William Beckwith was born on 26 March 1812, in Ohio, United States. He married Phoebe Critchfield on 6 January 1833, in Knox, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Indiana, United States in 1870 and Waymansville, Jackson Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 20 July 1888, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mount Healthy Cemetery, Mount Healthy, Jackson Township, Bartholomew, Indiana, United States.
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.
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