John
Beckwith
Sr.
Born in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony
Ancestors 
Son of James Beckwith
and Sarah (Marvin) Beckwith
Brother of
James Beckwith, Martha Beckwith, Daniel Beckwith, Sarah (Beckwith) Lamb, Daniel Beckwith, Reynold Beckwith, Samuel Beckwith Sr., Elizabeth (Beckwith) Andrews and Mary (Beckwith) Andrews
Husband of
Jane (Worden) Beckwith
— married
20 Apr 1737 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut
Descendants 
Died
at age 96
in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Dec 2013
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Biography
John Beckwith was born on October 10, 1713 in Lyme, Connecticut. He was the son of James Beckwith and Sarah Marvin. He married Jane Worden on April 20, 1737[1] at Norwich, Connecticut.
Sources
- ↑ History of Kings County has marriage date as 1727, but this must be a typo, or they would have been married when John was 14 and Jane 5.
- Eaton, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton. The History of Kings County Nova Scotia Heart of the Acadian Land (Salem Press Co., Salem, Mass., 1910) Page 557-58.
- The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Lyme, Page 12.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~0.78%
Rebecca Munn
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~0.78%
Tom Beckwith :
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~0.78%
Kenneth Macgowan :
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Living DNA
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~0.78%
Elizabeth (Lockhart) Post :
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Lisa Shields :
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~0.39%
Leanne Cooper :
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Amy (Stevens) Whyte :
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~0.39%
Susan (Theriault) Kretock :
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~0.39%
Ken McKinlay :
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #499901
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~0.39%
Shelley Wilson :
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~0.39%
Diane G :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #374019
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