° The first son was named after the father’s father

° The second son was named after the mother’s father

° The third son was named after the father

° The fourth son was named after the father’s eldest brother
¢ The first daughter after the mother’s mother

¢ The second daughter after the father’s mother

¢ The third daughter after the mother

¢ The fourth daughter after the mother’s eldest sister

Now let’s look at the Beck children:

* Elizabeth Emma After Elizabeth’s grandmother and mother
* Martha Lucy After Vere’s mother

e Mary Ann After Elizabeth's sister

° John After Vere’s father

* Caroline f After the Queen Consort. Very popular name then.
* Vere After Vere

* Samuel After Vere’s grandfather Killick

« Eliza After Elizabeth. Eliza is a short-form of the name

* James Irving After James Irving, a neighbour at Beach Point

¢ William After Elizabeth’s brother

* Thomas Marfleet After Elizabeth's father

* Margaret f A very popular name at that time.

+ Thanks to Kathie Sencabaugh for information on those two names.

Twelve children and not one of them named for Vere’s brothers or
sister. This signals in the strongest possible way that there was a rift in
the family when Vere left England. The oldest son, John, was named
for Vere’s father, not his brother. (Remember the formula above: The
first son is named after the father’s father) The source of the trouble
was Vere’s sister, Lydia, and her husband, Isaac Bull, and the name
Lydia does not appear among the Beck descendants until the fifth
generation, and certainly had no connection with Vere’s sister. The
quarrel was never forgotten or else you would have found the name
Lydia among members of the third generation.

The Becks managed to save enough to pay off John Cambridge
and gain ownership of their farm in 1834. The deed issued by the

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