Name |
BECK, Heinrich |
Birth |
1748 |
Duchy of Hanau, Germany |
Gender |
Male |
Burial |
Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States |
Immigration |
22 Nov 1752 |
United States |
- He departed the port of Rotterdam on the ship Phoenix.
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Residence |
From 1775 to 1812 |
Earl Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States |
on a farm in |
Census |
1790 |
Earl Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States |
Census |
1810 |
Earl Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States |
Moved |
1813 |
Lewisburg, Union, Pennsylvania, United States |
a farm near |
Sold |
24 Mar 1813 |
Earl Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States |
his farm |
Moved |
1815 |
East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States |
Purchased |
22 Apr 1815 |
East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States |
17 acres and 98 perches of land from Joseph Haugenbauch |
Purchased |
20 Jul 1816 |
East Chillisquaque Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States |
3 acres and 154 perches of land from Henry Robison |
Census |
1820 |
Chillisquaque, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States |
Biography |
- BIOGRAPHY: Henry Beck, the son of Johann Thomas Beck, was born in the Duchy of Hanau about the year 1748, and was four years of age when he came to Pennsylvania with his mother. He grew up in Berks county, and in the year 1775 married Margaret Wolfgang. Like almost all the Pennsylvania Germans, he was engaged in farming, which he varied occasionally by superintending the wood-cutting for one of the local furnaces. The Revolutionary war came on shortly after his marriage. In the militia companies which were formed from time to time for short terms as the war progressed, and were composed chiefly of the farming population who attended to their farms in the summer and went into the army in the winter, he went out three different times, first as orderly sergeant and subsequently as lieutenant, and was in one of the commands that failed to cross the Delaware at the time when Washington captured the Hessians at Trenton. He remained upon his farm in Berks county until his removal to a farm near Pottsgrove, in Northumberland county, Penn., where he died in the year 1824. Both he and his wife Margaret are buried in the old Lutheran graveyard at Milton, Pennsylvania.
Henry Beck, by his wife, Margaret, had seven children, all of whom were born and reared in Berks county, on their father's farm. They were Henry, George, Thomas, Sophia, Elizabeth, Mary and Catharine. Henry Beck, the eldest son, was horn July 10, 1776, and was married to Hannah Ludwig, of Berks county. George Beck was married to Mary Greiner, and had the following children: William, Susan, Jeremiah, Henry and Mary Ann; he remained in Berks county until his death in May, 1854; his son, Henry Beck, with his family, resides at the present time at Pottstown, Berks county. Thomas Beck removed to Fayette, Seneca county, N. Y., where he resided until his death. Sophia married William Gross. Elizabeth married David Kaufman, who settled in Union county, Penn. Mary married Stephen Glaze, who settled in the northern end of Northumberland county, Penn. Catharine married John Hill, and resided upon the homestead near Pottsgrove until her death.
After his marriage, Henry Beck (the first son) settled upon a farm in Earl township, Berks county, where he followed farming and tanning. In the year 1813 he removed with his family to a farm adjoining (and now a part of) Lewisburg, Union Co., Penn., which place he had previously visited with a view to settlement. Here he built a new tannery, which he carried on in connection with his farm. The large brick house at the upper end of Second street in Lewisburg was built by him in 1823, and was occupied by him and his family. By his wife, Hannah, he had six children, one of whom, named Daniel, died in infancy. The others were Samuel L. Beck, born April 6, 1802; Rebecca L., born November 30, 1807; Isaac L., born May 5, 1811, died May 20, 1856; Mary Ann, born October 19, 1815; Lydia L., born April 12, 1818. Hannah Beck died November 19, 1839, aged fifty-seven years. Henry Beck died January 2, 1846, aged sixty-nine years. Both are buried in the cemetery at Lewisburg, Penn. Henry Beck was a member of the Lutheran Church at Lewisburg, while his wife, Hannah, belonged to the German Reformed Church. He took an active part in town affairs, and in politics was a Democrat.
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Biography |
- BIOGRAPHY: After his marriage, Henry Beck settled upon a farm in Earl township, Berks county, where he followed farming and tanning. In the year 1813 he moved with his family to a farm adjoining (and now a part of) Lewisburg, Union Co., Penn., which place he had previously visited with a view to settlement. Here he built a new tannery, which he carried on in connection with his farm. The large brick house at the upper end of Second street in Lewisburg was built by him in 1823, and was occupied by him and his family. By his wife, Hannah, he had six children, one of whom, named Daniel, died in infancy. The others were Samuel L. Beck, born April 6, 1802; Rebecca L., born November 30, 1807; Isaac L., born May 5, 1811, died May 20, 1856; Mary Ann, born October 19, 1815; Lydia L., born April 12, 1818. Hannah Beck died November 19, 1839, aged fifty-seven years. Henry Beck died January 2, 1846, aged sixty-nine years. Both are buried in the cemetery at Lewisburg, Penn. Henry Beck was a member of the Lutheran Church at Lewisburg, while his wife, Hannah, belonged to the German Reformed Church. He took an active part in town affairs, and in politics was a Democrat.
Of the other children of Henry Beck, Rebecca L. married John K. Housel, and died near Freeport, Ill., in 1892; Isaac L. married Mary Dreisbach July 7, 1839, and died at Mifflinburg, Penn., in 1856, leaving two children, Henry and Kate; Mary A. married Thomas Reber, and died at Lewisburg in 1896; Lydia L. married Daniel Zeller, and still resides at Lewisburg.
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Military |
Pennsylvania, United States |
- as a Lieutenant in the Revolutionary War.
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Occupation |
was a tanner and farmer |
Religion |
Lutheran |
_UID |
73396BED21102E44AE271101B62E098601BC |
Death |
Mar 1824 |
Burial |
Milton, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States |
Address: Old Lutheran Cemetery, moved to Harmony Cemetery |
Person ID |
I1250 |
Milton Families |
Last Modified |
29 Jul 2020 |