John Beckwith

Marmaduke married Maudlin Creed. Maudlin (daughter of Raphael "Ralph" Creed and Margaret Baker) was born in 1629 in Westbury upon Trim, Gloucester, England; died in in Surry County, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Surry Co., Virginia:
Deed Book 2, pg 88 dated 7/7/1675 has 2 deeds of gift from Grace Creed Warren, widow of Ralph Creed, and Elizabeth Hogwood d/o Ralph and Grace Creed to Maudlin Creed Beckwith's two "orphan" daughters Grace and Elizabeth Beckwith. Both are stated as underage and unmarried.


Marmaduke Beckwith (d> 1670) married Maudlin Creed, d/o Raphael and Grace Creed and had issue Elizabeth, John and Grace. Maudlin remarried Edward Oliver, he died 1676 and she then married John Warren.

Two deeds of gift 7/7/1675 DB2, pg 88 show (1.) Grace Creed Warren (Raphael's widow remarried to Edward Warren) a gift to her granddaughter and godchild Grace Beckwith of a heifer. Male increase (calves) to go to Ed Oliver (her step-father.) She is then described as an orphan, underage and unmarried. (2.) is consecutive on the same page and is an identically worded gift from Elizabeth Creed Hogwood to her neice and godchild Elizabeth Beckwith, also an orphan, underage and unmarried. In both deeds, if either girl die before marriage or of age then the gift goes to the other sister.

3/6/1687, DB 4, pg 38 in Surry shows a gift from Elizabeth Beckwith, deceased, to goddaughter Elizabeth Lucas as carried out posthumously by William Lucas. This William is husband of Grace Beckwith.
So... Grace Beckwith is underage and unmarried in 1675, and married to William Lucas with a child named Elizabeth Lucas in 1687. Other children are documented as William, Charles, Hannah, Ann and Grace.

Other Events:

• Name: Raiph
• Name: Raphael

Notes:

Ralph, Raiph or Raphael Creed was an early settler of Surry County, Virginia. He is first mentioned in 1655 as a ship's carpenter of the "York" (Lower Norfolk County Aniquary, VI, 82). His first appearance in the records of Surry County was on May 3, 1658, when Joseph Whitmell mortageged his crop to him (Surry County record, Wills & Deed 1645-71, p. 117). On May 30, 1659 he deeded to Thomas Chivers 1,1oo odd acres of land, lately in the posession of Richard Hill, which had been sold to Creed by Col. George Jordan (id., p. 151). As Raiph Creed, carpenter, he was deeded 150 acres by Thomas Flood August 27, 1661 (id., p. 172), and at his death, this prperty passed to his son, William Creed, who dying without issue, it descended to a daguhter, Mary Creed, "according to the will of her father, Raphael Creed", and was sold by Mary and her husband, David Andrews, Jr., to William Edwards, January 6, 1690/91 (Surry County records, Willds and Deeds 1687-94, p. 195).
Thomas Wall made a mortage of his property to Ralph Creed February 7, 1663/64, died soon afterwards, and his son, Thomas Wall Jr., bound himself apprentice to Ralph Creed, carpenter, September 6, 1664 (Surry County records, Willds and Deeds 1645-71, p. 230 and 244). Ralph Creed is shown as a resident of Southwark Parish, Surry County, with two tithables in his family, on June 10, 1668 (id., p. 316), and died between that time and September 2, 1668, when there is s record of a list of "Debts demanded form the estate of Raphaell Creed" (id. p. 311). A sale of goods from the estate made by the widow Creed, October 15, 1668, records sales amounting to 7,781 lbs. of tobacco and indcludes among other items "the printed Laws of Virginia & a good Sermon book and "i salmebook" (id., p. 317). The widow Grace Creed, married second, Edward Warren, who had previously been married to Mrs. Aycle (Croxon) CarterParke, widow successively of William Carter and Capt. Giles Parke. Mrs Grace Creed Warren died probably early in 1676, as her son-in-law Francis Hogwood, acknowledged receipt of the estat of Mary Creed from Edward Warren March 29, 1676 (Surry County records, Wills and Deeds 1671-84, p. 115). Edward Warren's will, dated April 15, 1676, and probated May 2, 1676, states that hw wishes to be buried "by my loing wife Grace Creede," and leaves his property to his son-in-law (step-son), William Creed and his four daughters-in-law (step-daughters), mentioning by name Johney (Joane?) and Mary Creede (id., p. 114). The five children of Raphael and Grace Creed were; 1) Elizabeth Creed, who married Francis Hogwood and had issue, Richard, William, George and Frances Hogwood; 2) Maudlin Creed who married first, Marmaduke Beckwith (d. 1670), second, Edward Oliver (1649-1676), and third 1676, John Warren, and had at least two Beckwith daugherts, Elizabeth and Grace; 3) Johney (Joane?) Creed married probably Noah Barefoot; 4) Mary Creed married first 1678, John Flood; second 1679, David Andrews Jr.; and 5) William Creed, d.s.p. 1688, leaving his property to David Andrews and Noah Barefoot.
It appears highly probable that the Raphael Creed (named as a son in the will of Edward Creed, of Shirehampton, Gloucester, and as a grandson in the will of Rapael Creed, of the parish of Westbury, upon Trim, Gloucester) is identical with Ralph or Raphael Creed of Surry County. Joan Creed, mentioned in the wills as wife of Peter Redman, may offer the clue to the English origin of another early Virginia settler, namely John Redman of Westmoreland County (1623-73), whose first son was named Peter.
Source: B. C. Holtzclaw, English Wills and Will Abstracts: Virginia Gleanings in England.

Raphael married Margaret Baker on 4 Feb 1632 in Henbury, Gloucester, England. Margaret was born in 1615 in Shirehampton, Gloucestershire, England; died before 29 Mar 1676 in Surry, Surry, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The widow Grace Creed, married second, Edward Warren.

Two deeds (Surry Co., VA) of gift 7/7/1675 DB2, pg 88 show (1.) Grace Creed Warren (Raphael's widow remarried to Edward Warren)a gift to her granddaughter and godchild Grace Beckwith of a heifer. Male increase (calves) to go to Ed Oliver (her step-father.) She is then described as an orphan, underage and unmarried. (2.) is consecutive on the same page and is an identically worded gift from Elizabeth Creed Hogwood to her niece and godchild Elizabeth Beckwith, also an orphan, underage and unmarried. In both deeds, if either girl die before marriage or of age then the gift goes to the other sister.

Some sources have Margaret with last name Grace, some have first name Grace "the widow Grace Creed". Facts:
There were two wives, as Raphaell Creed married first Margret Baker Feb 4, 1632 in Henbury, Gloucester. They had John, Joane, Thomas and Mary.
The book Jamestown, Southern Virginia Counties, Northampton County, North Carolina, Then Westward has widower Francis Hogwood married second Grace Flood. She may have been the mother of Elizabeth, Maudlin and William.

Notes:

His wife was Elinor.