Annie Eliza (King) Bancroft (abt. 1850 - abt. 1890)

Born about 1850 in Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Died about 10 May 1890 at about age 40 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Annie (King) Bancroft is a part of US Black heritage.

Annie King was born into slavery about 1850. ^[1] She was the daughter of Reason King and Lydia Hall.^[2] In 1883, She married Clement Bancroft in Boston, Massachusetts. ^[3] She died in 1890. ^[4]

Slave Owner

Slaves of Thomas Griffith, Maryland

Annie and her family were enslaved by Thomas Griffith, a landowner in Gaithersburg, Maryland.^[1]

Research Notes

• Likely first marriage in New York in 1873 with Thomas Johnson.^[5]
• This marriage record is a transcript only and Annie's parents were transcribed as Keasork and Lyda.
• And an attributed child, John K. Johnson born in 1874.^[6]

• The attributed marriage to Clement Bancroft in Boston in 1883 may be another person. The parents listed are "Lydia and Reason," but other information is questionable. Her place of birth is shown as Richmond, VA and the marriage is said to be her first.^[7]

• The attached reference to a death record in Philadelphia has no support in the currently available research.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} “Montgomery County Slave Statistics, 1867-1868.” Archives of Maryland, VOLUME 0812, Page 0001 - Montgomery COUNTY Slave statistics, 1867-1868. Accessed August 12, 2021. http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/000001/000812/html/am812--1.html.
2. ↑ "U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874"
   The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Registers of Signatures of Depositors in Branches of the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, 1865-1874; ARC Identifier: 566522; Record Group Number: 101; Record Group: Records of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8755 #10180663 (accessed 29 November 2021)
   Name: Annie King; Relation to Head: Child; Mother: Lydia King; Description: Roll 05: Washington, District of Columbia; May 24, 1872-Jul 22, 1874; Household
   Age
   Relationship: Lydia King 53 Self (Head)
   John H King Child
   Sophia Bradley Child
   Charles King Child
   Annie King Child.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988"Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2495 #18706582 (accessed 29 November 2021) Annie E King (33) marriage to Clement C Bancroft on 4 Aug 1883 in Boston, Massachusetts.
4. ↑ Ancestry.com. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
5. ↑ Marriage: "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007458804; FHL microfilm: 001671678; Image number: 296
   FamilySearch Record: Q2CN-251B (accessed 17 December 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-99ZH-6DHV
   Anna King (26) marriage to Thomas Johnson (31) on 18 Dec 1873 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
6. ↑ Birth: "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909"
   citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 136077 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,077
   FamilySearch Record: 27BG-RMS (accessed 17 December 2023)
   John K Johnson born on 6 Jun 1874, son of Thomas Johnson & Anna King, in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States.
7. ↑ Marriage: "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 004279768; FHL microfilm: 001432997; Record number: 2; Packet letter: C
   FamilySearch Record: N49W-W6T (accessed 17 December 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-X38S-THX Image number 00358
   Annie E King (33) marriage to Clemet C. Bancroft (33) on 4 Aug 1883 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.