Mary Beckwith (1743 - 1823)

Born 1743 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut

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Mary was born in 1743. She was the daughter of Daniel Beckwith and Miriam Smith.

A. M. Smith identified the children of Daniel Beckwith and Miriam Smith as follows (birth order not certain):^[1]

1. Eleazer Beckwith, b 1741, m. Hannah Lewis
2. Ruel Beckwith, b. Aug. 18,1742; d. Dec.11,1790., m. Dec. 9, 1773, Sarah Wood
3. Mary Beckwith, b.Oct. 9,1743; d. June 1823; m. Samuel Miller of Lyme, Conn.
4. Elizabeth Beckwith, b. ___, d.1814; m.Richard Lampshire of Lyme, Conn.
5. Titus Beckwith, b.Dec. 30,1746; d.1802,Chelsea,N.Y.; farmer.
6. Amos Beckwith, birthdate uncertain (reported in "The Beckwiths" as April 17, 1730, which A.M. Smith notes "must be wrong"), m. Susanna Trueman.
7. Amon Beckwith, b. 1752, m. Sarah Brown.
8. Ira Beckwith, b. 1760; m. Hannah Wheelock.

Mary married Lemuel Miller.

She passed away in 1823.

Sources

1. ↑ Smith, page 5. citing "The Beckwiths" by Paul Beckwith (which he says is considered "a fraud throughout," but the brief sketch about Daniel "may be right"); Mr. E.A. Jones, and "letters yellow with age."

• Ancestry.com
• Smith, Alven M. Descendants of John Smith of Lancaster, Massachusetts. 1931.