Benjamin Banks

1747 -

 Set As Default Person

• Name	Benjamin Banks
  Gender	Male
  Christened	7 May 1747	Fawley, Hampshire, England   [1]
  Person ID	I982	Richard's Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	William Banks,   b. Est 1710,   bur. 27 Nov 1785, Fawley, Hampshire, England  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Clemence Cabel,   b. Est 1710,   bur. 23 Mar 1757, Fawley, Hampshire, England  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Married	16 Apr 1734	Eling, Hampshire, England   [2]
  Siblings	7 siblings
  1. John Banks,   bp. 12 Feb 1735, Fawley, Hampshire, England ,   bur. 17 Feb 1735, Fawley, Hampshire, England 2. Nelly Banks,   bp. 30 Dec 1737, Fawley, Hampshire, England ,   bur. 21 Apr 1782, Fawley, Hampshire, England 3. John Banks,   bp. 26 Feb 1740, Fawley, Hampshire, England 4. Mary Banks,   bp. 13 Feb 1743, Fawley, Hampshire, England 5. James Banks,   bp. 18 Feb 1745, Fawley, Hampshire, England 6. Benjamin Banks,   bp. 7 May 1747, Fawley, Hampshire, England 7. Sarah Banks,   bp. 25 Jan 1753, Fawley, Hampshire, England 8. Charity Banks,   bp. 6 Jan 1756, Fawley, Hampshire, England ,   bur. 28 Feb 1759, Fawley, Hampshire, England
  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 as a separate family, the children of the other William and Jane. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Family ID	F312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Christened - 7 May 1747 - Fawley, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Benjamin was left 1/– in his father's 1785 will. Probably this was a token bequest and he'd received his inheritance during his father's lifetime. [6]

  
  

• Sources

  [S39] Hampshire Baptism Index, 1660–1751, Hampshire Genealogical Society. [S40] Hampshire Marriage Index, 1660–1753, Hampshire Genealogical Society. [S10] Parish registers — Fawley, Hampshire, England, 25M60/PR. [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.