| Page content last modified: | January 11, 2009, corrected Elisha's place of birth from New York to East Haddam, Middlesex Co, CT (based on the Vital Records of East Haddam 1743-1857, Barbour Collection, page 154: Vol. LR7, page 5).
May 27, 2007, added approximate dates of death for Mary Beckwith Carpenter and Jesse K. Carpenter, 1860 through 1880 census transcriptions. June 3, 2006, added information on the death of Lorenzo Dow Beckwith. |
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Elisha Beckwith Son of: Elisha Beckwith & Abigail Willey b: Jul 24, 1764 East Haddam, Middlesex Co, CT m: Feb 26, 1795 Hancock, Worchester Co, NY d: Oct 5, 1846 Pharsalia, Chenango Co, NY burial: Some researchers have referred to this man as Elisha Huntley Beckwith, but we have found no evidence that his name was anything more than Elisha Beckwith. |
Mary (Polly) Walker Dau. of: James Walker b: 1780 New York m: Feb 26, 1795 Hancock, Worchester Co, NY d: aft 1850 burial:
The biography of son Emory Walker Beckwith states that Mary died in Hancock County, Illinois. According to the 1850 Census, she was living there in the home of her son, John. John and family had left Hancock County by the time of the 1860 Census. Mary was probably buried at the Hadley Cemetery in Fountain Green Township, but most of the tombstones there have been destroyed so we have no physical evidence.
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Philura Beckwith b: 1795-1796 New York m: bef Sept 1808 (probably) d: burial: Spouse: Joseph H. Borden
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Joseph H. Borden was born about 1781 in Madison Co, New York, a son of Joshua and Elizabeth Pierce Borden, according to "Record of the Borden Family: A Historical and Genealogical Record of the Descendants of Rich and Joan Borden", "who arrived in Portsmouth [Rhode Island] in 1638". The author was Hattie Borden Weld, 1040 W. 36th St., Los Angeles, California. The preface is dated July 1, 1899. It must be noted that Mrs. Weld reported that Joseph died in 1806, but then listed children born to Joseph and Philura between 1808 and 1833. (Perhaps the entry was simply a misprint.) In addition, Mrs. Weld stated Philura's birth date as Apr 12, 1788. This would indicate that Mary Walker was not Philura's mother, a circumstance not substantiated by any evidence Beckwith researchers have located. However, we cannot ignore this piece of data, because the 1840 census listing for the household of Joseph "Bordon" of Oxford Township, Chenango County, New York, contains an entry for a female aged between 50 and 59 (ergo born between 1781 and 1790). When the will of Philura's father was probated in 1846, Philura was named as the 'wife of Joseph Borden residing in oxford Chenango Co'. Philura's age in the 1850 Federal Census is in conflict with the birth year of 1788. Jos. H., 56, and "Lura" Borden, 55, were in the home of John B. Borden, reported by Mrs. Weld as their son.
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 Elisha Huntley Beckwith
b: Mar 9, 1797 New York m: ca. 1825 in New York d: Sep 6, 1843 Hancock Co, IL (probably) burial: Hadley Cemetery, Hancock Co, IL Spouse: Elizabeth Scranton
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Although he was named as Huntley H. in the probate documents related to his father's will, his tombstone reads Elisha Huntly Beckwith. To descendants who remained in Hancock County, he was known as Elisha Huntley Beckwith. These descendants became aware of Hadley Cemetery, long abandoned, despoiled by time and livestock, when a distant cousin from California inquired about it in the 1960s. It was at this time that they found the physical confirmation of the final resting place of their great-great-grandfather.
Abigail Huntley, was the maiden name of Elisha Huntley Beckwith's great-grandmother.
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Mary (Polly) Beckwith b: ca. 1799 New York m: d: btw 1870 and 1880 Lime Creek Twp,  Washington Co, IA (probably)
burial: Spouse: Jesse Knight Carpenter
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Two children of Elhannon and Charlotte Carpenter (Mary and Jesse's son and daughter-in-law), and Charlotte's parents are buried at Wassonville Cemetery, Washington County, Iowa. | |
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John D. Beckwith
b: Aug 3,1802 New York d: Apr 6, 1875 Parker Co, TX burial: City Greenwood Cemetery, Weatherford, Parker Co, TX
Spouse 1: Mary Dossett
Spouse 2: Lucretia Lank
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We welcome the research of Mary and Julie Martin, descendants of John Beckwith and Lucretia Lank. With their assistance we have been able to add details regarding to John and Lucretia. |
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Emory Walker Beckwith
b: Aug 6, 1809 Stephentown, Rensselaer Co, NY m: Mar 24, 1841 Parke Co, IN d: Feb 15, 1895 Rushville, Schuyler Co, IL burial: Ebenezer Cemetery (aka Hardscrabble), abt 6 miles from Rushville, Schuyler Co, IL Spouse: Mary Waugh
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From the collection of Naomi Ericson
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Emily Caroline Beckwith b: July 6, 1810 New York d: Adair Co, MO burial: Spouse 1: John Beardsley
Spouse 2: Hart Humphrey Gleason
Spouse 3: William Smoot
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Charles Beckwith
b: May 27, 1812, Chenango Co, NY m: ca. 1834 Parke Co, IN d: May 27, 1892 Cherokee Co, TX burial: Jacksonville City Cemetery, Jacksonville, Cherokee Co, TX
Spouse: Sarah Wilcox
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Millicent Beckwith
b: Aug 17, 1814 Chenango Co, NY m: Jul 10, 1831 Chenango Co, NY d: Jan 6, 1893 Hancock Co, IL (probably) burial: Webster Cemetery, Webster, Hancock Co, IL
Spouse: Lloyd Robinson
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Lorenzo Dow Beckwith
b: ca. 1818 New York m: bef Nov 8, 1845 (probably) d: Feb 1893 Canton, MO burial: Webster Cemetery, Webster, Hancock Co, IL
Spouse: Adelia Lee
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