James
Beckwith
aka Bequet, Becket, Beckett
Born in New London, New London County, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Matthew Beckwith Jr.
and Elizabeth (Unknown) Beckwith
Brother of
Matthew Beckwith, John Beckwith, Jonah Beckwith, Prudence (Beckwith) DeWolf, Elizabeth (Beckwith) Birchard, Anne (Harris) Yapp, Ruth (Beckwith) Royce, Sarah (Beckwith) Leonard, Sarah (Beckwith) Harvey and Griswold (Beckwith) Cooley [half]
Husband of
Sarah (Marvin) Beckwith
— married
18 Feb 1694 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
James Beckwith, Martha Beckwith, Daniel Beckwith, Sarah (Beckwith) Lamb, Daniel Beckwith, Reynold Beckwith, Samuel Beckwith Sr., Elizabeth (Beckwith) Andrews, John Beckwith Sr. and Mary (Beckwith) Andrews
Died
at age 85
in Farmington, Hartford County, Connecticut
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Biography
James Beckwith was born at New London, Connecticut, on 1 June 1671, recorded as James Bequet, son of Mathew and Eliza.[1] He was baptized at New London on 10 September 1671, together with his brothers Mathew and John; they were recorded as the sons of Mathew Becket (or Beckett), Jr. [2][3] Their mother, Elizabeth Becket, was baptized and both of their parents were confirmed in the church on that same day.[2]
The family removed to Lyme, Connecticut, some time in the 1670s.
He was married on 18 February 1693 to Sarah Marvin, daughter of Reynold and Sarah (Clark) Marvin.[3][4]
James Beckwith removed to Southington, Connecticut in about 1744.[5] In Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Doherty states that he died in Southington in 1756; American Ancestry also gives this version of his death.[3] Mahlon G. Erickson states that James died in Farmington, Connecticut, on 22 December 1756. He notes that "E-mail from Nancy" dated 29 Mar 1996 indicates that James died in 1719.[6]
Children
Children of "Jeams" Beckwith and Sarah Beckwith, born in Lyme, Connecticut, were:[7]
- James, born 1 May 1695.
- Martha, born 8 August 1697.
- Daniel, born 13 October 1699; died February 1700.
- Sarah, born 23 December 1701.
- Daniel (2), born 26 October 1704.
- Renald, born 15 February 1706/7.
- Samuel, born 24 May 1709.
- Elizabeth, born 23 July 1712.
- John, born 10 October 1713.
- Mary, born 23 January 1716/7.
Sources
- ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. New London, page 24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Index, New London First Congregational Church, 1670-1888. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut, 1949. Accessed on Ancestry.com in Connecticut, Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920, Vol. 79: New London, at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3032/images/41107_620303988_0371-00024
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Doherty, Frank J. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY. Frank J. Doherty, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003). Chapter 52: The Beckwith Family Dutchess County, NY. page 457.
- ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages, Vol. 1, page 119: BECKWITH, James & Sarah MARVIN; 18 Feb 1693, 1692; Lyme, CT {Marvin 52; Beckwith Gen. 10; Lane (,5) 23; Beckwith Notes 2:6-7, 5:3; McCormick-Hamilton 739}.
- ↑ Per Doherty, page 457. American Ancestry, page 205, states that he moved from Lyme to Norwich in 1732, prior to moving to Southington about 1746.
- ↑ Erickson. James Beckwith is person #1-2-3.
- ↑ Births, Marriages and Deaths in Lyme, Connecticut. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, v. 23 (1869), page 426.
- American Ancestry: giving the name and descent, in the male line of Americans whose ancestors settled in the United States previous to the Declaration of Independence (Joel Munsell's Sons, Albany, N.Y., 1887-). Vol 11. 1898.
- Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.
- Doherty, Frank J., The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. (F.J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY, 1990-2003). (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2016).
- Mahlon G. Erickson, MATHEW BECKWITH OF CT: First Four Generations in America, 2007.
- Nancy (Kudek) Verhelst, Ancestors - Reeves Family
- Marvin, George & Marvin, William. Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin (T.R. Marvin & Son, Boston, 1904) pp. 52-3
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Categories: New London, Connecticut
"The Beckwiths" by Paul Beckwith has been widely used as a source for Beckwith genealogy, but it has also been criticized as fraudulent (particularly for the aristocratic English ancestries he attached to various American Beckwiths) and is known to have may errors.
The more recent sources agree that James Beckwith married Sarah Marvin. One bit of circumstantial evidence for that is the fact that a child of James and Sarah was named Renald, which was the name of Sarah Marvin's father.
e-Book is available on Google Books. See https://books.google.com/books?id=8JcxAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=beckwiths&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAGoVChMI3PrM6LGPxwIVRM6ACh3-JwSD#v=snippet&q=540&f=false
James Beckwith 540 born New London June 1st 1671 removed to Lyme in 1692 and died there in 1719 he married Sarah Griswold September 22d 1693 she was born at Lyme in 1673 and died there October 10th 1714 555 (Source then lists nine children by name and birth date).
This James Beckwith is my 6th ggf, so I'm quite interested.
http://person.ancestry.com/tree/34032582/person/29121718933/facts