Sarah Beckwith

Biography

Sarah Marvin, daughter of Reinold Marvin & Sarah Clark, was born in 1673 at Lyme, Connecticut, and died 1756 at about age 83 in Farmington, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

She married James Beckwith 18 Feb 1694, son of Matthew Beckwith and Elizabeth. He was born 1 Jun 1671 at New London, Connecticut, and died about 1756 in Farmington, Connecticut.

James and Sarah lived in Lyme until 1732, when James purchased land in Norwich, Connecticut and twelve years later removed to Farmington.[1]

Family

Children of Sarah Marvin and James Beckwith

The children were born at Lyme, Connecticut.[2]

1. James Beckwith, b. 1 May, 1695 ; d. 2 Oct, 1794, in Bristol, Ct., lacking a few months of being a centenarian; m. (1), 15 Oct., 1717, in Lyme, Rebecca Lamb; she united with the church there in June, 1731 ; m. (2), 19 Jan'y, 1749, in Southington, Ct., Widow Hannah Barnes, d. 17 Aug., 1758; m. (3), 28 Aug., 1760, in Southington, Widow Mary How, d. 16 March, 1767 ; m. (4), 14 Feb., 1769, in Southington, Widow Abigail (Clark) Sperry, b. 15 Feb 1713; d. 02 Nov 1798, dau. of Samuel and Mary (Browne) Clark, of North Haven, Connecticut. Notes for Abigail Clark : apparently married Unknown Sperry and Jonathan Bronson and James Beckwith; perhaps the Abigail Clark who married James Bronson is the daughter of Samuel and Mary (Browne) Clark. But, the one who married James Beckwith and John Sperry was the daughter of George and Sarah Clark; this disagrees with the Tuttle genealogy which claims that after Jonathan Bronson's death, she married three times, the last, 14 Feb 1769, to James Beckwith
2. Martha Beckwith, b. 8 Aug 1697, d. 1782, unmarried
3. Daniel Beckwith, b. 13 Oct 1699, d. Feb 1700
4. Sarah Beckwith, b. 23 Dec 1701
5. Daniel Beckwith, b. 26 Oct 1704; m. in 1728, in Lyme, Ruth Rice, d. 30 June, 1757; six children
6. Reinold Beckwith, b. 15 Feb., 1706/7; d. 27 Dec, 1796, in Meriden, Ct. ; m. (1), 4 April, 1732, in Lyme, his cousin, Martha (18) Marvin, d. 26 July, 1742, in Bolton, Ct., leaving issue; m. (2), 3 March, 1743, in Bolton, Dorothy Sawyer, of Hebron, Ct. ; d. prob. 26 June, 1790
7. Samuel Beckwith, b. 24 May, 1709; m. 1 Feb., 1738/9, his cousin, Miriam Marvin, sister of his brother Reinold's wife. He received land in Norwich from his father, and about 176 1 rem. to Cornwallis, N. S.; seven children
8. Elizabeth Beckwith, b. 30 May, 1712; d. 10 May, 1755; m. 31 Jan'y, 1738, Joseph, son of Joseph and Susannah (Hough) Andrews, b. 18 April, 1709, in Southington parish, Farmington, Ct. ; d. before 26 May, 1752 ; they had six children and res. in Southington
9. John Beckwith, b. 10 Oct., 1713; m. 20 April, 1737, in Norwich, Jane Worden
10. Mary Beckwith, b. 25 Jan'y, 1716/17; m. 4 Nov., 1742, in Southington, Ebenezer Andrews, bro. of Joseph, above, b. 27 Oct., 1718, in Southington; they had eight children, the youngest b. in Jan'y, 1764. (See Andrews Geneal. Hist, pp. 83-85, and Beckwith Notes, p. 16.)

Sources

1. Marvin, George & Marvin, William. Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin (T.R. Marvin & Son, Boston, 1904) pp. 52-3

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