Eliza (Bancroft) Davis (1791 - 1872)

Born 17 Feb 1791 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Died 24 Jan 1872 at age 80 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Eliza, daughter of Aaron Bancroft & Lucretia, was born on 17 February 1791 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.^[1][2]

Elisa married John Davis on 9 March 1822 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.^[3]

In the 1850 census Eliza (age 59) was in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States with her family.^[4]

Eliza Davis, daughter of Aaron Bancroft & Lucretia, died (age 80) on 24 January 1872 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.^[5] Eliza was mentioned on a memorial in Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States with a death date of 24 January 1872.^[6] Her obituary was printed in the Chicago Tribune.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
   citing FHL microfilm: 864093;
   FamilySearch Record: VQX2-SJD (accessed 23 December 2022)
   Elizabeth Bancroft born on 17 Feb 1791, daughter of Aaron Bancroft & Lucretia, in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
2. ↑ 'The Chandler family. The descendants of William and Annis Chandler who settled in Roxbury, Mass., 1637 by Chandler, George, 1806-1893', 1883, pp 470, archive.org (accessed 23 December 2022)
3. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"
   Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook)
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #14537768 (accessed 23 December 2022)
   Elisa Bancroft marriage to John Davis on 9 Mar 1822 in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
4. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
   citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
   FamilySearch Record: MD9H-4L7 (accessed 23 December 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-69BT-RT Image number 00057
   Eliza Davis (59) in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Born in Massachusetts.
5. ↑ Death: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920"
   citing FHL microfilm: 960201; Record number: 163;
   FamilySearch Record: N7RS-524 (accessed 23 December 2022)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DZC7-V4K Image number 422
   Eliza Davis death 24 Jan 1872 (age 80), daughter of Aaron Bancroft & Lucretia, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
6. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #6187179 (accessed 23 December 2022)
   Memorial page for Eliza Bancroft Davis (17 Feb 1791-24 Jan 1872), citing Worcester Rural Cemetery, Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Jim Sanders (contributor 506).
7. ↑ "Obituary for Eliza Bancroft Baris", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, (Mon) 29 January 1872, Page 5, Newspapers Clip: 115063154

• 'Ancestry of John Davis, governor and U. S. Senator; and Eliza Bancroft, his wife; both of Worcester, Massachusetts by Davis, Horace, 1831-1916', 1897, pp 56, archive.org (accessed 23 December 2022)
• Bancroft, Lucretia Chandler, 1765-1839, Jane Putnam Bancroft Gherardi, Horace Davis, and Andrew McFarland Davis. A Letter to Her Daughter Mrs. Gherardi With Introduction by Horace Davis And Historical Notes by Andrew McFarland Davis. Worcester, Mass.: Press of Charles Hamilton, 1901. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044086354396?urlappend=%3Bseq=18%3Bownerid=4332547-20
• Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
  Page number: 32
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 61175 #70443 (accessed 23 December 2022)
  Name: Eliza Bancroft; Birth Date: 17 Feb 1791; Spouse: John Davis.

• Thank you to David Smith for creating WikiTree profile Bancroft-544 through the import of Smith Family Tree-2RGS_2013-04-28.ged on May 5, 2013.