Meriam Beck 
Meriam was born in SC. Meriam's father was Jeffery Beck and her mother was Mary (Molly) McDonald. Her paternal grandparents were Jeffery Beck and Lydia Phillips; her maternal grandparents were John McDaniel and Katherine ?. She had eight brothers and two sisters, and also a sibling of unknown gender, named Jeffrey, Gideon, Isaiah, Frederick, Israel, Samuel, Solomon S., Arah, Rebecca, Ruby (Rudie) and Infant. She died in Rabun County, GA.General Notes
Family Data Collection - Births Record, Ancestry.com
Miriam Beck born 1780 in VA daughter of Jeffrey Beck and Mary Molly McDaniel
Family Data Collection - Deaths Record, Ancestry.com
Miriam Beck died 1859 in Rabun county, GA
"Sketches of Rabun County History" by Andrew Jackson Ritchie (see note in Miriam's Father's file regarding her inheritance). "On January 1, 1860, the mother, Miriam York, widow of Seymour York, agreed with her three sons, Jeremiah, Jeffry and John, on a division of the Seymour York estate. Jeffry was allotted some of the land on Scott's Creek. The balance went mostly to John York."
List of Slave Owners in Rabun County in 1862 includes Jeremiah York with 1 slave and his mother Miriam owned 4.
Beck is an English topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream. Also an English (Norman) habitation name form any of the various places in Northern France, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1630 in Kent Co, MD d.1733
- b.1665 in St Paul Parish, Kent Co, MD d.Nov 1724 in St. Paul's Parish, Kent co, MD
- b.~ 1672 in Kent Co, MD d.UNKNOWN
- b.19 Nov 1684 in Kent Co, MD d.BET 1736 AND 1740 in Solebury, Bucks Co, PA
- b.~ 1635 in England d.~10 Jun 1669
- b.~ 1674 in Kent, MD d.> 1747 in Kent Co, MD
- b.~ 1630 d.BET 1687 AND 1691
- b.BET 1719 AND 1723 in Solebury Twp, Bucks County, Pennsylvania d.1779 in North Carolina
- b.~ 1623 in Billingshurst, Sussex, England/Billingshurst, England d.13 Jul 1670 in Chiltington, England
- b.BET 1650 AND 1657 in Billingshurst, Sussex, England/Billingshurst, England d.09 Oct 1716 in Newtown, Bucks County, PA
- b.~ 1625 in Chiltington, England d.~ 1682 in At sea on the ship Welcome enroute to America
- b.10 Sep 1677 in Billingshurst, Sussex, England d.04 Jul 1716 in Bucks County, PA
- b.06 Nov 1636 in Billingshurst, Sussex, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.26 Apr 1657 in Billingshurst, Sussex, England d.10 Jul 1690 in Newtown, Bucks County, PA
- b.1643 in England d.UNKNOWN
- b.25 Nov 1752 in Millis Creek, Augusta, GA d.12 Apr 1839 in Pickens Co, SC
- b.02 Sep 1605 in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.04 Jul 1640 in Whittington, Shropshire, England d.1710 in York Co, VA
- b.16 Nov 1606 in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.19 Oct 1679 in Ruyton of the Eleven Towns, Shropshire, England d.Sep 1740 in Abington, PA
- b.01 Nov 1646 in Saint Mary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.27 FEB 1726/27 in PA d.04 Nov 1749 in Randolph County, North Carolina
- b.1626 in Wales d.1656 in Wales
- b.~ 1651 in Shropshire, England d.17 FEB 1709/10 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
- b.1684 in Wales d.24 Aug 1759 in Abington Twp, Montgomery Co, PA
- b.~ 1658 in Shropshire, England d.~ 1689 in Philadelphia, PA
- b.BET 1777 AND 1780 in SC d.BET 1859 AND 1860 in Rabun County, GA
- b.BET 1730 AND 1732 in Guilford County, North Carolina d.>17 Jun 1809 in Moore County, NC
- b.19 FEB 1749/50 in Augusta Co, Va (in the Linville Creel area of modern day Harrisonburg) d.12 Oct 1832 in Cherokee, GA
- b.BET 1730 AND 1735 d.~ 1810
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‌Meriam and Seymour (Semore) were married in a religious ceremony on January 22nd, 1802 in North Carolina.1 They had three sons named Jeremiah, John B. and Jeffery.
Family Notes
Married in Randolph co, NC. bondsman was Peter Kivit. Bond #000115372.
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/randolph/marriages/randolph.txt
Randolph County, NC - County Index to NC Marriages Database
Family Data Collection - Marriages Record at Ancestry.com
Miriam Beck married Seymore York 12 January 1802 in Randolph County, NC.
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Children
Jeremiah York
Jeremiah was born on December 16th, 1802 in Randolph County, North Carolina. He died at the age of 86 on December 20th, 1888 in Rabun County, GA. He was buried in Persimmon Baptist Church Cemetary, Rabun County, Georgia.
John B. York
John B. was born on August 7th, 1814. He died at the age of 90 on November 6th, 1904. He was buried in Clayton Baptist Cemetary, Clayton, Rabun, GA.
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