Moses Banks (1770 - abt. 1836)

Born 12 Nov 1770 in Aylesford, Annapolis Co. Nova Scotia

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Died about 22 Oct 1836 at about age 65 in Wilmot, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Biography

Birth 12 Nov 1770 Residence Aylesford, Kings Co., N.S.

Father Moses Banks, b. 1738, York, Maine Mother Jane Spinney Married 8 Mar 1764 Nova Scotia [5, 6] 1750– 1800 Records Married 8 Mar 1764, Moses BANKS, AND Jaen (as recorded) SPINNEY. See source for children. Wife as Jane SPINNEY was given on page 343 and 350, 366. ("Old" Granville Township Book, handwritten copy on microfilm at PAC, pages 34, 343, 350, 355, 356, 366; not included in the other Granville Township Book, at Halifax) (IGI: 1989 extraction of Granville Township Book as Jaen SPINNEY) Also, IGI: as married 1764 in Nova Scotia, Moses BANKS, AND Jane SPINNEY. (IGI entry)

Spouse: Morton, Olivia, b. 12 Mar 1776, Wilmot, Annapolis Co., N.S. d. 8 Aug 1864, Aylesford, Kings Co., N.S. (Age 88 years) Married Y [7, 8, 9]

Children:

1. Phineas Banks m. Eunice Dodge

2. Joseph Banks m. Hannah Ward

3. Edmund Banks, b. 12 Mar 1806, Aylesford Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada m. Eunice Morton.

4. John Haman Banks, b. 7 Mar 1808, Aylesford Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada m. Elizabeth Beals

5. William Banks, b. 20 Dec 1811, Aylesford Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada m. Harriet Patterson

6. Tamson Moriah Banks, b. 5 Sep 1812, Aylesford Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada

7. Emily Banks, b. 8 Oct 1816, Aylesford Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada m. James Duncanson

8. George Banks, b. 8 Aug 1821, Aylesford Township, Kings County, Nova Scotia, m. (Ist) Sarah Taylor; (2nd) Nancy Marshall;

• Fact: Residence (1770) Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

"Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLGC-LF7 : 10 February 2018), Moses Banks, 12 Nov 1770; citing , GRANVILLE TWP, ANNAPOLIS, NOVA SCOTIA, 12 Nov 1770, reference 2:16SSNLD; FHL microfilm 928,972.

The History of Kings County, Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton, (Salem, Mass: Salem Press Co., 1910 ( Global Heritage Press, Milton, Ontario, 1999)), p. 550 lists date as 1774/1775. .

Wm. E. Chute,A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America: with some account of the family in Great Britain and Ireland with an account of forty allied families gathered from the most authentic sources</i> (Salem, Mass: self published, 1894),, online; 11 October 2015; xvi; Moses Banks; #15.vi * lists date 'about 1774-5).

W. A. Calnek, A. W. Savary, ed., (1897) History of the County of Annapolis Nova Scotia Including Old Port Royal & Acadia, PDF Global Heritage Press. p. 472 Moses Banks; #2.iv * (listed as 'Olive') and 555 (listed as 'Olivia')

MARRIAGE RECORDS OF ANNAPOLIS and DIGBY COUNTIES, NOVA SCOTIA compiled and contributed by Wayne W. Walker, Ottawa, Ontario

"Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW5K-C3F : 6 April 2020), Moses in entry for Maria Duncanson Banks, 07 May 1880; citing Boston, Massachusetts, p. 110 Item 96, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,219.

"Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F2PL-5TG : 1 February 2020), Moses Banks in entry for John H. J. Banks, 1870.