William J. Becraft

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 1811 - Haverstraw, Rockland Co, NY 1
    Christening: 
          Death: 17 Dec 1876 - Ramapo, Rockland Co, NY 1
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Occupation ¹, farmer and a carpenter

He hauled heavy timbers from the mill at Goshen by oxcart to the site of
the new Methodist Episcopal Chapel. In Sloatsburg, they were cut and hewn for a frame building 30 x 40. He built a number of homes in Sloatsburg. Farm shown on the 1854 Rockland County map.

• Census, Federal, 1870 in Ramapo, Rockland Co, NY

Page 113
William, age 59, farmer, 3000, 500, born NY
Jane, age 58, keeping house, born NY
neither can write.

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Parents

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         Father: John Becraft 1
         Mother: Martha Bush 1

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Jane Kelley 1 
       Marriage: 1835 - Wesley Chapel 1
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. William Lewis Becraft 1
                2. Mary Jane Becraft 1
                3. Cornelia Becraft 1

Sources

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1. David (David Wallace
email: davidmw00@yahoo.com).

1 David (David Wallace
email: davidmw00@yahoo.com).