Name from entry of son, John, in the Australian Royalty website, found in November 2023.

Year and place of birth, immigration details, year and place of death, from Australian Royalty website, found in November 2023:
https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccor...0428/Richard-Beckett
Name: Richard Beckett
Birth: about 1807, Upwell, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Immigration: March 1849 (aged 42 years), Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Immigration Text: Assisted immigrants who arrived in NSW aboard the ship St Vincent in Mar 1849:
- Beckett, Richard, 42, farm labourer, native place Upwall, Cambridge England, son of Richard and Frances, mother living in Upwall Cambridge, Church of England, could read and write
- Beckett, Anne, 42, farm servant, a native of Parsondrove Cambridge England, daughter of James and Anne Hill, both dead, Church of England, could not read or write
- Beckett, Susan, 20, housemaid, native place, Parsondrove, Cambridge, Church of England, could not read or write
- Beckett, John, 16, farm labourer, native place Parsondrove Cambridge, Church of England, could not read or write
Marriage: To Anne Hill
Death: 1897 (aged 90 years), Narrandera, Riverina, New South Wales, Australia