Nathan Gilbert Beckwith

GEDCOM Note

1-5-2-3-5. NATHAN BECKWITH
(Hezekiah-4, Joseph-3-2, Mathew-1)
son of Hezekiah and Lydia, born c1747, died 1832 Waterford CT age 85y. Married to Patricia

Letter from Mark Hickok dated 4 Dec 1991
1830 CT New London Co. Waterford p85 00100000001-0000000001

1. Nathan BECKWITH Jr.

Nathan Beckwith ; at Waterford, Conn., 1820, ap-
peared Nathan Beckwith, and says he was born in
1747 ; a sailor by profession ; enlisted in the Conti-
nental Army, December, 1775, for one year, in Capt,
Sdl's Co., Col. Parsons' Keg., and was discharged at
Peekskill, N. Y., January 1st, 1777.

His family now consists of his wife, Patience, sixty-
nine years ohl, and one grandchild, Samuel Beck-
with, aged nine. The schedule of his property is as
follows : One cow and calf, pledged to pay his rent,
valued at s30 ; other personal property, $65.31 ; and
he says he owns neither house nor lands.

655. Nathan; born at Lyme, Conn., in 1747;
settled at Waterford, Conn. ; sailor. En-
listed in the Revolutionary Anoiy in 1775 ;
served in Sells' company, Parsons' regiment;

The Beckioiths. 87

lie married Patience in 1774; lie had a
grandson Samuel, age 9 in 1847.