Person:Samuel Bancroft (5)

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Samuel Bancroft
b.21 Jul 1715 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.15 Nov 1782 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 26 Nov 1713
  1. Samuel Bancroft1715 - 1782
  2. William Bancroft1716/17 -
  3. Edmund Bancroft1718 -
  4. Nathaniel Bancroft1720 - 1749
  5. Sarah Bancroft1721/22 -
  6. Jacob Bancroft1723 -
  7. Jeremiah Bancroft1725 -
  8. Caleb Bancroft1731 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Samuel Bancroft1715 - 1782
  • W.  Lydia Parker1715/16 - 1813
m. 30 Oct 1735
  1. Samuel Bancroft1736 -
  2. Lydia Bancroft1738 -
  3. Sarah Bancroft1740 -
  4. Mary Bancroft1742 -
  5. Mehitable Bancroft1744 -
  6. Elizabeth Bancroft1746 - 1831
  7. Anne Bancroft1749 -
  8. Edmund Bancroft1751 -
  9. Caleb Bancroft1753 -
  10. Rev. Aaron Bancroft1755 - 1839
  11. Lucy Bancroft1758 -
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Facts and Events
Name Samuel Bancroft
Gender Male
Birth[2] 21 Jul 1715 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 30 Oct 1735 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Lydia Parker
Death[3][4] 15 Nov 1782 Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1.   Bancroft, Samuel Jr., in Schutz, John A. Legislators of the Massachusetts General Court, 1691-1780: a biographical dictionary. (Boston, Massachusetts: Northeastern University Press, c1997)
    pg 157.

    Bancroft, Samuel Jr. (1715 Reading - 1782 Reading); Reading HR 1769, 70, 73, 74; deacon 1770-82; selectman 1757-60, 62, 63, 66; JP 1774; capt.; M. Lydia Parker (1716-1813) in 1735, 11 ch; farmer, cordwainer; will. Land also in Wilmington. Two slaves, chaise, books, many pieces of land. Five or fewer committees, none in 1774 HR.

  2. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1912)
    p. 20.

    BANCROFT, Samuel, s. of Samuel and Sarah, [born] July 21, 1715.

  3. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W. Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1912)
    p. 494.

    BANCROFT, Samuel, Esq., [died] Nov. 25, 1782, a. 67 y. 4 m. 4 d.
    [Birth calculates to about 21 Jul 1715.]

  4. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case 984: Samuel Bancroft 1782.

    Will of "Samuel Bancroft of Reading ... Gentleman", dated 15 May 1782, proved 11 Dec 1782, names wife Lydia Bancroft, ["order my two sons Edmund Bancroft and Caleb Bancroft in Equal propo[r]tion to provide for my wife their mother"], "my Eldest son Samuel who hath been Long with me in a weak condition, that my two sons Edmund and Caleb in Equal proprotion provide for him", "my two sons Edmund and Caleb", "my youngest son Aaron", "my daughters Lydia Johnson Mary Lovejoy Mehetebell Nichols Elizebeth Weston and Anna Pool", "my Daughter Sarah How", "my daughter Lucy Gray", "my Granddaughter Olive Daughter to my Daughter Lucy". Son Edmund Bancroft to be sole executor.
    15 Dec 1782: Inventory of Samuel Bancroft Esq'r late of said Reading Deceased: real: £1392; person: £212=13=7, by James Bancroft, Joseph Fancroft, Abraham Foster. [Note that did not include a "Negro girl being given to the widow and the boy being given to Edmund and as by many they are Considered as free", nor the Great Bible and other items explicitly given to heirs not inventoried.]
    3 Apr 1784: Account of Edmund Bancroft Executor. Additional accounting 6 Oct 1784.

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