Thomas was a shipbuilder and they moved to Pugwash, N.S., and later settled in Parrsboro. Ter Ey The next child was Martha Lucy, who was born in Newington, on September 17, 1811. She wasn’t quite two when the family arrived in PE.I. She had a lot in common with her sister, Elizabeth. Mar- tha married Peter Roberts, also a shipbuilder, and likely a brother

_ of Thomas. Peter and Martha also ____ hadeight children. While the men _ were building ships in Pugwash, | the sisters were partners in a local shop. Martha was only 54 when

Elizabeth Emma Beck

she died on July 20, 1865.

The third child was Mary Ann who was born July 7, 1813. She was the first of the Beck family to be born in Prince Edward Island. She married William Derby and they had one daughter. There are reports that she may have kept a diary. If so she must have learned to read and write at home. The first school in Guernsey Cove opened in 1834 after Mary was grown up.

The next child and first son was John who was born on January 25, 1815, in Guernsey Cove. Even though he was 5’11 he was still the shortest man in his family. He had brown eyes and small feet with a | high instep. Will Jordan said he |_ wore a size 6 shoe. yl

John was a good natured man | and was very neat and tidy about everything. He married Elizabeth } Sencabaugh, a granddaughter of } William Sencabaugh, who was a | United Empire Loyalist, who John Beck

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