Barzillai Beckwith

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family History: From The Beckwiths by Paul Beckwith, Page 81. 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.

• Military Service: From The Record of Connecticut Men in the Military and Naval Service During the War of the Revolution, editor Henry P Johnson, 1889, Apr 1775, East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut. Beckwith, Barzilla, 8.
Page 8, From the town of East Haddam, Sargent, 13 days, April 1775

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, Feb 1818, East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut. Barzillai Beckwith
Birth: 1738 East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Death: 22 Feb 1818 (aged 79–80) East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial: North Plain Cemetery, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Memorial #: 17824056
Bio: Deacon
in his 80th year

[Barzillai Beckwith, born Lyme, Conn., April 1738; farmer at Ellington, Conn.; deacon Congregational Ch.; removed to East Haddam, Conn., 1735; died there February, 1818; married (1) Mary Butler, died Dec. 3, 1797, mother of his children; (2) Mrs. Lucinda, dau. of Abner Lee and widow of Elias Mather, d. Jan. 18, 1813; (3) Mrs. Mary (Hyde) Hatch of Bolton.

Children:
1. George, born East Haddam, Feb. 6th, 1764; removed to Great Barrington in 1807.
2. Barzillia, born East Haddam, Conn., Nov. 19th, 1765; farmer; died Ellington, Conn., March 11th, 1813; married Sep. 26, 1791, Livia Griffin, born E. Haddam, Oct. 12th, 1764; died June 14th, 1840.
3. Rebecca; born East Haddam, Dec. 22d, 1767; married Eleazer Cone, b. Dec. 28, 1765, d. Nov. 22, 1831.
4. Mary; born Dec. 16th, 1769; died Nov., 1814.
5. Butler, born E. Haddam, Feb. 14, 1772; married Sep. 10, 1797, Hannah Cone of E. Haddam, b. Oct. 25, 1770, daughter of George and Elizabeth Brainard Cone.
6. Sarah; born June 3d, 1773; married Lemuel Griffin, b. Sep. 11, 1771, son of Lemuel and Lydia Willey Griffin; children: Lillia, Emily and Mary.
7. Elizabeth; born Feb. 23d, 1777; married Allen W. Griffin of Marietta, Ohio; daughter Betsy married John Brockway, M.D., of N. Lyme, Ct.
8. Dr. Baruch, born E. Haddam, Sep. 6th, 1779; removed to Beekmantown, N. Y. where he died; married Nov. 11th, 1777, Lucy Mather.
9. Nathaniel Brown, born E. Haddam, Sept. 25th, 1781; married Betsy Lord, born E. Haddam, Conn.
10. Deacon Jonathan, born E. Haddam, Sept. 21, 1783, died Jan. 22, 1857; married East Haddam, Conn., Feb. 18, 1813, Nancy Lord.
11. Rhoda, born February 4th, 1786; married Allen W. Griffin.

~"The Beckwiths", by Paul Edmond Beckwith; J. Munsell's Sons, 1891; pg. 140.]

[I found two newspaper articles (one facsimile and one transcribed) that list the town in which he died as East Hartford. That may be an error (with one paper replicating the other) but I figured a contemporary article is probably an OK bet.

There had been Beckwiths in East Hartford (Job and Mehetable) around then. I don't know that he was visiting them but he could have been. I don't know have any reason to believe that he lived there, though.

Richard]

Family Members
Parents
George Beckwith 1703-1794
Sarah Browne Beckwith 1709-1796
Spouses
Mary Butler Beckwith Unknown-1797
Lucinda Lee Beckwith 1751-1813
Siblings
Rebeckah Beckwith 1732-1732
Sarah Brown Beckwith 1734-1738
Children
George Beckwith 1764-1842
Barzillia Beckwith 1765-1813
Rebecca Beckwith Cone 1767-1848
Mary Beckwith 1769-1814
Butler Beckwith 1772-1812
Sarah Beckwith Griffin 1773-1834
Baruch Beckwith 1779-1855
Nathaniel Brown Beckwith 1781-1822
Jonathan Beckwith 1783-1857
Rhoda Beckwith Griffin 1786-1810
Created by: Jan Franco (46625834)
Added: 5 Feb 2007
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17824056/barzillai-beckwith
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17824056/barzillai-beckwith: accessed 13 June 2023), memorial page for Barzillai Beckwith (1738–22 Feb 1818), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17824056, citing North Plain Cemetery, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834).

Barzillai married Mary Butler. (Mary Butler was born in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut and died in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut.)