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Family: William Banks / Jane Wort (F313)

• Father | Male William Banks

  
  

  Born	Est 1715
  Died
  Buried
  Married	19 May 1741  [1]	Boldre, Hampshire, England  [1]
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Mother | Female Jane Wort

  
  

  Born	Abt 1719
  Christened	1 Jul 1719	Boldre, Hampshire, England
  Died
  Buried	7 Apr 1777	Fawley, Hampshire, England
  Father
  Mother

  
  

  Child 1 | Female Betty Banks

  
  

  Born
  Christened	20 Feb 1742/43	Fawley, Hampshire, England
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 2 | Male William Banks

  
  

  Born
  Christened	19 Feb 1748/49	Fawley, Hampshire, England
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 3 | Female Fanny Banks

  
  

  Born
  Christened	26 Jan 1752	Fawley, Hampshire, England
  Died
  Buried

  
  

  Child 4 | Male David Banks

  
  

  Born
  Christened	13 Jun 1756	Fawley, Hampshire, England
  Died
  Buried

  
  

• Notes

  There seems to have been two Williams in the 1740s and '50s — one married to Clemence Cable, the other to Jane Wort — both of whom had children at about the same time. Unfortunately most of the baptisms at Fawley at this time identify only the father, so it is difficult to decipher which children belong to which family. Several of the baptisms state "Exbury" by them, possibly meaning that the family lived in Exbury, or perhaps that the baptism took place there. This includes one baptism where the mother is identified as Jane. In another baptism, a William was described as of Ower (near Calshot), which closer to Fawley parish church than the chapel at Exbury. This is can only be Clemence's husband as it before the marriage to Jane Wort. A William of Rhimehall lists eight children in his 1785 will: James, Mary, Benjamin, Sarah, George, Charles, Nancy, Hannah. The latter four are the children of William and Sarah Hunt; that William was a widower when he married Sarah, and as Clemence had died but Jane was still living, he must previously have been Clemence's husband. The children named in the will are very similar to the list of surviving children that do not mention Exbury, and in the case of Benjamin, James and Mary, the mother is explicitly identified as Clemence, confirming the suggestion that he married first Clemence and then Sarah. The only non-Exbury baptisms that are not in William's will are John, Nelly, John and Charity. The first three were born before William and Jane's marriage, so unless he had a previous wife (for which there is no evidence), they must be William and Clemence's children; and the eldest, John, was born ten months after the wedding. Assuming Charity was baptised shortly after birth, she is too close in age to David in the Exbury family to be part of that family. In three cases, their absence from the will is easily explained: the first John, Nelly and Charity were all dead; possibly the second John was too. This leaves four Exbury baptisms in this family. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Hampshire Marriage Index, 1660–1753, Hampshire Genealogical Society. [S10] Parish registers — Fawley, Hampshire, England, 25M60/PR. [S39] Hampshire Baptism Index, 1660–1751, Hampshire Genealogical Society. [S13] Hampshire Baptism Index, 1752–1812, Hampshire Genealogical Society. [S35] Hampshire Burial Index, 1400–1841, Hampshire Genealogical Society. [S41] Will of William Banks of Fawley (1785) , 1786B/03.