Banks Genealogy

(1) John BANKS
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Death:      22 Jan 1684/1685, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Occ:         Lawyer

Spouse:     ?? TAINTOR
Father:      Charles TAINTOR

Children: John
                Samuel
                Obadiah
                Benjamin (?-1682)
                Susannah (-ca 1690)

Notes:  John Banks "first settled in Windsor, where he was clerk for weights and measures, 1643.  He came to Fairfield by 1649, and married the daughter of Charles Taintor." (Jacobus-Histories and Geneologies of Old Fairfield.)  He was one of the richest men and largest landowners in Fairfield County, and was an influential lawyer in the early Connecticut Colony.
 

(2) Benjamin BANKS Sr.
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Birth:      ?
Death:     1682, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:  Elizabeth LYON
Death:     bef 10 Mar 1723/1724
Father:    Richard LYON (-<1723)
Mother:   Margaret -?- (-1705)
Marr:       29 Jun 1679, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT

Children: Benjamin (1682-1760)
               Elizabeth (1685-)
               Abigail (ca 1688-)
               Joseph (1690-1766)
 

(3) Benjamin BANKS Jr.
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Birth:      30 Oct 1682, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, CT
Death:     13 Jan 1760, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:    Ruth HYATT (Or HIAT)
Birth:       18 May 1683/1684, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, CT
Death:      20 May 1751
Father:     Thomas HYATT (Or HIAT)
Mother:    Mary ST. JOHN
Marr:        ? , See Pg. 27, Histories And Gen. Of Old Fairfield-Jacobus

Children: Benjamin (1706-1805)
                Thomas (1707-)
                John (Died in Youth) (1710-)
                Gershom (1712-)
                Joanna (1714-1767)
                John (1717-)
                Nehemiah (Died in Youth) (1720-)
                Mary (Died in Youth) (1721-1736)
 

(4) Benjamin BANKS III
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Birth:      8 Aug 1706, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, CT
Bapt:       7 Feb 1713/1714, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT
Death:     19 May 1805, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:   Eleanor (Or Ellen) BRADLEY
Birth:       7 Oct 1725, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT
Death:      29 May 1812
Father:     Francis BRADLEY (1699-1786)
Mother:    Mary STURGIS (Or STURGES) (1699-1794)
Marr:        20 Jun 1744

Children: Molly
                Benjamin
                Hezekial (ca 1748-1812)
                Mabel
                Ruth
                Esther
                Jonathan
                Ellen
                Ann

Other spouses Mary TREADWELL
Bapt:     27 Feb 1708/1709
Marr:     Nov 1729

 

(5) Hezekial BANKS
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Birth:    ca 1748
Bapt:     1748/1749
Death:   31 Mar 1812, Easton, Fairfield, CT
Occ:      Farmer

Spouse:   Sarah COUCH
Birth:       30 Mar 1754, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Death:      24 Feb 1815
Father:     Thomas COUCH Jr. (1725-1764)
Mother:    Elizabeth JESUP (1727-1815)
Marr:       14 Oct 1772

Children:   Sturges (ca 1773-1817)
                  Sarah (ca 1776-1868)
                  Hezekiah (1777-1872)
                  Patty (1780-1853)
                  Mary (1782-1879)
                  Jesup (ca 1791-1863)
                  Walter (1793-1887)
                  Arette (ca 1798-1815)
 

(6) Patty BANKS
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Birth:       9 Apr 1780, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, CT
Death:      15 Apr 1853, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, CT

Spouse:   John STAPLES Jr.
Birth:       18 Feb 1776, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, CT
Death:      26 Nov 1861, Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, CT
Father:     John STAPLES Sr. (1737-1813)
Mother:    Elizabeth SHERWOOD (ca 1743-1798)
Marr:       Mar 1798

Children: Deborah (1800-)
               Horace (1802-1897)
               Sidney (1804-1892)
               Henry Alonzo (1807-1901)
               Edward Jessup (1810-1859)
 

Second Banks Line

 (3) Joseph BANKS [ (2) Benjamin, Sr.; (1) John ]
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Birth: 30 Dec 1690
Bapt: 13 Mar 1712, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Death: 4 Jan 1766, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT

Spouse: Mary SHERWOOD
Birth: 8 Jan 1692/1693, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT
Death: 15 Jun 1770, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT
Father: Benjamin SHERWOOD (ca 1669-)
Mother: Sarah _____
Marr: 25 Jun 1712

Children: Joseph (1713-)
 Sarah (1715-1791)
 David (1718-)
 Mindwell (1720-)
 Nehemiah (1722-)
 Ebenezer (1724-1777)
 Mary (1731-1815)
 

(4) Ebenezer BANKS
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Birth: 9 Dec 1724, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT
Bapt: 31 Jan 1724/1725, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT
Death: 22 Mar 1777, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT

Spouse: Sarah HIDE
Birth: 27 Nov 1727
Death: 20 Mar 1796
Marr: Jun 1746, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT

Children: Eunice (1747-1820)
 Ann (Or Anna) (1749-1827)
 Ebenezer (1752-)
 Joseph (1756-)
 David (Twin) (1759-1777)
 Jesse (Twin) (1759-1777)
 Sarah (1765-1814)
 

(5) Ann (Or Anna) BANKS
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Birth: 5 Aug 1749, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT
Bapt: 13 Aug 1749, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT
Death: 27 Jun 1827, Ballston, Saratoga, NY

Spouse: Ebenezer WAKEMAN III
Birth: 20 Jul 1749, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Bapt: 30 Jul 1749, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Burial: 1 Jun 1801, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Father: Ebenezer WAKEMAN II (1725-1762)
Mother: Ann (Or Hannah) HILL (1729-1749)
Marr: 17 Nov 1771, Weston, Fairfield, CT

Children: Ebenezer (ca 1775-)
 Anna (1776-1841)
 Henry (1779-ca 1813)
 Thomas (1782-)
 

 Third Banks Line

(2) Susannah BANKS [ (1) John ]
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Death: ca 1690

Spouse: Jonathan STURGIS (Or STURGES) I
Birth: ca 1651, Yarmouth Or Barnstable, MA
Death: 29 Nov 1711, Fairfield, Fairfield, CT
Father: John STURGIS ( STURGES) I (ca 1624-1700)
Mother: Deborah BARLOW (ca 1630-)
Marr: 31 Jul 1692

Children: Jonathan (ca 1679-1744)
 Peter (1684-1757)
 David (1694-1720)
 Sarah (1700-1745)
 Abigail (1704-1753)
 Eunice (1709-1740)

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