Elizabeth Bates

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Elizabeth and Robert were married in about 1665 in Connecticut.

GEDCOM Note

Category: Lyme, Connecticut
Category: Haddam, Connecticut

Biography

: Wife of Robert Gerard— married 1665 in Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
The divorce of Robert Gerard and Elizabeth Beckwith is a sad story. Robert and Elizabeth were married about 1665 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut, but were divorced in 1674 in New Haven, Connecticut. On this occasion, Robert Gerard, made the statement that he wished his wife to take her course", or be free to remarry.[i] Scholars on the subject of “Women before the Bar” believe Robert may have threatened tomake provisions for binding out their daughter Elizabeth after he deserted the family.[ii] ;

Jane Devlin’s notes provide these additional details:
Elizabeth Garrard was charged with adultery, having "committed folly with a stranger in the absence of her husband and brought forth a base born child." Found guilty, her sentence was reduced due to many circumstances, including her "husband's extreme bad carriage towards her and beating of her and making no suitable provision for her maintenance and in going from her and not returning to her for some years. The above facts aside, she was whipped and fined £10.
Elizabeth Beckwith Garrard accused Joshua Grant, probably her sister'swidower. Joshua’s estate was seized for the use of Elizabeth Garrard's child in June 1674. Matthew Beckwith, either Elizabeth’s fatheror older brother, served as the custodian for the child’s funds. Meanwhile, in 1673, her first husband sued her for adultery in the Rhode Island General Court, but he did not appear to press charges. Samuel Pratt was her bondsman.

The paternity of daughter Elizabeth remains obscure.
Elizabeth married (2) John Bates (1649-1690) in 1677 in Haddam, CT. They had 5 children: Martha, Solomon, Samuel, Jonathan, and Ruth.
[i] Divorce Case of Elizabeth Jarrad [Oct. 1674], Recs. Ct. of Assts.,Lacy transcript, I, 55[ii] Cornelia Hughes Dayton, Women before the Bar; Gender, Law & Society in Connecticut, 1639-1789, (North Carolina, 1995) p 118-119 & p. 124

from http://minerdescent.com/2010/05/14/matthew-beckwith/

Elizabeth’s first husband was Robert Girard (Gerrand, Gerard)
Elizabeth Beckwith and Robert Gerard were divorced. Court records showthat Elizabeth was abused and abandoned by her husband.
Divorce; Oct 1674; New Haven, New Haven Co., CT – Robert Gerard [or Jarrad] made the statement that he “wished… [his wife] to take hercourse” or be free to remarry. (Divorce Case of Elizabeth Jarrad [Oct. 1674], Recs. Ct. of Assts., Lacy transcript, I, 55) Robert may have threatened to make provisions for binding out their daughter Elizabeth after he deserted the family. [Women Before the Bar, p. 124]
Elizabeth’s second husband John Bates was born 7 Oct 1649 in Scituate, Plymouth, Mass. John died 15 Jan 1718 in Haddam, Middlesex, CT.

Name ===: Elizabeth /Beckwith/≤ref>Source: #S-AGBI ≤/ref>≤ref>Source: #S-FDC Ind ≤/ref>≤ref>Source: #S-FDC Birth≤/ref>≤ref>Source: #S-US and Int Mar ≤/ref>

Birth

: 1 Jan 1647: New London, New London, Connecticut≤ref>Source: #S-AGBI≤/ref>≤ref>Source: #S-FDC Ind ≤/ref>≤ref>Source: #S-FDC Birth≤/ref>≤ref>Source: #S-US and Int Mar ≤/ref>

Death

: 15 Jan 1718/9
: Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut≤ref>Source: #S-FDC Ind ≤/ref>

Death Alt

: Died 1692 in Haddam, CT

Marriage

: Date: 1665
: Lyme, New London, Connecticut≤ref>Source: #S-FDC Ind ≤/ref>
: Husband: Robert Gerard Girard
: Wife: Elizabeth Beckwith
: Child: Elizabeth Gerard

Notes

: Note ≤span id='H869'>H869≤/span>Shows marriage and divorce in 1665.

Sources

• Source: ≤span id='S-FDC Ind'>S-FDC Ind≤/span> Repository: #R-2 Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: FDC Ind
• Source: ≤span id='S-FDC Birth'>S-FDC Birth≤/span> Repository: #R-2 Title: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp.Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001. Note: FDC Birth
• Source: ≤span id='S-US and Int Mar'>S-US and Int Mar≤/span> Repository: #R-2 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Note: US and Int Mar
• Source: ≤span id='S-AGBI'>S-AGBI≤/span> Repository: #R-2138127636 Title: American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Author: Godfrey Memorial Library, comp. Publication: Online publication - Provo,UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Note: AGBI

Footnotes

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Acknowledgments ===* WikiTree profile Beckwith-167 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by John Putnam.

• WikiTree profile Beckwith-98 created through the import of DeMarco-Gaffney Family Tree.ged on Jul 1, 2011 by Regina DeMarco.
• WikiTree profile Beckwith-131 created through the import of Welder Family Tree.ged on Sep 10, 2011 by Deborah Anne Welder.
• Entry by Paul Lee.

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