Husband William Becraft [8208]
Born: 1778
Christened:
Died: 28 Aug 1859 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States 1
Buried: - Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia 1 2
FamilySearch ID: GZ58-XZB
Find A Grave ID: 103856629
Father: Charles Carroll [11136] ( - )
Mother:
Marriage:
Events
• Color-Race: Colored.
• He worked as a steward at the Union Hotel in Georgetown, District of Columbia, United States. Georgetown's Union Hotel, at the corner of Washington and Bridge Streets (30th and M Streets, NW, in today's grid).
• He owned property in 1819. Records - Columbia Historical Society of Washington: Volumes 69-70
... In Georgetown, Negro property owners entered the new subdivisions along with whites, spreading out from the centers along the waterfront. Shortly after she was freed by george Beall in 1807, Lethe Hill bought from Thomas B. Beall a lot 60 by 30 feet in Beall's Addition. Her home on this lot at the corner of West P Street and 30th was valued at $1,000 in 1819. 23. William Becraft lived one block away in the same neighborhood. ...
• Event: Gerri Major's book "Black Society". Sallie Hemming's other children did not lose their racial identity, and neither did the black son of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, William Becraft. Becraft maintained the mementoes of the Carroll family for his lifetime in his Georgetown residence. He was born at Carrollton, while his mother, a free woman of color, worked as housekeeper on the vast Maryland estate of the signer of the Declaration of Independence. He came to Georgetown as a young man of eighteen, and secured a position as steward at the Union Hotel...
• He appeared on the Federal census in 1830 in Georgetown, District of Columbia, United States. • He appeared on the Federal census in 1840 in Georgetown, District of Columbia, United States. Events
• She was buried at a cemetery. Notes from FINDAGRAVE.COM, entered by Michael [Randy] Walsh, Jan 20, 2013. Becraft, William B., August 28, 1859, 19/173
Persons of Color and Religious at the Same Time: The Oblate Sisters of Providence, 1828-1860, by Diane Batts Morrow, © 2002 The University of North Carolina Press. Becraft, Sarah D. died 1866, 19/173
Wm Becraft
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Wife Sarah McDaniel [9809] 2
Born: 1785
Christened:
Died: 9 May 1866 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States 1
Buried: - Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia 1
FamilySearch ID: GKD3-TZT
Find A Grave ID: 103857129
Father: Leonard McDaniel [11134] ( -1807) 3
Mother:
Recently uncovered 2 others besides Caroline and realizing that there are likely 3 similar markers with missing stones.
In addition it appears that Sarah & William are listed together at 118 Beall St, were African American and only Sarah was listed after that which may mean that her husband may have died aprx 1860 - 1864.
Additional info from Trinity interment record 1808-1867 notes death of Rosetta (Line ?) ...daughter of William & Sarah McDaniel looks to say Rosetta was 20.
Also note 1834 burial record lists McDonald rather than McDaniel.
They had a 15 year old daughter that was buried at the Georgetown College Grounds in 1834
Not sure where I got the date of 1865 above, recent info seems to match "Mrs. Becraft" notation in the area of the Trinity book near dates aprx May 1866. Also lists "70 y."
Children
1 F Julia Ann Becraft [8214]
Born: Abt 1825 4
Christened:
Died: 1848
Buried: - Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia
FamilySearch ID: GZ5C-864
Find A Grave ID: 254401545
Spouse: Plato Farris [8215] ( - )
Marr: 16 Oct 1832 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Spouse: Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne [8216] (1811-1893)
Marr: 5 Jan 1847 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States
2 F Ann Maria Becraft [8209]
Born: 1805 - Georgetown, District of Columbia, United States 5
Christened:
Died: 16 Dec 1833 - Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Buried: 1833 - Old Cathedral Cemetery, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States 5
FamilySearch ID: GZ5X-M6R
Find A Grave ID: 257936838
3 M James B Becraft [16358]
Born: 1816
Christened:
Died: 28 Oct 1828
Buried: - Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia
FamilySearch ID: PW23-ZRL
Find A Grave ID: 117130460
4 M William H. C. Becraft [16359]
Born: 1 Mar 1816
Christened:
Died: 21 May 1841 - Georgetown, District of Columbia, United States
Buried: - Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia
FamilySearch ID: GZ5X-5Z7
Find A Grave ID: 117129804
5 F Rosetta Line Becraft [8213]
Born: 1818
Christened:
Died: 25 Feb 1839 1
Buried: - Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia 1
FamilySearch ID: PW2S-KD6
Find A Grave ID: 176802641
6 F Caroline J Becraft [13025] 2
Born: 1819 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States 2
Christened:
Died: 13 Mar 1879 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States 2
Buried: - Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia 2
FamilySearch ID: PW23-YPV
Find A Grave ID: 103857190
7 F Susanna Becraft [8212]
Born: 20 Jul 1819
Christened: 7 Aug 1819
Died: 12 Nov 1834
Buried: - Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia 2
FamilySearch ID: PW23-6MH
Find A Grave ID: 178555601
8 F Sarah Ellen Becraft [16355]
Born: 25 Aug 1821
Christened:
Died: 24 Dec 1892
Buried: 27 Dec 1892 - Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia
FamilySearch ID: PW23-Y4S
Find A Grave ID: 141748768
Spouse: Alexander Bowdin [16356] (1826-1864)
Marr: 10 Oct 1855
9 M John Joseph Becraft [16357]
Born: 11 Dec 1822 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Christened: 25 Dec 1822 - Holy Trinity Church, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Died:
Buried: - Holy Rood Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia
FamilySearch ID: PW2S-1W5
Find A Grave ID: 252770939
Burial Notes: Husband - William Becraft
General Notes: Husband - William Becraft
Page 110
William Becraft of Georgetown, chief steward of the Union Hotel, also earned posthumous encomia from white acquaintances for being "of the old school of well bred, confidential, and intelligent domestics… [ and for] his benevolent and venerable aspect, dignified and obliging manners, and moral excellence." His mother, a free woman, had served as housekeeper for Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Becraft enrolled his daughters Rosetta and Susan in the Oblate school for three quarters. In 1833 Susan joined the Oblate Sisters as a postulant. She later became terminally ill, withdrew from the community, and died at home in 1834. Her older sister, Ann Marie, had joined the Oblates as Sister Aloysius in 1831. She died in 1833. Truly the Becraft family had invested deeply in the Oblate community.
Burial Notes: Wife - Sarah McDaniel