Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

John Jacob Waldron and Mary Jane Becraft

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Husband John Jacob Waldron [4006] ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 Mar 1839 - Haverstraw, Rockland, New York, United States 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Dec 1910 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States 1 3
         Buried:  - Sloatsburg Cemetery, Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York, United States 3
FamilySearch ID: LYWR-WBW
Find A Grave ID: 7204352

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         Father: Jacob Waldron [4022] (1809-1881)
         Mother: Elizabeth Belding [4023] (1815-1871) 3

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       Marriage: 3 May 1866 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States 1

Events

• He worked as a Blacksmith.

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States. John Waldron, head, b Mar 1839, age 61, married 34 years; born NY, truckerman; wife Mary J, b Aug 1845, age 54y, (6 children, 4 living), born NY; dau Lyda B Waldron, b Jan 1874, age 26, single, born NY, stenographer; son Jacob Waldron, b Apr 1877, age 28, single, born NY, carpenter; dau Mary, b Feb 1880, age 20, single, born NY, mother-in-law, Jane Becraft, b Nov 1812, age 87y, widowed, born NY.

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Wife Mary Jane Becraft [4005] ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 Aug 1845 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Feb 1947 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States 1 4
         Buried:  - Sloatsburg Cemetery, Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York, United States 3
FamilySearch ID: LWX9-J84
Find A Grave ID: 7204354

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         Father: William J. Becraft [3975] (1811-1876) 1 5
         Mother: Jane Irene Kelley [3976] (1812-1901) 1 6

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Events

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States. John Waldron, head, b Mar 1839, age 61, married 34 years; born NY, truckerman; wife Mary J, b Aug 1845, age 54y, (6 children, 4 living), born NY; dau Lyda B Waldron, b Jan 1874, age 26, single, born NY, stenographer; son Jacob Waldron, b Apr 1877, age 28, single, born NY, carpenter; dau Mary, b Feb 1880, age 20, single, born NY, mother-in-law, Jane Becraft, b Nov 1812, age 87y, widowed, born NY.

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Children

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1 M Jacob M Waldron [18729] ⁷

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           Born: 19 Apr 1877 - Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York, United States 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: LWX7-QGH

         Spouse: Dora B. Bush 1 [4011] (1882-1974)
           Marr: 7 Jun 1907 - Ossining, New York, United States 8

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Notes: Marriage (Mary Jane Becraft):

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by Rev. William Miller

Sources

1 davidmw00@yahoo.com (David Wallace
email: davidmw00@yahoo.com).

2 Majorie Smeltzor-Stevenot, Families of the Ramapos: Becraft, Call, Charleston, Hogencamp, Pitt, Starr and related families (N.p.: FamilySearch International, n.d.), 11.

3 Findagrave.com.

4 Findagrave.com, 24 Feb 1947.

5 Majorie Smeltzor-Stevenot, Families of the Ramapos: Becraft, Call, Charleston, Hogencamp, Pitt, Starr and related families (N.p.: FamilySearch International, n.d.), 7,8.

6 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 Nov 2025), entry for Jane Kelley, person ID LF4K-D6Y.

7 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 Nov 2025), entry for Dorothy Regina Waldron, person ID GBQ1-RYL.

8 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 Nov 2025), entry for Jacob M Waldron, person ID LWX7-QGH.