Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Abraham Becraft and Ann Nesbitt

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Husband Abraham Becraft [177]

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FamilySearch ID: LZ64-N5M

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         Father: George Becraft Jr [82] (Cir 1731-Cir 1827) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth [17506] (Abt 1750-      ) 2

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       Marriage: 24 Nov 1803 - Montgomery, Maryland, United States 3

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Wife Ann Nesbitt [178]

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FamilySearch ID: LZ64-NR9

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Children

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1 M Peregrine Becraft [278]

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           Born: 1815 - Maryland, United States 4
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           Died: After 1854 - Maryland, United States 4
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FamilySearch ID: L6HC-GNW

         Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Becraft [279] (Cir 1830-      )
           Marr: 4 Aug 1853 - Frederick County Courthouse, Frederick, Maryland 5 6

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Sources

1 Sharf, Sharf's History of Western Maryland (Maryland Historical Society), 126-127. On Saturday, the 2nd of July 1774, eight hundred of the principal inhabitants of the upper part of Frederick Co, MD assembled at Elizabeth Town, and being deeply impressed with a sense of the danger to which that natural ...

specifically the blocking of Baltimore Harbor and passed resolution and collected donations.

George Becrast, 5s. 4d listed as contributor to support poor in Boston (Nov 30, 1774).

Also has J. McDaniel, Sr. 7s 6d.
John Becrast, 4s.
J. McDaniel, Jr, 5s. 8d.
Francis McDaniel, 5s.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 6 Nov 2025), entry for Catherine Becraft, person ID LZ29-WJ9.

3 Tressie Nash Bowman, Montgomery Co Marriages 1796-1850 (1966), 8.

4 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2025), entry for Peregrine Becraft, person ID L6HC-GNW.

5 Marriage Licenses of Frederick Co, MD, Page 16.

6 Ancestry.com (Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Maryland Marriages, 1667-1899.).