The Parentage of Sir Justus Beck.

The article reports on research regarding the family history associated with merchant Sir Justus Beck (1679-1722), first Baronet, of London, England. It asserts that he was baptized as Joost on November 8, 1679 at Zuider Church in Amsterdam, the Netherlands to parents Jacob George Beck and his wife Margaretha de Smeth. An overview of Becks biographical details notes he served as a director for the bank of England, he married Rachel Chamberlayne in London in 1701, and died after sustaining large financial losses as a suspected suicide in 1722.