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 1610 - 1680 (70 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Matthew Beckwith was born on 22 Sep 1610 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom (son of Thomas Beckwith and Anne Dynley); died on 21 Oct 1680 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA. Notes:
Matthew and Mary owned large tracts of land, about 30 acres, along the Niantic River, in Lyme, granted to him by Governor Wentworth. Much of the land is now Rocky Neck State Park.
Birth:
Pontefract, Yorkshire
Died:
Died when he fell off a cliff. As recorded in the journal of Simeon Bradford:
"Octob. 21. Matthew Brecket Sen. aged about 70, missing his way in a very dark night, fell from a Ledge of rocks about 20 or 30 foot high and beat out his brains against a stone he fell vpon. Another man yt was wth him was wthin a yard of ye place but by gods Providee came not to such an end. Let him and all nearly concerned, ye every one, make good vse of such an awfull & Solemne Providee."
Matthew married Elizabeth Mary Lynde in 1636 in Guilford, Connecticut, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Enoch Lynde and Elizabeth Digby) was born in 1625 in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom; died in 1682 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Matthew Beckwith was born in 1637 in Saybrook, Connecticut, USA.
- John Beckwith was born on 19 Jan 1665 in Guilford, Connecticut, USA; died on 5 Dec 1757 in New London, Connecticut, USA.
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| 3. | Anne DynleyChildren:
- 1. Matthew Beckwith was born on 22 Sep 1610 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; died on 21 Oct 1680 in Lyme, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA.
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