Upper Level: Captain Jonathan Bangs1640-1728 Mary Mayo 1645

Monday, February 1, 2010

Captain Jonathan Bangs1640-1728 Mary Mayo 1645

Captain Jonathan Bangs headstone

Captain Jonathan Bangs
Parents Edward Bangs and Rebecca Hobart
Born abt 1640 Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Married 1) Mary Mayo 15 Jul 1664 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
2) Sarah Fitch after 1711 after Mary Mayo, the first wife died and before 1720 when he married Ruth
Note: she is buried with Jonathan and 1st wife Mary. She was born in 1641, was the widow of Reverend Thomas Crosby and died in 1714
3) Ruth Cole 3 Jul 1720 Massachusetts
Died 19 Nov 1728 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried Old Burying Ground, Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Sources
NEHGS Register July 2008 article by Glade Ian Nelson
Marriage to Mary: IGI Film 0907350 Batch M502462 dated 1637-1885 and Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 and Orleans and Eastham records
The Mayflower descendant : a quarterly magazine of Pilgrim genealogy and history, by Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Vol. IV 1902, pp. 29-30
Robert Charles Anderson, "The Great Migration Begins," v. 1, A–F, 89 by the New England Historic Genealogical Society
ONLINE:
https://www.geni.com/people/Capt-Jonathan-Bangs/6000000006444392092
Note: link working in 2019
http://www.magma.ca/~mmackay/wc20/wc20_500.html
Note: link working in 2019
http://bangshistory.com/index.html
Note: link working in 2019

Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15177393/jonathan-bangs
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There are two records I found for Jonathan and Mary's marriage. This one's day is much clearer for the day but the year on the bottom record is much clearer for the year.

Jonathan Bangs' and Mary Mayo's marriage record
Translation with corrected spelling: Jonathan Bangs and Mary Mayo were married the 15th day of July in the year 1664

Mary Mayo Bangs headstone

Mary Mayo
Parents: Samuel Mayo and Thomasine Lumpkin
Born: 1645 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Died 26 Jan 1711 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Buried: Old Burying Ground, Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Sources
Book: Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families a reprint of the Amos Otis Papers (there are 2 volumes and talk about Mayo's and Bangs families amongst others
Marriages : Massachusetts marriages FHL microfilm 778,357, 905,406.
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Online: http://www.magma.ca/~mmackay/wc20/wc20_500.html
Note: link working in 2019
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15178851/mary-banges

CHILDREN

Captain Edward Bangs
Born 30 Sep 1665 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Edward's birth record.
Translation with corrected spelling: Edward Bangs the son of Jonathan Bangs was born the last day of September in the year 1665

Captain Edward Bangs headstone

Married Ruth Allen 16 Jan 1730 Massachusetts
Children: Mary, Edward, Joshua, Ebenezer, Ruth, Rebecca, Jonathan
Note: at Ruth and her husband, Thomas Young's, death, Edward Jr. received guardianship of the minor Young children as recorded in: Massachusetts Probate and Guardianship Records, Vol 6, 1740-1747; Vol 7, 1746-1774; Vol 8, 1745-1753.
Died 22 May 1746 Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Buried: Old Burying Ground, Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Note: the Bangs family association erected a larger stone and planted it next to the one shown
Sources

Birth Record
New England Marriages prior to 1700
AGBI Collection
US Sons of the Revolution Applications
Massachusetts early census index
Family Search
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35899651/edward-bangs

Rebecca Bangs
Born 1 Feb 1667 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Rebeckah Bangs birth record
Translation with corrected spelling: Rebecca Bans the daughter of Jonathan Bangs was born the first day of February in the year 1667

Married
Children
Died
Buried
Sources
Birth Record
Family Search
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Jonathan Bangs

Birth and death record of the first son they named Jonathan Bangs
Translation with corrected spelling: Jonathan Bangs the son of Jonathan Bangs was born the last day of April in the year 1670. Jonathan Bans the son of Jonathan Bangs deceased the 11th day of May 1670

Born 30 Apr 1670 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Died 11 May 1670 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried
Sources
Birth and Death record
Family Search
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*Mary Bangs
Born 14 Apr 1671 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Mary Bangs birth record
Translation with corrected spelling: Mary Bangs the daughter of Jonathan Bangs was born the 14th of April 1671

Married Lieutenant Thomas Nickerson abt 1690
Children: Mercy, Ebenezer, Thomas, Jonathan, Edward, Nathaniel, Mary, Thankful, William
Died before 10 July 1745
Buried
Sources
Birth Record

Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy, a facsimile edition of 108 pamphlets published in the early 20th century. Compiled by Leonard H Smith, Jr. Volume 1
Note: the information Mr. Smith compiled and published in 1992 was reproduced from earlier works. His version was published by the Clearfield Genealogical Company in 2004.
A History of Chatham, Massachusetts, by William Christopher Smith, 1917, part 3 page 230
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Jonathan Bangs
Born 4 May 1673 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Jonathan Bangs birth record
Translation with corrected spelling: Jonathan Bangs the son of Jonathan Bangs was born the 4th day of May 1673 (and yes, I know it looks like a 9, but he was 72 at death, so this is correct.)

Married - Experience Berry about 1694 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Children: Content, Samuel, Thankful, William, Mary, Elizabeth, John, James, Hubbard, Abner, Samuel, Mercy, Elisha, Mehitable
Died about 1736 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Sources
Birth Record
His last will and testament which names the following people: His wife, Experience, and children: Mercy, Mary, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Thankful, Abner, John, James, Samuel, Elisha
IGI Film 0905406 Batch C502461 dated 1649-1722
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193558987/jonathan-bangs
Massachusetts Wills and Probate records
Note: in 1638, Joseph Mayo was given guardianship of Samuel, Elisha, and Mary, all minor children of Jonathan
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Hannah Bangs
Born 14 Mar 1676 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Hannah Bangs birth record
Translation with corrected spelling: Hannah Bangs the daughter of Jonathan Bangs was born the fourteenth of March 1676

Married: John Crosby about 1703 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Children: Thomas, John, David, Joshua, Abiel
Note: I have found several errors among the children - needs research
Died 13 May 1739 Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried (likely) the Old Burying Ground in Brewster
Sources
Birth Record
IGI Film 0905406 Batch C502461 dated 1649-1722
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92567655/hannah-crosby
Note: her husband died before her and there is a stone for him. For whatever reason, she did not get one. Someone created a memorial for her on findagrave, which I've provided the link above
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Thamason (Tamson) Bangs
Born 5 May 1678 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Thomasine Bangs birth record
Translation with corrected spelling: Thomasine Bangs the daughter of Jonathan Bangs was born in May in the year 1678

Married Joseph Burgess 5 Apr 1706 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Children: Joseph, Lydia, John, Jonathan, Marcy, Remember
Died 1 Jan 1712 Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried
Sources
Birth Record
IGI Film 0905406 Batch K502466 dated 1885 AND Batch C502462
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132535150/thomasina-burgess
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Captain Samuel Bangs
Born 12 Jul 1680 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Samuel Bangs birth record
Translation with corrected spelling: Samuel Bangs the son of Jonathan Bangs was born the 12th of July in the year 1680

Captain Samuel Bangs headstone

Mary Hinckley Bangs headstone

Married 1) Mary Hinckley 13 Jan 1703 Massachusetts
Children: Seth, David, Samuel, Mary, Joseph, Melatiah, Sarah, Lemuel, Abijah
2)Phoebe Hopkins 19 Jul 1729 Massachusetts
Children: Malatiah
3) Mary Rider (widow) 1 Apr 1742 Massachusetts
Children: Abijah
Died 11 Jun 1750

Buried: Old Burying Ground, Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Sources
Birth Record
Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41895292/samuel-bangs
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Mercie (Maria) Bangs

Born 7 Jan 1682 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Mercie Bangs birth record
Translation with corrected spelling: Mercie Bangs the daughter of Jonathan Bangs was born the 7th of January in the year 1682

Married Thomas Hinckley about 1706 Massachusetts
Children: Joshua, Samuel, Thomas
Died 17 Jan 1711 Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried Old Burying Ground, Brewster, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Note: there is no stone
Sources
Birth Record
IGI Film 0905406 Batch C502462 dated 1649-1722
Marriage: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011
Memorial: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77234895
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Elizabeth Bangs
Born 15 May 1685 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Elizabeth Bangs birth record
Translation with corrected spelling: Elizabeth Bangs the daughter of Jonathan Bangs was born the 15th day of May in the year 1685

Married: ?
Children
Died
Buried Sources
Birth Record
IGI Film 0905406 Batch C502461 dated 1649-1722
Family Search
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Sarah Bangs
Born 2 Aug 1689 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Sarah Bangs birth record
Translation with corrected spelling: Sarah Bangs the daughter of Jonathan Bangs was born in August in the year 1689

Married Benjamin Collings 8 Jan 1707 Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Sarah Bangs Collings headstone

Children: Ruth, Richard, Benjamin, John, Sylvanus
Died 2 April 1759 Massachusetts
Buried: Old North Cemetery, Truro, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Note: there are two stones for Sarah in the cemetery.
Sources
Birth Record
IGI Film 0905406 Batch C502461 dated 1649-1722
Marriage: The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011 p 14, Vol 151
Note; surname was given as Collins in record
Family Search
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Headstone: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44931212/sarah-collings
Lydia Bangs
Born 2 Oct 1690 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts

Lydia Bangs birth record
Translation with corrected spelling: Lydia Bangs the daughter of Jonathan Bangs was born the second day of October in the year 1629

Married Shubael Hinckley 17 Apr 1712 Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Children: Sarah, Samuel

Lydia and Shubael's marriage record

Died 18 May 1715 Harwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts
Buried
Sources
Birth Record
Christening: IGI Film 0905406 Batch C502461 dated 1649-1722
Marriage: IGI Film 0778357 Batch M502465 dated 1654-1796 and
For more about Hinckley family: Genealogical Notes of Barnstable Families, Volume 2, by Amos Otis, p 40, published 1890 - which mentions Shubael was married 4 times and had 20 children and died at age 92.
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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."

Monday, February 1, 2010

Captain Jonathan Bangs1640-1728 Mary Mayo 1645

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