Beckwith One Name Study
Surname/tag: Beckwith,
Objective
The goal of this project is to locate the birth record of Matthew Beckwith, born around 1610 and died in 1680 in New London, Connecticut.
The Plan
In order to achieve the goal of finding Matthew Beckwith's parents, the location of all Beckwiths mentioned in 16th and early 17th century records needs to be located to rule out all potential Matthew's that could be the source of the Connecticut Beckwiths.
The surname Beckwith is listed in the following locations between the Years of 1500 and 1650 through a general, uninvolved index search on FamilySearch.com:
- Bedfordshire
- Steppingley
- Cumberland
- Dalston
- Durham
- Tanfield
- Essex
- Bocking
- Sible Hedingham
- Terling
- White Colne
- Hertfordshire
- East Barnet
- Lancashire
- Cockerham
- Leicestershire
- Bottesford
- Lincolnshire
- Benington
- Boston
- Flixton
- Louth
- Mablethorpe
- Stallingborough
- London
- Covent Garden
- Middlesex
- Holborn
- Stepney
- Northumberland
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Staffordshire
- Lichfield
- Suffolk
- Groton
- Surrey
- Kingston upon Thames
- Reigate
- Wiltshire
- Wiltshire
- Yorkshire
- Allerthorpe
- Aysgarth
- Bilton
- Bolton Percy
- Burnsall
- Cawood
- Drax
- Emliey
- Featherstone
- Fewston
- Filey
- Gilling East
- Hampswaithe
- Hemingbrough
- Hull
- Kilnwick
- Kirby on the Moor
- Laughton en le Morthen
- Loftus
- Lund
- Masham (It should be noted that this is the location of the most well-known historical Beckwiths, including Marmaduke and the Mathew that is often confused with this Mathew)
- Pateley Bridge
- Richmond
- Ripley
- Ripon
- Rylstone
- Snaith
- Thornton Watlass
- West Tanfield
- Whixley
- York
The following are locations that have the Beckwith surname listed on a general search on FreeReg:
- Bedfordshire
- Ampthill
- Steppingley
- Durham
- Chester-le-Street
- Whitburn
- Essex
- Ardleigh
- Castle Hedingham
- Chelmsford
- Coggeshall
- Colchester
- Frating
- Great Clacton
- Great Leighs
- Halstead
- Little Oakley
- Mistley
- Mount Bures
- Ramsey
- Saffron Walden
- Sible Hedingham
- Terling
- White Colne
- White Notley
- Wivenhoe
- Kent
- Maidstone
- Lancashire
- Middleton (Oldham)
- Lincolnshire
- Boston
- Hareby
- Heckington
- Louth
- Westborough
- London (City)
- Cordwainer
- Farringdon
- Middlesex
- St. Martin in the Fields
- Norfolk
- King's Lynn
- Norwich
- Nottinghamshire
- Lowdham
- Nottingham
- Sutton on Trent
- Shropshire
- Ludlow
- Suffolk
- Shotley
- Yorkshire, North Riding
- Aldborough
- Bedale
- Cundall
- Gilling East [Mary Tawmon and Captain Beckwith]
- Kirby Hill
- Kirkleatham
- Lythe
- Masham
- Northallerton
- Pickhill
- Thirsk
- Whitby
- York
- Yorkshire, West Riding
- Aldborough
- Bingley
- Birstall
- Bradford
- Brodsworth
- Calverley
- Dewsbury
- Doncaster
- Farnham
- Fewston
- Hampsthwaite
- Kirk Deighton
- Leeds
- Otley
- Rothwell
- Skipton
- Snaith
- Wakefield
- Whitkirk
- Wragby
Membership
Right now this project just has one member, me. I am Anastasia Beckwith.
Here are some of the tasks that I think need to be done. I'll be working on them, and could use your help.
Will you join me? Please post a comment here on this page, in G2G using the project tag, or send me a private message. Thanks!
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