Captain Jonathan Bean

(III) Capt. Jonathan, eldest of the children of Capt. Lewis (2) and Mary (Austen) (Sayward) Bean, was born Dec. 14, 1692, and died Dec. 6, 1777. He was a farmer and lumberman, being part owner of a sawmill in York. In 1745 the colony raised a force of four hundred and fifty men to protect the frontier from Berwick to Rockland. Jonathan Bean was commissioned captain and put in command of the garrisons from the Piscataqua to the Presumpscot rivers, with headquarters at the Saco blockhouse on the west bank of the Saco river in what is now the town of Dayton. He was graned seven hundred acres of land at the blockhouse, and lived there until after the dismantling of the fort in 1759, when he returned to York. As was the custom in those days the men of the garrison were engaged in faming and other pursuits when not called upon to fight, and Jonathan's children settled around the blockhouse where their descendants live today. He was also one of the original proprietors of the town of Sullivan, Maine, his share passing to his son Nehemiah. He was a leading citizen of his time in both civil and military affairs, and at his death had a goodly estate to pass down to his family. He married, in 1717, Sarah Nowell, daughter of Peter and Sarah (Weare) Nowell, of York. Children: Jonathan, Daniel, Mary, Sarah, Joshua, Mercy, Huldah, Abraham, Ebenezer, Nehemiah and Charles.

Biography

This profile is part of the Nowell Name Study.
Captain Jonathan Bean-Bane is the son of Captain Lewis Bean-Bane (1671-1721) and Mary (Austin) Sayward Bean-Bane of York, Maine.

Jonathan married Sarah Nowel, the daughter of Peter Nowel and Sarah (Weare) Nowel.

Jonathan and Sarah had the following children:

Lieutenant Jonathan Bean, born February 13, 1719;
Mary Bean, born January 4, 1723, died young; [died 11 Jan 1793 in Kittery, York, Maine, as Mary Bane Leighton]
Sarah Bean, born January 8, 1725;
Joshua Bean, born March 29, 1728, married Abigail Bane;
Mary "Mercy" Bean, born October 7, 1730, married James Emery;
Huldy Bean, born July 1732, died October 1734 in York, Maine;
Abraham Bean, born February 10, 1735;
Ebenezer Bean, born June 20, 1737, married Elizabeth "Eliza" Thomas;
Nehemiah Bean, born March 19, 1740;
Charles Bean, born April 30, 1743, married Mary Banks
He was born on 14 Dec 1692 in Maine and his parents were Mary (Austin) and Lewis Bane.

Jonathan Bane died on 06 Dec 1777 in Maine, USA.

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Jonathan Bane (1692 - 1777)

Captain Jonathan Bane aka Bean [uncertain]

Born 14 Dec 1692 in York, York, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Son of Lewis Bane and Mary (Austin) Bane

Brother of Joseph Sayward [half], Mary (Bane) Sayward, Lewis Bane, John Bane, Elinor (Bane) Moulton, Mehitable (Bane) Young and Ebenezer Bane

Husband of Sarah (Nowell) Bane — married about 1717 in York, York, Massachusetts Bay

Father of Jonathan Bane, Daniel Bane, Mary (Bane) Leighton, Sarah Bane, Joshua Bane, Mercy (Bean) Emery, Huldy Bane, Ebenezer (Bane) Bean, Nehemiah Bane and Charles Bane

Died 6 Dec 1777 at age 84 in York, Massachusetts, United States

Research Notes

Bane.— Capt. Jonathan Bane, of York, was the son of Capt. Lewis Bane. Lewis Bane was representative of York in the General Court, in 1717. In 1708, he, with Maj. Joseph Hammond (who had married the widow of Capt. Wm. Leighton), under the orders of the General Court were appointed to carry into effect the order for the removal of the troops from the stone fort at the falls (Saco) to Winter Harbor. Capt. Jonathan Bane served in King Phillip's war, and after the close succeeded Capt. Bradbury in command of the block-house at Saco. This establishment was kept up until 1759, when the soldiers were disbanded and the cannon transferred to Castle William in Boston Harbor. {Folsom's Hist, of Saco.) page 46 footnote Leighton genealogy : an account of the descendants of Capt. William Leighton, of Kittery, Maine : with collateral notes relating to the Frost, Hill, Bane, Wentworth, Langdon, Bragdon, Parsons, Pepperrell, Fernald, Nason and other families of York County and its vicinity by Jordan, Tristram Frost, 1804-1890; Parsons, Usher, 1788-1868

Sources

Biographical sketch from Clan MacBean of North America, Volume III, Second Edition, Revised 1995, by Joseph S. Bean, pages 640-643, based on notes from his descendants, Mrs. Margaret (Stevens) Allen and Mrs. Barbara (Allen) Atwood of Portland, Maine, as well as A HISTORY OF YORK, by Charles E. Banks. Maine, Wills and Probate Records 1584-1999 by William Mitchell Sargent, 1848-1891; on ancestry.com citing Maine County, District and Probate Courts; Will of Captain Lewis Bane designated all the land he had bought from Mr. Gooch, to his eldest son Jonathan Bane, b: 1692.