Francis Willoughby

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Francis Willoughby, merchant, lived both in England and New England. He returned to England in 1640, where he married his second wife, Susan Taylor. He returned again in 1651 and remained until 1662, serving as Commissioner of the Navy at Portsmouth for eight years; he wed his third wife, Margaret, circa 1659. Francis, Deputy-Governor of Massachusetts, was admitted an inhabitant of Charleston August 22, 1638."


There is discrepency over the name of his first wife and the names of the children born of this first marriage. His third wife apparently was Margaret Locke and the third child of this marriage, Susannah, was born in MA in 1664. He was a shipwright in Wappingwall, England in 1635 and must have immigrated to MA about 1640. He "bound himself to pay 400 pounds to Thomas Bragne, his brother-in-law, and William Webb of London, in trust as a provision for his third wife, Margaret (Locke) Willoughby. He became a Commisioner of the Royal Navy, a selectman, deputy, magistrate 1650-1654 and then Deputy Governor of Massachusetts 1665-67 and 1668-70.

A book called "The Dayly Observation of an Impassioned Puritan"; a seventeenth century shorthand diary is attributed to Deputy Governor Francis Willoughby of Massachusetts by Francis Sypher in 1981.
It has 17 pages.

From Family Histories and Genealogies by Salisbury, 1892
"Francis Willoughby was admitted an inhabitant of the town of Charlestown, in New England, August 22, 1638. According to the town records his property at the time consisted of one parcel of ground, with a house upon it situated to the south of the Mill Hill, facing north upon Elbow or Crooked Lane (afterwards Bow Street), with the Charles River to the south, another lane on the east, and the garden-plots of Tho. Brigden and Ab. Pratt on the west. Beyond these latter was the land of Ed. Johnson, the western boundary of which was Hayles Lane. He had also commons for one milch-cow, bought of Peter Garland; two lots of arable land, of two and four acres, along the south side of Mystick River; five acres of woodland in Mystick Field, and some twenty acres of land in Waterfield. The next year he bought of Sarah widow of Tho. Ewer a house and garden-plot, in the Middle Tow, with the Market Place (or Square) to the south and west; Dock Lane (or Water Lane) to the south-east and land of Increase Nowell to north-east. In 1640 some 'remote land' as it was styled, was set off from Charlestown and known as Charlestown Village, to be incorporated in 1642 under the name of Woburn. Some 3000 acres of this tract, called the 'land of Nod,' afterwards part of Wilmington, had been granted at an early period to different individuals, Francis Willoughby, having 300 acres, which he subsequently increased by purchase of 1150 acres more, which had been granted to Capt. Naler and Capt. John Allen.

Francis married Sarah Taylor in 1638. Sarah was born in 1616 in Wapping, Middlesex, England; died on 9 Sep 1677 in Charlestown, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Samuel Canfield in 1669 in Milford, New Haven County, Connecticut. Samuel (son of Matthew Canfield and Sarah Treat) was born on 19 Oct 1645 in New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut; died on 19 Nov 1690 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jedediah married Lydia Kellum in 1719 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Lydia (daughter of Theophilus Kellum and Lydia) was born in 1698 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died in 1783 in Bedford, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abraham married Rachel Ketchum on 27 Jan 1748 in Bedford, Westchester County, New York. Rachel (daughter of Benjamin Ketchum and Rose Wescott) was born on 29 Aug 1727 in Bedford, Westchester County, New York; died on 10 Jan 1813 in Bedford, Westchester County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Esther married John Carmichael in 1766 in Bedford, Westchester County, New York. John (son of William Carmichael and Martha) was born on 5 May 1740 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 6 Nov 1806 in Sand Lake, Rensselaer County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Esther married Thomas Clark in 1801. Thomas was born on 11 Apr 1773 in New York; died on 4 Mar 1849 in Greenwich, Washington County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Esther married Franklin Coleman Beckwith on 22 Oct 1837. Franklin (son of Jedediah Beckwith and Huldah Kingsley) was born on 2 Jul 1817 in Schuylerville, Saratoga County, New York; died on 8 Feb 1875 in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey; was buried in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Beckwith, Charles D., p. o. Chatham Center, N. Y., was born in Stillwater, N. Y., October 22, 1838. His father was Franklyn C. Beckwith, who spent the early part of his life in connection with railroads and afterwards engaged in the manufacture of iron in Paterson, N. J. His wife was Esther Ann Clarke, and their children were Charles D., Joseph A., and Julia Frances Beckwith. Mr. Beckwith died in 1875. Charles D. Beckwith attended the district schools and New Haven Military School. After leaving school he engaged with his father in the iron business. He was a prominent man in Paterson, serving two terms as mayor of the city, and one term as member of the Fifty-first Congress. He is a member of Columbia Lodge Xo. 98, F. & A. M., is a Knight Templar, and a member of the Royal Arcanum. He was married to Frances C. Jaqua, daughter of Sherman Jaqua. of Connecticut. Their children are Charles E., Fanny J., George A., Claude S., Marion C. and Florence C.
(COLUMBIA COUNTY AT THE END OF THE CENTURY, Volume II, 1900)

(WIKIPEDIA)
Charles D. Beckwith (October 22, 1838, near Coveville, Saratoga County, New York - March 27, 1921, Chatham Center, New York) was an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who represented the 5th congressional district from 1889 to 1891.

Beckwith was born near Coveville, New York (in Sartoga County) on October 22, 1838; attended private schools in Troy, New York, Philadelphia, Worcester, Massachusetts, and a military institution in New Haven, Connecticut. He moved to Paterson, New Jersey in 1860 and engaged in the manufacture of iron. He was member of the board of aldermen in 1882, and mayor of Paterson from 1885-1889.

He was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress, serving in office from March 4, 1889-March 3, 1891, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1890 to the Fifty-second Congress.

After leaving Congress, he resumed manufacturing pursuits. He returned to the State of New York and settled on a farm in the town of Chatham in Columbia County, New York in 1897 and engaged in the management of his farm until his death near Chatham Center on March 27, 1921. He was interred in Chatham Center Rural Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Frances C. Jaqua. Frances (daughter of Sherman Jaqua and Mary Bunce) was born in 1840 in Connecticut; died in 1911 in Chatham, Columbia County, New York; was buried in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Cornelia Bebee on 2 Jun 1859. Cornelia was born on 1 Apr 1839 in Connecticut; died on 11 Oct 1886 in Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey; was buried in Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]