of Fairbanks, Bancroft and Co., machinists, of Providence, RI, USA, until 1849, when he moved to Philadelphia and entered into partnership with his brother-in-law, William Sellers, trading as Bancroft and Sellers.
Edward Bancroft died in 1855.
Edward was the son of John and Elizabeth Bancroft, who went to the USA from England in 1824.
He married Mary (Sellers), and they had two daughters, Anna P. Bancroft and Elizabeth Bancroft, and a son, John Sellers Bancroft, who was for a time a machinist with William Sellers and Co.
The above information is from 'Colonial Families of Philadelphia'[1]