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Ruth Bancroft 1761–1852 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 JUN 1761

Birth Location: Essex, Massachusetts (Essex)

Death Date: 28 FEB 1852

Death Location: Lynnfield, Massachusetts (Essex)

Father: James Bancroft

Mother: Sarah Pierson

Spouse(s): Thomas Emerson

Children(s): Clarissa Emerson

Ruth Bancroft was born in 1761 in Essex, Massachusetts (Essex), the child of James Bancroft And Sarah Pierson. Ruth Bancroft married Thomas Emerson, and had children including Clarissa Emerson. Ruth Bancroft passed away in 1852 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts (Essex).

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Biography

  • Ruth Bancroft was born in 1761 in Essex, Massachusetts (Essex), the child of James Bancroft And Sarah Pierson.
  • Ruth Bancroft married Thomas Emerson, and had children including Clarissa Emerson.
  • Ruth Bancroft passed away in 1852 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts (Essex).

Immediate Family

Parents

James Bancroft
1739–1831
Birth Location: Essex, Massachusetts (Essex)
JB
Sarah Pierson
1739–1783
Birth Location: Andover, Massachusetts (Essex)
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Spouses(s)

Thomas Emerson
1757–1837
Birth Location: Essex, Massachusetts (Essex)
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Children(s)

Clarissa Emerson
1787–1889
Birth Location: Wakefield, Massachusetts (Middlesex)
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Ruth Bancroft's Ancestors

Self
Ruth Bancroft
1761–1852
Birth Place: Essex, Massachusetts (Essex)
Parents
James Bancroft
1739–1831
Essex, Massachusetts (Essex)
Sarah Pierson
1739–1783
Andover, Massachusetts (Essex)
Grandparents
Raham Bancroft
1684–1758
Reading, Massachusetts (Middlesex)
Ruth Kendall
1703–1758
Woburn, Massachusetts (Middlesex)
Jonathan Pierson
1704–1798
Abigail Gates
1710–1746
Cambridge, Massachusetts (Middlesex)
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Bancroft
1649–1718
Sarah Pool(e)
1656–1723
Amos Gates
1681–1754
Hannah Oldham
1681–1763
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Simon Gates
1645–1692
Margaret Barstow
1649–1707
Samuel Oldham
1651–1727
Hannah Dana
1651–1728

Ruth Bancroft's Descendants

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Ruth Bancroft (1 JUN 1761–28 FEB 1852) m. Thomas Emerson (11 DEC 1757–17 FEB 1837)
  1. 1. Clarissa Emerson 1787–1889 m. Benjamin Cox 1782–1873
    1. 1. Harriet (Orne) Cox 1821–1916 m. Charles (Leonard) Bayrd 1819–1868
      1. 1. Charles (Leonard) Bayrd 1855–1939 m. Martha (Berry) Snow 1861–1922 m. Cora (Etta) Johnson 1855–1935
        1. 1. Edward (Leonard) Bayrd 1899–1990 m. Ruth (Etta) Hall 1902–1991
        2. 2. Charles (L.) Bayrd 1888–
        3. 3. Charles (Orne) Bayrd 1881– m. Alice (Marion) Goodwin 1882–
      2. 2. Harriet (F.) Bayrd 1846– m. William (H.) Atwell 1846–
    2. 2. Thomas (Emerson) Cox 1813–1898 m. Lucy Gould 1818–
      1. 1. Lucy (Albina) Cox 1840–1898
      2. 2. Benjamin (Franklin) Cox 1841–
      3. 3. Abbie (Jane) Cox 1842–
      4. 4. Caroline (Pamelia) Cox 1843–
      5. 5. Henry (Bancroft) Cox 1844–
      6. 6. Thomas (Emerson) Cox 1860–1898
        1. 1. Harold (Childs) Cox 1901– m. Blanche (M.) Boudreau 1901–
        2. 2. Thomas (Emerson) Cox 1891–
    3. 3. Hubbard Cox 1806–1873
    4. 4. George Cox 1806–1873
    5. 5. Hannah Cox 1806–1873

Ruth Bancroft's Timeline

2 Records

1761
1 JUN 1761
Birth of Ruth Bancroft in Essex, Massachusetts (Essex)
Essex, Massachusetts (Essex)
1852
28 FEB 1852
Age 91
Death of Ruth Bancroft in Lynnfield, Massachusetts (Essex)
Lynnfield, Massachusetts (Essex)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 JUN 1761
    Event Place: Essex, Massachusetts (Essex)
    Record Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees, Spencer-Junta Family Tree: owner vohalloran: searched Charles Bayrd on 14 Jan 2016 by Mike Walton

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 FEB 1852
    Event Place: Lynnfield, Massachusetts (Essex)
    Record Source: Ancestry.com Family Trees, Spencer-Junta Family Tree: owner vohalloran: searched Charles Bayrd on 14 Jan 2016 by Mike Walton
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