LDS gives name as Elizabeth {Mary} {Lynde} Beckwith∼Married 1641, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Parents:
Enoch LYNDE, was a shipping merchant in the Netherlands engaged in foreign trade and he was also connected with the postal service between England and Holland. He was fluent in Dutch and may have been of Dutch extraction.
Elizabeth DIGBY
Mathew Beckwith and Mary Elizabeth Lynde's children are:
1. John b. abt 1639
2. Joseph b. Abt 1640
3. Nathaniel
4. Elizabeth
5. Daughter who married Robert Grant
6. Mary, b. abt 1644, who married Benjamin Grant
According to the later research findings by responsible genealogists, this record should be emended to reflect: (1) No one yet knows Mary Beckwith's maiden name. (2) Her given name is clearly Mary, which is documented in several court and probate records. (3) Her birth date can only be surmised as 1625 based on one court deposition. (4) Her birth place has not yet been verified. (5) Her exact death date is not known but can be surmised based on the subsequent marriage of her second husband (supposing that you agree that she is the Mary Grant of the marriage record. Are you open to changing the memorial data?
LDS gives name as Elizabeth {Mary} {Lynde} Beckwith∼Married 1641, Hartford, Connecticut Colony
Parents:
Enoch LYNDE, was a shipping merchant in the Netherlands engaged in foreign trade and he was also connected with the postal service between England and Holland. He was fluent in Dutch and may have been of Dutch extraction.
Elizabeth DIGBY
Mathew Beckwith and Mary Elizabeth Lynde's children are:
1. John b. abt 1639
2. Joseph b. Abt 1640
3. Nathaniel
4. Elizabeth
5. Daughter who married Robert Grant
6. Mary, b. abt 1644, who married Benjamin Grant
According to the later research findings by responsible genealogists, this record should be emended to reflect: (1) No one yet knows Mary Beckwith's maiden name. (2) Her given name is clearly Mary, which is documented in several court and probate records. (3) Her birth date can only be surmised as 1625 based on one court deposition. (4) Her birth place has not yet been verified. (5) Her exact death date is not known but can be surmised based on the subsequent marriage of her second husband (supposing that you agree that she is the Mary Grant of the marriage record. Are you open to changing the memorial data?
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