When John Adam Beck was born on 24 December 1798, in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, George John Beck, was 45 and his mother, Anna Margretta Loux Licks, was 40. He married Margaret Jane Gould on 6 December 1831, in Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 1 October 1847, in Eddyville, Redbank Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Smith Cemetery, Eddyville, Redbank Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
Historical Boundaries 1800: Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of various places in northern France named Bec, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1 above.
English: from the Middle English personal name Becke (Old English Becca or Beocca), of uncertain origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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