Benjamin
Banks
Born about [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Son of Benjamin Banks
and Eleanor (Bradley) Banks
Brother of
Mercy (Banks) Platt [half], Mary (Banks) Gorham [half], Hezekiah Banks [half], Rhoda (Banks) Sturges [half], Molly (Banks) Ogden, Hezekiah Banks, Mabel (Banks) Burr, Ruth Banks, Esther Banks, Jonathan Banks, Ellen Banks and Anna (Banks) Bradley
Husband of
Sarah (Wakeman) Banks
— married
11 Oct 1770 in Westport, Fairfield Co., Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Sarah (Banks) Ogden, Cynthia (Banks) Hill, Charity (Banks) Burr, Deborah (Banks) Middlebrook and Betsey Banks
Died
at about age 90
in Greenfield Hill, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Nov 2017
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Biography
- Baptized 21 Dec 1746 @ Greenfield Hill, CT[1]
- Additional child: Daughter Clarina m. Robert Fanton
Sources
- ↑ “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9FW-7 : 15 May 2022), , FHL microfilm 007626803, image 39, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 1, Part III, Page 26.
- “Greenfield Hill Church Records, Vol. 1-3, 1668-1833, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3F-J9FZ-B : 8 September 2022), , FHL microfilm 007833583, image 138, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenfield or Northwest Society and Church, Volume 2, Part V, Page 97.
- 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 40, 45 (#14)
- Wakeman Genealogy, 1630-1899, page 177, under #17
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Benjamin:
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~6.25%
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