52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 18: JOHN BANCROFT JR.

I'm still two weeks behind on the 2015 52 Ancestors in 52 Week Challenge. Here's the Week
18 installment on my 7x great grandfather John Bancroft Jr.

John Jr. is another case where there's isn't much information on line. I've found a bunch
of land records in the Essex County Land Records Collection on FamilySearch which require
more study. One of the problems there is he is one of four John Bancrofts in a roll on my tree,
and the first three were contemporaries for some time in Lynn, Ma., so I'll need to be careful
identifying which John the land record is referencing.

Meanwhile,  Sidney Perley's The Essex antiquarian; a quarterly magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts Vol V at Internet Archives has this about John Jr. and his family:

8 Dea. John Bancroft,3 born in Lynn Jan. 25, 1682. He was a bricklayer, housewright and yeoman, and lived in that part of Lynn which is now Lynnfield. He married, first, Mary Clark of Reading April 19, 1704; and she died Oct. 1, 1723. aged thirty-eight. He married, second, widow Mary Mansfield Dec. 19, 1724; and she died July 25, 1763, aged eighty-one. He died Dec. 20, 1768, aged eighty-six.
Children, born in Lynn:
24—I. Mary4, b. June 11, 1706.
25—II. John4, b. June25, 1708. See below (25).
26—III. Elizabeth4, b. May 28, 1711; probably m. Benjamin Carlton Sept.6,1731.
27—IV. Susannah4, b. Oct. 26, 1714; probably married Joseph .
28—V. Timothy4, b. Dec. 25, 1717. See below (28).
29—VI. Eunice4, b. Feb. 18, 1719-20; probably m. David Bancroft of Reading April 24, 1740.
30—VII. Joan4, b. July 8, 1722.
31—VIII. Nathaniel4, b. Oct. 22, 1725. See below (31)
32—IX. Hannah4, b. Sept. 28, 1728; d. July 23, 1738, aged nine.
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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


Researching this article uncovered what might be a problem in my tree with the identities of
Mary Clark's parents, which I will discuss later.