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Descendants of Bede BECKETT

Generation No. 2


2. PETER2 BECKETT (BEDE1) (Source: 1800 census.) was born Bef. 1770 (Source: Adult at the time of Bede's probate administration.). He married BETTY DRIGGERS (Source: Marriage record.) 27 Nov 1788 in Sussex Co., Delaware.

Notes for PETER BECKETT:
CAUTION: It is not proved that Perry Becketts is the son of Peter Beckett. It seems highly likely, due to the date and location of Peter's marriage (1788) compared to when Perry began to have children (ca. 1810). They might be brothers rather than father-and-son.

CAUTION: Paul Heinegg's material lists Peter as the son of Peter Beckett, a "Negro slave", and a white servant woman named Sarah Dawson. Source of information unknown.

Tax records list Peter in Nanticoke 100, Sussex, in 1791 and 1795 and in Little Creek 100, Sussex, in 1796 (Heinegg).

1800 DE Sussex Nanticoke 100 pp341-342st
Free Negroes are listed separately from white families with the number in the household. They include Peter Beckett Negro (3), John Mosley Mutt'o (8), John Harmon (4), [continued on next page] Benj'n Sammons (4), Solomon Sammons (5), Wm. Purkins (6), and John Herman (5).
1810 DE Sussex Nanticoke 100 - free colored listings, not distinguishing gender or age
p361wr b363st: Wm Perkins (7), Isiah Wright (4), John Dean (white), Benj. Salman (11), Jas Perkins (8), Peter Perkins (8), Jethro Harmon (7)
At top of next page (p362wr p364st): Sol. Salman (3), Peter Beckets (2)
There are several familiar surnames on these pages that are white: Francis Salman, Isaac Outten, [illeg] Jackson, two Job Prides, Jno Dean.

If Peter (or his family) was from Accomack Co., VA, he may be the over-45 Peter living there in 1820 and 1830, but not listed earlier. (No Delaware probate has been found, though there are probates for father Bede, son Perry, and grandson Greensbury.)

Marriage Notes for PETER BECKETT and BETTY DRIGGERS:
Listed in records of the United Presbyterian Churchs of Lewes, Indian River, and Cool Spring, Delaware 1756-1855, p. 302.
     
Child of PETER BECKETT and BETTY DRIGGERS is:
3. i.   PERRY3 BECKETTS, b. Bet. 1776 - 1794, Relationship to parents not yet proven; d. Bef. Apr 1840, Appoquinomink 100, New Castle Co., Delaware.


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