 1691 - 1760 (69 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Oliver Beckwith was born in 1691 in New London, Connecticut, USA (son of John Beckwith and Prudence Manwaring); died in 1760 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA. Oliver married Martha Elizabeth ? on 7 Nov 1714 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA. Martha was born in 1691 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA; died in 1759 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- William Beckwith was born in 1717 in New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1759 in New London, Connecticut, USA.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | John Beckwith was born on 19 Jan 1665 in Guilford, Connecticut, USA (son of Matthew Beckwith and Elizabeth Mary Lynde); died on 5 Dec 1757 in New London, Connecticut, USA. John married Prudence Manwaring in 1687 in New London, Connecticut, USA. Prudence was born on 10 Sep 1671 in New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 17 Nov 1740 in New London, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Prudence Manwaring was born on 10 Sep 1671 in New London, Connecticut, USA; died on 17 Nov 1740 in New London, Connecticut, USA. Children:
- 1. Oliver Beckwith was born in 1691 in New London, Connecticut, USA; died in 1760 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA.
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Generation: 3
| 4. | Matthew Beckwith was born on 22 Sep 1610 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom (son of Thomas Beckwith and Anne Dynley); died on 21 Oct 1680 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA. Notes:
Matthew and Mary owned large tracts of land, about 30 acres, along the Niantic River, in Lyme, granted to him by Governor Wentworth. Much of the land is now Rocky Neck State Park.
Birth:
Pontefract, Yorkshire
Died:
Died when he fell off a cliff. 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."
Matthew married Elizabeth Mary Lynde in 1636 in Guilford, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Enoch Lynde and Elizabeth Digby) was born in 1625 in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; died in 1682 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 5. | Elizabeth Mary Lynde was born in 1625 in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom (daughter of Enoch Lynde and Elizabeth Digby); died in 1682 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA. Notes:
Matthew and Mary owned large tracts of land, about 30 acres, along the Niantic River, in Lyme, granted to him by Governor Wentworth. Much of the land is now Rocky Neck State Park.
Children:
- Matthew Beckwith was born in 1637 in Saybrook, Connecticut, USA.
- 2. John Beckwith was born on 19 Jan 1665 in Guilford, Connecticut, USA; died on 5 Dec 1757 in New London, Connecticut, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 9. | Anne DynleyChildren:
- 4. Matthew Beckwith was born on 22 Sep 1610 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 21 Oct 1680 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA.
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| 10. | Enoch Lynde was born in 1590; died in 1636. Notes:
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.
Enoch married Elizabeth Digby. Elizabeth was born in 1584; died in 1669. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 11. | Elizabeth Digby was born in 1584; died in 1669. Children:
- 5. Elizabeth Mary Lynde was born in 1625 in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; died in 1682 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA.
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