Beckwith Andrew (heirs of) -- 486 Aylesford 30 August, 1783
Beckwith Benjamin -- 470 Aylesford 30 August, 1783
Beckwith Benjamin 1.5 750 Horton 28 October, 1779
Beckwith Benjamin, et al 10 5,000 Horton 8 April, 1768
Beckwith Benjamin, Jr 0.5 250 Horton 29 May, 1761
Beckwith John 1 667 Cornwallis 21 July, 1761
Beckwith John, Jr 0.5 333 Cornwallis 21 July, 1761
Beckwith Samuel 1.5 1,000 Cornwallis 31, 1764
141BECKWITH English: habitation name from a place in W. Yorkshire, so called from OE bece BEECH + ON vior WOOD (replacing the cogn. OE widu, wudu.
Most, if not all present-day bearers of the surname are probably descended from a certain William Beckwith who held the manor of Beckwith in 1364. In the U.S. the name also occurs in the elaborate form, de la Beckwith.
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