Devault "Theobalt" Walter Beck

Devault and wife Catherine arrived in America from Germany in 1753 on the ship Richard and Mary. In 1757, Devault and Catherine moved from Lancaster, PA to the "Beck's Church" section of Davidson Co., NC.

Alternative history (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wikki123&id=I03440):

"Davault Beck was born in Germany about 1715 and arrived in Philadelphia in August, 1750, aboard the ship "Phoenix", Captain John Mason. He lived in Hereford Township, Berks County, PA. He attended Zion's Lutheran Church in Lower Macungie Township, now Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. In 1763 he and his wife were sponsors at the baptism of George Marsteller's daughter, Anna Catherine; in 1768 they were sponsors at the baptism of their grandson, John Philip Beck. In 1767 he paid taxes on 100 acres, two horses and one cow. He then moved to Abbott's Creek in Rowan (now Davidson) County, North Carolina, where he paid taxes in 1768. He made his will December 17,1773 leaving his property to his wife Catherine and his six children. He had it recorded in the county court records on August 3, 1774. However, he did not die soon afterwards, as he deeded property to his sons and also to himself in 1786 in Rowan Co., NC.

"He evidently supported Governor Tryon in the Regulator Rebellion and on February 10, 1773, he made a claim against the government because of it. He evidently also supported Britain at the outbreak of the American Revolution, but on August 6, 1778, he swore an oath of allegiance to the revolutionary government. On November 4, 1784, he received two land grants for 200 acres and 500 acres, both on Pounder's Fork of Abbott's Creek, and on April 24, 1786, he sold 200 acres to his son John for 12 British pounds and 200 acres to his son George for 6 pounds. On February 12, 1785, the county court appointed him to view and straighten the Virginia road."

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@R-2142709321@ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Gale Research Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2009.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passe 1,7486::0

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Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1750; Page Number: 319. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pili354&h=3108502&ti=0&indiv=... Arrival date: 1750 Arrival place: Pennsylvania 1,7486::3108502

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@R-2142709321@ Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s Gale Research Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009.Original data - Filby, P. William, ed.. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Farmington Hills, MI, USA: Gale Research, 2009.Original data: Filby, P. William, ed.. Passe 1,7486::0

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Place: Pennsylvania; Year: 1750; Page Number: 319. http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=pili354&h=3108502&ti=0&indiv=... Arrival date: 1750 Arrival place: Pennsylvania 1,7486::3108502

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