Individual Details

Married, Buttonwood church.
His father, Edward Sr. died seven years before Jeffrey was married. Jeffrey's mother was still alive, but he was a minor at the time of his father's death. He inherited half of the 162 acres of land that his father owned.

Several Phillips families lived in Solebury Township, and this may be how Jeffrey met his future wife, Lydia Phillips. When Jeffrey applied for permission to be married, he paid one pound for a marriage license on February 1, 1743. Two days later on February 3, 1743, he married Lydia in the First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . This entry in the register was for the 12th month, 3rd day, 1742. Since the English Colonies were still on the Julian Calendar, which had March 25th as the first day of the year, the twelfth month would have been February. When the change was made from one calendar system to the other, the starting date of the year changed. Any date occurring between Jan. Ist and March 25th during the Julian Calendar would need a year added to it. So, add a year to the 12th month (Feb), 3rd day, 1742 (now 1743).

Sarah Buckman, the first wife of Edward Beck, was a Quaker. Since Edward married her, he was probably also a Quaker and English. After the Quakers came to the Colonies many of them left their religion. Since Quakers were persecuted for their beliefs, many of them joined less demanding and 'more respectable' sects such as Presbyterian and Episcopalian.

This might explain why Jeffrey and Lydia were married in the Presbyterian Church, that was called the "Buttonwood Church" because it was situated in a grove of Sycamore trees. It was built in 1704 on the South side of High Street, between Second and Third Streets in Philadelphia.


Source;
http://trees.ancestry.com /pt/ViewStory.aspx?pid=-2116708030&tid=163652&oid=ab8dd3f1-1178-4c39-bb96-d8aecd596dcc&p g=0,36

Jeffrey Beck and Lydia Philips married in February 1743/4 in Philadelphia. Was Lydia Philips the daughter of John Philips of Chester, Bucks, and York Cos in PA, a Quaker, and the granddaughter of George Philips of Chester Co., PA, also a Quaker? See the book, EARLY FRIENDS FAMILIES OF UPPER BUCKS, pp. 417-422. Jeffrey and Lydia could have met when John Philips was in Bucks Co., and, like her Aunt Dianna Philips, she went to Philadelphia to get married in the First Presbyterian Church there. She named her first two sons, George and John, and a daughter, Dianna. The circum- stantial evidence is strong, but the proof records are not available.

From the web courtesy of "The Quaker Corner: Quaker Queries" Donald Beck, contributor.

1755 Jeffery Beck listed on 1755 tax list of Orange County, North Carolina.
1 white male, no slaves.
1755 Tax List of Orange County, North Carolina p. 107 by Johnson

1759 Aug 14
Jacob Evans sells 230 acres to Jeffry Beck. Witness William Reed on August 14, 1759.
Ref: Register of Orange County, North Carolina Deeds, 1752-1768, and 1793, p. 14.

1764 "Ordered that Jeffry Beck(Beek) and others meet and lay out a road... from Rowen Line opposite Frazier's Road to the best and nearest road Leading to Cross Creek."
Ref: Orange County, N.C. Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions 1752-1766 by Sheilds, 223, p. 106.
Court of Aug. 1764.
Cross Creek was a colonial trading center in central Cumberland County on Cape Fear River begun about 1760.
North Carolina Gazettier, p. 123.

1764 Jan 4 - Jeffrey Beck purchased 175 acres on Brush Creek waters of Rocky River from Moses Nelson on 4 Jan 1764.
Ref: Deed Book 1 page 348 Guilford County, North Carolina

1767 Jul 27 Jeffrey Beck sold 175 acres on Brush Creek water of Rocky River to John Johnston on 27 July 1767.
Ref: Deed Book 1, page 348 Guilford County, North Carolina
1767 Jul 26 Jeffrey Beck sold 175 Acres to John Johnton witnessed by Simon Hadley on 26 July 1767.
Ref: Register of Orange County, North Carolina Deeds 1752-1768, and 1793, p. 53.

1760 Nov 17 Jeffrey Beck witnessed a deed in August 1760 from the Granville Proprietary Land office to Jacob Evans for 230 acres. This is appears to be the same land which Jeffrey Beck purchased from Jacob Evans and had proved at November Term of Court 1760 Orange County, North Carolina. This Land is located in Orange County in the Parish of St. Matthew on the South side of Deep River, joining the said river.
Ref:
Randolph County Register 17 Nov 1760, Book 1, p. 51. as per R. J. Wicker.
The Granville District of North Carolina 1748-1763; abstracts of Land grants, Vol. 2, p. 269, patent book 14.

Birth	22 Jun 1721	Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Marriage	3 Feb 1742	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - [wrong] Lydia Phillips
Death	Dec 1779	Pickens, Randolph County, North Carolina

Spouse

[wrong] Lydia Phillips (1723 - 1753)