Sarah, the twelfth and youngest child of John and Elizabeth (Harvey) Willey, was born about 1720, and was married 9 Oct. 1737, to Joseph Beckwith (b. 11 Dec. 1715), son of Nathaniel Beckwith Jr. and his wife Sarah Brockway, who was a daughter of Wolston Brockway...
Joseph and Sarah (Willey) Beckwith settled in East Haddam, where the following children were born to them: i. Joseph, b . 17 Feb. 1739; ii. Sarah, b. 26 May, 1745, and md. to Nathan Peck of Lyme; iii. and iv. Prudence and Patience (twins), b. 18 March 1748.
After the death of his wife Sarah, Joseph Beckwith was married (2d) 3 March 1751, to Mary Scovel of East Haddam.