William Banks

William Bankes, esq. of Winstanley Hall, b. 1658; m. 1687, his cousins Lettice, eldest da. of Richard Legh, esq. of Lyme, but by her (who survived him and married, secondly, Thomas Fleetwood, esq. of Bank.) he had no issue, and was consequently succeeded by his nephew,
William Bankes, esq. of Winstanley Hall, b. 1695, who m. Elizabeth, third dau. of Amos Meredith, esq. and sister and co-heir of Sir William Meredith, bart. M.P. of Henbury, co. Chester, by whom he left an only child,
William Bankes, esq. of Winstanley Hall, high sheriff of Lancashire in 1784; he m. Mary-Anne, dau. of Joseph Bunney, esp. of Leicester, but dying s. p. in 1800, the male line of the Bankes' family became extinct; but Mr. Bankes bequeathed his property to his first cousin and nearest heir,

A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Enjoying Territorial Possessions Or High Official Rank: But Univested with Heritable Honours, Volume 4 (1838) by John Burke