| Name |
Thomas Bancroft |
| Birth |
10 Feb 1622 |
London, London, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Other-Begin |
23 Mar 1655 |
Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
| Oath of Fidelity |
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Oath of Fidelity - Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts
from "John Harmon of Springfield MA Associates Part 7
VIII
Those Who Took The Oath of Fidelity
March 23, 1655/56
"March 23d 1655/56 being a Training day these under written took the oath of fidelity:
Thomas Bancroft, John Stewart, James Warrener, Obadiah Miller, Symon Sackett, Nathaneel Burt, Hugh Dudley, Samuel Bliss, William Morgan, Lawrence Bliss, Jeremy Horton, James Taylor, Edward Foster, John Sackett, Josiah Chapin Abell Wright, Richard Maund, John Riley, Anthony Dorchester, Francis Pepper, James Osborne, John Horton, John Earle"
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| Property |
13 Mar 1660 |
Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
- New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. V, 1881, p. 74
Feb. 13, 1656: "It is granted to Abell Wright an amount of Twenty (20) acres which had formerly come into the hand of Rowland Thomas, lying in ye great plain over ye great river, called Chickuppy plain, provided he continue five years in town." It was soon evident that Abel had come to stay, for again reads the record: "March 13, 1660, There is granted to Thomas Bancroft, Abell Wright, John Lumbard and Richard Sikes, a parcel of land lying on the west side of ye great river over against ye long meadow below George Colton's, which land hereby granted, lyeth between two brooks, and it is to run westward from ye river to a hill about 40 rods westward; Thos. Bancroft to lie next to the Southermost brook, Abell Wright next toward the north, John Lumbard next to him, and Richard Siikes next to him; the four sharing thereof equally in three-score acres of land, if there be so much there; or is there be not so much they are to divide the piece equally amongst them, lying as above expressed." (Record of Deeds, vol. i, p. 203)
http://mjgen.com/wright/1wright.html
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| Death |
14 Dec 1684 |
Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut |
| Burial |
Wakefield, Essex Co, Massachusetts |
| Notes |
- son of John Bancroft and Jane.
Thomas Bancroft was a miller. He leased John Pynchon?s mill house for seven years "hee to doe all the worke that belongs to it for the ready and well grinding of the corne of the plantation" for annual rent payments of £8 the first year and £3 thereafter. John Pynchon?s corn was to be ground without charge; all others were to pay a toll directly to Bancroft. In 1667, he leased John Pynchon?s ten acre lot next to the mill. In 1672, the mill rental increased to £8. Served jury duty in Springfield and was listed as a freeman in Springfield.
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| Person ID |
I5466 |
Roots |
| Last Modified |
2 Jul 2012 |
| Family 1 |
Margaret Wright, b. Between 1630 and 1632, England, or Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. Bef 1669, Westfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age ~ 39 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Dec 1653 |
Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts |
| Children |
| | 1. Lydia Bancroft, b. 1655, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. 1665, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts (Age 10 years) |
| | 2. Margaret Bancroft, b. 1656, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. Aft 1657 (Age 2 years) |
| | 3. Anna Bancroft, b. 1658, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. Aft 1659 (Age 2 years) |
| | 4. Thomas Bancroft, b. 1659, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. Aft 1660 (Age 2 years) |
| | 5. Anna Bancroft, b. 1663, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. Aft 1690 (Age 28 years) |
| | 6. Lydia Bancroft, b. 1665, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. Aft 1666 (Age 2 years) |
| | 7. Julia Bancroft, b. 1666, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. Aft 1667 (Age 2 years) |
| | 8. Samuel Bancroft, b. 1667, Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts d. Aft 1668 (Age 2 years) |
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| Family ID |
F2353 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
10 Feb 2011 |
1622 - 1684 (62 years)
