Ancestry of
Bob Taft

67th Governor of Ohio

Edward Bancroft

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Bob Taft — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 94 
  • Father:
  • John Bancroft 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Holcomb   
  • Birth Date:
  • 27 Aug 1785 
  • Birth Location:
  • Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 4 Jun 1786 
  • Christening Location:
  • Church of Christ, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 15 Apr 1842 
  • Death Location:
  • Almont, Lapeer, Michigan 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • Sand Hill Cemetery, Almont, Lapeer, Michigan 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Amanda Lewis
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1807 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Troy, Rensselaer, New York 
  • Child:

  Amanda L. Bancroft (Ahnentafel No:47 )

• Sources for Edward Bancroft

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 09/10/2019).
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Westfield, Vol. 1, p. 3, Birth record for Edward Bancroft.
  • ³ Michigan, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980, 12 DEC 1842, Probate file for Edward Bancroft.
  • ⁴ Westfield, MA: Baptisms Performed in the Church of Christ, 1679-1836, p. 312, Baptism record for Edward Bancroft.
  • ⁵ Frost, Thomas G. and Edward L. Frost. M.D., The Frost Family in England and America: With Special Reference to Edmund Frost and Some of His Descendants, Buffalo: Russell Printing Company (1909), 130-131.