James Alvin Beckwith

He was a sea captain and he married Mary Ellen McKeon, who was 25 years his junior at 15 years old. There was such Anti-Irish sentiment in Waterford, Connecticut, that they moved to Lynn, Massachusetts.

1850 US Census shows:

1850 United States Federal Census about Lydia Beckwith

• Name: Lydia Beckwith
• Age: 48
• Birth Year: abt 1802
• Birthplace: Connecticut
• Home in 1850: Lyme, New London, Connecticut
• Gender: Female
• Family Number: 495
• Household Members:
• Name Age
• Ruel Beckwith 66
• Lydia Beckwith 48
• Charles H Beckwith 21
• Alphens N Beckwith 14
• Julia A Beckwith 11
• Alvin A Beckwith 23
• Lydia Bougne 78

1880 US Census - Massachusetts - Essex - Lynn - District 218

• Beckwith James A. White Male 53 abt 1827 Self (Head) Married Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut ( worked at 'Morocco (Leather) Factory' )
• Beckwith Ellen White Female 35 abt 1845 Wife Married Ireland Ireland Ireland
• Beckwith Theodore R. White Male 12 abt 1868 Son Single Connecticut Connecticut Ireland
• Beckwith Alvin B. White Male 8 abt 1872 Son Single Massachusetts Connecticut Ireland
• Beckwith Samuel H. White Male 6 abt 1874 Son Single Massachusetts Connecticut Ireland
• Sullivan Mary E. White Female 6 abt 1874 Single Massachusetts add Ireland

Other related family: (1860, 1870, 1880 US Census) 1880 United States Federal Census about Alvin A. Beckwith*

• Name: Alvin A. Beckwith
• Age: 53
• Birth Year: abt 1827
• Birthplace: Connecticut
• Home in 1880: Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire
• Race: White
• Gender: Male
• Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
• Marital status: Married
• Spouse's Name: Nancy A. Beckwith
• Father's Birthplace: Connecticut
• Mother's Birthplace: Connecticut
• Neighbors: View others on page
• Occupation: Blacksmith
• Household Members:
• Name Age
• Alvin A. Beckwith 53
• Nancy A. Beckwith 50
• Charles E. Beckwith 25

Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 about James A Beckwith

• Name: James A Beckwith
• Gender: Male
• Birth Date: abt 1825
• Birth Place: Conn
• Death Date: 8 Nov 1898
• Death Place: Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
• Age at Death: 73
• Father: Edgston McKeon
• Mother: Mary E McKeon

Daughter Ida's 1916 Mass death record has James born Hartford, Conn.