LUNENBURG FOUNDING FAMILIES

BECKER
other spellings:
BACKER, Backker, BAKER, BECKHER, Beckker, Beckler, BEEKER, BEKER, Bekker, Beoker,Buker

SOME DOCUMENTS WHERE THIS FAMILY NAME HAS BEEN CITED
"Nova Scotia Immigrants" p 28/288 [NS2]
"Planters & Pioneers" p 51 [PP2]
"The Foreign Protestants" p 287, 289, 290 [FP2]
"History of the County of Lunenburg" p 34, 69, 70, 167, 193, 312, 334, 384, 458, 507, 540, 564 [HL2]
Birth Records [DS2]
Marriage Records [DS2]
Death Records [DS2]
SSGS Cemetery Inscriptions [CI2]
Probated Will(s) [PW1]
Halifax Obits 1962-92 [HO2]
on 1864 AF Church & Co Map [CM1]
in Census 1871 [CC2]
in "Bell's Notes" [BN2]

Anna Dorothea
·
LAND GRANTS WERE GIVEN OUT AS FOLLOWS
a Town Lot assigned in 1753
not searched
Town Lot Registry of 1762
Zouberbuhler's Div E-2 (sold to FREUDENBURG) [TR1]
a Garden Lot assigned about 1753
and Registered in 1762
1st Div F-15(vacant; September 1762;
land reverted to A WIEDERHOLT (Crown?) ) [GL1]
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Assigned in 1753
not searched
30 Acre Farm Lot Registered in 1760
not found
a 300 Acre Forest Lot Assigned
in one of five draws 1763-6
not found
In 1784, these various grants were consolidated
into a formal Township Grant of
not found

Friedrich
·
LAND GRANTS WERE GIVEN OUT AS FOLLOWS
a Town Lot assigned in 1753
not searched
Town Lot Registry of 1762
not found
a Garden Lot assigned about 1753
and Registered in 1762
2nd Div B-19 (vacant; September 1762;
land reverted to A WIEDERHOLT (Crown?) ) [GL1]
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Assigned in 1753
not searched
30 Acre Farm Lot Registered in 1760
not found
a 300 Acre Forest Lot Assigned
in one of five draws 1763-6
not found
In 1784, these various grants were consolidated
into a formal Township Grant of
not found

Henry
aged 40 , occupation a Farmer , left Switzerland [PL2]
and sailed from Rotterdam, Holland on the Ship Speedwell the summer of 1751 [PL2]
He appeared on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
·
LAND GRANTS WERE GIVEN OUT AS FOLLOWS
a Town Lot assigned in 1753
Rudolf's Div E-9 [BN2]
Town Lot Registry of 1762
Rudolf's Div E-9 [TR1]
a Garden Lot assigned about 1753
and Registered in 1762
not found
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Assigned in 1753
Oakland 12 [BN2]
30 Acre Farm Lot Registered in 1760
Oakland (a piece of vacant land lying in Oakland:
to the north of land given to Philip HISON and Peter ZWICKER
and east of number 14 containing between five and seven acres; 24 Sep 1763)
Oakland 13
Oakland 12 [30A1]
a 300 Acre Forest Lot Assigned
in one of five draws 1763-6
3rd Div A-9 [300A1]
In 1784, these various grants were consolidated
into a formal Township Grant of
300 Acres [TG1]

Johann Jacob
·
LAND GRANTS WERE GIVEN OUT AS FOLLOWS
a Town Lot assigned in 1753
not searched
Town Lot Registry of 1762
not found
a Garden Lot assigned about 1753
and Registered in 1762
not found
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Assigned in 1753
Mahone Bay A-4 [30A1]
30 Acre Farm Lot Registered in 1760
not found
a 300 Acre Forest Lot Assigned
in one of five draws 1763-6
not found
In 1784, these various grants were consolidated
into a formal Township Grant of
375 Acres [TG1]

Johannes
aged 20 , occupation a Farmer , left Hessia Germany [PL2]
and sailed from Rotterdam, Holland on the Ship Sally the summer of 1752 [PL2]
He appeared on the Lunenburg Victualling List of 1756 [VL2]
·
LAND GRANTS WERE GIVEN OUT AS FOLLOWS
a Town Lot assigned in 1753
Steinfort's Div G-9 [BN2]
Town Lot Registry of 1762
Steinfort's Div G-9 (conveyed by deed to Christian FEHR) [TR1]
a Garden Lot assigned about 1753
and Registered in 1762
4th Div A-5 [GL1] (vacant; September 1762;
land reverted to A WIEDERHOLT (Crown?) )
a 30 Acre Farm Lot Assigned in 1753
Clearland A-8 [30A1]
30 Acre Farm Lot Registered in 1760
Mahone Bay A-4
Rose Bay 4 [30A1]
a 300 Acre Forest Lot Assigned
in one of five draws 1763-6
1st Div B-8 [300A1]
In 1784, these various grants were consolidated
into a formal Township Grant of
375 Acres [TG1]

Details on Individuals in the first generation of the family
will appear here later.

For more information on this family, see
Blair Whynacht's, Linda Walfield's, and Martha Farrar's Web sites

This page was last modified 7 February 2000.

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