Individual Details

Dyer Bancroft

(12 Apr 1786 - 13 Sep 1866)

He was a tutor, a farmer, and a lawyer of marked ability in his profession. For many years, he was a member of the Massachusetts legislature. He was genial, humorous, witty and a thorough gentleman.

"Uncle Bancroft is a curious old philosopher. I was amazingly pleased with him. Somehow, with the exception of Uncle Austin [Birchard], who is the first in my regard, our Yankee relatives by marriage are nearer kin than our blood relatives...
Uncle Bancroft and the whole family were in high spirits and our visit was as happy a one as any we had made..."
RBH (at age 25) to his sister, Fanny Hayes Platt, Aug. 8, 1847.

Events

Birth12 Apr 1786Torrington, Litchfield Co., CT
Graduation1809Williams College,
Graduation1809Williams College
Marriage25 May 1815West Brattleboro, Windham Co., VT - Sarah "Sally" Hayes
Residence1815Chesterfield, Hampshire Co., MA
Death13 Sep 1866Chesterfield, Hampshire Co., MA
Occupationtutor and lawyer

Families

SpouseSarah "Sally" Hayes (1793 - 1882)
ChildHelen Bancroft (1816 - 1868)
ChildTalcott Bancroft (1821 - 1899)
ChildWilliam Bancroft (1824 - 1895)
ChildEdward Bancroft (1830 - 1873)
FatherNoadiah Bancroft
MotherJerusha Loomis

Endnotes

1. Hayes, Charles Wells, George Hayes of Windsor and his Descendants ) (Buffalo: Baker, Jones & Co., 1884).

2. Hayes, Charles Wells, George Hayes of Windsor and his Descendants ) (Buffalo: Baker, Jones & Co., 1884).

3. Hayes, Charles Wells, George Hayes of Windsor and his Descendants ) (Buffalo: Baker, Jones & Co., 1884).