Matthew Beckwith
- Born: 1637, Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, British American Colonies 417
- Marriage: Elizabeth Griswold 1431
- Died: 14 Jun 1727, Lyme, New London, Conneticut, British American Colonies at age 90 417,582,1431
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 1431
Mathew Beckwith, son of Mathew Beckwith, was born about 1645 and m. 1st Elizabeth _____ and 2nd, 1689, Elizabeth Griswold, divorced with of John Rogers, the Quaker, and widow of Peter Platt who d. 24 March 1685. Mathew was a resident of Lyme, CT. His children were baptized at Guilford and New London CT. is will was written 1715, proved 1727 and he died, at Lyme 14 June 1727. He seems to have m. 3rd, Sarah ______.
He and his second wife, Elizabeth Griswold had a daughter, Griswold Beckwith, b. 1691; m. Eliakem Cooly.
~The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol II, pp. 456-457
Matthew married Elizabeth Griswold, daughter of Matthew Griswold and Anna Wolcott. (Elizabeth Griswold was born in 1652 in Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, British American Colonies,539 died on 27 Jul 1727 in Lyme, New London, Conneticut, British American Colonies 539 and was buried in East Lyme, New London, Connecticut.)
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