James Becraft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 23 Feb 1794 - Nassau District, Ancaster Township, Wentworth Co, Ontario 2
Christening:
Death: 16 Mar 1853 - Charlotteville Township, Norfolk Co, Ontario, Canada 3
Burial: in Glenshee Cemetery, Glenshee, Charlotte Township, Norfolk Co, Ontario, Canada 4
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Events
• Event
James BEECRAFT settled in the Grand River area of Brantford Twp, Brant County. James was recorded in the 1816 Assesment of the Grand River Tract with 160 acres uncultivated and 40 acres cultivated. James changed his surname to BIGCRAFT in 1818 Assessment in which he had 150 acres uncultivated and 45 cultivated.• Land, on Grand River in Brantford Township, Brant Co, Ontario, Canada
• Tax List, Assesment, 1816 in Brantford Township, Brant Co, Ontario, Canada
160 acres uncultivated, 40 acres cultivated• Tax List, Assesment, 1818 in Brantford Township, Brant Co, Ontario, Canada
150 acres uncultivated, 45 cultivated• Census, Canadian, 1851
1851 census Ontario, Norfolk, Charlotteville p 107
James Beecroft Farmer Can Methodist 57
Mary A. All Can 53
William 28
Jedediah 21
James 14
Delilah 17
Previous houshold
Nathan 35
Parents
Father: Benjamin Becraft 1
Mother: Elizabeth Westbrook 1
Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Ann 1
Marriage: Canada 4
Status:
Children:
1. Nathan F Becraft 1
2. Mary Jane Becraft 1
3. Benjamin Sage Becraft 1
4. William James Becraft 1
5. Catherine Becraft 1
6. Oliver R. Becraft 1
7. Jedediah Jackson Becraft 1
8. Thomas On Becraft 1
9. Delilah Becraft 1
10. James Wallace Becraft 1
11. Edmund John Becraft 5
Sources
1. Dorothy Hufft, Hufft (rootsweb.com).
2. Dorothy Hufft, Hufft (rootsweb.com), Norfolk, Canada. .... http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/1260/Beecraft.html.
3. Dorothy Hufft, Hufft (rootsweb.com), Canada. .... http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/1260/Beecraft.html.
4. Janet Bessey [jan.bessey@rogers.com].
5. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/1260/Beecraft.html.