“Ernie is descended from Matthew(1), Matthew(2) and then James.” ®332 “My husband's branch were shipbuilders and moved to Cornwallis Nova Scotia about 1761.  Early enough so they probably weren't actual Loyalists.  Married into a French Canadian family and they came back to Genessee Co. NY about 1800. They were early settlers of Michigan.” ®332 “My husband's grandmother was a Beckwith, but they started off in New England in the 1600s and went to Canada before coming back to the U.S. about 1800.” ®332