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Note: BIOGRAPHY: Was third child, and only son of his parents who survived extreme infancy, was apprenticed with Mr. William Sheaff, a wine merchant, at age 14. When he died he had about one million and a quarter dollars, and had done much in the way of philanthrophy.
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Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. page 96:
BECK, PAUL, philanthropist, was born in 1760 in Philadelphia, Pa. He acquired a large fortune in the wine trade, and for several years filled the office of port warden of Philadelphia. He was one of the founders of the Philadelphia academy of fine arts, a benefactor of the deaf and dumb institution of that city; president of the American Sunday School union; and a contributor to various other charitable and religious undertakings. He died Dec. 22, 1844, in Philadelphia, Pa.
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BIOGRAPHY: In "The Lives of Eminent Philadelphians" referring to Paul Beck, Jr., it states: "descended from a family of respectability and wealth, settled at the ancient and picturesque city of Nuremberg, capital of the circle of Franconia, and a free city of the Old German empire.
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American Portrait of Paul Beck, a Philadelphia Gentlemen
Canvas Dimensions:20"W x 22.25"H
Oil on canvas
Philadelphia gentleman, Paul Beck, born 1760, died 1844, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was conspicuous as a philanthropist and public spirited citizen; was a benefactor of the Deaf and Dumb Institute of the City; president of the American Sunday School Union; one of the founders of the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, and for some years postmaster. At the time of his death he was one of the wealthiest men of Philadelphia, and it was in great measure through his influence that the Delaware and Chesapeake canal was constructed on its large scale.His daughter, Susannah P. Beck, born November 10, 1786, married Daniel Lammot on May 15, 1806. One of their daughters, Margaretta Elizabeth married Alfred Victor du Pont; another , Mary Augusta married Thomas Hounsfield. Further information on this family may be obtained from " Colonial Days and Times", by Anne H. Wharton, p. 216.*
*Biography by Mr. Bernard G. Plomp, Appraiser, Village Green Antiques, Church Street, Richland, Michigan
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Name: Paul Beck, Jr. Date: 03 Dec 1772 Residence: Philadelphia Occupation: Apprentice, taught the grocer's business, have one year schooling (note 2, besides his old).
Whom Indentured: Wm. Sheaff and his assigns Term: 7 yrs., 10 mo. www.ancestry.com
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/1pa/1picts/proctor/ospc1.html
I-4, Altar Tomb
In Memory of/ Margaret Beck/ Wife of/ Paul Beck Jun'r/ Died 10th April 1797/ Aged 36 Years/ This Vault also contains/ the Remains of/ Mary Goddard/ Wife of John Goddard/ and/ Daughter of Paul & Margaret Beck/ who died 7th April 1825/ Aged 36 years and 9 days/ Mary Harvey Beck/ wife of/ Paul Beck Jr/ Died. Dec 3d 1810/ The Remains of/ Paul Beck Junior/ and of/ Mary Harvey Beck/ were removed April 12th 1851/ from this Vault to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Section 1 Lot Oval N 1/2.
CEMETERY LISTINGS FOR OLD ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA, PA from "Outline of the History of Old St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, PA
1760 - 1898." by Norris Stanley Barratt Published by the Colonial Society of PA 1917. FHL 974.811 K2b
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Note: Paul Beck, Jr. was buried in old ground, St. Paul.s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia according to the Records of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pa., p.452. He and his wife, Mary Harvey Beck, were removed April 12, 1854 from this Vault to Laurel Hill Cemetery, Section 1, Oval.
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