Adam Beck was living at Granshagh, Barony of Lower Ardes in 1630 (Brit. Mus. Add. MSS 4770), also in 1663 (County Down Subsidy Rolls). According to J. W. Beck, Adam's direct descendants were still to be found in the neighbourhood in 1931. (Source: John W. Beck, A.M.I.E.E., "Beck of Northern Ireland", 1931)