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Where did the English Beech family come from? What is the English Beech family crest and coat of arms? When did the Beech family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Beech family history?
The family name Beech is thought to be of Norman origins. Originally, Beech was a name given to a person who lived near a stream, or a person who lived near a prominent beech tree, or area wooded with beech trees. The two different landmarks were referred to by the same Old English root, beche.
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- Known spelling variations
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- First settlers to North America
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Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence in the eras before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate regularly changed the spellings of their names as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Beech have been found, including Beach, Beche, Beck, Becke, Beache, Bech, Beech and many more.First found in Hertfordshire where Gosfrid le Beche was sometimes known as Geoffrey de Bec, one of the principal holders and tenant-in- chief of land in that shire as recorded by the Domesday Book in the year 1086. He was from Beche in Normandy and accompanied William the Conqueror into England at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Amongst other villages he also owned Aldenham, Cokenach, Eastwick, Hailey, Lilley, Langley and many others in Hertfordshire.
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For many English families, the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. For such families, the shores of Ireland, Australia, and the New World beckoned. They left their homeland at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. Many arrived after the long voyage sick, starving, and without a penny. But even those were greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. Numerous English settlers who arrived in the United States and Canada at this time went on to make important contributions to the developing cultures of those countries. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Beech were among those contributors:
Beech Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- John Beech, who arrived in Virginia in 1650
- Ann Beech, who landed in Maryland in 1651
- Elias Beech, who arrived in Maryland in 1651
- Thomas Beech, who landed in Maryland in 1671
- James Beech, who landed in Maryland in 1673
Beech Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Rebecca Beech, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1772
Beech Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Joh Samuel Beech, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1801
- George Beech, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1866
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- Walter Herschel Beech (1891-1950), American pioneer aviator
- Matt Beech (b. 1972), American Major League Baseball player
- Albert Beech (1912-1985), English footballer
- Charlie Beech (b. 1987), English rugby union player
- W. Graham Beech (d. 1993), English rower
- Kenneth "Kenny" Beech (b. 1958), English footballer
- David Beech (b. 1954), curator of the British Library's philatelic collection
- Kristopher "Kris" Beech (b. 1981), Canadian ice hockey player in Sweden
- Sandra Beech (b. 1942), born Sandra Millar, Canadian children's musician
- William George Beech (1898-1971), Canadian politician
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- Foster, Joseph. Dictionary of Heraldry Feudal Coats of Arms and Pedigrees. London: Bracken Books, 1989. Print. (ISBN 1-85170-309-8).
- Skordas, Guest. Ed. The Early Settlers of Maryland an Index to Names or Immigrants Complied from Records of Land Patents 1633-1680 in the Hall of Records Annapolis, Maryland. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1968. Print.
- Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
- Sanders, Joanne McRee Edition. English Settlers in Barbados 1637-1800. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
- Ingram, Rev. James. Translator Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1823. Print.
- Leeson, Francis L. Dictionary of British Peerages. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1986. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1121-5).
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Hanks, Hodges, Mills and Room. The Oxford Names Companion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-19-860561-7).
- Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
- Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
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