Person:William Beck (4)

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William Beck
b.7 Jan 1694/95 Kent County, MD
d.Abt Jul 1765
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Name[1][2] William Beck
Gender Male
Birth[3] 7 Jan 1694/95 Kent County, MD
Marriage to Isabell Pearce
Will[6][9] 13 Jun 1765 Kent County, MD
Death[4][5] Abt Jul 1765
Reference Number? 506

William Beck of Kent County, Planter sold to Abel Chandler and Hannah his wife, daughter of William Beck, 50 acres Addition to Killingsworthmore on the west side of New Bridge Branch and the contiguous 11.5 acres of Partnership willed to him by William Wallis together with all houses, buildings, gardens... The price was $40.

Their is an Isabella Hepron associated with Howells Farm which Nathaniel Pearce was also associated with.

References
  1. Kent County, MD, Land Records
    LiberDD1, folio 349.
  2. Queen Anne's County MD Probate Records.
    Will of William Wallis.
  3. Wright, Robert W. Barnes & F. Edward. Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. (Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD, 1996)
    Volumn 1 page 29.
  4. Kent County, MD, Land Records
    LiberDD1, folio 349.
  5. Queen Anne's County MD Probate Records.
    Will of William Wallis.
  6. Skinner, Vernon L Jr. Abstracts of the Prerogative Court of Maryland 1674-1774. Family Archive CD number 206.. (Broderbund, 1998)
    Calender of Wills, by F. Edward Wright, Vol 13, 1764-67, p 83. 33:279.
  7.   Kent County, MD, Land Records
    Liber DD#1 folio 349.
  8.   Wright, Robert W. Barnes & F. Edward. Colonial Families of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. (Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD, 1996)
    Vol 1, p 193.
  9. Will dated 13 Jun 1765 and proven 3 Aug 1765. Will names children Mary and Isabell Beck. Exec was son-in-law Abel Chandler. Will witnessed by John Eccleston, Alexander and Ann Kelly. Hugh Willis and John Ecleston signed inventory as creditors and Iszobello Heron and Mary Dowlon signed as kin. Also mentions dwelling with brick chiminy formerly owned by Walter Walters (William Wallis?).