Samuel Banta (abt. 1753 - 1844)

Born about 12 Jun 1753 in Somerset, New Jersey

Ancestors

Husband of Dyna (Dorland) Banta — married 1777 in Conewago, Adams, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Died 1844 at about age 90 in Mercer, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Samuel Banta is an American Patriot (see sources below)

Samuel was born in 1753 in Somerset, New Jersey^[1]

• Elsa M. Banta, 1983. P.92. "He married Dyna Dorland, whose parents had been members of the same Somerset Co. DRC. They had 8 children. They lived in York County, PA until after 1781 and then moved to KY. Samuel owned slaves in Conwego, buying three of them from his father-in-law, Garrett Dorland. In March of 1807, Samuel and Dyna joined the Kentucky Shaker Society at Pleasant Hill in Mercer County. Dyna died May 25, 1812 in the Shaker community. Samuel left the Shakers at the age of 74, on April 24, 1827. The Shaker records say he "died". He brought suit to recover a farm which he had given to the society but the court decided the case against him. Four of their daughters also were Shakers. Styntie ( with her three children, William, Samuel and Dottie Verbrick); Rachel, who was a member of the first church Covenant and Assistant Deaconess of the Centre Family; and Dinah, who moved to Pleasant Hill with her parents at the age of twelve. Dinah died in 1818, Rachel in 1824 and Peggy in 1834. They and their mother are buried in the Shaker burying ground at Pleasant Hill."

• Revolutionary War Service^[2]

Samuel Banta served under Captain Simon Varsdale in December of 1776 for a tour of four months He was at Yorktown, in York Pennsylvania, then Philadelphia for 19 to 12 days. From there they were marched to Trenton. They met with the Hessians that were captured at the battle of Trenton about eight miles from Philadelphia. Then marched to Kingston where he was stationed as a scout, protecting the inhabitants from British scouting parties that came out of Brunswick. His tour of service expired he was honorably discharged by General Putnam at Princeton having served just less than his four years.

Slaves

From Judith Smith Cassidy, page 64: "Prior to his departure for Mercer County Kentucky, Gerret Dorland of York County in consideration of the sum of ₤100. sold three slave children, to his brother in law, Samuel Banta, also living at that date at Conewago, the husband of his sister Dyna Dorland."^[3] 1790

1. Jack born 18 September 1779
2. Lean born 20 March 1782
3. Seeb born 10 March 1785

1795 4. UNKNOWN

Note

LOW DUTCH SLAVE OWNERS APPEARING ON THE 1795 MERCER COUNTY KENTUCKY TAX LISTS[235] The District of James Clark: Henry Banta-1 Black, Henry Banta, Admr’s.-6 slaves, Samuel Banta-1 Black, Garrot Darland-3 Blacks, Christopher Houts-4 Blacks. The District of William Gaines: John Banta-1 Black, Luke Vonosdol-1 Black (under 16). ​The names on the tax lists most likely are spelled in an English manner vs. the Dutch spelling.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007903547; FHL microfilm: 982040
   FamilySearch Record: FZZJ-4VF (accessed 22 March 2024)
   Samuel Banta baptism on 8 Jul 1753, son of Henderrik Banta & Ante, in Montgomery Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States.
2. ↑ Military: "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783"
   citing Page: 500; Digital film/folder number: 101711080; Image number: 498
   FamilySearch Record: QG2M-TQ9Q (accessed 22 March 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-CS3Q-CSG1-D
   Name: Samuel Banta; Military Service Date: from 1775 to 1778; Military Service Place: Bergen Township, Bergen, New Jersey, United States; Source Reference: Adjutant Generals Office, William S. Stryker. Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War Trenton, N.J. : [New Jersey Legislature?], 1872. Printers: Trenton : Wm. T. Nicholson and Co.; Vis Status: VISIBLE; System Of Record: SLS.
3. ↑ Garret Dorland Deed of Sale, York, Pa. Deed Bk. 2F:399, York Co. Historical Trust, 150 Pleasant View Road, York, Pa.

• Banta, Elsa M. Banta Pioneers and Records of the Wives and Allied Families. Anundsen Publishing Company: Decorah, IA, 1983.
• Memorial Stone at Mud Meeting House Cemetery Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120941178/samuel-banta: accessed 01 August 2022), memorial page for Samuel Banta (13 Jun 1753–May 1833), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #120941178, citing Mud Meeting House Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by carolyn leonard (contributor 47319116).

• Transcription of Samuel Banta's Rev. War Application
• Cassidy, Judith Smith. The History of Low Dutch Slavery from New Netherland to Kentucky and Beyond. (Kindle, 2020).
• http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/mercer/military/revwar/pensions/banta374gmt.txt
• Murray, Joan England. The Bantas of Pleasant Hill, Kentucky: Their Ancestors and Descendants. Palantine, Illinois. 1985.

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