Jørgen Thomsen Bech

Bech was born in, Flade, Vendsyssel, the son of copyholder Thomas Jensen (c. 1699 – 1737) and Maren Heylesdatter (c. 1698–1735).

[1] In 1751–54, as the assistant of a supercargo, Bech completed an expedition to Canton in one of the Danish Asiatic Company's ships.

His shop was initially located in rented premises at Nyhavn 41 (then St, Ann's East Quarter, No.

In the early 1800s, however, the business grew a bit too much for him, and as a result of losses on various connections, he had to suspend his payments, in October 1805 and obtained moratorium; at the end of 1806, however, it could be lifted again after the last creditors had agreed to 75% compensation.

[2] During the Battle of Copenhagen, his timber yard caught fire, and as no insurance covered the burned stocks (30,000 Danish rigsdaler), his already greatly reduced fortune took another serious hit.

Marchus Bech's sister Mariane Elisabeth Beck (1785-1822) was married to the naval officer Lorenz Lorck (1781-1820).

Their elder half sister Anna Marie Jørgensdatter Bech (c, 1767 - ) married to merchant in Øster Risø Tore Torstensen.