Nathaniel Beckwith Jr

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family: From Beckwith Note Number 6, Albert C. and Edward S. Beckwith, 1907, Page 5. Nathaniel, born May 28, 1679: died East Haddam, March 17, 1717-18; estate administered by his father. Jan'y 20, 1702-3 he married Sarah Brockway (Wolston) who was born Sept. 23, 1679.

Children:
68. Jon [sic Job].
69. Nathaniel.
70. Jerusha.
71. Sarah.
72. Joseph.
73. Patience.

• Family: From Manual of the Congregational Church Hadlyme, Connecticut, Rev. Clarence C. Lyon, 1913, Page 28. So far as has been ascertained, however, the earliest settler in the vicinity of Hadlyme Church was Nathaniel Beckwith, Jr., who came from Lyme about 1700 and settled upon land lying east of the church. When the first church was built this place was occupied by his eldest son, Job Beckwith

• Gravestone: From Find a Grave, Mar 1717, East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut. Nathaniel Beckwith Jr.
Birth: 28 May 1671 Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, USA
Death: 17 Mar 1717 (aged 45) East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Burial: Old Cove Burying Ground, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
Memorial #: 177382002
Bio: Nathaniel Beckwith lived in the Hadlyme Parish, a section of East Haddam, CT, now known as the Fourth Parish. At the age of 32, he married Sarah Brockway of Lyme, daughter of Wolston Brockway and Hannah [Briggs], on 20 January 1703/4. He died on 17 March 1716/17 and had to be interred in the Second Yard which was closer by. The distance from Hadlyme to the Old Cove Burying Ground is about 8 miles while the Second Yard was just a mile or so away. His wife Sarah [Brockway] Beckwith died on 9 January 1739/40 and was interred in the Second Yard where her simple fieldstone marker may be seen today. In Dr. Patterson's note-books dated, October 1860, says that Nathaniel's fieldstone was taken from the Old Cove Burying Ground and later found in a pork barrel. It was returned to the wrong place as it should have been put in the Second Yard next to his wife. It has since disappeared and cannot be found.

Dr. David Patterson quoted in his note-book that the fieldstone marked "N B 1717" was taken from the Old Cove Burying Ground. This is incorrect as he should have said the Second Yard. It appears that he was misinformed to some degree.

He most likely was born in the old Beckwith house built c. 1645 in East Lyme, CT still standing on Bride Brook Road, near the Women's State Prison in Niantic. The main house with a large center chimney was added c. 1750 with the earlier house attached. It is a beautiful piece of property with the house sitting on a knoll, set way back from the main road.

The bond was posted on the estate of Nathaniel Beckwith by his widow Sarah Beckwith and William Brockway of Lyme on 7 May 1717 [Probate file #401]. The inventory was taken by Isaac Spencer and John Willey on 3 April 1717. The distribution of the estate took place on 5 November 1718. The probate files make it very clear that the appraisers and distributors of the estate all lived in the Hadlyme parish [4th Society] and were neighbors as well.

Children of Nathaniel and Sarah [Brockway] Beckwith:

1. Job born 22 May 1705 East Haddam; bapt.
on 25 Nov. 1711. He married Mary Biggs on 24
January 1727/8. He died at Hadlyme on 15
December 1779 [not 1780]& [per Probate].

2. Nathaniel born 6 January 1706/7 at East
Haddam; bapt. on 25 November 1711 East
Haddam 1st Church; married 1st Abigail Huntley
on 11 April 1728; 2nd Mary Comstock c. 1744
and 3rd c. 1753 Susanna [Wadhams] Rowley, widow
of Joseph Rowley of Westchester, CT. He died
on 13 March 1793 in his 87th year, Hadlyme.

3. Jerusha born 10 June 1709 East Haddam;
bapt. 25 Nov. 1711; married Thomas Pratt of
Saybrook on 25 April 1728 [Saybrook Vital
Record]. She died on 23 June 1790 aged
"about 80" Centerbrook 1st Church record.

4. Sarah born 13 or 15 August 1712 East
Haddam; bapt. on 19 October 1712; married
Ephraim Fuller, son of Shubael Fuller. He
died before March 1779. Her date of death
has not been found.

5. Joseph born 11 December 1715 East
Haddam; bapt. on 15 April 1716 [East
Haddam 1st Church record]. He married 1st
to Sarah Willey on 9 October 1737; she
died on 3 August 1750. He married 2nd to
widow Mary Scovill on 3 March 1750/1. Was
"Deacon" of the Hadlyme 3rd Congregational
Church for years. He died of great age on
22 February 1809 in his 94th year and was
interred in the Hadlyme Churchyard.

6. Patience born c. 1717 posthumously East
Haddam; bapt. on 1 June 1718; married Abel
Willey, son of Isaac, on 1 Feb. 1739/40
at East Haddam. He died in 1757 aged 46
years. She died on 9 December 1800 aged
83 years at Peacham, Caledonia County,
VT. where she lived with her son Seth.
Inscription: " N B 1717 "
The inscription " N B 1717" was jotted down in the notebook of Dr. David Patterson while on a visit in this yard in October 1860. This fieldstone wasn't exactly borrowed, but stolen and taken to Bristol, CT as there were Beckwiths living in that town
Family Members
Parents
Nathaniel Beckwith 1656-1725
Martha Beckwith 1657-Unknown
Spouse
Sarah Brockway Beckwith 1679-1740
Children
Nathaniel Beckwith 1707-1793
Joseph Beckwith 1715-1809
Created by: Jonathan Twiss (47229892)
Added: 15 Mar 2017
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177382002/nathaniel-beckwith
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177382002/nathaniel-beckwith : accessed 24 December 2021), memorial page for Nathaniel Beckwith Jr. (28 May 1671–17 Mar 1717), Find a Grave Memorial ID 177382002, citing Old Cove Burying Ground, East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jonathan Twiss (contributor 47229892) .

Nathaniel married Sarah Brockway, daughter of Wolston Brockway and Hannah Briggs, on 2 Jan 1703 in East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut. (Sarah Brockway was born on 23 Sep 1679 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut and died on 9 Jan 1740 in East Haddam, Hartford, Connecticut.)