Beck, Edward Sr.

  General Notes:

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Name: Edward Beck
Spouse: Sarah Buckman
Parents: John Beck,
Birth Place: Kent Co, MD
Birth Date: 19 November 1684
Marriage Date: 1708
Death Place: Bucks Co, PA
Death Date: 16 February 1736
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ROBATE:
Name of Testator: Edward BECK (Sr.) Date: December 5(?), 1736
Residence: Solebury township, Bucks Co., PA

Description of Testator: Yeoman

Bequests & Devises: "all my land and meadows to be equally divided between
my two sons Edward & JeffryÉto my wife a good and honorable maintenance
during her widowhood. I likewise give to my five daughters every one five
pounds. Viz.: to my daughter Mary five pounds at twelve months after my
decease and to JaneÉfive pounds the next year and the third year five pounds
to RachelÉTo Susanna five pounds the fourth, and the fifth year after my
death the fifth and Last five pounds to be paid to my youngest Daughter
Ellen. Appointing my wife Sarah the Sole executrix of this my last will"

Miscellaneous Information: Inventory exhibited February 16, 1736/37.
Appraised by Joseph FELL and Amor PRESTON. Administration Bond on February
8, 1736 by Sarah BECK (Widow) and William SATTERTHWAITE, Yeoman both of
Solebury. Account of Sarah BECKÅs Administratrix of goods & chattels of
Edward BECK late of Solebury exhibited February 21, 1738/38. Surnames listed
in the account: BOWMAN, GILBERT, HOUGH, GILLINGHAM, HENSEY, BECK (Jr.),
BUTCHER, HARTLEY, FELL, ELLICOT, CAREY, AYRS, LOWTHER, HAMILTON, BARCROFT,
DOAN, CANBY.

Witnesses: William SATTERTHWAITE

Signature of Testator: Edward BECK Sr. initials EB (his mark)

Source for document: The will is not recorded in Bucks Co., PA Will Book.
Abstract taken from microfilm at Spraunce Library. Copy sent by Don
Armstrong to Randy Franklin.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Alt. Birth, 19 Nov 1684, Kent Co, MD. ¹²

• Alt. Death, 0006-16 Feb 1735, Solebury, Bucks Co, PA.

• Page. BECK2

• Relationship. 7GGF

• Relationship. probably a Quaker

• Reference Number. 188

• Occupation: Yeoman.

Edward married Martha Lnu. (Martha Lnu was born about 1690.)

Edward next married Sarah Buckman between 1705 and 1708 in Bucks Co, PA. (Sarah Buckman was born on 10 Sep 1677 in Billingshurst, Sussex, England ¹³, christened on 10 Nov 1677 in Billingshurst, Sussex, England and died on 4 Jul 1716 in Solebury Twp, Bucks Co, PA ⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Alt. Marriage, 1705, Crosswicks, Burlington, NJ. ¹⁴

  Marriage Notes:

One source says Sarah & Edward were married in 1705 in Bucks Co, PA or Crosswicks, Burlington Co, NJ. Another says 1708 in Quaker meeting house in Bucks Co, PA.

Edward next married Sarah Ann Buckman, daughter of William Buckman and Sarah Rowland, between 1716 and 1722 in Bucks Co, PA.⁴