Sgt. John Banks

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ohn Banks Born 1619 in Yorkshire, England

Son of John Banks and [mother unknown]

[sibling%28s%29 unknown]

Husband of Maria (Taintor) Banks — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Husband of Mary (Unknown) Banks — married before 18 Jan 1659 in Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants descendants

Father of John Banks, Joseph Banks, Samuel Banks, Obadiah Banks, Benjamin Banks, Susannah (Banks) Sturges, Elizabeth (Banks) Galpin and Hannah (Banks) Burr

Died 22 Jan 1684 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

Biography

In 1643 John lived in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1649 in Fairfield, Connecticut

   He also lived in Wethersfield, Connecticut.

   See "A Changing America: Seen Through One Sherwood Family". John Banks was the attorney for Staples when Thomas Staples sued Roger Ludlow for slander. Ludlow had accused Staples' wife of being a witch. Staples and Ludlow were next door neighbors. 

Name

   John Banks 

Title

       Sergeant (Barbour Collection) 

Birth

       1619 Yorkshire, England 

       from County York, England. [1] 

Marriage

       by 1650? Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut to ___ Taintor, dau. of Charles (Torrey) 

       by 18 Jan 1658/9 to Mary Fitch (Torrey)

There is no evidence that Mary was a Fitch. A 1938 "Note" by Donald Lines Jacobus, "The Second Wife of Joseph Loomis of Windsor, Conn." published in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register 92:303, discusses the misinformation that Mary 2nd wife of Thomas Sherwood, and 2nd wife of John Banks, was Mary Fitch. Jacobus believes that Elizabeth Hubbell Schenck, in her "History of Fairfield" made a slip of the pen, when writing the 2nd wife of John Banks was Mary Fitch, confusing the wife of Matthew Sherwood, Mary Fitch, with his mother Mary Unknown. He also mentions that no evidence has been found to support Mary's surname as Fitch. Robert Charles Anderson has accepted this position in his Great Migration article on Robert Sherwood.
Death

       22 JAN 1685 Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut (N.A. Cem. Trans.) 

       abt 1684 (Jacobus) 

       1684 Rye, Westchester, New York (Sherwood) 

       1685 (Torrey) 

Burial

       St. Matthew's Cemetery, Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut (N.A. Cem. Trans.) 

Sources

   ↑ page 283 "Down Winsor Way" Toothaker, Vivian Winsor,. Down Winsor way: a family history and genealogy. San Diego, Calif.: Cuddy's North Park Printery, 1962. Genealogy Records. Section III https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/29912/dvm_GenMono008500-00148-... 

Abstract of Probate Records at Fairfield, Connecticut, down to 1721, Page 24

   Baird, Charles W. Chronicle of a Border Town (Anson D. F. Randolph and Company, No. 770 Broadway, New York, 1871) Page 395

   Mead, Spencer Percival. Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich (Knickerbocker Press, Greenwich, Conn., 1911) Page 495

   North American Cemetery Transcriptions from NEHGS Manuscripts, 1642-1977, Page 64. 

Name John, Sergt. BANKS

           Death 1/22/1684/5 

           Location Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States 

           Spouse ____ Banks, Taintor 

           Cemetery Name St. Matthew's Cemetery 

           Volume Name CT, Fairfield: Wilton (Mss A 2777) 

Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. I, pages 25, 124; Vol. 2, page 38 (#1)
"Settled first at Windsor, where he was Clerk 1643 for weights and measures;

           came to Fairfield by 1649. 

           Presented Inv. of father Taintor's Est. at Fairfield, 1658. 

           Married (1) _______, dau. of Charles Taintor. 

           Married (2) Mary, widow of Thomas Sherwood, 1st. She d. in 1694." 

Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Vol. 1, Page 83.
BANKS, John (-1685) & 1/wf ____ TAINTOR, dau Charles; by 1650?; Wethersfield/Windsor, CT/Fairfield, CT/Rye, NY

           {Windsor CT 2:39; Crary-Hill 126; NYGBR 50:234; Hall-Baldwin 196; Fairfield Fam. 1:25, 599; Fairfield Prob. 28; Crary-Dunham 85; Sv. 1:112; Lyon 2:258, 3:281; Powers-Banks 97+}

           BANKS, John (-1685) & 2/wf Mary (?FITCH ?no) SHERWOOD (?1629-1693/4), w Thomas; by 18 Jan 1658/9; Fairfield, CT/Rye, NY

           {Keeler-Wood 217; Knapp Anc. 115; Warner-Harrington 576; Fairfield Fam. 1:25, 398; Fairfield Prob. 28, 80-1; Lyon 2:258; Miner Anc. 157; Powers-Banks 101; Sv. 1:112; Crary-Dunham 120; Bennett etc. (1931) 135; Crary-Hill 126} 

Genealogies of Connecticut Families (1983). Page 424.

   Sherwood, Frank P. A Changing America (2006) Page 65-.

   http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2009/09/hanging-of-goodwife-knapp-in-1...

   Toothaker, Vivian Winsor. Down Winsor Way, A Family History and Genealogy (Cuddy's North Park Printery, San Diego, California, 1962) page 283 

"Came to America on ship "Mary & John" about 1630. He was a lawyer and surveyor; first settled at windsor, Conn. where he surveyed and laid out the town; removed to Fairfield, Conn. Owned land in the Town of Greenwich, Conn. and in Rye, N.Y.; m. No. 1 ____, dau. of Charles Taintor of Wethersfield, Conn.; m. No. 2 about 1654, Mary Fitch Sherwood, widow of Thomas Sherwood, dau. of Thomas Fitch. Will of John Banks dated Dec. 12, 1684 probated Feb. 4, 1685."
Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1915) Vol. 2, Page 571.
"John Banks, the immigrant ancestor, was one of the first settlers of Windsor, Connecticut. He was a lawyer by profession. In 1643 was appointed town clerk and sealer of weights and measures. Soon after this he settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, and was given a land by the town. On January 12, 1649, purchased Daniel Frost's home lot and house on the Frost Square. When the town of Rye became included in Connecticut, he and his sons were among the first landholders there, and he was representative to the general court from 1670 to 1673. After a time he returned to Fairfield, where he was one of the most prominent men and a large landholder, being one of the richest men in Fairfield. He married (first) a daughter of Charles Tainter, of Weathersfield, as Savage says, "by tradition." He married (second) Mary Fitch, widow of Thomas Sherwood, of Fairfield. His will was dated January 12, 1685, about the time of his death. He left the home lot to his wife, and also mentioned his sons, John, Obadiah, Benjamin, grandson, son of son John, daughter Susannah, wife of Jonathan Sturgis, and to her son John, grandson Benjamin, son of son Benjamin, daughter Hannah, wife of Daniel Burr, son-in-law Daniel Burr, daughter Mary, wife of John Taylor, stepson Mathew Sherwood. His sons, John, Obadiah, and Benjamin Banks, were executors. Children: John married Abigail ____; Benjamin, married Elizabeth Lyon; Obadiah, died unmarried about 1691; Joseph, died October, 1682. Joseph, mentioned below; Susannah, married Jonathan Sturgis; Hannah, married Daniel Burr; Mary, married John Taylor."
The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Fairfield, Page 7.
Banks, John, Sergt., d. Jan. 22, 1684 Vol. LR-A2 Page 680