Person:Harrison Bancroft (1)

m. 29 Jun 1818
  • HHarrison BancroftCal 1790 - 1866
  • W.  Abigail Fisk (add)
m. 16 Oct 1844
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] Harrison Bancroft
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 8 Sep 1790 probaly Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 29 Jun 1818 Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Sally Bosworth
Marriage 16 Oct 1844 Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abigail Fisk (add)
Death[1] 11 Oct 1866 Petersham, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
    [1].

    Deaths Registered in the Town of Petersham for the Year eighteen hundred and sixty-six
    No.: 16
    Date of Death: Oct. 11 [1866]
    Name: Harrison Bancroft
    Sex: male
    Condition: married
    Age: 76 y. 1 m. 3 d. [birth calculates to about 8 Sep 1790]
    Cause: Old Age
    Place of Death: Petersham
    Occupation: Farmer
    Place of Birth: unknown
    Parents: Benj'a Bancroft
    Birthplaces of Parents: [blank]

  2. Petersham VRs show the death of Benjamin Bancroft 1838, age 83, so born about 1755, also of wife Hannah d. 1816, age 60, so born 1756. According to Source:Bancroft, Margaret J. Bancroft, Hannah Bancroft, b. 1 Mar 1756, m. Benjamin Bancroft of Petersham. The intention for this marriage is found in Auburn (Warren) VRs 1780. One might suspect Benjamin is Person:Benjamin Bancroft (1) but no evidence to show this has been located. The coverage of this Benjamin in NEHGR, Vol. 95, p. 62, shows a birth and baptism and nothing more.