Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Elias Becraft

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Husband Elias Becraft [2575]

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           Born: 1845 - Morehouse, Hamilton, New York, United States 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Dec 1862 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States 1 2
 Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: 2NSK-H3S

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         Father: Jacob Henry Becraft [4520] (1821-Between 1856/1860)
         Mother: Serena Rickart [2565] (1828-1903)

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Events

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1850 in Hamilton Co, NY. 340, 349
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.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1860 in Morehouse, Hamilton, New York, United States. Peter Becraft, age 26, carpenter, born NY; Elizabeth age 57, born NY; Elias age 15, at school, born NY; Anna Williams age 19, com. school teacher, born NY.

Elizabeth is Peter's mother, Elias is the son of Jacob Henry, Peter's brother.

• Military: 97th NY Infantry, Company E, 26 Oct 1861, New York, United States. BECRAFT, ELIAS: age 18, enlisted Oct. 26, 1861 at Morehouseville; to serve 3 yrs., private, Co. E; died of typhoid fever, Dec. 4, 1862 at Washington, D. C. *(listed as Beacraft, Elias).

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Wife

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Children

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Death Notes: Husband - Elias Becraft

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of typhoid fever

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General Notes: Husband - Elias Becraft

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http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyhamilt/census/1850more.html

Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2025), entry for Elias Becraft, person ID 2NSK-H3S.

2 Joanne Murray (lajkam@gmail.com), The Becraft Family of Morehouse (http://hamilton.nygenweb.net/bios/Becraft1.html).