Thomas Beckwith

  Noted events in his life were:

• Birth: From Family Search org, 1 Jul 1702, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Name: Thomas Beckwith
Sex: Male
Birth Date: 1 Jul 1702
Birthplace: Lyme, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America
Birthplace (Original): Lyme Twp, New London, Conneticut
Father's Name: Joseph Beckwith
Mother's Name: Marah

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-WZG : 7 January 2020), Thomas Beckwith, 1702.

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Connecticut Vital Records, Lyme Births - Marriages- Deaths 1667 - 1852
Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, 1919
Thomas [s. Joseph & Sarah] b. July 1, 1702 Vol. L-2 Page 200

• Family: From Beckwith Note 6, by Albert C. & Edward S. Beckwith, 1907, Page 10. THOMAS, (Joseph), born at Lyme, July 1, 1702; died Nov. 1770. He married SARAH LEWIS, NOV. 16, 1725; she died Aug. 20, 1780, in her 83rd year. Children as not yet known.
189 Thomas?

• Death: From Family Serch org, 5 Nov 1770, Connecticut. Name: Lieut Thomas Beckwith
Age: 68
Death Date: 5 Nov 1770
Death Place: Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America
Death Place (Original): Connecticut, United States
Birth Year (Estimated): 1702

Page: 20
Digital Folder Number: 007592239
Microfilm Number: 3086
Image Number: 06896

Citing this Record
"Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DMY9-SBN2 : 9 November 2020), Lieut Thomas Beckwith, 1770.

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, Nov 1770, East Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Lieut Thomas Beckwith
Birth: unknown
Death: 5 Nov 1770
Burial: Old Stone Church Burial Ground, East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Memorial #: 22326265
Age 68
Family Members
Parents
Joseph Beckwith 1679-1741
Spouse
Sarah Beckwith 1703-1786
Siblings
Joseph Beckwith Unknown-1783
Hezekiah Beckwith 1704-1791
Children
Abner Beckwith 1728-1761
Created by: Annette (48858366)
Added: 20 Oct 2007
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22326265/thomas-beckwith
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22326265/thomas-beckwith : accessed 01 September 2021), memorial page for Lieut Thomas Beckwith (unknown–5 Nov 1770), Find a Grave Memorial ID 22326265, citing Old Stone Church Burial Ground, East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Annette (contributor 48858366) .

• Will: From Heratige Quest, Number 390, New London, 16 Apr 1767, New London, Connecticut. Identifies his grandsons, Abner, Thomas, and Harris.

His daughter is identified as Mary Harris, deceased.

He identifies his other daughters as Sarah Peck and Deborah Peck.

He appoints his one son, Vinton Beckwith, and his wife, Sarah, as administrators of his estate.

His other son, Abner, died before him, which is why he calls out his grandsons, Abner, Thomas and Harris.

Thomas married Sarah Lewis on 16 Nov 1725 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut. (Sarah Lewis was born on 20 Apr 1703 in Connecticut and died on 10 Aug 1786 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: Barbour Collection, Connecticut State Library, 1919, 16 Nov 1725, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Connecticut Vital Records, Lyme Births - Marriages- Deaths 1667 - 1852
Thomas Beckwith of Lyme, m. Sarah Lewis of Haddam, Nov.16, 1725, Vol. L-6, Page 116

Also from Vital Records of Lyme, Connecticut to the End of the Year 1850, p. 220
Thomas Beckwith of Lyme and Sarah Lewis of Haddam were
married on ye 16th of November AD 1725 LLR6:116