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Edward BANGS
(Abt 1591 - 1678)
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Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691
Part Three: Biographical Sketches
Biographical Sketches
Bangs, Edward
Arriving at Plymouth in 1623 on the Anne, Edward Bangs was probablyborn ca. 1591, for he said he was age eighty-six in 1677. Dawes-Gates(2:61-68) has a section on him and cites the evidence to show that hewas probably identical with the Edward Bangs who was baptized on 28October 1591 in Panfield, Essex, England, the son of John and Jane(Chavis) Bangs. He married (1) after 1627 Lydia Hicks, daughter ofRobert and Margaret Hicks (she may have been the second wife, forDawes-Gates suggests that he may have had an earlier one, and, (2)Rebecca (?Hobart). He was one of the Purchasers, and he was on the1632/33 freeman list. He was one of those chosen to lay out thetwenty-acre lots in the 1627 division, along with William Bradford,Edward Winslow, John Howland, Francis Cooke, and Joshua Pratt (PCR12:14). With Myles Standish and others, Edward Bangs was chosen in1633 to divide the meadow in the bay equally (PCR 1:14). He was alsoon committees to assess the entire colony for public costs (PCR 1:33,38), and he served on various juries and other public servicecommittees (PCR). He appears to be a man who was responsible andtrusted. In a record where he was surety for another, he was called ayeoman (PCR 1:103). In 1641 he was granted eighty acres of land atWarren's Wells, and in 1642 he was allowed to exchange some of it forland closer to his house (PCR 2:25, 48). He moved to Nauset with thePrence group, and in 1647 he was a supervisor of the highways there(PCR 2:115).
In 1652 he became a deputy for Eastham (PCR 3:9)and in 1657 waslicensed to sell wine and strong waters at Eastham "provided it beefor the refreshment of the English and not to bee sold to the Indians"(PCR 3:123). In a deed of 22 June 1651, he was joined as grantor byhis wife Rebecca (PCR 12:209). He made his will on 19 Oct. 1677,calling himself aged eighty-six years, and he named his sons:Jonathan, John, Joshua; his daughter Howe, daughter Higgens, daughterHall, daughter Merrick, and daughter Atwood; the children of hisdaughter Rebecca, deceased; and his son Jonathan's oldest son Edward(Ply. Colony PR 3:2:106). In an agreement of 6 March 1677/78, JonathanBangs agreed that the land bequeathed to his son Edward could be usedby Jonathan's brother John until Edward came of age (PR 3:2:105).Dawes-Gates 2:67 gives his children from his marriage to Lydia Hicksas: John, who married Hannah Smalley, and, from his marriage toRebecca (possibly Hobart), Rebecca, who married Jonathan Sparrow;Sarah, who married Thomas Howes, Jr.; Jonathan, who married (1) MaryMayo, (2) Sarah _____, and (3) Ruth (Cole) Young; Lydia, who married(1) Benjamin Higgins, and (2) Nicholas Snow; Hannah, who married John2Doane; Joshua, who married Hannah Scudder; Bethia, who married Rev.Gershom Hall; Mercy, who married Stephen2 Merrick; and Apphia, whomarried (1) John Knowles, and (2) Stephen Atwood.
There was also a John Bangs in Plymouth in the early years, who wasassigned hay ground on 20 March 1636/37 (PCR 1:56), and thus he would[p.239] seem to have been too old to have been a son of Edward Bangs,unless he was born to an earlier wife, and came over after his father.Of course, he could just as well have been a brother or no relation atall. There seems to be no other record of this John Bangs, and thename could even have been a spelling error for some other name, suchas John Barnes. On 1 May 1660 George Watson asked the court on behalfof his son John Watson and his nephew John Bangs to correct a mistakein the records about a purchase of land in the Dartmouth area thatshould have been in the name of Mr. Robert Hicks (PCR 3:186); thisJohn Bangs would have been the son of Edward, for Robert Hicks was hisgrandfather, and George Watson had married Hicks's daughter Phebe.This John Bangs was also mentioned as a grandson in the wills of bothRobert Hicks and his wife Margaret Hicks (MD 8:143, 16:157). Agenealogy of the family can be found in Dean Dudley, History andGenealogy of the Bangs Family in America (Montrose, Mass., 1896).
Plymouth Colony: Its History and People 1620-1691
Part Three: Biographical Sketches
Biographical Sketches
Bangs, Edward
Arriving at Plymouth in 1623 on the Anne, Edward Bangs was probablyborn ca. 1591, for he said he was age eighty-six in 1677. Dawes-Gates(2:61-68) has a section on him and cites the evidence to show that hewas probably identical with the Edward Bangs who was baptized on 28October 1591 in Panfield, Essex, England, the son of John and Jane(Chavis) Bangs. He married (1) after 1627 Lydia Hicks, daughter ofRobert and Margaret Hicks (she may have been the second wife, forDawes-Gates suggests that he may have had an earlier one, and, (2)Rebecca (?Hobart). He was one of the Purchasers, and he was on the1632/33 freeman list. He was one of those chosen to lay out thetwenty-acre lots in the 1627 division, along with William Bradford,Edward Winslow, John Howland, Francis Cooke, and Joshua Pratt (PCR12:14). With Myles Standish and others, Edward Bangs was chosen in1633 to divide the meadow in the bay equally (PCR 1:14). He was alsoon committees to assess the entire colony for public costs (PCR 1:33,38), and he served on various juries and other public servicecommittees (PCR). He appears to be a man who was responsible andtrusted. In a record where he was surety for another, he was called ayeoman (PCR 1:103). In 1641 he was granted eighty acres of land atWarren's Wells, and in 1642 he was allowed to exchange some of it forland closer to his house (PCR 2:25, 48). He moved to Nauset with thePrence group, and in 1647 he was a supervisor of the highways there(PCR 2:115).
In 1652 he became a deputy for Eastham (PCR 3:9)and in 1657 waslicensed to sell wine and strong waters at Eastham "provided it beefor the refreshment of the English and not to bee sold to the Indians"(PCR 3:123). In a deed of 22 June 1651, he was joined as grantor byhis wife Rebecca (PCR 12:209). He made his will on 19 Oct. 1677,calling himself aged eighty-six years, and he named his sons:Jonathan, John, Joshua; his daughter Howe, daughter Higgens, daughterHall, daughter Merrick, and daughter Atwood; the children of hisdaughter Rebecca, deceased; and his son Jonathan's oldest son Edward(Ply. Colony PR 3:2:106). In an agreement of 6 March 1677/78, JonathanBangs agreed that the land bequeathed to his son Edward could be usedby Jonathan's brother John until Edward came of age (PR 3:2:105).Dawes-Gates 2:67 gives his children from his marriage to Lydia Hicksas: John, who married Hannah Smalley, and, from his marriage toRebecca (possibly Hobart), Rebecca, who married Jonathan Sparrow;Sarah, who married Thomas Howes, Jr.; Jonathan, who married (1) MaryMayo, (2) Sarah _____, and (3) Ruth (Cole) Young; Lydia, who married(1) Benjamin Higgins, and (2) Nicholas Snow; Hannah, who married John2Doane; Joshua, who married Hannah Scudder; Bethia, who married Rev.Gershom Hall; Mercy, who married Stephen2 Merrick; and Apphia, whomarried (1) John Knowles, and (2) Stephen Atwood.
There was also a John Bangs in Plymouth in the early years, who wasassigned hay ground on 20 March 1636/37 (PCR 1:56), and thus he would[p.239] seem to have been too old to have been a son of Edward Bangs,unless he was born to an earlier wife, and came over after his father.Of course, he could just as well have been a brother or no relation atall. There seems to be no other record of this John Bangs, and thename could even have been a spelling error for some other name, suchas John Barnes. On 1 May 1660 George Watson asked the court on behalfof his son John Watson and his nephew John Bangs to correct a mistakein the records about a purchase of land in the Dartmouth area thatshould have been in the name of Mr. Robert Hicks (PCR 3:186); thisJohn Bangs would have been the son of Edward, for Robert Hicks was hisgrandfather, and George Watson had married Hicks's daughter Phebe.This John Bangs was also mentioned as a grandson in the wills of bothRobert Hicks and his wife Margaret Hicks (MD 8:143, 16:157). Agenealogy of the family can be found in Dean Dudley, History andGenealogy of the Bangs Family in America (Montrose, Mass., 1896).
Events
| Birth | Abt 1591 | ||||
| Death | 1678 | ||||
| Reference No | 9007 |
Families
| Spouse | Rebecca HOBART ( - ) |
| Child | Hannah BANGS ( - 1684) |
| Child | Joshua BANGS (1637 - 1709) |
| Child | Rebecca BANGS ( - 1677) |
| Child | Sarah BANGS ( - ) |
| Child | Capt. Jonathan BANGS (1640 - 1728) |
| Child | Lydia BANGS ( - 1709) |
| Child | Bethia BANGS (1650 - 1696) |
| Child | Apphia BANGS (1651 - 1707) |
| Child | Mercy BANGS (1651 - 1670) |
| Spouse | Lydia HICKS ( - 1651) |
| Child | Living |
| Father | Living |
| Mother | Living |