Born in Lyme, New London, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Beckwith
and Susannah (Tallman) Way
Sister of
Joseph Becket Beckwith Jr.
Wife of
William Minor
— married
1693 in Connecticut
Descendants 
Mother of
William (Minor) Miner, Clement Minor, Joseph Minor, Susanna Minor, Christopher Minor, Thomas Minor, Sarah (Minor) Stebbins, Stephen Minor, Samuel Minor, Ann Minor, John Minor, Sylvester Minor, Elihu Minor and Elihu Miner
Died
at age 44
in New London, Connecticut Colony
Profile last modified
| Created 14 Sep 2010
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Contents |
Biography
Sarah Beckwith, daughter of Joseph Beckwith and Susanna Tallman, was born in 1677.[1]
However, this profile may represent two different women, the other being "Anna".
Death
On 26 March 1722, Joshua Hempstead of New London wrote in his diary:
- "Mond 26th fair. I was at home all day. fencing & Transplanting ye Nursery in Smiths lot. Lt William Minors Wife buried, died a Saturday of a Lingering Sickness."
Research Notes
Almost every record for the wife of William Minor refers to her as "Anna". There are 26 records for "Anna" at FamilySearch. The only two records for "Sarah Beckwith" as wife of William Minor are imported references. One is from Clarence Almon Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700 via ancestry.com. Page 511 contains the entry: "Miner, William ( 1670-1725) & Anna?/ [Sarah Beckwith]; b 1690; Lyme, CT" ("b" stands for birth of first child).
The other source is from the entry for William Minor in John Miner's genealogy, Thomas Minor, descendants, 1608-1981 self-published in 1981. Miner gives the marriage date as "about 1693". Miner does not address the name conflict, which is surprising because the birth records for the children, according to FamilySearch, are all under the name "Anna". The birth records in FamilySearch are transcriptions without images. Miner does remark, ""The distribution of William's estate to 'the eldest daughter Susanna Minor, second daughter Sarah Minor...', which would usually indicate the first daughter named for a grandmother and the second for the wife as was customary."
Three Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications weigh in on the subject, with one from 1927 stating William Miner's wife was "Anne Lyle", one from 1954 stating her name was "Anna Lyle", and one from 1969 stating she was "Sarah Beckwith".
Someone on FamilySearch made the decision to solve the name conflict by giving Sarah Beckwith the middle name Anna.
https://www.geni.com/people/Lieut-William-Minor/6000000003243274408
- "Wife of a William Miner died 9 Nov 1732 in Lyme, CT (TR: L2 p40); perhaps a second wife of this William?"
- This statement also appears, without the source clue, on the Miner Descent website https://minerdescent.com/2010/05/13/william-miner/.
Sources
- ↑ Matthew Beckwith and his Family, by Gen. Simeon M. Fox, TAG Vol 21 (1945), pages 264-265
- Matthew Beckwith and his Family, by Gen. Simeon M. Fox, TAG Vol 21 (1945), pages 259-265, cont. TAG Vol 22 (1946), pages 49-52
- Repository: The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
- Diary of Joshua Hempstead of New London, Connecticut. The New London County Historical Society, 1901, page 119. https://archive.org/details/diaryofjoshuahem00hemp/page/119/mode/1up.
- William Miner in New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Clarence Almon Torrey. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985, page 511. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/59928:3824.
- Thomas Minor, descendants, 1608-1981 by John A Miner. Trevett, Me. : J.A. Miner, 1981, pages 27-28. https://archive.org/details/thomasminordesce00mine/page/27/mode/1up.
- Anne Lyle in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Application Date: 26 May 1927, Spouse: William Minor. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/553179:2204.
- Anna Lyle in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Application Date: 9 Aug 1954, Spouse: William Miner. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/809232:2204.
- Sarah Beckwith in the U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Application Date: 21 Nov 1969, Spouse: William Miner. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1081212:2204.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sarah by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sarah:
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Richard Young 
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Ruth Duncan :
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
Patricia Richardson :
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Categories: Lyme, Connecticut
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:SGGF-53J takes the opposing view, stating that there WERE two wives and that one of them died young, attaching the children to Anna Lysle...
She married William Minor/Miner about 1693 (their first child was born 27 April 1694, when she had just turned sixteen years old!.
She died three years before her husband.
There does not appear to be any logical reason for adding "Lisle" to Sarah Beckwith - it could not have been the last name of another spouse, and middle names were not used in the era when she was born.
Could someone post a source for the name "Lisle", or remove it from her profile?
edited by Kate Dunlay