When Desire Beckwith was born on 22 October 1784, in Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Edward Beckwith Jr, was 25 and her mother, Eunice Dart, was 21. She married Bennet Edson on 27 February 1800, in Greenfield, Greenfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 15 June 1817, in her hometown, at the age of 32, and was buried in Village Cemetery, Charlemont, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.
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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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