1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.3 Rebecca Bancroft Birth 21 Apr 1761, Reading, Middlesex, Mass.

Spouse Benjamin Nichols Jr. Birth abt 1755 Father Benjamin Nichols (1723-) Marr 30 Mar 1779

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4 Joseph Bancroft ,Jr. Birth 9 Jun 1762, Reading, Middlesex, Mass. Death 14 Apr 1832 from Reading's Colonial Roof(?) trees Built Before 1800 by C Neison Bishop (19440 XIII--Father of Local Bancrofts Joseph Jr. later established a homestead near the junction of Lowell Street and Bancroft Avenue and his sons, Joseph and Emery later divided his estate and built houses there which stand today on diagonaily opposite corners and considered to have been built in the early 1800's. Their combined estates covered a good part of the present Reading Highlands. Another son, Timothy, was to have succeeded to his father's homestead. He married Lydia Parker, daughter of Daniel and Sarah, who owned the red house on Pearl Street, just beyound the school. Another son, Thomas, moved to Lynnfield. The next son Nehemiah, settled on the Abraham Foster place on Grove Street and for many years ran the saw mill, known later as the Slab City Mill. He married Sussannah Beard and their daughter Eliza married Capt Charles Parker, a later owner of the red house on Pearl Street.

Spouse Abigail Upton Birth Jul 1763, Reading, Middlesex, Mass. Death 8 Aug 1833 Marr 30 Sep 1784, Reading, Middlesex, Mass.

Children Joseph (1801-) Emery (1804-) Emila (1804-) Lucitte (1798-) Nabby (1785-) Susey (1788-) Becka (1791-) Betsey (1793-)

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.1a Joseph Bancroft* Birth 15 Sep 1801, Reading, Middlesex, Mass.

Spouse Betsy Wakefield Birth 6 Apr 1808 Death 28 Sep 1844, Reading, Middlesex, Mass. Father Timothy Wakefield , Jr. (~1786-) Marr 9 Jan 1833

Children Charles Miron (1843-1844) John Milton (1838-) Sarah Jane (1841-)

Other spouses Mahala Foss

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.1a.1 Charles Miron Bancroft Birth 25 Apr 1843, Reading Mass. Death 3 Oct 1844, Reading Mass.

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.1a.2 John Milton Bancroft Birth 14 Jan 1838

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.1a.3 Sarah Jane Bancroft Birth 17 Aug 1841

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.1b Joseph Bancroft* (See above)

Spouse Mahala Foss Birth 14 Nov 1814 Father Richard Foss (~1792-) Mother Mary (Foss) (~1794-) Marr 14 Feb 1846

Other spouses Betsy Wakefield

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.2 Emery Bancroft Birth 26 Apr 1804, Reading, Middlesex, Mass. from Reading's Colonial Roof(?) trees Built Before 1800 by C Neison Bishop (19440 XIII--Father of Local Bancrofts Joseph Jr. later established a homestead near the junction of Lowell Street and Bancroft Avenue and his sons, Joseph and Emery later divided his estate and built houses there which stand today on diagonaily opposite corners and considered to have been built in the early 1800's. Their combined estates covered a good part of the present Reading Highlands. Another son, Timothy, was to have succeeded to his father's homestead. He married Lydia Parker, daughter of Daniel and Sarah, who owned the red house on Pearl Street, just beyound the school. Another son, Thomas, moved to Lynnfield. The next son Nehemiah, settled on the Abraham Foster place on Grove Street and for many years ran the saw mill, known later as the Slab City Mill. He married Sussannah Beard and their daughter Eliza married Capt Charles Parker, a later owner of the red house on Pearl Street.

Spouse Harriet Batchelder Birth abt 1810 Marr 29 Nov 1832

Children Frederick (1845-) Emery (1836-) Solon (1839-) Alvin (1841-)

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.2.1 Frederick Bancroft Birth 13 Dec 1845

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.2.2 Emery Bancroft Birth 16 Sep 1836

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.2.3 Solon Bancroft Birth 22 Jul 1839

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.2.4 Alvin Bancroft Birth 29 Oct 1841

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.3 Emila Bancroft Birth 26 Apr 1804, Reading, Middlesex, Mass.

Spouse George Porter Birth abt 1800 Marr 23 Jul 1827

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.4 Lucitte Bancroft Birth 20 Feb 1798, Reading, Middlesex, Mass.

1.1.1.1.1b.1.1.1.8.4.5 Nabby Bancroft Birth 25 May 1785, Reading, Middlesex, Mass.

Spouse Miles Johnson Birth abt 1783 Marr 11 Apr 1808