John Beckwith, third son of Thomas of Clint, married the daughter of Thomas Radcliff of Mulgrave, and was succeeded by his only son, Robert Beckwith of Broxholme, in the 8th year of the reign of Edward 4th. He, in his turn, was succeeded by an only son, John, who inherited the Manors of Clint and Thorp, and lived in the 8th year of the reign of King Edward the 4th; he left an only son, Robert Beckwith of Clint and Thorp, whose will was dated Oct. 16th, 1536, and proved Mch. 24th, 1537; he married Jennet and had issue. Robert, the eldest son, died young; Marmaduke of Dacre and Clint, the second son, sold the Manor of Clint that had been in the family since 1226, and bought the Manors of Featherstone and Acton, Yorkshire; he married twice; by his first wife, Ann, daughter of Dynley of Bramhope, had eleven children; Thomas, the eldest, inherited Acton and married Frances, daughter and heiress of William Frost of Acton; he had three sons, Thomas, the eldest, of Acton, to whom we will presently return; William, the second son, was baptized at Featherstone Castle in 1571, emigrated to America in 1607, landing at Jamestown, Va., with Captain John Smith from the ship "Phoenix;" he married in 1616, and had but the one son (and a daughter), Henry who was born about 1619, and who settled in Dorchester Co., Maryland, there founded a family, many of whose members have been prominent in the political, civil and military history of that county, and whose descendants are still living on the old homestead.
