Elizabeth Rich

  Noted events in her life were:

• Birth: From Family Search org (Note: There are two entries, one lists her birthplace, the other her mother's last name), 10 Nov 1770, Middletown, Connecticut. Name: Elizabeth Rich
Gender: Female
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Birth Date: 10 Nov 1770
Birthplace: Middletown, Connecticut
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Name Note:
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Father's Name: Thomas Rich
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Mother's Name: Ruth Pryor
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Mother's Age:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: I01413-2
System Origin: Connecticut-EASy
Source Film Number: 1513707
Reference Number: it 3 p 229
Collection: Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906

Also from the Barbour Connecticut Records: Elizabeth Rich, dau of Thomas & Ruth, b. 10 Nov 1770 - Middletown VR

• Residence: From Family History, 1769, Wethersfield, Hartford Connecticut. Family Tree Project done around 1960. Includes information obtained from aunts in Oswego.

Family Search org information indicates she was born in Middletown, Connecticut. Wethersfield and Middletown are about 12 miles apart.

• Residence: From Family Search, 1806, Onondaga, New York. Event Type: Land Assessment
Grantee's Name: E Hill
Grantor's Name: Betsey Beckwith and Nathan Beckwith
Event Date: 1806
Event Place: Onondaga, New York, United States
Event Place (Original): Onondaga
Page Number: 157

Entry Number: F
Digital Folder Number: 007173162
Image Number: 00268

Citing this Record
"United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZYC7-P26Z : 28 October 2020), Betsey Beckwith, 1806.

Note: Use of the given name Betsy provides support for the marriage record for Betsy Rich and Nathan Beckwith.

• Land: From Oswego Land search, 1846, Oswego Town, Oswego, New York. Transaction recorded in Book 44 on Page 95. Film reference: FHL US/CAN 1011780

Year Grantor(s) Comm. Grantee(s)
1846 Emily Beach William N Beach etal Elizabeth Beckwith
1846 Edgar M Beckwith etal Elizabeth Beckwith
1846 Jesse Gray Thyrza Gray etal Elizabeth Beckwith
1846 Betsey Granger Pierce Granger etal Elizabeth Beckwith
1846 Dalinda Ostrander John Ostrander etal Elizabeth Beckwith

This is two years after Nathan Beckwith Sr's death and this is most likely related to settling his estate.

The above are all children of Elizabeth and of their spouses. Appleton, Nathan Jr, and Josiah are not listed above. Edgar's spouse is identified as Sally in the record.

The Grantors sold 111 acres, more or less, to Elizabeth for the total sum of $100. The land is identified as Subdivision 4 of Lot number 20 of the Military Township of Hannibal and is the same land purchased by Nathan Beckwith from the heirs of Benjamin and William Isaacs.

Transaction recorded in Book 44 on Page 96. Film reference: FHL US/CAN 1011780

Year Grantor(s) Comm. Grantee(s)
1846 Isabella Clark Rolan Clark Elizabeth Beckwith

Isabella and Rolan Clark sold land in Military Lot number 26 to Elizabeth for $300.

• Residence: Living with William M. Beach, 1850, Oswego, New York.

• Death: From Rural Cemetery Records, 30 May 1852, Oswego Town, Oswego, New York. Age 82, wife of Nathan.

• Monument: Rural Cemetery, Jesse Gray lot, Section Acre, Lot 45: Oswego Town, Oswego, New York. Inscription

Nathan Beckwith Died June 2, 1844 Age 76 (Rev. War Vet.)
Elizabeth His Wife Died May 30, 1852 Age 82
William D. Case Died Jan 1,1884 Born Dec 6, 1860
Chester O. Case Died Jan 14, 1890 Born Oct 8, 1827
Mary Gray Died Mar 26, 1910 Born Oct 4, 1831 His Wife

Elizabeth married Dr. Nathan Beckwith, son of Unknown Beckwith and Unknown, on 25 Nov 1789 in Wethersfield, Hartford Connecticut. (Dr. Nathan Beckwith was born in 1768 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, died on 2 Jun 1844 in Oswego Town, Oswego, New York and was buried in 1844 in Rural Cemetery, Oswego, New York.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Banns: Early Connecticut Marriages, Vol 3, 25 Nov 1789, Wethersfield, Hartford Connecticut. From Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800, Third Book: Edited by Frederic W. Bailey, 1898

WETHERSFIELD.
HARTFORD COUNTY.
Wethersfield was one of the three first settled towns of Connecticut. Sir Richard
Saltonstall with his company settled at Watertown, Mass., but on account of the great number of immigrants from England, some of the people at Watertown left and settled Wethersfield.

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Nathan Beckwith of Hartford & Betsy Rich, Nov. 25, 1789

Also in Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut
Author: Lucius Barnes Barbour
Publisher: Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1977.