BANCROFT, Joseph, s. Joseph [sic] and Mary, [born] Nov. 11, 1698. [Note: this is the first Joseph born in Reading, begging the question, where did the father come from? Further, there is no other record of a Joseph and Mary until 1760. That plus the secondary sources suggest the father was misrecorded. Looking up the original record shows it was mistranscribed.]
↑ Allen, John Kermott. "Thomas Bancroft of Dedham and Reading, Mass., and Some of His Descendants", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society) Vol. 94, p. 223.
Children of Lt. Thomas Bancroft and Mary Webster: 2) Joseph, b. 1698, d. 15 Aug 1733, m. Ruth ---. Named in will of his father.
