Elizabeth Beckwith

1647 - Aft 1719

• Name	Elizabeth Beckwith
  Born	1647	probably, Connecticut   [1]
  	Age 10 on 15 Feb 1657/58.
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 01 Sep 1719
  Notes	Elizabeth Garrard was charged with adultery, haveing "committed folly with a stranger in the absence of her husband and brought forth a base child." Found guilty, her sentence was reduced due to many circumstances, including her "husband's extreme bad carriage towards her and beating of her and making no suitable provision for her maintenance and in going from her and not returning to her for some years." She was whipped and fined 10 pounds. She accused Joshua Grant, probably her sister's widower, whose estate in the custody of Matthew Beckwith was seized for the use of Elizabeth Garrard's child 2 June 1674. Meanwhile, in Rhode Island, her first husband sued her for adultery in the Rhode Island General Court, but did not appear to press charges.
  Person ID	I33373	Bryant
  Last Modified	14 May 2007

  
  

  Father	Matthew Beckwith,   b. 22 Sep 1610, probably, Ponteferact, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 21 Oct 1680, Lyme, New London Co, Connecticut
  Mother	Mary,   b. 1625,   d. Bef 30 Jan 1694
  Married	Abt 1642	probably, New London, New London Co, Connecticut   [2]
  Family ID	F1191	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Robert Gerrard,   b. 1640
  Married	1665	Haddam, Middlesex Co, Connecticut   [3]
  Divorced	08 Oct 1674
  Family ID	F2652	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	John Bates,   d. 15 Jan 1719, Haddam, Middlesex Co, Connecticut
  Married	Bef Sep 1678	probably, Middlesex Co, Connecticut   [3]
  Family ID	F2653	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1647 - probably, Connecticut Married - 1665 - Haddam, Middlesex Co, Connecticut Married - Bef Sep 1678 - probably, Middlesex Co, Connecticut  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] Ancetry of Emily Angell, Smith, Dean Crawford & Melinde Lutz Sanborn, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1992), p.228. [S47] Ancetry of Emily Angell, Smith, Dean Crawford & Melinde Lutz Sanborn, (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA, 1992), p.224. [S400] One World Tree.