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Ann Bancroft

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Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States
Death: May 11, 1799 (79)
Westfield, Hampden County, MA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Bancroft, I and Hannah Bancroft
Wife of Deacon Joseph Root
Mother of Joseph Root
Sister of Ann Bancroft; Edward Bancroft; Capt. John Bancroft, II; Rhoda Fowler; Elizabeth Bancroft and 1 other
Half sister of Desire Bancroft

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Ann Bancroft's Timeline

1720
April 17, 1720
Massachusetts, United States
1749
August 28, 1749
Westfield, Hampden County, MA, United States

https://books.google.com/books?id=X6VPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA336#

Root Genealogical Records. 1600-1870: Comprising the General History of the ...
By James Pierce Root

2882. Westfield, Mass.
Deacon Joseph Root, son of Joseph (2824), grandson of Thomas (2803), b. Aug. 23, 1715, at Westfield, Mass., where he lived. He m. Sept. 8, 1743, Ann Bancroft.* He d. June 7, 1789, ae. 73. She d. May 11, 1799, ae. 79.

In the Westfield graveyard his tombstone bears the following inscription:

In Memory of
Dean Joseph Root,
who died 7th June, 1789,
in the 74th year of his age.

Now after death my very dust will bid
you come and share the love my
soul did taste in the house of prayer.

Children:
3054. I. Desire, b. Aug 10, 1744; d. 1749, ae. 5.
3055. II. Silas, b. Sept. 20, 1747; d. 1758, ae 1.
3056. III. Joseph, b. Aug. 28, 1749, f.; d. 1812, ae. 63.
3057. IV Desire, b. July 21, 1753.
3058. V. Abner, b. Oct 4, 1757; d. 1758, ae. 1.
3059. VI. Silas, b. March 31, 1759, f. ; d. May 4, 1833, ae 74.

1799
May 11, 1799
Age 79
Westfield, Hampden County, MA, United States