Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Thomas R Finch and Abigail Cole

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Husband Thomas R Finch [13163]

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           Born: 15 Feb 1800 - Orange, New York, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Jul 1872 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States
 Cause of Death: killed by a train while walking on tracks near Sloatsburg
         Buried:  - Gates of Praise Cemetery, Ramapo, Rockland Co, NY 1
FamilySearch ID: M828-VQY
Find A Grave ID: 37198811

       Marriage: 

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Wife Abigail Cole [13164]

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           Born: 8 May 1801 - Rensselaer, New York, United States 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Apr 1883 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States
         Buried:  - Gates of Praise Cemetery, Ramapo, Rockland Co, NY 1
FamilySearch ID: GJ9Y-VV1
Find A Grave ID: 177007566

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Children

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1 F Martha A Finch [4144] ^{3 4}

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           Born: Mar 1835 - New York, United States 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jun 1909 - Rockland, New York, United States 3

         Buried:  - Sloatsburg Cemetery, Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York, United States 1
FamilySearch ID: M535-XBQ
Find A Grave ID: 178633939

         Spouse: James Archabald Becraft 3 5 [4143] (1837-1915)
           Marr: 1861 3

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas R Finch

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Thomas was a blacksmith. He was very deaf as an old man, and was killed by a train while walking on tracks near Sloatsburg.

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Burial Notes: Wife - Abigail Cole

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Inscription
"aged 81 years, 11 months, 4 days"

Sources

1 Findagrave.com.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 Nov 2025), entry for Abigail Cole, person ID GJ9Y-VV1.

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

4 Majorie Smeltzor-Stevenot, Families of the Ramapos: Becraft, Call, Charleston, Hogencamp, Pitt, Starr and related families (N.p.: FamilySearch International, n.d.), 9.

5 Majorie Smeltzor-Stevenot, Families of the Ramapos: Becraft, Call, Charleston, Hogencamp, Pitt, Starr and related families (N.p.: FamilySearch International, n.d.), 7.