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Rh Bancroft, Jonathan, from Ward, (now Auburn,) was a farmer and shoe-maker, living where now resides his grandson, Dea. S. W. Bancroft. He very narrowly escaped being drowned while attempting to cross the pond one evening on the ice; coming to an open place unawares, he fell in, but managed to get on to the ice again and returned home. He was at the taking of Burgoyne in 1777. He m. Sarah Case; their ch. were:—1. Jonathan, m. Betsy Parker; whose ch. were:—Sophia, Mary, d., Laura French, d., Jonathan Ormond, Mary Amanda, Laura Elvira, Jesse Parker, Lucius Lorenzo and Smyrna Osgood. 2. Smyrna, m. Sarah Whitney; whose ch. were:—Harvey Mansfield, Smyrna Winslow, Mary Elmira, Sarah Whitney, Amasa and Viola. 3. Sarah. 4. Mary, d. 5. Betsy. 6. Lucy. 7. Roxa, m. John Phillips; whose ch. were:—Warren, d., Eliza, Caroline, Warren and Mary Bancroft. Mr. Bancroft d. in 1826, ae. 76.

Brick, Jonas, from Sherburne, was a farmer, living in the south part of the town. He m. Hannah Richardson; their ch. were:—1. Silas, m. Anna Pike; whose ch. were:—Eliza, Milly, Maria and Ann. 2. Asahel, m. Betsy Snow; whose ch. were:—Asahel Augustus, Ephraim Sumner, Susan Sawyer, Jonas Richardson and Jerome Snow. His second wife was Mrs. Carpenter; they had one child whose name was Jane Elizabeth. 3. Charlotte, m. Mr. Wells; whose ch. were:—Emma, Charlotte, Judith, Willard, Wealthy, Sarah and Elizabeth. 4. Sarah. 5. Enoch. 6. Elijah, m.