devoted members of the Methodist Church and attended regularly.
Jane read from the Bible each morning and Samuel prayed. He died
in 1907.

Their eighth child, Eliza was born on September 15, 1823. How-
ever, she died as an infant and didn't live long enough to see her first
birthday. She died on April 15, 1824, exactly seven months from the
day she was born. Was she a sickly child or did she succumb to some
childhood illness? We have no information about that. What we do
know is that she was the only child that Vere and Elizabeth lost. A
remarkable outcome in an era when there were no doctors, nurses or
medicine available to the settlers.

James Irving Beck, the ninth child, |
was born on July 30, 1825, at Guern- |
sey Cove, PE.I. He was a tall man, but
he was noted most for his large feet. He ©
was sometimes referred to as “Jimmie
Broadfoot” because his feet were much
wider than normal. On March 28, 1854,
he married Jane Sencabaugh, daughter
of Benjamin Sencabaugh and Elizabeth
Windsor LeLacheur. They bought a farm
in White Sands, and had eight children,
six boys and two girls. James went to a
Bible Christian Church as a young man,
but later joined the Methodist Church. He died in 1899 at the age
of 74, after undergoing surgery at home. He is buried in the Murray
Harbour Cemetery.

Then there was William who you've already met. He lived at home
and cared for his parents. He was a quiet man and never smoked nor
drank. William served as an elder in the church for many years.

Thomas Marfleet Beck was the eleventh child. He was born in
Guernsey Cove, on September 10, 1830, and attended the new school
and worked around the farm. As an adult he worked for several years
as a ship’s carpenter until he was 31. He married Mary Margaret
Hawkins of White Sands and they settled on a farm owned by Capt.

  

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