Edward BANGS

Male 1591 - 1678  (~ 86 years)


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  • Name Edward BANGS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    • Edward Bangs, one of the seven who began the settlement at Nausett in 1645, came over from England in the Ann in 1623, a fellow passenger with Nicholas Snow. At this period he was about thirty-two years of age, but whether a married or single man is not positively known. In the beginning of the year 1624, it having been decided to allow each person who came over in the first three ships, one acre apiece to be laid out near the settlement as possible, for planting land, which each was to use for seven years, the records show that "Bangs" was assigned four acres "towards Eel River," while Nicholas Snow was allowed the use of one acre. From this fact, it has been supposed Mr. Bangs was a married man with children at this early date. Mr. Bangs is mentioned in the records as being of John Jenney's company, which numbered thirteen persons, and to which "the twelfth lot" of cattle fell at the division, May 22, 1627. to this company "fell" says the record, "the great white back cow, which was brought over with the first in the Ann." both Bradford and Morton say the first neat cattle were brought over in the year 1624....

      Mr. Bangs was the first treasurer of Eastham, after the settlement in 1645. He was a surveyor of highways in 1647, 1650 and 165, and perhaps a deputy to the court in 1652, which year he was also of the Grand Inquest. In 1657 he was allowed "to draw wine" and strong water at Eastham, with instructions not to sell to the Indians. In 1658, he agreed to find "2 horses and 2 men for the country's service," upon the town providing "sufficient furniture for them." In 1659, he "promised freely" to find "a man and horse with complete furniture, for the term of one year for the country's service." Upon an order of the court to appoint overseers of the poor, with Nicholas Snow and Richard Higgins, he was appointed for Eastham in 1659. After this he took but little interest in public matters.

      Whether Mr. Bangs was more than once married, it is impossible to determine. His wife, in 1651, was called Rebecca. If she were his only wife, she was a daughter of Robert Hicks, who died at Scituate in 1647, as he mentions his grandson, John Bangs, in his will, which would indicate that John Bangs' mother was a daughter and that she had been or was the wife of Edward Bangs.

      Mr. Bangs died at Eastham, about the last of February in the year 1677-8, at the age of about 86 years, leaving no wife. HIs will, a lengthy document, in which he makes known his age, bears date Oct. 19, 1677. It was presented for proof at Plymouth, March 5, 1677/8, Mr. John Freeman and Mr. Thomas Crosby upon oath, testifying as to its being his last will. [1]
    • Edward Bangs, son of John and Jane Bangs was born at Chichester or Chester, England and baptized on 28 October 1591. He died at Eastham in February 1677/8. He came to Plymouth in July 1623 on the ship Anne which had sailed from England in April of that year. Most of those passengers on the Anne probably had been on the ship Paragon which had attempted the voyage the year before but turned back because the ship was leaky. It is presumed Edward's wife came with him and probably two children. In any case they were not living on 22 May 1627. His second Wife was a daughter of Robert Hicks probably Lydia and they were married about 1633/4. She died soon after the birth of her son John, for John Bangs married about 1537/7 for his third wife Rebecca. She may have been the daughter of Edmund Hobart of Hingham and sister of Rev. Peter Hobart of Hingham.

      Edward Bangs was active in the life of the Plymouth Colon serving on various committees such as those to fix boundaries and in January 1637/8 helped fix the limits of John Alden's land at Duxbury. In 1640 with Thomas Prence, Miles Standish, John Winslow and others he measured a meadow at Green's harbor. In 1633 he became a freeman. He contributed to the building of a bark and subscribed a sixteenth part with ten men while three men subscribed an eight part each. In 1643 with Thomas Prence, Nicholas Snow and others he viewed the land which they settled in April 1644, then called Nauset and later called Eastham. He was the first Town Treasurer and remained so for 19 yers. On 22 June 1651, stating he was a yeoman, he sold his land t Plymouth. To meet Eastham's quota of soldiers he furnished a man and horse at his expense for two years. Of the children of Edward and Rebecca Bangs, Rebecca married Jonathan Sparrow at Eastham on 28 October 1654. She was born about 1635 and died at Eastham, Massachusetts. before 1667. [2]
    Birth Chechester, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Christening 28 Oct 1591  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Will 19 Oct 1677  [4
    Death Feb 1677/8  Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Notes 
    • Excerpts from Genealogical Records: Pilgrim Genealogies and Histories: He arrived at Plymouth in 1623 in the "Ann." He was made a freeman 1633, and removed to Eastham in 1644 with the planters of that town, where he served as a Grand-Juryman, overseer of the Board. He was a Deputy to the Colony Court for four or five years. The first vessel built in Plymouth was a barque of 40 or 50 tons, and Edward Bangs had charge of the construction.
    Person ID I03574  Main Tree
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2021 

    Father John BANGS,   b. of Panfield and Hempstead, Essex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Feb 1631/2, Hempstead, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Jane CHAVIS 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 30 Jan 1586/7  [2
    Family ID F42567  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia HICKS   d. Bef 1635-1637, Soon after birth of son John Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Abt 1633/4  [2
    Children 
     1. John BANGS   d. Between 27 Jan 1702 and 17 May 1708  [Birth]
    Family ID F42568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2021 

    Family 2 Rebecca HOBART 
    Marriage Between 1635 and 1637  [2, 4
    Children 
     1. Rebecca BANGS,   b. Abt 1635/6, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1667, Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)  [Birth]
     2. Capt. Jonathan BANGS,   b. Abt 1641, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Nov 1728, Brewster, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
     3. Bethia BANGS,   b. 28 May 1650, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1696 (Age 46 years)  [Birth]
     4. Apphia BANGS,   b. 15 Oct 1651, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1707 (Age 55 years)  [Birth]
     5. Mercy BANGS,   b. 15 Oct 1651, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     6. Joshua BANGS,   b. 1637, Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1709 (Age 72 years)  [Birth]
    +7. Lydia BANGS,   b. Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1709  [Birth]
     8. Sarah BANGS   d. Feb 1682/3  [Birth]
     9. Hannah BANGS,   b. Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1677  [Birth]
    Family ID F02816  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Sep 2021 

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - - Chechester, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 28 Oct 1591 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Feb 1677/8 - Eastham, Barnstable Co., Massachusetts Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3601] Leonard H. Smith Jr., Cape Cod Library of Local History and Genealogy Vol. 1.

    2. [S10254] Ancestry.com: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000.

    3. [S02362] Genealogical Records: Pilgrim Genealogies and Histories, 1600s-1900s: Mayflower Planters, Cape Code Series Vol. II, Merchant Adventurers of England.

    4. [S02018] Mary Walton Ferris, Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines Vol. II.

    5. [S12730] Dean Dudley, History and Genealogy of the BANGS Family in America with Genealogical Tables and Notes.