William Banks

Est 1715 -

 Set As Default Person

• Name	William Banks
  Gender	Male
  Born	Est 1715
  	Estimated as 1715 based on him being in his 20s when he married. Possibly actually 1712.
  Person ID	I986	Richard's Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family	Jane Wort,   b. Abt 1719,   bur. 7 Apr 1777, Fawley, Hampshire, England  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Married	19 May 1741	Boldre, Hampshire, England   [1]
  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]
  Children	1. Betty Banks,   bp. 20 Feb 1742/43, Fawley, Hampshire, England   2. William Banks,   bp. 19 Feb 1748/49, Fawley, Hampshire, England   3. Fanny Banks,   bp. 26 Jan 1752, Fawley, Hampshire, England   4. David Banks,   bp. 13 Jun 1756, Fawley, Hampshire, England
  Last Modified	15 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  There are two possible baptisms for William, both at Fawley. One is on 17 May 1709, son of John of Stone (a little north of Lepe); the other is on 6 Jan 1711/12, son of William. William, the second possible father, is likely the man buried 19 Jul 1716, with "Exbury" written next to the entry in the Fawley burial register. The two sons are almost certainly the William who married Clemence Cabel and later Sarah Hunt, and the William who married Jane Wort. The question is which is which? Clemence's husband seems to have lived in Ower (just north of Calshot) and later in Rhimehall (the south part of Fawley village); Jane's husband lived in Exbury, though he married Jane in Boldre. This weakly suggests that Jane's husband was the son of William, as both lived in Exbury; and that Clemence's husband was the son of John, as Ower is much closer to Stone than to Exbury. Also, Clemence's marriage in 1734 was before Jane's in 1741, so probably Clemence's husband was the older. [1, 2, 3]

  
  

• 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.