Henry Banks (abt. 1583)

Born about 1583 in Feizor, Yorkshire, England

Biography

Henry was born about 1583, the son of James Banks of Feizor, Yorkshire. No baptism yet found, but Henry is mentioned in his father's will of 26 March 1603. He must have been beyond childhood at that time, as he is asked to look after family members if his mother should die before them: "... if it please god to take my wife to his mercy before my father & mother or either of them, that my sonne henry shall occupie the one halfe of my tenement and keepe my father & mother with meate drinke and apparell ... yf yt please god to take my wife to his mercy before my daughters be maried that my sonne henry shall occupie the one halfe of my tenement to his use & his two sisters for fower yeres ... I will that my children Henry Mary and Alice shall have theire porcons of my goodes accordinge to the lawe". After the four years, the tenement was to go to Francis, presumably the eldest son.^[1][2]

Henry married Jane Armitstead on 23 April 1618 at Giggleswick.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Index of wills in the York Registry, Vol. 26, page 6, Bankes, James, Feizer, bur. Giggleswicke, vol 29, folio 192 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/395585-index-of-wills-in-the-york-registry-vol-26
2. ↑ Will of James Bankes 1603 Borthwick v 29 f 192 Transcript at http://www.northcravenheritage.org.uk/NCHT/NCHTWebWills/WillsInvList2.htm
3. ↑ Yorkshire Parish Register Section; Leeds, England, United Kingdom; Giggleswick Vol 1, 1558-1669 Ancestry.com. Yorkshire, England, Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT. USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2047. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/imageviewer/collections/61630/images/giggleswick-1558-1669-0076