Elizabeth (Bradley) Banks (1721 - 1808)

Born 30 Aug 1721 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of John Banks — married 14 May 1740 in Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 1808 at about age 86 in Connecticut, USA

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Biography

Elizabeth Bradley was born on August 30, 1721 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut. Her parents were Francis Bradley and Mary Sturges.^[1]

She married John Banks on May 14, 1740.^[2][3]

Together they had the following children:

1. Moses Banks
2. Elizabeth Banks
3. Nathan Banks
4. Peter Banks
5. Eleanor Banks
6. John Banks
7. Aaron Banks
8. Nathan Banks
9. Hannah Banks
10. Rachel Banks
11. Elizabeth Banks

• The widow Elizabeth Banks owned one slave in 1790, according to the US Census.

She died in 1808 in Connecticut, USA.

Probate

Her will is dated 2 December 1803 and proved on 27 June 1808 in Fairfield.^[4]

Her inventory was recorded on 21 September 1808.^[5]

In 1809, her real estate distribution was set out to Nathan Banks, Betsey Cable, wife of Joseph Cable, and Elizabeth Nichols, wife of Daniel Nichols.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9FW-W : 11 April 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 26, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 1.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP39-LF35 : 21 September 2019), Elizabeth Bradley in entry for John Banks, 14 May 1740; citing Marriage, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 004145783.
3. ↑ “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9FX-Z : 17 May 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 92, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 188.
4. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 28-29, 1798-1829”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TGG4 : 4 August 2022), FHL microfilm 007627297, image 36-37, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 28, 1798-1829, Pages 54-55.
5. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 28-29, 1798-1829”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-TLJ6  : 18 August 2022), FHL microfilm 007627297, image 571, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 29, 1803-1818, Pages 526.
6. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 26-27, 1795-1819”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-YWY7  : 23 July 2022), FHL microfilm 007627303, image 191-192, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 26, 1795-1819, Pages 370-371.

• History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield; v. 01A[1]
• Bradley Families (1627-1929)[2]
• Thomas Osgood Bradley Foundation[3]
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:STMK-L49
• Jacobus, Donald Lines, compiled & edited (1930-2). History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Fairfield, Connecticut), Genealogical Publishing Company, Vol. 2, pages 41-2
• New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Jul 1914; Records of the Greenfield Hill Church, Fairfield, Conn., page 295

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• US Census, 1790 (Fairfield, CT)