BEECROFT

By David Martin Kendall, 1964

Library of Congress, CS71 B44054 1964 [Folio]

 

© Copyright 1964, David Martin Kendall, All Rights Reserved.  This version of this document was created from a copy of the original available at the Library of Congress.  It is provided for personal use in genealogical research and should be treated as such.   The content is not to be used in any fashion that would jeopardize the rights of the creator.

Electronic version created by Robert J Becraft, aka castlewrks@aol.com in February, 2001.

No attempt was made to change any of the information in the original work, some of the original mimeographed pages did not xerox in a legible fashion.  The document has been reformatted for readability only.

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This document stands as it is written.  In a conversation with David in the early 1990’s, he said he has finished all his Beecroft research and has no intention of updating this document any further than you find it here.]

THE NAME BEECROFT	

There is some disagreement among authorities about the origin of the name Beecroft.  Harrison gives it from the Old English “Beo plus croft a small field, i.e. a dweller at the small field.”  Bardsley, on the other hand, considers it a local surname signifying “’at the bere-croft’ i.e. A barley croft.  Anglo Saxon bere meaning barley; evidently it is a Yorkshire local surname.”  Henry Barber simply calls it a local name with a cross reference to Bearcroft.

FORWARD	

There is no question that our Beecroft family originated in England as that fact is attested to by census statements of the emigrant himself and by the death certificates of several of his children and common family knowledge among his descendants.  Many of the same sources further state that he was born in Yorkshire, and an old paper owned by Alice Beecroft Little gives his birthplace as Dacre Bank.  According to family tradition, he was one of seven brothers and emigrated in 1831, the date of an English halfpenny he kept and last in the possession of Elizabeth Beecroft Ryan.  An extensive examination of English public and ecclesiastical records has brought to light the immediate family of the emigrant and probably an additional generation of his forbearers.

PROSABLE ENGLISH ANCESTRY	

In the middle of the eighteenth century a Thomas Beecroft lived in the village of Bishops Thornton a few miles from the cathedral city of Ripon and within eight miles of the village of Dacre, the West Riding of Yorkshire, England.  All that is known of him is that he had at least four children whose baptismal records are at the Cathedral in Ripon:

Francis, son of Thomas Beecroft (Thornton), December 29th 1762.

Mary, daughter of Thomas Beecroft (Bishops Thornton), June 12th 1764.

Jane, daughter of Thomas Beecroft (Thornton), February 11th 1766.

Thomas, son of Thomas Beecroft (Bishops Thornton), August 2nd 1767.

Thomas Beecroft, son of Thomas Beecroft of Bishops Thornton, married at Pately Bridge, Yorkshire, on April 11th 1796, Susan Patrick, spinster; both she and Thomas were of Pately Bridge.  The 1851 census (H.O.107/2280) for Dacre Bank Nr. Harrogate lists (490 374. E.D.I.A. P.I. at Hood gap Township of Dacre):

Thomas Beecroft. Head. Widr. 81 yrs. Farmer 100 acres born Parish of Ripon, County of Yorkshire.

Joseph Beecroft, son, Widr. 52 yrs. Ag. Labourer born Parish of Ripon, County of Yorkshire.

Sarah Beecroft. GDau. Unmarried 14 yrs. F.D. born Parish of Ripon, County of Yorkshire.

Hannah Beecroft.  GDau. Unmarried 11 yrs. F.D. born Parish of Ripon, County of Yorkshire.

John Beecroft. GSon. Unmarried 3 yrs. born Parish of Ripon, County of Yorkshire.

Thomas Beecroft died at Dacre in 1852 aged 84 (sic.).  Of his family we know a little only of his son Joseph:

Joseph Beecroft was born in the Parish of Ripon in1798/9.  He married Grace Wood, daughter of Abram Wood, and was a labourer at Dacre Bank in 1830.  His wife Grace died at Dacre in 1842, aged thirty-seven.  The widower Joseph was living with his father at Dacre in 1851 as shown by the census.  He and Grace had several children:

Susannah – daughter of Joseph Beecroft of Dacre Bank in the Parish of Ripon in the County of York labourer and Grace his wife who was the daughter of Abram Wood – was born on October 29th 1830 and baptized on November 27th 1830. (R.G.4/1854, Non Parochial Registers for Pately Bridge etc. 1824-1837. County of York, No. 323)

Grace – daughter of Joseph and Grace Beecroft of Loansfoot, Dacre our Beverly, Ripon, York – was born April 1st 1833 (R.G.4/3682. Non Parochial Registers, Births and Deaths Providence Chapel Dacre (Independent) Parish of Ripon, County of York.)  The 1851 census shows her at Dacre: unmarried, aged eighteen, farm servant, born in the County of York at Dacre.

John – son of Joseph and Grace Beecroft of Lanefoot, Dacre our Beverly, Ripon, York – was born on May 23rd 1835.  (Loc. cit.) John Beecroft of Lanefoot died on December 13th 1835 (Loc. Cit.).

Sarah – daughter of Joseph and Grace Beecroft of Lanefoot – was born on September 17th 1836 (loc. cit.)   In 1851 she was a (farm servant/domestic?) living with her father.  She is probably the Sarah Beecroft of Hayshaw, Dacre, who had an illegitimately born son, Thomas Beecroft, born on September 30th 1859 (1859 birth #42 Sub-district of Dacre Banks, County of York, Somerset House) and baptized at Dacre Church on October 11th 1859.  The birth record shows the father as – and the mother Sarah Beecroft signed: X.

Hannah Beecroft was born in the Parish of Ripon in 1839/40, and in 1851 was living with her father at Hood-gap, Dacre, working as an F.D. (farm/female domestic?).

Elizabeth – of Joseph Beecroft, farmer, and his wife Grace – was baptized at Dacre Church on March 8th 1842.  Elizabeth Beecroft, infant, died at Dacre in 1842.

Probably Mary Beecroft born in the Parish of Ripon in 1828/9; the 1851 census shows her a visitor in the home of the widow Martha Whitley at Hood-gap, Dacre, the next house before that of Thomas and Joseph Beecroft.  She was unmarried.  The parish register of Pately Bridge shows the birth of a John Beecroft in March 1848; he was the illegitimate son of a Mary Beecroft and was baptized at Dacre Church on March 12th 1848.  It seems more than likely that these two Marys are the same and a daughter of Joseph and Grace (Wood) Beecroft and that this is the John Beecroft aged three listed in the 1851 census as a grandson of Thomas Beecroft at Hood-gap, Dacre.

Joseph Beecroft is said to have lived at Heysham.

THE FAMILY IN ENGLAND

Because of the name “Thomas” and because members of both families were located in Dacre and were members of the Providence Independent Chapel at Dacre, it is possible that James Beecroft, below, is a member of the family of Thomas Beecroft of Bishops Thornton; however, no positive evidence of such a connection has yet come to light.

James Beecroft was a joiner by trade.  From at least 1810 until after 1840 he lived at Dacre in the West Riding of Yorkshire.  By 1810 he had married Sarah -, who had been born in 1782/3 and who died at Dacre on April 10th 1829, aged forty-six years.  Her death is recorded in the Non Parochial Register, R.G.4/3682, Births and Deaths Providence Chapel Dacre (Independent) Parish of Ripon, County of York).  After her death James married second Margaret -, born at Colarstoop, Parish of Ripon, County of York, in 1799/1800.  He died himself between 1842 and 1851, for the 1851 census (H.O. 107/2280. 1851 Census Returns for Dacre bank Nr. Harrogate.  E.D. 13. at Dacre) lists his widow at Dacre:

Margaret Beecroft. Head. Wid. 51 yrs. born Yorks. Colarstoop, Ripon.

John Beecroft son unmarried 32 yrs. Wheelwright born Yorks. Dacre, Ripon.

Ann Beecroft dau. Unmarried 11 yrs. Scholar.  Born Yorks. Dacre, Ripon.

Elizabeth Beecroft Dau. Unmarried 7 yrs. Scholar.  Born Yorks. Dacre, Ripon.

The children of James Beecroft  were:

1.	Thomas Beecroft, born at Dacre Bank February 22nd, baptized on April 13th 1810, the son of James and Sarah Beecroft of Dacre.  (Baptism recorded in the Parish Register of Pately Bridge.) of whom further.

2.	Bettey Beecroft, daughter of James and Sarah Beecroft of Dacre, was baptized at Pately Bridge on November 26th 1811.  She was buried on March 15th 1812.

3.	Joseph Beecroft, son of James and Sarah Beecroft, joiner of Dacre, baptized at Pately bridge on June 4th 1813, died at the age of twenty at Dacre on May 28th 1833.  His death is recorded in the Non Parochial Register, Birth and Death Providence Chapel Dacre (Independent) Parish of Ripon, County of York (R.G. 4/3682).

4.	James Beecroft, son of James and Sarah Beecroft, joiner of Dacre, was baptized at Pately Bridge on March 7th 1816.  In 1845 James Beecroft, joiner of Dacre Plain, son of James Beecroft, joiner of Dacre, married Mary Gill at Pately Bridge.

5.	John Beecroft, son of James and Salley Beecroft, joiner of Dacre, was baptized at Pately Bridge on October 25th 1818.  He was a labourer and a wright; he lived at Dacre.  He and his wife Esther had baptized at the Dacre Parish Church:

a.	Sarah Ann Beecroft baptized January 25th 1856, died at Dacre aged one year in 1857.
b.	A second child baptized June 9th 1860.
c.	A third child baptized September 10th 1864.

6.	Charles Beecroft, son of James and Salley Beecroft, carpenter of Dacre, was baptized at Pately Bridge on July 15th, 1821.  He married about 1850 Anna -, born at Oldborough, Yorkshire, in 1830/1.  The 1851 census (H.O. 107/2280. 1851 census returns for Dacre Bank Nr. Harrogate.  ?.D. IB. Township of Dacre. p. 16 at Dacre) lists:

Charles Beecroft head married 28 yrs. ag. labourer born Dacre.

Ann Beecroft wife married 20 yrs. ag. labourer born Oldbourgh.

They lived at Heysham.  They had several children:

a.	John Beecroft, born 1852/3, lived all about Dacre Banks and died there on July 23rd 1914, aged 61.  He had:

Mary A. Beecroft  born in September 1880, died in 1961, married H. Newbould, and lived at Ashley House, Dacre.  She had seven children, the eldest of which is Alice born 1913 who has married W. Snow and lives at Heathfield, Pately Bridge.  She writes:

“I am the oldest of seven there are three boys and four girls.  I married a farmer and have two children a boy and a girl.  We have a busy life I would have written before but we’ve just finished hay time and I also hairdress when I can that was my job before I was married.  Mother is 81 in Sept.  She used to play the organ at Dacre Chapel for years.  It was while she was playing one day that she lost use of her right hand.  Dacre is just a small village there used to be trains running through but they are stopped, now, just a bus service.  I can remember Granny & her brothers having a covered cart traveling miles to a market at Otley.  Grandad Beecroft is buried in Dacre Chapel yard, but a few ancestors are at a place called Thornthwaite.”

A second daughter, now dead, lived at Ripon.

A third child, now dead, lived at Harrogate, had one child.

b.	Hanna Beecroft, did not live to a great age.

c.	Annie Beecroft, did not live to a great age.

d.	Mary Beecroft, did not live to a great age.

e.	Sarah Beecroft, did not live to a great age.

f.	Joseph (“Joel”) Beecroft, did not live to a great age.

g.	Alice Beecroft, baptized at Dacre February 23rd 1866, burial recorded at Pately Bridge in 1868.

h.	Elizabeth Ann Beecroft, baptized at Dacre March 25th 1873; she did not live to a great age.

7.	Mary Beecroft, daughter of James and Sally Beecroft of Dacre township of Dacre our Beverly, Parish of Ripon, County of York, was born March 23rd, 1824.  (Providence Chapel record op. cit.)

8.	Ann Beecroft, daughter of James and Sally Beecroft, born March 23rd 1824. (R.G. 4/30. Public Record Office Register of Births and Deaths for Dacre Chapel 1821-1836.)

9.	perhaps Ellen Beecroft, who died at Dacre (recorded Dacre Parish Church) in 1867 aged forty (i.e. Born 1826/7).

10.	Susanna Beecroft, daughter of James and Margaret Beecroft of Dacre township, Dacre our Beverly, was born June 2nd 1832.

11.	Ann Beecroft born at Dacre in 1839/40, a scholar living with her widowed mother according to the 1851 Dacre census.

12.	Elizabeth Beecroft born at Dacre in 1842/3, a scholar living with her widowed mother according to the 1851 Dacre census.

Perhaps there were two other sons as family tradition has it that there were seven brothers in this family.

APPENDIX	

These are scattered Beecroft items that turned up during the search for our English family.  They may or may not be related to the family of Thomas Beecroft of Bishops Thornton and the Beecrofts of Dacre.

George Beecroft of Thornton had baptized on February 11th 1766 a daughter Jane. (Ripon Cathedral records).

George Beecroft of Howhill had baptized:

Jane Beecroft August 6th 1774.
Mary, daughter of George Beecroft  Nr. Howhill, November 19th 1779. (Ripon Cathedral record).

George Beecroft of Sawley had baptized:

William Beecroft May 31st 1777.
Robert Beecroft February 3rd 1783.
John Beecroft November 25th 1787. (Ripon Cathedral)

George Beecroft of Warsill had baptized:

George Beecroft May 22nd 1785 (Ripon Cathedral records)

It is possible that these seven children are all brothers and sisters, and that their father George Beecroft is a brother of Thomas Beecroft of Bishops Thornton.

a.	Sarah Beecroft spinster of Skelton had baptized on April 7th 1771, a daughter Mary Beecroft. (Ripon Cathedral)

b.	John Beecroft of Bishops Thornton had baptized on July 14th 1772, a daughter Margaret. (Ripon Cathedral)

c.	George Beecroft of Leeds, Kirsktall Forge, married in 1775 Elizabeth, daughter of John Skirrow of Ovley (Society of Genealogists, London, Great Index)

d.	Jane Beecroft of the Dacre area married on December 24th 1804, George B(asy?)ness. (Ripon Cathedral record)

e.	Luke Beecroft of the Parish of Ripon, carpenter, married at Hemsthwaite on November 1st 1807, Faith Bell of Hemsthwaite.

f.	Margaret Beecroft of Heathfield in the Parish of Kirby (Mabseard?) County of York, daughter of Thomas and Jane Beecroft, had a daughter Mary Beecroft  born June 5th 1837, and baptized June 30th 1837 (R.G. 4/1754, NonParochial Registers for Pately Bridge etc. 1824-1837. county of York. No. 323)

g.	Thomas Beecroft was born in September 1847. (Ripon Parish)

h.	Mary Ann Beecroft was born in June 1847. (Ripon Parish)

Thomas Beecroft was born at Dacre Bank, West Riding, Yorkshire, England on February 22nd 1810.  His baptism is recorded in the register of the church at Pately Bridge under the date of April 13th 1810.  The record shows him to be the son of James and Sarah Beecroft of Dacre.  About 1827 he immigrated to the United States, his voyage by sailing ship taking three weeks.  By 1835 he had settled in New York City, where on July 3rd 1835, he married Elizabeth White, widow of John Haley and daughter of George and Mary (Riley) White of Cork, Ireland.

Thomas had heard, perhaps from his father-in-law who had settled there, that there was an opportunity for a wheelwright and wagon maker, his own trade at Schaghticoke in Ransselaer County, New York.  Acting on this information, the couple, with Elizabeth’s two small children by her first marriage, traveled up the Hudson Valley in late 1835 or early 1836 and settled in that village, where they were listed in the census for 1840:

Thomas Becroft, head, with:	1 male of 5 and under 10 years
1 male of 20 and under 30, engaged in manufacturing or trade
2 females under 5 years
1 female of 5 and under 10
1 female of 20 and under 30.

About 1846 Thomas Beecroft wrote out in his Bible a record of his family:

	Thomas Beecroft and Elisebeth Married July 3 1835
	Sarah Beecroft born April 31 1836
	Hellenor Beecroft born March 15 1839
	James Beecroft born April 31 1841
	Mary Beecroft born October 22 1843
	William H. Beecroft  born April 1 1846

To this were later added:

	Jane born April 6 1849
	George Beecroft January 23 1853
	Charles Beecroft born Sep 3 1856

The census for 1850, taken at Schaghticoke on October 25th, lists his entire household:

#1796 #1928 Thomas Becraft 39 male, wagon maker, born in England, no real estate, can read and write
Elizabeth Becraft 43 female, born in Ireland, can read and write
Ann Haley 21 female, born in Ireland, can read and write
John Haley 18 male, Black Smith, born at sea, can read and write
Sarah Becraft 14 female, born in New York State
Ellen Becraft 11 female, born in New York State, attended school within the year
James Becraft 8 male, born in New York State, attended school within the year
Mary Becraft 6 female, born in New York State, attended school within the year
Wm. Becraft 4 male, born in New York State
Jane Becraft 1 female, born in New York State
Mary White born in New York State

On April 1st 1852, Thomas Beecroft signed a lease for some property on School Street in Schaghticoke:

This Indenture, made the first day of April in the year of our Lord 1852 between Amos Briggs and Ann Elisa his wife of the town of Schaghticoke and Betsey Amelia Hart of the city of Troy, County of Rensselaer and State of New York of the firs part and Thomas Beecroft of the town of Schaghticoke aforesaid of the second part witnesseth, that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the yearly rents, covenants, and agreements hereinafter mentioned and contained on … all that certain piece or parcel of land situated in the 
	
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Two additional censuses list Thomas Beecroft and his household as residents of Schaghticoke:

June 16th 1865:

#73 frame house worth $800 #103 Thomas Becraft 51 male, white, born in England, married once, wagon maker, alien.
Elizabeth Becraft, 53 female wife born in Ireland, white, mother of ten children, twice married, now married.
William Becraft 17 white male single child born in Rensselaer County.
James [sic. – i.e. Jane] Becraft 15 white female child single born in Rensselaer County.
Geo. Becraft 12 white male child single born in Rensselaer County.
Charles Becraft 9 white male child single born in Rensselaer County.
Mary White 18 white female child single born in Rensselaer County.
Ann Haley 28 white female child single born in Ireland.

July 16th 1870:

#99 #148 Thomas Becroft 58 male white wagon maker real estate worth $1000, personal estate worth $600, born in England, parents of foreign birth.
Elizabeth 60 female white keeping house born in Ireland, parents of foreign birth.
William 24 male white carpenter born in New York State, cannot write, parents of foreign birth.
Jane 21 female white weaver in woolen mill born in New York State, parents of foreign birth.
George 18 male white farm laborer born in New York State, parents of foreign birth.
Charles 14 male white works in low mill born in New York State, parents of foreign birth.
Mary White 24 female white house servant born in New York State, father of foreign birth
Mary Becroft 26 female white works in woolen mill, born in New York State, parents of foreign birth.

Thomas Beecroft had been a resident of the United States about forty years before he decided to become a citizen.  On October 27th 1870, he appeared before Edward Searls and James Nutt of Schaghticoke, representing the Troy Justices Court, and renounced his allegiance to the Queen of Great Britain to become a citizen of the United States of America.  He signed his declaration and stated he was a native of Great Britain who had landed in the United States as a minor under the age of eighteen years.

Thomas Beecroft died in Schaghticoke on October 12th 1873, and was buried in the Elmwood Cemetery there; his inscription on the Beecroft monument reads;

Thomas Beecroft
Died
Oct. 12, 1873
Aged 60 yrs. 5 mos.

His property on School Street passed to his widow, Elizabeth and on her death in 1895 was sold by her heirs to her daughter Mary with the understanding that it was to be used to provide a home for elderly or needy members of the family.  It was used in this capacity until it was sold in the middle of the twentieth century.

Nothing is known of the person or habits of Thomas Beecroft with the exception of one small detail.  Although he did not take snuff, he kept about him a round brass snuff box which he had brought with him from England and in which he kept an English half penny dated 1831, the year he (or his wife) arrived in America.

His children were:

1.	Sarah Beecroft born April 30th 1836.
2.	Ellenor Beecroft born March 15th 1839.
3.	James Beecroft born April 30th 1841.
4.	Mary Beecroft born October 22nd 1843.
5.	William Haley Beecroft born April 1st 1846.
6.	Jane Beecroft born April 6th 1849.
7.	George Beecroft born January 23rd 1853.
8.	Charles N. Beecroft born September 3rd 1856.

THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS AND ELIZABETH (WHITE) BEECROFT  

1.	Sarah Beecroft was born in New York City on April 30th 1836.  She married in the Schaghticoke Methodist Church on December 22nd 1864, Robert Miller Sample of Victory, New York, who had been born in Ireland on November 2nd 1834, son of William Sample.  She died in Schaghticoke Village of pneumonia on December 26th 1898, a housekeeper aged sixty-two years.  Her husband died in Schaghticoke on October 17th 1915.   Their children, all born at Victory Mills, New York, were:

A.	William Miller Sample, born September 4th 1865, married at Schaghticoke on October 14th 1891, Anna Tillings, born at Schaghticoke on August 4th 1868, daughter of John and Sarah J. (Magee) Tillings.  He was a butcher in Schaghticoke and died there on May 30th 1923; his widow died at Albany, New York, on February 8th 1939.  They had:

a.	Ruth Tillings Sample, born on July 24th 1892, married in September – 19--, David Brier Taylor.  They had:

Robert Sample Taylor who married and has:

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b.	Robert Miller Sample, born August 1st 1894, was a butcher.  He married in Troy, New York, on October 11th 1925, Josephine Corona Mathusa, born at Cedar Hill, New York, on November 6th 1906, daughter of William and Anastasia (Kailey) Mathusa. They live in Schaghticoke and have:

Mary Ruth Sample, born at Schaghticoke on February 26th 1927, married Howard Mathew Slocum, born at Albany on February 26th 1926, son of Lewis and Julia (Fort) Slocum.  He is a farm machinery salesman.  They have:

1.	Robert Sample Slocum born at Troy August 25th 1947.

Helen Jane Sample, born at Schaghticoke on March 24th 1929, married there on July 3rd, 1949, Jack Vincent Jowett, son of Wesley and Carolyn Jowett.  He is a lumber company forester.  They have:

1.	Susan Mary Jowett
2.	Jack Joseph Jowett

Alice Marie Sample, born at Schaghticoke on February 1st 1933, married there on November 28th 1953, Ramon Robert Lucey, born at Albany son of John Francis and Gertrude (Witrouski) Lucey.  They have:

1.	Joanne Lucey

Ann Sample (“Nancy”) was born at Schaghticoke on July 19th 1936.

Ruth Sample was born at Schaghticoke on April 4th 1941.

B.	Thomas Sample, born on November 18th 1869, married on June 17th 1896, Elizabeth Kaerner, born on February 28th 1872.  She died on November 6th 1928, and he died on August 3rd 1934.  They had:

a.	Ethel Sample, born July 11th 1897, died in December 1904.
b.	Helen Sample, born at Troy, New York, on Octoer 31st 1904, married on October 17th 1928, Edward F. Miller, born at Green Island, New York, on October 25th 1905.  They have no children.

C.	Frederick R. Sample, born at Victory Mills, New York, on September 20th 1871, married in 1904 Anna Wicks.  They had no children.  He died at Schaghticoke on September 17th 1937.  His middle name was Robert.

D.	George Beecroft Sample, born at Victory Mills, on November 29th 1873, married on April 30th 1902, Mary Margaret Little, born on April 25th 1875.  She died on October 6th 1938, and he died at Schaghticoke on June 15th 1948.  They had:

a.	Elizabeth Sample, born on March 9th 1904, married on February 28th 1935, Thomas John Casey, born on April 27th 1903.  They live in Schaghticoke and have:

Thomas Frederick Casey was born at Schaghticoke on December 2nd 1937.

E.	Horace Grealey Sample, born at Victory Mills on November 6th 1875, died aged about two years.

F.	Charles N. Sample, born at Victory Mills on June 6th 1878, married on March 28th 1921, Alice Butler, born in 1880.  They had no children.  He died at Schaghticoke on March 24th 1955.

2.	Hellenor (Eleanor) Beecroft  was born at Schaghticoke, New York, on March 15th 1839.  She married John McGowan, bon at Valley Falls, New York, on (January 3rd?) 1838.  He died at Schaghticoke on January 5th 1913, and she died on June 29th 1914.  They are both buried in Elmwood Cemetery at Schaghticoke.  They had:

A.	John McGowan, a machinist, married and had:

a.	Howard McGowan who married and had:

A daughter McGowan, a victim of multiple sclerosis, who married but had no children.
	
B.	Elizabeth McGowan married Benjamin Brott of Troy, a surveying instrument maker.  She died at her home on Pawling Avenue in Troy about 1950 without issue.

C.	Jessie McGowan married – Savery, a school principal.  After his death, she married second Henry Mansfield a seaman, but had no children by him.  Her only child was:

a.	David Andy Savery, born about 1900, died at the age of seventeen years.  The silver youth’s knife, fork, and spoon marked “David” “1900”, “1901”, “1901” belonged to him and were given to my mother Mary Viletta Hutchins Martin, for me by his mother about 1934. D.K.M.
3.	
James Beecroft, named for his paternal grandfather, was born at Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York, on April 30th 1841.  He is listed in the censuses for 1850, 1855, and 1860 as living at home with his parents in the house on School Street; in 1850 he was attending school, and he probably was also a scholar in 1855; by 1860, however, he was a butcher’s apprentice, and in 1865 he was boarding with the family of E. Morgan Congdon, a Schaghticoke butcher, to whom he as apprenticed at that time.

On February 24th 1867, he was baptized by W.H. Hughes, minister of the Schaghticoke Methodist Church; and on November 10th 1867, he became a member of that church on expiration of probate.

It was in the parsonage of this church that he was married by W.H. Hughes on January 1st 1868, to Wealthy Kewley, born at Schaghticoke on August 31st 1847, daughter of John and Jane (Saine) Kewley.  The ceremony was witnessed by Louisa Legrea and Mrs. Hughes.

In 1870 James began an extensive series of land dealings which occupied him for the most of his life; by this year he was a butcher in his own right and is so listed in the census taken at Schaghticoke on July 16th 1870:

#113 #167 James Becraft 28 white male butcher real estate worth $2500, personal estate worth $200, born in New York State, parents of foreign birth.

Wealthy 22 white female keeping house born in New York State, parents of foreign birth.

From May 27th 1870, until January 16th 1871, he served as district steward for the Methodist Church, an office he also held in 1890, 1892, and 1893.

The census for 1875, taken at Schaghticoke on July 1st, shows his property to have increased in value:

#327 framed dwelling worth $4000 #390 James Becroft 34 male born in Rensselaer County, married, native, land owner.
Wealthy Becroft 28 female born Rensselaer County, married, keeping house.
Jennie Becraft 4 female daughter born Renssalaer County, single.
Elizabeth Becroft 2 2/12 female daughter born Renssalaer County, single.
Mary [sic.] Mewley 76 female mother-in-law born Ireland [sic]. Widowed.

In 1877 James Beecroft  became a trustee of the village of Harts Falls in the township of Schaghticoke, and about this time he formed a partnership with his brother George in the wholesale butcher business.  Beecroft  Brothers was located on the lower floor of the Congdon Block in 1879; about 1900 it occupied a brick building on Main Street opposite the Cable Flax Mill.

Every Tuesday for years, James Beecroft went to Argyle, New York, to buy calves, lambs, and other animals for slaughtering; at Thanksgiving and Christmas he would also buy turkeys.  He spent each Tuesday night during fair weather with Samuel Donaldson, an Argyle farmer.  James and his son Morgan and sometimes two or three hired men would go up to drive back the animals; all of them would stay at Donaldson’s.  Although no money was ever exchanged for room or board, they would bring food with them, and James would carry oranges and dates for the Donaldson children and would once in a while give Mrs. Donaldson a $20 gold piece.  Once he gave young Julia Donaldson a bank in the shape of a Negro who ate coins.  She remembers him as a very kind man and a very quiet one.  He and Mr. Donaldson would sit up quite late (Mr. Donaldson used to get quite sleepy, because as a farmer he was not used to the late hours).  Sometimes they would talk or play dominoes, very serious games, with each move carefully studied, but mostly they would just sit.

On September 16th 1879, Wealthy Beecroft died, leaving her husband with three small children.  The diminished family is listed in the census for 1880, taken at the village of Harts Falls, Second Election District, on June 4th:

#42 #72 James Becroft white male 38 widowed, keeps meat market, born in New York State, father born in England, mother born in Ireland.
Jennie white female 9 daughter attended school within the year, born in New York State, parents born in New York State.
Elizabeth white female 7 daughter attended school within the year, born in New York State, parents born in New York State.
Morgan with male 4 son born in new York State, parents born in New York State.
George white white male 21 cousin single butcher born in New York State, father born in New York State, mother born in Scotland.
Jacob Furner white male 21 servant farm laborer born in New York State, parents born in New York State.
Mary Hurley white female 27 servant single house keeper born in Ireland, parents born in Ireland.

About 1881 James married second his housekeeper, a Catholic woman, Mary Ann Hurley, born in Ireland in 1852; she died in 1884, leaving him a second time a widower.

One of the principal activities in the life of James Beecroft was dealing in land.  A list of his transactions covers about forty years:

June 10th 1870, James Beecroft  of Harts Falls bought from Andrew M. Brown wthal. for $200 45/100 acres in Harts Falls.

June 13th 1870, James Beecroft of Schaghticoke bought from Isabella P. Brown 1 acre in Harts Falls.

April 25th 1873, James Beecroft bought from Cornelius C. King for $1325 4 and 30/100 acres in Harts Falls.

July 1st 1879, James Beecroft and Wealthy C. Beecroft  sold a village lot in Harts Falls to William Beecroft  for $750.

August 14th 1879, James Beecroft and Wealthy C. Beecroft  sold to Peter G. Thompson of Pittsburgh the King lot of 13965 square feet on a corner in Harts Falls for $180.

May 3rd 1880, James Beecroft sold to Maggie E. Herrick lots 11 and 12 in Harts Falls for $500.

August 30th 1880, James Beecroft and George Beecroft of Schaghticoke bought a farm in the township of Schaghticoke of 50 acres and 34 rods and a little more for $1880.

In March 1880 George W. Finch, C.E. of Valley Falls, New York, was hired by James Beecroft to make a survey and map of his lands.

March 14th 1881, James Beecroft leased some land from Harriet Congdon for a rent of $20.

April 11th 1881, James Beecroft and Mary A. Beecroft sold lot 3 in Harts Falls to Orcelia Gerhaenaser for $250.

August 19th 1881, James Beecroft and Mary A. Beecroft leased to Catharine Pecor et al. some land for $100.

September 10th 1881, James Beecroft and Mary A. Beecroft sold lot 4 in Harts Falls to Jannett Cannon for $250.

December 12th 1881, James Becroft and Mary A. Beecroft sold 12,236 square feet in Schaghticoke to Bernhard Welz for $300.

April 4th 1882, James Beecroft bought from George Beecroft and his wife Nellie their interest in the 50 acre farm in Schaghticoke for $2505.
April 4th 1882, James Beecroft was an assistant on a mortgage (185:113) with Margaret Hanray.

June 13th 1882, James Beecroft leased from Thomas L. Doremus at al. 12 acres for 10 years under these conditions: On April 1st 1883 and 1885 he is to pay $25; in 1885, 1886, and 1887 he is to pay $30; in 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, and 1982 he is to pay $36.  He is to build, keep up, and maintain all fences at his own expense.  He will work the same in a good husbandman like manner during mid term that in the years 1890 and 1891 he will well and properly seed…with timothy and clover seeds the whole of said premises.  That he will sow the timothy seed in the fall of 1890 and such clover seed in the following spring and that he will surrender up said premises all well seeded as aforesaid and with the fences thereon all in good condition at the end of the said term.

April 14th 1883, James Beecroft was an assistant on a mortgage with Maria C. Swift (191:38).

December 10th 1883, James Beecroft and Mary A. Beecroft sold to Johanna Evans lot 9 in Schaghticoke for $3000.

November 24th 1884, James Beecroft was an assistant with Warren J. Esmond on a mortgage (199:166).

March 31st 1885, James Beecroft and his wife with George B. Smith took out a mortgage (200:477), which was discharged on November 20th 1924.

March 7th 1885, (recorded on April 6th) James Beecroft et al. bought from John Kenyon, executor of the last will of Ephraim Edmonds, et al. 59 and 98/100 acres for $5957.12.

June 12th 1885, James Beecroft sold to Mary A. Beecroft lots 6, 7, and 8 in Schaghticoke for $850.

January 15th 1886, James Beecroft et al. bought from Franklin Harwood, executor, et al. a parcel of land in Schaghticoke for $850.

June 12th 1886, James Beecroft and Kate Beecroft  sold 10,875 square feet in Schaghticoke to Margaret Meehan for $450.

January 10th 1887, James Beecroft and Kate Beecroft sold lots 15 and 16 in Schaghticoke to William S. O’Hara for $600.

October 21st 1886, James Beecroft bought from Kate Beecroft et al. par <unreadable> $1800.

May 21st 1888, James Beecroft bought from Matilda Gaffney et al. a lot in Valley Falls for $2200.

April 4th 1892, James Beecroft leased a parcel of land in Schaghticoke from Anna M. Congdon.

March 17th 1892, James Beecroft was an assistant with William Woolf on a mortgage (235:259).

May 31st 1892, James Beecroft and Catharine Beecroft sold a parcel of land in Schaghticoke to Charles H. Wolf for $950.

March 25th 1895, James Beecroft and Catharine Beecroft sold a parcel of land in Schaghticoke to Margaret Mehan for $50.

April 15th 1895, James and Catharine Beecroft and others with Merrit Cronk took out a mortgage (252:72).

April 24th 1900, James Beecroft and Catharine Beecroft with William ?. Allerdice took out a mortgage (281:319) which was discharged on May 14th 1903.

October 3rd 1900, James Beecroft and Catharine Beecroft sold a parcel of land in Valley Falls to Daniel M. Stover.

April 8th 1902, James Beecroft and other residents of Schaghticoke gave their consent to George E. Greene for the construction and operation of a street surface railway through and along the main street of the village.

June 23rd 1904, James Beecroft with George R. Torrance (James Beecroft’s assistant) take out a mortgage on two parcels of land in Schaghticoke (306:87).  This was discharged on May 5th 1906.

November 23rd 1904, James Beecroft and Catharine Beecroft with William Beecroft  and Margaret Beecroft, George Beecroft, Thomas B. Sample and his wife Lizzie of Green Island, Charles H. Beecroft  of St. Marys, Ohio, Ellen McGowan of Valley Falls, Jane McGinity of Green Island, William M. Sample and Annie T. Sample, Charles N. Sample, George B. Sample and Mary N. Sample, Frederick R. Sample, and Fred Viller sold the School House Plot of two lots in Schaghticoke to Mary Beecroft Buscher of Raritan, New Jersey, for $10.

May 29th 1905, James Beecroft and Catherine Beecroft sold lot 13 in Schaghticoke to John Hewitt.

June 29th 1908, James Beecroft assistant with T. Morgan Beecroft took out a mortgage in Schaghticoke (327:319) which was discharged on November 20th 1924.

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April 8th 1911, James Beecroft, Sr., bought land from James Beecroft, Jr., for $800.
1915 James Beecroft mortgaged the Congdon Farm to Alexander Diver for $500 to be paid in two years.  Alexander Diver declared that this mortgage had been satisfactorily paid on April 13th 1917.

June 16th 1947, T. Morgan Beecroft of Schaghticoke requested through the New York State Supreme Court, County of Rensselaer, that James Beecroft’s lands be partitioned among his heirs.

The town records for October 8th 1883, contain the reference that “the Street Commisioner be instructed to build a sidewalk on the road leading from James Beecroft’s house to Valley Falls.”

Shortly after the death of his second wife, on March 7th 1885, James Beecroft married third Catherine Harrington in a ceremony performed at the St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church in Schaghticoke by the Rev. James L. O’Reilly and witnessed by Mr. And Mrs. Thomas Flynn.  Catharine Harington, formerly his housekeeper, had been born at Valley Falls, New York, on January 6th, 1860, daughter of Thomas and Mary Harrington.  She died at Troy, New York, on November 1st 1939.

In 1886 James Beecroft became the treasurer of the Village of Schaghticoke.  When the election of May 3rd 1887, produced no president for the village, J. Bryan Baucus was chosen in a special election on May 31st.  His term, however, was marred by a great deal of trouble over street lamps, and on a new election, held on May 1st 1889, James Beecroft was chosen president.  He was returned to office in May 1889.  At the same meeting the street superintendent was instructed to use road markers on the road between John Searlee and the four corners, and from James Beecroft’s to Valley Falls corner. From 1889 to 1891 he was supervisor of Schaghticoke, and from 1893 until 1894 he again served as treasurer.

James Beecroft was intensely interested in politics, and although at first a Republican, he became a Democrat during the latter part of his life, because he felt he had been dealt with unfairly by the Republicans.  The source of his irritation seems to have been a party rebuke for allowing one of his daughters to carry in a rail bag while he was postmaster of Schaghticoke; the party felt that she was an unauthorized person and should not have been allowed to handle the mail.  He felt this was a small view and reflected on the integrity of his family.

He was still active in town affairs in the year of his death. The village election on March 24th 1916, found the voters were very apathetic; only twenty-five ballots were cast.  The board organized on March 27th was composed of President Purdy and Trustees Sample, Viall, Beecroft, and Chambers.

Local newspapers and the town records contain three other scattered references to James Beecroft and his affairs.  On December 2nd 1896, Edward Glosur was granted an exempt Fireman’s Certificate similar to the one granted to James Beecroft in August of the same year.  In 1897, about December 24th, James Beecroft butchered a hog weighing 756 pounds.  And on November 24th 1912, the barn on the James Beecroft farm in Schaghticoke burned.

Not a very religious man himself, James Beecroft encouraged his own children to attend church.  Although he was a Methodist, his liberalism is reflected by his attendance at the baptisms of his children by his two Catholic wives.  He was a great friend of the parish priest, who often called on him; after being shown around the farm, the priest usually left with a chicken or two tucked under his arm.

James Beecroft is often recalled as driving his faithful horse, Little George, wherever he went; he is also remembered as a fair sized man, about five feet seven or eight inches tall and rather stocky in later life.  He had hazel eyes and brown hair; as he grew older, he grew quite bald.  His disposition was even, and he was generous to a fault.  Although he was relatively prosperous, much of his property and money was given away to needy relatives and friends, and his will does not quite reflect his material success.

He wrote his will on June 15th 1916, and it was proved on October 3rd the same year.  It reads:

I, James Beecroft, residing in the Town of Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York, being of sound mind and memory do hereby make, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament.

First.  After all my just debts are paid and discharged I give and bequeath all my personal property of every name and nature to my wife Catharine Beecroft  the same to be used and enjoyed by her for and during the term of her natural life and upon her death, it is my will and I request and direct that my said personal property then remaining be divided equally among my children, T. Morgan Beecroft, Elizabeth B. Hutchins, James Beecroft  Jr., Harriet Beecroft  and J. Arthur Beecroft, share and share alike.

Second.  I give, devise and bequeath unto my wife Catherine Beecroft  the farm promises known as “the Edmunds Farm” consisting of about 73 acres of land located in the Town of Schaghticoke, New York, for and during the term of her natural life and upon her death I give, devise and bequeath said real property farm and premises unto my said children T. Morgan Beecroft, Elizabeth B. Hutchins, James Beecroft  Jr., Harriet Beecroft  and J. Arthur Beecroft  to be divided among them equally, share and share alike.

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Fourth. Likewise, I give and devise to my said wife Catherine Beecroft  a two story frame dwelling, owned by me an located on Valley Falls Avenue in the Village of Schaghticoke, New York, for and during the term of her natural life and upon her death I give and devise the said two story frame dwelling, real property and premises unto my said children T. Morgan Beecroft, Elizabeth B. Hutchins, James Beecroft  Jr., Harriet Beecroft  and J. Arthur Beecroft  to be divided among them equally, share and share alike.

Fifth. Likewise, I give and devise unto my said wife Catherine Beecroft  three vacant lots located on Valley Falls Avenue, in the Village o Schaghticoke, New York, the said three vacant lots having together a frontage of 150 feet and a depth of 250 feet, be the same more or less, for and during the term of her natural life and upon the death of my said wife Catherine Beecroft, I give and devise the said three vacant lots herein described unto my said children T. Morgan Beecroft, Elizabeth B. Hutchins, James Beecroft  Jr., Harriet Beecroft  and J. Arthur Beecroft  to be divided among them equally, share and share alike.

Sixth. I give and devise unto my son T. Morgan Beecroft  and my daughter Elizabeth B. Hutchins the farm now owned by me consisting of about fifty acres of land located in the Town of Schaghticoke, New York, and known as the “Congdon Farm” to be divided between them equally share and share alike.

Seventh.  It is my will and request that the farming implements and tools now owned by me be used in the working of both the “Edmonds Farm” and the “Congdon Farm” herein above devised.  And it is my further will and command that my said son T. Morgan Beecroft cancel and discharge a mortgage in the principal sum of $500.00 now owned and held by him as mortgage against the family property in Schaghticoke, New York, and that my said daughter assure and pay a mortgage now a lien against “The Congdon Farm” in the principal sum of $500.00 as she can conveniently pay off and discharge.

Lastly.  I nominate, constitute and appoint my said son T. Morgan Beecroft sole executor of this my last will and testament and I hereby revoke any and all former wills by me made.

In testimony thereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this fifteenth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred sixteen.

James Beecroft Sr. (signed)

The foregoing instrument was, on the day of the date thereof, signed, subscribed, published and declared by the said James Beecroft, the testator therein named, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us and each of us; and we, at his request, in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses thereto and opposite our names our respective places of residence.

John D. DeVoge 1331 1st Ave. Intervliet N.Y. (signed)
Edward L. Nugent 365 3rd St. Troy N.Y. (signed)

James Beecroft died at his home on the southeast corner of Main Street and Valley Falls Avenue I Schaghticoke at 5 P.M. on July 26th 1916, of intestinal nephritis, aged 75 years, 2 months, and 26 days.  His obituary appeared in the SCHAGHTICOKE SUN for July 28th 1916:

After an illness of several months, James Beecroft  died at his home in Schaghticoke at about five o’clock, Wednesday, July 26.

James Beecroft  was born in Schaghticoke on April 30, 1841, and has always resided in this town.  For many years he was engaged in the retail and wholesale butcher business, and later in farming.  Mr. Beecroft  was very prominent in the political affairs of his town and was chosen supervisor of the town for three terms, in 1889-1890-1891.  In 1894 he was appointed postmaster at Schaghticoke, which he held for three years.  Mr. Beecroft  was widely known as a man of honest business principals and was greatly respected.  Mr. Beecroft  was three times married.  For his first wife he married Wealthy Kewley; for the second, Mary Ann Herlihy, and the last, Miss Catherine Harrington, who survives.  He is also survived by two daughters, Mrs. Maynard Hutchins of Watervliet, and Miss Hattie Beecroft  of Troy; and three sons T. Morgan Beecroft, James Beecroft, and Arthur Beecroft  of Schaghticoke; also three brothers, William and George of Schaghticoke, and Charles N. of LaPorte, Ind., and two sisters, Mrs. Jane McGinity and Mrs. Mary Burscher of Schaghticoke.  The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from his late residence. Interment at Elmwood cemetery.

His inscription on the Beecroft family monument reads:

JAMES BEECROFT
DIED JULY 20 1916
AGED 75 YRS.

The children of James Beecroft  and his first wife, Wealthy Kewley, were:

A.	Jennie Beecroft, named for her grandmother Jane Caine Kewley and her aunt Jane Beecroft, was born at Schaghticoke on November 19th 1870.  She was a Sunday School teacher and, like her sister Elizabeth, a pleasant person with some intellectual interests.  She was married in the Schaghticoke Methodist Church, in a double ceremony with her sister, on October 27th 1897, to Frank Chapin Baldwin (1876-1918), son of George W. Baldwin of Schaghticoke.  Jennie contracted tuberculosis and died in 1909 at her home in Averill Park outside Troy, New York, a house built there by her husband with the hope that the higher altitude at Averill Park would help her illness.  Her only child was:

a.	Wealthy Elizabeth Baldwin, born at Watervliet, New York, on January 25th 1904, was injured at birth; she then caught spinal meningitis and died at Averill Park in 1913.  She was buried in Schaghticoke.

Aunt Jennie was dearly loved by all her pupils when she was a Sunday school teacher, and she was noted for her calmness.  Once, however, she did become rattled; shortly after her marriage, about 1900, the Episcopal church across from her home at 1331 First Avenue, Watervliet, New York, caught fire.  Everyone was sure that the fire would spread and that 1331 would go up too.  In the excitement, Aunt Jeannie grabbed only a bird cage and Uncle Frank’s black suit and rushed outdoors to save them, leaving all else behind.  The bird cage is currently in the attic of Mouse Hill, West Chazy, New York.  She had brown hair and, probably, hazel eyes.

B.  Elizabeth Beecroft  (“Libbie”), named for her grandmother Elizabeth White Beecroft, was born at Schaghticoke, New York, on April 30th 1873.  She was a slight woman, about five feet four inches tall, with brown hair and hazel eyes.  She was a sensitive person and quite devout; she was active in church work both for the Methodist Church in which she was raised and for the Dutch Reformed Church which she joined after her marriage.  She liked books and as a young woman taught school at Bemis Heights, walking two miles to school every day for nine dollars a week.  She was firm and strict when she asked that something be done, although she was basically a gentle person, remembered by all who knew her as a good, religious woman and a lady.  Set in her ways and serious, she could also laugh and be very gay with her children.  She believed in decorum and insisted on a blessing before each meal.  She was fond of her home and of household activity, even though a heart condition forced her to take such side steps as making only those cake icings, for example, which needed no beating.  She and her husband belonged for years to a 500 club which met regularly to play 500 and eat large and elaborate feasts.  At one of these on a St. Patricks Day, when she was hostess, she used Irish potatoes as candle sticks on her table.

Her daughter, Viletta, recalls her:

“My mother was a gentle lady, affectionate and understanding.  She was usually calm.  Afflicted with a double valvular leakage of the heart – caused, probably, by an undiagnosed case of rheumatic fever in her childhood – she led the life of and invalid, more or less, most of the time after the flood o 1913.  But never more than once do I remember hearing her complain about her restricted life – the fact that she had to hibernate during the rigors of winter, in the days when there were no radios and televisions to alleviate the boredom of being a shut-in.  Her serene outlook on life, her ability to derive pleasure from the simple things were her salvation.  Our young friends loved her and she them.  They were able to talk to her in some instances better than to their own mothers who were probably busier with their own lives due to their own more robust health.

“Mother could be stubborn – her displeasure could be roused when dad became unrealistic about money.  I often wonder how she ever managed so well on dad’s salary.  I was the kind of child who wanted to be with her own mother, so I can remember my hurt surprise the time she smacked my hand with a table fork when she caught me poking with my fingers at a plate of food set on the table for supper.  I can also remember how unjust I thought she was the day I felt absolutely too tired to dust the dining room – when she insisted I finish my job – because she was usually so gentle and undemanding.

“Perhaps I was too protected when I was little, but when Mother realized how utterly too content I was not to mix too much with the other high school girls, she wisely sent me to the Delta Gamma camp for a vacation with those girls.

“Her sense of humor was marvelous and many a foolish, giggly time the three females in our house had together.  Her unconscious maxim must have been that home belonged to everyone.  We lived in every part of it.  She always allowed us to have our friends in at all times.  At Christmas we could trim up everything to our hearts’ content – no matter how ludicrous the result.  I grew up with a deep sense of security, knowing that I always had a sympathetic ear to listen to me.

“Mother liked to play cards – in her way.  Always she called a spade a shovel and a club a three leaf clover.  She would purse her mouth in a little whistle as she pondered the cards spread before her.

“She probably brought herself up to a great extent since her own mother died when she was six. She had two step-mothers.  The first one must have been a Lady and exerted a tremendous influence over her; the second one was an uncouth Irish Catholic, who had been their housekeeper, a most unlovable person.

“The wonderful memories of my mother (and father) are their memorials.  Their immortality continues in your knowledge of all this, David.”

Elizabeth Beecroft and her sister Jennie married first cousins on the same day, October 27th 1897, in the Schaghticoke Methodist Church; the ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr. G.H.C. Bain, and the record reads:

Frank C. Baldwin of Watervliet, N.Y., 26, bookkeeper, born at Council Bluffs, Iowa, son of George W. Baldwin and Nellie Jamison 1st marriage to Jennie Beecroft  now Jennie Baldwin of Schaghticoke 26 born Schaghticoke, daughter of James Beecroft  and Wealthy Kewley.

J. Maynard Hutchins of Watervliet, N.Y., 28, bookkeeper, born at Troy, N.Y., son of Charles P. Hutchins and Mary Baldwin 1st marriage to Elizabeth Beecroft  now Elizabeth Hutchins of Schaghticoke 24 born Schaghticoke, daughter of James Beecroft  and Wealthy Kewley.

The record was signed by G.H.S. Bain Clergyman and witnessed by Walter Hutchins, cousin of the groom, Justin Maynard Hutchins, and Helena Donaldson, close friend of the brides.  The wedding was such an event that the schools were dismissed so everyone could go to the ceremony.  An account of the ceremony appeared in the SCHAGHTICOKE SUN for October 29th 1897:

Our village assured a gala day aspect Wednesday afternoon, the occasion being the marriage of Miss Jennie Beecroft to Frank Baldwin and Miss Libbie Beecroft to J. Maynard Hutchins at the M.E. church.  The choir, Epworth league and the Sunday school, assisted by Dr. ?.N. Tarbell as chairman, decorated the church in a decidedly artistic manner with chrysanthemums, potted plants and ferns.  The church was crowded to its fullest capacity and still a large number were unable to gain admittance.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. G.H.C. Bain with Richard Bahan as organist.  The ushers were Dr. F.G. Thompson and Fred R. Sample of Schghticoke, Walter Hutchins of Albany and Fred Tyler of Troy.  A large and unique collection of valuable presents attests to the high esteem in which the young people were held and prominent among them were those presented by the choir, the Epworth league and the Sunday school, all of which the brides were valued workers.  Among the guests from out-of-town were Rev. and Mrs. C.N. Curtis, Rev. and Mrs. G.B.F. Pease of Watervliet, Rev. I. Fenton of Rotterdam, Dr. and Mrs. S.R.Morrow and Mrs. Stephen Hutchins of Albany, Herbert Rogers, Mrs. K. Rogers, Mrs. P. Buckley, Mrs. Dederick, Mrs. Erman and Mrs. P.T. Smith of Watervliet, W. Nelson Ells wife and son of Troy, Mrs. Grant Gould and Mrs. Henry Brink of Round Lake, Miss Mary White and Lena Donaldson of Argyle, Mrs. Rohan and daughter and Miss Gallagher of New York, Mrs. Falan and Miss Jennie Zimmerman of Fort Plain, Thos. Flynn and wife, Thomas Jackson and wife, Easton, ?. Foster and wife of Schenectady, E..Maynard and wife of Sandy Hill, Mrs. David Sullivan and Miss Maggie Tabor of Charlottville.  Amid profuse showers of rice and the impromptu decorating of the carriage with white ribbon, the happy couples left the church direct for Mechanicville and from there took the train for Washington, D.C.

After their honeymoon in Washington, the two couples made their residences at the home of Elizabeth’s new parents-in-law, Charles Perry and Mary Taber (Baldwin) Hutchins, at 1331 First Avenue, Watervliet, New York, where she led a quiet domestic life until her death there on February 6th 1930.  Still in existence is a copy she made of a prayer to read before a church group on Friday, January 13th, 1922:

“Dear Lord, Thou great Physician I kneel before Thee, since every good and perfect gift must come from Thee.

“I pray give skill to my hand; clear vision to my mind; kindness and sympathy to my heart.  Give me singleness of purpose, strength to lift at least a part of the burden of my suffering fellowmen and a true realization of the privilege that is mine.  Take from my heart all guile and worldliness that with the simple faith of a child I may rely on Thee. Amen.”

A death notice and two obituaries appeared in local papers at the time of her death:

Hutchins – In Watervliet, N.Y., Feb. 6, 1930, Elizabeth Beecroft, wife of J. Maynard Hutchins, and mother of Helen B. and M. Viletta Hutchins, and sister of T.Morgan Beecroft.

Funeral private Sunday, February 9, at 1 o’clock from the residence, 1331 First Avenue.  Interment Oakwood Cemetery, Troy.  Friends may call Saturday evening.

OBITUARY

The death of Mrs. J. Maynard Hutchins, one of the best known residents in the city, occurred yesterday afternoon at her home, 1331 First Avenue, following an illness lasting several weeks.  Mrs. Hutchins, whose maiden name was Miss Elizabeth Beecroft, was born in Schaghticoke.  She was a member of the North Reformed Church, where she took an active interest in all church work.  Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters, M. Viletta Hutchins and Miss Helen B. Hutchins, and one brother, T. Morgan Beecroft  of Schaghticoke.  The funeral will take place Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock from her home, 1331 First Avenue.  The service will be conducted by Rev. Henry F. Hamlin, pastor of the North Reformed Church.  Burial will take place in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy.

OBITUARY

The funeral of Mrs. J. Maynard Hutchins was held yesterday afternoon from her home, 1331 First Avenue.  The services were conducted by Rev. Henry Hamlin, pastor of the North Reformed Church.  The bearers were Mason Hutchins, Walter Hutchins, George Martin and Fred T. Lape.  Burial took place in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy.  The funeral was largely attended and the floral tributes were many and elaborate.

She is buried in the Hutchins lot at Oakwood Cemetery, Troy; a hemlock – her favorite tree – was planted near he grave.  Her inscription on the monument reads simply:

ELISABETH BEECROFT
1874 -*- 1930

She would have been amused that a rather vague relative, “Uncle” Grant Gould, was left behind in the bitter cold of the cemetery after her burial and was not missed until much later, when the party had returned home; when someone went back to the cemetery for “Uncle” Grant, they found him wandering around among the graves, not at all concerned at his plight.

The children of Justine Maynard and Elizabeth (Beecroft) Hutchins were:

a.	Helen B Hutchins born at Watervliet, New York, on December 28th 1900, died there on April 18th 1962.
b.	Mary Viletta Hutchins, born at Watervliet, New York, on January 20th 1904, married July 6th, 1931, at Watervliet George Elmer Martin, Jr., M.D., born at Oneonta, New York, on April 13th 1905, son of George Elmer and Verna Isabel (Carpenter) Martin.  She currently lives in the family home at 1331 First Avenue, Watervliet.  They had:

David Kendall Martin, born at Lansingburgh, Troy, New York, on June 23rd 1933, married at Troy on June 16th 1956, Patricia Roberts, born at Troy on November 11th 1934, daughter of Archibald Kendall Roberts, Jr., Esq., and Edith (Kennedy) Roberts.  They live at Mouse Hill, West Chazy, New York, and have:

1.	Anne Kennedy Martin born at Plattsburgh, New York, on June 18th 1959.
2.	David Kendall Martin, younger, born at Plattsburgh, New York, on October 7th 1961.

c.	a premature baby which died at birth.  This child was perfectly formed, but so small that a teacup fit over its head and a wedding ring went over its wrist; it was small enough to fit in a cigar box.  Never named, the baby was buried in the Beecroft lot in Elmwood Cemetery, Schaghticoke.

d.	Thomas Morgan Beecroft (known to all as Morgan or “Morg” Beecroft) was born at Schaghticoke on September 19th 1875.  He married at Schaghticoke on October 11th 1899, Jeanie Burdett Edwards, born at Schaghticoke, where she died on October 1st 1954.  He died there without issue on December 19th 1959.  Morgan Beecroft was a farmer and a man of an extremely stubborn, sometimes affectionate nature.  He was a lifelong Republican, a Presbyterian, and an archconservative.  He was fond of animals, especially cats, and for years kept a herd of dairy cows.  As a young man he drove cattle from outlying communities into Schaghticoke for his father’s butcher shop.   He is known to have walked from Argyll to Albany, New York, in one day.  During the flood of 1913, he drove the last horse and wagon across the Congress Street Bridge in Troy before it was closed; at that time the floodwaters reached to the horse’s belly.  Uncle Morgan was a short man with blue eyes and protruding ears, who did not care to use the telephone or to eat food preserved in tin cans.

By his second wife, Mary Ann Herlihy, James Beecraft had:

e.	James Beecroft, born at Schaghticoke on May 15th 1884, never married.  His life was a tragic one of little direction or purpose.  Addicted to strong drink, he was a lifelong problem to his half sister, Libbie Beecroft Hutchins.  He was finally confined to an institution, where he died in 1958.

By his third wife, Catherine Herrington, James Beecroft had:

f.	Nellie Beecroft born at Schaghticoke on November 4th 1888 and died there about 1893.

g.	Harriot Beecroft (“Hattie”) was born at Schaghticoke on September 23rd 1893.  She married there on November 30th 1916, Frederick Robert Blume, born at Schenectady, New York on February 20th 1898, a son of Frederick and Ellen (Vedder) Blume.  In 1955 she was living in Schenectady.  They had:

1.	Edwin James Blume, born at Albany, New York, on March 1st 1917, was a machinist with the U.S. Army at Manila during World War II; in the army he worked as a cook.  On November 25th 1943, he married at Baltimore, Maryland, Dorthea Himmel, born there on September 14th 1922, daughter of Charles Joseph and Dorthea Himmel.  They have

Barbara Ann Blume born at Baltimore on March 7th 1947.

2.	Frank Melvin Blume, born at Detroit, Michigan, on July 4th 1918, is a gas station attendant who served with the U.S. Air Force as a cook during World War II.  He married on October 2nd 1943, Norma Talmadgo Edenfield, born at Lyons, Georgia, on June 25th 1926, daughter of _ and Lena Edenfield.  They have:

Gary Francis Blume born Harlington, Texas, December 23rd 1944.

Michael Norman Blume born Schenectady, N.Y., November 26th 1946.

Ronald Kieth Blume born Schenectady on March 29th 1948.

Sharon Ann Blume born Schenectady on October c.25th 1950.

Alanna Rae Blume born Schenectady on April 9th 1952.

3.	Frederick Earl Blume was born at Troy, New York, on April 28th 1920.  He is a gas station attendant who served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II.  He married in Albany or Hudson, New York, on August 29th 1947, Anna Fay Miller, born at Albany on February 14th 1929, an adopted daughter of _ Cavaretta, whose name she used.  They have:

Luigi Frederick Blume born at Albany on January 26th 1950.

Martha Emma Blume born at Albany on May 1st 1952.

4.	Esther May Blume was born at Buffalo, New York, on February 26th 1923.  She married James Raab, born at Schenectady on October 13th 19--, son of Frank and Ann Raab.  They were divorced and had no children.  She married second Lewis Lafforthun, born at Charlton, New York, on October 17th 1911, son of Joseph and Catherine Lafforthun.  They have:

Richard Joseph Lafforthun born at Schenectady July 11th 1952.

5.	Eunice Blume was born at Troy, New York, on December 3rd 1928.  She married at Schenectady on August 16th 1947, Joseph Schaffer, Jr., born at Schenectady November 26th 1921.  They have:

Thomas Albert Schaffer born Schenectady September 25th 1952.

Patricia Ann Schaffer born Schenectady on August 20th 1954.

6.	Donald Blume was born at Jamaica, New York, on October 12th 1929.  He is a farmer and served during World War II in the U.S. Navy.  He is married, but as of 1955 had no children.

7.	Kenneth Norman Blume was born at Jamaica, New York, on May 18th 1932.  He was employed by the General Electric Company at Schenectady until 1951, when he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force as an Airman First Class.  He served until 1955 and in 1956 was not married.

h.	John Arthur Beecroft was born at Schaghticoke on October 10th 1895.  He married at Mechanicville on November 4th 1916, Hazel Conner, born there on February 19th 1895.  She died at Melrose, New York, on November 13th 1955.  He is a farmer and a railroad worker at Schaghticoke.  They had:

1.	Joy Beecroft, born at Mechanicville on November 17th 1919, married at Glens Falls, New York, on August 16th 1948, Frederick Richard Stay, born January 30th 19--.  They have:

Frederick Walter Stay born June 14th 1950.
John Guy Stay born May 23rd 1954.

2.	John Brian Beecroft, born at Mechanicville on September 18th 1924, is a gunsmith at Schaghticoke.  He married there on October 10th 1947, Barbara Christiansen, born in Troy.  They have:

Diane Joy Beecroft born at Troy on September 9th 1948.
David Bruce Beecroft born at Troy on December 6th 1951.

3.	Norma Beecroft was born at Mechanicville on June 9th 1927.  She married at Tupper Lake, New York, in August 19--, Charles Antolick.  They live in Schaghticoke and have:

Tom Charles Antolick born at Troy on March 4th 1948.
Jonna Lee Antolick born at Troy on July 21st 1951.

4.	Thomas Arthur Beecroft was born at Schaghticoke on April 9th 1932.  He married at Watervliet, New York, on August 13th 1952, Vera Grinco, born at South Cambridge, New York, on May 27th 1933.  They have:

Joel Thomas Beecroft born at Troy on February 19th 1955.

5.	Hope Beecroft was born at Schaghticoke on November 6th 1934.  She married there in September 1953 Victor Grogan.  They live on Long Island, New York, and have:

Enith Louise Grogan born at River Mead, New York, on July 9th 1954.

4.	Mary Beecroft was born at Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York, on October 22nd 1843.  For several years she worked as a weaver in a woolen mill.  About 1866 she was a member of the Schaghticoke Methodist Church.  After her father’s death, she continued to live with her mother until July 1882, when she married Morris Buscher, a wool sorter and mill worker from Conway, Massachusetts.  By 1895 she and her husband had moved to Raritan, New Jersey, where she was living in 1904.  By 1905 she had returned to Schaghticoke as a widow to make her home in the old Beecroft house on School Street, where she died on February 10th 1929.  She had no children of her own, but she and her husband raised her cousin Norman White, who took the name Norman Buscher White.

5.	William Haley Beecroft was born at Schaghticoke on April 1st 1846.  He did not learn to read or write, but he was noted for his excellent memory.  He kept a wagon making shop, which in 1879was located on West Street in Schaghticoke;  he was also a carpenter.  On October 3rd 1878, he married at Schaghticoke Margaret Agnes Birch, born at Elizabeth, New Jersey, on January/September 1st 1857.  They were listed in the 1880 census in the Second Election District at Schaghticoke:

William Beecroft white male 34 born in New York State, father born in England, mother born in Ireland, …
Margaret Beecroft white female 23 wife born in New Jersey …
Elizabeth Beecroft white female 9/12 step daughter born in New York State …

His wife died at Schaghticoke on October 6th 1910, aged, according to her death record, fifty-three years, one month, and six days.  He died in Troy, New York, on April 23rd 1939.  Both he and his wife are buried in Elmwood Cemetery at Schaghticoke.  Their children, all born at Schaghticoke, were:

A.	Elizabeth Beecroft, born on September 11th, was baptized at the Schaghticoke Methodist Church on November 30th 1879.  She married in Schaghticoke on October 11th 1898, Joseph Henry Riding, born in England on June 30th 1870.  He died at Schaghticoke on October 11th 1927, and she married second John Richards Ryan at Schaghticoke on September 8th 1938.  He had been born on May 11th 1879 and died at Schaghticoke on September 8th 1943.  She died without issue at the Green Woods Nursing Home in Melrose, New York, in 1962.  She had no children by either husband.

B.	Thomas Beecroft, born on February 2nd, was baptized in the Schaghticoke Methodist Church on April 16th 1882.  He married at North Adams, Massachusetts, on February 22nd 1917, Grace Bickford, born there on October 14th 1881.  He was a weaver and in 1962 lived at 35 Clinton Avenue, Albany, New York.  He had no children.

C.	Charles Albert Beecroft was born on September 26th 1884; he died in his fifties without ever having married.

D.	George Frederick Beecroft, was born on October 18th 1886.  He married at Valley Falls, New York, on September 25th 19--, Mary Walker, born at Valley Falls on March 24th 1891.  She died at Schaghticoke on March 7th 1947.  He was a mason and died in March 1959.  They had:

a.	George Kenneth Beecroft, born at Schaghticoke on November 25th 1918, married at Mechanicville, New York, on February 17th, 1946, Hilda May Smith, born at Mechanicville on May 28th 1925.  He was an assistant manager of the A.& P. store at Mechanicville until he was forced to retire due to ill health.  He died at 606 Park Place, Mechanicville, aged forty-three.  He and his wife adopted Alan David Seeley, born August 26th 1943, and had:

Susan E. Beecroft

E.	Morris Brian Beecroft as born on December 11th 1891.  Family tradition has it that he was prompted to become a doctor as a boy when he worked around the Beecroft Brothers butcher shops.  At any rate, he graduated from Albany Medical College and for many years practiced medicine at Newport News, Virginia.  He married there on February 8th 1926, Rosalind Muir, born in North Carolina on February 8th 1906, a daughter of Oscar Fenton and Blanche Selby (Jarvis) Muir.  He died quite suddenly at Newport News on February 26th 1963; his widow lives at 319 Sixty-fourth Street, Newport News.  The ??? 1917 he enlisted in the U.S. Medical Corps.  They had:

a.	Morris Bryan Beecroft, born at Newport News on May 18th 1930, married at Jacksonville, Florida, on August 31st 1957, Frances Carey of Jacksonville, born at Miami on April 15th 1935, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Carey.  He is in the clothing business and has:

Morris Bryan Beecroft III, born at Newport News on August 21st 1958.

Robert Craig Beecroft, born at Newport News on December 14th 1960.

b.	Joanne Muir Beecroft was born at Newport News on June 22nd 1938.  She married there on September 8th 1962, LeRoy Hamilton, born at Fayettesville, North Carolina, on January 15th 1920, a son of Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Hamilton.  He received his M.A. in psychology from the University of North Carolina, and lives in Richmond, Virginia.  They have:

Matthew Beecroft Hamilton born June 30th 1963.

6.	Jane (E(lizabeth?) ?) Beecroft was born at Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York, on April 6th 1849.  She was called “Jennie”.  In 1870 she worked as a weaver in a Schaghticoke woolen mill, but on May 23rd 1871, she married in the Schaghticoke Methodist Church Thomas George McGinity, born in New York State on February 27th 1849, son of John and Mary (Engle) McGinity, both natives of Ireland.  They lived at Green Island, New York, where they appear in two censuses:

June 1st 1880 (Dist. 54, Dist 5, pg. 67):

Thomas McGinity white male 31 carpenter born in New York State, parents born in Ireland
Jennie McGinity white female 31 wife, keeps house, born in New York State, parents born in England

February 16th 1892 (Watervliet Dist. 11 pg.15):

Thomas McGinity male 42 born in the U.S. carpenter.
Jennie McGinity female 42 born in the U.S.
John McGinity male 10 born in the U.S. scholar.

Thomas McGinity died in Schaghticoke on May 9th 1916.  His widow died in Green Island of chronic gastritis on January 2nd 1931.  They are buried in Elmwood Cemetery at Schaghticoke.  They had:

A.	Elisabeth McGinity born and died between 1871 and 1880.

B.	John Thomas McGinity, born on July 14th 1881, married in June 1908 Elizabeth Hulbert.  They lived at Green Island, where he died without issue about 1960.

C.	George F. McGinity was born July 17th 1886, and died at Schaghticoke on August 22nd 1886.
7.	
George Beecroft was born at Schaghticoke on January 23rd 1853.  At the age of eighteen he was working as a farm laborer, but by 1875 he was a butcher in business with his brother James.  He married at Schaghticoke on June 2nd 1879, at the Methodist Church, Nettie Ophelia Van Schaak, born at Schaghticoke on November 14th 1857, daughter of William Wallace and Alice Ophelia (Thayer) Van Schaak.  The 1880 census shows them as residents of the Second Election District at Schaghticoke:

George Beecroft white male aged 27 born in New York State, parents born in England.
Nettie Beecroft white female aged 27 …
Thomas Beecroft white male aged 7/12 …

Nettie Beecroft died at Schaghticoke on July 25th 1885 and he died there on April 5th 1934.  Their children, all born in Schaghticoke, were:

A.	Thomas Edward Beecroft, born November 6th 1879, married at Schaghticoke on June 11th 1902, Alma Gyngel, born at Lisbon, Falls, Maine, in January 1880, the daughter of James and Ida May (Cooledge) Gyngel.  She died at Schaghticoke on May 2nd 1927, and he married second at Buffalo, New York, on May 22nd 1928, Molly E. Fuller, born at Yates, New York, on May 10th 1879, the daughter of Amos Scott and Sarah Sophia (Houserman) Fuller.  He was a wholesale butcher at Schaghticoke and died at Valley Falls, New York, on November 1st 1963.  He was the stepfather of Mrs. Ivan D. Tator of Valley Falls and had one child of his own:

a.	Alice Helene Beecroft, born at Schaghticoke, on June 10th 1903, married Earl Duncan of Troy, New York, and has:

Robert Duncan

B.	Alice Ophelia Beecroft was born on February 24th 1881.  She married at Schaghticoke on November 20th 1900, George Richard Little, M.D., born at North Creek, New York, on August 18th 1877, son of Frank and Elizabeth Little.  He died at Schaghticoke on June 18th 1936.  His widow still resides at Schaghticoke.  They had:

a.	Heloise Margaret Little, born at Schaghticoke on October 10th 1904, married there on October 26th 1929, Edwin B. Doen, born at Syracuse, New York, on April 8th 1904.  They have:

Alice Carol Doen born December 25th 1933.
Cynthia Doen born September 19th 1939.

b.	George Frank Little, born at Schaghticoke on May 5th 1910, married at Albany on June 10th 1939, Mavis Cayril Jones.  He is a dentist.  They have no children.

C.	Gracia Beecroft, born on October 23rd 1883, died at Schaghticoke on March 31st 1884.

D.	Marcia Beecroft, twin of Gracia, was born at Schaghticoke on October 23rd 1883, and died there on April 3rd 1884.

E.	William Wallace Beecroft was born on November 6th 1884, and was baptized in the Schaghticoke Methodist Church on May 5th 1885.  He married at Schaghticoke Carolyn Lenihan, born at Schaghticoke Hill and died at Schaghticoke.  He was a wholesale butcher and died at Troy on March 3rd 1937.  Their children were:

a.	Caroline Leone Beecroft, born at Schaghticoke on November 16th 1907, married there Charles Riley, a native of Schaghticoke.  They have no children.
b.	Helen Beecroft, born at Schaghticoke, married there Wesley Hamilton.  Their children, all born at Schaghticoke, are:

Norman Hamilton
Donald Hamilton
Carolyn Hamilton

9.	Charles N(athaniel?) Beecroft was born at Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York, on September 3rd 1856.  He was a wool sorter in a low mill from before 1870 until after 1875; by 1880 he was a clerk in a meat market and then became a butcher with his brothers until late in life when he became a sexton.  He married Elizabeth Ann Farrus, born in England in 1873/4.  He died at Schaghticoke on November 29th 1932, and his widow died there on November 28th 1948, aged seventy-four.  They are both buried in the Elmwood Cemetery at Schaghticoke.  They had no children.

Susanna Elfie* was born in England on March 16th 1804, but nothing more is known of her origin and nothing at all is known of her family.

About 1822 she married Rufus Allen, a blacksmith born in Connecticut in 1790.  He first appears in the assessment records for Bridgewater Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, in 1822, indicating that he settled in that place about 1821.  As his wife, Susanna is listed in three census records:

1830, Bridgewater Township, pg. 72: a female aged of 20 and under 30 years of age

1840, Bridgewater Township: a female of 30 and under 40 years of age

1850, December 31st, Bridgewater Township, pg. 613:
	Susannah Allen aged 46 female born in England.

She and Rufus lived in both the Boro of Montrose and in South Montrose, which lies in Bridgewater Township.  Rufus Allen died on October 17th 1856, and was buried in the South Montrose Cemetery.  She died on May 29th 1857, and was buried beside her husband under a tombstone inscribed:

SUSAN A.
Wife of
Rufus Allen
Died
May 29, 1857
Aged 53 Y’rs
2 Mo’s & 13 d’s.

Her children were:

Henry M. Allen born in 1823/4
Julia Ann Allen born in November 1826.
Ambrose Allen born on September 1st 1829.
Loren E. Allen born in 1830.
Esther Allen born in 1832.
Harriet J. Allen born on February 26th 1834.
Thomas D. Allen born in 1835.
Perhaps a son born between 1835 and 1840.
Sarah Allen born in 1839.
Andrew Allen born in 1844.
Alvina Allen born in 1846.

INDEX

This INDEX was not part of the original work.  It was added by Robert J Becraft (February, 2001)

Antolick
Charles., 33
Jonna Lee, 33
Tom Charles, 33
Baldwin
Frank Chapin, 26
Wealthy Elizabeth, 26
Baucus
J. Bryan, 22
Beecroft
Alice, 9
Alice Helene, 38
Alice Ophelia, 38
Ann, 9
Annie, 9
Bettey, 7
Caroline Leone, 39
Charles, 8
Charles Albert, 35
Charles N, 14, 40
David Bruce, 33
Diane Joy, 33
Elizabeth, 35
Elizabeth, 9, 26
Elizabeth Ann, 9
Ellen, 9
Ellenor, 14
George, 38
George, 10, 14, 38
George Frederick, 35
George Kenneth, 35
Gracia, 38
Hanna, 9
Harriot, 31
Helen, 39
Hellenor, 17
Hope, 33
James, 7, 8, 14, 26, 31
Jane, 10, 14, 26, 37
Jennie, 26
Joanne Muir, 36
Joel Thomas, 33
John, 8, 10
John Arthur, 32
John Brian, 33
Joseph, 7, 9
Joy, 32
Libbie, 31
Marcia, 38
Margaret, 10
Mary, 9, 14, 34
Mary A., 8
Mary Ann, 11
Morris Brian, 36
Morris Bryan, 36
Morris Bryan, III, 36
Nellie, 31
Nettie, 38
Norma, 33
Robert Craig, 36
Sarah, 9
Sarah, 10, 14, 15
Susan E., 36
Susanna, 9
Thomas, 7, 11, 14, 35, 38
Thomas Arthur, 33
Thomas Edward, 38
Thomas Morgan, 30
William Haley, 14, 35
William Wallace, 39
Bickford
Grace, 35
Birch
Margaret Agnes, 35
Blume
Alanna Rae, 32
Barbara Ann, 31
Donald, 32
Edwin James, 31
Esther May, 32
Eunice, 32
Frank Melvin, 31
Frederick Earl, 32
Frederick Robert, 31
Gary Francis, 31
Kenneth Norman, 32
Luigi Frederick, 32
Martha Emma, 32
Michael Norman, 31
Ronald Kieth, 31
Sharon Ann, 31
Brott
Benjamin, 17
Buscher
Morris, 34
Butler
Alice, 16
Carey
Frances, 36
Casey
Thomas Frederick, 16
Thomas John, 16
Catharine Harington, 22
Charles H. Wolf, 21
Christiansen
Barbara, 33
Conner
Hazel, 32
Doen
Alice Carol, 38
Cynthia, 38
Edwin B., 38
Duncan
Earl, 38
Robert, 38
E. Morgan Congdon, 18
Edenfield
Norma Talmadgo, 31
Edwards
Jeanie Burdett, 30
Elizabeth Beecroft, 26
Farrus
Elizabeth Ann, 40
Fuller
Molly E., 38
Gould
Grant, 30
Grinco
Vera, 33
Grogan
Enith Louise, 33
Victor, 33
Gyngel
Alma, 38
Hamilton
Carolyn, 39
Donald, 39
LeRoy, 36
Matthew Beecroft, 36
Norman, 39
Wesley, 39
Himmel
Dorthea, 31
Hulbert
Elizabeth, 37
Hutchins
Helen B., 30
Mary Viletta, 30
J. Maynard Hutchins, 28
James Beecroft, 18
Jones
Mavis Cayril, 38
Jowett
Jack Joseph, 16
Jack Vincent, 15
Susan Mary, 16
Kaerner
Elizabeth, 16
Lafforthun
Lewis, 32
Richard Joseph, 32
Lenihan
Carolyn, 39
Little
George Frank, 38
George Richard, 38
Heloise Margaret, 38
Mary Margaret, 16
Lucey
Joanne, 16
Ramon Robert, 16
Mansfield
Henry, 17
Martin
Anne Kennedy, 30
David Kendall, 30
George Elmer, 30
Mathusa
Josephine Corona, 15
Maynard
Justine, 30
McGinity
George F., 37
McGinity
Elisabeth, 37
John Thomas, 37
Thomas George, 37
McGowan
Elizabeth, 17
Howard, 17
Jessie, 17
John, 17
Miller
Anna Fay, 32
Edward F., 16
Morgan Beecroft, 31
Muir
Rosalind, 36
Ophelia
Nettie, 38
Raab
James, 32
Riding
Joseph Henry, 35
Riley
Charles, 39
Roberts
Patricia, 30
Ryan
John Richards, 35
Sample
Alice Marie, 16
Ann, 16
Charles N., 16
Elizabeth, 16
Ethel, 16
Frederick R., 16
George Beecroft, 16
Helen, 16
Helen Jane, 15
Horace Grealey, 16
Mary Ruth, 15
Robert Miller, 15
Ruth, 16
Ruth Tillings, 15
Thomas, 16
William Miller, 15
Savery
David Andy, 17
Schaffer
Joseph, Jr, 32
Patricia Ann, 32
Thomas Albert, 32
Searlee
John, 22
Slocum
Howard Mathew, 15
Robert Sample, 15
Smith
Hilda May, 35
Stay
Frederick Richard, 32
Frederick Walter, 32
John Guy, 32
Taylor
David Brier, 15
Robert Sample, 15
Thomas Beecroft, 25
Thomas George McGinity, 37
Tillings
Anna, 15
Walker
Mary, 35
White
Norman, 34
Norman Buscher, 34
Wicks
Anna, 16