For entry #20 of the 2015 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks my subject is 5x great grandfather John
Bancroft 4th. It is now that I've arrived at a point I reach in all my father's ancestral lines: the
time when they move north to New Hampshire or Maine. In the case of John and his family,
the destination was Norway, Maine. This was sometime in the early 1800's, and the information I've found is sparse. Here's what I know (or think I know).
John Bancroft the 4th was born on 21 Oct 1749 in Lynn, Ma. On 24 Oct 1768, he married first
cousin Mary Walton of Reading, Ma., daughter of Jacob Walton and Eunice Hawkes. They had
eleven children, all born in Ma,. mostly in Lynn:
John Bancroft 29Nov 1768
Nathaniel Bancroft 7Feb 1769
Mary Bancroft 4Sep 1770
Eunice Bancroft 3Oct 1772
Betty Bancroft 18Oct 1776
Jacob Bancroft 27feb 1779
Rhoda Bancroft 7May 1781
Sarah Bancroft 8July 1783
Jane Bancroft Oct 1785
Ellen Bancroft 30Dec 1787
Lucy Bancroft 1789?
I have a few problems with that information. One is the apparent short time between
John's marriage to Mary on 24Oct 1768 and the birth of their first child John Bancroft 5th
on 29Nov 1768. The second is that as of yet I haven't found a record of John 4th's death.
I don't know if he died in Massachusetts or Maine. I do know that between 1797 and 1800,
two of his sons, Nathaniel and Jacob, settled in Albany, Maine. Some of the family either
went with them or followed soon after, including 4x great grandmother Sarah Bancroft
who married Francis Upton there. But I can find no record of John 4th's death at Norway,
Me., nor at the three towns associated with him: Lynn, Lynnfield, and Reading, Ma.
So in a family where I have little information, I have the least amount the most recent member
of it.
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Monday, May 25, 2015
Friday, May 22, 2015
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 19: JOHN BANCROFT 3rd
Still trying to catch up on the 2015 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge. This post concerns
6x great grandfather John Bancroft, the third of that name in a row on my family tree. Although
in town records and documents he is referred to as John Jr and then John Sr, to me he is John
Bancroft 3rd. Like his father and grandfather, he seems to have lived an ordinary life.
Sidney Perley has this to say about him:
John Bancroft4, born in Lynn June 25, 1708. His father called him "my dutiful son." He was a yeoman, and lived in Lynnfield. He married, first,Ruth____ , and she died Feb. 25, 1745-6. He married, second, Eve____ before 1749; and died in 1777, his will, dated March 16, 1776, being proved June 2, 1777. His wife Eve survived him.
Children, born in Lynn :—
40—I. James5, b. March 21, 1732 ; gentleman, lived in Lynnfield; lieutenant; m.Esther Smith of Reading (pub. July 20, I75S); she d. March 25, 1814, aged eighty-seven; and he d. Aug. 22, 1814, aged eighty-two.
41—II. Mary5, Dec. 28, 1733; m. John Merriam of Sudbury Nov. 24, 1752.
42—III. Ruth5, b. Jan. 15, 1735-6; m. Joseph Newhall (pub. Jan. 16, 1757); and was living in 1776.
43—IV. Lydia5, b. May I, 1738; m. Benjamin Wilson of Danvers Nov. 28, 1759; and was living in 1776.
44—V. John5, b. April 18, 1740; d. young.
45—VI. Sarah5, m. Thomas Bowditch of Salem April 27, 1760, and was living in 1776.
46—VII. Rachel5, b. Nov. 4, 1744; m.____ Berry before 1776.
47—VIII. John5, b. Oct. 21, 1749. See below (47).
48—IX. Ebenezer5, b. July 25, 1752. See below (48).
49—X. Job5, b. April 7, 1754; housewright; lived in Salem, 1789 and 1797; and m. Sarah _____
p58
The Essex antiquarian; a quarterly magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts Vol V Salem, Ma. 1901
The last names of John Bancroft 3rd's two wives are not given in this Bancroft genealogy
but his first wife was Ruth Newhall, who was the mother of the first seven children. Eva
Hawkes, a Mayflower descendant, was the second wife and mother of the youngest three
children, including John Bancroft 4th, my ancestor.
6x great grandfather John Bancroft, the third of that name in a row on my family tree. Although
in town records and documents he is referred to as John Jr and then John Sr, to me he is John
Bancroft 3rd. Like his father and grandfather, he seems to have lived an ordinary life.
Sidney Perley has this to say about him:
John Bancroft4, born in Lynn June 25, 1708. His father called him "my dutiful son." He was a yeoman, and lived in Lynnfield. He married, first,Ruth____ , and she died Feb. 25, 1745-6. He married, second, Eve____ before 1749; and died in 1777, his will, dated March 16, 1776, being proved June 2, 1777. His wife Eve survived him.
Children, born in Lynn :—
40—I. James5, b. March 21, 1732 ; gentleman, lived in Lynnfield; lieutenant; m.Esther Smith of Reading (pub. July 20, I75S); she d. March 25, 1814, aged eighty-seven; and he d. Aug. 22, 1814, aged eighty-two.
41—II. Mary5, Dec. 28, 1733; m. John Merriam of Sudbury Nov. 24, 1752.
42—III. Ruth5, b. Jan. 15, 1735-6; m. Joseph Newhall (pub. Jan. 16, 1757); and was living in 1776.
43—IV. Lydia5, b. May I, 1738; m. Benjamin Wilson of Danvers Nov. 28, 1759; and was living in 1776.
44—V. John5, b. April 18, 1740; d. young.
45—VI. Sarah5, m. Thomas Bowditch of Salem April 27, 1760, and was living in 1776.
46—VII. Rachel5, b. Nov. 4, 1744; m.____ Berry before 1776.
47—VIII. John5, b. Oct. 21, 1749. See below (47).
48—IX. Ebenezer5, b. July 25, 1752. See below (48).
49—X. Job5, b. April 7, 1754; housewright; lived in Salem, 1789 and 1797; and m. Sarah _____
p58
The Essex antiquarian; a quarterly magazine devoted to the biography, genealogy, history and antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts Vol V Salem, Ma. 1901
The last names of John Bancroft 3rd's two wives are not given in this Bancroft genealogy
but his first wife was Ruth Newhall, who was the mother of the first seven children. Eva
Hawkes, a Mayflower descendant, was the second wife and mother of the youngest three
children, including John Bancroft 4th, my ancestor.
Saturday, May 16, 2015
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.
-pp57-58
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.
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.
-pp57-58
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.
Thursday, May 14, 2015
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 17: JOHN BANCROFT SR.
Continuing on with my exploration of my paternal grandmother Cora Bertha Barker's
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.
-p57
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.
Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org.
New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records
supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.)
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.
-p57
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.
Monday, April 27, 2015
52 ANCESTORS IN 52 WEEKS 2015 WEEK 16: THOMAS BANCROFT
I'm running a week behind on the 2015 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge so this is for
Week 16. I've been exploring my Dad's maternal ancestors for the challenge and at the
moment I'm working on the families of the women who married the men in the Upton line.
This will be the first post concerning the ancestors of Sarah Bancroft, the wife of 4x great
grandfather Amos Upton.
Sarah Bancroft's immigrant ancestor was my 10x great grandfather John Bancroft who
arrived in Boston on the ship James in 1632. Apparently there was some scandal about
how his wife Jane was caught in the ship captain's cabin and the couple being fined. So
far I haven't been able to find out anything more about it. Nor have I found much else
about John Bancroft. But thanks to Ellery Bicknell Crane, I found quite a bit about
John's son, my 9x great grandfather Thomas Bancroft:
Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft (1), son of John and Jane Bancroft, was born in England in 1622. He was the immigrant ancestor of Andrew J. Bancroft, of Lancaster. Massachusetts. His father also came over but died in Lynn in 1637. His mother, Jane Bancroft, had land assigned to her in Lynn where the family first settled in New England. She was living in Lynn in 1638.
Thomas Bancroft was living in Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1647, and was admitted to townsman in 1648. He removed in 1652 or 1653, when his name first appears on the church records of Reading, Massachusetts, but there is no proof that he ever lived within the limits of that town, but he certainly lived in that vicinity the remainder of his days. He hired a five hundred acre farm of Samuel Bennett in what is now Saugus, an adjacent town, and the Reading church was the nearest to his home, so he belonged to that parish. The town lines in that neighborhood seem to have been indefinite. He was not a proprietor of the town of Reading, but his son Thomas lived in Reading and became a very prominent citizen there.
The home of Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft was just south of the Straits, a narrow roadway through the rocky hills leading from Reading to Saugus. It is still known as the Bancroft place. The survey of the line between Lynn and Charlestown made about 1670 mentions the "house that was Ensign Bancroft's." About that time he bought seventy acres of land at Lynnfield, three miles from Reading church, which was still the nearest to his home. In 1678 the deed of the adjoining Holyoke farm recites "that it had been for some time in possession and improvement of Thomas Bancroft and a half acre with building thereon was reserved and deeded to Bancroft."
Lieutenant Bancroft died in Lynn, August 19, 1691. The inventory of his estate was filed November 24, 1691, by his son Ebenezer. It shows that he owned land at Reading and Lynn, etc. An agreement for a division of the property was made by the widow, Elizabeth, sons Thomas, John and Ebenezer; Joseph Brown, husband of the daughter Elizabeth, and Sarah Bancroft, the youngest daughter. The widow died May 1, 1711.
He married (first) Alice Bacon, daughter of Michael Bacon, of Dedham, Massachusetts, March 31, 1647-8. She died March 29, 1648. He married (second) Elizabeth Metcalf, daughter of Michale and Sarah Metcalf. She was admitted to the church December 14, 1651, at Dedham, and November 22, 1669, at Reading, by letter from Dedham. The only child of Lieutenant Thomas and Alice was: Thomas, born 1648, of whom later. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth were: Elizabeth, born and died 1650; John, born February 3, 1651-2, married Elizabeth Bacon; Elizabeth, born at Reading, December 7, 1653, married Joseph Brown; Sarah, born 1660, died 1661; Raham. born 1662, died 1683; Sarah, born 1665, married John Woodward; Ebenezer, born 1667, married Abigail Eaton and resided at Lynnfield; Mary, born 1670.-pp79-80
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 1 (Google eBook) Lewis Publishing Company, New York, New York 1907
It gives no reason for the title of Lieutenant but Thomas was probably an officer in the Lynn
town militia.
I'm descended from Thomas and Elizabeth's son John Bancroft.
Week 16. I've been exploring my Dad's maternal ancestors for the challenge and at the
moment I'm working on the families of the women who married the men in the Upton line.
This will be the first post concerning the ancestors of Sarah Bancroft, the wife of 4x great
grandfather Amos Upton.
Sarah Bancroft's immigrant ancestor was my 10x great grandfather John Bancroft who
arrived in Boston on the ship James in 1632. Apparently there was some scandal about
how his wife Jane was caught in the ship captain's cabin and the couple being fined. So
far I haven't been able to find out anything more about it. Nor have I found much else
about John Bancroft. But thanks to Ellery Bicknell Crane, I found quite a bit about
John's son, my 9x great grandfather Thomas Bancroft:
Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft (1), son of John and Jane Bancroft, was born in England in 1622. He was the immigrant ancestor of Andrew J. Bancroft, of Lancaster. Massachusetts. His father also came over but died in Lynn in 1637. His mother, Jane Bancroft, had land assigned to her in Lynn where the family first settled in New England. She was living in Lynn in 1638.
Thomas Bancroft was living in Dedham, Massachusetts, in 1647, and was admitted to townsman in 1648. He removed in 1652 or 1653, when his name first appears on the church records of Reading, Massachusetts, but there is no proof that he ever lived within the limits of that town, but he certainly lived in that vicinity the remainder of his days. He hired a five hundred acre farm of Samuel Bennett in what is now Saugus, an adjacent town, and the Reading church was the nearest to his home, so he belonged to that parish. The town lines in that neighborhood seem to have been indefinite. He was not a proprietor of the town of Reading, but his son Thomas lived in Reading and became a very prominent citizen there.
The home of Lieutenant Thomas Bancroft was just south of the Straits, a narrow roadway through the rocky hills leading from Reading to Saugus. It is still known as the Bancroft place. The survey of the line between Lynn and Charlestown made about 1670 mentions the "house that was Ensign Bancroft's." About that time he bought seventy acres of land at Lynnfield, three miles from Reading church, which was still the nearest to his home. In 1678 the deed of the adjoining Holyoke farm recites "that it had been for some time in possession and improvement of Thomas Bancroft and a half acre with building thereon was reserved and deeded to Bancroft."
Lieutenant Bancroft died in Lynn, August 19, 1691. The inventory of his estate was filed November 24, 1691, by his son Ebenezer. It shows that he owned land at Reading and Lynn, etc. An agreement for a division of the property was made by the widow, Elizabeth, sons Thomas, John and Ebenezer; Joseph Brown, husband of the daughter Elizabeth, and Sarah Bancroft, the youngest daughter. The widow died May 1, 1711.
He married (first) Alice Bacon, daughter of Michael Bacon, of Dedham, Massachusetts, March 31, 1647-8. She died March 29, 1648. He married (second) Elizabeth Metcalf, daughter of Michale and Sarah Metcalf. She was admitted to the church December 14, 1651, at Dedham, and November 22, 1669, at Reading, by letter from Dedham. The only child of Lieutenant Thomas and Alice was: Thomas, born 1648, of whom later. The children of Thomas and Elizabeth were: Elizabeth, born and died 1650; John, born February 3, 1651-2, married Elizabeth Bacon; Elizabeth, born at Reading, December 7, 1653, married Joseph Brown; Sarah, born 1660, died 1661; Raham. born 1662, died 1683; Sarah, born 1665, married John Woodward; Ebenezer, born 1667, married Abigail Eaton and resided at Lynnfield; Mary, born 1670.-pp79-80
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts: With a History of Worcester Society of Antiquity, Volume 1 (Google eBook) Lewis Publishing Company, New York, New York 1907
It gives no reason for the title of Lieutenant but Thomas was probably an officer in the Lynn
town militia.
I'm descended from Thomas and Elizabeth's son John Bancroft.
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