Eldest son of Jonathan Beckwith and Rebecca Barnes, and grandson of Sir Marmaduke Beckwith.
At the age of 19 years old, Virginia Militia "Recommended as Captain of the Company lately Commanded by Captain Randall" at the Court held on June 4, 1781.
Considered to be "the vagrant of the family", unlike his siblings who contributed handsomely to the political, cultural, professional, and military life of their day.
Married Catherine Miskell, daughter of William Miskell and Elizabeth Samford, in 1787.
As early as 1794, Jennings and Catherine disposed of land inherited from William Miskell. In January 1800, Jennings Beckwith sold 310 acres of land "Winders" in Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County, VA., inherited from Sir Jonathan Beckwith.
Resident of District of St. Charles, Louisiana Territory on September 7, 1809. The same year, he was in St. Louis on November 2nd. By 1810, he purchased land below St. Charles.
Much of his life had been spent wandering in the Far West on hunting excursions with the Indians around St. Louis and in late years he would live with men as would fish with him in summer or fox hunt in winter.
He died at "Mt. Airy", a short distance from his father's "Belvoin" plantation, an estate continuously occupied since 1740 by the direct male line of the Tayloe family.
At the age of 19 years old, Virginia Militia "Recommended as Captain of the Company lately Commanded by Captain Randall" at the Court held on June 4, 1781.
Considered to be "the vagrant of the family", unlike his siblings who contributed handsomely to the political, cultural, professional, and military life of their day.
Married Catherine Miskell, daughter of William Miskell and Elizabeth Samford, in 1787.
As early as 1794, Jennings and Catherine disposed of land inherited from William Miskell. In January 1800, Jennings Beckwith sold 310 acres of land "Winders" in Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County, VA., inherited from Sir Jonathan Beckwith.
Resident of District of St. Charles, Louisiana Territory on September 7, 1809. The same year, he was in St. Louis on November 2nd. By 1810, he purchased land below St. Charles.
Much of his life had been spent wandering in the Far West on hunting excursions with the Indians around St. Louis and in late years he would live with men as would fish with him in summer or fox hunt in winter.
He died at "Mt. Airy", a short distance from his father's "Belvoin" plantation, an estate continuously occupied since 1740 by the direct male line of the Tayloe family.
Eldest son of Jonathan Beckwith and Rebecca Barnes, and grandson of Sir Marmaduke Beckwith.
At the age of 19 years old, Virginia Militia "Recommended as Captain of the Company lately Commanded by Captain Randall" at the Court held on June 4, 1781.
Considered to be "the vagrant of the family", unlike his siblings who contributed handsomely to the political, cultural, professional, and military life of their day.
Married Catherine Miskell, daughter of William Miskell and Elizabeth Samford, in 1787.
As early as 1794, Jennings and Catherine disposed of land inherited from William Miskell. In January 1800, Jennings Beckwith sold 310 acres of land "Winders" in Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County, VA., inherited from Sir Jonathan Beckwith.
Resident of District of St. Charles, Louisiana Territory on September 7, 1809. The same year, he was in St. Louis on November 2nd. By 1810, he purchased land below St. Charles.
Much of his life had been spent wandering in the Far West on hunting excursions with the Indians around St. Louis and in late years he would live with men as would fish with him in summer or fox hunt in winter.
He died at "Mt. Airy", a short distance from his father's "Belvoin" plantation, an estate continuously occupied since 1740 by the direct male line of the Tayloe family.
At the age of 19 years old, Virginia Militia "Recommended as Captain of the Company lately Commanded by Captain Randall" at the Court held on June 4, 1781.
Considered to be "the vagrant of the family", unlike his siblings who contributed handsomely to the political, cultural, professional, and military life of their day.
Married Catherine Miskell, daughter of William Miskell and Elizabeth Samford, in 1787.
As early as 1794, Jennings and Catherine disposed of land inherited from William Miskell. In January 1800, Jennings Beckwith sold 310 acres of land "Winders" in Lunenburg Parish, Richmond County, VA., inherited from Sir Jonathan Beckwith.
Resident of District of St. Charles, Louisiana Territory on September 7, 1809. The same year, he was in St. Louis on November 2nd. By 1810, he purchased land below St. Charles.
Much of his life had been spent wandering in the Far West on hunting excursions with the Indians around St. Louis and in late years he would live with men as would fish with him in summer or fox hunt in winter.
He died at "Mt. Airy", a short distance from his father's "Belvoin" plantation, an estate continuously occupied since 1740 by the direct male line of the Tayloe family.
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