INSTALLATION OF HEADSTONE
OF
STEPHEN BANCRAFT / BANCROFT

Baker Cemetery

WALWORTH, NY

WAYNE COUNTY, NY

Contributed by Daryl VerStreate, Jr. and Amanda Verstreate

Site Coordinator's Note: These photos were taken at the SAR and VFW ceremony for the installation of Revolutionary War patriot Stephen Bancraft's veteran's marker at Baker Cemetery in the spring of 2006. Our researchers interested in the Bancroft family refer to Stephen Sr. by both surnames Bancraft and Bancroft. The County Historian's Office list for Baker Cemetery has:

BANCROFT, Stephen, Mar. 6, 1831, 77y
BANCROFT, Sarah, wife, Jan. 21, 1834, 82y

Prominent in these photos is the tall, flat headstone of Stephen's wife, Sarah Strong, with Stephen's broken stone lying next to it. This is a selection of photos taken by Amanda and Daryl Verstreate, Jr. (SAR Graves Chairman) at the ceremony.

STEPHEN BANCRAFT
CONTINENTAL LINE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
JUL 30 1753     MAR 6 1831

The descendants of Patriot Stephen Bancraft gather at the Baker Cemetery in Wayne County, NY, to dedicate a new gravestone. Participants in the ceremony were, left to right in the front row, Phyllis Stehm, DAR, descendant; Steve Clarke, President of the Rochester Chapter, SAR; Shirley Conheady, DAR, descendant; Daryl Verstreate, Graves Committee Chairman, Rochester Chapter SAR. In the back row are members of the Western Region Color Guard of the Empire State Society, SAR, and members of the VFW Post 8548 Color Guard from Walworth, NY.

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