Stephen Beckwith Explained

Stephen Beckwith
Birth Date:1623
Birth Place:England[1]
Occupation:planter

Stephen Beckwith (born 1623) was a founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut. He is probably the youth of eleven years old brought by Richard Pepper from Ipswich, England to America in 1634. He was at Hartford in 1649, and moved to Norwalk prior to 1655. He sold his farm to Richard Homes in March 1663. He was still living in Norwalk as late as 1687.[2]

He is listed on the Founders Stone bearing the names of the founders of Norwalk in the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA69 An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk
  2. The Beckwiths