Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Joseph Ezra "Jos" Conklin and Susan Ethel Becraft

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Husband Joseph Ezra "Jos" Conklin [4003] ^{1 2}

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           Born: 16 Mar 1885 - Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York, United States 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1953 - Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York, United States 1
         Buried:  - Sloatsburg Cemetery, Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York, United States 1
FamilySearch ID: LWXM-WNT
Find A Grave ID: 178669689

       Marriage: 4 Oct 1911 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States 1

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Wife Susan Ethel Becraft [4002] ^{1 4}

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           Born: 7 Apr 1887 - Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States 1
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           Died: 1956 - Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York, United States 1
         Buried:  - Sloatsburg Cemetery, Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York, United States 1
FamilySearch ID: 2737-MT2
Find A Grave ID: 178669690

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         Father: William Lewis Becraft [3977] (1841-1919) 1 5
         Mother: Eliza Matilda Hill [3978] (1845-1922) 1 5

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Events

• She appeared on the Federal census in 1900 in Ramapo, Rockland, New York, United States. William L Becraft, head, b July 1841, age 58, married 34 years, born NY, Truckerman; wife Eliza M, b Mar 1844, age 55, (9 children, 9 living), born NY; son Loren, b Sept 1875, age 24, single, born NY, plumber; dau Jane, b May 1881, age 19, single, born NY; son Henry, b Apr 1885, age 15y, born NY, at school; dau Susan, b Apr 1886, age 14, born NY, at school.

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Children

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1 F Esther L. Conklin [4004] ¹

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           Born: 16 May 1916 - Sloatsburg, Rockland, New York, United States 1 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jun 2009 6
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: LJ98-Q6W

         Spouse: Frederick William Kessler 6 [18832] (      -      )
           Marr: 1940 6

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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.), 17.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 Nov 2025), entry for Joseph Ezra "Jos" Conklin, person ID LWXM-WNT.

4 Majorie Smeltzor-Stevenot, Families of the Ramapos: Becraft, Call, Charleston, Hogencamp, Pitt, Starr and related families (N.p.: FamilySearch International, n.d.), 17.

5 Majorie Smeltzor-Stevenot, Families of the Ramapos: Becraft, Call, Charleston, Hogencamp, Pitt, Starr and related families (N.p.: FamilySearch International, n.d.), 10.

6 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 26 Nov 2025), entry for Esther L. Conklin, person ID LJ98-Q6W.