Thaddeus Bancroft (1754 - 1784)

Born 12 Apr 1754 in Groton, Middlesex County, Province for Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America

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Died 21 Jun 1784 at age 30 in Groton, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Colony, Colonial America

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Biography

Private Thaddeus Bancroft served with 15th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Thaddeus was born on 12 April 1754, in Groton, Massachusetts. He was the son of Benjamin Bancroft (1724-1804) and Alice (Tarbell) Bancroft (1730-1781).^[1]

Thaddeus married Beulah Foster, on 5 September 1775 in Groton, Massachusetts.^[2] They had one child:

1. Benjamin, b. 23 Nov 1775; he died at age 3 months on 8 Mar 1776

Thaddeus served in the American Revolution. He served in Captain Sylvanus Smith's company in Colonel Timothy Bigelow's 15th Regiment.^[3]

Thaddeus died at age 28 on 21 June 1784, in Groton, Massachusetts. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCL8-859 : 15 January 2020), Thadeus Bancroft, 1754.
2. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCH6-79X : 28 July 2021), Thadeus Bancroft, 1775.
3. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-KTK2 : 1 March 2021), Thaddeus Bancroft, 07 Jul 1780; citing Military Service, Groton, Putnam, Ohio, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711081.
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28313264/thaddeus-bancroft : accessed 08 October 2021), memorial page for Thaddeus Bancroft (12 Apr 1756–21 Jun 1784),Find A Grave: Memorial #28313264, citing Old Burying Ground, Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Glenn Wallace (contributor 46802463).

• Mass Vital Records, Groton
• Green, Samuel A., and Arthur Bruce Coburn. Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground in Groton, Massachussetts with Notes and an Appendix. Boston: Little, Brown, 1878. Print.