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     Luella Bales was born on 27 May 1884.

     Luella, married Hubert Ashley Kesterson.

     Luella Bales died on 20 June 1970 at California at age 86.¹

     Sarah, married Henry Holt on 24 February 1669 at Andover, Essex, Massachusetts.¹

     Francis Bancroft, daughter of Capt. Samuel Bancroft Jr. and Lydia Parker, was born on 30 March 1766.¹

     Mary Bancroft, daughter of Capt. Samuel Bancroft Jr. and Lydia Parker, was born on 2 August 1742 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^1,2

     Mary, at age 22, daughter of Capt. Samuel Bancroft Jr. and Lydia Parker, married Rev. Francis Lovejoy at age 30, son of Hezekiah Lovejoy and Hannah Austin, on 24 January 1765 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.¹

     Mary Bancroft died on 8 May 1792 at age 49.³ and was buried at Lovejoy Cemetery, Albion, Kennebec, Maine.⁴

     Capt. Samuel Bancroft Jr. was born on 21 July 1715 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.²

     Samuel, at age 20, married Lydia Parker at age 19, daughter of Lieut. Nathaniel Parker and Elizabeth Wright, on 30 October 1735 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^3,4

     Capt. Samuel Bancroft Jr. died on 25 November 1782 at Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts, at age 67.

Headstone Inscription: 'whose distinguished virtue, recommended him to various offices, in Church & State which he executed, with fidelity & ability. He finished a painful life Nov the 25, 1782, in the 68th Year of his Age.⁵'

and was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, Reading, Middlesex, Massachusetts.⁶