Person:Benjamin Bancroft (4)

Name	Captain Benjamin Bancroft
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	6 May 1701	Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	Bef 1724	Based on birth of eldest known child to Anna Lawrence
Death^[2]^[3]	21 Jul 1787	Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1912)
p. 15.

BANCRAFT, Benjamin, s. of Thomas and Mary, [born] May 6, 1701.
↑ Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1926-1927)
p. 198.

BANCROFT, Benjamin, Capt., [died] July 21, 1787, a. 86 y. 2 m. 4 d. GR2
[Birth calculates to about 17 May 1701. The extra 11 days is probably an allowance for the calendar change of 1753.]
↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
Case 955: Benjamin Bancroft 1787.

Will of "Benjamin Bancroft of Groton ... Gentleman", dated 29 Jan 1784, proved 18 Sep 1787, names wife Anna Bancroft; daughter Anna Longley; sons Benjamin and Edmund; grandson James Bancroft. Children Benjamin Bancroft, Edmund Bancroft and Anna Longley to be executors.
27 Aug 1787]: Inventory of Cap't: Benjamin Bancroft late of Groton dec'd: £546.12.1, by W'm Swan, Sam'l Lawrance, J??? Richardson.