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Individual:
(I) Mathew Beckwith , the American immigrant ancestor, was born about 1610 , in England , pre
sumably in Yorkshire . The history of his life to the time he came to Hartford, Connecticut , is obscure. He bought the homestead of William Pratt , an original proprietor of Hartford , in 1645 . About 1652 he was at New London and Lyme , his land lying in both towns. He was able to give land somewhat liberally to his sons, and it is recorded that in 1675 thirty acres more were laid out to him, all of which he gave to his son Joseph . He was killed October 21, 1680 . "by a fall in a dark night down a ledge of rocks." This gave occasion for a sermon on the providence of God which took away Mathew Beckwith and spared a fellow-traveler. The inquest showed that he was then seventy years old, and this is the only evidence as to the year of his birth. He left a widow. Elizabeth , who married Samuel Buckland and died before 1690 . Children: John , mentioned below; Joseph , Nathaniel , Catherine ; daughter, married Robert Grant ; daughter, married Benjamin Grant . (CT family history Vol I)
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