Cornelis Epke (Epke) Banta (1652 - 1719)

Born 1652 in Minnertsga, Friesland, Nederland

Ancestors

Husband of Magdaleen (de Mareetz) DeMaree — married 18 Nov 1697 in Hackensack, New Jersey

Husband of Abeltie Pieters (Sloth) Slot — married 1 Mar 1719 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 20 May 1719 at about age 67 in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey

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Biography

Cornelius, as a child, emigrated with the rest of his family in late 1658 or early 1659 from Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands on the ship De Trouw, arriving in New Amsterdam on the 12 Feb 1659. He married his first wife, Jannetje Du Pre, around 1680 in New Utrecht (Brooklyn). It is uncertain where he resided when he first removed to the vicinity of Hackensack, as many deeds in those early times were never recorded. That part of present-day Bergen county, west of the Hackensack River belonged to Essex county prior to 1709, and the first book of deeds of Essex Co. covering that period is missing. It is probable that he owned land on the east side of the river, opposite Hackensack, at what is now known as Bogota, as well as land west of the river, as between 1682 and 1687 Cornelius and his associates purchased 2,260 acres of land from Sarah Kiersted, including Bogota, Bergen, NJ. One of these associates is believed to have been John Cornelius Bogert. The future would find that the Banta family owned most of Bogota south of Fort Lee Road while the Bogert family would own all of Bogota north of Fort Lee Road. In 1695, Cornelius, with his three brothers and six other men, bought a large tract of land running from Overpeck creek to the Hudson river, and more than two miles in breadth from north to south. It comprised about 3,000 acres, for which the sum of 100 pounds was paid. It included within its bounds a large portion of the present townships of Englewood and Palisade. On the 3 Dec 1702 Cornelius bought of Richard Pope 240 acres of land on the west side of the Hackensack river, extending to Wynesksack brook and adjoining on the north a similar tract which had been bought by his father in 1686, and was his by inheritance. This tract of land of 240 acres was deeded to his oldest son, Epke, by endorsement on the deed dated the 3 Sep 1711. Cornelius' will was dated the 13 Apr 1719. An abstract of the will is included here: "1719 April 13. Banta, Cornelius Epke, of Hackinsack, Bergen Co., yeoman; will of. Wife Ablech (usually written Abeltie - third wife), sons Egbert, Jacob and Abraham, daughters, Rachel, Leah and Elizabeth. Eldest son Egbert to have sword as a preference or birthright. Half of cattle and moveable household goods to children of first wife, and half to children of second wife “excepting ye two spinning wheels and churn and milk tubs, shall remaine unto my three daughters, Rachel, Leah and Elizabeth, to be divided equally between them.” Real and personal estate. Executors - brothers-in-law David Desmaret, junior, and Samuel Desmaret, junior. Witnesses – Roulof Bogart, Elizabeth Bonguert, Richard Edsall." On the 22 Apr 1719 an inventory was taken "of the personal estate, £148.1.6, incl. a negro wench and child, £40." The will was probated on the 20 Jun 1719 and has been preserved in the office of the Secretary of State in Trenton, NJ. Cornelius was buried at the Church On the Green in Hackensack, Bergen, NJ.

P. 99 Conquest of Continent by Banta

It was becoming the custom of other Dutch families to adopt a surname based on where they had come from or what they had done as a trade in the old world. With the new generation, the boys decided that chaning the fmaily name each generation by adding "son" to the father's name was confusing and old fashioned. Recalling from the stories that Epke told them each night as children that his father had signed his name "Jacob Epkese te Bonte" after his wif'es property at Bonte they decided to take that name. However, the Dutch were very careless in writing; and with the boys bing unable to write, they had to depend on Epke for the spelling. Though they pronounced their name Bonte, he told them the proper spelling of it was Banta. The souther provinces of Holland always put "van" meaning from, in front of the town or are name. Thus, if a family was from the town of Burren, they would take the name van Buren.This was not the custom of those families from the northern province of Friesland so the Bantas did not put "van" in front of the area from which they had come. Jannettie was christened Jannettie Banta and was the first bo be baptized with the Banta surname as a maiden name. From this point on, the families of the five boys bore the name Banta as a surname.

Name

• Cornelius Epkes Banta , who was born 1652 at Oosterbierum, Friesland, Netherland and died before June 1719 at 67 years of age, a son of Epke Jacobs Banta and Tietje Dircksdr . ^[1] , it sounds as if the place 'Banta' could be 'Bantega'

Marriages

• Cornelius married (1) Jannetie de Pre.^[2][3]
• Cornelius married (2) Magdalena Demarest in Hackensack, New Jersey, on November 18, 1697^[4][2][3]
• Cornelius married (3) Abeltie Slot in Hackensack, New Jersey, on March 1, 1719, when he was 67 years old.^[5][3]

Death

• Cornelius Epkese Banta died on May 20, 1719, in Hackensack, New Jersey, when he was 67 years old.^[2]

Burial

• First Dutch Reformed Churchyard, Hackensack, New Jersey (AKA Church on the Green).^[6]

Church records

1. 1695 Jun 23 Sara, Cornelis Epke, Jannerie DePree. Wit.: Jan DeMariee, Jr., Mary De___ ^[7]
2. 1697 Jul 05 Jacob and Rachel, Cornelis Epke, Jannetie Epke. Wit.: Johannes Meyer, Angnitie Strijkers, Ester, wife of Dirck Epke. ^[7]
3. 1699 Nov 18 Cornelis Epke Banta, w. of Jannetie De Prec, Magdeleena DeMaree, y.d., both from Ackinsack. ^[7]
4. 1701 Jan 12 Samuel, Cornelis Epke, Magdaleena DeMaree. Wit.: Samuel DeMaree, Mary, his wife. ^[7]
5. 1702 Sep 06 Jacob, Cornelis Epke, Magdaleena De Maree. Wit.: Albert Zaborisco, Margeritie Van der Burght. ^[7]
6. 1704 Apr 24 Rachel, Cornelis Epke, Maddaleene De Maree. Wit.: Johannes Meyer, Jaquemina De Maree. ^[7]
7. 1707 Mar 30 Lea, Cornelis Epke Banta, Magdaleene DeMaree. Wit.: Cornelis Van Hooren, Angenitie Banta. ^[7]
8. 1708 Dec 19 Elisabeth, Cornelis Epke Banta, Magdaleena DeMareet. Wit.: Jacob Zaborisco, Orselena Stimers. ^[7]
9. 1712 Jun 08 Abram, Cornelis Epke Banta, Magdaleena DeMaree. Wit.: Samuel DeMaree, Jr., Hendricktie Van Boskerck. ^[7]
10. 1719 Mar 01 Cornelis Epke Banta, last w. of Magdaleena Samuelse DeMaree, Abeltie Slot, w. of Adam Van Norden, both l. Ackinsack. ^[7]

Children

• Cornelius and Jannetie had the following issue:
  1. EPKE, m. Jannetie du Rij, April 3, 1707.
  2. JAN, m. Cornelia \'an Sicklen, April 3, 1707.
  3. FRANSYNTIE, m. Christian Cornelisse Van Horn, April 11, 1708.
  4. MARITIE, m. Joost de Groot, May 3, 1712.
  5. SARA, b. June 2, 1695, m. Jacobus Peek, Jany. 5, 1717.
  6. Jacob, bp. July 5, 1697, died in infancy.
  7. Rachel, bp. July 5, 1697, died in infancy
• Cornelius and Magdalena had the following issue:
  1. SAMUEL, bp. Jan. 12, 1701, died in infancy.
  2. JACOB, Sept. 6, 1702, m. Rachel Terhune.
  3. RACHEL, April 24, 1704, m. Abraham Buskirk.
  4. LEAH, March 30, 1707, m. Johannes Lozier.
  5. ELIZABETH, Dec. 10, 1708, m. Jacob Dav.
  6. ABRAM, June 8, 1712, m. Annaetje Van Horn.

Cornelis was born about 1653. He passed away before 1722.

Sources

1. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rclarke/page1/depre.htm
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Banta, Theodore M., A FRISIAN FAMILY, BANTA GENEALOGY - Descendants of Epke Jacobse, WHO CAME FROM FRIESLAND, NETHERLANDS, TO NEW AMSTERDAM, February, 1659.; NEW YORK: 1893, Page 10-11.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Demarest, Mary A. & Demarest, William H. S. THE DEMAREST FAMILY, David Des Marest of the FRENCH PATENT ON THE HACKENSACK and his DESCENDANTS. New Brunswick, New Jersey; 1938. Reprint by Higginson Book Company; Salem, MA: page 29.
4. ↑ "New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGKC-2F7R : 3 October 2019), Cornelis Epke Banta and Magdeleena De Maree, 18 Nov 1697; citing Marriage, New Jersey, British Colonial America, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.
5. ↑ "New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGP6-5LBL : 3 October 2019), Cornelis Epke Banta and Abeltie Slot, 1 Mar 1719; citing Marriage, New Jersey, British Colonial America, Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLV-MM5Q : 13 December 2015), Cornelius Epkese Banta, ; Burial, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States of America, First Dutch Reformed Churchyard; citing record ID 100475377, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9} Dutch Reformed Church (Hackensack, New Jersey), Dutch Reformed Church (Dumont, New Jersey), Dutch Reformed Church (Bergenfield, New Jersey). "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802." In Collections of the Holland Society of New York. Vol. I. New York: Printed for the Society, 1891.

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• "Belle" "David T. Myers" <dmyers at goodnet.com> email 18 May 1997
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Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Banta-295 created through the import of McClintock Family Tree.ged on Oct 5, 2012 by Kimberly McClintock.

• David Banta, firsthand knowledge.

• WikiTree profile Banta-247 created through the import of RYER.GED on Aug 19, 2011 by Lawrence Schliessmann.

• WikiTree profile UNKNOWN-90692 created through the import of export.ged on Jul 19, 2011 by Chérie Woodlief.

• WikiTree profile Banta-185 created through the import of bhamilt.ged on Jul 10, 2011 by Bruce Hamilton.

• This person was created through the import of LaBach Family TreeApril28_2011.ged on 05 May 2011.
• New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817

New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1683-1802

North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989

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