Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Jacob Provost Cooke and Maria Louise Stansbury

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Husband Jacob Provost Cooke [12285]

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           Born: 17 Sep 1834 - Morris, New Jersey, United States 1
     Christened: 19 Sep 1834 - Montville, Morris, New Jersey, United States 1
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GWDR-H5P

       Marriage: Abt 1865 2

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Wife Maria Louise Stansbury [12278] ²

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           Born: 8 Jul 1844 - Flushing, Queens, New York, United States
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Mar 1923 - New York City, New York County, New York, United States 2
         Buried: 6 Mar 1923 - Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States 2
FamilySearch ID: L5NV-KB2

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         Father: Rev. Lorenzo Dow Stansbury [7013] (Abt 1799-1852)
         Mother: Sarah Prudence Valentine [4017] (1801-1882) 3 4

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Children

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Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 Nov 2025), entry for Jacob Provost Cooke, person ID GWDR-H5P.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 22 Nov 2025), entry for Maria L Stansbury, person ID L5NV-KB2.

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.), 8.