Matthew Beckwith 
Matthew was born on September 22nd, 1610 in Clint, Yorkshire, England. Matthew's father was Marmaduke Beckwith and his mother was Ann Dynley. His paternal grandparents were Robert Huntington Beckwith and Jennet. He had four brothers and five sisters, named Roger, Thomas, William, Symon, Jane, Alice, Grace, Anne and Catherine. He was the youngest of the ten children. He died at the age of 71 on December 13th, 1681 in New London, Connecticut.General Notes
Often referred to as "Matthew the immigrant."
Exerpt from "HISTORY OF NEW LONDON" pp. 298 ... "His death being sudden and the result of accident, a jury was summoned, who gave their verdict, that "he came to his death by mistaking his way in a dark night, and falling from a clift of rocks."
Biography: From Savage's "Diet of the First Settlers of New England"
"Matthew Beckwith, New London 1652, Hartford 1658, then a Freeman, and had first lived there in 1639, removed to Vrandford, there in 1688 was one of the founders of the Church. Thence to Lyme there died
21 October 1680, aged 70, by a fall in a dark night down a ledge of rocks. See Rev. Mr. Bradstreet's journal in Genealogical Reg. IX.50 He had two daughters beside sons Matthew, John & Joseph. His widow married Samuel Buckland, and of the daughters, one married Benjamin Grant, the other Robert Gerard." There is no explanation for the disparity in the date of death, although most records agree that death occurred on December 13, 1681.
Beckwith, Matthew, fined 10 shillings for using ardents, 1639.
(Connecticut Puritan Settlers, 1633-1845 )
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1468 in Broxholme, Yorkshire, England d. in Broxholme, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1490 in Broxholme, Yorkshire, England d.~ 1573
- b.~ 1470 in Mulgrave, England d.~ 1523
- b.~ 1515 in Clint, Yorkshire, England d.~ 1590
- b.~ 1540 in Clint, Yorkshire, England
- b.~ 1567 in Darce, Clint, Yorkshire, England d.1625 in Featherstone, Acton, England
- b.~ 1542
- b.22 Sep 1610 in Clint, Yorkshire, England d.13 Dec 1681 in New London, Connecticut
- b.~ 1565 in Bramhope, York, England
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‌Matthew and Mary Elizabeth were married in a religious ceremony about 1636 in Saybrook Point, Middesex, Connecticut. They had four sons and three daughters, named Matthew, John, Joseph, Nathaniel, Mary, Elizabeth and Sarah.
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Children
Matthew Beckwith
Matthew was born about 1637 in Hartford, Connecticut. He died on June 4th, 1727 in New London, Connecticut.
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