Nathan Beckwith Jr.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence: From History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties California, Volume 2, 1917, By Charles Montville Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Page 734, Abt 1813, Indiana. Nathan Beckwith, Sr. was one of the early settlers of Oswego County, New York. Three of the Beckwith family had previously shouldered arms and taken an active part on the American side in the War of 1812. Nathan Beckwith, Jr., was born in 1798 and for many years made his home in New York State. In the early years of the century he went out to Indiana, which was then on the western frontier, and acquired considerable land there. He did not remain to cultivate and develop it, but spent his last years in Ontario County, New York, where his death occurred at the age of sixty-five. He married Phoebe Granger, who was born in Ontario County in 1808, her father Elihu Granger having moved to Western New York from New Jersey.

• Military Service: From Family Search org, 22 Jan 1813. Nathan Beckwith
United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army
Name: Nathan Beckwith
Event Type: Military Service
Event Date: 22 Jan 1813
Event Place: , , , United States
Age: 15
Birth Year (Estimated): 1798
Volume Number: 003
Page: 151
Line Number: 5477 , Affiliate Publication Title: Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914 , Affiliate Publication Number: M233 , Affiliate Film Number: 2 , GS Film Number: 350308 , Digital Folder Number: 004032437 , Image Number: 00160

• Residence: From Land Records, 1814, Phelps, Ontario, New York. Note: Some or all of the listings below may be for a different Nathaniel Beckwith as Nathan Beckwith Jr. was in the Army until June 1815.

Land Purchases by Nathaniel Beckwith

1814 Nathaniel Beckwith from John Russell
1816 Nathaniel Beckwith from William Cuyler
1817 Nathaniel Beckwith from John Russell
1817 Nathaniel Beckwith from Hubbard Hall
1818 Nathaniel Beckwith from Margaret Smith
1819 Nathaniel Beckwith from George Beckwith
1822 Nathaniel Beckwith from George Beckwith
1828 Nathaniel Beckwith from Nathaniel Shepard

Land Sales by Nathaniel Beckwith

1818 George Beckwith from Nathaniel Beckwith
1819 George Beckwith from Nathaniel Beckwith
1829 James Snow from Nathaniel Beckwith

• Residence: From Oswego Land Records search, he purchased land from Coleman I. and Milecent Keeler, 1815, Manlius, Onondaga, New York. Year 1815
Grantor(s) Coleman I Keeler, Millecent Keeler
Comm.
Grantee(s) Nathan Beckwith
Comm.
Book A
Page 161
Film Reference FHL US/CAN 1012256

Note: He purchased this land with his brother, Appleton

• Residence: From Ontario New York Court Records, 1823, Ontario, New York. Nineteenth Century Court Records
Copyright: Ontario County
1823 Common Pleas Nathaniel Beckwith vs. James Seely

• Land: From Oswego County Land Records, http://www.ellsworthfamily.net/oswego-deed-index/search.php, 1828, Oswego, New York. Sold land to William Hawley.

Film Reference: FHL US/CAN 1012259, Book G, Page 323.

• Residence: From 1830 Census, 1830, Oswego Town, Oswego, New York. Two males under five years of age, Appleton and Addison
One male of five and less than ten years of age, Augustus
One male of 20 and less than 30 years of age, Unknown
One male of 30 and less than 40 years of age, Nathan
One female of 15 and less than 20 years of age, Unknown (Caroline?)
One female of 20 and less than 30 years of age, Phoebe

• Residence: From History of Steuben County, Indiana, Inter-State Publishing Company, 1885, Page 632, Abt 1836, Scott Township, Steuben, Indiana. CHAPTER XVII.

SCOTT TOWNSHIP.

The first settlers in the township were Elder Silas Headley and Daniel Hill, who came in 1836, the last named building the first house in Scott Township. Soon after came John Wheland, Nathan Beckwith, L. Warden, Peter Wolf, Daniel Headley, Peter Magers, David Phenicie, Justin Wait, Orlando Pattee, Chester Wright, Philip B. Lobdell, Oliver Arnold, D. H. Sutton, Francis Ewing, Koswell Sutton, David Sutton and A. W. Woodworth.

• Land: Indiana Land Records, 18 Jul 1836, Fort Wayne, Indiana. There were four different records filed by Nathan Beckwith on the same day but it appears two are duplicates of the other two. Indiana was surveyed and divided into townships six miles wide and six miles high. The latatude and longitude defines the corner of each township. Each township is divided into 36 sections, one square mile in area. The section numbers start at the top left corner. The land obtained by Nathan Beckwith Jr is within the two blue squares (Sections 7 and 8) on the map.
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Last Name Beckwith
First Name Nathan
Middle Name
Town/County Oswego
State NY
Date 1836/07/18
Land Office Fort Wayne
Lot E NW
Section 8
Township 37N
Range 14E
Acres 80
Receipt
Warrant
Reference Number LAND0004819
Image

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Last Name Beckwith
First Name Nathan
Middle Name
Town/County
State
Date 1836/07/18
Land Office Fort Wayne
Lot NE
Section 7
Township 37N
Range 14E
Acres 160
Receipt 012388
Warrant
Reference Number LAND0004820
Image
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Last Name Beckwith
First Name Nathan Jr.
Middle Name
Town/County Oswego
State NY
Date 1836/07/18
Land Office Fort Wayne
Lot NE
Section 7
Township 37N
Range 14E
Acres 160
Receipt
Warrant
Reference Number LAND0004821
Image
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ast Name Beckwith, Jr.
First Name Nathan
Middle Name
Town/County
State
Date 1836/07/18
Land Office Fort Wayne
Lot E NW
Section 8
Township 37N
Range 14E
Acres 80
Receipt 012787
Warrant
Reference Number LAND0004822
Image

• Land Patent: Number 12387: Steuben, Indiana.

• Land Patent: Number 12388: Steuben, Indiana.

• Occupation: Cooper, 1850, Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin. From 1850 Census.

Francis P Beckwith
United States Census, 1850
Name: Francis P Beckwith
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1850
Event Place: Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1846
Birthplace: Wisconsin
House Number: 155
Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
N Beckwith M 50 New York
Caroline Beckwith F 36 New York
Francis P Beckwith M 4 Wisconsin
Household ID: 163 , Line Number: 34 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 1009 , GS Film Number: 444996 , Digital Folder Number: 004206495 , Image Number: 00490

Note: It is very possible that this is a different Nathan Beckwith as he already had one son named Francis. Also, this is inconsistent with family information published in the History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties California, Volume 2, 1917, By Charles Montville Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Page 734.

• Residence: From Census, 1860, Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio. Living with him is Frances, age 14, female, born in Wisconsin.

His sister, Emily Beach, is living next door.

Note: This may be a different Nathan Beckwith. Also, this is inconsistent with family information published in the History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties California, Volume 2, 1917, By Charles Montville Gidney, Benjamin Brooks, Edwin M. Sheridan, Page 734.

• Occupation: Cooper, 1860, Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio. From Census

Nathan married Phoebe Granger, daughter of Elihu Granger and Apame, about 1829. (Phoebe Granger was born in 1808 in Ontario, New York and died on 15 Dec 1867 in Howard, Cass, Michigan.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Banns. Nathan sold land to William Hawley in 1829 and only he is listed.

In 1831, Nathan and Phebe sold land to Nathan's brother, Edgar.

Nathan next married Caroline Sayers. (Caroline Sayers was born in 1814 in New York.)