Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Plato Farris and Julia Ann Becraft

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Husband Plato Farris [8215]

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FamilySearch ID: GZ58-J8L

       Marriage: 16 Oct 1832 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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Wife Julia Ann Becraft [8214]

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           Born: Abt 1825 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1848
         Buried:  - Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia
FamilySearch ID: GZ5C-864
Find A Grave ID: 254401545

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         Father: William Becraft [8208] (1778-1859)
         Mother: Sarah McDaniel [9809] (1785-1866) 2

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   Other Spouse: Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne [8216] (1811-1893) - 5 Jan 1847 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Events

• Event: In 1847 Daniel Alexander Payne was married to Mrs. Julia A. Ferris, daughter of William Becraft of Georgetown, D. C. She died within a year thereafter

https://prabook.com/web/daniel.payne/3758473


" AFTER my return to Baltimore for three succeeding years I was called to pass through trouble and affliction. In 1847 I married my first wife, Mrs. Julia A. Farris, the widowed daughter of William Becraft, of Georgetown, D. C. She died within a year, living only a few hours after the birth of a daughter--a lovely babe, who was the refined and beautiful likeness of her mother. My infant daughter lived a little over nine months, and then fled away to join her sainted mother in the bright world above."

Recollections of Seventy Years: by Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne, D.D., LL.D.

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Children

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General Notes: Wife - Julia Ann Becraft

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According to Holy Trinity Church historian Peter J. Albert, "Julia Ann Becraft married Plato Ferris (or Farris), a free black man, in 1832 at Holy Trinity. Later widowed, in 1847 she married Daniel Alexander Payne, a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. She died in childbirth within the year, and her infant daughter died months later."

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 Julia Ann Becraft, person ID GZ5C-864.

2 Findagrave.com.