Elizabeth Spelman Bancroft (1740-1836)

Elizabeth Spelman Bancroft

Birth

14 Jul 1740

Durham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA

Death

26 Jul 1836 (aged 96)

Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA

Burial

Main Road Cemetery

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Elizabeth Spelman BANCROFT
Born 1740 Jul 14 Durham, CT
Died 1836 Jul 26 East Granville, MA
Age 96 yrs as a result of a fall

Father Thomas Spelman
Mother Sarah Hickox

Married 1759 Jun 14 Granville, MA
Lieut. Samuel Bancroft
Born 1737 Apr 22 West Springfield, MA
Father Samuel Bancroft 1711 Jul 8-1788 Jul 6
Mother Sarah White
Soldier of the French & Indian War and the Revolution.

11 children, 2 died in infancy.
1. infant
2. infant
3. Diana Bancroft Barlow Mead SHERWOOD
Born 1760 Oct 18
Died
m1 Heman Barlow
m2 Lemuel Hyde
m3 ?Mead
m4 ? Sherwood
4. Tabitha Bancroft BARLOW
Born 1763 Feb 2
Married Edmund Barlow

5. Elizabeth Bancroft REID
Born 1765 Apr 7
Married Ahimiaz Reid

6. Azariah Bancroft
Born 1768 Apr 13
Married Tabitha Pratt

7. Sarah Bancroft
Born 1772 Apr 27
Died 1777 Sep 12

8. Rhoda Bancroft PHELPS
Born 1774 Jul 4
Married Isaac Phelps

9. Malinda Bancroft
Born 1777 Aug 1
Died 1777 Sep 19

10. Samuel Bancroft
Born 1778 Sep 17
Married Clarissa Rose

11. Jonathan Barber Bancroft
Born 1781 Apr 10
M1 Charlotte Bates
M2 Betsey Clark

"One of the most estimable members of the Spelman family, and we may look back upon her record as one typical of all that is most admirable in those traits of character which our Puritan grandmothers possessed, and which every true American must reverence. Serene, faithful, and unshaken in her devotion to her family, she walked in the "even tenor" of her tranquil ways, rearing the family of nine children. She was a woman of great piety, and had a wonderful influence over her own immediate family, and upon her friends and neighbors. "

Her grand son, Ashley A Bancroft described her as a woman of medium size, a devoted Christian, and highly esteemed by those who knew her.

Daughter of Thomas SPELMAN/Sarah HICKOX
Widow of Samuel

According to the Spelman genealogy: the English ancestry and American descendants of Richard, By Fannie Cooley & Williams Barbour (which has a very lengthy 3 page bio on her including quotes from her son and grandson about her and her husband's lives)
Information provided by James Fassen