Sarah (Bancroft) Abbott (1721 - aft. 1765)

Born 6 Feb 1721 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of James Abbott Jr — married 1 Apr 1742 in Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died after 2 Jun 1765 after age 44 in Newbury, Orange County, Vermont

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Biography

Sarah Bancroft, daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Lamson) Bancroft, was born on February 6, 1721/2^[1], in Reading, MIddlesex, Massachusetts.^[2][3]

On 1 Apr 1742 when Sarah was 20, she married Dea. James Abbott, son of James and Abigail (Farnum) Abbott. James was born on 12 Jan 1717 in Andover, Massachusetts.^[2]

The family moved to Newbury, Vermont in 1763.^[2]

Sarah died on 6 Feb. 1765 and was buried at Oxbow Cemetery, Newbury, Orange County, Vermont. Her memorial has a photo of her headstone and links to those of family members.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Baldwin, Thomas W., Vital Records of Reading, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. 1912)(Free e-book) (Records are also available at ma-vitalrecords.org) p. 20
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 1. By Ezra S. Stearns, William Frederick Whitcher, Edward Everett Parker. 1908. Page 353.
3. ↑ https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044098880073;view=1up;seq=667
4. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 100336938 Sarah Bancroft Abbott

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ81-GVH : 4 December 2014), Sarah Bancroft, 06 Feb 1721; citing READING,MIDDLESEX,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0873745 IT 2.

• "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZ25-KQB : 4 December 2014), Sarah Bancroft, ; citing , ; FHL microfilm 0599729 IT 1.

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHY5-8MR : 4 December 2014), James Abbot and Sarah Bancroft, 01 Apr 1742; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 890,236.

• Genealogical and family history of the state of New Hampshire, pg 353 [1]

• Find A Grave: Memorial #100336938

• Source: S1812 Essex Antiquarian Vol 1 No 3 TID 0 Footnote Essex Antiquarian Vol 1 No 3 ShortFootnote Essex Antiquarian Vol 1 No 3 Bibliography Essex Antiquarian Vol 1 No 3 pp 35-41, 58-62, 79-84, 96-100

• Source: S44222 Jennie Ada Badger Winters, "ABBOTT,"; , Vermont Genealogical Society, . TID 117 Author Jennie Ada Badger Winters ManuscriptTitle ABBOTT ManuscriptNo Repository Vermont Genealogical Society RepositoryLoc 4 Page 4

• Source: S44224 Frank D Andrews, Family Record of Dea. Samuel Bancroft 1715 - 1782 (Vineland NJ: n.p., 1922). /i>. Vineland NJ: n.p., 1922. TID 372 Author Frank D Andrews Title Family Record of Dea. Samuel Bancroft 1715 - 1782 SubTitle PubPlace Vineland NJ Publisher PubDate 1922

Notes

From Pane-Joyce Genealogy:

Note: I have emailed the authors of this page, requesting source information. The information already matches sources for her husband, James Abbot.

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Bancroft-193 created through the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by Bryan Sypniewski.