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Sergeant John Banks
b.Est 1610
- H. Sergeant John BanksEst 1610 - 1684/85
- W. Mary _____Est 1618 - 1694
m. Bef 6 Jan 1658/59
Facts and Events
| Name[1][2] |
Sergeant John Banks |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Est 1610 |
Rough estimate. |
| Residence[1] |
1643 |
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States |
| Marriage |
Bef 1647 |
Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (probably)Based on estimated date of birth of eldest known child (Mary).
to Unknown Taintor |
| Residence[1] |
1649 |
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States |
| Marriage |
Bef 6 Jan 1658/59 |
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States (probably)to Mary _____ |
| Will[1] |
12 Dec 1684 |
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| Will[1] |
12 Jan 1684/85 |
Codicil. |
| Death[1] |
22 Jan 1684/85 |
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States |
| Estate Inventory[1] |
27 Jan 1684/85 |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Banks, John, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield. (New Haven, Conn.: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1930-1932)
1:25-26.
"Banks, John. Deputy (Fairfield) to Conn. Leg., Sept. 1651, May 1661, Oct. 1663, May and Oct. 1664, May and Oct. 1665, May and Oct. 1666, Oct. 1673, Oct. 1674, May and Oct. 1675, May and Oct. 1676, May and Oct. 1677, Oct. 1678, May and Oct. 1679, May and Oct. 1680, May and Oct. 1682, May and Oct. 1683. Deputy (Rye), May 1670, May 1671, May and Oct. 1672, Oct. 1677, May 1678, May 1680. Deputy (Greenwich), Oct. 1673, May and Oct. 1677, Oct. 1678. Commissioner for Fairfield, 1666. Member of War Council, Oct. 1675, May 1676; Committee on Indians, Oct. 1676; Committee on N. Y. boundary, Oct. 1674. Auditor of colony accounts, 1680, 1682. Received colonial grant of 100 acres, Oct. 1672.
Settled first in Windsor, where he was Clerk 1643 for weights and measures; came to Fairfield by 1649. …"
Sergt. John Banks d. at Fairfield, 22 Jan. 1684 [1684/5]. His will, dated 12 Dec. 1684; codicil, 12 Jan. 1684 [1684/5]; wife Mary; sons John (land at Biram Neck and Horse Neck), Samuel (land at Rye), Obadiah, Benjamin; gr. child John, son of John Banks; dau. Susanna Sturgis and gr. child Jonathan Sturgis; gr. child Benjamin, son of Benjamin Banks; dau. Hannah Burr and gr. child Daniel Burr; son-in-law Daniel Burr; dau. Mary Taylor and her eldest dau.; mentioned land at Rye sold to George Kniffen. Inv. 27 Jan. 1684 [1684/5].
In 1678 and 1682, colonial records call him Lt., but no record of appointment found, and he was called Sergt. at death."
- ↑ John Banks, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
1:112.
"John (Banks), Windsor, one of the first sett. m. a d. of Charles Taintor of Wethersfield, as tradit. tells, had one ch. b. there, where he was town clk. 1643, rem. soon after to Fairfield, of wh. he was rep. sev. yrs. betw. 1651 and 66, rem. to Rye, and was rep. from that town 1670-3; had good est. made his will 12 Dec. 1684, and d. next mo. He ment. in it w. Mary (not, prob. his first), s. John, Samuel, Obadiah, and Benjamin; ds. Susanna Sturges, Hannah, w. of Daniel Burr; and Mary Taylor. His s. Joseph had d. Oct. 1682, perhaps unm. as he gave est. to four brs. and sis. Mary Taylor; of Samuel nothing, is kn. but Obadiah d. we are told, in Fairfield Feb. 1691, and Benjamin next yr. and both at F. and Greenwich, adjac. to Rye, the name contin. 1713."
- Fairfield Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
7.
"Banks, … John, Sergt., d. Jan. 22, 1684 [LR-A2:680]"
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