Person:Jacob Bancroft (1)

Name^[4]	Jacob Bancroft
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	30 Aug 1762	Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Christening^[2]	5 Sep 1762	Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	22 Jul 1784	Sutton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lydia Hayden
Death^[3]	7 Oct 1848	Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ 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. 95, p. 62.

Children of Thomas Bancroft [#31] and Phoebe Wardwell: 8) Jacob, b. Reading 30 Aug 1762, bp. 5 Sep 1762. "A Jacob Bancroft m. at Sutton, Mass., 22 July 1784 Lydia Hayden." Will of Thomas Bancroft, dated 28 Sep 1763 names son Jacob among others.
[Note: birth record not found, baptism is.]
↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Wakefield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Mass, 1912)
p. 13.

BANCROFT, Jacob, s. of Tho[ma]s, bp. Sept. 5, 1762. CR
↑ Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
[1].

Deaths registered in the town of Athol from May 1, 1848 to January 1, 1850.
No.: 5
Date of Death: Oct 7 [1848]
Name: Jacob Bancroft
Age: 85 [birth about 1763]
Place of Death: Athol
Sex and Condition: Male, wid'r
Occupation: [blank]
Birthplace: [blank]
Parents: [blank]
Cause: old age
↑ Source:Cole, Elizabeth M. Rich Family Association Kinfolk says Lidia Hayden m. the Jacob Bancroft b. 18 Jan 1751/52. However, the 1800 census shows him 25-44 (born after 1756) in Warwick, the 1820 census shows him over 45 (born before 1775) in Sutton, the 1830 census shows him 60-70 (born 1760-1770) in Athol, and the 1840 shows him 70-80 (born 1760-1770) in Royalston, consistently suggesting that is the wrong man...