 1610 - 1680 (70 years)
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| Name |
Matthew Beckwith |
| Born |
22 Sep 1610 |
Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom  |
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| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
21 Oct 1680 |
Lyme, Connecticut, USA |
- 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."
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| Buried |
Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
| Person ID |
I6003 |
Family Tree |
| Last Modified |
13 Jan 2024 |
| Family |
Elizabeth Mary Lynde, b. 1625, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom , d. 1682, Lyme, Connecticut, USA (Age 57 years) |
| Married |
1636 |
Guilford, Connecticut, USA |
| Children |
| + | 1. Matthew Beckwith, b. 1637, Saybrook, Connecticut, USA |
| + | 2. John Beckwith, b. 19 Jan 1665, Guilford, Connecticut, USA , d. 5 Dec 1757, New London, Connecticut, USA (Age 92 years) |
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| Last Modified |
13 Jan 2024 |
| Family ID |
F16935 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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 | Born - 22 Sep 1610 - Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom |
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 | Married - 1636 - Guilford, Connecticut, USA |
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 | Died - 21 Oct 1680 - Lyme, Connecticut, USA |
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 | Buried - - Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA |
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| Notes |
- He immigrated in 1637 to Massachusetts from England, on the "Sparrow Hawk", which crashed upon reaching New England.
- 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.
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