Elisha Beckwith

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: From Hartford Courant, Monday, Page 2, 14 Oct 1793, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. ELISHA BECKWITH, and Co.

Blacksmiths, 20 rods north of the Court-House.

HEREBY inform the public that they furnish at the shortest notice, all kinds of Carriage work, Horse and Ox shoeing, Edge Tolls, and Farmers Tools of all kinds, and all other work in the line of their profession, in the best manner and on reasonable terms.

Hartford, September 28, 1793.

• Occupation: Blacksmith, advertisement in Hartford Courant, Page 1, 25 Sep 1797, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. WANTED, two smart active Lads,
about 14 years of age, as apprentices
to the Blacksmith's business. Apply to:

ELISHA BECKWITH

Hartford, Sept. 18

• Residence: Hartford Courant, Monday, Page 3, 9 Apr 1798, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Whereas Mr. Reuben Judd did advertise in the Connecticut Courant, No. 1732, “that he was authorized by the owners of the Wharves from Mr. Samuel Olcott's north to Mr. Reuben Smith's canal, to collect wharfage on all goods and lumber landed on the same;” in which description is included the wharf belonging to the subscriber. The public are hereby informed that to render convenience to those desirous of landing lumber, wood or goods on my wharf, during the present season, they shall be entitled to the privilege gratis.
N.B. My wharf is on the south side of the creek, in a direct line from the south side of my dwelling lot, and the south side of my blacksmith shop, then eastwardly till it is intersected by the river, on which Mr. Judd was not authorized to collect either dockage or wharfage, and on which during high water wood may be landed and taken away with more convenience that from any landing in this city. If future years, should I think proper, I may charge dockage and wharfage; in this case shall duly notice the public, and as I live near the premises shall collect the fare myself.
ELISHA BECKWITH
Hartford, April 3.

• Occupation: Blacksmith, 1799, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Beckwith Elisha, blacksmith.
Sea coal by the hundred or bushel.

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From Family Search org
Directory for the city of Hartford for the year 1799, containing the names of the business men and other residents, Frank D Andrews, 1910
Title No 3713488

• Residence: From 1800 Census, 1800, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Elisha Beckwith

Males

<10 1 Alonzo Skinner
<16 1 Theodore
<26 3 Unknown
<45 1 Elisha
45+ 0

Females
<10 1 Lucy
<16 0
<26 0
<45 1 Abigail
45+ 0

• Death: Based on church record for his wife. NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST IN HARTFORD, AT THE COMPLETION OF THE BRICK MEETING-HOUSE, DECEMBER, 1807.

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Dismissed Died
Beckwith (w. Elisha) *

Notes: On the EXPLINATIONS page it states "The letter w, preceding the husband's name, is to be read Widow." Therefore, the (w. Elisha) means she was the widow of Elisha Beckwith. The * means she was dismissed (left) the church but the date is unknown.

From Family Seaarch org
HISTORICAL CATALOGUE OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN HARTFORD.
1688-1885
PUBLISHED BY THE CHURCH.
1885.

• Death: From Family Search org, 10 Jun 1806, Connecticut. Name: Elisha Beckwith
Sex: Male
Age: 40
Death Date: 10 Jun 1806
Death Place: Connecticut, United States
Birth Year (Estimated): 1766

Note: May not be correct Elisha Beckwith but death year is consistent with his wife's church record showing her as a widow in Dec 1807.

Digital Folder Number: 007592239
Microfilm Number: 3086
Image Number: 05904
Originating System: EASY
Indexing Batch: B03208-9

Citing this Record
"Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7HR-S6B : 16 January 2020), Elisha Beckwith, 1806.

• Family History: The Beckwith Notes Number 3, 1901, Pages 22/23. Elisha Beckwith, apparently of Windsor or Hartford, married Abigail Skinner. She was the daughter of Theodore Skinner and Abigail Marsh, and was born Nov. 16, 1771. As nearly as known, Elisha died at Albany, and Abigail's second marriage (to Barnabas Chipman, by whom a son Horace) may have been at Albany or at Augusta, Oneida Co. at which later place she died in 1841. Children of first marriage:

Lucy, born at Albany, married Benjamin Warne at Augusta, and had children, Alonzo Beckwith of Cambridge, Wis., and Henry b. June 10, 1825, long of Whitewater, now of Mitchell, S.D. (Dr. Henry has a son at Chicago, Dr. Henry G. Warne).

Alonzo Skinner, married Laura Clark. (Footnote: Alonzo S., of this family, was the same whom Paul Beckwith assigned to Benjamin Beckwith Jr., grandson of Jonah and Rebecca. But the testimony of the Warne Brothers is unimpeachable.)

Sarah, born in 1800; married June 7, 1818 to Romeo Dyer Newberry, of Rochester, Mich. She died July 28, 1881. Children: James, Milo P. and five others.

Theodore, drowned as sea while in boyhood.

[Theodore, son of Daniel Skinner, was baptized May 12, 1751 at Hartford. Abigail (baptized Dec. 2, 1750) was third child of Hezekiah Marsh who married Dec. 1, 1743 Christian, (baptized Sep. 25, 1726, died June 16, 1770), daughter of John Edwards.]

Note: The above family history contains some correct infromation but Elisha died in Hartford and his daughter was married in Hartford. This history is included here because it helps confirm the names of Elisha's children.

Elisha married Abigail Skinner, daughter of Theodore Skinner and Abigail Marsh, before 1802 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: May not be correct. A Chipman genealogy indicates Abigail Skinner was the widow of Horace Beckwith, not Elisha Beckwith. Land records first show a Horace Beckwith in the 1820s, much later than Abgail's marriage to a Beckwith. Horace may have been one of her sons, hence the confusion.