Matthew BECKWITH

Abt 1637 - 1727  (90 years)

• Name	Matthew BECKWITH  [1, 2]
  	Matthew, born about 1637; died at Lyme, June 4, 127, aged 90; (will dated march 19, 1714/5). He went fro Guilford to New London in 1671, and to Lyme in 1676. Marries 1st Elizabeth, perhaps at Guilford, where two sons were born; 2d, at Lyme in 1691, Elizabeth Griswold, divorced wife of John Rogers ands widow of Peter Pratt; 3d Sarah, (named in his will, - dated March 19, 1714/5). As to his first and third wives will as copied runs: "To Sarah, my dearly beloved wife &c... To my seven children which I had by my first wife (naming them and omitting John)." In town record of New London, vol. i, p. 7, are three entries of birth-date; namely, for James, Jonah, and Prudence, - each one written son or daughter of Matthew and Elizabeth. In an entry at Saybrook, vol. iv. p. 162, deed dated Jn. 30, 1728/9, Mrs. Sarah Beckwith mentions son Thomas Starkey; whence it is here inferred the Widow Sarah Starkey was third wife of Matthew Beckwith. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1637  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jun 1727	Lyme, New London Co., Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I101158	Main Tree
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2021

  
  

  Father	Matthew BECKWITH,   b. Abt 1610, England d. 21 Oct 1680 (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth ?   d. Bef 1690
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F42183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth ?   d. Bef 1691
  Children	+ 1. James BECKWITH,   b. 1 Jun 1671, New London, New London Co., Connecticut d. Abt 1756, Farmington, Connecticut (Age 84 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F42185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth GRISWOLD,   b. Abt 1652   d. Jul 1727 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1691	Lyme, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F41998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2021

  
  

  Family 3	Sarah ?
  Family ID	F42187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jan 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S12220] Marvin Beckwith and his wife Abigail Clark, Their Colonial Ancestors and their Descendants along with "Beckwith Notes". [S04340] "James Rogers of New London, CT., and His Descendants" by James Swift Rogers.