Rebecca (Errington) Bancroft (1574 - 1639)

Born 1574 in Swarkestone, Derbyshire, England

Wife of Thomas Bancroft — married 1626 in Osgathorpe, Leicestershire, England

Died 1639 at about age 65 in Swarkestone, Derbyshire, England

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Biography

Rebecca was born 1574, Swarkston, Derbyshire.^[1] She died 1639 Swarston, Trent, Derby.^[2]Rebecca married, probably as his second wife, Thomas Bancroft Yeoman; son of Ralph and Alice Bancroft; born in 1570; and dying before Rebecca, on October 13, 1626; and buried at the St James Churchyard, Swarkestone, South Derbyshire District, Derbyshire.^[3]She was buried before 1639^[4]

Research Notes

Rebecca was recorded as a widow at her marriage to Thomas. But with the dates of the children as shown she cannot be the mother of any of Thomas's children. First name(s) Rebecca Last name Errington Birth year - Licence year 1626 Residence Osgathorpe Marital status Widow Spouse's first name(s) Thomas Spouse's last name Bancrofte Spouse's residence Swarston, Derby Place Osgathorpe County Leicestershire Country England Volume title Archdeaconry Of Leicester Marriage Licences 1570-1729 Archive previously hosted on mocavo.com Record set Britain, Marriage Licences Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Parish Marriages Collections from England, Great Britain FindMyPast.co.uk Image on Ancestry - Leicester marriage bonds and allegations : 1570-1729 Ancestry.co.uk

I believe this to be her marriage to Errington, maiden name Barrs. (They have a son John in 1601 who marries Elizabeth Bancroft). First name(s) John Last name Erington Age - Birth year - Marriage year 1596 Marriage date 28 Aug 1596 Spouse's first name(s) Rebecca Spouse's last name Barrs Denomination Anglican Place Belton County Leicestershire Country England Event type Parish Registers Archive Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland Archive reference DE1965/1 Record set Leicestershire Marriages Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Parish Marriages Collections from England, Great Britain FindMyPast.co.uk

Baptism - County Leicestershire Place Belton Church name St John the Baptist Register type Unspecified Baptism date 25 Feb 1575/6 Person forename Rebecca Person sex F Father forename John Father surname BARRS Transcribed by Richard Dexter File line number 213 FreeReg.org.uk

Sources

1. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?viewrecord=1&r=an&db=FindAGraveUK&indiv=try&h=172569033
2. ↑ J. Henry Lea, Esq., "NEHGR 56(1902):84-197," Genealogical Gleanings Among The English Archives: 86, husband's will Aft. 13 Oct 1626
3. ↑ George E. McCracken, Ph.D., F.A.S.G., "The American Genealogist 37(1961):154-161," Bancrofts In The Connecticut Valley: 156.
4. ↑ Bancroft pedigree; pg 197; Gleanings from English Archives; New England Historical and Genealogical Register

• Abbott-Smith, George (1943); Charles Bancroft of Montreal, his ancestors Thomas Bancroft ... and his descendants, 1640-1943; retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/charlesbancrofto00abbo
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