Jacob Henry Becraft
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Oct 1821 - Schoharie, Schoharie Co, NY
Christening: 2 Dec 1821 - St Paul's Lutheran Church, Schoharie Co, NY
Death: Between 1856 and 1860 - NY
Burial:
Cause of Death:
AFN :
Events
• Occupation, Farmer
• Census, Federal, 1850 in Hamilton Co, NY
340, 349• Land, Book 14, pg. 254, 1 Jan 1856
Becraft, Jacob H, age 27, M, farmer, 400, NY
Sirena, age 21, F, , , NY
Elias, age 5, M,,,NY
Sarah M, age 3, F,,,NY
Peter H, age 19, , Laborer, , NY
Peter, age 1,,, NY
Miller, Katherine, age 86, F ,,, NY
Book 14, pg. 254
Indenture made 20 June 1881
Frederick Becraft & Matilda his wife of Morehouse
To Milton J. Griffith of Remsen, Oneida Co.
For $1450.00; 52 1/10 acres (lot #40) near Gideon Rickard's land
{This property was deeded:
(1) From A.K. Morehouse to Peter Becraft, 24 November 1840; Book 2 ½, pg. 108 for $300
(2) From Peter Becraft to Jacob Henry Becraft & Frederick Becraft, 26 February 1842; book 2 ½, pg. 131 for $500
(3) From Jacob H. Becraft & Syrena Becraft his wife to Frederick Becraft, 1 January 1856; book 5, pg. 14 for $300 quit claimed}
Book 14, pg. 254
Same date and people above named
For $25 quit claimed, 50 acres
Bounded on the west by land owned by Joseph Lane.
"Grantors have been in possession of said lands and paid taxes thereon for about or over 20 years. Entered by verbal agreement by John S. Houtaling and it is supposed that a deed of said premises to said grantors is somewhere in existence."
Parents
Father: Peter Becraft
Mother: Elizabeth Miller
Spouses and Children
1. *Serena Rickart
Marriage: 1844 - Morehouse Twp, Hamilton, NY
Status:
Children:
1. Elias Becraft
2. Priscilla/Sarah Marie Becraft
3. Peter Henry Becraft
4. Nathaniel Becraft
5. Angeline Becraft 1
6. Jacob H. Becraft
Notes
General:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyhamilt/bios/Becraft1.html
Jacob was christened 2 December 1821 in St. Paul's Church in Schoharie Co., NY. Elias and Margaret Eckiert were sponsors. About 1840, he moved to Morehouse, Hamilton Co., NY with his parents. Two years later, his father sold part of his property to Jacob and shortly after, Jacob and Serena were married. They resided in Morehouse and had 6 children together before their marriage ended in divorce. According to The History of Hamilton County, in 1853, Jacob was driving his team across one of the bridges in town when it collapsed. The electors decided it was only just that he be paid $10.00 for damages. On 1 January 1856 Jacob and Serena sold his interest in the Morehouse property to his brother, Frederick. Jacob traveled to Green Lake, Wisconsin for the summer and fall of 1856 and 1857 to work as a farm hand for Samuel W. Smith before he moved there permanently, just after the birth of his youngest son, Jacob.
About a year later, Serena married Hobert Osborn. They were living in Morehouse in 1860 and had a 1-year-old daughter. By 1865 they had moved to New Hartford, Oneida Co., NY and in 1868 Serena purchased land in Clay, Onondaga Co., NY, where they were living in 1870. Serena's youngest son with Jacob, as well as her 3 children with Hobert were living with them. By 1880 they had moved to Paris, Oneida Co., NY.
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Sources
1. Joanne Murray (lajkam@gmail.com), The Becraft Family of Morehouse (http://hamilton.nygenweb.net/bios/Becraft1.html).