Thursday, May 22, 2003
Whose Brand Is It, Anyway?
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Then, one Sunday, she was standing outside her church, the famous Agape Church of Religious Science, renowned for its minister, the Reverend Michael Beckwith, and its 150-person choir, including members of Madonna's backup group and other celebrity singers. As she was getting ready to go inside, she ran into a friend, who commented on how happy she looked. "You have a glow about you," the friend said.
"I thought, 'Glow,' " Williamson recalls. "What a great name!"
The word was still running through her mind when Beckwith began his sermon. "He started to talk, and I swear that every other word out of his mouth was glow. I thought, 'This is a sign from God.'
FROM THE WEBSITE
Then, one Sunday, she was standing outside her church, the famous Agape Church of Religious Science, renowned for its minister, the Reverend Michael Beckwith, and its 150-person choir, including members of Madonna's backup group and other celebrity singers. As she was getting ready to go inside, she ran into a friend, who commented on how happy she looked. "You have a glow about you," the friend said.
"I thought, 'Glow,' " Williamson recalls. "What a great name!"
The word was still running through her mind when Beckwith began his sermon. "He started to talk, and I swear that every other word out of his mouth was glow. I thought, 'This is a sign from God.'
Teenage Cancer Trust What do Ben Kingsley, Roger Daltry, Sarah, Duchess of York, Mark Knopfler and Sir John Beckwith have in common?
Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Variants of Beckwith
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Inmans of Nidderdale - 4th Generation
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In the time of this Michael, the family had a small estate at Harefield, in Low Bishopside, but within the Monastery of Fountains; when they acquired it has not appeared. On May 23, a. 1681, Thos. Furnis, clerk, renounced the 'executorship of the Will of Judith Darnbrooke in favour of Michael Inman of Harefield and Elizabeth, his wife; it has been suggested above that entry into Harefield may have been made ahout the time (a. 1678) of the marriage of Robert Inman. It is not unlikely that Harefield was the tenement, rented at 1. 2. 9, in the tenure of John Hodgeson, 'on the bank of the Nidde', late in the tenure of John Ploumelande, which is returned under Bishopside in an account of lands formerly of Fountains Abbey (Min. Acc., 35-36 Hen. VIII., say, a. 1544); the same tenant was still there in a. 1557, and at the same rent (Min. Act., 3-5 Ph. and Mary). In a. 1570. Christopher Hardcastell, of Heayrfeald, of the Chappelrye of Patelabrige, mentions his lease of Hearfeild, which he holds of John Beckwythe, gent. [probably of Scough, par. Fewston]; the Feet of Fines (Feinnes?) (a. 1598) point to a conveyance to a Christopher Hardcastle, and others, of messuages and lands 'in Bishopside, 'Pateley Bridge, and Netherdale', with proviso to warrant against the heirs of John Beckwith, deceased, in a. 1627, Anna Hardcastle is described in her Will (York Reg.) as of the Hairfeeld; it is very unlikely that the Inmans had an interest here before this date, and it, of course, does not follow that the Harefield they owned was exactly coincident with the tenement 'on the bank of the Nidde', supposing that they have been rightly connected.. Harefield was in the township, but not in the manor of Bishopside; it had belonged to the Monastery, and should he represented in the Fountains Calls, under Pateley Bridge. There are Calls, naming Pateley Bridge, for a. 1667, 1668, 1750, and onwards,. but the name Inman does not seem to occur for Harefield till the Call Roll for a.. 1720-1723; then, at the end of the Fellbeck district entries, occurs a note, afterwards crossed out, Hairfield, Mr. Chris. Inman, adm. It is, notwithstanding, fairly clear that the family owned the estate from c.a. 1681 to a. 1790; the fact that the name of Inman does not appear under Pateley Bridge in a. 1667, 1668, is no positive proof of non-ownership at those dates and I rather incline to suppose that Michael Inman bought a freehold estate at Harefield after his father's' death (early in a. 1662) and not later than a. 1681. In a Bishopside Court Roll, Robert lnman is described as of Harefleld in a. 1684, and the Par. Reg. of P. B. mentions one seat on the north of the 'Quire' erected by Mr. Michael Inman for Harefield House; these, with other facts, are in favour of ownership in the 17th c. It is most unlikely that Harefield was part of the inheritance of a. 1681*; (*See Note C) it is not openly mentioned in the Will of John Darnbrooke (or in that of his father), nor is his name in the Fountains Calls, a. 1667, 1668, under Pateley Bridge. Judith Dambrooke was yet in life on April 18, a. 1681,at which date Michael Inman was probably living at, and owner of, Harefleld; at any rate, he was described as of Harefield, yeoman, in the next month.
Something maybe said as to the chronology of migrations of the family in the last quarter of the 17th c.; it would appear that Michael Inman was still at or near North Pasture in a. 1676, and that, in that year, or probably a little later, he removed to Harelield, which he seems to have purchased in a. 1662-1681 This change of residence may have been due to the marriage (a. 1678) of his son, Robert, who appears to have been living at North Pasture House or at Fellbeck as late as a. 1681/2. About this time, and, at any rate, suppose not later than a. 1684, Michael inman and his wit~ removed to a place in the township of Bewerley, and Robert and Katherine Inman went to Harefield; in a. 1690 both father and son were living in Bewerley township, neither of them residing in a Darnbrooke house which had been inherited in a. 1681.
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In the time of this Michael, the family had a small estate at Harefield, in Low Bishopside, but within the Monastery of Fountains; when they acquired it has not appeared. On May 23, a. 1681, Thos. Furnis, clerk, renounced the 'executorship of the Will of Judith Darnbrooke in favour of Michael Inman of Harefield and Elizabeth, his wife; it has been suggested above that entry into Harefield may have been made ahout the time (a. 1678) of the marriage of Robert Inman. It is not unlikely that Harefield was the tenement, rented at 1. 2. 9, in the tenure of John Hodgeson, 'on the bank of the Nidde', late in the tenure of John Ploumelande, which is returned under Bishopside in an account of lands formerly of Fountains Abbey (Min. Acc., 35-36 Hen. VIII., say, a. 1544); the same tenant was still there in a. 1557, and at the same rent (Min. Act., 3-5 Ph. and Mary). In a. 1570. Christopher Hardcastell, of Heayrfeald, of the Chappelrye of Patelabrige, mentions his lease of Hearfeild, which he holds of John Beckwythe, gent. [probably of Scough, par. Fewston]; the Feet of Fines (Feinnes?) (a. 1598) point to a conveyance to a Christopher Hardcastle, and others, of messuages and lands 'in Bishopside, 'Pateley Bridge, and Netherdale', with proviso to warrant against the heirs of John Beckwith, deceased, in a. 1627, Anna Hardcastle is described in her Will (York Reg.) as of the Hairfeeld; it is very unlikely that the Inmans had an interest here before this date, and it, of course, does not follow that the Harefield they owned was exactly coincident with the tenement 'on the bank of the Nidde', supposing that they have been rightly connected.. Harefield was in the township, but not in the manor of Bishopside; it had belonged to the Monastery, and should he represented in the Fountains Calls, under Pateley Bridge. There are Calls, naming Pateley Bridge, for a. 1667, 1668, 1750, and onwards,. but the name Inman does not seem to occur for Harefield till the Call Roll for a.. 1720-1723; then, at the end of the Fellbeck district entries, occurs a note, afterwards crossed out, Hairfield, Mr. Chris. Inman, adm. It is, notwithstanding, fairly clear that the family owned the estate from c.a. 1681 to a. 1790; the fact that the name of Inman does not appear under Pateley Bridge in a. 1667, 1668, is no positive proof of non-ownership at those dates and I rather incline to suppose that Michael Inman bought a freehold estate at Harefield after his father's' death (early in a. 1662) and not later than a. 1681. In a Bishopside Court Roll, Robert lnman is described as of Harefleld in a. 1684, and the Par. Reg. of P. B. mentions one seat on the north of the 'Quire' erected by Mr. Michael Inman for Harefield House; these, with other facts, are in favour of ownership in the 17th c. It is most unlikely that Harefield was part of the inheritance of a. 1681*; (*See Note C) it is not openly mentioned in the Will of John Darnbrooke (or in that of his father), nor is his name in the Fountains Calls, a. 1667, 1668, under Pateley Bridge. Judith Dambrooke was yet in life on April 18, a. 1681,at which date Michael Inman was probably living at, and owner of, Harefleld; at any rate, he was described as of Harefield, yeoman, in the next month.
Something maybe said as to the chronology of migrations of the family in the last quarter of the 17th c.; it would appear that Michael Inman was still at or near North Pasture in a. 1676, and that, in that year, or probably a little later, he removed to Harelield, which he seems to have purchased in a. 1662-1681 This change of residence may have been due to the marriage (a. 1678) of his son, Robert, who appears to have been living at North Pasture House or at Fellbeck as late as a. 1681/2. About this time, and, at any rate, suppose not later than a. 1684, Michael inman and his wit~ removed to a place in the township of Bewerley, and Robert and Katherine Inman went to Harefield; in a. 1690 both father and son were living in Bewerley township, neither of them residing in a Darnbrooke house which had been inherited in a. 1681.
Lancelor?
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Thomas H Dean of Auckland, son of Sir Richard H, will made 0709 elder bro John sis's Johanna ffitlying, Matilda Hotham, prioress Johanna Chawman, Anastasia H [since found to be John's wife], nephew John Hotham and kin Elizabeth Bekwyth, Roger Plumpton, John Burton, Margaret Burton and Thomas son of Margaret Burton legatees Robert Vavasour 5 mks William Richman 40s Elizabeth Glasyer Newcastle on T gown + 20s Isabella Yure a French book 'Lancelor' John Gardiner & Matilde h.w. once my mother's cook in York 13/4 servant William Batty bed horse 10mks Master John Autage Master Thomas London Robert Alne parson Cath ch York Sir John Spanyell of York wit W.R., R.V., J.B. Prob Rob Alne John Autage
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Thomas H Dean of Auckland, son of Sir Richard H, will made 0709 elder bro John sis's Johanna ffitlying, Matilda Hotham, prioress Johanna Chawman, Anastasia H [since found to be John's wife], nephew John Hotham and kin Elizabeth Bekwyth, Roger Plumpton, John Burton, Margaret Burton and Thomas son of Margaret Burton legatees Robert Vavasour 5 mks William Richman 40s Elizabeth Glasyer Newcastle on T gown + 20s Isabella Yure a French book 'Lancelor' John Gardiner & Matilde h.w. once my mother's cook in York 13/4 servant William Batty bed horse 10mks Master John Autage Master Thomas London Robert Alne parson Cath ch York Sir John Spanyell of York wit W.R., R.V., J.B. Prob Rob Alne John Autage
Hebden & Bekwyth
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Sir Richard’s younger brother, Sir Nicholas de Hebden was born around 1359 in Gosberton Lincolnshire. He married a lady called Katherine de Wyhom who was the heiress of Rye & Whyam and the Marmions. Before Nicholas died in 1417, they had three children, William de Hebden who died young, Elizabeth de Hebden ( b circa 1380 in Howell, Lincoln) and Grace de Hebden. Although they were born in Lincolnshire, links were clearly kept with the north as Grace married Sir Piers Tempest who was the son of Sir Richard Tempest of Bracewell in Craven. The Tempests at some stage gained Conistone.
Elizabeth married Sir Thomas Dymoke, who one of the Dymokes of Scrivelsby, Lincoln, the Kings champions. Thus the primary line of Hebden died out though both Grace and Ellizabeth had children. One in particular achieved some level of historical notoriety. Elizabeth had two sons, Sir Philip, who married Joan Conyers and Sir Thomas who married Margaret de Welles. It was this Sir Thomas who joined a Lancastrian rising in 1469 and the penalty of his treason to the then King Edward IV was execution. The family were not unduly penalized though as his son Sir Robert had the estates restored to him and the descendants were Kings champions at he coronations of Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII and even George IV. The Dymoke in question on that occasion was Henry who was accompanied by the Duke of Wellington. The eldest child, Sir Richard had been born around 1355 and he married a widow, Joan Chammond. daughter of Richard Wateby, Mayor of York in 1365 and she had a daughter Johanna from her first marriage. Johanna was married to a gentleman called Ffitlyng. Richard and Joan probably married around 1380 and as Sir Richard was buried at Ousebridge in 1385, so it was not long before Joan found herself a widow again.
Joan and Richard’s children were
Thomas who died about 1435 and would seem to have entered the church and become Dean of Aukland in 1431. Some documentation shows his kin to have been Elizabeth Bekwyth, Roger Plumpton, John & Margaret Burton though heaven only knows where they fit in. Anastasia de Hebden was also referred to in the will of Thomas, as a sister.
There was also a John, who was the last Lord of Hebden 1460.
At this time there was also a Sir John Hebden of Coldstonefold (Hebden), Parish of Ripon and the Hebden family of Ripon, Wakemen to Ripon City from 1400 onwards, during the time of the Hebden domicile at Hebden in Craven. The Ripon Hebdens occupied much of Fountains Abbey lands. What is not clear is where this Sir John fits in to the Hebden line. Could he have been a descendant of Auray or Duket ? Who knows. This was the time of the Wars of the Roses and many records were destroyed leaving missing links between various lines of the Hebden family.
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Sir Richard’s younger brother, Sir Nicholas de Hebden was born around 1359 in Gosberton Lincolnshire. He married a lady called Katherine de Wyhom who was the heiress of Rye & Whyam and the Marmions. Before Nicholas died in 1417, they had three children, William de Hebden who died young, Elizabeth de Hebden ( b circa 1380 in Howell, Lincoln) and Grace de Hebden. Although they were born in Lincolnshire, links were clearly kept with the north as Grace married Sir Piers Tempest who was the son of Sir Richard Tempest of Bracewell in Craven. The Tempests at some stage gained Conistone.
Elizabeth married Sir Thomas Dymoke, who one of the Dymokes of Scrivelsby, Lincoln, the Kings champions. Thus the primary line of Hebden died out though both Grace and Ellizabeth had children. One in particular achieved some level of historical notoriety. Elizabeth had two sons, Sir Philip, who married Joan Conyers and Sir Thomas who married Margaret de Welles. It was this Sir Thomas who joined a Lancastrian rising in 1469 and the penalty of his treason to the then King Edward IV was execution. The family were not unduly penalized though as his son Sir Robert had the estates restored to him and the descendants were Kings champions at he coronations of Richard III, Henry VII and Henry VIII and even George IV. The Dymoke in question on that occasion was Henry who was accompanied by the Duke of Wellington. The eldest child, Sir Richard had been born around 1355 and he married a widow, Joan Chammond. daughter of Richard Wateby, Mayor of York in 1365 and she had a daughter Johanna from her first marriage. Johanna was married to a gentleman called Ffitlyng. Richard and Joan probably married around 1380 and as Sir Richard was buried at Ousebridge in 1385, so it was not long before Joan found herself a widow again.
Joan and Richard’s children were
Thomas who died about 1435 and would seem to have entered the church and become Dean of Aukland in 1431. Some documentation shows his kin to have been Elizabeth Bekwyth, Roger Plumpton, John & Margaret Burton though heaven only knows where they fit in. Anastasia de Hebden was also referred to in the will of Thomas, as a sister.
There was also a John, who was the last Lord of Hebden 1460.
At this time there was also a Sir John Hebden of Coldstonefold (Hebden), Parish of Ripon and the Hebden family of Ripon, Wakemen to Ripon City from 1400 onwards, during the time of the Hebden domicile at Hebden in Craven. The Ripon Hebdens occupied much of Fountains Abbey lands. What is not clear is where this Sir John fits in to the Hebden line. Could he have been a descendant of Auray or Duket ? Who knows. This was the time of the Wars of the Roses and many records were destroyed leaving missing links between various lines of the Hebden family.
457 York Bridgemasters’ Accounts List of Occupations List of Persons
Bekwith,Agnes; Bekwith, John; Bekwith, Ralph; Bekwyth, Ralph;
Bekwith,Agnes; Bekwith, John; Bekwith, Ralph; Bekwyth, Ralph;
Earls Colne Priory
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Following the battle of Hastings in 1066, William of Normandy gave the manor of Colne to Aubrey de Vere his brother in law.
When Geoffrey, the son of Aubrey and Beatrix, fell gravely ill they sought the help of Faricius, the abbot of Abingdon. He was a skilled physician and a man of wide culture originally from Arezzo in Umbria. Geoffrey recovered under the care of Faricius. In gratitude Geoffrey gave the Abbey of Abingdon the church of St. Andrew in the Colne and a church in Kensington. Faricius arranged two monks to establish a chantry in the Church of St. Andrew to pray for the souls of the de Vere family.
The de Veres later planned to establish a monastery at the Colne, linked to Abingdon. Faricius agreed as did Maurice Bishop of London and this was confirmed by royal charter c. 1105. After the death of Beatrix, Aubrey became a monk, he later died and was buried in the monastery around 1112.
The funeral was conducted by Abbot Faricius, who increased the number of monks from six to twelve. When the priory church was finished in 1148 it was dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint John the Evangelist by Robert, Bishop of London.
Local people gave many gifts of land to finance the building and the upkeep of the monastery.
he priory church was a noble Norman Structure, twice as large as the present parish church. At the centre was great tower of flint and freestone and at the west end were a pair of smaller towers. The purpose of the monastery was the offering of prayer and praise to God, according to the Benedictine rule in 1321 the priory became independent of the Abbey of Abingdon, and freer to include local people in the life of the priory.
issolution
In the 1530's Henry VIII suppressed the monasteries taking their possessions and land. Colne was unusual in that the lands were returned to the de Veres probably because their family tombs were there. In 1583 Edward deVere sold the manor of Earls Colne to Roger Harlackenden, his steward and nine years later he sold the priory to Richard Harlackenden. Gradually the monastery buildings fell in to ruin, and most of the remains were progressively swept away when the present house was built in 1826. the exception being the base of the north west tower which remained as a ruined fragment until 1988.
The site of the old church and monastery is now scheduled as a national monument. The Earls Colne Society has taken the occasion of the second millennium to record these events and to place a cross (based on a design by Constantinople just before the end of the first millennium) beyond which the site of the monastery can be viewed.
To view the cross, walk along the path opposite St. Andrews Church which runs alongside the graveyard turning right at the end or follow the path which starts to the left of the main entrance to the priory.
FROM THE WEBSITE
Following the battle of Hastings in 1066, William of Normandy gave the manor of Colne to Aubrey de Vere his brother in law.
When Geoffrey, the son of Aubrey and Beatrix, fell gravely ill they sought the help of Faricius, the abbot of Abingdon. He was a skilled physician and a man of wide culture originally from Arezzo in Umbria. Geoffrey recovered under the care of Faricius. In gratitude Geoffrey gave the Abbey of Abingdon the church of St. Andrew in the Colne and a church in Kensington. Faricius arranged two monks to establish a chantry in the Church of St. Andrew to pray for the souls of the de Vere family.
The de Veres later planned to establish a monastery at the Colne, linked to Abingdon. Faricius agreed as did Maurice Bishop of London and this was confirmed by royal charter c. 1105. After the death of Beatrix, Aubrey became a monk, he later died and was buried in the monastery around 1112.
The funeral was conducted by Abbot Faricius, who increased the number of monks from six to twelve. When the priory church was finished in 1148 it was dedicated to Saint Mary and Saint John the Evangelist by Robert, Bishop of London.
Local people gave many gifts of land to finance the building and the upkeep of the monastery.
he priory church was a noble Norman Structure, twice as large as the present parish church. At the centre was great tower of flint and freestone and at the west end were a pair of smaller towers. The purpose of the monastery was the offering of prayer and praise to God, according to the Benedictine rule in 1321 the priory became independent of the Abbey of Abingdon, and freer to include local people in the life of the priory.
issolution
In the 1530's Henry VIII suppressed the monasteries taking their possessions and land. Colne was unusual in that the lands were returned to the de Veres probably because their family tombs were there. In 1583 Edward deVere sold the manor of Earls Colne to Roger Harlackenden, his steward and nine years later he sold the priory to Richard Harlackenden. Gradually the monastery buildings fell in to ruin, and most of the remains were progressively swept away when the present house was built in 1826. the exception being the base of the north west tower which remained as a ruined fragment until 1988.
The site of the old church and monastery is now scheduled as a national monument. The Earls Colne Society has taken the occasion of the second millennium to record these events and to place a cross (based on a design by Constantinople just before the end of the first millennium) beyond which the site of the monastery can be viewed.
To view the cross, walk along the path opposite St. Andrews Church which runs alongside the graveyard turning right at the end or follow the path which starts to the left of the main entrance to the priory.
The Records of Earls Colne: Freehold Property: Freehold Titles: 52400297
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Freehold Titles (CP25/2/)
michaelmas 26Eliz1-27Eliz1 (1585)
document 52400297
Roger Herlakenden plaintiff Rich# Symons and his wife Eliz deforciants three messuages three gardens 2a of meadow 4a of pasture in Earls Colne warranty also against Robt Jarvis and his heirs Edw Huberd esq and his heirs and Wm Beckwith and his heirs consideration 80li
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Freehold Titles (CP25/2/)
michaelmas 26Eliz1-27Eliz1 (1585)
document 52400297
Roger Herlakenden plaintiff Rich# Symons and his wife Eliz deforciants three messuages three gardens 2a of meadow 4a of pasture in Earls Colne warranty also against Robt Jarvis and his heirs Edw Huberd esq and his heirs and Wm Beckwith and his heirs consideration 80li
The Records of Earls Colne: Copyhold Property of Colne Priory Manor: Colne Priory Manor Court Rolls: 53800916
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Colne Priory Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr20)
14.6.1557 (Monday 14 June 1557)
document 53800916
it is presented that Robt Jollye 20d and Wm Bekwith 20d staying in the house of Jn Lomkyn did not celebrate or observe the feast of the ascension nor divers other feast days etc and also they went into the lord's wood called Chalkney Wood and cut down divers ash trees growing there and took them away without licence
amercement 3s4d
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Colne Priory Manor Court Rolls (ERO D/DPr20)
14.6.1557 (Monday 14 June 1557)
document 53800916
it is presented that Robt Jollye 20d and Wm Bekwith 20d staying in the house of Jn Lomkyn did not celebrate or observe the feast of the ascension nor divers other feast days etc and also they went into the lord's wood called Chalkney Wood and cut down divers ash trees growing there and took them away without licence
amercement 3s4d
The Records of Earls Colne: Documents of Record concerning Testaments: Wills: 2501174
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Wills (PROB11/54/44 Jeff Game 1556 1572 transcript only)
29.8.1556 (Saturday 29 August 1556)
document 2501174
I Jeff Game butcher of Earls Colne the 29.8.1556 now deceased whole mind soul to god Wm Becwith and Marion his wife my sister all my reversions in these my two messuages called Bells and Perchmeners with croft of land and annexed meadow called Winters set in Colne aforesaid for life after their deaths to their daughter Eliz Beckwith and her heirs lawfully begotten if default to the heirs lawfully begotten of the said Wm or Marion forever to Margt my sister 11s of money within three months after the decease of Margt Game my mother by the hand of Wm Beckwith whom I make my executor witnesses Vincent Papworthe Jn Dickson and Thos Williams
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Wills (PROB11/54/44 Jeff Game 1556 1572 transcript only)
29.8.1556 (Saturday 29 August 1556)
document 2501174
I Jeff Game butcher of Earls Colne the 29.8.1556 now deceased whole mind soul to god Wm Becwith and Marion his wife my sister all my reversions in these my two messuages called Bells and Perchmeners with croft of land and annexed meadow called Winters set in Colne aforesaid for life after their deaths to their daughter Eliz Beckwith and her heirs lawfully begotten if default to the heirs lawfully begotten of the said Wm or Marion forever to Margt my sister 11s of money within three months after the decease of Margt Game my mother by the hand of Wm Beckwith whom I make my executor witnesses Vincent Papworthe Jn Dickson and Thos Williams
Beckwith Graveyard, Wood Co., WV
BECKWITH GRAVEYARD
Wood Co. WV
Some Pioneer Graveyards of Wood Co. by John A. House
Winter wind temper thy icy blast.
Harm not those beneath the mound.
Summer breeze whisper softly for at last
Here asleep they wait the trumpet sound.(R. H.)
In passing over the gravelled road from Parkersburg to Belleville, after leaving the village of Lubeck, which lies on the flatlands on
the "divide" between the waters of Neal's Run and Little Sandy Creek, one goes to the head of one branch of the latter, crosses a very low gap in a white oak and hickory ridge, and comes over on to Lee Creek (South Fork - the "Broad Run" of the pioneers), just below the mouth of Woodyard's Fork, at the old Beckwith home.
Here, on a low point to the left of the road, in a little enclosure about One hundred by one hundred twenty-five feet, is the private burying ground of this family of Wood County pioneers, who settled at this spot in early pioneer days.
The farm has passed into the hands of others, strangers or descendants so far removed they seem to have lost interest in their ancestry. Though enclosed by a good fence, the cemetery is grown up with brush, briers, burrs and weeds, until one can scarcely get among the decayed and neglected tombstones.
I noted names and dates:
Barnes Beckwith, March 22nd, 1855, aged seventy-eight years,
four months. (Born August 23rd, 1776)
Betsey Beckwith, August 18th, 1826, aged thirty-nine years, 10 months
(Born July 29th, 1787).
Betsey Beckwith, September 24th, 1846, aged thirty-two years, five months
(born April 1st, 1814). (She was twelve years old when her mother died.)
Rebecca Beckwith, March 16th, 1839, aged twenty-seven years, four months
(born October 9th, 1811). (About fifteen years old when her mother
died.)
Barnes Beckwith, 1818 - 1905.
Virginia (his wife), 1820 - 1899.
Barnes Beckwith married Virginia Samuels in 1840.
L. A. Beckwith (Lewis) born 1816 - died 1896. *Lewis marked out and
Lawrence penciled in.
Mary A. (wife) born 1813 - died 1893.
They probably inherited the old homestead, as around them in the
old cemetery sleep many of their children.
Elizabeth Beckwith, 1846 - 1916.
Tapley Beckwith, 1848 - 1919.
Richard B. Beckwith, 1845, two years old.
Lewis Beckwith, 1841 - 19-- (no date) Flag. *23 penciled in after 19.
Elizabeth (wife) 1892, aged forty-three (49).
Adaline, daughter to A. N. Beckwith, died May 16th, 1890, in her
sixty-sixth year.
Philip Wigal died June 17th, 1852, in his fifty-first year.
Elizabeth Napier ("Mother") 1819 - 1905. *Gilchrist penciled in between
Elizabeth and Napier.
Infant of P. and S. Wigal, April 19th, 1815.
Otto F. Eberhardt, January 12th, 1878, aged fifty-one.
Sarah G. (his wife) August 18th, 1828 - October 16th, 1896.
Mary Smith, January 8th, 1854 - 1898.
Two children of Charles and Mary Smith. These last graves in an
outside row, away from the family burying plot.
Lewis Beckwith, who was an extensive landholder on Big Run, dying about 1815, could hardly have been of this immediate family,
nor is it shown if he were buried in Wood County. If he was a resident, his deeds would disclose the fact.
BECKWITH GRAVEYARD
Wood Co. WV
Some Pioneer Graveyards of Wood Co. by John A. House
Winter wind temper thy icy blast.
Harm not those beneath the mound.
Summer breeze whisper softly for at last
Here asleep they wait the trumpet sound.(R. H.)
In passing over the gravelled road from Parkersburg to Belleville, after leaving the village of Lubeck, which lies on the flatlands on
the "divide" between the waters of Neal's Run and Little Sandy Creek, one goes to the head of one branch of the latter, crosses a very low gap in a white oak and hickory ridge, and comes over on to Lee Creek (South Fork - the "Broad Run" of the pioneers), just below the mouth of Woodyard's Fork, at the old Beckwith home.
Here, on a low point to the left of the road, in a little enclosure about One hundred by one hundred twenty-five feet, is the private burying ground of this family of Wood County pioneers, who settled at this spot in early pioneer days.
The farm has passed into the hands of others, strangers or descendants so far removed they seem to have lost interest in their ancestry. Though enclosed by a good fence, the cemetery is grown up with brush, briers, burrs and weeds, until one can scarcely get among the decayed and neglected tombstones.
I noted names and dates:
Barnes Beckwith, March 22nd, 1855, aged seventy-eight years,
four months. (Born August 23rd, 1776)
Betsey Beckwith, August 18th, 1826, aged thirty-nine years, 10 months
(Born July 29th, 1787).
Betsey Beckwith, September 24th, 1846, aged thirty-two years, five months
(born April 1st, 1814). (She was twelve years old when her mother died.)
Rebecca Beckwith, March 16th, 1839, aged twenty-seven years, four months
(born October 9th, 1811). (About fifteen years old when her mother
died.)
Barnes Beckwith, 1818 - 1905.
Virginia (his wife), 1820 - 1899.
Barnes Beckwith married Virginia Samuels in 1840.
L. A. Beckwith (Lewis) born 1816 - died 1896. *Lewis marked out and
Lawrence penciled in.
Mary A. (wife) born 1813 - died 1893.
They probably inherited the old homestead, as around them in the
old cemetery sleep many of their children.
Elizabeth Beckwith, 1846 - 1916.
Tapley Beckwith, 1848 - 1919.
Richard B. Beckwith, 1845, two years old.
Lewis Beckwith, 1841 - 19-- (no date) Flag. *23 penciled in after 19.
Elizabeth (wife) 1892, aged forty-three (49).
Adaline, daughter to A. N. Beckwith, died May 16th, 1890, in her
sixty-sixth year.
Philip Wigal died June 17th, 1852, in his fifty-first year.
Elizabeth Napier ("Mother") 1819 - 1905. *Gilchrist penciled in between
Elizabeth and Napier.
Infant of P. and S. Wigal, April 19th, 1815.
Otto F. Eberhardt, January 12th, 1878, aged fifty-one.
Sarah G. (his wife) August 18th, 1828 - October 16th, 1896.
Mary Smith, January 8th, 1854 - 1898.
Two children of Charles and Mary Smith. These last graves in an
outside row, away from the family burying plot.
Lewis Beckwith, who was an extensive landholder on Big Run, dying about 1815, could hardly have been of this immediate family,
nor is it shown if he were buried in Wood County. If he was a resident, his deeds would disclose the fact.
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
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