Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

Abt 1680 -

Name Margaret Beckwith

Relationship with Marion Murdoch Johnson

Gender Female

Birth Abt Feb 1680

Baptism 28 Feb 1680 St Mary, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England [1]

Siblings 1 brother

>	1. Margaret Beckwith b. Abt Feb 1680 ▻ John Lonsdale, of Masham, m. 13 Nov 1698
	2. Thomas Beckwith b. Abt Jun 1685, Nutwith Cote, Yorkshire North Riding, England

Last Modified 26 Aug 2021

Father	Michael Beckwith, of Roomer b. Abt Oct 1643 d. Abt Oct 1694, Roomer, Yorkshire North Riding, England (Age ~ 51 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Milner b. Between 1643 and 1663 d. Jan 1687, Nutwith Cote, Yorkshire North Riding, England (Age ~ 44 years)
Marriage	1 Jun 1679	St Mary, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England [2]

Husband John Lonsdale, of Masham
b. Between 1670 and 1680
d. 18 Feb 1703, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England (Age ~ 33 years)

Marriage 13 Nov 1698 St Mary, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England [3, 4]

Age at Marriage Margaret was 18 years old - John was ~ 28 years old.

Children

1. John Lonsdale, of Masham
b. Abt Oct 1701
d. 1784, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England, Kingdom of Great Britain

(Age ~ 82 years)

Last Modified 21 Feb 2020

Notes

Early Life
According to Fisher¹, Margaret Beckwith was the daughter of Michael Beckwith of Nutwith Cote, near Masham, a tailor. Nutwith Cote doesn't appear to exist any more, but can be seen on old maps (like this one and this one and perhaps clearest of all, this one) and appears to have been a hamlet settled around this present day set of buildings south out of Masham and just across the Ure river from Aldburgh. Indeed, using Google Street View it's just about possible to make out a present day signpost that, with some good will, reads Nutwith Cote.

A baptismal record for a Margaret Beckwith, daughter of Michael Beckwith and whose abode is marked as Roomer is available on FreeReg²; Roomer is visible on the same old maps linked above and lies just to the west of Nutwith Cote, along what is now called Roomer Lane.

Death
I've not found any burial records for Margaret Lonsdale (her married name).

Footnotes
[1] The History and Antiquities of Masham and Mashamshire, John Fisher, London (1865); Lonsdale of Masham, p306-307
[2] https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58189e88e93790eca37cd334/margritt-beckwith-baptism-yorkshire-north-riding-masham-1680-02-28?locale=en

Event Map

	Baptism - 28 Feb 1680 - St Mary, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England
	Marriage - 13 Nov 1698 - St Mary, Masham, Harrogate, Yorkshire North Riding, England

Histories
The Beckwiths of Masham
Trying to assemble a coherent pedigree for the Beckwiths of Nutwith Coat and the Beckwiths of Lamb Hill.