Captain Jonathan Bangs was born about 1640, the son of Edward Bangs and his second wife, Rebecca of Eastham, Massachusetts. [1][2][3][4]
On 16 July 1664, he married Mary Mayo, daughter of Captain Samuel Mayo and Thomasine Lumpkin. [5][1][6][2][3][7][4][8][9]
It is not certain if their children were born in Eastham or Brewster, Brewster was a part of Eastham at this time. Most sources presume he moved to Brewster later in life, so Eastham is the most frequent choice.
On 5 March 1677/78, Jonathan and his brother John signed an agreement allowing John to use the land that Jonathan's son Edward was given to him by their father, Edward Bangs until young Edward reached of age.[10]
Sometime between the death of Jonathan Bangs' first wife, Mary (Mayo) Bangs on 26 Jan 1711, and Sarah's death in June 1719, the two must have married, but there is no record other than Sarah's headstone that says she was the wife of Jonathan Bangs. [11][1][3]
On 23 July 1720, he married Mrs. Ruth (Cole) Young, daughter of Daniel Cole and widow of John Young [1][12][2][3][4]
Jonathan was a selectman of Eastham three years; 1674, 1676 and 1682, 1683, 1687 and 1688 he was deputy to the Old Colony Court; in 1692 he was a representative to the general court at Boston. He was also sometimes town Treasurer of Eastham. He was a Captain of the militia. [2]
Jonathan Bangs used his seal of arms, the banks Crest as bronzed by Burke in his Heraldry of the commoners of England[2]
He died on 09 November 1728 at age 88, in Harwich, Massachusetts. [13][2][3] and is buried in the Old Burying Ground [14]
Lydia, b: 02 Oct 1689; m: Shubael Hinkley (son of Governor Thomas Hinkley). [2][7][4]
Sources
↑ 1.01.11.21.3The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 in 3 volumes p89 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society 2010); (Originally Published as: New England Historic Genealogical Society. Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 in 3 volumes, 1995); Edward Bangs ... children with second wife ... iv: Jonathan Bangs born say 1640 m1: 16 July 1664 Eastham to Mary Mayo [PCR 8:56]; m2: by 1719 Sarah ___; m3: 23 July 1720 Eastham (int) to Mrs Ruth Young [MD28:111] (widow of John Young and daughter of Daniel Cole
↑ 3.03.13.23.33.4Dawes-Gates ancestral lines, Memorial volume ... compiled by Mary Walton Ferris; published: priv. printed by Wisconsin Cuneo Press of Milwaukee 1931-43 [v1, 1943]; see pages 61-18 for Edward Bangs and his family. Jonathan and his wives are found on page 67
↑ 4.004.014.024.034.044.054.064.074.084.094.104.11Genealogical notes of Cape Cod families by Brownson, Lydia B.; Norton, Doris V.; Held, Grace V.; published Lydia B. Brownson in 1967; digitizing sponsor federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library; v4 (Bang to Bassett), see see page 16 for the family of Edward and Rebecca Bangs, and page 34 for Jonathan and his wives and children. This open source shows information that might otherwise be behind a paywall
↑ 7.007.017.027.037.047.057.067.077.087.097.107.117.12"First Settlers of Eastham, MA"' by David Hamblin, published in v6 p43 of "New England Historical and Genealogical Register"; New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston, MA 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society 2001-2018)
↑ 9.09.1 Town records, 1654-1863 [Eastham, Massachusetts], database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-QJ81 : 27 September 2022), , FHL microfilm 007009743, image 329, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Transcribed by order of the Town in 1856 by, H. Doane 2d, Town Clerk, Marriages, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 1.
↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-897D-V3QX : 13 March 2023), Wills 1633-1686 vol 1-4 > image 448 of 616; State Archives, Boston.
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #15178819 for wife, Sarah Bangs, d: 11 Jun 1719; buried Old Burying Ground, Brewster, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA; with gravestone photo; all secondary sources use the headstone as their primary source
↑Eastham and Orleans Mass. Vital Records published in v28 p111 of the Mayflower Descendant]: A Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy and History; Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants of Boston, MA 1899-; (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society 2010); Text: "July ye 23: 1720 Capta Jonathan Bangs of Harwich Signifie his purpose to marrie with Mrs. Ruth young of Eastham in order to be published"
↑Harwich Mass. Vital Records v1 p34, published in Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1621-1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society 2001-2016); Text: "Capt Jonathan Banges died in November, the 9 day 1728"
↑New Englanders in Nova Scotia, manuscript p68 by Fred E. Crowell. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston, MA; (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society 2010)
↑History of Chatham, Massachusetts, formerly the constablewick or village of Monomoit; with maps and illustrations and numerous genealogical notes; by William C. Smith & published by F.B. & F.P. Goss of Hyannis, MA 1909-1917
↑"New England Historical and Genealogical Register v162 p101 by Glade Ian Nelson; found in Vital Records from NEHGS Register; Online database; AmericanAncestors.org; New England Historic Genealogical Society 2014 (compiled from articles originally published in New England Historical and Genealogical Register); identifying Mercy, wife of Thomas Hinckley of Harwich, MA as Mercy (Bangs) Hinckley Cole
"Lineage and Genealogical Notes" by Mrs. H. J. Morris pp. 3 5 6
The Bangs Family published in v10 p157 of "New England Historical and Genealogical Register"; New England Historic Genealogical Society of Boston, MA 1847-. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society 2001-2018)
Town records, 1654-1863 [Eastham, Massachusetts], database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-QJ7X : 27 September 2022), , FHL microfilm 007009743, image 331, Eastham, Massachusetts, Volume 2, Transcribed by order of the Town in 1856 by, H. Doane 2d, Town Clerk, Marriages, Births, & Deaths, 1654-1797, Page 4.
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Is there any primary source (or secondary source citing credible primary sources) to show that Jonathan Bangs was actually a "Captain" other than his headstone?
See entry in "History and genealogy of the Bangs family in America" for Captain Jonathan Bangs (page 22): "He was a military man and Capt. of militia, and he always had the term "Capt." applied to him, while a shipmaster was not so often called captain." Capt. Bangs would have been 35 years old at the time of "King Phillips' War" in 1675 when the native people were decimated.
Death: Nov. 19, 1728 Brewster Barnstable County Massachusetts, USA
Died at age 88.
Family links: Parents: Edward Bangs (1591 - 1677) Rebecca Hobart? Bangs (1611 - 1655)
Spouses: Mary Mayo Bangs (____ - 1711) Sarah Bangs (1641 - 1719)* Ruth Cole Bangs (1651 - 1728)*
Burial: Old Burying Ground Brewster Barnstable County Massachusetts, USA
Created by: Kevin Murphy Record added: Aug 07, 2006 Find A Grave Memorial# 15177393