ancestors for the 2915 edition of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks, this post will be about John
Bancroft Sr., my 8x great grandfather.
John is the first of four ancestors named "John Bancroft" in a row in this line, and I'm
afraid that's his greatest distinction. I found this about him in Sidney Perley's The Essex antiquarian; a quarterly magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts Vol V on the Internet Archives:
Ens. John Bancroft,2 born about 1656. He was a husbandman, and lived in that part of Lynn which is now Lynnfield. He married first, Elizabeth Eaton, Sept. 24, 1678; and she died March 12, 1704-5. He married, second, Hannah before 1711, and she died June 7, 1732, aged seventy-five. He died Jan. 25, 1739-40 aged eighty-three.
Children, born in Lynn : —
8 — I. JOHN3, b. Jan. 25, 1682. See below {8).
9 — II. Raham3, b. Feb. 9, 1685. See below {g),
10 — III. Elizabeth3, b. Sept. 25, 1688; m. Thomas Newhall of Lynn Dec. 12, 1717; and they were living in Lynn in 1734.
11-1V. Martha3, b. April 26, 1695 ; m. Samuel Aborne of Salem Oct. 29, 1720.
12-V. Tabitha3, b. Aug. I, 1697.
13 — VI. Hepzibah3 b. Oct. 29, 1699; m. Samuel Rawdin of Lynn before 1733.
14 — VII. Hannah3, b. March 5, 1701-2; probably m. Joseph Cowing April 10, 1722.
15 — VIII. Timothy3, b. Jan. 20, 1704-5.
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The Essex antiquarian; a quarterly magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts Vol V Salem, Ma. 1901
John Bancroft Sr died intestate and his son John Jr. (my 7x great grandfather) was appointed
executor of the estate. According to the Probate File, the estate was valued at 72 pounds, 10
shillings, and tuppence.
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