Seth Bangs (1738 - 1808)

Born 14 Jul 1738 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Phinney) Bangs — married 30 Oct 1760 in Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1808 at about age 69 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Seth Bangs served with United Empire Loyalists during the American Revolution.

Seth Bangs was a United Empire Loyalist.
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Seth Bangs migrated from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia.

Seth Bangs, son of Seth Bangs and Deborah (Chipman) Bangs, was born on 14 July 1738 at Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts.^[1][2][3]

He married Rebecca Phinney, daughter of Gershom Phinney and Rebecca (Griffith) Phinney, on 31 Oct. 1760 at Harwich.^[1][2][4]

Seth Bangs was a Loyalist and served throughout the Revolutionary War as a pilot for the British Navy, consequently his Massachusetts property was confiscated and sold in 1778^[1] and he was specifically named in the "Banishment Act of the State of Massachusetts"^[5][6] He went to Nova Scotia likely some time between the evacuation of Boston by the British and Loyalists in March 1776 and his being proscribed in 1778.

In 1784 he received a land grant of 200 acres at Chester, Nova Scotia ^[7][8]. In the 1791 Poll Tax records^[9], he is listed as the owner of a small vessel, and in the 1793^[10] and 1795^[11] Poll Tax records he is listed at Chester as a "seaman". He appears to have continued to work on half-pay as a navy pilot from 1797-1800 ^[12]

Seth Bangs, mariner, sold about 100 acres of land on the west side of the Windsor Road (no.30) to David Crandall on Oct 5th 1807 for thirteen pounds.^[13]

He died in 1808, with his will settled on Jan 14th, 1808, in which he left his estate to his widow Rebecca.^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Dean Dudley - History and genealogy of the Bangs family in America : with genealogical tables and notes, tracing the descendants, male and female, from the Pilgrim ancestor, Edward Bangs of Plymouth and Eastham.. Montrose, Mass.: D. Dudley, 1896. Pages: 53, 54. Available at Ancestry.com.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Howard Finney - Finney-Phinney families in America : descendants of John Finney of Plymouth and Barnstable, Mass., and Bristol, R.I., of Samuel Finney of Philadelphia, Pa., and of Robert Finney of New London, Pa.. Richmond, Va.: W. Byrd Press, 1957. Page 12, 13. Available at Ancestry.com.
3. ↑ Seth Bangs birth recorded in: Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Vol.18, Richard Warren, pt.3: p.10
4. ↑ birth and marriage recorded in: John Howland of the Mayflower (JHMF), vol.3: pp.555-6
5. ↑ https://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/FortHavoc/html/Mass-Banishment-Act.aspx?culture=en-CA
6. ↑ Seth Bangs, in Lorenzo Sabine, Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution. Vol. II. Baltimore, Maryland: Reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1994, page 475. Available at Ancestry.com.
7. ↑ Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Nova Scotia Land Petitions (1765-1800); Volume Number: 4: https://archives.novascotia.ca/land-papers/archives/?ID=313&Doc=document
8. ↑ Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FLHG-SettlementsNS&h=352939&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
9. ↑ Seth Bangs, Chester, Lunenburg County,1791, in Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 444 no. 5: Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1827: https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/polltax/returns/?ID=263
10. ↑ Seth Bangs, Chester, Lunenburg County,1793, in Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 444 no. 62: Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1827: https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/polltax/returns/?ID=9307
11. ↑ Seth Bangs, Chester, Lunenburg County,1795, in Commissioner of Public Records Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 vol. 444½ no. 59: Nova Scotia Archives; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Census, Assessment and Poll Tax Records 1767-1827: https://archives.novascotia.ca/census/polltax/returns/?ID=17490
12. ↑ The National Archives; London, England; Ships' Musters, Series I; Class: ADM 36; Reel: B-5363; Piece Title: Ships' Muster Books, Series I, Halifax.; Piece: 15490
13. ↑ Lunenburg County Deed Records: https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=4&place=3050786&rmsId=TH-909-70939-78996-55&imageIndex=216&singleView=true
14. ↑ Seth Bangs, Last Will and Testament, proved 14th Jan 1808, in Lunenburg County Probate Records: https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/image-details?page=3&place=3050786&rmsId=TH-909-54166-79946-2&imageIndex=151&singleView=true