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Correction: By tnis account he had three daughters and one son:
BECKWITH, George of Palmyra, N.Y., b. in East Haddam, Ct., Oct. 16, 1789, d. in Palmyra, N.Y., Dec. 20, 1868, was a successful teacher in New England, traveled on horseback to western N.Y. when 24 yrs. old, commenced mercantile business in Palmyra 1813, where his education, his force of character and his upright life soon won the respect and confidence of the early settlers. Just, generous, loyal and true in all the relations of life, his influence was ever for good (m. Aug. 1, 1814, Ruth Matson Clark, b. in Old Lyme, Ct., Feb. 2, 1793 [dau. of Gurdon Clark, a large land-holder, and a desc. of William Hyde of Norwich, Richard Ely of Lyme, Thomas Lord of Hartford, Ct., b. in Eng. 1583, Isaac Sheldon of Chichester, Mass., 1634, Roland Stebbing, b. in Eng. 1544, William Peck, b. in Eng. 1601, Thomas Matson of Boston 1634, John Sill of Cambridge 1639 and Lieut. William Clark of Dorchester 1636], and
had four children; Sophie, Catherine Matson, Ruth Amelia and George Whitfield;
son of Samuel of East Haddam, Ct., b. in Lyme, Ct., 1750, d. in Palmyra, N.Y., Sept. 28, 1821, served in the Revolutionary war, was of a steadfast and upright character, moved to Palmyra 1820 (m. June 4, 1774, Anna, b. 1756, d. in Palmyra July 31, 1840 [dau. of Stephen Ransom, an officer in the Revolutionary war, where he received a wound from which he died also sister of Stephen Ransom, who was killed in the battle of Bunker Hill], and had twelve children: two d. in childhood and one at the age of 21 yrs, the others lived till maturity and six of them settled in or near Palmyra, N.Y.; son of Stephen of Lyme, Ct., b. there Mar. 6, 1721, d. there 1796 (m. 1st, Dec. 16, 1742, Jerusha Watrous, d. 1746, and had two children: Cyrus, b. Oct. 18, 1743, and Jerusha, b. May 16, 1746, m. 2d., May 29, 1749, Hannah Newton and had three children: Samuel (m. Anna Ransom), Hetty (m. Joseph Beckwith) and Jane (m. Ezekiel Beckwith and had a son Matthew). (Note: line continues back to Thomas of Malden, b. in Eng. abt. 1606, d. in Malden Dec. 19, 1667, came to America about 1635-6, was known on records as Thomas Green, senior, was selectman 1658, served on the grand jury many times (m. Elizabeth).
wayne.nygenweb.net
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