BANCROFT, Mary, w. Dea. John, fever and canker, "occasioned by a Fall", [died] July 25, 1763, in her 82d y. CR1 [Age 81, so born about 1682.]
↑ -Wells, Maine Sept 10, 1731 Letters of Administration to Mr. Bancroft & Mary his wife, of the estate of a relation John Boniton/Bonython formerly of Saco, to either accept or renounce; Mary Bancroft, daughter of John Baniton/Bonython declines. [York Co. Probate 4/148] -York Deeds Vol 12, pt 2, folio 339: John Bancroft Jr. of Lynn, MA & Mary his wife for 50 pounds pd by Humphrey Scamon of Saco ... all our Rights & Titles of Land in Saco laid out to our father John Benighton in the year Eighty one by John Wincoll, John Pennuell & Abraham Preble ... Furthermore we the said John Bancroft & Mary Bancroft whose Maiden Name was Mary Benighton ... Nov. 2, 1728. Witnesses: Elizabeth Bancroft, Nathaniel Sparhawke.
