Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Peter Justice and Catherine Crew



Husband Peter Justice [4324]

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FamilySearch ID: LH5P-35T


         Father: Hans Gustafsson [4314] (1662-1718)
         Mother: Mary Rawson [4315] (1666-1714)


       Marriage: 28 Jan 1731 - St. Mary Anne's, Cecil Co, MD



Wife Catherine Crew [9737]

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General Notes: Husband - Peter Justice

Peter Justice (with his brother Mounts) was in Captain Thomas Johnson's company of Cecil County militia in 1740. He was church warden of St Mary Anne's on 15 Apr 1745 and 20 Apr 1747. His Will, proved 3 Feb 1769, left his land to his sons subject to his wife's third for life. The land presumably was the part of New Connaught Manor patented as "Justice" by his son Edward and grandson Peter Abrams, part of which is still in the family. His widow died in 1790. there were at least eight children, the births of the first four having been recorded in the register of St. Mary Anne's.

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