When Levi Beckwith was born in 1813, in New York, United States, his father, Levi Beckwith, was 34 and his mother, Electa Stratton Beckwith, was 28. He married Caroline Wiley on 31 January 1832, in Coshocton, Coshocton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Richland Township, Defiance, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Clay Township, Jones, Iowa, United States for about 25 years. He died on 19 April 1888, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Onslow, Jones, Iowa, United States.
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With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
English: habitational name from a place in Yorkshire named Beckwith, from Old English bēce ‘beech’ + Old Norse vithr ‘wood’ (replacing the cognate Old English wudu).
History: Most if not all present-day bearers of the surname are probably descended from William Beckwith who held the manor of Beckwith in 1364.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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