1607 At Jamestwon, VA., from the ship Phoenix, landed William Beckwith. [Smith's History of Virginia]
John Beckwith, third son of Thomas of Clint, mar-
ried 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; Marma-
duke 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 Fran-
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ces, 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, emi-
grated 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.
