“Ernie is descended from Matthew, Matthew and then James.”555 “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.”555 “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.”555