Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors



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Phillip Beecroft



Husband Phillip Beecroft [7345]

           Born: 1818
     Christened: 23 Jun 1816 - St John the Baptist, Knutsford, Cheshire, England 1
           Died: Dec 1862 - Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: LB18-Y3C


         Father: James Beecroft [6642] (1782-1822)
         Mother: Rebbeccah Garratt [6705] (1779-      )


Events

• He was educated. http://books.google.com/books?id=1LIWAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA336&dq=beecroft&ie=ISO-8859-1

Beecroft, Philip: son of late James Beecroft, miller, of Knutsford. Born there. Educated at Knutsford, and Hyde. Admitted pensioner, Julyu 2, 1857. Age 37.

Resided two terms. Author of some papers in the Mathematician.

• Event: Beecroft's Theorem. Four circles, mutually tangent at six distinct points, determine four other circles, mutually tangent at the same six points, such that each circle of either tetrad intersects three circles of the other orthogonally at the points of mutual contact of those three.

P. Beecroft, The Concordent Circles. The Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, The Company of Stationers, London (1843), p.92.

• He appeared on the England census in 1841. CHURCH STREET, HYDE, STOCKPORT, CHESHIRE
JAMES BEECROF 60 IND YES
MARY " 30? "
ELIZABETH " 28 "
PHILIP " 24 SCHOOLMASTER "
JOHN " 20 " "
+ 4 STUDENTS AND A 16 YEAR OLD LINGUIST.

• He appeared on the English census in 1851 in Hyde, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. Church Street

Phillip Beecroft, head, un, 33, Classical Mathematical and Commercial teacher, Knutsford
Mary, sister, un , 44, Conductor of Ladies Seminary, Knutsford
Elizabeth, sister, un, 42, Knutsford
William Grayson, pupil, 15, Classical Mathematic Pupil, Wrelton Yorkshire
Ellen Booth, 14, House Servant, Runtford Cheshire

HO107/2154
Folio: 600
Page: 41.

• He appeared on the England census in 1861. RG9/2557 Folio 158

Philip Beecroft Head 42 unm b Knusford Mathmatical Teacher
Jane Beecroft Sister 29 unm b Knusford Conductor of seminary
Sarah I Hacklebridge Teacher 22 b Ireland Teacher
Elizabeth Cartlidge Servant 12 b Hyde, cheshire
Chapel St, Hyde, Cheshire.




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Children

Death Notes: Husband - Phillip Beecroft

freeBMD shows a death of Philip Beecroft Dec 1862 Vol 8a p14 Stockport

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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 9 Nov 2025), entry for Phillip Beecroft, person ID LB18-Y3C.


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