Grace Strickland

  Noted events in her life were:

• Children: Joshua Hempstead Diary Records, Connecticut Historical Society, 1741, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Tuesd March 3d 1741 I went up to John Smiths to take the Examination of Grace Strickland who Complains She is with child by Jonathan Beckwith.

Grace married Jonathan Beckwith, son of Jonathan Beckwith and Elizabeth Waller, on 22 Nov 1741 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut. (Jonathan Beckwith was born about 1714 in New London, Connecticut, christened on 24 Sep 1721 in New London, Connecticut and died in 1807 in Newark, New York.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Banns: Joshua Hempstead Diary Records, Connecticut Historical Society, 8 Feb 1741, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Sund 8 Feb 1740/41 Jonathan Beckwith & Grace Strickland published.

• Marriage: Joshua Hempstead Diary Records, Connecticut Historical Society, 22 Nov 1741, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Sund 22 November 1741 in the Evening I went out to Jonat Hamiltons at Robinsons Houghtons farm & maried Jonat Beckwith & Grace Strickland.