Hello,   I'd like to ask if anyone knows whether Robert BANCROFT, b~1720,  fought in the Rev. War, perhaps as "light service."    Possibly some of his sons did.    He had married Elizabeth PICKETT from a Marblehead family, and were initially in Canton - living with the Ponkapoag Tribe (1740).   But, they moved to Middleton, where their 10 children were raised.     They remained close to the Native Americans for their entire, adult lives.   (I'm told by researchers that books state Robert was "a White man."   But, because he lived with the Tribe for maybe 10 yrs.,  some thought he was a Native American.    No one has yet found out which BANCROFT or BANCRAFT family Robert came from,  or whether he was from a New England family.)   As per my many, old postings on the Lists,  it is only my .educated guess.  that  Robert and Elizabeth BANCROFT are my ancestors.    That is because it is also my .educated guess.  that their daughter and son-in-law, were my ancestors.    William WILKINS from Middleton married Sarah BANCROFT.    They reportedly had 5 children while in Middleton, but lost 4 of them when young.   By 1770's, they had a surviving daughter.    They moved to "Maine" during 1770's,  and some day I hope to find out that they had a 6 th child while in "Maine."   This would have been Samuel WILKINS, reportedly born in "Maine" during 1770's.   A "guess" is that Sarah died as a result of childbirth, and that William asked another couple to raise his 7-yr-old daughter and his newborn son.      That is why I cannot find them in census records.     (Even though William was in "Maine" up through 1800,  he does not show up in census records either.    Possibly because he moved around too much as a surveyor or because, when later, he was a teacher and lived in the homes of his students.)   Betty              (near Lowell, MA)     FYI:     This is a partial list of the BANCROFT family members from the Middleton Historical Society.   Roberts's sons would have been  Timothy, b~1743,  Andrew, b1767, Daniel, b1761, John, b1760, Robert b1760, Thomas, b1760 ---  OOPS.    Just noticed those were the years they were .baptised.   The 10 children would have been born durings 1740's and 1750's.    So, the sons would have been old enough to be soldiers in 1770's.   BANCRAFT (see also Bancroft) Sarah, d. Robert and Elezebeth, Oct. 9, 17[45. D.C.]. Timothy, s. Robert and Elezebeth [abt. 1743]. BANCROFT (see also Bancraft) Andrew, s. Robert and Elizabeth, bp. Mar. 22, 1767. C.R. Daniel, s. Robert and Elizabeth, bp. Aug. 30, 1761. Elizabeth, d. Robert and Elizabeth, bp. Dec. 9, 1750. C.R. Eunice, d. Robert and Elizabeth, bp. May 14, 1769. C.R. John Picket, s. Robert and Elizabeth, bp. June 1, 1760. C.R. Lucretia, d. Robert and Nabby, bp. Mar. 19, 1797. C.R. Marjory, d. Robert and Elizabeth, bp. May 12, 1765. C.R. Mary, d. Robert and Elizabeth, bp. June 1, 1760. C.R. Robert, s. Robert and Elizabeth, bp. June 1, 1760. C.R. Sarah, d. Elizabeth, bp. ----, 1747. C.R. Sereny, d. Robert and Nabby, bp. Nov. 10, 1793. C.R. Severy, s. Robert and Elizabeth, bp. Oct. 31, 1762. C.R. Thomas, s. Robert and Elizabeth, bp. June 1, 1760. C.R. http://dunhamwilcox.net/ma/middleton_b1.htm