BECK family of Dromore/Dromara

[hollyhenry]

Hi,

Does anyone have any information regarding BECK families in Dromore and or Dromara area? These are mine. This is all I know about them. Any help finding more information about them would be wonderful!

John Beck (1797) & Sarah Watson (1797)
Their children:

Mary Jane     1819 Jan 25    married (date ?)  James Mussen, blacksmith
They had 3 sons all born in Dromara Presbyterian
Samuel John Mussen  bapt: 1843 July 16 Crossgar, Dromara (married Mary Eliza McHenry 1864 Apr 23 Great Victoria Street Church of Ireland Belfast)
Joseph Campbell Mussen  bapt: 1845 Oct 9 Crossgar, Dromara (married Jane Higgins 1868 Glasgow)
James Mussen  bapt: 1848 June 27 Crossgar, Dromara (married Janet Watson, 1873 Oct 10, Wynd Church, Glasgow)

Hugh Beck  bapt: 1821, married  1847 Isabella Mussen @ Dromore Cathedral Church, Banbridge

Elizabeth  married John Thompson

John Beck  bapt:  1832 June 20 married 1864 Dec 24
    Mary Chambers @ 2nd Dromore Presbyterian ( known as Banbridge Road Presbyterian Church, Dromore since 1908)

Sarah Beck bapt: 1835 July 28 married 1858 Aug 28
    Alexander Gibson @ 2nd Dromore Presbyterian

Sophia Beck  married 1852 Oct 1
    John Mitchell @ 2nd Dromore Presbyterian

Thomas  Beck married Margaret Guirney.
Children: Sarah 12 May 1866, Sarah Ellen 2 Dec 1867, John 31 Dec 1869
Elizabeth Kelly 16 Nov 1872

Thank you!!

[soapy1]

Hi there,
I was pleased to see the name Beck in Dromore. I'm interested in Dorothea Beck who was in Dromore around early 1800s. Her husband was a soldier called John and there are different versions of his surname..Beresford or Beresfield, Barrasfield , Berrisfield etc. They stayed at one point in Ballysallagh in Dromore.
I've had no success in finding anything about her or husband,
They had sons William john thomas and James. I know that at least William & John came to Scotland around mid 1850s
does any of this sound familiar??
Their son John was married to Helen Jane Gamble in Cathedral Church of Christ the Redeemer in Dromore in 1850

[beresford clan]

I think that we are related!!
Although I have not long started my family tree and you appear to have had more success.

I have traced my tree back to John Beresford and Dorothea Beck.
I am related through John and Helen Gemmell, his son Samuel, his son Hugh Gemmell to Margaret Beresford.

There are so many, my head is spinning !
I was looking for other possible  children of John and Dorothea arriving in Scotland in the 1850's. 

it would be great to compare notes

[jimchelsea]

Hi
theres a few Becks from Seapatrick/Banbridge area listed on Rosdavies site

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rosdavies/SURNAMES/B/BeaBeg.htm

[jimchelsea]

IGI have a submitted marriage record for a John Bearsfield( born about 1795 Tullindony,Dromore, , Down, Ireland) to a Dorothy Beck( About 1800  Dromore, , Down, Ireland ), marriage was  About 1822  Dromore, , Down, Ireland , 2 sons mentioned,Thomas Bearsfield,born  23 JAN 1824  Tullindony,Dromore, , Down, Ireland ,and James Bearsfield, born  10 MAY 1827  Tullindony,Dromore, , Down, Ireland .
jim

[soapy1]

thanks jimchelsea. those are the parents of my great great grandfather John Beresford. john had married Helen Jane Gamble (changed to Gemmell in scotland) around 1850. from what I can work out thosenamed by you are the sons who stayed on in Ireland. their other sons William and Samuel came to Scotland eventually settling in Glenmavis in Lanarkshire. Their surname seemed to change to Beresford. Samuel was my mum's grandfather. Funny thing is that the marriage cert for John and Helen Jane is under the name Beresfield

[soapy1]

Is there any way to find out more about John and Dorothea?

[Agnetta]

I have connections to a Beck family in Dromore, Co Down
 Robert Beck bc 1785 m'd Mary Hodgin 1811. Children -Jane 1812,Sarah 1814 (m'd Samuel Coulter - my line)Eleanor 1816,Mary 1818,Robert 1820.

[soapy1]

Hi Agnetta,

I'm trying to find my ancestor called Dorothea Beck married to John Beresfield/Barrasfield/Beresford ( spelt differently on different documents). They stayed in Dromore Co Down around 1820s- at least 1850s as far as I know.  Her husband was a soldier. Some of their sons came to Scotland. The ones that I know about are William & John.
Does any of this sound familiar?