Elizabeth Beckwith

1678 - 1767  (89 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Beckwith
  Birth	4 Feb 1678	Lyme, New London County, Connecticut Colony   [3, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12]
  Christening	18 May 1679	Lyme, New London County, Connecticut Colony   [12]
  Other Will	say 1727 (48 years)  [11]
  She was mentioned in her father's will who died in 1727.
  Death	13 Dec 1767	Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony   [4, 5, 7]
  Burial	Aft 13 Dec 1767	Old Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A. Old Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, Connecticut   [5]
  	Gravestone of Elizabeth Birchand Here lies ye Body of Mrs Elisabeth Wife to Mr James Birchard Who Died Decmr 15th 1767 Age 80 years & 11 Months
  Half siblings	4 half brothers and 3 half sisters (family of Matthew Beckwith and Elizabeth )
  > 1. Matthew Beckwith,   b. 13 Apr 1667, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 4 Jun 1740, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age 73 years) ▻ Hannah Champion,  m. Abt 1699   2. John Beckwith   3. James Beckwith   4. Jonah Beckwith   5. Prudence Beckwith   6. Ruth Beckwith   7. Sarah Beckwith
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Robert Beckwith   d. Thorp, Yorkshire, England   (3 x Great Grandfather)  Elizabeth Saunders,   c. 20 Dec 1584, Lydiard St Lawrence, Somersetshire, England d. 7 Jul 1655, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  (Age ~ 70 years)  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I4198	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Smith (1924) and Seymour (1940) give her death date as 1654. [11, 12]

  
  

Father	Matthew Beckwith,   b. 1637 to 1645, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 4 Jun 1727, Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A. (Age 90 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Griswold,   b. 1640, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. East Lyme, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Family ID	F3402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner 1	James Birchard,   b. 16 Jul 1665, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Marriage	17 Mar 1696/97	Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 8, 11, 12, 13]
Age at Marriage	She : 19 years and 1 month - He : 31 years and 8 months.
Children	5 sons and 5 daughters
1. Elizabeth Birchard,   b. 2 Sep 1697, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. James Birchard,   b. 3 May 1699, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Sarah Birchard,   b. 10 Jul 1701, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 15 Aug 1701, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A. (Age 0 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Matthew Birchard,   b. 5 Dec 1702, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   5. John Birchard,   b. 12 Apr 1704, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Jane Hyde  m. 20 Mar 1728;   Mary  m. 26 Mar 1755;   Sarah Hewitt  m. 22 Sep 1774     6. Phoebe Birchard,   b. Oct 1705, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     7. Sarah Birchard,   b. 11 Oct 1707, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     8. Jonah Birchard,   b. 9 Oct 1709, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     9. Rebeckah Birchard,   b. 1717, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A. d. 1719, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A. (Age 2 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]   10. Daniell Birchard,   b. 9 May 1718, Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F3384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	29 Jun 2021




Spouse / Partner 2	John Moore
Marriage	25 Sep 1704	New London, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.   [1, 8]
Age at Marriage	She : 26 years and 7 months - He : ??.
Family ID	F3401	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	29 Jun 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Elizabeth Beckwith(1678 – 1767) 2Matthew Beckwith(1645 – 1727) 4Matthew Beckwith(1610 – 1680) 8Roger Beckwith( – 19 Jan 1633/34) 16Marmaduke Beckwith 17Ann Dineley 9Susannah Bracherbury 18 19 5Elizabeth Lynde(1615 – 1682) 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Elizabeth Griswold(1640 – ) 6Lt. Matthew Griswold(1620 – 1698) 12George Griswold 24 25 13 26 27 7Anna Wolcott(1620 – 1677) 14Henry Wolcott, Esq(1579 – 1655) 28John Wolcott 29Joan Cross 15Elizabeth Saunders(1584 – 1655) 30Thomas Saunders 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 4 Feb 1678 - Lyme, New London County, Connecticut Colony Christening - 18 May 1679 - Lyme, New London County, Connecticut Colony Marriage - 17 Mar 1696/97 - Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A. Marriage - 25 Sep 1704 - New London, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A. Death - 13 Dec 1767 - Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony Burial - Aft 13 Dec 1767 - Old Hanover Cemetery, Hanover, New London County, Connecticut, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1969] Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages Prior to 1800 Book 2, (New Haven, Connecticut: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1896). [S1970] Beckwith, Albert Clayton and Edward Seymour Beckwith. Beckwith Notes, (Elkhorn, Wisconsin: Albert Clayton Beckwith, 1899). [S1968] Beckwith, Paul. The Beckwiths, (Albany, New York: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1891). [S194] Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011). [S14] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current® http://findagrave.com, (Lehi, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Memorial ID 18142847 Elisabeth Beckwith Birchard . [S1965] Fox, Simeon M. "Matthew Beckwith and His Family", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, Volume 21, 1944). [S1947] Gravestone Inscription. [S241] Griggs, Dan. McNall Genealogy, (manuscript, 2003). [S1967] Lyme, CT Town Records. "Lyme (Conn.) Vital Records: From Town Records Book 1", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, Volume 10, 1933). [S1964] Seymour, George Dudley. "Thomas Birchard of Norwich, Connecticut, and Some of His Descendants", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, Volume 16, 1939). [S1963] Seymour, George Dudley. "Thomas Birchard of Norwich, Connecticut, and Some of His Descendants", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, Volume 17, 1940). [S1971] Smith, Howard Birchard. Some Descendants of Henry Smith and Thomas Birchard Who Came to America about 1635, (Omaha, Nebraska: unknown printer, 1924). [S1585] Society of Colonial Wars. Vital Records of Norwich 1659-1848 Part I, (Hartford, Connecticut: Society of Colonial Wars, 1913). [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985).