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JOHN BALDWIN, and Joann, of Dedham, had a son, JOHN, b. in 1635. There were a JOHN and Mary who came to New England in the Speedwell, of London, Robert Lock, master, in 1656. JOHN, of Billerica, Mass., made free, 1690, and another JOHN, made free there in 1670. There was a JOHN, one of the first settlers of Staf- ford, Conn. Widow Baldwin, of New Haven Colony, in 1643, with an estate of £800. HENRY, of Woburn, Mass., free, 1652. JO- SEPH, of Hadley, free, 1666. JOHN, of Billerica, free, 1670. JOSEPH, SEN., and JR., of Hatfield, took the oath of allegiance in Massachusetts, 1678. NATHANIEL, a brother of Obadiah and Richard, of Milford, removed to Cohansee, about 1702. (See Milf. Rec., Vol. I., p. 140.) The BALDWINS, of Durham, Conn., were from Milford, and the Baldwins, of Durham, N. Y., originated at Durham, Conn., as did the Hulls, Tibbals's and Fields. REV. DWIGHT BALDWIN, the missionary, was also of this family, as was REV. ELIHU, D. D., former President of Wabash College, in In- diana. GEORGE, of Boston, had a son, JOHN, b. 1639, d. 1643 ; perhaps the George, who was at Huntington, L. I., in 1672. HEN- RY, of Woburn, free, 1652, supposed from Devonshire, Eng. He m. Phebe Richardson, in 1649, and had sons: Henry, John and Daniel. (Far.) EZRA, of Durham, Conn., was Deacon there, and d. March 26, 1782, aged 76. Mehitabel, daughter of Joseph, of Hadley, Mass., d. there, July 11, 1670. Mary, daughter of Joseph
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and Mary, d. there, Dec. 17, 1674. Martha m. John Hawks, of Hadley, Dec. 26, 1667. JO. BALDIN, aged 13, and WILLIAM BALDIN, aged 9, came to New England, embarked in the Picdcowe, per certificate from the minister of his " conformitie," and from "Sir Edward Spencer, resident neere Branford."
REV. ASHBEL BALDWIN, formerly of Litchfield, was rector at Litchfield and Stratford. He was ordained in 1785 ; d. at Roches- ter, N. Y., 1846, aged 89 years.
GEN. AUGUSTUS BALDWIN was b. in Goshen, Conn., re- moved to Ohio, settled at Franklin, was appointed President of a Bank. He d. in 1838, aged about 50. JEHIEL, d. June, 1831, aged 101 years. ELI was an early settler in Ohio, from New Mil- ford, Conn, where he became a popular political partisan, and was nominated for Governor. HON. ABRAHAM, of Georgia, was a na- tive of Connecticut.
BALDWIN, REV. EBENEZER, son of Ebenezer, of Norwich, and brother of Hon. Simeon, late deceased, of New Haven, gradu- ated at Yale College, in 1763; was Tutor at Yale College, from 1766 to 1770. He was ordained at Danbury, Sept. 19, 1770, and d. Oct. 1, 1776, aged 31 years. He was a man of splendid talents. He gave his Society £300, for the support of the gospel in said So- ciety. Thomas, D. D., was a Baptist minister at Boston, b. at Nor- wich, Conn., Dec. 23, 1753. He was for a time in New Hamp-
NOTE .- By the record at Newark, N. J., it appears that Deacon Lawrence Ward, of Newark, died in 1670, and left no children ; that Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Baldwin, of Hadley, Mass., was a sister of said Ward; that said Elizabeth (Ward) Baldwin authorized her son, John Catlin, and John Ward, ("turners,") of Newark, to act for her in relation to the estate of their uncle, Lawrence Ward. (S. H. Conger, Esq.) Robert Lyman was a relative of John Catlin, as the Newark record shows.
Who was this Elizabeth Baldwin, wife of Joseph Baldwin, of Hadley, and where from, to have been the mother of John Catlin. of Newark, and sister of Deacon Ward, at Newark ? Deacon L. Ward was probably an old man, and his sister, Elizabeth Baldwin, of Hadley, per- haps not many years younger. The Wards, who were the first settlers at Newark, went from Wethersfield to Branford, and thence to Newark. John, Jr., one of the first, was a cousin of Catlin's, and probably a son of a brother of the Deacon. If John Catlin was a son of Elizabeth Baldwin, of Hadley, and nephew of Deacon Ward, of Newark, her first husband must have been a Catlin. The Record of Newark, and Conger, both say that Catlin and his wife, Mary, were at Newark until about 1682, when Catlin sold out to Henry Lyon, and there being no record af his death, it is supposed that he and his wife. Mary, left Newark. (See THOMAS CATLIN,) Joseph Baldwin, of Hadley, is not found on the Newark record. John, Sen., John, Jr,, and Benjamin Baldwin, were the only persons of the name, early at Newark. These three took the oath of allegiance to the Dutch, in 1673, with the other inhabitants of Newark. Of all the John Baldwins, early in Connecticut and Massachusetts, which went to Norwich ? Let rela- tives determine who John of Norwich was. Lawrence went from New Haven to New Jersey.
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shire, and was living in 1807. He proved himself in no way infe- rior to his brothers, in talents and usefulness.
BALDWIN, MICHAEL, was from Branford, to New Haven. He d. at New Haven, in 1787, and left his son, Hon. Abraham, by first wife, and perhaps daughters, and left six younger children by his second wife, with a small estate. Hon. Abraham, his son, was b. in 1754; graduated at Yale College, in 1772; Tutor at Yale College, from 1775 to 1779. He removed to Georgia, and became one of the founders of the University at Athens, Ga., and afterwards President. He was a member of the Legislature, and elected to Congress in 1785, from Georgia, where he was continued until 1799, and was elected Senator of the U. States, and d. at Washington, D. C., March 4, 1807, aged 53, while Senator. He never married. Hon. Henry, a half-brother of Hon. Abraham, was educated by his brother Abraham, and graduated at Yale College, in 1797, read law, and settled at Pittsburg, Penn., where he became eminent in his pro- fession, was elected to Congress from Pennsylvania, and a Judge of the S. Court in Pennsylvania. Michael, his brother, graduated at Yale College, in 1795, read law, and removed to Ohio.
BALLANTINE, WILLIAM and HANNAH, his wife, of Bos- ton, as early as 1653. He was probably from Scotland :* the exact time he came to Boston is not known to the writer. The town re- cords show the births of some children, viz., John and Hannah, b. Sept. 29, 1653 ; William, b. Sept. 22, 1655 ; David, b. Aug. 24, 1656 ; the two last died ; second William, b. Dec. 20, 1657; second
* The following letter from John Ballantine, in Scotland, to Col. John Ballantine, of Boston, Mass., shows that Mr. William Ballantine, of Boston, the ancestor of those of the name in this country, was from Scotland, viz.
" Ayr, Scotland, Feb. 11, 1707.
" Capt. Samuel Heath by whom this is conveyed, having given me and my family so satisfying an account of your welfare, and that you are so happily married to a gentlewoman of a very honorable family, I cordially congratulate you happiness, and shall be glad to hear of your pros- perity,-seeming there is a happy union concluded between us, (Scotland and England)-I hope as long as it will tend to mutual advantage. The circumstances of trade in this place are at present very low, but now I hope it will revive. Be pleased by the first good hand to advise me, what goods of our product may turn to the best account, and what may be returned to profit, from your place, that thereby some here may make a trip to Boston. My sons are yet too young to travel, the eldest being fourteen years, and at school. But if it please God to spare you and them, they may be so happy as to see you in Boston. This with my cordial re- spects to yourself and lady, to your aunts, sisters and their husbands, (if married.) May the blessings of the upper and nether springs be upon you and yours. I remain, Sir, your affection- ate grand-uncle and humble servant, JOHN BALLANTINE.
" P. S. My spouse, my four (or five sons,) and my four daughters, do present their humble ser- vice to you and your lady, and to all their relatives with you. J. B."
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David, b. Feb. 5, 1659 ; Elizabeth, b. March 8, 1660 ; Benjamin, b. July 22, 1661; second Hannah, b. Nov. 15, 1662 ; Sarah, b. Sept. 18, 1664; third William, b. Nov. 26, 1665 ; Susanna, b. Feb. 2, 1668 ; Jonathan, b. Sept. 19, 1669. His will, dated Dec. 6, 1669 ; his inventory taken same month and year. David, Hannah, last William, Susanna and Jonathan, were provided for in his will. The journal of Rev. John Ballentine, deceased, of Westfield, says, that his great-grandfather had issue : John, a daughter who m. Ben- jamin Webb, of Braintree, and third Sarah, who m. John Barnard. Webb had several children, viz., Rev. Benjamin Webb, of Eastham, and Rev. Nathan Webb, of Uxbridge, and others. Mr. Barnard had two children, viz., Matthew, m. Deborah Vail, house-wright, and Jonathan, who married and settled in England, and had several children.
BALLANTINE, CAPT. JOHN, the son of William, Sen., b. 1653, member of the ar. co. in 1682, and captain of it in 1703, d. April 27, 1734. He m. for his first wife, Lydia Barret, of Boston, and had issue : John, Jr., b. 1674 or '5; Sarah; Lydia, b. June 2, 1676 ; William, b. 1679 ; second Lydia, b. Oct. 24, 1682 ; left a large es- tate. Mary, widow of Capt. John, her will dated Sept. 5, 1738. She notices her daughter-in-law Mary, relict of Col. John Ballantine, and their children John, William and Mary ; she gave to her daughter- in-law, Sarah Wharton, and her grand-daughter, Mary Kneeland, and kinswoman, Mary Harvey, of Taunton, but the larger part of her estate she gave to her daughter-in-law, Lydia, unmarried. (Perhaps the estate of John, Sen.) Col. John, Jr., only son of John, Sen., and grandson of William, Sen., of Boston, graduated at Harvard College, 1694, a member of the ar. co., 1694, Col. of militia, many years Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, and General Sessions of the Peace, a Representative of Boston, at the General Court. He mar- ried Mary Winthrop, daughter of Adam Winthrop, Sen., Esq., of Boston, and sister of Adam, formerly one of the Council and Chief Justice of an inferior court. Col. John and Mary had children : John, b. Oct. 1705, d. ; Lydia, b. March 31, 1715; second John, b. Oct. 30, 1716 ; two Marys ; William, b. Aug. 3, 1724 ; perhaps others. Col. John, or John Ballantine, Esq., made his will in 1734, and made his wife Mary and her brother, Hon. Adam Winthrop, executors. He names children, John, Mary and William, and his sisters Sarah Wharton and Lydia Ballantine. He d. Jan. 2, 1735, (O. S.) His widow Mary d. Oct. 18, 1739, aged 56 years.
BALLANTINE, REV. JOHN, son of Col. John, of Boston, whose
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mother was Mary Winthrop, daughter of Adam, was b. Oct. 30, 1716 ; graduated at Harvard College, 1735, and settled at Westfield, Mass., in the ministry, 1741 : he had previously preached at Prov- idence, at Marlborough, Stoughton, &c. He preached at Westfield thirty-five years, where he died Feb. 12, 1776, aged 59 years. He married Mary Gay, daughter of Lusher Gay, of Dedham, Mass., a sister of Ebenezer Gay, D. D., of Suffield, Conn., and of Richard Gay, of Granby, Conn., Sept. 20, 1743, and had children, viz., Mary, b. Dec. 10, 1744 ; Lydia, b. April 20, 1747, d. Aug. 27, 1749; John, b. April 18, 1750, d. single April 17, 1833 ; Rev. William Gay Ballantine, b. July 11, 1751 ; Winthrop, b. March 16, 1754, d. 1758 ; Ebenezer, b. July 14, 1756 ; Lydia, b. March 15, 1759, m. Seth King ; second Winthrop, b. June 9, 1762, m. Ruth Chapin, of Salisbury, Conn. Mary, daughter of Rev. John Ballantine, of Westfield, m. Oct. 17, 1769, Maj. Gen. John Ashley, of Sheffield, Mass. (See ASHLEY.) Mrs. Mary, wife of Rev. John, d. Oct. 7, 1794, aged 67. Lusher Gay, of Dedham, in a letter to his daugh- ter Mary, wife of Rev. John Ballantine, dated March 4, 1744, speaks of her aunt Fairbanks. Rev. John, son of Rev. John, of Westfield, graduated at Harvard College, July, 1768. (President Holyoke gave Rev. John Ballantine his second degree the first com- mencement he officiated, and his son John his first degree the last commencement he officiated.) He was licensed to preach April 28, 1773, but was never settled in the ministry or married. He d. April 17, 1833, aged 83 years. (Second degree July 17, 1771.)
BALLANTINE, REV. WILLIAM GAY, son of Rev. John, of Westfield, graduated at Harvard College, July 17, 1771, and was licensed to preach in August, 1773; read theology with Rev. Mr. Parsons, of Amherst, Mass. June 15, 1774, he was ordained pastor of the church in Hartwood ; afterwards he settled at Washington, Mass., where he died Nov. 30, 1820. He m. Ann King, and had two children, viz., Ann, m. Rev. Isaiah Watrous, of Albany, and William Gay, who now resides in Suffield, Conn., where he is a wealthy farmer, m. and has a family.
EBENEZER, son of Rev. John Ballantine, of Westfield, gradua- ted at Yale College, in 1777; he studied medicine and surgery, and became a surgeon in the army during the war of the revolution, and was for a time a surgeon at West Point, N. Y. ; afterwards he settled in his profession at Schodack Landing, N. Y., and became eminent in his profession as physician and surgeon. He removed with his fam- ily to Marion, Ohio, in 1822, where he d. in the autumn of 1823,
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aged 67 years. He m. Mary Osborn, b. at Waterbury, Ct., Jan. 22, 1773, m. Dec. 5, 1793, and had issue : John, b. Dec. 17, 1794, d. 1796 ; Mary, b. April 30, 1796, she m. Rev. Eldad Barber, of Ohio, and had a son Henry B., she d. at his birth Sept., 1832 ; second John, b. Jan. 19, 1798 ; Ebenezer, Jr., b. Aug. 25, 1799, d. single in 1823 ; Osborn, b. Dec. 15, 1801, d. 1823, single ; Anner Thank- ful, b. Nov. 17, 1805; William Gay, b. Aug. 22, 1807; Elisha, b. Oct. 11, 1809 ; Henry, b. March 5, 1813. John, son of Dr. Eben- ezer, is settled as a farmer in Marion, Ohio ; he m. for his first wife Marietta Bowdish, of Thompson, Conn., and had Ebenezer, John, and other children. His wife d. and he m. a second wife, and has one child living by this marriage.
Ebenezer Ballantine graduated at Yale College, in 1777. Four by the name of Ballantine had graduated at Harvard College, in 1771.
ANNER THANKFUL m. Isaac Morgereidge, of Marion, Ohio, and has children : John, Mary, and other children.
WILLIAM GAY, son of Dr. Ebenezer, m. Caroline Russell, of Ohio ; he was a farmer at Marion, Ohio ; he d. and left a widow and one child, William Henry.
REV. ELISHA, son of Dr. Ebenezer, graduated at the Ohio Uni- versity, in 1828 ; he read theology at the Theological Seminary at Prince Edward, Virginia ; after he was licensed to preach he be- came a Professor in the Theological Seminary at Prince Edward, Virginia, and afterwards a Professor of Languages in the Ohio Uni- versity ; afterwards settled at Prince Edward, Virginia, as Pastor of a church, where he remained about ten years, and in Jan., 1848, he became Pastor of the first Presbyterian Church, at the city of Washington, D. C., where he resided several years, until his health failed him. He m. Betsey Ann Watkins, daughter of Henry N. Watkins, a distinguished lawyer of Virginia, now deceased, and has six children, viz., Mary Osborn, Henry W., Ann, Elizabeth, Fanny and William Gay. Rev. Elisha is a fine scholar, and an eminent divine.
REV. HENRY, son of Dr. Ebenezer, graduated at the Ohio Uni- versity, 1829, read theology and was licensed at Andover, Mass., to preach in 1834, and was ordained as an Evangelist, at Columbus, Ohio, in 1835 ; he went as a missionary to India the same year, and resided at Bombay one year, at Ahmednugger thirteen years, and returned from India in 1850, with his family. He was m. in May, 1835, to Elizabeth Darling, daughter of Hon. Joshua Darling, of
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Henniker, New Hampshire, and has six children, viz., Mary, Eliza- beth D., Julia Ann, Anna Maria, Henry and William, all b. in India. Rev. Henry is an excellent divine.
SARAH, daughter of John Ballantine, Sen., m. John Wharton, and had children, viz., John, Mary, m. Joseph Kneeland, a goldsmith, Sarah, m. John Plaisted, Lydia, m. Richard Morton, Anna, Hannah, m. Joshua Hill, periwig maker. Lydia, daughter of John Sen., d. unmarried. After the death of the first wife of John Ballantine, Sen., he m. Mrs. Mary Saxton, (maiden name Woodward,) had no issue : she d. Nov. 11, 1740, aged 86 years.
Mary Ballantine, b. August 3, 1720, daughter of Col. John and Mary, m. Thomas Wade, of Boston, Aug. 16, 1739, and had a son John Wade ; her husband d. Feb. 9, 1756; she d. at Westfield, Oct. 6, 1760 ; her son died at Washington, Mass., unmarried.
William Ballantine, son of Col. John and Mary, of Boston, was a merchant in Boston. Rev. John Ballantine, of Westfield, says, " January, 1756, some time this month, died Mrs. Elizabeth Ballan- tine, relict of my brother William Ballantine, deceased."
LYDIA, daughter of Rev. John, of Westfield, m. Seth King, of Suffield, and had issue : Sally, Seth, John, Lydia, Mary, Ebenezer and Lucy. His wife d. Feb. 14, 1817, and he m. Mrs. Bascom, maiden name Reynolds, grand-daughter of Rev. Mr. Reynolds, of Enfield.
BALLANTINE, WINTHROP, son of Rev. John, of Westfield, m. Ruth Chapin, of Salisbury, Ct. He was for a time a druggist at Sheffield, Mass., and finally removed to Westfield, where he died. He had issue : Rhoda, m. Fowler, of Westfield ; Elizabeth, m. Chapman, now of Williamstown, Mass., and Ann Maria, m. Mr. Gates, now of Richmond, Mass. Ruth, wife of Winthrop, d. Sept. 15, 1837.
BALLARD, JOHN, of Willington, 1740, d. there in 1767. Sa- rah, his widow, m. Mr. Kingsbury : their children were Sherabiah, eldest son, Israel, John, Daniel, Joel, Sarah and Lydia.
This name was at Lynn in 1637, in the person of William Bal- lard ; he was freeman and member of the ar. co. in 1638; he re- moved to Andover, and had sons, Joseph, William and John, who settled at Andover. Nathaniel, of Lynn, 1650. (Farmer.)
BALLARD, HUMPHREY, m. Hannah Broughton, Nov. 6, 1717, and had Zebulon, b. Nov. 1, 1718 ; John, b. June 17, 1720 ; David, b. April 1, 1723 ; Joseph, b. Aug. 20, 1727 ; Abner, b. June
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6, 1731, and d. ; Jeremiah, b. June 19, 1733-4. Humphrey Bal- lard d. May 22, 1735, at Windham.
BALL, THOMAS, a servant to Thomas Dunke, of Saybrook, was drowned in a tan-vat of said Dunke, July 17, 1675. (Dunke was probably a tanner.)
BALL, FRANCIS, of West Springfield, had a son Francis bap- tized there, Jan. 17, 1730-1.
BALL, ROBERT, of Bolton, Conn., will offered in 1769 ; estate £209; children, Victora, James Hamilton, aged five years, Cathe- rine, Liston, Sarah and Thomas ; will dated Aug. 28, 1769 ; Saul Alverd, of Bolton, executor. This name was early in the New Haven Colony, but was not in the Connecticut Colony until after 1700.
BALL, ALLING, was at New Haven in 1644. The name has been frequent at Branford.
Farmer notices FRANCIS, of Springfield, 1644 ; JOHN BALL, of Concord, who came from Wiltshire, in England, admitted free- man, 1650, d. 1655 ; his son JOHN, of Watertown and Lancaster. NATHANIEL, who settled at Concord, had sons, Nathaniel, Eben- ezer, Eleazur and John ; RICHARD, of Salisbury, 1650.
BALL, EDWARD, of Branford, Conn., Oct. 2, 1665, signed the rules with many others of Branford, to govern their town " upon Passaick River," in New Jersey, that none should be admitted free burgesses in their town, except such planters as were members of some of the Congregational churches, or elected magistrates, or to some judicial office, or assistants or deputies, to make or repeal laws, or to be elected to any chief military office, unless they were members of the church, &c.
EDWARD was a first settler at " Brainford," Conn.
JOHN free in Mass., 1650.
BALL, RICHARD, a trader, was received an inhabitant and tax payer in Dover, N. H., in 1668.
BALL, RICHARD, of Wells, at Wells, 1653.
BALL, RICHARD, of Salisbury, Mass., before 1650.
BALL, MATTHEW, was witness to the will of John Holland, of Dorchester, Mass., dated 16th, 10th, 1651.
BALL, SAMUEL, of Springfield, freeman, 1681.
BALL, JOHN, of Concord, free March, 1689-90; also NA- THANIEL.
BALL, JONATHAN, of Springfield, freeman, 1690.
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BALL, MR. DANIEL, d. at Waltham, March 9, 1717-18, aged 34 years.
BALL, SALLY, d. at Windsor, Conn., April 5, 1821, aged 58 years. EDWARD, of Branford, Conn., removed to Newark, New Jersey, with Mr. Pierson's company, in 1666 or '7.
EDWARD, and Joseph Harrison, of Newark, N. J., were ap- pointed attorneys for Newark, Oct. 18, 1686, to see the town orders executed, and prosecute offenders, and have one-half the sums re- covered for their fees. He signed with twenty-two others of Brain- ford, Oct. 2, 1665, the first instrument to settle at Newark, N. J., then and for a time after called Milford. He was prosecuted for a rescue with John Harrison, Feb., 1672-3, but released from the fines by paying court charges. In 1683-4, Edward Ball, Azariah Crane and Joseph Riggs, were appointed " to lay out the bounds be- tween us and Hockquecanung." In 1686-7, EDWARD was one of a large committee at Newark, " to take notice of all lands that persons had appropriated to themselves," and order how a fourth division of land should be laid out. Ephraim Burwell, from Mil- ford, was one of said committee ; Edward Ball was on another im- portant committee for Newark, in 1682.
Ball has eight coats of arms, and Ball or Balle one. Balle has three.
BALTUS, LOTT, was a squatter upon land in Sharon before it was sold ; he left the town in 1742, and resided afterwards in Ame- nia, N. Y. ( Sedgwick.)
BANBURY, JUSTIS, probably of Hartford ; will dated Nov. 30, 1672. He notices, in his will, his daughter Plumbe ; Elizabeth Plumb ; Hanna Butleer, or Butler ; his daughter Butler and her children ; and gives to Debora Green 20s., to Mr. John Whiting 20s. ; witnessed by Gregory Winterton and Jane Winterton. (Probate of the will at Hartford. )
BANCROFT, JOHN, d. at Lynn, 1637, had sons : John, Thom- as and Ebenezer. Roger, of Cambridge, 1636, freeman, 1642, d. Nov. 28, 1653. (Farmer.)
BANCROFT, (Bancraft,) JOHN, perhaps son of John of Lynn, was at Windsor, Conn., about 1645. He m. Hanna Duper, (or Draper,) Dec., 1650. Children : John, b. Dec., 1651 ; Nathaniel, b. Nov. 19, 1653 ; Ephraim, b. June 15, 1656 ; Hanna, b. April 6, 1659 ; Sara, b. Dec. 26, 1661. He d. at Windsor, 1662.
BANCROFT, NATHANIEL, son of John, m. Hanna, daughter of John Williams, Dec. 26, 1677, by Capt. Newberry. His son, John,
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b. Jan. 2, 1678 ; son Nathaniel, b. Sept. 25, 1680 ; perhaps others. (Windsor Rec.)
BANCRAFT, EPHRAIM, son of John, m. Sarah Stiles, daugh- ter of John, May 5, 1680.
BANCRAFT, SAMUEL, of Windsor, 1647. William, of Wind- sor, early. John was the first of the name at Windsor.
BANCROFT, THOMAS and Margaret, of Springfield, had issue : daughter Lydia, b. ye 6th of 2d mon., 1655 ; Margaret, b. 16th of 8th mo., 1656 ; Anna, b. 10th of 7th mo., 1658 ; Thomas, b. 2d of 11th mo., 1659 ; Anna, b. May 5, 1663 ; Samuel, b. Jan. 25, 1667. Thomas settled at Enfield, in 1681 ; had a son, Nathaniel, b. at En- field.
BANCROFT, THOMAS, son of Michael, was b. at Enfield, Oct. 24, 1683. Thomas Bancroft, Sen., d. Dec. 14, 1684 ; John, son of . Thomas, d. at Enfield, Feb. 26, 1684.
BANCROFT, JOHN, a first settler at Stafford,* and an original proprietor of the town. Five of the name of Bancroft had graduated at Harvard College, before 1832.
BANCROFT, THOMAS, one of the sons of John, of Lynn, had 3 sons : Samuel, Aaron and George. John, of Lynn, was the ancestor of Hon. George Bancroft, now of New York, (through Thomas, son of John,) the celebrated historian of this country. Hon. George early represented the town of Northampton in the General Assembly of his native State. He was appointed Collector of the Customs at Bos- ton, Jan. 8, 1838, which he held until March 31, 1841. He was ap- pointed Secretary of the Navy, in March, 1845, which office he re- signed in Sept., 1846, and accepted the office of Minister Plenipo- tentiary to England, which important post he held, with great credit to himself and his country, until Aug. 31, 1849, after which he re- turned to the United States, and has located in the city of N. York, where he is pursuing the publication of his valuable History of the United States. Ilon. George Bancroft was b. Oct. 3, 1800. He m. Sarah H. Dwight, of Northampton, in 1827, and had issue : Sarah D., b. Aug. 18, 1831 ;- she d. Jan. 11, 1832 ; Louisa Dwight, b. Jan., 1833, d. Aug. 9, 1850 ; John Chandler, b. April 24, 1835 ; George, b. Feb. 16, 1837. His wife, Sarah H., d. June 26, 1337. He m. for his 2d wife, on the 16th day of Aug., 1838, Miss Eliza- beth Davis Bliss, and had a daughter, Susan Jackson, b. May 30,
* Stafford began to settle as early as 1719. Mr. Graham had preached there in 1723, and continued about 10 years, and then settled at Southbury, 1733. The exact time they had town privileges at Stafford, is not found.
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1839, d. Oct. 27, 1845. The direct line from John, of Lynn, Mass., was as follows, to Hon. George Bancroft, viz.
John Bancroft, who d. 1637, leaving sons, John, Thomas and Ebenezer.
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