Thomas Beecroft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1679 - Norwich, Norfolk Co, England
Christening:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Parents
Father: Thomas Beecroft
Mother: Elisabeth Gay
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Hurst
Marriage: 3 Oct 1712 - Montreal, Ontario, Canada
Status:
Children:
1. Benjamin Becraft 1
2. Thomas Beecroft
3. Elias Beecroft
4. Guillaume Beecroft
Notes
Marriage Notes (Elizabeth Hurst)
[True Stories of New England Captives Carried to Canada During the Old French..]
Page 202
On Monday, the 3d of October, 1712, after the publication of three banns, I, the undersigned, Seminary priest of Montreal, with the permission of Monsieur Francois de Vanchon, Grand Vicar of the Bishop of Quebec, and with the mutual consent of Thomas Becraft, weaver, aged thirty-three, son of Thomas Becraft, deceased, and of his wife, Elizabeth Gay, of the Bishopric of Norwich in England, of the first part, and of Marie Elizabeth Hurst, aged twenty-three, daughter of the late Thomas Hurst, aged twenty-three, daughter of the late Thomas Hurst, and his wife, Marie Jeanne Jeffreys of Deerfield, in New England, of the second part, both now living in this parish of Ville Marie, have married them and have given them the nuptial benediction in presence of Mr. John Thomas, master shipbuilder to the king, in this country, and of Daniel Joseph Maddox, friend of the groom, of William Perkins, stepfather of the bride, of Thomas Hurst, her brother, and of several others, friends of both parties, who have signed this certificate according to law, with the exception of Thomas Hurst, who says that he cannot sign."
Then follow Thomas's mark and the autographs of Marie Francoise French, William Perkins, John Thomas, Jacob Gilman, Daniel Joseph Maddox, Joseph Bartlet and Meriel Pretre. As the age of the bride corresponds exactly to that of Elizabeth Hurst, I am led to believe that Hannah went back with Sara and their mother to New England, and that Elizabeth, with the name of Marie added at her baptism, was left with Ebenezer and Thomas in Canada, where she married above. The Marie Francoise French, who appears as one of the witnesses at the wedding of her friend Elizabeth Hurst, was a daughter of Deacon Thomas french and his wife, Mary Catlin. Deacon French was the town clerk of Deerfield, and also the blacksmith.
Sources
1. Dorothy Hufft, Hufft (rootsweb.com).