Rehoboth Carpenters will remember the name of Thomas Banshott, the lad who was the family servant, who sailed with William father and son, Abigail and the children, in the Bevis in 1638.I always wondered what became of the fine boy. We owe him him a lot. Well, he thrived,his later descendants changing the family name to Bancroft. Many of them lived in Worcester Co. MA, and as a boy I noticed a Bancroft this and a Bancroft that in my town Auburn MA. The family produced George Bancroft, who in the early 1800s produced a history of America, that is considered a work of national importance still. One of 18th century descendants of Thomas, a Sabra Bancroft, married a Clark Cooley and produced my mother's family. Thus I descend from both servant and master. Thanks Tom. Sincerely, Bruce E. Carpenter