Rev. George Beckwith

  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: From Vital Records of Lyme, Connecticut to the End of the Year 1850, p. 219, 28 Apr 1703, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. The birth and death of the children of Jona Beckwith and
Rebecca his wife
[Rev.] Greg [George] Beckwith was borne the = 11 = 28 April 1703

• Birth: From Family Search org, 28 Apr 1703, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Name: George Beckwith
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 28 Apr 1703
Birthplace: Lyme, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Birthplace (Original): Lyme Twp, New London, Conneticut
Father's Name: Jona Beckwith
Mother's Name: Rebecka

Microfilm Number: 1058255
Originating System: ODM
Indexing Batch: 7450305

Citing this Record
"Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F741-W4D : 7 January 2020), George Beckwith, 1703.

• Family: From Beckwith Note 6, by Albert C. & Edward S. Beckwith, 1907, Page 8. GEORGE, (Jonah, Matthew), born at Lyme, April j8, 1703; was graduated from Yale in 1728; ordained as a Congregational clergyman in 1730; married about that year SARAH BROWN , (a daughter of Nathaniel, of Middletown); served as regimental chaplain for a few weeks in each of the years 1755 and 1758; a member of Yale College corporation from 1763 to 1777; lived and preached most of his life at Lyme; died there Dec. 22, 1793. SARAH was born at Middletown, March 14, 1708-9, and died at Lyme, June 3, 1796.

134. BARZILLAI
135. Nathaniel Brown, a student at Yale; a teacher of grammar-school at Litchfield in 1771 and later; believed to have been killed in Revolutionary service.
136. GEORGE.
137. Baruch, graduated from Yale, Sept. 9, 1778 and, as told, died six days later.

• Family History: From The Beckwiths by Paul Beckwith, Page 80-81. George Beckwith, 585, born at Lyme, Conn., September 17, 1702; graduate of Yale, ordained first pastor of the Congregational Church of Lyme, in January 1730; died there in 1794. In 1761 was Chaplain of the 1st Regiment Conn. Volunteers; participating in the French and Indian wars, and was at Lake George, N. Y.; he was moderator of the general association of Conn., in 1762, at Marsfield, Conn.; and in 1773, at Bristol, Conn.; married Sarah, December 1744; she was born in 1705, and died in 1797.

Children

588. George; born at Lyme, Conn., in 1733; graduate Yale College and entered the ministry, but afterward became a practicing physician at Lyme; he removed to Great Barrington, married and had children, all daughters.

589. Barzillai; born Lyme Conn., in 1736; Deacon of the Congregational Church, to East Haddam in 1765, farmer; he married Mary Butler of East Haddam, she died there.

590. Nathaniel Brown was killed in the Revolutionary War

• Military Service: From the Rolls of Connecticut Men in the French and Indian War 1755 - 1762, Mar 1755. Rev. Geoge Beckwith [of Lyme] nominated chaplain March 1755.

Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society

• Slave Ownership: Joshua Hempstead Diary Records, Connecticut Historical Society, 5 Oct 1756, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Tuesd 5 October 1756 I was at the Court att the Meetinghouse in ye foren to hear the Tryal of Bristow a Negro man (belonging to the Revd Beckwith of Lyme) for Committing a Rape on the Body of Hannah Beebee Junr a young woman Daughter of _____. he was found Guilty & Received Sentance of Death next day.

• Biography: From Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History, October, 1701- May, 1745, by Franklin Bowditch Dexter, Page 366. Sketches, Class of 1728

Georgius Beckwith, A.M., Socius *1794

George Beckwith, the son of Matthew Beckwith, Jr. [sic], of Lyme, Connecticut, was born in 1703.

He resided at College after taking his first degree (being the College Butler for the year 1728-9), and pursued the study of divinity; and on the 22d of January, 1729-30, he was ordained over the Society lately gathered in the north parish of Lyme, - now called Hamburg Society. The sermon preached at his ordination by the Rev. Azariah Mather (Y. C. 1 705), of Saybrook, was published. He was nominated by Governor Fitch to serve as chaplain in the Crown Point expedition in 1755, and in 1758 again went on a similar service. With these exceptions he continued in office in Lyme until his death, December 26, 1794, in the 92d year of his age and the 65th of his ministry, - a colleague having been settled in October, 1787. He was a member of the Corporation of Yale College from June, 1763 to September, 1777, when he resigned on account of infirmity. He published:

1. Adam's Losing, and Christ's Saving all their Seed. A Sermon [on I Cor. XV, 22] Preached at the Lecture in East-Haddam, June 12, 1734. Bost., 1735. ^°> pp. iv, 26. [Prince.

2. Whatsoever God doeth is Well done. A Discourse [from 2 Kings, iv. 26] Deliver'd at New-Salem, May 20, 1739. Being the next Sabbath after the Funeral of Mrs. Anna Lovett, Consort of the Rev. Mr. Joseph Lovett. N. London. 12°, pp. 47. [C. H. S.

3. Christ the Alone Pattern of True Christian Obedience. Two Sermons [from i Cor. xi, i] Preach'd at Lyme, North Society, on the Lord's-Day, Aug. 23, 1741. N. London, 1742. 16°, pp. 74. [C. H. S.

4. Ministers of the Gospel, their Character and Duty, as Stewards of the Mysteries of God. Represented in a Sermon [from i Cor. iv, i] Preach'd at the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. Elijah Sill, at New Fairfield, Oct. 17, 175 1. New-London, 1752. 16°, pp. 47. [C. H. S.

5. That People a safe, and happy People, who have God for, and among them. Shewed in a Sermon [from Rom. viii, 31] Preached before the General Assembly of the Colony of Connecticut, May i3> 1756. Being the day of the Anniversary Election there. N. London, 1756. 16°, pp. 64
[A. A. S. A, C, A. B. Ath. C. H. S. Harv. U. T. S. V. C.

The notes contain several particular references to the recent Colonial history; on page 28, speaking of the victory at Lake George on September 8, 1755, he says: "I was my-self an Eyewitness of that great Action, and saw the salvation of the Lord on that Day. The particulars of which are carefully Recorded, in my Journal of that Expedition."

6. The Invalidity, or Unwarrantableness of Lay-Ordination. . . As the same is asserted and proved in a Letter to a Friend. N. Lond., 1763. 16°, pp. 79.
[A. C. A. B. Ath. Harv. M. H. S. U. T.

This is dedicated, in grateful terms, to Governor Thomas Fitch (Y. C. 1 721), and has appended an interesting list of one hundred and fifty-eight subscribers.

7. A Second Letter on the Subject of Lay-Ordination, occasioned by exceptions taken on my first Letter on that Subject, in a Pamphlet by Israel Holly. N.-Lond., 1766. 16*, pp. 93.
[A. A. S. A. C. A. B, Ath. K. C, imp

8. Visible Saints lawful Right to Communion in Christian Sacraments, Vindicated. (In Way of Answer to a Sermon entitled, Christian Baptism. By Rev. Jacob Green.) In a Letter to a Friend. N. Lond., 1769. 8°, pp. 108. {A. C. A. B. Ath. C. H. S. Harv. U. T. S. Y. C.

9. The infant Seed of visible Believers, their Right to Church Membership and Baptism. . . . Opened and shewn in Two Ser- mons [from Gal. iii, 14] Delivered in Lyme, North Society, July, 1770. N.-London, 1770. 8°, pp. 31. [C. H. S

10. An attempt to Shew and Maintain, the Wisdom, Justice, Equity and fitness of God's annexing eternal Rewards and Punishments to his righteous Laws. . . Calculated also, to shew the error, falsness and danger of that wicked Doctrine of Universal Salvation. Argued in two Discourses [from Matt, xxv, 46] Delivered in Lyme, North-Parish, Jan. 26, 1783. Norwich, 1783. 16°, pp. 24. [C. H. S. U.

He married, about 1730, Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah (Bacon) Brown, of Middletown, Connecticut, whose tombstone says that she died June 3, 1796, in her 91st year; her birth as given on the Middletown records was on March 14, 1708-09. Two of their sons (George and Nathaniel Brown) were graduated here in 1766.

AUTHORITIES.
Rev. E. F. Burr, MS. Letter, Febr. 8 1871.

• Gravestone: From Lyme Public Hall & Archives, Dec 1794, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Lord Cemetery

Inscription

Husband of Sarah Beckwith; Pastor of the 3rd Church of Christ in Lyme

Regimental Chaplain, French and Indian War

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, Dec 1794, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Rev George Beckwith
Birth: 28 Apr 1703 Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death: 26 Dec 1794 (aged 91) Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Burial: Lord Graveyard, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Memorial #: 31626578

Bio: "The Rev'd George Beckwith, A. M., Pastor of the 3rd Church of Christ in this town and late member of the corporation of Yale College, died Dec. 26, 1794, in the 92d year of his age and 65th of his ministry."

"Served as Regimental chaplain throughout French and Indian War"

Source: Vital Records of Lyme Connecticut to the end of the year 1850 [Literally transcribed under the direction of Verne M. Hall and Elizabeth B. Plimpton] Published by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Lyme, Connecticut 1976; pg 303
Family Members
Parents
Rebeckah DeWolf Beckwith 1674-1743
Spouse
Sarah Browne Beckwith 1709-1796
Siblings
Phillips Beckwith 1710-1758
Penelope Beckwith Olcott 1716-1776
Children
Rebeckah Beckwith 1732-1732
Sarah Brown Beckwith 1734-1738
Barzillai Beckwith 1738-1818

Created by: V. Nareen Lake (46613568)
Added: 22 Nov 2008
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31626578/george-beckwith
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31626578/george-beckwith : accessed 20 September 2021), memorial page for Rev George Beckwith (28 Apr 1703–26 Dec 1794), Find a Grave Memorial ID 31626578, citing Lord Graveyard, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by V. Nareen Lake (contributor 46613568) .

George married Sarah Brown, daughter of Nathaniel Brown and Sarah Bacon. (Sarah Brown was born on 14 Mar 1708 in Middletown, Hartford, Connecticut and died on 3 Jun 1796 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.)