Jonah Beckwith

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family History: From Moore and Allied Families, The Ancestry of William Henry Moore, L. E. De Forest and A. L. De Forest, 1938, Page 86. Jonah Beckwith was born in New London, Connecticut, on December 23, 1673, and baptized the following February 8th. On April 26, 1696, at Lyme, he married Rebecca, whose surname is not known. She died at East Hartford on July 11, 1743, aged sixty-nine years, and is buried in the West or Spencer Street Cemetery in what is now Manchester, Connecticut.

Jonah Beckwith received one hundred acres of land in Lyme from his father on August 15, 1706, and seems to have lived very quietly and inconspicuously in Lyme for the remainder of his life. When his estate was settled in 1732 various partition deeds between his sons showed that he had a house lot of sixty acres, a lot of fifty acres on the “back side of Three Mile River” and another of fifty acres both upland and salt marsh. Beckwith died on December 22, 1721, at Lyme and his widow Rebecca and son John were granted administration on December 22, 1731, giving bond for five hundred pounds. The inventory, exhibited on the same date, showed a value of two hundred and ninety seven pounds, three shillings, five pence, including cattle, household goods, and two Negro slaves, a man and a woman. In 1732 the sons divided the land. As late as August 16, 1738, the widow appeared in Court and asked for her dower rights. Since the inventory of 1731 gives a good idea of the circumstances of Jonah Beckwith, it is given here in full: [The inventory is omitted here. It is noted that the two slaves valued at £ 100 and £ 55 accounted for more than half of the estate.]

Jonah and Rebecca (-) Beckwith had the following children:

i. John, who was born on February 11, 1697, Lyme, Connecticut.
ii. Samuel, who was born on April 7, 1699, at Lyme.
iii. Jonah who was born on February 11, 1701, at Lyme.
iv. George, who was born on April 28, 1703, at Lyme.
v. Rebecca, who was born on December 10, 1704, at Lyme.
vi. Benjamin, who was married on October 21, 1731.
vii. Philips, who was married on February 17, 1732.
viii. William, who chose a guardian on March 17, 1731/32.
ix. Penelope, who was born in 1716.
x. Allen

• Family: From Beckwith Note 6, by Albert C. & Edward S. Beckwith, 1907, Page 3. JONAH, (Matthew), was born at New London, Dec. 27, 1673; married wife REBECCA, April 26, 1696; lived at Lyme; died before April 1732. Birth records for five children are found at Lyme. Other names are found in settlement of JONAH'S estate and in recorded deeds, naming "loving brothers."

38. JOHN.
39. Samuel, born April 7, 1699.
40. JONAH.
41. GEORGE
42. Rebecca, born Dec. 10, 1704.
43. BENJAMIN.
44. Allen.
45 PHILIP.
46. William.
47. Penelope, married May 15, 1740 to Josiah Olcott.

Jonah married Rebecka DeWolf, daughter of Edward Nathan DeWolf and Rebecca Tinker, on 26 Apr 1696 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut. (Rebecka DeWolf was born in 1674 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut and died on 11 Jul 1743 in East Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: From Barbour Collection of Births and Marriages, 26 Apr 1696, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Connecticut Vital Records, Lyme Births - Marriages- Deaths 1667 - 1852
Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, 1919
Jona m. Rebecca [ ] April 26, 1696 Vol. L-2 Page 321

• Marriage: From Vital Records of Lyme, Connecticut to the End of the Year 1850, p. 219, 26 Apr 1696, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Feb 1705 Jona[h] Beckwith was married to Rebecca [DeWolf] his now
wife: 26th of April 1696 LLR2:321