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1. Pedigree formulated from the research work of J. Henry Lea, Esq., in the English probate records (note he indicates additional work should be done to look at the parish records - something he had not done - to confirm this proposed pedigree). See notes with direct line Bancroft English-born males for full quote of Mr. Lea's research on which he based this pedigree:
1. ___ Bancroft, of Chellaston, Barrow, or Swarkeston, Co. Derby? Md. ___ ___, relict, living in 1557 and legatee of lands in Barrow by will of her son Ralph, of Chellaston, Derby, dated 21 Apr 1557.
2. Ralph Bancroft of Chellaston, co. Derby; will dated 21 Apr, probated 13 Sep 1557; bur. at Chellaston: md. (2) Alice (dau. of Christopher Wright; liv. and ex., 1557). First wife, dec'd before 1557 and bur. at Chellaston.
2. Jane and other daus. (2 or 3), who married Thos. Ryvett, Wm. Wandyll, and ___ Alderman.
2. John Bancroft, of Chellaston; son of above, married Margaret Hollingsworth (or Haryngworth); will dated May 11, 1556; proved at Lichfield, 24 Jan 1557, and inventoried 18 Sep 1557. Will refers to "my boys under 21. To my oldest son (Ralph) the Hall I now dwell in; to my second son the over house; to my third son part of the land in Swarston (Swarkeston), he paying his fourth brother xv li."
3. Ralph Bancroft, liv. 1611, and admr. of his bro. William (Qu. - if of So. Cave, Yorks., and adm. 12 Feb 1616, to relict Alice.); md. Alice ___. By process of elimination, most likely candidate for father of Thomas Bancroft (see Henry Lea's rationale for this).
4. Thomas Bancroft of Swarkeston, yeoman; will dated 13 Oct 1626; probated at Lichfield 11 Oct 1627; bur. at Swarkeston; md. Rebecca ___, liv. 1627, but bur. at Swarkeston before 1639.
5. John Bancroft, eldest son, was of Swarkeston 1627; come to NE. in the "James," 12 Apr 1632; d. 1637; md. Jane ___, widow and had grant of 100 ac. of land in 1638, removed to Southhampton, L.I., and after to Windsor, Ct., was dec'd in 1644 when her land was divided between Jona. Stratton and Thos. Talmadge, Jr.; she had prob. mar. a second time.
6. Anne Bancroft, m. 13 May 1647 to John Griffin of Windsor, CT.
6. John Bancroft of Windsor, CT; md. 3 Dec 1650 Hannah Dupper; she md. 2d to John Ludlam.
6. Thomas Bancroft of Enfield, CT.
6. Samuel Bancroft. (According to Hinman.)
6. William Bancroft. (According to Hinman.)
5. Ralph Bancroft, second son; legatee of lands in Swarkeston, in 1627. The other Thomas who was born 1621 and died 1691 in Lynn, Mass., may have been the son of this Ralph.
5. Thomas Bancroft, 3rd son; poet, author in 1639; of Bradley, near Ashbourne, Derby, 1649-1658; had issue.
5. Dorothy. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.)
5. Elizabeth. (Two daughters who married to John Errignton and Thomas Senior, but unsure as which daughter married which of the two men.)
3. William Bancroft of Chellaston, d. 1611; adm. 12 Apr to bro. Ralph; bur. 20 May 1611; wife's name unknown but dec'd before 1611.
4. Thomas Bancroft, a minor in 1611.
4. Catherine.
4. Margaret.
4. Mary.
3. Thomas Bancroft of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 16 mar 1628; probated 24 Jul 1629; wife is Dorothy, dau. of James Forman.
4. William Bancroft, of Chellaston, yeoman; will dated 21 Jun 1649, probated 8 Jun 1650; no issue (Pembroke, 89.); md. dau. of Gilbert Newton.
4. Elizabeth.
4. Margaret.
4. Catherine, md. ___ Newton.
3. ___ Bancroft, a son; name unknown; liv. 1557.
3. Margrett Bancroft, only daughter, liv. 1557.
BIRTH:
1. Estimated based on being married in 1627 per father's will. Estimate assumes an age of no younger than 17 at time of marriage.
MARRIAGE:
1. Father's will (text in Thomas's notes) lists his two daughters Dorothy and Elizabeth. It also lists two sons-in-law: John Errington and Thomas Senior; however, who goes with who is not indicated in the will.
2. Website 1 Jan 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0030-8129(193209)47%3A3%3C753%3ATB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z> which is an article retrieval site showing the following article: "Thomas Bancroft," by William Charvat, PMLA, Vol. 47, No. 3 (Sep., 1932), pp. 753-758. This article consists of 6 page(s):
"Thomas Bancroft.
According to Grosart, in the D.N.B., Thomas Bancroft flourished from 1633 to 1658. A native of Swarston, Berbyshire, he attended St. Catherine's at Cambridge in 1613, and was there a friend and contempoarary of James Shirley. When his oldest brother died in 1639 the family property was broken up. Grosart lists four works of the poet: 'The Glutton's Feaver' (1633), 'Two Bookes of Epigrammes and Epitaphs' (1639), a poem to the memory of Lord Hastings in Brome's 'Lachrymae Musarum' (1649), and 'The Heroicall Lover, or Antheon and Fidelta' (1658) In 1658 he was living at Bradley. He was known traditionally in Derbyshire as 'the small poet.'
In a letter to the L.T.L.S. on Sept. 29, 1921, Professor G.C. Moore Smith added to our information by calling attention to some remarks in Nichol's 'Leicestershire' (III, 927-8). There a quoted poem of Thomas Pestell's indicates that Bancroft wrote 'The Glutton's Feaver' while an usher at Market Bosworth school in Leicestershire (the same school at which Dr. Johnson later taught). Prof. Smith points out that the school was founded by Sir Wolstan Dixie in 1586; that Bancroft's epigrams contain a verse addressed to Thomas Dixie and other verses mentioning Leicestershire persons and places. (The connection is clearer than that. Professor Smith failed to notice that 'The Glutton's Feaver' is dedicated to Wolstan Dixie, probably the son of the founder.) Prof. Smith also suggests that the poet got his position at the school through Sir John Harpur of Swarston, who was related to the Dixies and whose name is a familiar one in the poet's epigrams.
These facts may be modified and supplemented. The date of Bancroft's death may definitely be put at Nov. 5, 1658, according to an entry in the register of the church at Bradley. ('Notes and Queries'; 3d Series, 9.67, Jan. 2, 1866.) Because of the lack of the original parish register at Swarston I have been unable to discover the date of his birth, but I suggest that it be put tentatively at c. 1596, the birth date of his contemporary at Cambridge, James Shirley.
An entry in the 'Leiestershire Marriage Licenses' (Cited by Mr. Smith), tells us that Bancroft was married in 1626 to 'Rebecca Errington, Widow of Osgathorpe.' Incidentally a sister of the poet, Elizabeth, had married a John Errington in 1621 ('Index Library,' p. 38), who became the executor of Bancroft's father's will.
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Chris & Julie Petersen's Genealogy
Bef 1610 - Aft 1627 (> 19 years)