Welcome to my BECK family page. I am descended from Johan Hendrick (1692-1766) and Anna Maria Beck who came from Germany in 1740 on the ship "Lydia". Along with them were a Johannes Wilhelm and Johan Jacob Beck, presumably their sons. They settled in Northampton Co, PA; my branches of the family ended up in Westmoreland Co, PA, Holmes Co, OH, and Clinton Co, MI. Note that another Northampton Co. Beck family was descended from Johan George, who came over in 1752 on the ship "Richard and Mary" in 1752 according to this post on the Beck mailing list - I don't know how or if they're related. If you have any problems accessing anything, or any additions/corrections, let me know at [email protected]. Happy hunting!

Contents of this page:

• A list of my Beck ancestors and their spouses
• A timeline of my Beck ancestors and their spouses
• My Beck Descendants List (warning: big file! (120k)) with living persons info deleted per my privacy policy.
• A nice write-up from the Beck list about the problems researching Johan Hendrick's family.
• A transcription of "The Beck Family in America" by William M. Beck, 1940 as posted to the BECK-L Rootsweb list by list owner Tom Nagy (you can also get it by searching the 1998 archives as shown below for "chapter"). Another big file (70k).
• The trouble my g6gf William Beck got into during the Revolutionary War.
• Articles on the Beck family and mill in Holmes County, OH:
• A picture of Beck's Mills from the 1875 Holmes Co, OH atlas.
• An excerpt from "The Silent Streams" by Harry Logsdon, 1950? which had a picture of Beck's mill.
• Undated newspaper article by W.E. Farver
• Excerpt from "History of Villages - People - Places in Eastern Holmes County" by Clarence Troyer, 1975 which had a different picture of the mill and an aerial picture of Beck's Mills (I don't believe the caption that it was in 1846 since aerial photography didn't exist then).
• Article from the 1/21/1988 "Holmes County Farmer-Hub" by Lucille Lowe
  which had a different aerial picture of Beck's Mills before 1940
• Pictures of the Beck's Mills store and a greenhouse sign from 1990 (hope they've fixed the letter on the store...)
• My g4gf Michael Beck's will.
• Some biographical information on my g2gf John Beck and pictures of him and his wife, my g2gm Mary Jane Aultman
• Some biographical information on my great-grandfather Frank Beck
  who founded Uncle John's Cider Mill in Clinton Co, MI.
• Biographical sketch and obituary of my grandmother Dorothy Beck
  and her Christmas 1933 wedding and WWII memories.
• Gravestone pictures:
  • (Possibly) my g6-grandparents, Johan William Beck, and Anna Eva (Eshbach) Beck, Petersville, Northampton Co, PA. The dates on both stones match theirs.
  • My g5-grandparents, Leonard & Susanna (Dieter) Beck, Seanor's Cem., Westmoreland Co, PA
  • My g4-grandparents, Michael Beck, New Bedford (Zion) Cem., Coshocton Co, OH
    (the location of the grave of his wife Catherine (Long) is unknown).
  • My g3-grandparents, Daniel & Sarah (Fair) Beck, Farmerstown Mennonite Cem, Holmes Co, OH
  • My g2-grandparents, John & Mary Jane (Aultman) Beck, Eureka Cem., Eureka, MI
  • My great-grandparents, Frank & Edna (Crom) Beck, Eureka Cem., Eureka, MI
  • My grandparents, Almond B & Dorothy Marie (Beck) Cressman, Mt. Rest Cem., St. Johns, MI
• Subscribe to the Rootsweb Beck mailing list. If that link doesn't work for you, send e-mail to [email protected] and type "subscribe" only in the subject and body of your message.
• To just search the Rootsweb Beck mailing list, go here. Suggest you search for specific locations or related surnames...
• Other Beck links:
  • Johan Hendrick's Ancestral File
  • Johan Hendrick's World Connect Files: #1 and #2
  • Boring family site, with many Beck names; you can start with my g4gf Michael and work backwards...
  • The Surnameweb Beck page
  • The Genforum Beck page

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