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Personal data Ensign John Bancroft 

  • He was born on March 3, 1656 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
  • He was christened on March 3, 1656 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
  • He died on January 25, 1739 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, he was 82 years old.
  • He is buried on January 25, 1739 in Old Burying Ground, Lynnfield, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
  • A child of Thomas Bancroft and Elizabeth Metcalf
  • This information was last updated on October 18, 2023.

Household of Ensign John Bancroft

(1) He is married to Elizabeth Eaton.

They got married on September 24, 1678 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, he was 22 years old.


(2) He is married to Hannah Waite.

They got married on October 29, 1708 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, he was 52 years old.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Bancroft

Michael Metcalf
1587-1664
Sarah Elsom Ellwyn
1593-1644

John Bancroft
1656-1739

(1) 1678

Elizabeth Eaton
1662-????

(2) 1708

Hannah Waite
1656-1732


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Birthday March 3, 1656

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1656: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 23 » Blaise Pascal publishes the first of his Lettres provinciales.
    • July 21 » The Raid on Málaga takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
    • July 28 » Second Northern War: Battle of Warsaw begins.
    • July 30 » Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw.
    • October 14 » The US state of Massachusetts enacts the first punitive legislation against the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

Day of marriage October 29, 1708

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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1708: Source: Wikipedia
    • March 11 » Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
    • March 23 » James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
    • September 11 » Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
    • October 9 » Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.

Day of death January 25, 1739

  • The temperature on January 25, 1739 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1739: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
    • February 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
    • February 24 » Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
    • March 22 » Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
    • September 9 » Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
    • October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.


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