Lea Hendrickse (Banta) Monfort (1744 - 1795)

Born 15 Jan 1744 in Schraalenburgh, Bergen, New Jersey

Ancestors

Wife of Jacobus Monfoort — married 1763 in North Branch, Somerset, New Jersey

Descendants

Died 1795 at about age 50 in Warren, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Lea, recorded as the child of Hendrik Banta and Rachel Brouwer, was baptized on 15 January 1744 in the "South Church" Dutch Reformed Church of Schraalenburg, New Jersey. Witnesses were Daniel Edwards and Lea Westervelt.^[1]

Profile Banta-330 gave her birth place as Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey. Is this information found in her marriage record?

Marriage

Husband: Jacobus Monfoort

Wife: Leah Banta

Child: Rachel Monfort

Child: Margaret Jacobus Monfort

Child: Petrus Monfort

Child: Hendrickse Monfort

Child: Leah Lea Monfort

Child: Henry Jacobus Monfort

Child: Daughter Montfort

Child: Aeltje Jacobus Monfort

Child: James Monfort

Marriage Date: 1763

Place: North Branch, Somerset, New Jersey. ^[2]

Death

Date: 1795

Place: Warren, Ohio, United States^[3][4]

Profile Banta-87 had a death date of 1820.

Sources

1. ↑ Collections of the Holland Society of New York Vol. 1, Part 2. (New York, 1891). page 94
2. ↑ Source: #S-2112558888 Page: Birth year: 1744; Birth city: Hackensack; Birth state: NJ. Note: Ancestry Record genepool #126993 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 15 January 1744 Birth place: Hackensack, Bergen, NJ Death date: Death place: Warren Marriage date: 1763 Marriage place: North Branch, Somersetshire, NJ APID: 1,4725::126993
3. ↑ Source: #S-2112558888 Page: Birth year: 1744; Birth city: Hackensack; Birth state: NJ. Note: Ancestry Record genepool #126993 Note: Data: Text: Birth date: 15 January 1744 Birth place: Hackensack, Bergen, NJ Death date: Death place: Warren Marriage date: 1763 Marriage place: North Branch, Somerset, NJ APID: 1,4725::126993
4. ↑ Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178896739/lea-hendrickse-monfort

• Chester, Chris. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database." freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata. Accessed 22 Feb 2017. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm Lea Banta
• Repository: #R-899753595 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Note: APID: 7836::0
• Source: S-2112558888 Family Data Collection - Individual Records. Edmund West, comp. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Note: APID: 1,4725::0
• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. URLs: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/9773793/family and https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7221440/person/1384977784/facts

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Beaman Family Tree.ged on 31 March 2011.
• Thank you to Walter Fiedler for creating WikiTree profile Banta-330 through the import of Fiedler Family Tree.ged on Jun 20, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Walter and others.

Research Notes

LNAB is Banta, based on baptism record. Smith-62120 12:30, 1 April 2018 (EDT)