Joseph Banks (1690 - 1766)

Born 30 Dec 1690 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Sherwood) Banks — married 25 Jun 1712 in Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 4 Jan 1766 at age 75 in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut

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Biography

Name

Joseph Banks^[1]

Birth

29 DEC 1691 Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut^[2][3]

Baptism

13 APR 1712^[2][4]

Marriage

25 JUN 1712 Fairfield, Connecticut^[1][5]

Death

04 JAN 1766 Greenfield Hill (now a neighborhood in Fairfield)/Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut^[1]

Burial

Greenfield Hill Cemetery/Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA^[6]

Probate

His will is dated 23 December 1763 and proved on 1 August 1766 in Fairfield.^[7]

His inventory was recorded on 19 August 1766.^[8]

The distribution of the real estate to the widow and sons was recorded on 30 December 1766.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Family Search
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9FW-9  : 15 May 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 37, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 24.
3. ↑ NEHGR: 1915, Vol 69, p 43, Greenfield Hill Church Records
4. ↑ NEHGR: 1915, Vol 69, p 43
5. ↑ “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9F6-9  : 17 May 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 91, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 186.
6. ↑ Greenfield Hill Cemetery
7. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y93F-S : 17 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 148-149, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 259-260.
8. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y93X-2  : 17 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 154-156, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 271-274.
9. ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y93D-W : 17 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 220, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 403-404.

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• The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Page 142
• Fairfield Historical Society Library: Banks Family. Paper(4 boxes) Accession number: L89 May 22; L91 May 34
• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930), Vol. II Part I-Page 39 (#5)
• The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 about Joseph Banks
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• Talcott, Mary Kingsbury. Greenfield Hill Church Records, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1916)

• Vol. 69, Page 374: "Josep Banks and mary Sherwood married Jun. 25. 1712"
• Vol. 70, Page 39: "4 January 1766 Joseph Banks died 75 years old wanting 5 days"

• Mead, Spencer Percival, 1911. Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich. Knickerbocker Press, Greenwich, Conn. page 501