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Matthew Beckwith
- Born: 1610, Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England 417
- Marriage: Unknown in 1641 in Hartfort, Connecticut
- Died: 3 Dec 1681, Lyme, New London, Conneticut, British American Colonies at age 71 853,1431
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 1431
The emigrant ancestor was Mathew Beckwith, born in Yorkshire, England 22 Sep 1610, came to Lyme Ct where he spent most of his days. He removed to E. Lyme by 1653 and died in the spring of 1682 by falling from a rocky cliff on a dark night. His widow, May Lynde m. 2nd Samuel Buckland [Early family history from the Beckwiths by Paul Beckwith, 1891]
Children:
Mary, b. abt. 1643; m. ist Benjamin Grant and 2nd Samuel Daniels
Mathew, b. 1645; m. 1st Elizabeth _____, 2nd Elizabeth Griswold.
Elizabeth, b. 1647; m. 1st Robert Girard, 2nd John Bates.
Sarah, b. 1650, m. Joshua Grant
Joseph, b. 1653, m. Susanna Tallman
Nathaniel, b. 1656; M. 2nd, Martha ______
John, b. 1665; m. Prudence Manwaring.
~The Settlers of Beekman Patent, Vol. II, p.456
• Background Information. 417
Matthew Brckwith came from Kenilworth, England, to Windsor, Conn., and removed to Saybrook, Conn., about 1639; he was one of the first magistrates. He had charge of Governor Fenwick's affairs when the latter left the Colony.
He had a grant of a large tract of land on which he settled, in Blackhall, a pleasant part of Old Lyme, Conn., which has now been the seat of the Griswold family for two and a half centuries (1881).
Matthew married in 1641 in Hartfort, Connecticut.
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