John Beckwith Jr

  Noted events in his life were:

• Church: East Lyme Society, 21 Mar 1725, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. March 21, 1724/5, John Beckwith and Mehittabel his wife and his sons John, Nathanael and Samuel and his daughter Elizabeth and Martha were baptized (pg. 3).

March 21, 1724/5, John Beckwith Junior and Mehittabel his wife owned ye covenant and were taken under watch of ye church (pg. 11)

Source Citation
[East Lyme Society]. Record of baptisms, marriages, and persons who owned the covenant, 1737-1761, MS 83382, Connecticut Historical Society (CHS), Hartford, Connecticut. Transcribed by Julia Morrow, CHS Collections Associate, February 2022.

• Family History: From Beckwith Note 6, by Albert C. & Edward S. Beckwith, 1907, Page 5. JOHN, (Nathaniel), lived at Lyme; married MEHETABEL CHAPPELL, (George, [George]). Will dated July 12, 1740.

74. JOHN.
75. NATHANIEL.
76. Samuel, (wife named Sarah? v. 124.).
77. ELIZABETH.
78. Martha.

• Will: From Heratige Quest, 12 Jul 1740, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Mentions his wife Mehetibell, sons John, Nathaniel, and Samuel, and daughers Elizabeth and Martha.

Name
John Beckwith
Probate Date
1740
Probate Place
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Inferred Death Year
Abt 1740
Inferred Death Place
Connecticut, USA
Case Number 348


Source Citation
Author: Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut); Probate Place: Hartford, Connecticut

Description
Notes: Probate Packets, Barber-Beebe, Abner, 1675-1850

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Connecticut, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data:Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts.

John married Mehetabel Chappell, daughter of Unknown and Unknown.