Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Peregrine Becraft and Elizabeth Ann Becraft

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Husband Peregrine Becraft [278]

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           Born: 1815 - Maryland, United States 1
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           Died: After 1854 - Maryland, United States 1
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L6HC-GNW

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         Father: Abraham Becraft [177] (      -      )
         Mother: Ann Nesbitt [178] (      -      )

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       Marriage: 4 Aug 1853 - Frederick County Courthouse, Frederick, Maryland 2 3

Events

• He owned land Shivers Integrity on 13 Jul 1841 in Howard District, Anne Arundel Co, MD. J.L.M. Liber 1 folio 432 7/13/1841 Howard Dist of Anne Arundel Co, Abraham Becraft sold to son Peregrine (Perry) Becraft for $5.00 "Shivers Integrity" - 100 acres more or less Abraham Becraft bought of George Becraft. J.L.M. Liber 3 folio 158 Pere grin sold 100 acres 2/22/1842 to Benjamin Todd for $91.00+$5.00 = $96.00 total.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1850 in Howard District, Anne Arundel Co, MD. Perry Becraft, age 38, carpenter, property worth 200.

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Wife Elizabeth Ann Becraft [279]

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           Born: Cir 1830
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         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: L6C8-N6J

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Children

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1 M James L. Becraft [280]

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           Born: Cir 1854
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FamilySearch ID: LZYS-H28

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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 7 Nov 2025), entry for Peregrine Becraft, person ID L6HC-GNW.

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

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