PHEBE BECROFT SMITH BARNES

Phebe Becraft was born December 15, 1792 in Augusta, New York. Her parents were Moses Becroft and Margaret Fenton. Phebe married first Isaiah Smith (1789) of Orange County, New York. They had seven children including Margaret Ann Smith and Charlotte Smith. Margaret Ann was born December 26, 1811 in New York. She married Nathan Adams and they settled in Macomb County, Michigan. They had ten children including Edward, Cynthia, Valina, Henrietta, and Eliza. Margaret died December 27, 1880. Another daughter of Isaiah Smith was Charlotte. She was born September 15, 1815 in Lima, Livingston, New York. She married Russell Willard Day March 1, 1841 in Romeo, Macomb, Michigan and they had eight children: Elizabeth Clarissa, Eliza R., Olive L., Charles R., Phebe W., Daniel Clayton, Francis Leroy, and Ellen. Charlotte died in 1882.

Phebe's second marriage was to Daniel Barnes. He was born July 1, 1797 in Vermont and was the son of Simon and Rachel Shriver Barnes. They had children Allen, Truman, and Curtis and three others. They were married August 11, 1824 in New York. They lived in Conesus, Livingston, New York in 1830 and in Armada, Macomb, Michigan in 1850.

The Becraft family were from Kettlewell, Yorkshire, England. Here one of our ancestors Thomas Becraft married Anne Strapper. They had George Becraft who married Elisabeth Lisabet. They had Moses Becraft who married Margaret Fenton and were the parents of Phebe.