July 6, 1837 In Osterville on Tuesday 27th ult., Capt. David ALLEN, 63. In Nantucket, Mrs. Eliza SHERMAN, aged 83. In Nantucket, Phebe S., daughter of Tristram COFFIN, aged 15 years and 5 months. At Fall River, Mr. Gardner CHASE, 40. In Springfield, June 26th, very suddenly, Mrs. Sarah, wife of George BANCROFT, Esq., and daughter of the Hon. Jona. DWIGHT, aged 34. This is from some very valuable transcribing done by Janer Mercier - to the MABARNST-L@rootsweb.com I am converting all to documents in rtf [searchable] This above - Bancroft from this file: The following are obituaries taken from the Yarmouth register 1836-1838 Compiled by Jane E. Mercier 1980-2002/ For one's personal research only ***** Jane - a hit on the Worcester list this am.. Mimi