Person:Jonathan Beckwith (1)

Records of Sir Jonathan Beckwith 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 Jonathan Beckwith

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ID: I52823 1 Name: Jonathan BECKWITH Prefix: Sir Sex: M 2 Birth: 14 NOV 1720 in North Farnham Parish, Richmond County, Virginia Death: 13 DEC 1796 in Lunenburg Park, Richmond County, Virginia

Marriage 1 Rebecca BARNES Married: 27 MAY 1753 2 Children

Penelope BECKWITH

Sources: Publication: The Meriwether Society, Inc. URL: http://MeriwetherSociety.org

1. ↑ Extracts From North Farnham Parish Register The Clerk's Office At Warsaw., in William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine. (Omohundro Institute)
   13:139.

   Jonathan, son of Marmaduke & Eliza Beckwith, Nov. 14, 1720.