Benjamin BancroftAge: 86 years1701–1787

Name
Benjamin Bancroft
Given names
Benjamin
Surname
Bancroft
Name suffix
(Capt)
Birth May 16, 1701 28 40
Reading, MA

Death of a motherMary Mary
1704 (Age 2 years)

MarriageAnna Lawrence — View this family
1718 (Age 16 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas Bancroft
June 12, 1718 (Age 17 years)
Reading, MA

Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Poole
May 20, 1723 (Age 22 years)
Reading, MA

Birth of a son
#1		Benjamin Bancroft
September 29, 1724 (Age 23 years)
Charlestown, MA

Birth of a son
#2		Edmund Bancroft
1727 (Age 25 years)
Groton, MA

Birth of a daughter
#3		Anna Bancroft
December 20, 1728 (Age 27 years)
Groton, MA

Death of a fatherThomas Bancroft
November 8, 1731 (Age 30 years)
Reading, MA

Marriage of a childBenjamin Bancroft — Alice Tarbell — View this family
October 18, 1749 (Age 48 years)
Groton, Middlesex, MA

Marriage of a childJonathan Longley — Anna Bancroft — View this family
January 30, 1751 (Age 49 years)
Groton, MA

Marriage of a childEdmund Bancroft — Rachel Howard — View this family
1758 (Age 56 years)

Marriage of a childBenjamin Bancroft — Mary Lawrence — View this family
October 18, 1785 (Age 84 years)
Littleton, Middlesex, MA

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Death July 21, 1787 (Age 86 years)
Groton, MA
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father
Thomas Bancroft
Birth: February 8, 1673 20 16 — Reading, MA
Death: November 8, 1731 — Reading, MA
mother
Mary Mary
Birth: 1661
Death: 1704
Marriage: 1688 —
13 years
himself
Benjamin Bancroft
Birth: May 16, 1701 28 40 — Reading, MA
Death: July 21, 1787 — Groton, MA
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himself
Benjamin Bancroft
Birth: May 16, 1701 28 40 — Reading, MA
Death: July 21, 1787 — Groton, MA
wife
Anna Lawrence
Birth: 1702 34 31 — Groton, MA
Death: July 3, 1790 — Groton, MA
Marriage: 1718 —
11 years
daughter
Anna Bancroft
Birth: December 20, 1728 27 26 — Groton, MA
Death: November 1816 — Groton, MA
-4 years
son
Benjamin Bancroft
Birth: September 29, 1724 23 22 — Charlestown, MA
Death: October 27, 1804 — Groton, MA
3 years
son
Edmund Bancroft
Birth: 1727 25 25 — Groton, MA
Death: October 25, 1806 — Pepperell, MA

  1. Generation 1

    1. Benjamin Bancroft, son of Thomas Bancroft and Mary Mary, was born on May 16, 1701 in Reading, MA and died on July 21, 1787 in Groton, MA at the age of 86. He married Anna Lawrence, daughter of John Lawrence and Anna Tarbell, in 1718. She was born in 1702 in Groton, MA and died on July 3, 1790 in Groton, MA at the age of 88.

      Children of Benjamin Bancroft and Anna Lawrence:

      1. Anna Bancroft (1728–1816)
      2. Benjamin Bancroft (1724–1804)
      3. Edmund Bancroft (1727–1806)
  2. Generation 2back to top

    1. Anna Bancroft, daughter of Benjamin Bancroft and Anna Lawrence, was born on December 20, 1728 in Groton, MA and died in November 1816 in Groton, MA at the age of 87. She married Jonathan Longley, son of John Longley and Deborah Wilder, on January 30, 1751 in Groton, MA. He was born on November 18, 1726 in Groton, MA and died on August 13, 1768 in Littleton, MA at the age of 41.

      Children of Anna Bancroft and Jonathan Longley:

      1. Sarah Longley (1766–1839)
      2. Anna Longley (1757–1758)
      3. Jonathan Longley (1760–1833)
      4. Benjamin Longley (1763–1837)

    2. Benjamin Bancroft, son of Benjamin Bancroft and Anna Lawrence, was born on September 29, 1724 in Charlestown, MA and died on October 27, 1804 in Groton, MA at the age of 80. He married 2 times. The first time he married Alice Tarbell, daughter of William Tarbell and Mary Farnsworth, on October 18, 1749 in Groton, Middlesex, MA. She was born on March 4, 1730 in Groton, MA and died on November 29, 1781 in Groton, MA at the age of 51. The second time he married Mary Lawrence, daughter of Abel Lawrence and Mary Bulkley, on October 18, 1785 in Littleton, Middlesex, MA. She was born on July 12, 1757 and died in September 1787 at the age of 30.

      Children of Benjamin Bancroft and Alice Tarbell:

      1. Thaddeus Bancroft (1756–1784)
      2. Abel Bancroft (1752–1786)
      3. William Bancroft (1756–1832)

    3. Edmund Bancroft, son of Benjamin Bancroft and Anna Lawrence, was born in 1727 in Groton, MA and died on October 25, 1806 in Pepperell, MA at the age of 79. He married Rachel Howard in 1758. She was born in 1730 in Chelmsford, MA and died on June 3, 1784 in Pepperell, MA at the age of 54.

      Children of Edmund Bancroft and Rachel Howard:

      1. Amos Bancroft (1767–1848)
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    1. Sarah Longley, daughter of Jonathan Longley and Anna Bancroft, was born on September 16, 1766 in Littleton, MA and died on April 9, 1839 in Littleton, MA at the age of 72. She married 2 times. The first time she married John Longley on October 25, 1780. He was born in 1732 and died in 1785 at the age of 53. The second time she married Jacob Priest, son of John Priest and Hannah Livermore, on May 30, 1787 in Littleton, MA. He was born on November 17, 1754 in Marlborough, MA. and died on January 28, 1824 in Lexington, MA at the age of 69.

      Children of Sarah Longley and John Longley:

      1. John Longley (1781–1824)

      Children of Sarah Longley and Jacob Priest:

      1. Asa Priest (1788–1871)
      2. Jacob Priest (1790–1869)
      3. William Priest (1792–1837)
      4. Nathan Priest (1795–1887)
      5. Luthur Priest (1797–1829)
      6. Sarah Priest (1802–1878)
      7. Sophia Priest (1804–1822)

    2. Thaddeus Bancroft, son of Benjamin Bancroft and Alice Tarbell, was born on April 12, 1756 in Groton, MA and died on June 21, 1784 in Groton, MA at the age of 28. He married … Bulah in 1769. She was born in 1732 and died in 1775 at the age of 43.

      Children of Thaddeus Bancroft and … Bulah:

      1. Benjamin Bancroft (1772–1776)

    3. Abel Bancroft, son of Benjamin Bancroft and Alice Tarbell, was born on May 28, 1752 in Groton, MA and died on October 30, 1786 in Groton, MA at the age of 34. He married 2 times. The first time he married … Sarah in 1768. She was born in 1752 and died on July 8, 1830 in Groton, MA at the age of 78. The second time he married Sarah Lawrence, daughter of Jonathan Lawrence and Esther Shed, on July 14, 1774. She was born on May 30, 1751 in Groton, Middlesex, MA and died in 1752 at the age of 7 months.

    4. William Bancroft, son of Benjamin Bancroft and Alice Tarbell, was born on April 12, 1756 in Groton, MA and died on May 28, 1832 in Groton, MA at the age of 76. He married Agnes Edes in 1772. She was born in 1756 and died on July 30, 1832 in Groton, MA at the age of 76.

      Children of William Bancroft and Agnes Edes:

      1. Benjamin Bancroft (1788–1857)
      2. Agnes S. Bancroft (1791–1792)

    5. Amos Bancroft, son of Edmund Bancroft and Rachel Howard, was born on May 23, 1767 in Pepperell, MA and died on July 12, 1848 in Groton, MA at the age of 81. He married Sarah Bass, daughter of Henry Bass and Faith Savage, in 1784. She was born in 1768 in Boston, MA and died on April 30, 1837 in Groton, MA at the age of 69.

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Residence Sout of Unitarian Church on Great Road

Comment 1 Moved to Groton in 1728 from Reading, MA

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