Samuel Beckwith

  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: From Vital Records of Lyme, Connecticut to the End of the Year 1850, p. 219, 24 May 1709, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. The birth and death of the children of Jeames Beckwith and Sarah his wife
[ ] 1709 Samuel Beckwith was borne 24 Maye 1709

• Family History: From Beckwith Note 6, by Albert C. & Edward S. Beckwith, 1907, Page 7. SAMUEL (famer, Matthew, [Mathew]), born at Lyme, May 24, 1709 ; went to Norwich in 1732 ; to Cornwallis. N. S., in 1761; died there in 1780. A captain of Nova Scotian militia. He married at Lyme, Feb. 1, 1738-9, MIRIAM MARVIN, (Reynold, Edward, Reynold) who was born March 1719-20. She was living in 1780.

111. Mary.
112. Samuel.
113. Elisha.
114. Martha.
115. Asa.
116. David.
117. Nehemiah.

• Family History: From The Beckwiths by Paul Beckwith, Page 79. Samuel Beckwith, 561, born at Lyme, Ct., May 14, 1709; removed to Norwich, Ct.; had grant of land in Cornwallis, N. S., from the British Government; he died there; married Miriam Marvin, in 1740, daughter of Captain Renald Marvin, of Lyme, Ct.

Children:
578. Samuel; born Norwich, Ct.; removed to Cornwallis, N. S., and settled at Halifax, N. S.; he married Rebecca Chapman, of Lyme, Ct.
579. Marvin.
580. Handley.

Samuel married Miriam Marvin, daughter of Captain Reynald Marvin and Martha Waterman, on 1 Feb 1740 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut. (Miriam Marvin was born in Mar 1720 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: Early Connecticut Marriages, Third Book, Frederick W Bailey, page 133, 1 Feb 1739, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Samuel Beckwith of Norwich & Miriam Marvin

Note: year is probably 1740