigning his horse back-
wards out of the hall.
The Baskervilles.
Descent of the Baskervilles, compiled by Dr. Percy,
from incontestable proof.
Hugh Capet, 1 ; King of France ; died in 996.
2, Robert, King of France.
Robert, 2 ; King of France ; died 1031 ; married Con-
stance, daughter of the Count of Aries.
3, Adelia.
Adelia, 3 ; married Baldwin, the 5th Earl of Flanders ;
from this marriage is descended the Baskervilles.
4, Maud.
Maud, 4 ; married William the Conqueror of England.
5, Henry.
Henry, 5 ; the first of the name, King of England.
Charlemagne ; King of France, 1.
2, Louis le Debonaire.
Louis le Debonaire, 2.
8, Charles.
Charles the Bold, 3.
4, Judith.
80S The Bechwiths.
Judith, 4 ; married Baldwin the 1st, Earl of Flanders.
5, Baldwin.
Baldwin, 5 ; second Earl of Flanders ; married Ethel-
swida, daughter of Alfred the Great, King of Eng-
land.
6, Arnolph.
Arnulph, 6 ; Earl of Flanders.
7, Baldwin ; died vita patria.
8, Arnulph.
Arnulph, 8 ; Earl of Flanders.
9, Baldwin.
Baldwin, 9 ; Earl of Flanders.
10, Baldwin.
Baldwin, 10; the sixth Earl of Flanders; married
Adelia, daughter of Robert, King of France. Hence
through the Kings of England, the Prince of Wales,
the Mortimers, the Audleys and Tonchets.
Elizabeth Tonchet; married Sir John Baskerville;
living in 1433 ; lineally from Sir Robert Baskerville,
who married a daughter of Rees ap Tud Rees Ap
Tudor, Prince of Wales. Thus the Baskervilles de-
rived from the Kings of England, France, Scotland
and Ireland ; from the Prince of North and South
Wales; from the Count of Flanders and Charle-
magne, Emperor of the West. [Burke's Commoners
of England.
The family of Baskervilles owe their origin to Sir
John de Baskerville, grantee of a moiety of Old
Wittington, from Robert de Carmoyle in 1266, and
that estate has ever since been in the family. In
The Bechwiths. 308
1758, John Baskerville married the heiress of Clegg
of Gay ton, County Cheshire, and changed his name
to Clegg of Gayton.
A daughter of Sir John Baskerville married Sir Wil-
liam Beckwith of Clint, Knight. [Burke's Landed
Gentry of England.
Beat of Shebe.
Sir Robert Bray lived during the time of Richard
the 1st, and founded the family, whose ancient seat
was at Haslerton, in County Northumberland.
After the battle of Bosworth, Sir Reginald Bray,
the devoted adherent of the King, discovered the
crown in a thorn bush, and in memory he bore for his
badge, a thorn with a crown in the middle thereof,
Shere was granted Sir Reginald for his services.
[Burke's Commoners of England.
WOODUTELD OF TbIMDEN.
The Woodifields, or anciently called Weedifields, of
the parish of Bishop Middleham, where the name was
once exceedingly numerous, many of them died in the
great plague, a visitation in the year 1597, Nicholas
Woodifield, then tenant of a small farm at Mainwortb,
is said to have come suddenly rich by the following
strange coincidence. During the hay harvest, having
gone to a neighboring well to procure a draft of water,
he let his rake drop, which striking something at the
bottom of the well, that gave out a metallic sound.
He immediately sent his servant girl home, and taking
304 The BechwUhs.
off Mb brogues, contrived to make two purses of them,
which, having descended into the well, he filled with
broad pieces of gold, with this money, so unexpectedly
acquired, he is said to have purchased the manor of
Trimden. This estate by maternal descent, is the
property of William Beckwith, Esq. [Burke's Landed
Gentry of England.
Palms of Naburk.
This ancient family was anciently seated in the
County of Somerset, and as far back as the twelfth cen-
tury, it is found in alliance with the great Somerset
House of St. Maur, which had summons to Parliament
in the reign of Edward the third. The estate of Na-
burn, in the east riding of Yorkshire, was acquired by
marriage in 1225, has regularly descended from father
to son, since that year.
Manfred Palmes, living about the sixth year of
King Stephen, anno domini, 1140, held lands in Trim-
ten Dean, County Somerset. Sir William Palmes, 9th
Lord of Naburn, living in 1335, married for his sec-
ond wife Claricia, daughter of Thomas Fairfax and
Margarette de Malebisse. After the death of Sir Wil
liam, his widow Claricia married Sir William de Male-
bisse. The grandson of Sir William Palmes, Francis
Palmes, Esq., had numerous issue, his fifth child mar-
ried Thomas de Malebisse, Esq., of Ancaster-Malebisse,
and his sixth child, Isabella married John de Male-
bisse of Ancaster, brother of the preceding. Arms
gu. 3 fleur-de-lis a chief vaire quartering the ensign of
The BeckwUhs. 305
Charlton of Shropshire and Plumpton of County York.
Crest a hand holding a Palm branch, motto " Ut Palma
Justis."
Palms of Lyndsay.
This branch of the Palmes family was seated at
Lyndsay, in the County of York, and at Ashwell in
Rutlandshire, was founded by George Palmes, Sergeant
at Law, time of Henry the 8th, was second son of
William Palmes, Esq., of Naburn. The granddaugh-
ter of George Palmes married Thomas Beckwith, Esq.
of Clint, near Ripley and died in 1 575. [Burke's Com-
moners of England.
Fairfax of Askam & C.
This ancient family, originally named from the "fair
locks " of its sons, " Feax " meaning hair in Saxon, was
established before the conquest, at Torcestor, County
Northumberland, and removed their seat into York-
shire, in the vicinity of York, in the year 1205. Rich-
ard Fairfax held the lands of Askam and was succeeded
by his son William Fairfax, Lord of Askam, in the
time of King John and Henry 3d, his grandson Wil-
liam Fairfax, Bailiff of Yorkshire, purchased in 1249,
from Peter de Bras, the manor of Walton, in the west
riding of Yorkshire, and made that his residence. This
Fairfax, 6th in descent from William, lived in the reign
of Edward the 2d and married Margarette, daughter of
John Lord de Malebisse, and who was eventually
heiress of Sir William de Malebisse, by which lady he
39
306 The Beckvnths.
had two (laughters, one married Martin, and the other,
Claricia, married William Palmes, Esq., of Naburn. The
family is allied by marriage to the Earls of Buchan
and the Earl of Northumberland. William 9th, Vis-
count Fairfax, married Isabel, the eldest daughter and
heiress of Thomas Beckwith, Esq., of Acton (brother of
George Beckwith of Maryland).
The present family of Fairfax of Seeton are de-
scended from a younger son of Richard Fairfax, chief
justice during the time of Henry the 6th, as well as
the Fairfax's of Denton. Baron ;Fairfax of Cameron
in Scotland (1627), represented an elder line, is repre-
sented by descendants in Virginia.
Arms arg. 3 bears gemelles gu. surrounded by a lion
rampant sa. on a cap of maintenance, a lion passant re-
gardant sa. motto. Je leferay durant ma vie. The
principal seat of this family was at Gilling Castle 18
miles from York. [Burke's Landed Gentry of England.
POLKINGTON OF N ETHER BRADLEY AND ChEVET CHA8E.
An ancient family of repute, before the Conquest
The estate of Polkington appears to have remained in
the family until the ruin of the elder branch, in con-
sequence of Sir Thomas Polkington having taken part
against Henry the 7th and Richard the 3d, at the Bat-
tle of Bosworth. The present house is descended
from Sir John Polkington, 2d son of Robert, and
brother of the unfortunate Sir Thomas; his son Robert
is of Bradley, in the County of York, he died in 1447,
and was ancestor of Sir Arthur, the first Baronet.
The Bechuritha. 307
The crest of the family is a mower of parti-color ar-
gent and gules, said to have been assumed as a disguise
by Sir Thomas, when escaping from the battlefield of
Bosworth, and adopted as a crest in memory of the
event. Sir Thomas fought against four knights of his
own family, who were on the side of Richard the 3d.
[Burke's Commoners of England.
Tanobed of Borotjghbbidge.
At an early date and probably not long after the
Conquest the ancestors of this family were seated at
Boroughbridge, which appears to have been ever since
one of the residences of this family of Tancred; the
present representative is Thomas, the 7th Baronet.
[Burke's Commoners of England.
LlTMLEY OF LUMLEY CASTLE.
This very ancient family is of Anglo-Saxon origin,
seated in the County of Durham, since the Conquest,
Luilpt, the recorded ancestor, lived before the year
1080. The elder line became extinct on the death of
John Lord Lumley in 1609. Upon a visit to Lumley
Castle by James the 1st, in 1606, James Lumley,
Bishop of Durham, regaled the King with a prolix ac-
count of the antiquity of the family, until the King be-
coming wearied exclaimed " Oh mon gang na father
let me digest the knowledge I ha gained for I did not
ken Adam's name was Lumley." [Burke's Commoners
of England.
308 The Bechwiths.
Neville of Buldtg.
Of a younger branch of the Nevilles. Sir Edward
Neville obtained the castle and Barony of Aberganny,
and estate of Buling, by marriage with the heiress of
Beauchamp, during the reign of Henry 6th. The
present family are descended from them, having been
Barons previous to the erection of the Earldom. Bul-
ing has long been deserted by the family, whose prin-
cipal seat is at Sheffield. [Burke's Landed Gentry.
Chalmondely.
Descended from the Barons of Malpas, in the reign
of King John. The younger branches are Chalmon-
dely of York, extinct in 1641. Chalmondely of
Brandley, since the extinction of the Whitby branch,
is the only representative of the Yorkshire Chalmon-
delys. [Burke's Landed Gentry.
Wyvell op Constable Babton.
This ancient Norman family is said to have descended
from Sir Humphrey de Wyvell, who lived at the time
of the Conquest, and whose descendants are seated at
Slingsby, in County York. The more modern part of
the pedigree begins with Robert Wyvell of Ripon,
whose son was of Little Barton, in the reign of Henry
the 8th; from thence the family emigrated to Constable
Barton, about the end of the reign of James the 1st.
During the civil wars of the 17th century, the Wy veils
were distinguished by their loyalty, and consequent
The BeekwUha. 309
sufferings, in the royal cause. An elder line of the
family, on whom the Baronetcy was created in 1611,
has descendants said to be resident in Maryland, U. 8.
Arms gu. 3 chevreuls interlaced vaire and a chief or.
founded on the coat of Fitz-Hugh, and may be taken
as proof of high antiquity. [Burke's Landed Gentry.
Gbimstone of Grimstonegarth.
Sylvester of Grimstone, standard bearer and Cham-
berlain of William the 1st, of Grimstone in the parish
of Garten, is claimed as ancestor of this venerable
family, who have, ever since the period of the Conquest,
resided at the place, from whence the name is de-
rived. Younger branches of the Grimstone were seated
in Norfolk and Essex, besides the Grimstones Gersham-
berg, Earls of Vellum, all now extinct in the male
line. Anna arg. on a f ess sa. 3 mullets of 6 points or.
pierced gu. This coat was borne by Monsieur Girard
de Grimstone, in the reign of Richard the second.
[Burke's Landed Gentry of England.
Redman of Hammertoe.
One of the most ancient families in the North of
England, descended from Richard de Hammerton, who
lived in the 26th year of the reign of Henry the sec-
ond, anno 1170. From Hammerton, the original seat,
the family removed to Hellefield, acquired by marriage
with an heiress of Knolles, during the reign of Ed-
ward the third. The castle or pell was built in the
310 The Beckwiths.
time of Henry the seventh. The Hammertons were
engaged in the northern rebellion in 1531, and thereby
Sir Stephen Hammerton lost his head, and the family
their estates, which were restored to the male repre-
sentative of the family in the third year of the reign
of Elizabeth, by a munificent settlement made by John
Redman, who became possessed of the property by
marriage with the Hammertons. [Burke's Landed
Gentry of England.
BoYETTON OF BaRRISTEN.
Bartholomew de Barristen, living at the beginning of
the twelfth century, stands at the head of the pedigree.
Barriston came from Sir Malyn Del Sie, in the fifth
century. During the civil wars, Sir Mathew Boynton,
the head of the family, was one of the gentlemen
chiefly trusted in Yorkshire by parliament [Burke's
Landed Gentry of England.
Watterton of Walton.
Watterton in the County of Lincoln, was the origi-
nal seat and from thence was the name derived. Sir
John Watterton was Esquire of the body to Henry
the fourth and comptroller of the household of Henry
the fifth and sixth. He was succeeded by his brother
Sir Robert of Methlre, which he inherited with his
wife, Cicily, the daughter and heiress of Robert Flem-
ing of Woodhall, in that parish, and where his house
is still preserved. The present family are descendants
of a younger son of this house (the elder line being
The Beckwith*. 311
extinct) who married Catherine Boughe, heiress of
Walton, about the time of Richard the second.
[Burke's Landed Gentry of England.
Gentlemen's Magazine.
(Published in London, England.)
1748. August 5th; Lieut.-CoL Beckwith, at the camp
near Colchester, King William gave him a pair
of colors, at the siege of Navarre, where he was
shot through the body. He was at the siege of
Gibraltar and was one of its defenders for seven
months against the united forces of Spain and
France.
1743. Died, Tarpley Beckwith, November 27th, only
son of Sir Marmaduke Beckwith of Virginia.
1758. Major Beckwith, promoted to lieut.-coL of the
20th regiment.
1769. Ambrose Beckwith; bankrupt; a goldsmith of
York.
1770. Rev. William Beckwith; curate of St Giles,
Norwich.
1770. Lieut. William Beckwith ; Queen's regiment of
dragoons; died.
1771. George Beckwith; ensign; promoted vice J.
Gay.
1781. James Beckwith of Knaefborough ; bankrupt;
a draper.
1781. Lieut. John Beckwith; 15th Dragoons; pro-
moted to captain lieutenant.
812 The Bechmihs.
1782. At York, Alexander H. Sunderland; married
to Miss Beckwith.
1786. August 17th ; died at York, Thomas Beckwith ;
F. A. S. artist, whose paintings were both
numerous and valuable, leaving a son Dr. Ray
Beckwith at Whitby and one daughter, unmar-
ried.
1787. At Bishop Middleham, near Durham, died Gen-
eral John Beckwith, retired many years from
the army, who distinguished himself greatly in
Germany, under Prince Ferdinand, by whom he
was greatly esteemed.
1788. At Marlborough, near Rotherham, Co. York,
Mrs. Beckwith died ; she was the wife of Jonah
Beckwith, F. A. S. Attorney ; they were married
in 1763, having two sons and two daughters.
1790. Henry Beckwith of Long Oak, married Mra
Deaman of Clapham Abbey.
1794. Rev. Edward Beckwith ; M. A, new college of
Oxford ; married to Miss Chard of Ryecot.
1794. At Sunderland; William Beckwith; captain of
Durham Militia; married Miss Caroline Lew-
ham of Houghton le Spring.
1795. James Beckwith, died at York, aged 66.
1796. Rev. Malby Beckwith; vicar; "St Denis with
St. George," " cum nabrum R " in York, vice
Barret, deceased.
1797. George Beckwith ; appointed governor and com-
mander-in-chief of the islands called Bermuda,
lower islands in America; he was not sworn
The Beckwith*. 313
of her Majesty's private council, but took the
oath appointed to be taken by the governors of
her Majesty's plantations.
1797. Rev. J. Walker; appointed living, vice Beck-
with.
1798. Rev. Edward James Beck with, M. A.; collated
to Nimes Deanery in St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
1799. At his home, Great Smithfield, Westminster;
died suddenly, Edward Beckwith of Ripon, Co.
York ; lineal descendant of Sir Roger Beckwith
of Beckwithshaw, near Knaef borough ; bis daugh-
ter married Capt. Craik of Abigland Dumphries,
whose son will inherit the estates in Yorkshire.
1799. Ray Beckwith, M. D. ; died in his eighty-seventh
year; of York; a gentleman of good medical
ability.
1800. James Beckwith, Sr., a member of North Cathed-
ral ; died in his seventy-second year.
1800. Ray Beckwith, M. D. ; son of Thomas Beck-
with; F. A. S. portrait painter; nephew of
Jonah Beckwith of Rothersham ; attorney ; died
at York.
1802. Fred A. F. Beckwith; 37th Foot, lieut.-coloneL
1803. Mr. Beckwith of St. Martine Lane to Miss
Royal of Pall Mall.
1803. To the wife of Lieut-Col. Sidney Beckwith and
daughter.
1804. Mr. Beckwith; upholsterer; of Martin's Lane,
Charing Cross ; died.
1804. Maj.-General Beckwith ; appointed captain and
40
314 The Beckwith*.
governor-in-chief of the island of St. Vincent
and Grenadine.
1805. Major Sidney Beckwith of the rifle brigade to
Miss Clementina Loughran of London.
1805. December 31st, F. A. Beckwith; brig.-gen. of
his Majesty's forces, died ; brig.-gen., while act-
ing as A. A. Gr., southern district, Whitehall,
December 31st, 1804.
1807. August 21st ; died at Colchester, Essex, the wife
of Col. Sidney Beckwith, of a son born.
1809. Died at Norwich, Dr. Beckwith, in the fiftieth
year of his age ; organist of the Cathedral and
St Peter's Church ; admitted to the degree of B.
and D., at Oxford, 1803.
1809. At Tombstone Lodge; died, Peregrine Went-
worth, eighty-eight years old; married Miss
Thompson, May, 1751, only daughter of Bielby
Thompson, near York, by his first wife, who was
the sole daughter and heiress of Sir Roger Beck-
with, Bart.
1811. Wounded, Peninsular War, in the foot, March
4th; Lieut. Beckwith, 1st Batt, 95th Foot
1811. Major F. S. Beckwith, 95th Foot, to be lieut-
col. in the army.
1813. Died March 13th, Clementina, wife of Maj.-Gen.
Sir Sidney Beckwith ; quartermaster-general of
her Majesty's force in America.
1813. July 23d, Henry P. Howard Beckwith; married
Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Macquire of
Clowen Castle, Waterford.
i
The Beckiciths. 315
1814. January 2d, died in Gloucester Street, Queens
Square, age seventy-six, Mrs. Beckwith, widow
of Ambrose Beckwith, formerly of York.
1815. Order of the Bath conferred on General Sir
George Beckwith and on Maj.-General Sir Sid-
ney Beckwith.
1 815. Sepoy Eebellion ; Major.C. Beckwith, 95th Foot.
1815. Emperor of Russia conferred order of St Ann
on Col. C. Beckwith, 95th Foot.
1816. Selby Abbey, Yorkshire, home of Sir Leonard
Beckwith.
1816. Promoted to major-general, Sir S. Beckwith,
It. C. B.
1817. To-day the execution of Cahman, the rioter, took
place opposite Mr. Beckwith's gun store in Skun-
ter Street, London, which was gutted by the
rioters.
1817. At the exposition of the school of St. Paul's Mr.
Beckwith delivered an oration in Greek.
1817. Rev. E. J. Beckwith, ecclesiastical preferment.
1817. Lieut. W. F. Peter, Royal Navy; married
Mary, eldest daughter of Rev. E. J. Beckwith,
rector of St. Albans, Wood Street.
1817. Major-General Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith,
K. C. B. ; married Mary, eldest daughter of Sir
William Douglas, Bart, of Kelhead.
1817. "Fragmenta Antiquitatis " or Ancient Tenures
and Customs, reprinted by Jonah Beckwith,
1784, and reprinted by his son in 1815.
1781. John Beckwith; ensign; promoted to lieut.,
316 The Beckwiihs.
March 1st, 1783; in CoL John Gibson's com-
mand, western department, January 1st, 1780,
to 1781.
1812. Died at Rochline Place, John Beckwith in the
eighty-fourth year of his age.
1315. Promoted Col. C. Beckwith to lieut.-col., 95th
Foot.
1818. History of Lincolnshire, Somerby Park, by John
Beckwith, Esq.
1819. April 5th; died, the wife of Mr. Beckwith of
the Royal Mint, Tower Hill.
1819. March 1 1th, Thomas Beckwith of Bedford Place,
married Sophia, eldest daughter of F. Baldwin
of Vale Place, niece of Sir William HencheL
1821. Rev. G. Beckwith, East Redford; vicar, Not-
tinghamshire.
1821. Rev. E. G. Beckwith of Tillingham, Essex;
married Jane Hanbury.
1822. Died, Henry Peregrine Howard Beckwith, age
thirty-six.
1822. Rev. G. F. Beckwith; vicar of East Tidford;
married daughter of Rev. J. Carter.
1822. Died at Brompton, Jersey, Philadelphia, daugh-
ter of Sir T. S. Beckwith, K. C. B., age sixteen.
1823. Rev. Henry Ambrose Beckwith, A. M.; vicar
of St. Michaels le Belf rey ; married Mary Pon-
nall of Haltin Garden.
1823. Died, age seventy-five, the Right Hon. General
Sir George Beckwith, G. C. B. ; colonel of the
89th Regiment of Foot.
The Bechwiths. 317
1823. January 16th, at Hampstead, Thomas Beck with
of Bedford Place, married Eliz Sophia Spots-
wood.
1823. Order of the Tower and Sword of Portugal
conferred on Sir F. Beckwith.
1825. Rev. E. G. A. Beckwith, canon of Westminster
Abbey.
1825. May 17th, to the wife of E. G. A. Beckwith, a
daughter at the vicarage of Tillingham, Essex.
1825. December 7th, died at York, age sixty-eight,
Captain Beckwith.
1826. Rev. E. G. A. Beckwith, to a minor canonry
in St. Paul's Cathedral.
1827. Rev. A. Beckwith, Collingham R., York.
1 827. Essay on theological science by James Beckwith.
1827. Died at Edinburgh, age ninety-six; relic of
Maj.-Gen. John Beckwith, daughter of Rev.
Michael, dean of the Royal Chapel.
182$. March 21st, at Gibraltar, Thomas Sidney Beck-
with ; captain Rifle Brigade, only son of Maj.-
Gen. Thos. Sidney Beckwith.
1828. At Chester, September 30th ; Rev. James Marngy
of Chester to Charlotte, daughter of Maj.-Gen.
B., and niece of the late General Sir George
Beckwith, K. C. B.
1829. Rev. H. Beckwith, vicar of St. Martin's, York.
1830. At Marylebone, Rev. Wilson married Clemen-
tina, only daughter of Lieut. -General Sir Thos.
Sidney Beckwith, K. C. B.
818 The Beekwtifo.
Gentleman's Magazine, 1812.
1812. June 1st, 1812. The splendid ceremony of in-
stalling the twenty-three knights lately added
to the Order of the Bath, took place early in
the morning, the Horse and Foot Guards took
their stations about ten o'clock; the persons
connected with the ceremony met in the House
of Lords, and at eleven the procession com-
menced in the following order, under a tempo-
rary boarded covering, matted and bounded on
each side by strong wooden railings ; it extended
from the door of the House of Lords (Princes'
chamber) to the S. E. door of the Abbey (poets'
corner) ; four ushers with wands ornamented
with ribbons, four drummers and fifers, and eight
trumpeters in their full uniforms. Esquires of
the knights elect, and the proxies of those who
did not attend, the latter wore the sack coat
and were girt with the sword of the order.
They carried the mantle on their right arms,
and walked bare headed. Esquires of the knights
who had already received the honor of knight-
hood, wore black velvet caps. The knights of
the order, superbly dressed in their proper cos-
tume, and all wearing white satin hats, orna-
mented with white plumes. The Duke of York,
grand master, followed by his aide-de-camps in
full uniform. Then came several heralds and a
party of Javelin-men, by whom the procession
The Beckwiths. 319
was closed. When the procession reached the
chapel, the knights took their seats in their re-
spective stalls, and under their banners, the
proxies and the esquires in their proper places,
they made profound obeisance to the throne or
stall set apart for the sovereign and which (the
Prince Regent having declined honoring the cere-
monial with his presence) was of course vacant.
Close to it was the stall of the Duke of York,
who, as acting grand master, presided on this
occasion. The ceremony finished, the procession
returned in the same order in which they had ap-
proached the abbey. The Princesses Augusta and
Sophia, the Princess Charlotte of Wales and the
Duchess of York after the ceremony dined with
the Prince Regent in company with the Duke
of Kent, Cumberland, and of Cambridge. The
Order of the Bath had on this occasion been ex-
tended to fifty knights, including the sovereign
and grand master. Among the names of the new
knights is that of Sir George Beckwith.
Gentleman's Magazine.
1812. May 15th, at the trial of John Bellingham for
murder, he confessed to having bought the pis-
tol that done the deed at Mr. Beckwith's in
Fleet Street.
1786. February 17th, died at York, Mr. Thomas Beck-
with, F. A. S. painter, whose collections for the
city of York and county were both numerous
320 The Beckwith*.
and valuable, was descended from a very an-
cient family in that county, of every branch of
which he had preserved copious genealogies. As
to his own line, suffice to say, that his father was
a respectable attorney in the West Riding, who
left several children. Two of his sons were led
to his own profession, to one of whom (Jonah
still living) the world is much obliged for an
enlarged edition of Blount's ft Fragmenta An-
tiquitatis" printed at York, in October, 1784.
What other children survived his father is un-
known to the writer of this article, except
Thomas, the loss of whom he sincerely regrets,
and to whom the following tribute is due.
Mr. Beckwith served his time as a house
painter, to a very ingenious man, Mr. George
Fleming of Wakefield, from whom he derived
his skill in drawing and living, as well as im-
bibed a love of antiquity. To these, Mr. B.
added heraldic and genealogical knowledge, to
all which he applied himself in his leisure hours,
with such great and unwearied zeal, that his col-
lections, together with the works of his own
hands, became at length very considerable; for
as he was well known to and still more respected
by a numerous provincial acquaintance, he had
frequent opportunities of making additions to
it. With regard to Mr. B.'s merits as a portrait
painter, the writer is not competent to judge;
but if Mr. B. did not use his palette much, yet
The Bechwtihs. 321
was his pencil in constant employment; for
there was hardly an object that struck him as a
curiosity, particularly if an antique, of which he
did not make a drawing, and scarcely a church
or a ruin in the vicinity of the place of his abode,
that he did not picture, either in pencil or water
colors. A few years ago, Mr. B. obtained a patent
for the sole making and vending what may be
called hardened crayons, which would bear the
knife, and carry a point like a pencil, but whether
his ingenuity was rewarded with a success the
writer is ignorant. It was about the same time
that he was elected a fellow of the society of
Antiquane, London. But what contributed
most to make Mr. B. known to those who were
unacquainted with him in any other branch, was
his extensive information in the genealogical
line, in so much that he has had the arrange-
ment of numberless pedigree for some of the
best families in the north of England ; which
he was enabled to do from visitation books, and
other authentic documents, which fell into his
hands ; added to these he possessed much intel-
ligence, respecting the antiquity and descents of
the principal families in the inland adjacent
countries, and of various others and more remote
from him. If the world in general was, in a
great measure, a stranger to Mr. B.'s public
merits, it may be partly attributed to his own
modesty and diffidence, to which truth, many
41
328 The Bechwiths.
readers of this little account will be ready to
enjoin their testimony, and agree, further, that
his indefatigable industry in collecting, was only
exceeded by his obliging willingness to impart
any information which he had received. In the
search after antiquities, Mr. B. seemed to have
made the more obscure and minuter history of
York, and its environs his peculiar study, in so
much that he had prepared and nearly com-
pleted a little work which would be very ac-
ceptable to many of his friends, viz.: " A walk
in and about the city of York," on the plan
of Mr. Gosling's " Walk in and about the city
of Canterbury."
The whole of his collections, we understand,
is speedily intended for sale ; but it is much to
be wished, in particular, that the above piece
might be accepted, and placed in proper hands
for publication, and in general, that the rest of his
manuscript may fall among such purchasers, who
will be as liberal in their communications, as was
the late worthy proprietor. Mr. B. died a wid-
ower, leaving one son, Dr. Ray Beckwith, a phy-
sician at Whitby, and one daughter, unmarried.
1836. September 7th, at Shrewsbury, the Rev. Henry
Beckwith to Ann Rose, second daughter of the
late Rev. John Eyton.
1837. May 16th, Mary, widow of the late Maj.-Gen.
G. Sidney Beckwith, and Christian and Cathe-
rine Heron Douglas, spinsters, the only surviv-
The Beckwith*. 323
ing younger children of the late Sir William
Douglas of Kelhead, Bart, and younger brother
and sisters of Charles now Marquis of Queens-
bury, to enjoy the name, title and precedence as
. if their late father had survived the late Duke
of Queensbury.
1838. October 19th, At Collingham, near Whitby,
Yorkshire, aged forty-one ; died, the Rev. Henry
Arthur Beckwith, vicar of that parish, and of
St. Martins le-grand, York. He was presented
to Collingham in 1827, by Mrs. Wheeler, and to
his church in York in 1829, by the dean and
chapter.
1 839. Lately, Vavasour George, youngest son of the
Rev. T. F. Beckwith, vicar of East Redford.
1832. March 20th, at Eton College, Frances Lorissa,
youngest daughter of the late Dr. Beckwith of
Norwich.
1832. Cheshire, June 1 1th, at Park Gate, aged twenty,
Georgina, fourth daughter of Maj.-Gen. W. H.
Beckwith.
1812. May 31st, New Brunswick, Capt. G. Evatt, 55th
Reg., to Susan, second daughter of J. Beckwith
of the Bower, Halifax.
1833. January 7th, aged sixty-two, the Rev. Edward
James Beckwith, rector of the united parishes
of St Albans, Wood Street^ and St Olares,
Silver Street, London. Vicar of Tillingham,
Essex, and a minor canon of St Paul's. He ob-
tained the latter preferment in 1797, and was
324 The BeohvntJis.
presented by the dean and chapter to his city
living in 1800, and that in Essex, in 1855.
1833. January 1st, at Faywell, Gendhurst* aged fifty-
seven, Samuel Beckwith, Esq. (died.)
1835. Ecclesiastical preferment, Rev. E. J. Beckwith,
St Michael Baneshaw R, London.
1834. Died, Durham, March 20th, aged 29, William
Beckwith, Esq., of Stockton-upon-tees, Timber
merchant.
Dr. Gelley's Book, tC A visit to the valleys of
Piedmont " fell into the hands of a British re-
tired officer, Colonel Beckwith, who had lost a
leg at the battle of Waterloo, which suggested
an object for one who was loth to fall at the
age of twenty-six into enforced idleness. Col.
Beckwith visited the valleys and was painfully
struck by the squallor and ignorance of a people
who had had such a glorious past. He settled
among them, and for thirty-five years devoted
himself to their welfare, he married a Voudois
peasant girl, and lived among the people, and es-
tablished no fewer than twelve schools, More-
over he brought back the Italian language,
which had been displaced by the French in the
service of the Voudois church, and in 1849, built
a church for them at Turin. He lived in La
Tour till his death, in 1862, and the name of
their English benefactor is still revered by the
simple folk of the valleys whom he did so much
to civilize. [Encyclopedia Britannica.
The Bechwitha. 325
Emigrants.
1607. At Jamestown, Va., from the ship Phoenix,
landed William Beckwith [Smith's History of
Virginia.
1634. Stephen Beckwith (?) did not take oath, being
under age; shipped at Ipswich, England, for
New England, April 31st, 1634, age eleven
years. [Public Records of Connecticut.
1635. July 4th, emigrants to be transported to Vir-
ginia; embarked on the " Transport v of Lon-
don, Edward Walker, master, certificate from
Minister at Gravesend of their conformity to the
orders and discipline of the Church of England.
Robert Beckwith, age twenty-one, and many
others. [Hotten's Emigrant*
1645. The parish of Tuling, County Essex, England,
sent over Thomas Beckwith, a poor boy, in 1645.
[Public Records of Connecticut
1635. April 3d, Gravesend, April 3d, 1635, on the
" Peter Buonaventura," Thomas Hartman, mas-
ter, bound for Barbadoes, William Beckwith,
age twenty-six. [Hotten's Emigrants.
1648. George Beckwith, landed at St. Marys 7 , Mary-
land, in the year 1648. [Maryland Land Rec-
ords.
1669. Henry Beckwith, came to Maryland from Vir-
ginia, in the year 1669. [Maryland Land Rec-
ord a
1700. Sir Marmaduke Beckwith came to Virginia
896 The Beehwiths
about the year 1700. [County Clerks of Rich-
mond Co., Va.
George Beckwith, of Calvert County, Maryland,
Emigrant.
The privy-councillors and lords of manors formed
the class in which we find the germ of a nobility, below
them was a considerable number of planters, who bore
the title of " gentlemen/ 9 as large a class, in Maryland,
as in any other Anglo-American colony, and were held
in the very highest esteem. Many who had come un-
der an indenture, performed an honorable service, and
then received their discharge, with a comfortable out-
fit The principal planters were also the merchants,
who traded with London and the other great ports of
England. Ferries over streams and rivers, were erected
by the government, and kept by the most respectable
colonists, the duties in most instances being performed
by their deputies. Tobacco was the most common
currency of the province, one pound of it in 1650 was
worth about three pence, in English money. The
most striking features upon the face of society was the
plantations, upon them was held some of the earliest
courts and councils and governors, privy councilors
and county judges, were all of them planters. [Davis'
Day Star of Freedom.
The Protestant Declaration.
The declaration and certificate of William Stone,
Esq., lieutenant of the province of Maryland, by com-
The Becbwiths.
327
mission from the Right Honorable, the Lord Balti-
more, Lord Proprietary thereof, and of Captain Brice,
Mr. Thomas Hatton and Captain Vaughan of his said
lord ship's council there and of divers of the Burgesses
now met as the assembly there, and other protestant
inhabitants of the said province, made the 1 7th day of
April, anno domini one thousand six hundred and fifty.
We, the said lieutenant, council, burgesses and other
protestants, inhabitants above mentioned, whose names
are hereunto subscribed, do declare and certify to all
persons whom it may concern, that according to an act
of assembly here, and several other strict injunctions,
and declarations by his said lordship, for that purpose,
made and provided, we do here enjoy all fitting and
convenient freedom and liberty in the exercise of our re-
ligion, under his lordship's government and interest, and
that none of us are anyways troubled or molested, for
or by reason thereof, within his said lordship's province.
James Cox,
Robert Roberts,
Thomas Steerman,
George Puddington,
Walter Barri,
William Brough,
Francis Posey.
William Stone,
Bar- Jo Price,
gesses. Robert Vaughan,
Thomas Hatton,
► Council.
William Durand,
Thomas Maydwell,
Win. Hungerford,
William Stimpson,
Thomas Dinyard,
John Grimesditch,
William Edwin,
Richard Bunne,
Elias Beach,
Antony Rawlins,
Marke Bloomfield,
William Pell,
William Warren,
Edward Williams,
Ralph Bean,
John Slingsby,
Jos Morphen,
Richard Smith,
George Beckwith,
Thomas Bnshnell,
Francis Martin,
John Walker,
Stanhope Roberts,
William Brown,
John Half head,
William Hard wick,
Hugh Crage,
388 The Beckwith*.
George Sawyer, Author Turner, George Whiteacre,
William Edes, Wm. Hawley, Daniel docker,
John Gage, William Smoot, Patrick Forest,
Robert Ward, John Sturman, Thomas Warr,
William Marshall, John Nichols, Walter Walterling.
[Maryland Records.
1648. Thomas Hatton, Esq., Secretary of Maryland,
obtained a grant of land for transporting him-
self and family and two other persons, Greoi^ge
Beckwith and Patrick Forest, into the province
to inhabit in the year 1648. [Maryland Land
Records, liber A, B, and H, folio 1 23.
1663. George Beckwith demands more land for trans-
porting himself from Virginia, into the province
in 1657 ; Richard Prigg, in 1661 ; Charles Free-
man, in 1661 ; Alice Jones, in 1 660 ; Alice Lind-
sey, in 1661. [Maryland Land Records, liber
7, folio 81 and 82.
1641. December 17th, 1641, Nicholas Hervey, prayeth
a grant of land of one thousand acres on the
Patuxent River, by special warrant, from his
lordship for transporting into the province, this
present year, himself, his wife and daughter,
Frances, and four other persons, viz. : Robert
Beard, Harvey Spinke, John Carr and one boy
named Robert Ford. [Maryland Land Records,
liber 1, folio 129.
The above special warrant was dated at Lon-
don, England, September 8th, 1641. [Mary-
land Land Records, liber A, B, and H, folio 103.
1657. August 20th, 1657. The deposition of Jane
The Beckioiths. 339
Green, wife of Thomas Green of Elizabeth River,
in the county of Norfolk, Virginia, planter, and
widow of the late Nicholas Hervey of Patuxent
River, in the province of Maryland ; concerning
a plantation or manor called "St Joseph's
Manor," of the deceased Hervey 's, now held by
George Beckwith of Patuxent River, in the prov-
ince of Maryland, in right of himself and
Frances, his now wife, the daughter and heiress
of the said Nicholas Hervey, late of Maryland,
planter. [Maryland Land Records, liber No. 3,
folio 336.
1675. Came Richard Ladd of Calvert County, Gent'l,
and showeth that George Beckwith, late of Cal-
vert Co., Gent'l, the 25th of May last past, made
a will in writing, constituting his wife Frances,
his sole executrix, and giving by that will de-
verse legacies to his children, and after made
Christopher Roushy Gent, and him the said
Ladd, overseers of the said will that the said
Beckwith after went for England, and there
converted the said moneys into goods and mer-
chandise to return to the said province, and
there falling sick, upon the third day of Novem-
ber, last past, declared unto Captain Leonard
Webber, that whereas, he had made a will be-
fore he came from his home in Maryland, which
he did not see fit or convenient, he did now all
to the disposition of his wife, as by the dispo-
ition of the said, Webber, taken the 13th in-
42
330 The JBeokwiths.
stant, and endorsed upon the said will, doth and
may appear, and he further showeth that the
said George Beckwith is since deceased and
buried in England, and that since his death, the
said Prances, his wife, is likewise deceased in
the province, so that now the right of adminis-
tration rests in some of the children of the said
George and Frances, being all infants under age,
and therefore in regard the said Beckwith's
will in writing, dated 24th May aforesaid, had
made him the said Ladd one of the overseers of
the said will, and out of his affection to the
said infants, offered to take upon himself the
burden of administration, whereupon letters of
administration were granted to the said Richard
Ladd. [Testamentary Proceedings, liber No. 3,
folio 346.
1674. Warrant of re-survey to George Beckwith of St.
Joseph's manor, Patuxent river. [Maryland
Land Records.
1679. April 28th, approved the third and final account
of Thomas Banks of Patuxent river in Calvert
County, Gent'l., administrator of all and singu-
lar ye goods and chatels and debts of George
Beckwith Gent., late of Calvert County, deceased
at London in ye kingdom of England, etc., etc.
Signed Philip Calvert Esquire, for the probate
of wills, etc. [Inventories and accounts, liber
6, folios 46 to 59.
1679. February 17th, came Thomas Banks and in-
The Bechwiiha. 331
formed the judge that he had received informa-
tion of diverse goods, late belonging to the es-
tate of George Beckwith late of Calvert County,
deceased of whose goods etc., he the said Banks
is administrator, and therefore prayeth that they
might be appraised and to him delivered.
Ordered : That Captain Henry Darnall Gent,
doe appraise the said goods and that they be
delivered to ye said Banks, to be distributed to
ye children of ye said George Beckwith, viz't., to
John Miles, who married Mary the eldest daugh-
ter of ye said George, and to Elizabeth who is now
of age, by equal portions, and that he doe im-
mediately give bond with two sureties to render
unto Charles, Barbarra and Margarett Beckwith,
children of the said George, for the remaining
three-fifths or ye value thereof. [Testamentary
Proceedings, liber 16, folio 346.
1704. October 5th, was surveyed for Charles Beck-
with of St. Mary's County, by virtue dated 30th
August, 1704, a tract called " Beckwith's Lodge"
containing 600 acres etc., to be held of the
manor of " West St. Mary's " patent issued 10th
Oct, 1707. [Land records liber D, D, No. 5,
folio 466.
1706. June 12th, by virtue of a warrant granted out
of his Lordship's Land office unto Charles Beck-
with of St. Mary's County, to re-survey that
part of a tract of land lying in the said county
called " St. Joseph's Manor " as was u not sold by
339 Ths BecbwUks.
his father, and was afterwards in the possession
of Lydiet deceased, bearing date the fourteenth
of April, 1702. [Land records liber I, L, No. B,
folio 182.
1706. June 12th, surveyed for Charles Beckwith, a
manour of land called " St. Joseph's Manour "
comprising 1250 acres, lying in St. Mary's
County. [Land records liber I, L, No. B, folio
181'A\
1 732. November 25, suit brought by Thomas Gittings
against William Beck with in an exchange of
lands in St Mary's and Prince George Counties
Md., the said William Beckwith proves his right
by inheritance from his father Charles Beckwith,
Ann Beckwith wife of the said Charles and
mother of the said William, testifies as to the re-
linquishment of her dower as the widow of said
Charles Beckwith, and mother of the said William
Beckwith ; also testifies his brothers Basil and
George Beckwith; furthermore testifies Ann
Miller, mother of William Beckwith, who says
after her husband's, Charles Beckwith's death she
married John Miller of Prince George County,
planter, at which time she relinquished her
dower in the estate of the late Charles Beckwith.
[Maryland Chancery Proceedings, liber I, R> No.
3, folios 17-33.
The Bechwiths. 883
Henry Bbckwith, of Dorchester Co., Maryland,
Emigrant.
1669. October 21st, came Henry Beckwith and proved
right to fifty acres of land for transporting him-
self from Virginia. [Maryland Land Records,
liber 12, folio 849.
The will of Henry Beckwith of Dorchester
Co., Md., planter, dated 17th of August, 1717,
and proved 27th of October, 1717. He be-
queathed two tracts of land called " Berry's
Chance " and " Willmot's Choyse " to his well
beloved son Nehemiah Beckwith, whom he ap-
pointed sole executor of his will. [Testament-
ary Records, liber W, B, No. 6, folio 45l!
The will of Nehimiah Beckwith of Dorchester
Co., Md., planter, dated 21st January, 1729,
and proved 10th June, 1730. He bequeathed
his dwelling, plantation and personal property,
to his wife Frances Beckwith, his executrix; after
death or marriage, the former was to revert to
his eldest daughter, Elizabeth Beckwith, and
the personality to be equally divided between
his daughters Elizabeth and Dorothy. He also
bequeathed a tract of land containing eight hun-
dred and sixty acres to his daughter Dorothy
Beckwith. [Testamentary Records, liber C, C,
No. 8, folios 28 and 29.
The will of Frances Beckwith, of Dorchester
Co., in the province of Maryland, dated June
384 The Bechmths.
18th, 1784, and proved 15th August, 1734.
She divided her personal estate equally between
ner daughters, Elizabeth Ennals and Dorothy
Beckwith, and appointed the latter her execu-
trix. [Testamentary Proceedings, liber I, D,
folio 812.
1730. June 10th, letters testamentary on the estate of
Nehemiah Beckwith, of Dorchester Co., Md.,
deceased, granted to Frances Beckwith, his exec-
utrix, Col. Tall Lockennan and John Anderton,
9 her sureties in the sum of JE800 sterling. The
inventory of his estate (JB328, 2, 2), returned
13th July, 1731. An inventory of the estate of
Frances Beckwith of Dorchester Co., returned
6th December, 1734. [Testamentary Proceed-
ings, liber T, G, 7, folios 3, 106 and 475.
The will of Mary Beckwith, of Dorchester Co.,
Md., dated October 21st, 1750, and proved 8th
July, 1758; she appointed her son-in-law,
Thomas Corke, and her grandson, Thomas Tay-
lor, executors of her will, and bequeathed her
personal property to the following persona
John Taylor, her grandson; Elizabeth Taylor,
her granddaughter ; Nehemiah Corke, her grand,
son ; Edward Corke, her grandson ; Amy Corke,
her granddaughter ; Charles Beckwith, her son ;
Nehemiah Beckwith, her son; Mary Nickers,
her daughter. [Testamentary Proceedings, liber
B f I, No. 2, folios 611 and 612.
The Beckwitha.
335
DOBOHESTEB COUNIY DEBT BOOKS.
Page 29.
1734. Henry Beckwith.
Steward's Place, 300 ,
acres,
rent, lbs. 0, 6, 0.
Skinner's Folly, 50
0, 1, 0.
Berry's Chance, 200
0, 4, 0.
Refused Neck, 50
tt
0, 1, 0.
Beckwith's Add'n, 50
0, 2, 0.
"Wilmot's Advent'e, 50
0, 2, 0.
Page 47.
1734. Henry Beckwith, Sen.
Steward's Place, 300
tt
n
tt
0, 6, 0.
Page 7.
1756.
Refused Neck, 50
tt
n
a
0, 1, 0.
Beckwith's Add'n, 50
it
a
tt
0, 2, 0.
Page 13.
1758. Nehemiah Beckwith.
Steward's Place, 150
it
tt
n
0, 3, 0.
Page 10.
1766.
Beckwith's Add'n,
Page 10.
1766. Charles Beckwith.
Refused Neck, 50
n
n
it
0, 1, 0.
Page 10.
1767. Nehemiah Beckwith.
Steward's Place, 150
it
tt
n
0, 3, 0.
336 The Beckwith*.
Page 12.
1770.
Beckwith's Add'n, 50 " " " 0, 2, 0.
Page 15.
1770. Samuel Beckwith.
Refused Neck, 50 " " " 0, 1, 0.
Sir Marmaduke Beckwith op Virginia, Emigrant.
Sir Marmaduke Beckwith, Baronet, born January,
1687 ; was a merchant and clerk of the peace in Vir-
ginia ; he married and had issue : Tarpley, who died
in England December 29th, 1748 ; Marmaduke, living
in Virginia in 1771 ; a daughter living in 1748 ; Sir
Jonathan Beckwith is the present baronet. [Burke's
Landed Gentry.
Sir Marmaduke Beckwith, county clerk of Richmond
Co., Va., from 1708 to 1748 ; T. Tarpley was his deputy
and successor. [Virginia County Clerks.
Roused by danger and alarm at attempts, foreign
and domestic, to reduce the people of this country to
an abject and detestable slavery, by destroying their
fair and happy constitution of government, under which
they have hitherto lived, we who subscribe to this
paper, have associated and do bind ourselves to each
other, to God, and to our country, by the firmebt ties
that religion and virtue can frame, most sacredly and
punctually to stand by, and with our lives and for-
tunes, to support and defend each other, in the durance
of the following articles.
The BecJcwiths. 337
First we declare all due allegiance and obedience to
our lawful Sovereign George the third, King of Great
Britain, and we determine to the utmost of our power,
to preserve the laws, the peace and good order of this
colony, as far as is consistent with the preservation
of our constitutional rights and liberties.
Secondly : As we know it to be the rightful birth-
right of every British subject (and of the People of
Virginia, as being such), founded in reason, law and
compact, that he cannot be, legally tried, but by his
peers, and that he cannot be taxed, but by the consent
of a Parliament, in which he is represented by persons,
chosen by the people, and who themselves, pay a part
of the tax, they impress on others. If therefore any
person or persons shall attempt, by any action, or pro-
ceeding, to deprive the colony of those fundamental
rights, we mil immediately consider him or them, as
the most dangerous enemy or enemies of the commu-
nity, and we will go to any extremity, not only to pre-
vent the success of any attempts, but to stigmatize and
punish the offenders.
Thirdly : As the stamp act, does absolutely direct
the property of the people to be taken from them, with-
out their consent, expressed by their representatives,
and as in many cases, it deprives the British American
subject of his right of trial by jury, we determine at
every hazard; in regard to danger and death, we will
exact, and exert every faculty to prevent the execution
of the stamp act, in every instance whatsoever within
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338 The Bechmtha.
the colony. And every abandoned wretch who shall
be so lost to virtue and public good, as wickedly to
contribute to the introduction, or fixture of the stamp
act in this colony by using stamp paper, or by any
other means, we will with the utmost expedition, con-
vince all such profligates, that immediate danger, and
disgrace shall attend their prostitute purposes.
Fourthly : That the last article may be most surely
and effectually executed, we engage to each other, that
whenever it shall be known, to any of this association,
that any person is so conducting himself, as to favor
the introduction of the stamp act, that immediate no-
tice shall be given to as many of the association as
possible and that every individual so informed, shall
with expedition, repair to a place of meeting, to be ap-
pointed, as near the scene of action as possible.
Fifthly : Each associate shall do his true endeavor
to obtain as many signers to this association as he pos-
sibly can.
Sixthly: If any attempts shall be made on the
liberty or property of any associater, for any action or
thing, done in consequence of this agreement, we do
most solemnly bind ourselves by the most sacred en-
gagement of those who have entered thereunto at the
risk of our lives and fortunes, to restore such associate
to his liberty, and to protect him in the enjoyment of
his property.
In testimony of the good faith with which we re-
The
339
solve to execute the orders of this association, we have
this 27th day of February, 1766, in Virginia, put our
hands and seals hereto.
Richard Henry Lee,
Thomas Lord Lee,
Samuel Washington,
Charles Washington,
Moore Fauntleroy,
Francis Lightfoot Lee,
Thomas Jones,
Rodham Eenner,
Spencer M. Ball,
Joseph Murdock,
Richard Parker,
Spence Monroe,
• John Watts,
Robert Lovell,
John Blagge,
Charles Weeks,
Wm. Booth,
Geo. Tuberville,
Alyin Maxley,
Wm. Flood,
John Ballentine, Jr.
Daniel McCarty,
Townsend Dade,
John Ashton,
W. Brent,
Francis Foushell,
John Smith, Jr.,
Wm. Ball,
Thomas Barnes,
Jas. Blackwell,
Reuben Merriwether,
Edward Mod t joy,
Wm. T. Montjoy,
Thomas Montjoy,
Jas. Milikan,
John Richard,
Max Robinson,
Will Robinson,
William Lee,
William Sydnor,
John Monroe,
William Cocke,
William Grayson,
W. Brockinborough,
Samnel Selden,
Richard Mitchell,
Daniel Tibbs,
Francis Thornton, Jr.,
Peter Rust,
John Lee, Jr.,
Francis Warring,
John Upshaw,
Merriwether Smith,
Tbos. Ronne,
James Edmondson,
Jas. Webb, Jr,,
John Edmondson,
Edward Sanford,
Jas. Rust,
Gillet Campbell,
Jas. Lane,
A. Montague,
Richard Jeffries,
John Sugget,
John S. Woodcock,
Robert Wormley Caster,
John Beal, Jr.,
John Newton,
Will Beal, Jr.,
John Edmondson, Jr.,
Charles Beal,
Ebenezer Fisher,
Thomas Jett,
John Orr,
Louis Willis,
Jas. Banks.
Smith Young,
Laur. Washington,
W. Roane,
Richard Hodge,
Jas. Upshaw,
Jas. Booker,
Richard Lee,
Richard Buckner,
Jas. Pierce,
Will Chilton,
John Williams,
John Blackwell,
Wonder S. Kenner,
Wm. Bronnaugh,
Wm. Pierce,
John Benjamin,
John DicKson,
John Beane,
Thomas Chilton,
Edw. Ramsdell,
Peter Grant,
Thompson Mason,
Jonathan Beckwith,
Jas. Sanford,
John Belfield,
W. Smith,
John Aug. Washington,
Thomas Bellfield,
Edgcomb Legett,
Henry Franks,
Jas. E. Mason,
Thomas Logan,
Hancock Enstice,
Thomas Douglass.
[Virginia Records.
340 The jBeokwiths.
Mathew Beckwith, of Connecticut, Emigrant.
Mathew Beckwith came over with Mr. Winthrope,
in 1635, and became temporarily a settler at Saybrook
Point [Connecticut Records.
Mathew Beckwith resided in Hartford in 1645, on
lot number ten on Main Street.
Plaintiff in a case, before the particular court in
1642, also plaintiff in a case in 1644.
Mathew Marvin sued Mathew Beckwith for slander,
and Beckwith made a public confession of his slander-
ing him, and the fine was remitted by the court, and
the plaintiff, Mathew Beckwith made free in 1658.
Stephen Beckwith (?) defendant in a case at Hart-
ford, 1649.
Stephen Beckwith (?) was at Hartford in 1649.
Nathaniel Beckwith, of Haddam, died in 1716, and
left Sarah his widow, with an estate worth £269.
His children were, Job, Nathaniel, Jerusha, Sarah,
Joseph and Patience.
Nathaniel, of Lyme, was appointed by the court
guardian of the children of Nathaniel, of Haddam, de-
ceased. It is probable the two Nathaniels, above, were
the sons of Mathew and Stephen Beckwith, brothers,
who were early settlers in Hartford, neither of whom
appear to have died there. , Mathew was the owner of
part of a vessel. [Hinman's Connecticut Settlers.
General court of election, Hartford, May 20th, 1658.
Were made free before the court, Matt Becquet and
others. [Connecticut Records.
The Beckwith*. 341
Stephen Becket* did not take oath, being under age,
shipped at Ipswich, England, bound for New England,
April 81st, 1684, age eleven years. [Connecticut
Records.
Mathew Beckwith came in 1667, but apparently did
not remain long in the colony. [Smith's History of
Guildford, Conn.
Mathew Beckwith fined ten shillings for unreason-
able and immoderate drinking at the Pinnance. [Con-
necticut Records.
Mathew Beckwith among the purchasers of Bran-
ford, December, 1638, by the New Haven colonists.
[Public Records of Connecticut.
Mention made of the arrival of Mathew Beckwith
at New London, and others, about March, 1651.
On the division of the land on the east side of
Breams Cove, between Mathew Beckwith, Bream and
Blatchford, the three " B's."
The land owned by Mathew Beckwith on the adjust-
ment of the boundary line, with Lyme, was found to
be mostly within the boundary of that town, though
his house was on the portion belonging to New Lon-
don. [Connecticut Records.
The swamps around New London being infested to
an unusual degree by wolves, the general court ordered
every town to pay a bounty of fifteen shillings for the
* This is the person that has been considered the brother of Mathew
Beckwith, but as I have traced this man back to London, where he came
from, I do not believe his name was Beckwith, though generally so
conceded by CauUdns and others.
MS The BedkwObL
killing o! a wolf within its bonnda In 1673, Matthew
Beckwith claimed bounty for tilling two wolves.
[Connecticut Records.
Elizabeth Rodgers, daughter of Mathew Griswold,
was granted a divorce from her husband, John Rogers,
the founder of the Rogerine Quakers, October 12th,
1676; they were married October 17th, 1670. Shortly
afterward she married Mathew Beckwith (2) she bore
ekildren to each husband.
About this time 1703, Rogers made a rash attempt
to regain his divorced wife, then united to Mathew
Beckwith, a writ was issued against him in January,
1703, on complaint of Beckwith charging him with
laying hands on her, declaring she was his wife, and
threatening Beckwith, that he would have her in spite
of him, all of which Rogers confessed to be true, but
defended on the plea that she was leally his wife,
[Connecticut Records.
In county court, June, 1703, Mathew Beckwith, Sr.,
appeared in court and swore his Majesty's peace
against John Rogers for that he was in fear of his life
from him. [Connecticut Records.
Between 1660 and 1664 Mould and Coit constructed
the " Speedwell, Hopewell and Endeavor," which were
called " Barques/' ranging from twelve to twenty ton,
and in value from J650 to JB82. They were built re-
spectively for Thomas Bebee, William Keeney and
Mathew Beckwith, but like other movable property of
that day, often changed owners. "The Endeavor"
made several voyages to the West indies Robert
The Bockwiths.
Girard and Samuel Chester commanders, and was sold
in Barbadoes (April, 1666) for 2,000 pounds of sugar.
[Connecticut Records.
The master of a vessel was generally part owner of
both cargo and craft, and not unfrequently was his own
factor, agent and tradesman. In the small coasters,
especially, the master or skipper was entirely inde-
pendent of orders. He went from place to place,
chaffing and bartering, often changing his course and
prolonging his stay on his own responsibility. New
London, before 1700, was as much noted for her coast-
ing vessels and skippers as of late years for her fine
fleet of smacks and smack men. Among the early
planters who were of this class, is mentioned Mathew
Beckwith and others. [Connecticut Records.
Hartford, May 16th, 1649, Richard Fellows, plain-
tiff vs. Stephen Beckwith (?) defendant, man action of
debt and damages, 30 shillings. [Connecticut Records.
The parish of Tilling Co., Essex, England, sent over
Thomas Beckwith, a poor child in 1645. [Connecticut
Records.
Parish <rf Tilling sent over to Mr. Weld J65 for
Thomas Beckwith, a poor child sent over, for which
he paid him when his time was out j£6, 5 9 0, as his ac-
quittance shows, dated February 4th, 1645. {[Connec-
ticut Records.
Mathew Beckwith and others of the name were
often called Becket while in Branford, and were also
called Bicket, and the Stephen Beckwith (?) of Nor-
walk, in 1654, removed, but came back again after
844 The Bechwiths.
1671, was the Stephen Becket, age eleven years, that
came over from Ipswich, on board the Francis, in 1634,
in charge of the Rev. Richard Pepper, who after a few
years at Roxbury, returned to Conn., probably for that
colony, was evidence of his apprentice in 1649. [Caul-
kins' History of New London.
Mathew Marvin and Mary Beckwith his wife, of
Loisburg, whom he married April 20th, 1732, both
had the small-pox taken from a transient person, who
came to their house, they were quarantined, and their
house turned into a hospital. [Public Records of Con-
necticut.
Tax Lists of Lyme, Conn., under Governor An-
drus.
Mathew Beckwith. Joseph Beckwith.
1 person, lbs. 20. Total lbs. 137, 10, 0.
House and lands, " 7.
8 oxen and cows, " 64.
2 yearlings, " 36.
66 sheep and 2 hogs, " 35.
[Public Records of Connecticut
Hartford, 17th May, 1655. The court considering
the sad complaint of Groodey Beckwith of Fairfield, in
reference to her husband deserting of her, declare yt
by witt, evedence hath benn presented to them of ye
manner of her husband's departure, and discontinuance,
they judge that if the said Goodey Beckwith, wife of
Thomas, shall upon her oath, testify to the magistrates,
that are shortly to keep court at Strathford, that her
The Beobwiths.
845
husband's departure was as others have testified it to
be, and yet she hath not heard from him any ways
since he deserted her, the said magistrates, may free
her from her said husband. [Connecticut Records.
Minutes Before Oowrt of Assistants, 1664-1666.
Uncas vs. Mathew Beckwith, Jr., for burning a wig-
wam of his. [Caulkins' History of New London.
Patent of New London, sanctioned by the governor
and company, October 14<&, 1704.
To all persons, to whom these presents shall come.
The governor and company of her Majesty's colony in
Connecticut in general court assembled, send greeting
whereas we the said governor and company, by virtue
of letters patent to us, granted by his Royal Majesty
Charles the second of England, etc., King, bearing date
the 23d day of April, in the fourteenth year of his
reign A. D., 1663, have formerly by certain acts and
grants passed in general assembly given and granted to
John Winthrope, Esq., Waite Winthrope, Esq., Daniel Weherel,
Nehemiah Smith,
Richard Christopher,
John AUeyn,
Gapt. John Avery,
Lieut. John Hough,
Robert Douglas,
Thomas Crocker,
John Rogers, 8r.,
Daniel Stubbing,
Benjaman Shapely,
Peter Harris,
Lawrence Ordner,
Peter Strickland,
Samuel Rogers, Sr.,
O. Manwarring,
John Minor,
Thomas Starr,
44
William Douglas,
David Caulkins,
John Stubbin,
John Burrows,
Richard Dart,
James Rogers,
George Geares,
John Edgecomb,
Samuel Avery,
John Tarrell,
Stephen Prentiss,
John Fox,
John Coit,
John Beekwith, •
John Davie,
Capt. James Morgan,
Joseph Latham,
Capt. John Prentiss,
John Keeney,
Samuel Fish,
Sam'l Rogers, Sr.,
John Lewis,
Thomas Bolles,
Jonathan Prentiss,
Robt. Lattimer,
John Richards,
John Plumbe,
Samuel Bebee,
George Chappelle,
Philip Bill,
346 The Beckwith*.
and many others, and the deed was signed by Robert
Treat, Dep. Gov. [Public Records of Connecticut.
Mathew Beckwith, his death being sudden, and the
result of an accident, a jury was summoned, who gave
their verdict, " that he came to his death by mistaking
his way on a dark night and falling from a cliff of
rocks." His estate was valued at £393. He left wife
Elizabeth, and children, Mathew, John, Joseph, Ben-
jamin, and two daughters, widows, the relicts of
Robert Girard and Benjamin Grant, both of whom
were mariners, and had probably perished at sea. No
other children are mentioned in the brief record of the
settlement of the estate; but Nathaniel Beckwith of
Lyme may upon supposition be included among his
sons. Mathew Junior, like his father, and most of the
family, was a seaman. The births of his two eldest
children, Mathew and John, are registered in Guild-
ford, where lie probably married and resided for a
time. The next three, James, Jonah and Prudence,
are on record at New London, and three more, Eliza-
beth, Ruth and Sarah in Lyme, where he fixed his
abode in 1677. These were by his first wife. His
second wife was Elizabeth, relict of Peter Pratt, by
whom he had one daughter, named Griswold, all these
children are named in his will except Sarah. He died
June 4th, 1727.
Joseph and Nathaniel Beckwith, sons of Mathew
Sr., settled in Lyme; John and Benjamin, in New
London. John Beckwith, in a deposition presented in
court in 1740, stated that he had lived at Niantic
The Bechwiths. 347
Ferry for seventy years. He is the ancestor of the
Waterford Beckwiths. [Caulkins' History of New
London, Conn.
Land for the site of a meeting house, and for a
burial place adjoining was given to the Society (Ches-
terfield) by Jonathan Lattimer in 1773, at which time,
it is probable that the meeting house was built and
opened for service. Jesse Beckwith was one of the
principal promoters of the undertaking. [Caulkins'
History of New London.
About the year 1748, a Baptist church was organized
at the West Farms, in Niantic District of New Lon-
don, now Waterford ; Nathan Howard was ordained
elder and John Beckwith deacon. [Caulkins' History
of New London.
New London County Court, February 3d, 1702, ap-
peared Joseph Beckwith and Susannah, his wife.
[Connecticut Records.
Hartford, May 2d, 1702. Ordered that Joseph Shel-
den of Lyme have liberty to appeal from judgment of
County Court, whereas himself as plaintiff vs. Joseph
Beckwith, Susannah, his wife, and Edward De Wolf
as defendants. [Connecticut Records.
Petition to Susannah Way, late wife of Joseph
Beckwith, that she may have the wages of her appren-
tice B. Fox, for his services in the expedition to Wood
Creek, May 15th, 1716. [Connecticut Records.
Council held at New London, January 11th, 1710.
Ordered that Mrs. Susannah Beckwith, widow of the
late Joseph Beckwith of Lyme, the sum of ten shil-
348 The Beehwtih*.
lings and two pence, for entertainment of soldiers.
[Connecticut Records.
New Haven, Conn., October 12th, 1727. Joseph
Beckwith of Lyme, appointed to sell so much real es-
tate of Captain Joseph Way, deceased, to discharge
the sum of 53 lbs. 4 shillings and 2 pence. [Con-
necticut Records.
May 18th, 1727, and the 13th year of the reign of
our Sovereign Lord George of Great Britain, this as
sembly do establish and confirm Mr. James Beckwith
of Lyme, to be ensign of the 1st Company or Train-
band of Lyme, and order that he be commissioned ac-
cordingly. [Connecticut Records.
Lyme, July 25th, 1727. This assembly do establish
and confirm Mr. Joseph Beckwith of Lyme, to be
Captain of the 2d Co. of Lyme. [Connecticut
Records.
John Beckwith of Lyme, appointed and commissioned
ensign of the 2d Co., or Trainband of Lyme, October
13th, 1737. [Connecticut Records.
New London, October 18th, 1740. Thomas Beck-
with appointed and commissioned ensign of 2d Co. of
Lyme. [Connecticut Records.
Lyme, New London Co., Conn., 1744. George and
Benjamin Beckwith appointed administrators of the
estate of their father, Jonah Beckwith of New London
Co., Conn. [Connecticut Records.
Norwalk, Conn., 1667. Stephen Beckwith or some
other man should be hired to fetch the cows out of
the pasture. [Connecticut Records.
Ths Beclcwiths. 349
Stephen Beckwith is in Hall's List of Original Settlers
at Norwalk in 1655 ; he was at Hartford in 1649, and
probably removed to Norwalk before 1655, and is
found there as late as 1687. [Hinman's Connecticut
Settlers.
Hartford, June 17th, 1744. Memorial of George and
Benjamin Beckwith of Lyme, administrators of the es-
tate of Jonah Beckwith of Lyme, that all the estate is
in lands, and debts due from the estate amounts to lbs.
140, sh. 3, p. 3, and asking to sell same, granted. [Con-
necticut Records.
Memorial of Abigail Beckwith of Lyme, administra-
tor estate of Philip Beckwith, late of Lyme, showing
that the whole estate amounts to lbs. 52 lawful money,
that the debts paid by her, court fees, allowances to
widows, with debts due the estate amounts to the sum
of lbs. 69, sh. 5, p. 2, and prays for liberty to make
sale of lands of said deceased for the payment of said
debts, and which was granted. [Connecticut Records.
New Haven, October 21st, 1761. Memorial of Abel
Beckwith and Lucy de Wolf, his wife, both of Lyme,
Lucy being administrator of the estate of Simon de
Wolf. [Connecticut Records.
Lyme, 1750. This assembly do appoint Nathaniel
Beckwith, Lieutenant of the 2d Co. of Lyme. [Con-
necticut Records.
Lyme, October 10th, 1745. This assembly do ap-
point Thomas Beckwith of Lyme, ensign 2d Co. of
Lyme. [Connecticut Records.
Lyme, May 9th, 1757. Nathaniel Beckwith of
350 The Beckwith*.
Lyme, appointed captain 2d Co. of Lyme. [Connecti-
cut Records.
Hartford, June, 1756. This assembly do thank
Rev. George Beckwith for his sermon delivered at
Hartford, June 13th, 1756. [Connecticut Records.
Hartford, July, 1758. This assembly do appoint
Rev. George Beckwith of Lyme, chaplain 1st Reg., to
be raised in the colony, against the French in Canada
[Connecticut Records.
Hartford, June 3d, 1765. Jesse Beckwith, appointed
ensign New Co., 3d Reg. of Lyme. [Connecticut Rec-
ords.
New Haven, Conn., November 3d, 1763. Memorial
of Ezekiel Miner, administrator of the estate of the
late Samuel Beckwith of Lyme, to sell real estate and
show debts due from estate, amount of personal es-
tate of said deceased lbs. 73, sh. 19, p. 1. [Connecticut
Records.
Hartford, 1770. Vinton Beckwith, appointed en-
sign in Trainband of Lyme. [Connecticut Records.
Hartford, June 8th, 1762. John Mack, administra-
tor of the estate of Abner Beckwith prays to sell real
estate to pay lbs. 6, sh. 6, p. 1, debts of deceased.
[Connecticut Records.
Lyme, Conn., December 6th, 1787. Last Friday a
guard under the command of Andrew Griswold, sta-
tioned at Lyme, discovered a whale boat, in a fresh
water pond near Black Point, and suspecting it came
from Long Island, they set a guard of five men over
the boat, and the night after, four others of the guard,
The Beckwith*. 351
with Ensign Griswold, went toward the house of the
noted Elisha Beckwith. One of the party named
Noah Lister advanced faster than the rest, and was
challenged by Beckwith's wife, who was near the
house, this alarmed ten men, who were in the house
well armed, and they immediately surged upon and
made Lester a prisoner, and carried him into the house,
and soon after the other four of the guard, came to the
house (not knowing that Lester was a prisoner) and
went directly in, where they discovered the ten men in
arms, a scuffle ensued between them, and after some
time the guard secured six of them, among whom was
Elisha Beckwith, the other four made their escape
into the woods, but they all except one were taken next
day. They came in the whale boat from Long Island, and
were in command, of Thomas Smith, formerly of Middle-
town, who had a captain's commission under the
British King. Elisha Beckwith went off with the
enemy, the 6th of September last, when they made
their descent on the place. The above culprits are
secure in Norwich Gaol. [Public Records of Connec-
ticut.
Hartford, May, 1716. Expedition to Cape Britton,
journal of Rev. Adajah Bidwell, chaplain of the fleet.
Spoke with Captain Beckwith about 8th, off St. Es-
prit, who informed us that Captain Jones and Captain
Dorchaw and he had met with about 1,200 French
and Indians, as they supposed were designed for Lewis-
burg. [Connecticut Records.
Mathew Griswold arrived at Windsor in 1639; re-
859 The Beokunths.
moved to Saybrook between 1650 and 1660. He was
a descendant of Sir Mathew Griswold of Malvern
Hall, near Lyme Regis, England. Arms, Arg. a fess
sable between 2 greyhounds courant sa. Crest, a
greyhound passant ppr. [Caulkms' History of New
London.
ADDENDA.
Samuel Beck with, 1795a, bom at Palmyra, N. Y.,
in 1750; married Anna, daughter of Stephen Ransom,
June 4th, 1774; she was born at Palmyra in 1756, and
died there July 31st, 1846.
2329. Shabael; born October 9th, 1775; died
young.
2330. Stephen; born April 7th, 1777; died June
29th, 1797.
2331. Stephen; died June 5th, 1800; age 21.
2332. Baruch.
2333. Samuel; born July 80th, 1783; married
Lois Spencer at E. Haddam ; died at Pal-
myra in 1859.
2334. Nathaniel Haynes.
2335. George.
2386. Naomi; born November 22d, 1787; mar-
ried John Church and died at Hopewell,
N. Y. ; children : Sophia; Eliza, married E.
Bailey of Toledo; Minerva, and John.
2337. Dorothy; born June 15th, 1792; married
Wells Anderson of Haddam and removed
to Palmyra; they both died in Chicago in
1880; children: George, married Catherine
45
364 The Bechmths.
Lindsey ; Edward McKee, married Gruba
Setus; and Robt. Henry.
2338. Sophie ; born in 1799 ; died at Palmyra
about 1832; she married J. Foster; chil-
dren : Louisa and Sophia.
2339. Ajme; born in 1797; married D. Alexander
Mclntyre, and died in 1855, leaving two
sons and one daughter.
Baruch Beckwitb, 2332, born August 24th, 1781,
and died at Albion, N. Y., in 1890.
2340. Emily Palmer of Albion, N. Y.
2341. William of Albion, N. Y.
2342. Samuel.
Nathaniel Haynes Beckwith, 2334, born at Pal-
myra, October 13th, 1785; died there April 25th,
1834 ; married twice; his first wife was Minerva Nye
of Pittsford, who died April 21st, 1821.
2343. Cynthia.
2344. Minerva.
Nathaniel Haynes Beckwith, 2334; his second wife
was Sophia Beschard of Lime, N. Y.
2345. James.
George Beckwith, 2335, born at East Haddam, Oc-
tober 16th, 1789 ; removed to Palmyra, where he
died November 29th, 1868 ; he married Ruth Matson,
daughter of Gurdon Clark, August 1st, 1814 ; she was
born February 2d, 1793, and died January 29tb, 1882.
2346. Sophie ; born June 7, 1818 ; married twice;
her first husband was J. De Lameter, whom
she married January 1st, 1838; children :
The Beohwiths. 355
Anna S., born May 2d, 1842 ; died April
3d, 1849 ; Georgie, born April 12th, 1848;
married G. A. Hamlin of Chicago ; George,
born April 25th, 1855; married Ada Gil-
bert; Foster, born at Ravenswood, I1L,
July 9th, 1865 ; her second husband was
Ellis Worthington; he died November 28th,
1891.
2347. Catherine M. ; born Jane 2d, 1826; died
April 22d, 1886 ; married Albert Wells ;
children: Catherine A, born September
15th, 1845; married Edward McMurdo;
George B. ; born September 26th, 1848;
died May 10th, 1849.
2348. Ruth A.; born October 10th, 1828; mar-
ried W. B. Gilbert ; living at Palmyra, N.
Y., in 1891.
2349. George W. ; born October, 1831 ; died in
1832.
INDEX
TO
FAMILY NAMES OF THOSE MARRIED TO
BECKWITHS.
PAGE.
Adams, Sir Thomas 31
Adamson, Eisaiah 40
Alderman, Homer A. 50
Alexander, Byron 199
Alexander, Mind well 113
Alsop, Anne 156
Amsden, C. M 144
Appleton, Dalinda 10?
Armstrong, Caroline P. . . . 142
Atkins, A. E 139
Atkins, Rev. E. A 114
Angier, Salinda 112
Aulaly, John 55
Austin, H 158
Austin, Homer E 158
Austwioke, Catherine 27
Bailey, Ellen 237
Bailey, Nancy 66
Bailey, Susan * 163
Ball, Arad 108
Ball, Mary 69
Ball, Dr. John 128
Bannister, Robert 27
Barnes, Sarah 181
Barnes, Rebecca 57
Bart, Roger 75
Barton, H. B 183
Bask, W. A 49
FAOB.
Baskerville 301, 302, 303
Bass, Charlotte 237
Bassett, B 39
Bassett, Elbert 39
Battles, Elizabeth 134
Bealmer, Bettie 32
Bealmer, I 32
Beardslev, H 174
Beckerville, Sir John . . 10, 23
Beckworth 12
Beebe, C 201
Beers, G. A 134
Belfield, Major John 56
Bell, John 30
Bell, Thomas 62
Belt, Dianna 41
Belt, J. B 40
Bentley, J 157
Bertram, H 186
Bingham, Eliza C 150
Black, Alice 160
Black, George 51
Black, Narcissa 166
Blake, M 204
Blodgett, G. H 240
Boswell,A. F 42
Bos well, Erminia J 196
Bosworth, Chloe 160, 165
Bowers, Alice P 144
358
Index.
PAGE.
Boyer, Sadie W 165
Boynton 210
Bradley, B 207
Brady, S. J 232
Brakenbury, Susannah. 18, 54
Bralley,D 157
Braman, G. F 230
Braman, Bev. RP 83
Brandon, Bettie 118
Bray 303
Brewster, Azubah 85
Brewster, L. B : . 115
Briges, Pearly 167
Brockinborough, Ella. 160
Brooks, Blanche 179
Brown, Alice 109
Brown, Belinda 197
Brown, D 136
Brown, F 153
Brown, Sarah 79, 113
Brown, Polly 131
B rough, Elizabeth 65
Bruce 291, 292, 293, 294
295, 296, 297
Bruce, Lady Dame Beck-
with... 11, 12, 13, 21, 53
Bruce, Sir William 4, 10
Bruce, Sir Robert 11
Brush, Maude 120
Buck, Elizabeth 70
Buck, Sir John 70
Buchanan, Elizabeth Scott. 60
Bucklin, James 34
Bucklin, Mary 34
Bucklin, Simion 34
Buckminster, J 200
Bullett, Ada 35
Bullett, Alexander 34
Bullett, Alfred 34, 35
Bullett, Diana 35
Bullett, Mary 35
Bullett, Minerva 35
Bullett, William 34, 35
PAGE.
Burchard, James 75
Burgess, Sally 185
Burnham, D.J 204
Burt, Chapin 196
Burt, Julia P 130
Burrows, Alvira S 187
Bushnell, Dianna. 184
Buskirk, Dora S 189
Butler, Lawrence. 56
Butler, Mary 81, 140
Byers, J. W 48
Cahill,Betsy 205
Calthorp, Sir William 22
Campbell, J. W 43
Campbell, Sir James 91
Capron, Ameline 157
Capron, W 155
Car ns, John 67
Carpenter, Adelia 86
Carpenter, E 32
Carpenter, Eliza 206
Carpenter, John 128
Carpenter, W. S 129
Carter, Adelaide 61
Carter, Amanda 180
Carter, Matilda 69
Cary, Eunice 162
Cary, J. R. 161
Caulkins, Naomi 83
Chadwiok, B. L 106
Chalmer, Mary 71
Chalmer, Sir Edward 71
Chalmondelev 305
Champion, daroline..., .. 107
Champion, F 186
Champion, Joshua 76
Chapman, E. A 198
Chapman, Rebecca 80, 118
Chapman, B. W 83
Chappell, Julia A 106
Chappel, Lucy 108
Ohaworth, Sir John 22
Index.
359
PAGE.
Childerson, Charlotte 99
Childerson, Jane 103
Chord, Lydia 37
Chord, Martha B 37
Chord, Samuel 37
Chouteau, Col. August. ... 36
Chouteau, Eulalie 36
Olaggett, Gabriel 30
Claggett, John 30
Claggett, Jonathan 31
Claggett, Thomas 31
Claggett, Volinda 31
Clapham, Elizabeth 55
Clapham, Sir 55
Clapp, G. H 155
Clark, F. G 198
Clark, Francis 143
Clark, J. L 198
Clay, Henry 33
Clifton, Evaline 164
Cohen, Isabel 156
Collyer, AnnM 159
Colon, Belle 159
Comstock, Dillamy 177
Cone, E. P 140
Cone, W. E 150
Constable, William 22
Cook, Abbey M 109
Cooley, Eliakim 76
Cooper, Moses 195
Copley, Costiliana 70
Corey, C. M 102
Corners, H. E 102
Corp, Thomas 99
Coumer, Elizabeth 206
Council, Alice 179
Cramer, Edith 190
Crandall, Alex 235
Crane, Parnoll 192
Crocker, Amanda 187
Crocker, Seth.-. 193
Crosby, Dexter. 35
Cross, Eev 204
PAGE.
Orowell, Annie 172
Cram, Livonia 44
Cummins, Pauline 196
Currer, Anne 26
Currer, Hugh 26
Ourtiss, Sarah B 62
Dakin, Martha 185
Damon, Nellie 141
Daniels, Esther W 186
Dart, Augusta . 84
Dart, Elizabeth 160
Davis, Abigail 34
Davis, B 200
Davis, Betsy 200
Davis, Eliza A 200
Davis, J. E 99
Davis, Jefferson 34
Davis, M. J 194
Davis, Maria 141
Davis, Samuel 34
Dean, Gilbert 128
Dean, Orville 120
Deans, Patience 134
Delbert, F 108
Dennison, Lucresia. 187
DeMorse, L. B 60
Denke, Alice W 138
Dent, Anne 55
Dent, John 53
DePotter, Armand 159
DeWolf, Naomi 77
Dibbell, Parnell 172
Dickerman, Ann 174
Dixon, Josie 148
Dodge, Elmer E 199
Dodge, Buth E. 201
Donahue, Mary 137
Donewell, Jane 54
Donewell, John 54
Dorr, George 87
Dorr, Lydia 87
Douglass, Sir William. ... 94
Downing, S. H 235
360
Index.
PAGE.
Drury, Georgianna 191
Dudley 184
Duncan, Louisa. 70
Dupree, T. B 60
Durand, Amy 77
Dutton, Sally 202
Dynley, Anne 16, 27
Eberhart, Kate. 184
Edgar, Eunice 239
Edgar, S. F 119
Edgecomb, Frank 187
Edgecomb, Grace 233
Edgerton, Mary 207
Elder, Martba 51
Ellis, Bernard 55
Ellis, Hiram 189
Ellis, Mallissa 185
Ellis, Margarette 55
Ellsworth, David 178
Elsie, Sybel 65
Ely, Patiance 141
Ennals, Elizabeth 101, 334
Evans, 0. C 64
Evans, Frank 238
Evans, Rev. W. E 102
Fairbanks, J. R 162
Fairbanks, Lucy 113
Fairfax 305, 306
Fairfax, N 29
Fairfax, R 11, 21
Fairfax, Thomas Viscount. 29
Fairfax, William 11
Fairfax, Thomas 21
Ferrars 297, 298, 299, 300
301
Ferrars, Sir John 12
Field, Mather 43
Fillerit, Sir John 22
Finney, Viola A 112
Fisher, W. F 43
Fitch, Bertha C 129
PAGE.
Fitch, Lewis 129
Flannery, Clara 180
Fletcher, Ellen 176
Floyd, Abigail 34
Floyd, John 34
Floyd, John B 34
Floyd, William 34
Foote, Dr 173
Forbes, M 152
Ford, S. A 119
Forquer, Mihael 52
Fosdick, Elizabeth 169
Foster, Anthony 32
Foster, Ephraim 32
Foster, Richard 28
Fox, 0. E 153
Framer 52
Frost, Frances. 17, 28
Frost, William 17, 28
Fraser, Flora 184
Fry, Abram 52
Fuller, Caroline E 169
Fuller, Esther 195
Fuller, Sallie 170
Gale, Betsy. 154
Gambol, Emma 134
Gardner, Ch 166
Garretson, Livonia 206
Gascoigne, William 24
Gaylord, Eunice. 78, 114
Gilbert, Lydia 153
Glover, Mary 232
GoodaleH 142
Goodrich, Sarah 113
Goodhue, Hannah 124
Grant, Benjamin. 74
Graves, Annie 122
Graves, S. P 60
Greenfield, Polly 86
Green meyer, Sarah. ...... 107
Gresham, Sally 139
Griffin, Allen 140
Index.
361
PAGE.
Griflen, Silvia 142
Griffin, L 140
Grimstone 309
Grimstone, Theaphinia. . . 91
Griswold, Amy 77
Griswold, David 128
Griswold, Hannah 129
Griswold, John 85
Griswold, Lucy... 78,114, 205
Griswold, Mathew .... 75, 342
351, 352
Guest, J. C 186
Guthrie, Clarissa 193
Haddam, E 145
Haight, A 175
Hall, AnsoM 136
Hall, Bertha 138
Hall, George 109
Halliburton, Mary 92
Halloway, Bebecca 237
Hammond, J 171
Hammond, Mathew 164
Hancock, J. B 204
Handley, Mary 80
Harrington, Lucy 65
Harrison, W. H 69
Hart, Clarissa 180
Hart, J 172
Hart, Julie 123
Harvey, Elizabeth 85, 166
Hatton, John 17
Havens, A. B 159
Havens, Mary. 171
Hayes, Margarette 207
Haywood, B. P 64
Hazen, J. K 124
Hazleton, William .... 15, 23
Heath, Tamison 119
Hensell, Esther P 137
Herringe, John 21
Hervey, Prances . . 30, 328, 329
330
46
PAGB.
Hervey, Nicholas 30, 328
329
Hewitt, Sophia 237
Hicks, Betsy 183
Higgins, J 147
Hill, Jennette 60
Hill,G. H 116
Hill, Mariah 32
Hilliard, Eunice 193
Hinds, Betsy 190
Hite, George 58
Hite, Sarah 58
Hodge, Polly 195
Hoff, A 176
HoflE, Sarah A 177
Hoffnagel, Mary 147
Holbert, Sarah 128
Hollenbeck, Sophia 106
Holt, Clarissa 194
Holt, Lizzie 104
Hooper, Sara E 158
Hopper, Thomas 72
Hopwood, Susan 46
Hord, J. A 69
Hotchkiss, Alva 88
(Houghton, Alice 117
Howard, Sarah A 181
Howe, Asa G 195
Howe, Nancy A 187
Hubbard, John 103
Hubel, J 145
Hudson, Nancy 87
Huff, D 63
Hull, Eli 202
Hull, W. L. 36
Humphreys, E 141
Hungerford, D 135
Hunt, Harriet 58
Hunter, J 67
Huntley, Benjamin 84
Hurd, Candace 198
Hurd, Elizabeth 202
Huston, H 131
362
Index.
PAGB.
Hutchinson, Oliver 177
Hutchinson, Virginia 61
Hyde, Mary A 88, 237
Ingleby, Elizabeth 23
Ingleby, Thomas 23
Inman, 200
Irwin, Henry 33
Ives, Emmafine 180
Ives, Ophelia 180
Jackson, Stonewall 67
James, Anna 120
James, Susan 68
Jaqnes, G 54
Jarrett, Nannie F 66
Jennings, Sir Edmond . . 55
Jennings, Edward 18
Jenkins, Priscilla 51
Jennings, Elizabeth ... 18, 55
Jewett, J 190
Johnson, J. M 45
Johnson, J. W 45
Johnson, Susan 67
Jones, Chancy 87
Jones, Charlotte 190
Jones, Patty 206
Jonette, A. 124
Jordan, Lyman 236
Joslin, Carrie 110
Josten, Eliza 173
Joy,D Ill
Judd, Tirzah 203
Judson, Nathan J 145
J. Vavasour 24
Kearney, Gen. Phil 35
Kearney, D. J 239
Rating, George 34
Kating, Georgia. 34
Keith, Sarah JB 117
Kelly, William 190
Kennedy, Mary 151
PAGE.
Kerfoot,N. L 138
Kitchell, Carrie 148
Kazebeer, Mary 125
Kill, Emma 176
King, Olive 87
Kirfland, John 170
Kirkpatrick, J 32
Kiss, Amelia. 152
Knickerbocker, Edwin. . . . 154
Knyveton, Maude de. 19
Knyveton of Knyveton 19
Lamb, Mary 77
Lamont, J 107
Lampshire, Richard 79
Lampson, John 21
Lancaster, Anne. 25
Lancaster, Sir John 25
Landy, V 122
Latham, Hannah 234
Laws, Anne Uptonia 33
Laws, Betsy 33
Laws, L 33
Lawson, Sarah 127
Lawton, John. 23
Layfelt, Mary L. 191
Leach, E. L 148
Leach, Lew 191
Lead, Esther. 240
Learned, W 239
Le Baron, Ada. 62
Le Brun, Adaliede 80, 124
LeBrun, Julia 80, 123
Lee,C 143
Lee,E. A 192
Lee, R. E 64
Leigh,F. D 152
Leonard, J 75
Lessee, D 188
Lewis, Clarissa, 235
Lewis, Hannah 78
Lincoln, Amelia. 201
Linderman, Harriette 185
Index.
363
PAGE.
Lippitt, Clara 109
Lock wood, J 29
Lock wood, Mathew 54
LorJ, Betsy 150
Lord, Elizabeth 66
Lord, Nancy. 150
Lossce, Dr. T. E 155
Lossie, Eugenia 137
Lowenthorp 16
Luckett, Belle 35
Lnmley 307
Lyons, Edward 232
Madison, James 58
Main, Susan 185
Malebisse, Elizabeth de. 11, 15
21, 23
Malebisse, Galfred de. . . 9, 19
Malebisse, Hercules de. 12, 13
21, 27
Malebisse, Hugh de . 7, 8, 9, 12
19, 20
Malebisse, Hugo de. 9, 10, 19
Malebisse, John de. 10,12, 13
20, 21, 22
Malebisse, Margarette 21
Malebisse, Matilda de. . . 9, 20
Malebisse, Richard de.. 9, 10
19, 20
Malebisse, Robert de . . 10, 20
Malebisse, Walter de.. 11, 21
Malebisse, William de.. 9, 20
21
Malebisse, Simeon de. 9,11, 13
20, 21
Malebisse, Thomas de 21
Malony, Sir John 25
Mark, Jennie A 121
Markle, Louisa 151
Marmion 298, 299
Marsh, J. S 123
Mather, Ootton 145
Mather, E 128
FAGS.
Mather, Lucy 145
Martin, Betsy Peyton 63
Martin, Cornelia 117
Martin, Emily 127
Martin, W. H 141
Marvin, Mathew 84
Marvin, Miriam 79
Marvin, Renald 79
Mason, Mary 61
Massie, Sieur 35
Massie, M. E 177
Masters, J. E 122
Mayhew, Elizabeth 82
McBee, Ann 48
McCarthy, Mary 182
McClcrnan, H 171
McClintick, Armeda. 51
McDonald, Jane 171
McDonald, Lucy 59
Milburn, Barbarra. 28
Milburn, John 17, 28
Miles, Mary 331
Miller, Ann 332
Miller, Henrietta. 168
Miller, H. H 125
Miller, John 30
Miller, Sally 188
Miller, Samuel 79
Mitchell, John 235
Mitchel, Lodie 146
Moore, C. F 167
Moore, George 181
Moore, Hannah R 204
Moorer, Anne 59
Moores, Dr 174
McGastle, W. C 104
McGuilkin, N. E 159
McHenry, Betsy. 131
McKinney, J. . 185
McKinney, James 114
McLeod, M 121
Meerfield 32
Medley, L. T 69
364
Index.
PAGB.
Medor, M. W 104
Melony, Norman 236
Mesing, Thomas 26
Methley, Lord de 11, 21
Mitchell, Cornelia. 101
Moores. Hannah E 145
Moremer, L. C 32
Morgan, Fannie 206
Morrison, Lnez 204
Morton, Joseph 56
Moseley, Saran 141
John Lord Mowbray 23
Muck, Ella 144
Muck, S. M 144
Munsell, M. A 143
Neal, Hannah 64
Neal, John 64
Neal, Judith A 67
Nelson, Amanda 174
Nelson, Robert 28
Nesham, Caroline 72
Neville, Havisia. 23
Neville, Matilda de 20
Neville, Ralph .... 15, 20, 23
Newall, Sylva 108
Newall, Truman 108
Newbill, Dr. C. P. 102
Newcomb, Catherine 121
Newland, Mary L . . . 239
Newton, Angeline 203
Newton, Erastus 203
Newton, H 146
Newton, Hannah 191
Newton, Miles 90
Norcross, Sarah .* . 151
Norield, John 27
Northy, Betsy 168
Noyes, Cinderella 232
Nuttall, Elias 30
Odinsell, John 55
Ogden, George 160
PA.QB.
Oliphant, Sarah 144
Oppenheim, E. L 109
Osborn, Thomas 46
Owen, Malissa W 138
Page, Ann 175
Palmer, Charlotte 129
Palmer, Francis. 21
Palmer, Mary 21
Palmer, Sally 235
Palmer, Sarah L 197
Palms. 304> 305
Panil,H.L 175
Parker, Dr. Wm 55
Parkhurst, Bethia 234
Parsons, M 205
Parsons, H. C 110
Parsons, Mary E 50
Parsons, Mehitable 81
Patterson, Ellen 197
Paul, fetienne 35
Paul, R^ne 35
Paul, Tullia Clementia 35
Payne, Bessie W 140
Peck, Annice 141
Peck, Darius. 85
Peck, H 186
Peck, Harriette 189
Peck, Peter 88
Peck, Sarah 185
Pelton, Margarette P 159
Penny backer, B. R 63
Pennybacker, G. A. 64
Percys. 288, 289, 290
Percy, Emma de 19
Percy, William de 19
Perkins, E 86
Perkins, Joshua 177
Perkins, Nancy 86
Phelps, D 169
Phelps, Henrietta T 165
Philipps, A. B 46
Pierce, Clara 199
Index.
365
PAGE.
Pierce, Rebecca 196
Pickingill, Phyllis 53
Pinches, J 167
Pinkney, Azubah 78, 114
Pinneo, Eunice 118
Plaisteel, Martha 105
Piatt, John 204
Plumpton, Sir William. 16, 24
Pocahontas 34
Polkington 306, 307
Porter, Lou 126
Powers, Betsy 133
Pratt, Peter. 75
Proyost, J. A 183
Pryor, Martha. 56
Pudsey, Mary. 24
Pudsey, Sir Henry 24
Pumpnreys, H 39
Putnam, Catherine 203
Radcliffe, J. L 102
Radcliffe, Thomas 16, 24
Rand, Eunice 121
Randall, L 167
Handle, H 122
Rascine, Ralph 28
Rasoon, Refugia. 62
Ratcliffe, Sir John .... 23, 24
Rathburn, Sarah A 194
Reaugh, Upton B 33
Redding, Statisa 195
Redman 309, 310
Reed, Abner 234
Reed, Electa 198
Reed, James P 196
Reeves, Anna 127
Reuben, R 283
Rhodes, A. D 174
Ryan, G 39
Ryan, M 39
Ryder, Nellie G 199
Reed, Sarah 231
Riggs, John A 190
PAGB.
Ritchie, Esther.., 115
Roberts, J 176
Robinson, J 54
Roby, W 39
Rogers, Ellen B 118
Rogers, Elizabeth 342
Rogers, John 75
Rogers, Obiah 193
Romp, P. D 176
Roosa, H 121
Roulston, Rachel B 116
Rowdon, George 14
Roydell, Jane 54
Roy dell, John 54
Ruffin, Agnus 161
Rum8ey, Mary 133
Rutherford, Helen 131
Sacket, E 143
Sacket, Edwin 132
Sadie, Thankful 104
Sales, Caleb 194
Saleteeki, Paul 238
Saltmarsh, John 90
Salterstall, H 206
Samones, Sarah 39
Samuels, Alice 36
Samuels, Dr 36
Sanders, J .* 32
Saulsbury, Martha. 182
Saunders, Amelia 51
Saunders, Julia M. 163
Saunders, Martin 50
Saunders, Mary A 50
Saville 297
Sawley, John 15, 23
Scenter, A. B 144
Scolley, Anne 59
Scolley, Dr. S 59
Scott, CM 166
Sears, Lillian W 194
Seaver, Harriet 170
Seymore, Jane M 156
366
Index.
PAGE.
Shaw, Matilda 110
Sheffield, Dr 122
Shelden, Harriett* 190
Shelden, Pheodore G 190
Sherwin, J. A 175
Sill, Jerusba. 143
Sill, M. S 142
Simmons, Pre 100
Sisson, H. F 239
Sistaire, Ellen M 187
Skillman, Albert 177
Skillman, Mary 178
Skillman, Sarah 178
Skinner, Charlotte M 115
Skiparth, Alicia de 20
Sleoght, Emma A 64
Sloan, Julia A 168
Slocum, G 103
Sly, Ann 133
Smeadley, Amanda 62
Smith, Anna 135
Smith, Anson 83
Smith, Aug 145
Smith, Esther 191
Smith, Preelove 187
Smith, J. M 105
Smith, Captain John 17
Smith, Julia 115
Smith, Lewis Chouteau. . . 35
Smith, Marita 236
Smith, Mary Ann Ill
Smith, Mary Floyd 34
Smith, Miriam 78
Smith, Polly Floyd 34
Smith, Sabin K 188
Smith, Sylvanus 205
Smith, Thomas 34
Smith, Will 179
Smith, William 34
Smithson, Henry. 95
Snow, John 238
Somes, Sam 168
Soloman, Anthony 26
PAGE.
Soloman, Mary 26
Sowles, M 145
Spaulding, H. F 161
Spaulding, J 200
Spedden, SaUie W 100
Spencer, Betsy 170
Spencer, Emeline 200
Spencer, J. B 106
Sperry, Eva A 233
Stanley, Margarette 161
Stone, Susan A 169
Strand, E. G 143
Stump, Agnes 177
Style, Ellen 27
Style, William 27
Sullivan, C. L 193
Summers, Basil B 32
Summers, Ben 32
Summers, Frank 32
Summers, George W 32
Summers, J. B 32
Summers, Martha E 32
Summers, Mary * 32
Summers, Patsy 32
Summers, Rufus K 32
Summers, Sarah E 32
Summers, Susan 32
Sutherland, Amy 154
Sutton, Mary A 204
Swan, Mary 183
Swank, Laura 68
Sydney, Sir Thomas 94
Tancred, Anne 25
Tancred, William 25
Taylor, Elizabeth 99
Taylor, Mary 176
Taylor, Rev. Justin 145
Thompson, Abbey E 158
Thompson, Bielly 56
Thomson, Anna G 163
Thorp, J 28
Thorpe, John 27
Index.
867
PAGE.
Tifft, D 200
Tinker, Durant 77
Tinker, Mary 86
Todd, Mary 207
Tonbridge 290, 291
Tonbridge, Adelaid de. . . . 19
Tong, John 112
Townsend, Eliza A 202
Tracy, E. G 48
Tracy, Hattie K 181
Trail, W.H 188
Train, A. S 109
Travis, Dr 69
Tread way, John 170
Treville, William 22
Tripp, J 102
Trueman, Susan 108
Trueman, Susana 79
Turner, Dorcas 44
Turner, Mary 167
Turner, Priscilla 61
Turner, Sylvia 189
Tuttle, Henry 237
Tynley, Sir Philip 22
Tyrell, Elizabeth 24
Tyrell, W 24
Urfleet, Sir Girard .... 14, 22
TTtley, Elizabeth 182
Van Steenburg, Helen .... 157
Vickers, Mary 99
Vignessy, A. 45
ViUafl, E..* 146
Waddington, Benjamin... 56
Waddington, Jane 56
Wade, Clarissa 168
Wainwright, Abbey 115
Wainwright, Emma 116
Wait, Phoebe 205
Wait, Esther W 186
Walgrave, William 22
PAGE.
Walker, Margarette 53
Walker, Rev. George 53
Walpole, Bridget 52
Walsh, Julia. 141
Walter, S 148
Wandersf ord, Ellen 29
Wandersf ord, William 29
Washington, George 69
Watrous, Catherine 238
Watrous, Jerusha 191
Watrous, Joanna. 188
Watson, Lucy 38
Watson, Martha. 232
Watterton 310
Way, Asa 202
Way, Susanna 84
Weaver, J. L 236
Welch, Frances A 158
Welch, Jennie 197
Welch, Sarah 231
Weldon, Louisa 233
Welty, J 72
Wentworth, Leliah 122
Whaley, Matilda. 117
Wheatley, Catherine 99
Wheeler, Mary 102
Wheeler, Mary A 100
Wheelock, Hannah.79, 102, 112
White, Elizabeth 39
White, Lizzie 201
White, Mary 162
Whiteside, Charlotte 124
Whitney, Julia E 147
Willborn, J. W 164
Williams, Anne E 100
Williams, Charles 31
Williams, Eliu 32
Williams, General Otto,
Holland 32
Williams, Joseph 32
Williams, Laura 118
Williams, Martha. 32
Williams, Mary 40
368
Index.
PAGE.
Williams, Prudence 32
Williams, Sam 32
Williamson, Cornelia 153
Wilson, Harriet 181
Wilson, Mathew 32
Wilson, E. D 110
Winn, J 63
Winn, Mary 63
Winn, Richard 32
Winbush, Julia 68
Winchell, Naomi 233
Winchester, Thomas. ..... 26
Winslow, Sarah 125
Winston, Dolly 61
Winston, Isaac 61
Wishart, Janette 91
Wood, Armenia 189
Wood, Mary 205
PA0B.
Wood, Sarah 79, 105
Wood, Yokia 178
Woodborn, Joshua 233
Woodfin, James 238
Woodifield 303
Woodifield, Elizabeth 71
Woodifield, John 71
Woolsey, Mary A 180
Wrather, Timon 54
Wyman, Aluria 185
Wynne, Mary E 164
Wyvell 308, 309
Wy ville, Marmaduke 55
Wyville, Mary 55
Yale, Hannah 137
Yeatman, Thomas. . 33
INDEX TO BECKWITHS
PAGB.
A. W 277
Abbey 131
Abbey G 109
AbbieA 199
Abbie B 159
Abel 216, 349
Abigail 108, 113, 180, 349
Abijah 76
Abner. . . 86, 241, 242, 247, 350
Abram S 64
Abuna. 133
AdaM 175
Adaline 45, 66
Adam 11, 15, 21, 23, 24
Addie 46,177, 201
Addie P - 173
Addison 107, 201
Addison K 151, 152
Adelia 122
Adeliede 125, 152, 160
Adolphus 126, 276
Adolphus J 124
Agabus 24
Agnus 161
Agnus E 162
Aimee 38
Aira 220
Albert. ... 51, 94, 178, 194, 227
Albert A 128, 129, 131
Albert D 201
Albert O 276
AlbroE 199
AlbroM 175
47
PAGB.
Alcestes M 152
Alexander 61
Alfred 66, 189, 216, 223
Alfred P 217
Alice 27, 28, 98, 112, 141
182, 210, 239
Alice A 144
Alice B 110
Alice D 109
Alice W 159, 175
Alice R 218
Allan 141
Allen 70
Allen G 147
Allie 46, 68
Alonzo 210
AlonzoS 214
Altha. 38
Altha A 213
Aluria M 185, 235
Alva. 119, 120
Alva A., Jr 213
Alva D 121
AlvaJR 212
Alvah A 113
Alvin W 191, 212
Alvira 121
Amabilla 96
Amanda. . 62, 69, 131, 187, 200
Ambrose 24, 89, 95, 96, 97
Ambrosia 97
Amelia 123, 184
Amelia 124
370
Index.
PAGE.
Amelia Z 198
Amen B 109
Amley. 65
Amon 79, 113
Amos.. 79, 108, 109, 110, 113
242, 248, 277
Amy 82, 83, 154, 180
Andre. 120
Andrew.... 204, 215, 216, 225
Andrew B 60, 61
Andrew N 174
Angelina 217
Angeline 203
Agnes McD 59
Ann 14, 28, 42, 69, 90, 91
96, 136, 153, 173, 332
Ann 0... 94
Ann J 165
Ann M 43, 217
Anna 114, 120, 180
Anna F 162, 184
Anna H 125
Anna Y 135
Anne. ... 22, 27, 31, 33, 54, 93
Annie 23, 26, 113, 172, 189
Annie 159
Annie E 239
Annie G 159
Annie L 58
Annie S 155
Annie V 208
Ansel 242, 248
Anso M 136
Anson 115, 227, 229
Anson G 116, 288
Anson J 174, 187
Appleton 107, 230
Ariana 181
Arthur 18, 54, 55, 66, 72
122, 152
Arthur B 64
Arthur J 104
Asa. . . . 158, 179, 180, 181, 186
PAGE.
AsaO 277
Asher 223
Asher M 277
Ashton Ed 28
Atwood E 193
Augusta 138, 190
Augustus. 107, 137
Aurania 99
Austin 227
Azubah 177, 191, 193
Baby 210
Barak 87, 151, 152
Barbara. 29, 30, 54, 331
Barlow, T. G 59
Barnaby, Rebecca 123
Barns. . 57, 63, 64, 66, 67, 242
Baruch..l40, 141, 142, 145, 146
Basil 30, 31, 33, 41, 332
Barzillai 81, 140, 142, 143
144, 150
Beatrice 202
Belinda 229
BelleS 157
Benedict 38, 39, 40, 242
Benjamin.. 40,41,44,46, 74
81, 85, 145, 179,205, 214, 228
242, 244, 248, 277, 346, 349
Benjamin B 215, 216
Benjamin F 45, 229, 277
Benjamin L 179, 207
Benjamin McM 118
Benjamin M 146
Berta 118
Bertie 147
Bessie 163
Bessie E 149
Bethuel *<, 194, 200
Bettie 58
Betsy.. 83, 105, 107, 113, 145
169. 182, 192, 195, 203, 232
234, 239
Betsy D 200
Index.
371
PAGE.
Betsy J 185
Birdie 40
Bonney 156
Buel Smith 116
Btmnie 102
Burgess 39, 44
Burpee 122
Butler 56, 140, 145
Byron 194, 1P9, 202
277
CO 277
Caleb 82
Calvin 222
Calvin H 238, 239
Carl W 231
Caroline 73, 107, 108, 129, 171
173, 204, 234
Carrie A 142
Carrie M 174
Carroll 138
Castliana 70
Catherine. . 26, 27, 45, 54, 93
96, 100, 101, 161
Catherine E 151, 152
Catherine 8 157
Celestia 221
Chancey.... 211
Charles.... 20,30,41,42, 92
98, 103, 113, 114, 118, 123
127, 213, 214, 215, 223, 225
228, 231, 233, 234, 235, 277
331, 332, 335
Charles A 133, 137, 199
Charles B. . . 66, 181, 182, 278
Charles C 176
Charles E. . 117, 122, 1S4, 208
Charles F. . . .49, 108, 112, 137
150, 176, 197
Charles G.. 159, 190, 193, 195
196
Charles H. . 137, 138, 168, 278
Charles L 113
PAOB.
Charles Le Roy 138
Charles M 162
CharlesO 51
Charles P 210
Charles R 191
Charles, Sir 93
Charles S 49, 147, 148
Charles W . . 40, 100, 236, 237
CharlesZ 160
Charlie 177
Charlie E 186
Charity 170
Charlotte V. ... 65, 93, 94, 182
214, 215
Chauncey 179, 180, 186
Chauncey B 180
Chauncey M 185
Chord 38
Chloe Ann 164
Christian 184
Christopher 97
Clara.. 51, 133, 158, 177, 180
225
ClaraA 131
Clara L 211
ClaraT 181
Clara Y 137
Clarabell 220
Clarence 51, 219
Clarina Wade 168
Clarissa. . . . 128, 132, 194, 227
Clarinda L 155, 158
Clark 119, 221
Clark H 214
Clement - . . 242, 249, 250
Clementina. 93
Columbus 41
Columbus C 174, 175
Constantia 19
Cordelia 83, 161, 177
Cornelia 63, 143
Cornelia E 198
Corydon 110, 111
372
Index.
PAGE.
Council 139
Crassie 122
Cyrus 242
Cyrus G 84, 191
D. L 278
Dalinda 107
Dan... 134, 137, 218, 219, 225
276, 278
Dan W 219
Dana. 115, 216
Daniel... 77, 78, 83, 104, 106
108, 109, 110, 113, 121, 127
133, 148, 185, 186, 223, 224
242, 251, 278
Daniel N Ill, 112
Daniel W 141
Darwin 198
David.... 81, 83, 129, 131, 182
186, 206, 209, 211, 242, 251
David B 168, 169
David G 207
David H 169, 210
David J 47
David L 234, 277
David 278
David T 49, 51
Delia 128, 228
Delight 223
DellaS 162, 166
Dellamy 178
Devillo 222
Devillo J 179
Dewitt 187
Dexter T 211
Diadiama. 76, 202
Diamond 174
Dianna 120, 200
Dorothea 85
Dorothy 71, 96, 101, 333
E 278
EarlN 189
E. Blanche 193
Eddie 186
Edgar 107
EdgarC 148
Edgar J 190
Edgecomb 234
Edith..... 97
Edith E 198
Edith M 189
Edmund 173
Edmund A 161
Edmund G 142
Edmund M 174
Edmund E 162
Edella 119
Edna 201, 216
Edna S 218
EdsenL 204, 205
Edward... 28, 56, 71, 75, 141
154, 158
Edward, Rev 141
Edward B 100
Edward C 212
Edward G. . 151, 152, 242, 276
278
Edward G., Rev 142
Edward J 184, 242
Edward M 122
Edward S 197
Edward W 105
Edwin 57
Edwin B 120
EdwinP 119, 210
Edwin N 192, 193
Edwin R 120, 129
Edwin W 197
Elbert 39
Eleanor 32, 41, 186
Eleazer 78
Elenor 230
Elianor 32
Elias 228
EliasH 194
Index.
373
PAGE.
Eli 228
EliB 181
Elijah . . 85, 188, 189, 190, 192
212, 222
Elijah P 212
Eliphalet 194, 211
Elisha.. 77,82,83,84,85, 86
153, 226, 227, 251, 285
Eliza.. 40, 124, 133, 141, 206
208
Eliza A 154, 160, 201
Elizabeth. 26, 30, 39, 45, 56, 57
60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 70, 71
72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82
85, 87, 89, 90, 91, 94, 95, 96
97, 99, 101, 108, 124, 128
134, 135, 137, 140, 142, 146
170, 204, 205, 331, 333
Elizabeth A 134
Elizabeth D 238
Elizabeth E 43
Elizabeth G 156
Elizabeth J 183
Elizabeth E 158
Ella 133, 163, 220
Ella 182
Ella D 178
Ella M 202
Ella V 207
Ellen... 24, 26, 28, 63, 67, 114
118, 122, 184
Ellen E 157, 191
Ellen M 197
Elmer 224
Elmira 211
Eloise 59
Elton F 119
Elvina 120
Elvira 200
Emeline 142,180,200, 203
Emily 39,107, 126, 141
Emily S 157
Emma. . 46, 127, 144, 158, 232
PAGE.
Emma A 168, 177
EmmaE 148
Emma G 108, 134
Emma J 172, 197
EmmaL 209
Emma M 48
EmmaS 197, 207
Eno 242
Enos 180
Enos P .... 147, 234, 235, 236
Ephraim 210
Erastus 141
Ered , 66
Ernest 186
ErnestC 201
Ernest S 123
Esquire 185
Esther 82, 195, 212, 240
Esther A 107
Esther M 200
Esther P 196
Ethan 222
Ethel 177
Eugene 40
Eugenia. . . . 133, 139, 220, 222
Eunice.. 76, 88, 113, 114, 221
Eunice C 162
Eva 186
Eva D 218
Evalina 66
Evangeline 220
Everton 240
Everett 126
Ezekiel 166, 169, 170, 171
Ezra. ... 83, 188, 192, 226, 227
229, 243
EzraM 212
EzraN 200
P 279
P.L. S 276
Fannie. . 41, 124, 175, 206, 207
211, 224, 229
374
Index.
PAGE.
Fannie A 112
Fannie L 213
Fannie P 212
FannieS 49
Ferdinand 94
Ferdinand A 92
Fidelia 178
Flavel.. 172,173,174,175, 176
Flora A 213
Florence.... 61,125, 126, 176
184, 186, 230
Florence E 199
Fosdick 170
Frances 28, 89, 333, 334
Francis. . . 25, 26, 67, 105, 279
331
Francis A 113, 197, 239
Francis B 134
Frank D 187
Francis E 167, 168, 279
Francis F 106
Francis J 107
Francis L 232
Francis M 123, 125
Francis W 231
Francis P 235
Francis X 124
Frank... 59, 65,127, 184, 218
220, 230, 232, 279, 288
Frank A 142
Frank B 118
Frank F 176
Frank L 192
Franklin... 184, 208, 226, 227
Franklin H 138
Franklin P 129
Franklin R 143
Fred 237
Fred J 239
Fred L 193
Fred W 220
Freddy C 186, 197
PAGE.
Frederick.... 82,133, 142, 143
Frederick A. 144, 147, 199, 217
Frederick 233
Frederick M.. 181
Frederick W 35
Frederick W., Jr. 36
Fredericka 36
Freelove 227
Frocene 157
G 279
GayE 173
George. . 17, 28, 29, 30, 31, 41
42, 47, 80, 81, 87, 92, 115
116, 117, 128, 129, 140, 141
143, 152, 159, 170, 183, 184
188, 208, 209, 218, 220, 228
241, 243, 253, 279, 325, 326
327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332
348, 349, 350
George A 48, 49, 150, 201
George 0. . . . 64, 119, 145, 171
279
George D 151
George E 141, 142
George F 124
George G 143, 159
George H 145, 146, 279
George H. J 58, 59, 88
George L... 124, 125, 126, 217
279
George M 145, 146, 148
George 197
George R 233, 252
George S. . . . 92, 156, 157, 175
George T 187
George W. . . 50, 153, 155, 158
207, 212, 235, 279
Georgie 231
Georgiania 94
Georgette D 164
Gertrude 137
Gertrude M 124
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Index.
375
-J
PAGB,
Gilbert 150, 191, 279
Giles B. 157
Gilkey A 193
Gillam, E 161
Gillman 202
Girard Robert 74
Grace. . . . 27, 90, 146, 170, 175
189, 218, 233
Goodey 344
Gordon 253
Green 139
GreenP 212
Greenbury 41
Griswold 76
Grosvenor E 49
Gardon 82
Guy 134, 243
Hadley 218
HalseyP 212
Hamon 13, 22
Handley 80, 121
Hanna A 174
Hannah 85, 96
Hannah E 130
Hannah P.... 138
Hanson 12
Harmonious 176, 179
Harmonious V 179
Harriet. 59, 116, 120, 129, 146
170, 175, 185, 187, 189, 200
220
Harriet 195, 217
HarrietteG 149
Harriet L 130
Harriet S 143
Harriet V 146
Harris 243, 254
Harris B 173
Harris W 166, 167
Harry 227
Harry B 230
Harva 177
PAGB.
Harvey ... 173
Hattie . . 58, 121, 192, 200, 239
HattieE 38
Hays 288
Helen ... 39, 94, 147, 152, 213
221, 230
Helen E 65
Helen S 110
Helen W 131
Hennie 99
Henrietta. 167, 224
Henrietta L 167
Henry. . 17, 24, 26, 28, 73, 95
98, 99, 101, 112, 115, 123, 127
132, 135, 169, 170, 182, 185
186, 208, 213, 280, 325, 333
335
Henry A. 184, 280
Henry B 142
Henry 61, 62, 144, 206
207, 214, 280
Henry E 151
Henry P 92, 193
Henry G 280
Henry H 121, 201, 202
Henry J 73, 143
Henry L 169
Henry M 146, 280
Henry N Ill, 183, 184
Henry S. ... 40, 133, 134, 197
Henry T 109, 110, 112
Henry W... 99, 112, 118, 168
Hepsibah 186
Herbert 123
Herbert D 280
Herbert E 280, 285
Hester 55
Hezekiah 84, 153, 188
Hira Ransom 221
Hiram,. 107, 177, 181, 189, 203
204
Hiram J 218
IHiram W 219
376
Index.
PAGE.
Holmes 121
Homes 203, 204
Horace 187, 207
Horace J 207
Horace L 122
Hugh M 16, 62
Hugh W 162
Huldah 86, 88, 196, 210
Humphreys 243
Huntington 26
1.0 45
Ichabod 261, 243
Ida 134, 207
Ida E 207
Ida Jane 217
Inez 186
Inez M 230
Ira. 79, 108, 112, 119, 139, 186
Ira Lewis 168
IraM 280
Irenus 117, 118
Isaac... 61, 135, 139, 233, 243
Isaac B 109, 157
Isabell 26, 29, 55, 90. 93
Israel 154, 19l| 193
J 281
J. C 281
J. B 281
J. F 140
J. H 209, 281
J. P 281
Jabez 194, 202, 203, 223
James. . 62, 75, 77, 78, 83, 86 '
88, 97, 98, 103, 114, 115, 116
117, 119, 120, 127, 132, 207
209, 229, 230, 237, 243, 246
248, 280, 284
James Allen 84, 152, 231
James E 85, 117, 121
James P 124, 127
James H 48, 60, 62, 168
PAGE.
James L 231, 232
James L. S 164
James E 238, 244
James W 130
James Z 50
Jane. . . 27, 28, 39, 54, 63, 56
69, 70, 72, 89, 90, 138, 157
186, 208, 209
JaneH 138
Jared 112
Jason 82, 83, 239
Jason 1 239
Jay 232
J. Carroll 158
Jefferson 129
Jefferson T 131
Jenks 190
J. Ennals 102
Jennet 24, 222
Jennet 188
Jenette M 184
Jennie 103, 167, 228
Jennie A 144
Jennie F 199
Jennie M 171
Jennie M. 49
Jennings 57, 65, 66, 275
Jere 244
Jeremiah ... 99, 100, 189, 190
226
Jeremiah H. Eev 100
Jerry 227
Jerusha 85, 191
Jessie. . 191, 192, 193, 244, 259
Jessie. . . . 92, 93, 133, 144, 230
231, 233, 234, 347, 350
Jessie F 225
Jessie H , . 94, 231
Jessie L 213
Jessie M 174
Jessie P 94
Jeysee 259
Joan 24
\
Indeos.
377
PAGE.
Joanna 188, 212
Job.... 85, 166, 173, 256, 264
Job W 100
JoeE 51
Joel 215, 216, 223
J. Henry 209
John . . 14, 16, 22, 23, 24, 27
28, 31, 52, 53, 65, 70, 71, 72
73, 74, 75, 77, 81, 82, 88, 91
92, 95, 98, 108, 110, 111, 121
133, 134, 140, 160, 161, 162
165, 171, 173, 174, 177, 180
200, 211, 231, 244, 255, 256
281, 288, 345, 346, 347, 348
John A 40, 44, 123, 281
John B . . . . 163, 200, 216, 217
John C 157, 206
John P 93
JohnF. B •.. 163
JohnG 39, 58
John H 68, 281, 282
John M 63, 101, 102
John P 165, 183, 234
John Q 162
John S 216
JohnT 181
John W.. 33,41, 112, 161, 162
163, 176, 196, 282
Jona S 156
Jonah .... 75, 80, 208, 346, 348
349
Jonathan. . . 57, 60, 61, 65, 140
150, 209, 244, 336, 339
Jonathan B 65
Jonathan R 118
Jonathan Sir 56, 57, 65
Joseph 20, 26, 41, 44, 74
84, 121, 179, 180, 183, 184
186, 208, 222, 234, 240, 241
244, 257, 282, 344, 346, 347
348
JosephP 258
^ Joseph M 188
48
pigv
Joseph W 195, 196, 197
Josephine 63, 157
Josephus 234
Joshua . 203, 215, 234, 239, 245
Josiah . . 81, 105, 139, 209, 215
216, 226, 245, 259
Josiah Gale .... 154, 155, 156
Judd 135
Judith 55
Judith Ann 69
Julia 123, 129, 141
Julia A . . . . 116, 122, 124, 128
168
JuliaE 115, 143
JnliaG .. 130
John L 123
JuliaM 258
Julian R 161, 162, 288
Juliette 224
Julius 141, 142
Julius A 115
Kate. . . 104, 215, 218, 227, 228
Kate D 161
Katie 52, 100
Katie L 162
Kate S Ill
Kittie 179
Kirk 197
L 282
L.C 211
L. J 223
Laban 50, 51, 282
Ladeska 110
Lafayette 232, 282
Lambert 24
Laura. . 46, 62, 63, 70, 112, 184
193, 219, 234
Laura A 168
Laura B 60
Laura C 214
Laura B Ill, 122
378
Index.
PAGE.
Laura J 185
Laureatte B 199
Lauren 144, 202
Layinia 121
Lawrence 288
Lawrence A 63, 64
Lawrence B 58, 59, 60, 276
Lawrence H 59
Lawrence B 58
Lawson. 220
Leilla H 159
Leliah 122
Lemuel. 103, 182, 183, 245, 260
Lemuel M 117
Lemuel N 184
Lena 127
LenaS 233
Lenassa 211
Lennox 45
Leonard ... 49, 90, 91, 94, 95
97, 187
Leonard P 152
Leonard Sir 88, 89
Leroy A 66
Leroy L 232, 233
Leroy W 131
Leslie M . * 199
Letta. 182
Levi 186
Lewis. 65, 66, 69, 184, 282, 285
Lewis A 63, 282
Lewis C 154, 157, 282
Libby 204
Lillie 46
Lillie May 68
Linus N 200
Livia A 144
Livonia 47, 206
Lizzie 44
Lod W 171, 282
Lois 76, 180,205, 206
Lonon 190
Lora P 168
PAGE.
Lorania C 214
Lorena 41, 46
Lorenna C 49
Lorenzo 228
Lorin 120
Loring, E. Rev 119
Lottie C 100
Lottie H 188
Lottie L 133
LoudaC 211
Loucell A 282
Louie M 176
Louisa. ... 134, 185, 217, 229
Louisa W 145
Loyd 50
Lucania 201
Lucinda 194, 195
Lucrissia 187
Lucy.. 38, 40, 65, 67, 106, 115
134, 182, 185, 221
Lucy A 200
Lucy B 69
Lucy H 70
LucyM 51, 145
Lucy S 196
LueUa. 46, 184
Luez 204
Luman G 179
Lydia 82, 84, 188, 233
Lydia A. 237
Lydia J 188
Lyman 27,231, 232
Lyman G 179
Lymon 27
Mabel 225
Madeline 153
Maggie L 145
Maggie M 100
Malbis 57
Malby 72
Malcolm P 185
Malissa. 219
Index.
379
PAGE.
Mallissa A 183
Manly. . '. 224
Marcos D. L. 232
Marcus W 106
Maremus 183, 185
Moremus 185
Margarette . . 23, 30, 53, 54, 67
71, 90, 99, 103, 161, 200
207, 331
MarkE 121
Maria, 73, 114, 134, 141
Maria L 146
Mariah 227
Marian 210
Marie S 143
Marion Joril 166
t: Marmaduke... 16, 17, 18, 27
28, 55, 56, 65, 67, 68, 91, 245
325, 336
Marmaduke B 57, 65, 68
Marmaduke 62
Marmaduke Sir 56
Martha. . 39, 42, 61, 66, 67, 70
77, 104, 132, 182, 185
Martha A.... 42, 48, 183, 185
Martha L 191
Martha M 141
Martha R. 50
Marshall 183
Martie 142
Martin.... 203, 204,234, 253
283
Martin W 197
Marvin 80, 119, 205
Marvin 0..... 120
Marvin H 118
Mary 28, 30, 34, 38, 40, 42
45, 55, 56, 70, 71, 72, 73, 77
79, 84, 88, 90, 91, 93, 95, 96
97, 99, 103, 121, 122, 128
129, 140, 146, 148, 171, 175
183, 207, 223, 225, 226, 227
235, 331, 334
PAGB.
Mary A 90, 145, 208, 238
Mary Amelia 36
Mary Ann. ... 52, 80, 112, 124
134, 170, 211
Mary C 115, 144, 203
MaryE.... 42,49, 59, 63, 65
103, 112, 125, 142, 144, 162
184, 202
Mary Eugene 220
Mary EvaJine 49
Mary F 207
Mary G 158
Mary H 58, 60, 148, 150
Mary 1 118
Mary Jane 151
MaryL 70, 187, 190, 217
Mary M 104
Mary Peyton 63
Mary B. 118, 213
Mary W 148, 162
"Massa Jane" 48
Mathew.... 17, 27,33,55, 68
70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 340, 341
342, 343, 344, 345, 346
Mathias 136, 137
Matilda 47, 204
MatildaE 49, 161
MattieB 118
Maude 222
MaudS 147
Maurice 141
Mayhew 121, 122
McAuther 237
Mehitable 215
Mercy 106, 170
Michael 98
Milan H.... 283
Milan N 201
Millburn 186
Millisa 185
Milton 137
Milton-E 147
| Milton H 136
380
Index.
PAGE.
Minnie 62, 133, 209, 239
Minnie E. 147
Minnie Lee 68
Minattie 169
Minerva 34, 129
Minerva Eulalie. 36
Miniock 250
Minor York 218
Mitchell J 171
Mollie 132
Molly 207
Morgana 225
Mortimore Edwards 220
Mosses 170
Mountain. 67
MyraE 199
Mystic 224
Nancy. . . 40, 41, 128, 196, 227
236
Nancy D ,.,.... 150
Nancy E 161
Nancy G 66
Naomi 233
Nathan... 85, 86, 105, 107, 153
154, 159, 169, 170, 187, 192
222, 228, 230, 233, 234, 241
245, 261
Nathan E 158, 160
Nathan R. 107, 231
Nathaniel ... 74, 85, 161, 164
192, 193, 194, 203, 220, 223
233, 340, 346, 349
Nathaniel B 81, 140, 150
Nathaniel L 150
Needham 139
Nehemiah. 8l), 98, 99, 101, 102
103, 1*3, 245, 261, 333
Nellie 65, 141, 177, 217
Nellie J 179
Nellie M 175
Nelly 153
Nelson 182, 195, 212
PAGE.
Nelson B 201
Nelson M 151, 152
Nettie. 102
Neville. 308
Newark. 90, 91
Newman 65, 67
Newton 288
Nicholas. . . 13, 22, 41, 42, 63
283
Nicolas Pino. 63
NilesC 107, 194, 261
Noah 82
Noble. 141
Noma 164, 227
Nora. 66
Norbonne J. . . . M 164
Norman 123, 142, 143
Norman A. 184
Norman 143
Norman E 191
Norton Thomas 54
O hereon 245
Onslow 73
Orlando 187
Olinda. 136, 216
Olive. 136,177, 223
Oliver 216
Olivia. 116
Orion 189
Ormond W 199
OrrinP 187
Orrin W 187
Orion 46
Orville 126
Osborn Thaddeus, Rev 107
Oscar 220,221, 239
OscarC 100
Pamelia 199
Parkhnrst Ransom 221
Parmelia. 40
Parmeno 26
r
Index.
381
PAGE.
Parnell 172
Patience 85, 141, 186
Paulina. 26
Penelope 57, 140
Penelope S 63
Pen-in 234
Perry 211, 245
Perry Green 209, 212, 262
Peter C 128, 133
Philander 114
Philinda. 113
Philip 349
Philipp 90
PhiloD 166
Phineas. . . . 205, 206, 245, 263
Phoebe 227
Phoebe I....' 213
Polly.. 113, 173, 182, 186, 195
209, 210, 226
Polly E 200
Priscilla 26, 29, 226, 227
Prudence 26, 75, 86, 346
Quiros. 67, 68
•
R. S 283
Eachel 117
Rainville, Albert de 19
Ealph Ed 160
Balzaman ....... 173
Bansom 222, 223
Ransom E 201
Ransom P 221
Ray 213
Rebecca 51, 52, 56, 57, 60
62, 64, 65, 78, 102, 105, 108
112, 140, 224
Rebecca G 43, 106
Regus 239
Renald 77, 88
Resciue 41
Reuben 179, 182
Rhoda.J 113, 140, 150
PAGE.
Rice 246, 263
Richard. ... 28, 51, 67, 72, 105
127, 128, 132, 187, 205, 210
215, 245, 265
Richard A 64
Richard B 206, 208
Richard B. B 208
Richard E 217, 218
Richard H 136
Richard M 60, 264
Richard Marmaduke. . . 57, 59
61
Richard Marmaduke Barns 58
Richard P 215, 216
Richard R 128, 131
Ried 231
Riswall 245
Rizpah 216
Robert. . 16, 24, 27, 28, 60, 61
62, 88, 97, 98, 102, 116, 124
127, 133, 134, 229, 230, 246
265, 283, 325
Robert B 122
Robert G. 132
Robert L 110
Robert Nelson 122
Robert R 61
Roberts *83
Robert W 63
Robert Wattrus 164
Robertson 164
Roger. . 18, 27, 54, 56, 70, 89
90, 91, 95, 96
Roger, Rev 96
Roger, Sir 55, 56
Roma 100
Rose Caroline 73
Rosanna 47
Rosanna Deborah 48
RoselleE 207
Roswell 87, 265
Roswell A 151
Roswell, Rev 86, 87
382
Index.
PAGB.
Boy 174
Roy Barns 67
Eoyden 174
Ruel 79, 105, 106
Rufus,. 104, 105, 245, 266, 283
Rufus H 283
Ruhamah 131
Rupel 240
Rupert 40, 41
Ruth 75, 204, 228
Ruth L. 160, 198
RuthN 198
S 283
S.H 287
S. M 276
Sabina 67
Sabra 82,83, 185
Sadie 177
Sadie W 100
Sallie 170, 234
SallieF 58
SallieM 59
Sally 202,206, 226
Salmon C 200
Sammie 105
Samuel. 28, 39, 52, 53, 54, 77
79, 80, 86, 98, 102, 118, 124
126, 135, 136, 178, 188, 223
226, 228, 231, 246, 267, 336
350
Samuel B. M 145, 148
Samuel C 162
Samuel F 208
Samuel G 114, 116, 288
Samuel R. 212, 283
Samuel, Rev 54
Sandford W 183
Sarah. . . 33, 40, 52, 75, 76, 77
78, 84, 85, 86, 103, 105, 114
120, 134, 140, 141, 176, 181
205, 231, 236, 346
Sarah A. . . . 106, 128, 178, 196 «
PAGB.
SarahC 158
Sarah E.... Ill, 137, 217, 330
Sarah Emeline 238
Sarah H 158
Sarah J 232
Sarah Jane 103
Sarah K 157
Sarah L 113, 207
Sarah Maria. 235
SarahS 157
Sarah V 212
Saref ta E 49
Saxton 185
Sayles Francis 221
Sebaken 218
Sella 219
Sephrona 177
Seth.... 82,134, 136, 137, 139
173, 240, 246, 268, 269
Seth Lee 216, 217
SethR 210
SethS 135,136, 138
Seward 178
Shelden!l28,13i,i74,i75, 190
Sherwin C 175
Sidney 114, 116,229, 230
Sidney A 230
Sidney H 117
Sidney Thomas 164
Silas. ... 81, 127, 134, 135, 136
216, 246, 269
Silas S 196, 197
Simion 223
Simon 52
Simon Brooks 215
Singleton 42
Sion 139
Sir Hamen. 14
Sir Hercules 22
Sirena 39
Solomon 47, 50, 284
Solomon C 47
Sophia, 94, 120, 176, 236
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PAGE.
Sophia C 146
Sophia M 70
Sophie 123'
Stanley 39
Statira 196
Stella 1 130
Stephen 85, 113, 166, 188
191, 206, 218, 284, 325, 340
341, 344, 348, 349
Stephen H 196
Steward J 164
Stewart W 284
Sne 39
Sullivan 192
Susan. ... 55, 93, 103, 109, 163
161, 165, 185, 211, 234, 256
Susanna 70, 71, 84
Susannah 55, 95, 136, 347
Sydney 92
Sykes 30, 40, 246
Sylvanus 108, 153, 192
Sylvester G 284
Sylvia 251
Tancred 307
Tapley. . 56, 63, 64, 65, 66, 336
Tarpley. . 56, 63, 64, 65, 66, 336
Thackston 165
Thankful 223
Thelestres A 152
Theodocia 167
Theodora M 119
Theodore K 160
Theodore L 284
Theresa 229
Thirsa 107
Thomas.... 14,15, 16, 17, 22
23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 39, 52
53, 54, 68; 78, 84, 90, 96/102
v 114, 133, 164/165, 172/173
174, 175, 176, 177, 202, 246
271, 325, 343, 348, 349
Thomas A. 124, 187, 196, 197
PAGE.
Thomas C 159
Thomas D 117, 174, 209
Thomas F 118
Thomas J 104
Thomas Lynden 165
Thomastf. 162
Thomas E 175, 176, 207
Thomas, Rev 96
Thomas S 143, 144, 161
162, 178
Thomas, Sir. 92
Thomas W 58, 180, 181
Tifft 211
Timothy 129, 133, 246
272, 284
Tirzah M 204
Titus 79, 104,105, 106
Tobias 51, 52
Townsend 129
Townsend A 131
Townsend 131
Tressa S 187
Trueman 108, 109, 110
111, 112
T. Stanley 161
Underwood 69
Upson H 148
Upton 33
Uriah E 183
Ursula 172
Vellma 119
Vilas 146
Vincent 42
Vinton 350
Virginia 61, 62, 64
Volmda. 32
Volney 222, 224
W 284
TV . XI. X3 . ... ••• , ........ Idv
Wait Joseph 77
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Index.
PAGE.
Wallace W 158
Walter 214
Walter G 192, 193
Walter H 100
Walter P 221
Walter S 65, 185
Warden 185
Warren 126, 194, 195, 210
213, 284
Warren B 158
Warren L 110
Warren W 126
Watrus. 41, 160, 163, 165, 246
Watson 38
Watts 193
W. Cheney 218
Wealthy 83
Wells E 173
Wesley 140, 231
Westley 224
Wheatley. 99, 100
Wheeler 104
Whitney C 210
Will 219
WillH 219
Willard 113
WillardC 191
William ... 14, 15, 17, 22, 24
25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 38, 41, 42
44,45, 51, 52, 54,55,61, 65
66, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 89, 91
92, 95, 96, 98, 103, 105, 107
110, 116, 131, 141, 151, 167
168, 171, 209, 210, 211, 212
228, 231, 246, 247, 273, 284
285, 325, 332
PAGE.
WilliamA 190
WilliamB 99
William C 106, 214
William Clark 214
William D 117, 118
William E. . . 73, 143, 162, 171
236, 237
William F 100, 176, 284
William Franklin 207
William G. ... 44, 93, 117, 237
284, 286
William H. . 147, 148, 154, 167
168, 169, 197, 202, 217, 218
237, 285
William J 61, 62, 172
William L. . . 70, 125, 214, 285
William M 50, 146, 174
WilliamP 100
William R 181
William, Eev 119
William S. .. 64, 123, 155, 159
William, Sir.... 15, 16,23, 24
William T 170, 171
William W . . 40, 101, 103, 104
107, 194, 274, 285
Winnefred 137
Woodfield 72
Wolcott 179, 182
Wolsten 171, 176
Wright 215, 285
Zachariah .... 39, 78, 114, 115
116, 247
Zanoni 222
Zina Amanda 129
ERKATA.
12th line, page 144, between 1831 and al, should read born.
13th line, page 144. instead of 1821, should read 1811.
Henry C. Beckwith, U. S. V. S., 1861-65, should appear in
Boll of Honor.
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