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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Essex => Topic started by: tasmania on Monday 17 August 09 06:52 BST (UK)
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At the present time our earliest Beckwith comes from Braintree, we have now accumulated a lot of information about the downline family and the various "inward/outward" links.
The brick wall has now been reached, the next stage is to try and find siblings of Jonah (our patriach), and his ancestors and where they may have originated;
Any suggestions or links would be appreciated.
Shown below is a brief start to our tree.--
Name: Jonah BECKWITH
Given Name: Jonah
Surname: Beckwith
Sex: M
Birth: EST 1781 in Braintree,Essex,England 1
Death: 21 FEB 1863 in Pound End Braintree,Essex,Eng. 2 of Hydrothorax-2yrs
.Marriage 1 Mary CLARK b: EST 1782 in Essex? England
Married: 8 APR 1806 in Braintree,Essex,England 3
Children
Ann BECKWITH b: 26 JUN 1806 in Braintree,Essex,England c: 18 JUL 1806 in Braintree,Essex,England
Samuel BECKWITH b: 21 SEP 1808 in Braintree,Essex,England c: 19 OCT 1808 in Braintree,Essex,England
Jonas(h) BECKWITH b: 15 MAR 1811 in Braintree,Essex,England c: 12 APR 1811 in Braintree,Essex,England
William BECKWITH b: in Braintree,Essex,England c: 24 NOV 1813 in Braintree,Essex,England
Thomas BECKWITH b: in Braintree,Essex,England c: 24 JAN 1817 in Braintree,Essex,England
John BECKWITH b: in Braintree,Essex,England c: 5 NOV 1817 in Braintree,Essex,England
Mary BECKWITH b: in Braintree,Essex,England c: 10 MAR 1820 in Braintree,Essex,England
Sources:
Title: Parish Registers-England
Abbrev: Parish Registers-England
Title: Death Certificate -ENG
Author: GRO England
Abbrev: Death Certificate -ENG
Page: 1st Qtr 1863 Braintree Vol.4a, Pg.241
Title: Parish Registers-England
Abbrev: Parish Registers-England
Page: D/P 264/1/9 Mar 1790-1812 BRT Fiche 2
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Hi Tassie.....have you come across John Beckwith and Elizabeth COCKRUM, daughter Priscilla Olive, married Thomas Henderson, 22nd October 1887, Temperance Hotel Kooringa (Burra) South Australia, in your travels. Helping an elderly lady with her Family Tree and Priscilla is her grandmother. Look forward to hearing from you.
Regards "Big Fella"
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G'Day "Big Fella"
Sorry I cannot help with that one, our first actual 'Beckwith' did not arrive in Australia until the mid 1880's and that was my Great Grandmother.
Have you tried the South Australian Genealogy Society and follow through from there?
here is their website http://www.saghs.org.au/index.html
cheers (and good luck)
Tassie
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Thanks "Tassie"......we'll keep looking."
Regards "Big Fella"
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I have some Beckwiths from the Bocking/Braintree area of Essex in my family tree. There are or were, from my observations, quite a few Beckwiths in that area. There is even a farm named “Beckwiths” just outside Bocking. As I burrow into my family tree I will look for possible members of your family. On several occasions women with the surname Beckwith married men with the surname Reeve and many of their descendants commemorated their Beckwith ancestor by using Beckwith as a given name in naming their children. It would be interesting to discover how a surname originating from the North ended up in Essex. William Reeve.
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Hi Southvancouver,
Welcome to RootsChat :)
Tasmania is having a problem with their email address at the moment but have found a family member online so have sent them a message to pass onto Tassie to advice on your reply.
Regards
Sarah :)
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Lots of Beckwiths in Bocking, but no Jonah. None in Braintree prior to 1790, nor rayne or Panfield, which are neighbouring parishes.
Interestingly, Jonah and Mary had both been widowed prior to marrying each other in Braintree in 1806. There are to johns in Bocking: one born to George and Sarah on 21/5/1778 and one to one to John and Sarah on 18/8/1777. Not far out when you consider they were illiterate. Could john have become Jonah?
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Nothing in the neighbouring parishes of rayne, panfield, white notley, black notley, stilted or cressing either. Must have links with Bocking Beckwiths?
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I also have the name Beckwith as a given name in a family branch in South Shields.
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I've spotted this name recently in some things I've been transcribing for FreeREG. They updated the database yesterday, and having just done a quick search, it must've been Great Holland I'm thinking of (which might be too far out, and doesn't include a Jonah).
Saying that, it does bring up a baptism for a Jonah Beckwith in Bocking on 28 Aug 1684, son of Samuel - might that be a connection?
Have you looked at the non-conformist registers?
The surname stuck in my mind because I was at school with a girl called Beckwith who I think lived somewhere near Braintree!
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Regards
Sarah :)
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Hi there :)
My great grandmother's maiden name was Beckwith :)
And she lived in Essex. Although I think it was West Ham area...
Her name was Florence Rebecca Beckwith born in the 1890's.
Unfortunately I don't know any other people in my family :(
Tabitha
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I have a family will signed in 1749 in Braintree and witnessed by a John Beckwith. A Google search - "John Beckwith" Braintree - will bring up mention of various John Beckwiths, including those on SEAX - Essex Archives, Ancestry trees, etc.
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Hi bit late to this, but I'm looking at several branches of Beckwith around the Braintree area - Coggeshall/Kelvedon/Braxted - Halstead - Braintree/Bocking.
Jonah of 1781 is on one of them - his first marriage was in 1806 Braintree to Mary Clarke, second in 1823 to Ann Collis, who was single.
There seem to be at least two Jonah/Jonas around in the 1770s - one in Halstead parents John/Hannah c1777. Also there are others earlier!