Person:Marmaduke Beckwith (1)

Records in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:

• Vol. 1 - Alexander Walker and Penelope, his wife, vs. Jennings Beckwith--O. S. 16; N. S. 6--Bill filed 9th June, 1799. In 1764 Sir Marmaduke Beckwith, of Richmond County, grandfather of Penelope, gave her by deed in 1764, which was proved in Richmond County, and her sister, Elizabeth Beckwith, two negroes. During minority of Penelope and Elizabeth, their father, Sir Jonathan Beckwith, took the negroes as guardian. Elizabeth married Thomas Jones and died in 1777. Jennings Beckwith was brother of Penelope. Sir Jonathan died in December, 1796. Alexander and Penelope were married in 1797.

Information on Sir Marmaduke Beckwith

From "The Beckwiths" By Paul Edmond Beckwith, pg. 56:

Sir Marmaduke Beckwith, 320, born at Aldborough, Yorkshire, Eng., in 1687; emigrated to Virginia in 1700; he was County Clerk of Richmond Co. from 1708 to 1748; it is probable that he died at the latter date.

324. Sir Jonathan of Virginia

325. Mary; married Lawrence Butler, born in England and was a major in the Revolutionary Army, and who died in 1811, leaving one son, Beckwith Butler.

326. Rebecca; married Major John Belfield.

327. Marmaduke.

328. Elizabeth; married Joseph Morton, an Englishman, and had one son, William Jordon, who married Martha Pryor and had twelve children.

329. Tarpley; born in Virginia; and died in England, November 7th, 1748.

Note: Some published genealogies claim that Rebecca Beckwith married Maj. John Belfield (1751-1792), but Marriages of the Northern Neck of Virginia 1649-1800 show that Maj. John Belfield married Mary Beckwith, daughter of Roger Beckwith and Winifred Miskell. This Rebecca Beckwith would have been abt. 22 years OLDER than Maj. John Belfield, making that supposed union unlikely.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

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