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.
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
Family Members
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Dr Aaron Bancroft
1755–1839
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Elizabeth Bancroft Reed
1761–1791
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Tabitha Bancroft Barlow
1763–1851
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Azariah Bancroft
1768–1828
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Sarah Bancroft
1772–1777
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Rhoda Bancroft Phelps
1775–1834
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Melendey Bancroft
1777–1777
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Judge Samuel Bancroft III
1778–1870
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Ethan Bancroft
1779–1814
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Jonathan Barber Bancroft
1781–1870
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