Upper Level: John Bangs 1566-1632 Jane Charis 1565-1632

Sunday, January 31, 2010

John Bangs 1566-1632 Jane Charis 1565-1632

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10th Great Grandparents

John Bangs
Parents Richard Bangs and Margaret Hicks
Christening 11 Jan 1560 Panfield, Essex, England

From book North America, Family Histories

Occupation: Yeoman (farmer)

Married Jane Chaire 30 Jan 1586 St Mary the Virgin, Panfield, Essex, England
Buried 11 Feb 1632 Hempstead, Essex, England (Churchyard)

John's will - proven 20 Feb 1632

Sources

Book: The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley and his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth page 43

Book: North America Family Histories page 152

Immigration: U.S. and Canada Passenger and Immigration Lists Index

Marriage: U.S. and International Marriage Records

Family Search

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Special thanks to Scott Carles, who updates the wiki link for this family here: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Edward_Bangs_Disputed_Origins&public=1 and who supplied the following links for books you can purchase about the Bangs family written and researched by Paul and Peter Bangs Volumes 1 and 2 - which I obtained permission to share :

Here is the blurb for the books:

Much has been written about the ancestors of Edward Bangs, the Pilgrim Father who came from Panfield and Hempstead in Essex. The authors have spent over a decade in meticulous research in a wide variety of national and local archives to uncover more. The result has been startling. Far more than dry facts about relationships (other accounts of which are now found quite often to be erroneous), the painstaking access to primary resource material has resulted in the discovery of a sweeping story of the family in quite unexpected detail. As yeomen and gentlemen, the family has left its mark and it has been possible to follow this through detailed study of Wills, Manorial Rolls and other documents, case papers in many different courts (Chancery, King’s Bench, Common Pleas, Court of Wards, Star Chamber, Patent Rolls, Close Rolls, Fine Rolls, Inquisitions, Sheriff’s and Mayoral Courts, etc.), Tax records, Muster Rolls, the Paston Letters, land and property deals, (including Feet of Fines), church documents and much more. The two volumes of the work follow key family members from the earliest origins found in the late 13th century in eastern England to their gradual migration towards Essex, Suffolk and London in the 19th and 20th centuries.

This first volume deals with the ancestors of Edward the Pilgrim Father and others of his generation (for the English life of Edward himself you will have to consult Volume Two) and includes tales of manorial misdemeanors, riotous traitors, sedition, rape, a Royal Pardon, kidnapping (more than once), dysfunctional family disputes, forced marriage (of the bridegroom, not the bride!), fraud and deceit, and riches acquired and squandered. Among prominent family members are Augustine, 15th century Sheriff of Norwich (and purveyor of fish and building materials), followed in the 16th century by another Sheriff – Edward’s grandfather Richard the tanner, about whom there is published for the first time hitherto undiscovered, shocking details of his life (and above all, his death – but no spoilers are to be given here!).

These stories are told for the first time, and many contradict existing suppositions about the family – but none are invented. At times they may read like fiction, but all are true, all are gleaned from original documents and are well worth the read! The book is scrupulously documented with source references and copiously illustrated with photos of key locations and, especially, images of some of the many parchments and papers consulted.

Jane Chavis/Chaire
Parents Unknown

Mentioned in her husband's will - receiving all his lands and houses in Hempstead

Born 11 January 1563 Norwich, Norfolk, England
Died 11 February 1632 Hempstead, Essex, England

Buried

Sources

Marriage: U.S. and International Marriage Records

Book: North America Family Histories page 152

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CHILDREN

Panfield Church

Thomas Bangs (not sure he exists)

Born 4 April 1588 Panfield, Essex, England

Married

Children

Died

Buried

Sources

ancestry.com

John Bangs
Born abt 1589 Panfield, Essex, England

Note: named in his father's will of 20 August 1631. Would become executor if James, Joshua, and Sampson died.

Married: Unknown woman

Children: (named in his father's will) John, Elizabeth

Died after 1631

Buried

Sources

Family Search

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9th Great Grandparents
Captain Edward Bangs
Christened 28 Oct 1591 Panfield, Essex, England

Note: the book about the Dawes-Gates line claims he was not born in Chichester, Essex, England
Immigrated: aboard ship Anne, arriving at Plymouth at end of July 1623 - leaving before his father made his will.

In 1623, he was allotted 4 acres - an acre of land was allowed per person regardless of age and therefore, it is assumed he had a wife and two children at that time. By 22 May 1627, he is listed as one person in two different documents, thus it could mean he had a wife and two children prior to his voyage and they died prior to 1627. I have not read whether he had servants, and if he did, would the land not revert to them?

Occupation: Farmer (yeoman), Shipwright (in charge of building first sailing vessel in the colonies), Innkeeper 6 October 1657: "Liberty is granted unto Edward Bangs to draw and sell wine and strong waters at Eastham, provided it be for the refreshment of the English and not to be sold to the Indians."

Life Note: named in his father's will of 20 August 1631, though he was already in the colonies.

Married 1) Rebecca - married in England

Children: two unknown, who died in America. This is controversial.
2) Lydia Hicks 1633

Children: John (he is mentioned in his maternal grandparents' wills)
3) Rebecca Hobart abt 1635
Children: Rebecca, Sarah, Jonathan, Lydia, Hannah, Joshua, Bethia, Mercy, Apphia
Died 19 October 1677 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Buried Cove Burying Ground, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Sources

Christening: Essex England Church of England Baptisms (Christenings) Marriages, Burials

Arrival in New England: New England Ship and Passenger Lists in Boulder Genealogical Society Quarterly (Boulder, CO). Vol. 3:1-2 (Feb./May 1971), pp. 22-26 (1622-1624).

Book: History and Genealogy of the Bangs Family in America by Dean Dudley, 1896

Note: page 12 claims the tradition that Edward was a native of Chichester which the Dawes-Gates Line claims to disprove. Remember that this book was written in 1896 and there is much more we can find now via the internet.

Book: The ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley and his wife Emma Arabella Bosworth page 43

Book: History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters Volume 2

Book: Ancestry of the Dawes-Gates ancestral lines

Book: New England: The Great Migration and the Great Migration Begins Vol 1 A-F, pages 86-91

Book: Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. 1907 which describes his family crest as follows: Arms - Sable, a cross engrailed ermine, between four fleurs-de-lis or. Crest - A Moor's head full-faced couped at the shoulders ppr. on the head, a cap of maintenance gules, turned up ermine, adorned with a crescent whence issues a fleur-de-lis.

American ancestral lines of Rufus R Dawes

Marriage: North American Family Histories

AGBI Volume 9 page 19

Family Search

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Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70549329/edward-bangs

James Bangs
Born 1593 Panfield, Essex, England

Life Note: named as executor in his father's will of 20 August 1631. After his mother's death, he would receive his father's land. If anyone objected to the terms of the will, they would be removed as an heir.

Married possibly Cicely Short 25 April 1623 Bacton, Norfolk, England

Children

Died after 1631

Buried

Sources

Marriage:

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Jonas Bangs
Born abt 1595 in probably Hempstead, Essex, England - there isn't any data from that period in the registers

Life Note: named in his father's will of 20 August 1631

Married: 1) Martha abt 1624 Bockin, Essex, England

Children: Jane, Jonas

2) Marie Chappin 28 May 1640 Freyerning, Essex, England

Note: the surname is clearly spelled Chappin in the record, but spelling was not standardized, so I have also seen her surname spelled Chopin. Also, Marie is Maria in Latin and the clergy of the time used Latin terms.

Jonas and Marie's marriage record
Translation (it is in Latin) Married Jonas Banges and Maria Chappin May 28 ditto of the above year (meaning 1640)

Died February 1665

Buried 21 February 1665 Ingatestone, Essex, England

Sources

Marriage Record

Burial record: Essex, England Select Parish Registers

Family Search

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Sampson Bangs
Born abt 1598 Panfield, Essex, England

Life Note: named in his father's will of 20 August 1631. Would be executor if James and Joshua died.

Married:

Children:

Died 1651 Horseheath, Cambridge, England

Buried

Sources

Family Search

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Joshua Bangs
Born abt 1600 Panfield, Essex, England

Life Note: named in his father's will of 20 August 1631, would become executor if James died.

Married: Elizabeth Green 8 Sep 1642 Norwich, Norfolk, England

Joshua and Elizabeth's marriage record
Translation: Joshua Banges and Elizabeth Greene
were married the eight day of September 1642

Children: Katherine, John, James, Sampson, Elizabeth, John, Benjamin, Deborah, Mary

Died 14 June 1661 Longham, Norfolk, England

Buried

Sources

Marriage: England, Norfolk Parish Register

Family Search

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Jane Bangs
Born abt 1602 Panfield, Essex, England
Life Note: named in her father's will of 20 August 1631, which is how we know she is married to a Mr. Payne at the time. She received her father's "...great brass pot"

Married Mr. Payne (before 1631)

Children:

Died 9 August 1653

Buried
Sources

Family Search

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From a Funeral Program

When I come to the end of the road

And the sun has set for me

I want no rites in a gloom-filled room

Why cry for a soul set free?

Miss me a little - but not for too long

And not with your head bowed low

Remember the love that we once shared

Miss me, but let me go.

For this is a journey that we all must take

And each must go alone

It's all part of the Master's plan

A step on the road to home.

When you are lonely and sick at heart

Go to the hills we know

And bury your sorrow among the trees

Miss me, but let me go.

The Line

Every minute someone leaves this world behind.
We are all in “the line” without knowing it.
We never know how many people are before us.
We can not move to the back of the line.
We can not step out of the line.
We can not avoid the line.

So while we wait in line -

Make moments count.
Make priorities.
Make the time.
Make your gifts known.
Make a nobody feel like a somebody.
Make your voice heard.
Make the small things big.
Make someone smile.
Make the change.
Make love.
Make up.
Make peace.
Make sure to tell your people they are loved.
Make sure to have no regrets.
Make sure you are ready.

I'm My Own Grandpa

Many, many years ago when I was 23,
I got married to a widow
who was as pretty as could be.
She had a grown up daughter
who had a hair of red.
My father fell in love with her
and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law
And changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother,
for she was my father's wife.
To complicate the matters worse,
although it brought me joy,
I soon became the father
of a bouncing baby boy.
My little baby then became a brother -in-law to dad
and so became my uncle though it made me very sad.
For if he was my uncle,
then that also made him brother to the widow's grown-up- daughter,
who of course, was my stepmother.
Father's wife then had a son,
who kept them on the run.
And he became my grandson, for he was my daughter's son.
My wife is now my mother's mother
and it makes me blue.
Because, although she is my wife,
she's my grandma too.
If my wife is my grandmother,
then I am her grandchild.
and every time I think of it,
it simply makes me wild.
For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw.
As the husband of my grandmother,
I am my own grandpa!

Quotes from the Prophets

President Gordon B Hinckley: "It is good to look to the past to gain appreciation for the present and perspective for the future. It is good to look upon the virtues of those who have gone before, to gain strength for whatever lies ahead. It is good to reflect upon the work of those who labored so hard and gained so little in this world, but out of whose dreams and early plans so well nurtured, has come a great harvest of which we are the beneficiaries. Their tremendous example can become a compelling motivation for us all, for each of us is a pioneer in his own life."

President Spencer W Kimball: "I hope to see us dissolve the artificial boundary line we so often place between missionary work and temple and genealogical work, because it is the same great redemptive work!"

President Joseph Fielding Smith: " The responsibility on behalf of our kindred dead rests with equal force on all, according to our individual ability and opportunities...the greatest and grandest duty of all is to labor for the dead."

The Passing of the Pot (Chamber Pot)

As far back in childhood
As memory may go
One household vessel greets me
That wasn't made for show
Beneath the bed twas anchored
Where only few could see
But served the entire family
With equal privacy
Some called the critter Peggy
And some the thundermug
And others called it badger
A few called it jug
To bring it in at evening
Was bad enough no doubt
But heaven help the person
Who had to take it out
Our big one was enormous
And would accomodate
A watermelon party
Composed of six or eight
When nights were dark and rainy
It was a useful urn
On icy winter mornings
The cold rim seemed to burn
At times when things were rushing
And business extra good
Each took his turn a waiting
Or did the best he could
Sometimes when in a hurry
To our disgust and shame
We fumbled in the darkness
And slightly missed our aim
The special one for company
Was decorated well
But just the same it rendered
That old familiar smell
Today this modernism
Relieves me a lot
And only in my vision
I see that homely pot.
(author unknown)

Poem about ancestors

Though steep is the path I follow today,
The footprints of time will show me the way.
For many have traveled a smiliar road,
And carried an equal of heavier load.

No troubles I face are new to this earth,
That man has not faced from time of his birth.
The route has been charted and roads have been paved
By legions before me who were stalwart and brave.

Their steps never faltered nor courage grew dim,
For they trusted the Lord and let Him led them.
If my faith and my trust remain steadfast and true,
God will guide and protect me in all that I do.
- Dolores Karides

The Elusive Ancestor

I went searching for an ancestor.
I cannot find him still.
He moved around from place to place
and did not leave a will.
He married where a courthouse burned.
He mended all his fences.
He avoided any man who came to
take the US census

He always kept his luggage packed,
This man who had no fame,
and every 20 years or so,
This rascal changed his name.
No one else inthis world is
searching for this elusive man,
so I play "Gene-solitaire"
To find him, if I can!

I'm told he's buried in a plot,
with tombstone he was blessed;
but the weather took engravings,
and some vandals took the rest.
He died before the county clerks
were appointed to keep records
No family Bible has emerged -
In spite of all my efforts.

To top it off, this elusive ancestor
who has caused me many groans -
left me even one more challenge:
He brothed a lady,
by the name of "Jones"!
(Got this from a publication
put out by the DUP organization
that names the author: Merrell Kenworthy)

Poem: Heaven's Door

If I should go before you,

If life on earth were through;

I'll stop just inside Heaven's door,

and there I'll wait for you.

You've but to look 'cross star filled skies,

Past the moon and then beyond;

To know my leaving could never break,

This heart's undying bond.

And if you should go before me,

If your journey on earth were through;

You know I will be close behind,

I'll never be far from you.

Across the span of time and space,

This love will reach this far;

For you'll always carry a bit of my heart,

No matter where you are.

Allison Chambers Coxsey©1995 ~ All Rights Reserved

Which Shall It Be? by Adelaide Proctor

Which shall it be?

"Which shall it be? Which shall it be?
I looked at John and John looked at me,
And when I found that I must speak,
My voice seemed strangely low and weak:
˜Tell me again what Robert said,"
And then I, listening, bent my head.
This is his letter:˜I will give
A house and land while you shall live,
If, in return, from out your seven,
One child to me for aye is given."

I looked at John's old garments worn;
I thought of all that he had borne
Of poverty, and work, and care,
Which I, though willing, could not share;
I thought of seven young mouths to feed,
Of seven little children's need,
And then of this.

˜Come, John,said I,
We'll choose among them as they lie
Asleep. So, walking hand in hand,
Dear John and I surveyed our band:
First to the cradle lightly stepped,
Where Lilian, the baby, slept.
Softly the father stooped to lay
His rough hand down in a loving way,
When dream or whisper made her stir,
And huskily he said: ˜Not her!"

We stooped beside the trundle bed,
And one long ray of twilight shed
Athwart the boyish faces there,
In sleep so beautiful and fair;
I saw on James rough, red cheek
A tear undried. E'er John could speak,
He's but a baby, too," said I,
And kissed him as we hurried by.

Pale, patient, Robbie's angel face
Still in his sleep bore suffering's trace.
˜No, for a thousand crowns, not him!"
He whispered, while our eyes were dim.
Poor Dick! bad Dick! our wayward son”
Turbulent, restless, idle one”
Could he be spared?
Nay, He who gave
Bade us befriend him to the grave;
Only a mother's heart could be
Patient enough for such as he;
˜And so," said John, ˜I would not dare
To take him from her bedside prayer."

Then stole we softly up above,
And knelt by Mary, child of love;
˜Perhaps for her ˜twould better be,"
I said to John. Quite silently
He lifted up a curl that lay
Across her cheek in a wilful way,
And shook his head: ˜Nay, love, not thee,
The while my heart beat audibly.

Only one more, our eldest lad,
Trusty and truthful, good and glad,
So like his father. ˜No, John, no!
I cannot, will not, let him go."

And so we wrote, in courteous way,
We could not give one child away;
And afterward toil lighter seemed,
Thinking of that of which we dreamed,
Happy in truth that not one face
Was missed from its accustomed place;
Thankful to work for all the seven,
Trusting the rest to One in heaven."

Sunday, January 31, 2010

John Bangs 1566-1632 Jane Charis 1565-1632

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