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Elkanah Bangs

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Death: 1842 (75-76)
Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Place of Burial: Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Elkanah Bangs and Susannah Freeman
Husband of Sally Bangs
Father of Dillingham Bangs; Elkanah Bangs; Abraham Bangs; Olive Sears; Captain Elisha Bangs and 3 others
Brother of Sarah Bangs; Rhoda Clark; Captain Dean Bangs; John Dillingham Bangs; Bella Bangs and 2 others

Managed by: Nancy D. Coon
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About Elkanah Bangs

He was born in Harwich, now Brewster, July 29, 1783. In 1829, he was in command of the brig "Danube," on a voyage from Boston to Valparaiso. Through the kindness of his grandson, W. H. Bangs, we were permitted to examine the log book of this brig while under his command on a trading voyage to Valparaiso, Coquimbo, Callao and several other ports in South America, returning again to Boston. Evidently there was no chronometer on board, as the log shows that the positions were ascertained daily by altitudes of the sun, moon or stars. After retiring from the sea he owned and managed several ships in the foreign trade, under the firm name of E. Bangs & Son. He died in Brewster, August 23, 1863.

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Elkanah Bangs's Timeline

1766
April 25, 1766
Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
1796
October 19, 1796
Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
1798
January 24, 1798
Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
1800
December 19, 1800
Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
1802
September 9, 1802
Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
1805
October 7, 1805
Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
1807
1807
1809
November 1, 1809
Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
1811
December 4, 1811
1842
1842
Age 75
Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States