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Lt Samuel Bancroft

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Lt Samuel Bancroft

Birth
West Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
2 Jan 1820 (aged 82)
Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Burial
Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
American Revolution serial# 5395 marker 20/23 marble stone 29th row from North wall
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Samuel Bancroft
Born 1727 Apr 22 West Springfield, MA
Died 1820 Jan 2 Granville, MA
Burial Headstone Main Road Cemetery Granville, MA
American Revolution serial# 5395 marker 20/23 marble stone 29th row from North wall
Father Samuel Bancroft 1788
Mother Sarah White

Married
Elizabeth Spelman

"Samuel Bancroft served as 2nd Lieutenant in Capt. Wm. Cooley's 9th Co., Col John Moseley's 3rd Regt., Hampshire Co., Mass., Militia; marched to reinforce Northern Army. Commissioned 26 April, 1776." via Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, volume 1

His parents were the first settlers (1735) of Granville. Samuel Bancroft and his bride, Sarah White, left the settlement of West Springfield, and settled about six miles away in the Wilderness of Bedford.

Sarah White's legacy of the colonial descent from the Mayflower?/Pilgrim ancestors, one hundred and fifteen years on American soil. Women like Sarah had the determination of character which it took to sustain life and success of the hardy pioneer.

Samuel Bancrofts ancestors were from a well established in New England. Samuel was described as a man of average size, but, kind-hearted and vivacious and industrious.
Samuel Bancroft
Born 1727 Apr 22 West Springfield, MA
Died 1820 Jan 2 Granville, MA
Burial Headstone Main Road Cemetery Granville, MA
American Revolution serial# 5395 marker 20/23 marble stone 29th row from North wall
Father Samuel Bancroft 1788
Mother Sarah White

Married
Elizabeth Spelman

"Samuel Bancroft served as 2nd Lieutenant in Capt. Wm. Cooley's 9th Co., Col John Moseley's 3rd Regt., Hampshire Co., Mass., Militia; marched to reinforce Northern Army. Commissioned 26 April, 1776." via Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the Revolutionary War, volume 1

His parents were the first settlers (1735) of Granville. Samuel Bancroft and his bride, Sarah White, left the settlement of West Springfield, and settled about six miles away in the Wilderness of Bedford.

Sarah White's legacy of the colonial descent from the Mayflower?/Pilgrim ancestors, one hundred and fifteen years on American soil. Women like Sarah had the determination of character which it took to sustain life and success of the hardy pioneer.

Samuel Bancrofts ancestors were from a well established in New England. Samuel was described as a man of average size, but, kind-hearted and vivacious and industrious.

Gravesite Details

29th row Marble



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