Ruth (Rice) Beckwith (1707 - 1757)

Born Jun 1707 in Norwichtown, New London, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Wife of Daniel Beckwith — married 4 Nov 1728 in Lyme, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 30 Jun 1757 at about age 50 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Ruth Rice was married to Daniel Beckwith on 4 November 1728 in Lyme, Connecticut.^[1][2] She died in Lyme on 30 June 1757.^[3][4]

Children of Daniel and Ruth

Children of Daniel Beckwith and his wife Ruth, recorded at Lyme, were:

1. Jonathan, born 3 September 1729.^[5]
2. Amos, b. 17 April 1730, married Susannah Trueman.^[6]
3. Daniel, born 21 October 1731. ^[7]
4. Gamwell, born 12 March 1733/4.^[8]
5. Titus, b. 1736.^[9]
6. Matthew, born 28 June 1736.^[10]
7. Ruth, born 5 October 1737.^[11]
8. Lydia, born 15 January 1739/40.^[12]

Born June 1707. New London,CT. ^[13][14][15]

Died 30 June 1757. New London,CT. ^[16]

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG15-6NZQ : 21 September 2019), Ruth Rice in entry for Daniell Beckwith, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272219.
2. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Lyme, page 10: Beckwith, Daniell, m. Ruth Rice, Nov. 4, 1728.
3. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Lyme, page 13: Beckwith, Ruth, w. Daniell, d. June 30, 1757.
4. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines. "Miscellanea XIV. Lyme (Conn.) Land Records." The American Genealogist, vol. 22 (1946), page 261: 2:324. Daniel Beckwith married 4 Nov. 1728 Ruth Rice. She died 30 June 1757.
5. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Lyme, page 12: Jonathan, [s. Daniell & Ruth], b. Sept. 3, 1729.
6. ↑ Not recorded in the Barbour Collection; born "too close" to another child.
7. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Lyme, page 10: Daniell, [s. Daniell & Ruth], b. Oct. 21, 1731.
8. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Lyme, page 11: Gamwell, [s. Daniell & Ruth], b. March 12, 1733/4.
9. ↑ Not recorded in the Barbour Collection; born "too close" to another child.
10. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Lyme, page 13: Matthew, [s. Daniell & Ruth], b. June 28, 1736.
11. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Lyme, page 13: Ruth, [d. Daniell & Ruth], b. Oct. 5, 1737.
12. ↑ Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Lyme, page 12: Lydia, [d. Daniell & Ruth], b. Jan. 15, 1739/40.
13. ↑ Source: #S759425222
14. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2SC-RZ6 : 7 January 2020), Ruth Roise, 1707.
15. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQH-C4HJ : 21 September 2019), Jonathan in entry for Ruth Roise, ; citing Birth, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272243.
16. ↑ Source: #S759425222

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