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Elizabeth Griswold Beckwith

Birth
New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death
Jul 1727 (aged 78–79)
Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA Add to Map
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Note: No burial record has been found for Elizabeth, and she does not have an extant gravestone here. However, of her three husbands, she was married to her third husband by far the longest, and died the same year he died. She is almost certainly buried in this cemetery with him, and he has an extant gravestone here.

Elizabeth was the daughter of the immigrant Matthew Griswold and Anna Wolcott of Saybrook and Lyme, Connecticut. She married three times: (1) Lyme 17 Oct 1670 John Rogers of New London; they were divorced 12 Oct 1676; she m. (2) 5 Aug 1679 Peter PRATT, d. 24 March 1688; and she m. (3) c. 1690 Matthew BECKWITH, b. CT 1644, d. Lyme 4 June 1727, in his 84th year. Elizabeth had children with all three husbands.
Note: No burial record has been found for Elizabeth, and she does not have an extant gravestone here. However, of her three husbands, she was married to her third husband by far the longest, and died the same year he died. She is almost certainly buried in this cemetery with him, and he has an extant gravestone here.

Elizabeth was the daughter of the immigrant Matthew Griswold and Anna Wolcott of Saybrook and Lyme, Connecticut. She married three times: (1) Lyme 17 Oct 1670 John Rogers of New London; they were divorced 12 Oct 1676; she m. (2) 5 Aug 1679 Peter PRATT, d. 24 March 1688; and she m. (3) c. 1690 Matthew BECKWITH, b. CT 1644, d. Lyme 4 June 1727, in his 84th year. Elizabeth had children with all three husbands.


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