Joshua Beck (abt. 1700 - bef. 1747)

Born about 1700 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Daniels) Beck — married 20 Apr 1716 in Newburyport, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died before 18 May 1747 before about age 47 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Deacon Joshua Beck was of Portsmouth, New Hampshire born about 1684. Joshua Coffin wrote of Deacon Beck's parents as follows: "Thomas Beck, son of Henry and Ann Beck, died Nov. 7, 1734, aged seventy-seven." and "Anna Beck, widow of Thomas Beck, died Feb. 25, 1753, aged ninety-four."

He married Abigail Daniel of Newbury, Massachusetts on 20 April 1716 ^[1]. They had fifteen children.

He was a shipwright by trade and during the last ten years of his life was a shopkeeper in Newbury where he lived.

Joshua Beck died before May 18, 1747 when administration was granted upon his estate. His widow Abigail (Daniel) Beck married secondly to Deacon William Parsons of Gloucester on February 8, 1753. She continued to operate the family store until her death in or before 1783.

Notes

"Essex, Massachusetts Probate Records, 1648-1840"

Deacon Joshua Beck

Probate Date 18 May 1747

Residence Place Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, British America

Occupation Shopkeeper

Probate Type intestate

Inferred Death Year 1747

Inferred Death Place Massachusetts, British America

File Number 2231

"Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"

Joshua Beck

Marriage Date 20 Apr 1716

Marriage Place Newburyport, Massachusetts

Spouse Name Abigail Daniels

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-QPXR : 29 November 2018), Joshua Beck and Abigail Daniel, 20 Apr 1716; citing Marriage, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009724.

• Sidney Perley. The Essex Antiquarian, Volume 8. Essex Antiquarian, 1904 - Essex County (Mass.) p. 13-14. [1]

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29G-PHFQ : 10 November 2020), Joshua Beck in entry for Hannah Beck, 27 Sep 1739; citing Birth, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009725.

• "Joseph Atkins: The Story of a Family". Las Vegas, Nev: D. Atkins, Printer, 1891. Print.