Person Sheet


Name Sgt. John* BANKS504, v1p25, 8G Grandfather
Birth ca 1619, England
Death 22 Jan 1684/85, Greenfield, Fairfield, CT Age: 66
Immigration 1643, Windsor, Ct Age: 24
Immigration Memo Clerk for weights and measures
Removed bef 1649, Fairfield, CT Age: 30
Will 12 Dec 1684 Age: 65
Will Memo inventoried 27 Jan 1684
Misc. Notes
Fairfield Deputy to CT legislature: 1651-1680 (periodically)
Commissioner for Fairfield, 1666. Member of War Council, 1675-76. Committee on Indians, Oct. 1676. Committee on NY boundary, 1674. Auditior of colony accounts, 1680, 1682. Received colonial grant of 100 acres, Oct. 1672504, v1p25

JOHN, Windsor, one of the first sett. m. a d. of Charles Taintor of Wethersfield, as tradit. tells, had one ch. b. there, where he was town clk. 1613, rem. soon after to Fairfield, of wh. he was rep. sev. yrs. betw. 1651 and 66, rem. to Rye, and was rep. from that town 1670-3; had good est. made his will 12 Dec. 1684, and d. next mo. He ment. in it w. Mary (not, prob. his first), s. John, Samuel, Obadiah, and Benjamin; ds. Susanna Sturges, Hannah, w. of Daniel Burl; and Mary Taylor. His c. Joseph had d. Oct. 1682, perhaps unm. as he gave est. to four brs. and sis. Mary Taylor; of Samuel nothing, is kn. but Obadiah d. we are told, in Fairfield Feb. 1691, and Benjamin next yr. and both at F. and Greenwich, adjac. to Rye, the name contin. 1713. 197
Spouses
1 Mary (Marie)* TAINTOR, 8G Grandmother
Birth 1614, South Wales, England
Father Charles* TAINTOR (-1658)
Marriage ca 1633
Children John (~1641-1699)
Benjamin* (1653-1692)
Susannah
Joseph (-~1682)
Samuel (~1645-)
Hannah (~1659-~1684)
Mary (~1655-)
Obadiah (~1661-1691)
2 Mary504, v1p25
Death 1694
Misc. Notes
widow of Thomas Sherwood

frequently identified as Mary Fitch, which is wrong and seems to confuse her with her son, Mathew's wife who was Mary Fithc504, v1p548
Last Modified 24 Jan 2001 Created 26 Jun 2001 by Reunion for Macintosh

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