Born circa 1612. Married Mary ____ circa 1641, probably in New London CT. Their child: Nathaniel Beckwith, Sr.
All Mathew Beckwith and Mary Elizabeth Lynde's children are:
1. John b. abt 1639
2. Joseph b. Abt 1640
3. Nathaniel
4. Elizabeth
5. Daughter who married Robert Grant
6. Mary, b. abt 1644, who married Benjamin Grant
The statements of birth and marriage have been corrected in print in the past century by responsible authorities. I refer to you [I am only citing a small portion of the texts, so that you can find the sources for yourself]: (1) Fox, Simeon M. "Matthew Beckwith and his family," by the late Gen. Simeon M. Fox. In The American Genealogist [TAG; journal], v. 21, no. 4, April 1945, pp. 259-265. [30 November 2020; AmericanAncestors.org online archives. 2009. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/rd/11853/259/0] v. 21, p. 259: {Simeon M. Fox was a capable genealogist with a good knowledge of several of the early families of New London, Conn. The writer had a long and enjoyable correspondence with General Fox when he was in his eighties. Most of his later writings were contributed to the genealogical columns of the Boston Evening Transcript. Those relating to the Beckwith family, which appeared in 1927 and 1928, dispel many errors that have been generally accepted, and contribute important facts to the knowledge of that family. To give them wider circulation in a more permanent medium, we are reprinting these articles, in slightly condensed form, but without sacrifice of the General's trenchant style.--D.L.J. [Donald Lines Jacobus[} ...
and (2) DeForest, Louis Effingham. Moore and allied families ; the ancestry of William Henry Moore / L. Effingham de Forest and Anne Lawrence de Forest. New York : De Forest Pub. Co., 1938. [2 December 2020; FamilySearch.org online archive. Digital publisher: Internet Archive. 2019. https://archive.org/details/moorealliedfamil00defo_0] [pp. 73-112: Beckwith chapter] p. 73: BECKWITH....
Matthew¹ Beckwith ... is said to have been a descendant of a good Yorkshire family and to have been born on September 22, 1610, in England. The late Charles E. Banks, a well-known expert on pre-American origins, is understood to have investigated this claim and rejected it.
Nothing is really known of the origin and background of Matthew Beckwith....
(3) Smith, Dean Crawford. The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 : with lines from ... / by Dean Crawford Smith ; edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston : NEHGS, 1992. [31 December 2020] p. 223: BECKWITH.
MATTHEW¹ BECKWITH alias BECKET, born England circa 1612; died New London, CT 21 October 1680 (sic, probably 1681, since he was in court in September 1681 {NL Co Ct 4:3}), aged about 70, by
"missing his way in a very dark night, fell from a Ledge of rocks about 20 or 30 foot high and beat out his braines against a stone he fell upon. Another man yt was with him was within a yard of ye place but by gods Provide{nce} came not to such an end" {Register 9(1855):50).
He married probably New London before 1643 MARY -----, born circa 1625 ...
To sum up: reliable genealogists have not found the origin of Matthew Beckwith, nor his parents. They have established that his wife's name was not Elizabeth but Mary (from Court records-- he sued a lot of people in his lifetime and his wife also testified in some court cases and she was also his executrix-- so she is well documented as Mary, but no one has yet found her maiden name.) I think the record needs to be changed to reflect these more recent research findings -- i.e., no specific birth date, the year is accepted as "about 1612"; no birthplace of Pontefract, Yorkshire.∼Capt. Mathew BECKWITH (1610 – 1680)
He was responsible for the building of the first vessel launched at New London, the firm of Mould & Coit buildling to his order the bark "Endeavor," which was sailed in the trade with Barbados, the vessel passing out of the possession of Matthew Beckwith in 1666, in exchange for 2000 pounds of sugar.
Matthew Beckwith was born on 22 Sep 1610 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, an old, medieval town in West Yorkshire, England, Pontefract is well known for its historical market place, and most importantly, its medieval castle which was built in the Norman Conquest era.
His parents were Thomas BECKWITH and Anne DYNLEY.
He immigrated in 1637 to Massachusetts from England, some say on the "Sparrow Hawk," which crashed upon reaching New England. After a query from a reader, I found the Sparrow Hawk actually crashed in 1626 when Matthew would have been only 16 years old. Here's a book on the subject.
He married Elizabeth (Mary) LYNDE in 1641 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony.
Matthew died on 21 Oct 1680 in New London, CT at age 70 when he fell off a cliff. He was buried in Lyme, New London, As recorded in the journal of Simeon Bradford:
"Octob. 21. Matthew Brecket Sen. aged about 70, missing his way in a very dark night, fell from a Ledge of rocks about 20 or 30 foot high and beat out his brains against a stone he fell vpon. Another man yt was wth him was wthin a yard of ye place but by gods Providee came not to such an end. Let him and all nearly concerned, ye every one, make good vse of such an awfull & Solemne Providee."
Elizabeth (Mary) Lynde was born in 1625 in London, England. Her parents were Enoch LYNDE and Elizabeth DIGBY. Enoch Lynde, was a shipping merchant in the Netherlands engaged in foreign trade and he was also connected with the postal service between England and Holland. He was fluent in Dutch and may have been of Dutch extraction. After Matthew died, Elizabeth married Samuel Buckland. Elizabeth died in 1682 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut at age 57.
Many sources state that Elizabeth was born in New London CT, (the town or the county of New London?) but .John Winthrop, Jr. did not found the first English settlement there until 1646.
After Matthew died, Elizabeth married Samuel Buckland. Elizabeth died in 1682 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut at age 57.
Children of Matthew and Elizabeth ......NameBornMarriedDeparted
1.Matthew Beckwith c. 1645
Elizabeth [Hill?] 1666 Guilford, Middlesex, CT
.Elizabeth Griswold 1689 in Lyme, CT
.Sarah Starkey?4 Jun 1727Lyme, New London, CT
2.Mary Beckwithc. 1643 Lyme, New London, CT\
Benjamin Grant 1664New London, CT
.Samuel Daniels 10 May 1667
Watertown, Litchfield, CT7 Feb 1692/93Massachusetts
3.Elizabeth Beckwithc. 1647 New London, CT
Robert Girard (Gerrand, Gerard)1665 Lyme, CT
.John Bates 1677Haddam, Middlesex, CT15 Jan 1718/19 Haddam, Middlesex, CT
4.Sarah Beckwith c. 1650 New London, CT
Joshua Grant 1666 in Watertown, Mass14 Aug 1676 Connecticut
5.Joseph BECKWITHc. 1653 New London, CT
Susannah TALLMAN 1676 Portsmouth, RI 1707 Lyme, CT
6.Nathaniel Beckwith 1656 New London, CT
Martha [_____] 1678 in Lyme, CT 25 Dec 1725 Lyme, CT
7.John Beckwith4 Feb 1668 New London, CT Prudence Manwaring
1688 New London, CT8 Dec 1757New London, CT
Resided: Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, Matthew's property is today's Rocky Neck State Park, the port from which his three ships were based was called Beckwith's Cove. The couple did not acquire a home lot until four years after they were married. Hartford records show that Mary and their first child, a daughter Mary born in 1643, resided with the household of B. Barnard in Hartford, indicating that Matthew traveled and lived on his vessel.
Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme CT
Occupation: With two partners owned three ships, the "Speedwell," the "Hopewell." and the Endeavor." These ships ranged from 50 to 82 tons, participated in trade between New England, New Amsterdam, and Barbados. The Endeavor was the first barque built and launched in New London. Matthew Beckwith was believed to have been involved with a couple of wealthy Dutchmen and one of them, a Captain Sybado, left him a small legacy in his will that was filed in England.
Property: Matthew and Mary owned large tracts of land along the Niantic River, in Lyme, granted to him by Gov. Wentworth. Owned 30 acres and with two others owned three ships, one of the ships (the "Endeavor,") was sold in Barbados for 2,000 pounds of sugar, at death the estate was inventoried at 274 pounds.
Legal involvement: 1662 fined for the assault and bttery of John Richards; convicted of slandering Matthew Marvin, was forced to make a public confession; fined 10 shillings for intemperance.
According to "The Founders of Saybrook Colony and Their Descendants, 1635-1985″, Matthew Beckwith came to New England (possibly from Ponteferact, Yorkshire, England) in 1635, residing first at Saybrook Point, CT. He was in Branford, CT, in 1638 and was among the first settlers of Hartford in 1642. By 1651, he was in East Lyme, having purchased large tracts of land along the Niantic River.
"The Beckwiths", by Paul Beckwith, 1891, mentions a number of items from the Connecticut Records. He is said to have resided in Hartford in 1645, on lot number ten on Main Street. This book points out the possible parents of Matthew as Marmaduke Beckwith of Dacre and Clint, North Yorkshire, England, and his wife Anne Dynley. The book traces the ancestry of Marmaduke back to Sir Hugh de Malebisse, who held lands at the time of William the Conqueror. Matthew's wife's name is given as Elizabeth (which has since been refuted).The "Beckwith Notes" discount the parentage of Marmaduke Beckwith, and give the name of Matthew's wife as MARY. The notes suggest that Matthew was probably born in Essex, England, far from North Yorkshire, Marmaduke's home.
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All Mathew Beckwith and Mary Elizabeth Lynde's children are:
1. John b. abt 1639
2. Joseph b. Abt 1640
3. Nathaniel
4. Elizabeth
5. Daughter who married Robert Grant
6. Mary, b. abt 1644, who married Benjamin Grant
The statements of birth and marriage have been corrected in print in the past century by responsible authorities. I refer to you [I am only citing a small portion of the texts, so that you can find the sources for yourself]: (1) Fox, Simeon M. "Matthew Beckwith and his family," by the late Gen. Simeon M. Fox. In The American Genealogist [TAG; journal], v. 21, no. 4, April 1945, pp. 259-265. [30 November 2020; AmericanAncestors.org online archives. 2009. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/rd/11853/259/0] v. 21, p. 259: {Simeon M. Fox was a capable genealogist with a good knowledge of several of the early families of New London, Conn. The writer had a long and enjoyable correspondence with General Fox when he was in his eighties. Most of his later writings were contributed to the genealogical columns of the Boston Evening Transcript. Those relating to the Beckwith family, which appeared in 1927 and 1928, dispel many errors that have been generally accepted, and contribute important facts to the knowledge of that family. To give them wider circulation in a more permanent medium, we are reprinting these articles, in slightly condensed form, but without sacrifice of the General's trenchant style.--D.L.J. [Donald Lines Jacobus[} ...
and (2) DeForest, Louis Effingham. Moore and allied families ; the ancestry of William Henry Moore / L. Effingham de Forest and Anne Lawrence de Forest. New York : De Forest Pub. Co., 1938. [2 December 2020; FamilySearch.org online archive. Digital publisher: Internet Archive. 2019. https://archive.org/details/moorealliedfamil00defo_0] [pp. 73-112: Beckwith chapter] p. 73: BECKWITH....
Matthew¹ Beckwith ... is said to have been a descendant of a good Yorkshire family and to have been born on September 22, 1610, in England. The late Charles E. Banks, a well-known expert on pre-American origins, is understood to have investigated this claim and rejected it.
Nothing is really known of the origin and background of Matthew Beckwith....
(3) Smith, Dean Crawford. The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 : with lines from ... / by Dean Crawford Smith ; edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston : NEHGS, 1992. [31 December 2020] p. 223: BECKWITH.
MATTHEW¹ BECKWITH alias BECKET, born England circa 1612; died New London, CT 21 October 1680 (sic, probably 1681, since he was in court in September 1681 {NL Co Ct 4:3}), aged about 70, by
"missing his way in a very dark night, fell from a Ledge of rocks about 20 or 30 foot high and beat out his braines against a stone he fell upon. Another man yt was with him was within a yard of ye place but by gods Provide{nce} came not to such an end" {Register 9(1855):50).
He married probably New London before 1643 MARY -----, born circa 1625 ...
To sum up: reliable genealogists have not found the origin of Matthew Beckwith, nor his parents. They have established that his wife's name was not Elizabeth but Mary (from Court records-- he sued a lot of people in his lifetime and his wife also testified in some court cases and she was also his executrix-- so she is well documented as Mary, but no one has yet found her maiden name.) I think the record needs to be changed to reflect these more recent research findings -- i.e., no specific birth date, the year is accepted as "about 1612"; no birthplace of Pontefract, Yorkshire.∼Capt. Mathew BECKWITH (1610 – 1680)
He was responsible for the building of the first vessel launched at New London, the firm of Mould & Coit buildling to his order the bark "Endeavor," which was sailed in the trade with Barbados, the vessel passing out of the possession of Matthew Beckwith in 1666, in exchange for 2000 pounds of sugar.
Matthew Beckwith was born on 22 Sep 1610 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, an old, medieval town in West Yorkshire, England, Pontefract is well known for its historical market place, and most importantly, its medieval castle which was built in the Norman Conquest era.
His parents were Thomas BECKWITH and Anne DYNLEY.
He immigrated in 1637 to Massachusetts from England, some say on the "Sparrow Hawk," which crashed upon reaching New England. After a query from a reader, I found the Sparrow Hawk actually crashed in 1626 when Matthew would have been only 16 years old. Here's a book on the subject.
He married Elizabeth (Mary) LYNDE in 1641 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony.
Matthew died on 21 Oct 1680 in New London, CT at age 70 when he fell off a cliff. He was buried in Lyme, New London, As recorded in the journal of Simeon Bradford:
"Octob. 21. Matthew Brecket Sen. aged about 70, missing his way in a very dark night, fell from a Ledge of rocks about 20 or 30 foot high and beat out his brains against a stone he fell vpon. Another man yt was wth him was wthin a yard of ye place but by gods Providee came not to such an end. Let him and all nearly concerned, ye every one, make good vse of such an awfull & Solemne Providee."
Elizabeth (Mary) Lynde was born in 1625 in London, England. Her parents were Enoch LYNDE and Elizabeth DIGBY. Enoch Lynde, was a shipping merchant in the Netherlands engaged in foreign trade and he was also connected with the postal service between England and Holland. He was fluent in Dutch and may have been of Dutch extraction. After Matthew died, Elizabeth married Samuel Buckland. Elizabeth died in 1682 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut at age 57.
Many sources state that Elizabeth was born in New London CT, (the town or the county of New London?) but .John Winthrop, Jr. did not found the first English settlement there until 1646.
After Matthew died, Elizabeth married Samuel Buckland. Elizabeth died in 1682 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut at age 57.
Children of Matthew and Elizabeth ......NameBornMarriedDeparted
1.Matthew Beckwith c. 1645
Elizabeth [Hill?] 1666 Guilford, Middlesex, CT
.Elizabeth Griswold 1689 in Lyme, CT
.Sarah Starkey?4 Jun 1727Lyme, New London, CT
2.Mary Beckwithc. 1643 Lyme, New London, CT\
Benjamin Grant 1664New London, CT
.Samuel Daniels 10 May 1667
Watertown, Litchfield, CT7 Feb 1692/93Massachusetts
3.Elizabeth Beckwithc. 1647 New London, CT
Robert Girard (Gerrand, Gerard)1665 Lyme, CT
.John Bates 1677Haddam, Middlesex, CT15 Jan 1718/19 Haddam, Middlesex, CT
4.Sarah Beckwith c. 1650 New London, CT
Joshua Grant 1666 in Watertown, Mass14 Aug 1676 Connecticut
5.Joseph BECKWITHc. 1653 New London, CT
Susannah TALLMAN 1676 Portsmouth, RI 1707 Lyme, CT
6.Nathaniel Beckwith 1656 New London, CT
Martha [_____] 1678 in Lyme, CT 25 Dec 1725 Lyme, CT
7.John Beckwith4 Feb 1668 New London, CT Prudence Manwaring
1688 New London, CT8 Dec 1757New London, CT
Resided: Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, Matthew's property is today's Rocky Neck State Park, the port from which his three ships were based was called Beckwith's Cove. The couple did not acquire a home lot until four years after they were married. Hartford records show that Mary and their first child, a daughter Mary born in 1643, resided with the household of B. Barnard in Hartford, indicating that Matthew traveled and lived on his vessel.
Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme CT
Occupation: With two partners owned three ships, the "Speedwell," the "Hopewell." and the Endeavor." These ships ranged from 50 to 82 tons, participated in trade between New England, New Amsterdam, and Barbados. The Endeavor was the first barque built and launched in New London. Matthew Beckwith was believed to have been involved with a couple of wealthy Dutchmen and one of them, a Captain Sybado, left him a small legacy in his will that was filed in England.
Property: Matthew and Mary owned large tracts of land along the Niantic River, in Lyme, granted to him by Gov. Wentworth. Owned 30 acres and with two others owned three ships, one of the ships (the "Endeavor,") was sold in Barbados for 2,000 pounds of sugar, at death the estate was inventoried at 274 pounds.
Legal involvement: 1662 fined for the assault and bttery of John Richards; convicted of slandering Matthew Marvin, was forced to make a public confession; fined 10 shillings for intemperance.
According to "The Founders of Saybrook Colony and Their Descendants, 1635-1985″, Matthew Beckwith came to New England (possibly from Ponteferact, Yorkshire, England) in 1635, residing first at Saybrook Point, CT. He was in Branford, CT, in 1638 and was among the first settlers of Hartford in 1642. By 1651, he was in East Lyme, having purchased large tracts of land along the Niantic River.
"The Beckwiths", by Paul Beckwith, 1891, mentions a number of items from the Connecticut Records. He is said to have resided in Hartford in 1645, on lot number ten on Main Street. This book points out the possible parents of Matthew as Marmaduke Beckwith of Dacre and Clint, North Yorkshire, England, and his wife Anne Dynley. The book traces the ancestry of Marmaduke back to Sir Hugh de Malebisse, who held lands at the time of William the Conqueror. Matthew's wife's name is given as Elizabeth (which has since been refuted).The "Beckwith Notes" discount the parentage of Marmaduke Beckwith, and give the name of Matthew's wife as MARY. The notes suggest that Matthew was probably born in Essex, England, far from North Yorkshire, Marmaduke's home.
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Born circa 1612. Married Mary ____ circa 1641, probably in New London CT. Their child: Nathaniel Beckwith, Sr.
All Mathew Beckwith and Mary Elizabeth Lynde's children are:
1. John b. abt 1639
2. Joseph b. Abt 1640
3. Nathaniel
4. Elizabeth
5. Daughter who married Robert Grant
6. Mary, b. abt 1644, who married Benjamin Grant
The statements of birth and marriage have been corrected in print in the past century by responsible authorities. I refer to you [I am only citing a small portion of the texts, so that you can find the sources for yourself]: (1) Fox, Simeon M. "Matthew Beckwith and his family," by the late Gen. Simeon M. Fox. In The American Genealogist [TAG; journal], v. 21, no. 4, April 1945, pp. 259-265. [30 November 2020; AmericanAncestors.org online archives. 2009. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/rd/11853/259/0] v. 21, p. 259: {Simeon M. Fox was a capable genealogist with a good knowledge of several of the early families of New London, Conn. The writer had a long and enjoyable correspondence with General Fox when he was in his eighties. Most of his later writings were contributed to the genealogical columns of the Boston Evening Transcript. Those relating to the Beckwith family, which appeared in 1927 and 1928, dispel many errors that have been generally accepted, and contribute important facts to the knowledge of that family. To give them wider circulation in a more permanent medium, we are reprinting these articles, in slightly condensed form, but without sacrifice of the General's trenchant style.--D.L.J. [Donald Lines Jacobus[} ...
and (2) DeForest, Louis Effingham. Moore and allied families ; the ancestry of William Henry Moore / L. Effingham de Forest and Anne Lawrence de Forest. New York : De Forest Pub. Co., 1938. [2 December 2020; FamilySearch.org online archive. Digital publisher: Internet Archive. 2019. https://archive.org/details/moorealliedfamil00defo_0] [pp. 73-112: Beckwith chapter] p. 73: BECKWITH....
Matthew¹ Beckwith ... is said to have been a descendant of a good Yorkshire family and to have been born on September 22, 1610, in England. The late Charles E. Banks, a well-known expert on pre-American origins, is understood to have investigated this claim and rejected it.
Nothing is really known of the origin and background of Matthew Beckwith....
(3) Smith, Dean Crawford. The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 : with lines from ... / by Dean Crawford Smith ; edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston : NEHGS, 1992. [31 December 2020] p. 223: BECKWITH.
MATTHEW¹ BECKWITH alias BECKET, born England circa 1612; died New London, CT 21 October 1680 (sic, probably 1681, since he was in court in September 1681 {NL Co Ct 4:3}), aged about 70, by
"missing his way in a very dark night, fell from a Ledge of rocks about 20 or 30 foot high and beat out his braines against a stone he fell upon. Another man yt was with him was within a yard of ye place but by gods Provide{nce} came not to such an end" {Register 9(1855):50).
He married probably New London before 1643 MARY -----, born circa 1625 ...
To sum up: reliable genealogists have not found the origin of Matthew Beckwith, nor his parents. They have established that his wife's name was not Elizabeth but Mary (from Court records-- he sued a lot of people in his lifetime and his wife also testified in some court cases and she was also his executrix-- so she is well documented as Mary, but no one has yet found her maiden name.) I think the record needs to be changed to reflect these more recent research findings -- i.e., no specific birth date, the year is accepted as "about 1612"; no birthplace of Pontefract, Yorkshire.∼Capt. Mathew BECKWITH (1610 – 1680)
He was responsible for the building of the first vessel launched at New London, the firm of Mould & Coit buildling to his order the bark "Endeavor," which was sailed in the trade with Barbados, the vessel passing out of the possession of Matthew Beckwith in 1666, in exchange for 2000 pounds of sugar.
Matthew Beckwith was born on 22 Sep 1610 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, an old, medieval town in West Yorkshire, England, Pontefract is well known for its historical market place, and most importantly, its medieval castle which was built in the Norman Conquest era.
His parents were Thomas BECKWITH and Anne DYNLEY.
He immigrated in 1637 to Massachusetts from England, some say on the "Sparrow Hawk," which crashed upon reaching New England. After a query from a reader, I found the Sparrow Hawk actually crashed in 1626 when Matthew would have been only 16 years old. Here's a book on the subject.
He married Elizabeth (Mary) LYNDE in 1641 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony.
Matthew died on 21 Oct 1680 in New London, CT at age 70 when he fell off a cliff. He was buried in Lyme, New London, As recorded in the journal of Simeon Bradford:
"Octob. 21. Matthew Brecket Sen. aged about 70, missing his way in a very dark night, fell from a Ledge of rocks about 20 or 30 foot high and beat out his brains against a stone he fell vpon. Another man yt was wth him was wthin a yard of ye place but by gods Providee came not to such an end. Let him and all nearly concerned, ye every one, make good vse of such an awfull & Solemne Providee."
Elizabeth (Mary) Lynde was born in 1625 in London, England. Her parents were Enoch LYNDE and Elizabeth DIGBY. Enoch Lynde, was a shipping merchant in the Netherlands engaged in foreign trade and he was also connected with the postal service between England and Holland. He was fluent in Dutch and may have been of Dutch extraction. After Matthew died, Elizabeth married Samuel Buckland. Elizabeth died in 1682 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut at age 57.
Many sources state that Elizabeth was born in New London CT, (the town or the county of New London?) but .John Winthrop, Jr. did not found the first English settlement there until 1646.
After Matthew died, Elizabeth married Samuel Buckland. Elizabeth died in 1682 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut at age 57.
Children of Matthew and Elizabeth ......NameBornMarriedDeparted
1.Matthew Beckwith c. 1645
Elizabeth [Hill?] 1666 Guilford, Middlesex, CT
.Elizabeth Griswold 1689 in Lyme, CT
.Sarah Starkey?4 Jun 1727Lyme, New London, CT
2.Mary Beckwithc. 1643 Lyme, New London, CT\
Benjamin Grant 1664New London, CT
.Samuel Daniels 10 May 1667
Watertown, Litchfield, CT7 Feb 1692/93Massachusetts
3.Elizabeth Beckwithc. 1647 New London, CT
Robert Girard (Gerrand, Gerard)1665 Lyme, CT
.John Bates 1677Haddam, Middlesex, CT15 Jan 1718/19 Haddam, Middlesex, CT
4.Sarah Beckwith c. 1650 New London, CT
Joshua Grant 1666 in Watertown, Mass14 Aug 1676 Connecticut
5.Joseph BECKWITHc. 1653 New London, CT
Susannah TALLMAN 1676 Portsmouth, RI 1707 Lyme, CT
6.Nathaniel Beckwith 1656 New London, CT
Martha [_____] 1678 in Lyme, CT 25 Dec 1725 Lyme, CT
7.John Beckwith4 Feb 1668 New London, CT Prudence Manwaring
1688 New London, CT8 Dec 1757New London, CT
Resided: Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, Matthew's property is today's Rocky Neck State Park, the port from which his three ships were based was called Beckwith's Cove. The couple did not acquire a home lot until four years after they were married. Hartford records show that Mary and their first child, a daughter Mary born in 1643, resided with the household of B. Barnard in Hartford, indicating that Matthew traveled and lived on his vessel.
Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme CT
Occupation: With two partners owned three ships, the "Speedwell," the "Hopewell." and the Endeavor." These ships ranged from 50 to 82 tons, participated in trade between New England, New Amsterdam, and Barbados. The Endeavor was the first barque built and launched in New London. Matthew Beckwith was believed to have been involved with a couple of wealthy Dutchmen and one of them, a Captain Sybado, left him a small legacy in his will that was filed in England.
Property: Matthew and Mary owned large tracts of land along the Niantic River, in Lyme, granted to him by Gov. Wentworth. Owned 30 acres and with two others owned three ships, one of the ships (the "Endeavor,") was sold in Barbados for 2,000 pounds of sugar, at death the estate was inventoried at 274 pounds.
Legal involvement: 1662 fined for the assault and bttery of John Richards; convicted of slandering Matthew Marvin, was forced to make a public confession; fined 10 shillings for intemperance.
According to "The Founders of Saybrook Colony and Their Descendants, 1635-1985″, Matthew Beckwith came to New England (possibly from Ponteferact, Yorkshire, England) in 1635, residing first at Saybrook Point, CT. He was in Branford, CT, in 1638 and was among the first settlers of Hartford in 1642. By 1651, he was in East Lyme, having purchased large tracts of land along the Niantic River.
"The Beckwiths", by Paul Beckwith, 1891, mentions a number of items from the Connecticut Records. He is said to have resided in Hartford in 1645, on lot number ten on Main Street. This book points out the possible parents of Matthew as Marmaduke Beckwith of Dacre and Clint, North Yorkshire, England, and his wife Anne Dynley. The book traces the ancestry of Marmaduke back to Sir Hugh de Malebisse, who held lands at the time of William the Conqueror. Matthew's wife's name is given as Elizabeth (which has since been refuted).The "Beckwith Notes" discount the parentage of Marmaduke Beckwith, and give the name of Matthew's wife as MARY. The notes suggest that Matthew was probably born in Essex, England, far from North Yorkshire, Marmaduke's home.
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http://minerdescent.com/2010/05/14/matthew-beckwith/
All Mathew Beckwith and Mary Elizabeth Lynde's children are:
1. John b. abt 1639
2. Joseph b. Abt 1640
3. Nathaniel
4. Elizabeth
5. Daughter who married Robert Grant
6. Mary, b. abt 1644, who married Benjamin Grant
The statements of birth and marriage have been corrected in print in the past century by responsible authorities. I refer to you [I am only citing a small portion of the texts, so that you can find the sources for yourself]: (1) Fox, Simeon M. "Matthew Beckwith and his family," by the late Gen. Simeon M. Fox. In The American Genealogist [TAG; journal], v. 21, no. 4, April 1945, pp. 259-265. [30 November 2020; AmericanAncestors.org online archives. 2009. https://www.americanancestors.org/DB283/rd/11853/259/0] v. 21, p. 259: {Simeon M. Fox was a capable genealogist with a good knowledge of several of the early families of New London, Conn. The writer had a long and enjoyable correspondence with General Fox when he was in his eighties. Most of his later writings were contributed to the genealogical columns of the Boston Evening Transcript. Those relating to the Beckwith family, which appeared in 1927 and 1928, dispel many errors that have been generally accepted, and contribute important facts to the knowledge of that family. To give them wider circulation in a more permanent medium, we are reprinting these articles, in slightly condensed form, but without sacrifice of the General's trenchant style.--D.L.J. [Donald Lines Jacobus[} ...
and (2) DeForest, Louis Effingham. Moore and allied families ; the ancestry of William Henry Moore / L. Effingham de Forest and Anne Lawrence de Forest. New York : De Forest Pub. Co., 1938. [2 December 2020; FamilySearch.org online archive. Digital publisher: Internet Archive. 2019. https://archive.org/details/moorealliedfamil00defo_0] [pp. 73-112: Beckwith chapter] p. 73: BECKWITH....
Matthew¹ Beckwith ... is said to have been a descendant of a good Yorkshire family and to have been born on September 22, 1610, in England. The late Charles E. Banks, a well-known expert on pre-American origins, is understood to have investigated this claim and rejected it.
Nothing is really known of the origin and background of Matthew Beckwith....
(3) Smith, Dean Crawford. The Ancestry of Emily Jane Angell, 1844-1910 : with lines from ... / by Dean Crawford Smith ; edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn. Boston : NEHGS, 1992. [31 December 2020] p. 223: BECKWITH.
MATTHEW¹ BECKWITH alias BECKET, born England circa 1612; died New London, CT 21 October 1680 (sic, probably 1681, since he was in court in September 1681 {NL Co Ct 4:3}), aged about 70, by
"missing his way in a very dark night, fell from a Ledge of rocks about 20 or 30 foot high and beat out his braines against a stone he fell upon. Another man yt was with him was within a yard of ye place but by gods Provide{nce} came not to such an end" {Register 9(1855):50).
He married probably New London before 1643 MARY -----, born circa 1625 ...
To sum up: reliable genealogists have not found the origin of Matthew Beckwith, nor his parents. They have established that his wife's name was not Elizabeth but Mary (from Court records-- he sued a lot of people in his lifetime and his wife also testified in some court cases and she was also his executrix-- so she is well documented as Mary, but no one has yet found her maiden name.) I think the record needs to be changed to reflect these more recent research findings -- i.e., no specific birth date, the year is accepted as "about 1612"; no birthplace of Pontefract, Yorkshire.∼Capt. Mathew BECKWITH (1610 – 1680)
He was responsible for the building of the first vessel launched at New London, the firm of Mould & Coit buildling to his order the bark "Endeavor," which was sailed in the trade with Barbados, the vessel passing out of the possession of Matthew Beckwith in 1666, in exchange for 2000 pounds of sugar.
Matthew Beckwith was born on 22 Sep 1610 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, an old, medieval town in West Yorkshire, England, Pontefract is well known for its historical market place, and most importantly, its medieval castle which was built in the Norman Conquest era.
His parents were Thomas BECKWITH and Anne DYNLEY.
He immigrated in 1637 to Massachusetts from England, some say on the "Sparrow Hawk," which crashed upon reaching New England. After a query from a reader, I found the Sparrow Hawk actually crashed in 1626 when Matthew would have been only 16 years old. Here's a book on the subject.
He married Elizabeth (Mary) LYNDE in 1641 in Hartford, Connecticut Colony.
Matthew died on 21 Oct 1680 in New London, CT at age 70 when he fell off a cliff. He was buried in Lyme, New London, As recorded in the journal of Simeon Bradford:
"Octob. 21. Matthew Brecket Sen. aged about 70, missing his way in a very dark night, fell from a Ledge of rocks about 20 or 30 foot high and beat out his brains against a stone he fell vpon. Another man yt was wth him was wthin a yard of ye place but by gods Providee came not to such an end. Let him and all nearly concerned, ye every one, make good vse of such an awfull & Solemne Providee."
Elizabeth (Mary) Lynde was born in 1625 in London, England. Her parents were Enoch LYNDE and Elizabeth DIGBY. Enoch Lynde, was a shipping merchant in the Netherlands engaged in foreign trade and he was also connected with the postal service between England and Holland. He was fluent in Dutch and may have been of Dutch extraction. After Matthew died, Elizabeth married Samuel Buckland. Elizabeth died in 1682 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut at age 57.
Many sources state that Elizabeth was born in New London CT, (the town or the county of New London?) but .John Winthrop, Jr. did not found the first English settlement there until 1646.
After Matthew died, Elizabeth married Samuel Buckland. Elizabeth died in 1682 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut at age 57.
Children of Matthew and Elizabeth ......NameBornMarriedDeparted
1.Matthew Beckwith c. 1645
Elizabeth [Hill?] 1666 Guilford, Middlesex, CT
.Elizabeth Griswold 1689 in Lyme, CT
.Sarah Starkey?4 Jun 1727Lyme, New London, CT
2.Mary Beckwithc. 1643 Lyme, New London, CT\
Benjamin Grant 1664New London, CT
.Samuel Daniels 10 May 1667
Watertown, Litchfield, CT7 Feb 1692/93Massachusetts
3.Elizabeth Beckwithc. 1647 New London, CT
Robert Girard (Gerrand, Gerard)1665 Lyme, CT
.John Bates 1677Haddam, Middlesex, CT15 Jan 1718/19 Haddam, Middlesex, CT
4.Sarah Beckwith c. 1650 New London, CT
Joshua Grant 1666 in Watertown, Mass14 Aug 1676 Connecticut
5.Joseph BECKWITHc. 1653 New London, CT
Susannah TALLMAN 1676 Portsmouth, RI 1707 Lyme, CT
6.Nathaniel Beckwith 1656 New London, CT
Martha [_____] 1678 in Lyme, CT 25 Dec 1725 Lyme, CT
7.John Beckwith4 Feb 1668 New London, CT Prudence Manwaring
1688 New London, CT8 Dec 1757New London, CT
Resided: Pontefract, Yorkshire, England; Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, Matthew's property is today's Rocky Neck State Park, the port from which his three ships were based was called Beckwith's Cove. The couple did not acquire a home lot until four years after they were married. Hartford records show that Mary and their first child, a daughter Mary born in 1643, resided with the household of B. Barnard in Hartford, indicating that Matthew traveled and lived on his vessel.
Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme CT
Occupation: With two partners owned three ships, the "Speedwell," the "Hopewell." and the Endeavor." These ships ranged from 50 to 82 tons, participated in trade between New England, New Amsterdam, and Barbados. The Endeavor was the first barque built and launched in New London. Matthew Beckwith was believed to have been involved with a couple of wealthy Dutchmen and one of them, a Captain Sybado, left him a small legacy in his will that was filed in England.
Property: Matthew and Mary owned large tracts of land along the Niantic River, in Lyme, granted to him by Gov. Wentworth. Owned 30 acres and with two others owned three ships, one of the ships (the "Endeavor,") was sold in Barbados for 2,000 pounds of sugar, at death the estate was inventoried at 274 pounds.
Legal involvement: 1662 fined for the assault and bttery of John Richards; convicted of slandering Matthew Marvin, was forced to make a public confession; fined 10 shillings for intemperance.
According to "The Founders of Saybrook Colony and Their Descendants, 1635-1985″, Matthew Beckwith came to New England (possibly from Ponteferact, Yorkshire, England) in 1635, residing first at Saybrook Point, CT. He was in Branford, CT, in 1638 and was among the first settlers of Hartford in 1642. By 1651, he was in East Lyme, having purchased large tracts of land along the Niantic River.
"The Beckwiths", by Paul Beckwith, 1891, mentions a number of items from the Connecticut Records. He is said to have resided in Hartford in 1645, on lot number ten on Main Street. This book points out the possible parents of Matthew as Marmaduke Beckwith of Dacre and Clint, North Yorkshire, England, and his wife Anne Dynley. The book traces the ancestry of Marmaduke back to Sir Hugh de Malebisse, who held lands at the time of William the Conqueror. Matthew's wife's name is given as Elizabeth (which has since been refuted).The "Beckwith Notes" discount the parentage of Marmaduke Beckwith, and give the name of Matthew's wife as MARY. The notes suggest that Matthew was probably born in Essex, England, far from North Yorkshire, Marmaduke's home.
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