Abel Beckwith

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: From John Huntley of Lyme Connecticut, Ivy Huntley Horn, 1953, Page 35, 7 Jan 1772, Marlow, Cheshire, New Hampshire. The Township of Marlow, about ten miles north of Keene, N, H. was granted Oct, 7, 1761 to William Noyse and sixty three others. The grantees were residents of Connecticut, principally in the vicinity of Lyme and Colchester, January 7, 1772 Nathan Huntley and Eber Lewis, selectmen of the town gave the list of heads of families and single men living in the town.

Heads of Families.
Jasper Huntley, Silvanus Beckwith,
Loas Huntley, widow, Abel Beckwith,
Elisha Mack, - Joseph Huntley
Fber Lewis (wife Jemima Huntley) Soloman Gee,
Richard Otisfwife Eunice Huntley) Neheniah Royce.
Silvanus Huntley, Abisha Tubbs.
Nathan Huntley, Titus Church,
Samuel Canfield, Ephraim Brockway,
John custin, Soloman Mack.
Abner Bingham, Aseph Mather.
Samuel Gustin, Joseph Tubbs,
Ruel Royce, C John Noyse Mather,
Jonathan Royce, Martin Wade.
Nicodemus Miller, (wife Phebe Huntley)

( Solomon and Elisha Mack were sons of Ebenezer and Hannah (Huntley)
( Solomon Gee was son of Solomon and Deborah ( Huntley) Gee.)

Single Men
Ruphus Huntley, Asa Huntley,
Isaiah Huntley, Thomas Gustin.
Nathan Huntley, Phedrach Tubbs,
Josiah Gustin, Simon Church.

Abel married Lucy Calkins, daughter of Stephen Calkins and Unknown, on 23 Mar 1759 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut. (Lucy Calkins was born on 6 Aug 1723 in Norwich, Connecticut and died in Dec 1798 in Lyme, Connecticut.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: From Vital Records of Lyme, Connecticut by Barbour, 23 Mar 1759, Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Abel m. Lucy DeWolf, wid. of Simon, b.of Lyme, Mar. 23, 1759. by John Lay, 3d J.P. Volume 1, Page 108.