Richard Bandy (71, 14-1) (July 8, 1722 to July 21, 1795) is the early Bandy about whom the most is known and written. Richard’s possible wives Jane Cummins (70, 14-0)(1720 - 1755), Elizabeth Cardwell[i](71, 14-37) ( ? - 1794), and Lucy Justice (72, 15-141) and their children are well documented in Burt and Jane Eubank’s Bandy Gallimaufry.[ii]The overview of this family presented here is drawn primarily from the Eubank’s exceptional work. Many more details, including information relating to subsequent generations, are found in their book.
Family tradition says that Richard and Jane came to America in the early to middle 1700's. Tradition suggests that Richard was born in Liverpool, England and that Jane was from Dublin, Ireland. However, there is little evidence of Richard having a wife Jane, and little creditable evidence of Richard's birth in either England or America. Bandy Gallimaufry suggests alternative theories including the possibility that the first American Richard Bandy was this Richard’s father and the possibility that the Richard who married Jane was this Richard’s son. If there was an earlier Richard, he would have been born around 1700. The earlier Richard could have been married to Jane Cummins, and the central North Carolina Bandys including James, Robert, Solomon, and John as well as being the parents of the Richard, Avy, and spinster Elizabeth, discussed below.
Bandy Gallimaufry reports detailed information regarding Richard, Elizabeth, and their children (Mary, Solomon, Thomas, Richard, John, George, Sarah, Ann (Nancy), and Eliza). If Richard did marry a Jane, some of the children likely were her’s.
Perhaps Elizabeth's previously undetermined maiden name is Cardwell. This possibility is based on the 1780 Henrico County, Virginia will of Thomas Cardwell which names Francis Epperson and Martha his wife along with Richard Bandy and his wife Elizabeth as devisees.[iii] This suggests that Elizabeth and Martha are Thomas' daughters. As noted below, Richard apparently sold real estate to John Cardwell, Elizabeth’s brother.
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