moved to Canada after the American Revolution. Her parents were Benjamin Sencabaugh and his first wife, Elizabeth LeLacheur.

John Beck’s Children. Front: Ada Margaret, Eliza Charlotte, Mary Anne, Jane and Elizabeth. Back: William Samuel, John Penny, Vere, and Benjamin

John and Elizabeth Beck bought a farm at White Sands just up the coast from Guernsey Cove. They had nine children, five girls and four boys. Elizabeth is believed to have died in childbirth at the age of 41. Their oldest daughter, Elizabeth, who was 18 at the time, took care of the children. Eight of John’s children married and raised big families and a large number of the Beck descend- ants trace their line back through John and Elizabeth.

Caroline was the fifth child and she was born on April 5, 1817. She was named after Princess Caroline,

Caroline Beck

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