Frances (Unknown) Beckley (abt. 1615 - aft. 1690)

Born about 1615 in England

Wife of Richard Beckley — married about 1640 in New Haven Colony

Descendants

Died after 1690 after about age 75 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut

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Biography

Richard is frequently said to have had two wives. See his profile. However, if one eliminates Alice Beggarly/Daniel who was probably not his wife but the wife of another Richard Beckley,^[1] There is no reason to believe he had more than one wife Frances ____.

Frances Unknown wife of Richard Beckley

FRANCES (Unknown) BECKLEY was born about 1615 in England (probably). She married RICHARD BECKLEY in c. 1640 in New Haven, Connecticut. They had at least five children per New Haven baptism records where she is called SISTER BECKLEY, wife of RICHARD BECKLEY. She is mentioned in the will of her husband who died in 1690 in Wethersfield. It is assumed she survived him. No proof of a connection to DEMING known.

The alleged Francis Deming wife of Richard Beckley

"Richard Beckley ... m. Frances Deming, dau. of Hon. John Deming." (pp 1330-1331) "Hon. John Deming ... His dau. Frances m. Richard Beckley and it is thought that she was mother of ... but dates are lacking, to prove the fact. (pp 1332-1333) ^[2] BECKLEY ... RICHARD, New Haven 1639, rem. to Wethersfield bef. 1668, had prob. two ws. of wh. the latter was a d. of John Deming"^[3]

Alleged father: John Deming

Alleged mother: Honor Treat

Alleged spouse: Richard Beckley

This Francis also appears in the "History of Ancient Wetherfield" (one of Torrey's sources) as married to Richard Beckley when in fact, the most logical analysis of existing data in John Deming's 1690 will shows that it was John's daughter Hannah who married John Beckley. This analys is shown on page 55^[4] and contrasts to information in the same book on page 272 showing "Francis" and Richard Beckley. Page v.2. 272 also states that John Deming had a daughter Hannah who died unmarried in 1713 when in fact that seems to be Hannah Deming, daughter of John's son Samuel Deming.

Sources

1. ↑ Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633, Volumes I-III, 3 vols., 1995). p. 148 Link at AmericanAncestors ($) Says: "seems an unlikely guess"
2. ↑ Smith, Sophia. Mack genealogy. The descendants of John Mack of Lyme, Conn., with appendix containing genealogy of allied family, etc (Rutland, Vt. : The Tuttle Co., printers, 1903) Published at Ancestry as North America Family Histories 1500-2000 at Archive.org
3. ↑ Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692. Vol. I-IV. (Boston, MA, USA: 1860-1862). p. 151 v. 1.
4. ↑ The history of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut : comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington, and of Glastonbury prior to its incorporation in 1693 : from date of earliest settlement until the present time based upon the manuscript collections of the late Judge Sherman W. Adams, and recast, enlarged, and edited by Henry R. Stiles. Published New York : Grafton Press, 1904. v.2. p. 55

The descendants of Richard Beckley of Wethersfield, Connecticut

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700