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from "Benjamin Hanks, Sr. of Pembroke, MA & His Descendants Updated October 1, 2005" by Kenneth Gene Carpenter,  527 - 77th Street Niagara Falls, NY 14304 United States

John Hanks, born 1470 at Buckland, Co Gloucester, England, in the reign of Edward IV of the House of York. (Hereafter on this page, the names of the direct line will be in capitals.)

GEORGE HANKS, son of JOHN, born 1505 in Henry VII Tudor's reign, in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, had three children:

  • Ann,

  • THOMAS, and

  • George.

THOMAS HANKS, born 1536, in the reign of Henry VIII, removed from Malmesbury in 1550 with his sister and brother to Stow-on-the-Wold, Co of Gloucester, where he married and had three children:

  • Henry,

  • Marie and

  • THOMAS II.

THOMAS HANKS II was born in 1570, during the glorious reign of Elizabeth and had four children:

  • Grace,

  • Mary,

  • THOMAS III and

  • Edmund.

THOMAS HANKS III, born about 1600, who lived under Elizabeth, James I, Charles I and Cromwell, is said to have served under Oliver Cromwell. (If so, he would have been close to fifty years old; the Commonwealth lasted from 1649 until 1660.) THOMAS III had four (or perhaps five) children:

  • John,

  • JOSEPH,

  • Thomas IV,

  • William and (according to the Hanks and Owens source)

  • Uriah, who married Laurana.

JOSEPH HANKS, born in 1630, under Charles I, moved to the hamlet of Donnington, in the parish of Stow-on the-Wold, married and had five children:

  • William,

  • Stephen,

  • Hester,

  • Mary and

  • BENJAMIN.

BENJAMIN HANKS was born in 1665 in Donnington. This BENJAMIN HANKS, son of JOSEPH, is believed to have been the BENJAMIN HANKS who sailed to New England in 1699.

 

 

 

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  • 1. BENJAMIN1 HANKS, SR. b 1665 in Of Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England, d 09 Jan 1755 in Easton, Bristol, MA.
  • He married (1) ABIGAIL HEIFORD Abt. 1700 Braintree, Norfolk, MA, daughter of JOHN HEIFORD and ABIGAIL ATKINS.
  • She was born 26 Jan 1678/79  Braintree, Norfolk Or Suffolk Co, MA, d 06 Sep 1726 in Pembroke, Plymouth, MA.
  • He married (2) MARY RIPLEY 23 Mar 1726/27 in Pembroke, Plymouth, MA. She died 21 Oct 1760.
     

Children of BENJAMIN HANKS and ABIGAIL HEIFORD are:

  • ABIGAIL2 HANKS, b. 08 Jun 1701, Duxbury (Est. Twp. Of Pembroke 1712), Plymouth Co, Ma.
  • BENJAMIN HANKS, JR., b. 16 Jul 1702, Duxbury (Established Twp. Of Pembroke 1712), Plymouth Co; d. 10 Jan 1787, Mansfield, Tolland, CT.
  • WILLIAM HANKS, b. 11 Feb 1703/04, Duxbury (Est. Twp. Of Pembroke 1712), Plymouth Co, Ma; d. 1758.
  • NATHANIEL HANKS, b. 15 Apr 1705, Pembroke, Plymouth, MA.
  • ANNAH HANKS, b. 14 Nov 1706, Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; m. JOHN NORRIS, 07 Jun 1733, Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA; b. Abt. 1706.
  • MARY HANKS, b. 14 Feb 1707/08, Plymouth, Pembroke, MA; m. JOHN SIMMONS, 22 Dec 1752, Kingston, Plymouth Co, MA.
  • JOHN HANKS, b. 22 Oct 1709, Pembroke, Plymouth Co, Ma; d. 06 Sep 1742, Duxbury, Plymouth Co, MA.
  • ELIZABETH HANKS, b. 05 Mar 1710/11, Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; m. NEHEMIAH PEARCE, 27 Oct 1731, Pembroke, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; b. Abt. 1711.

 

 

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  • RACHEL HANKS, b. 02 May 1712, Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; d. 12 Apr 1756; m. JAMES BUMPAS, 14 Mar 1731/32, Middleborough, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts; b. Of Middleboro, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
  • JOANNAH HANKS, b. 09 Oct 1713, Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; m. BERIAH CURTIS, 14 Apr 1736, Halifax, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts.
  • JAMES JARUS HANKS, b. 24 Feb 1714/15, Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; d. 25 Dec 1756, The French & Indian War (Killed In Army).
  • JACOB HANKS, b. Abt. 1717, Pembroke, Plymouth, MA; d. Abt. 1799, Belchertown, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts.

 

Notes for Benjamin Hanks Sr.  Extensive information on Benjamin Hanks Sr.

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  		 Children of BENJAMIN HANKS and MARY WHITE are:
  • ISAAC3 HANKS, b. 01 Jun 1725, Saquish Island in Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA; d. Youth.
  • ABIGAIL HANKS, b. 28 Aug 1726, Saquish Island in Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA; d. 10 Jan 1780, Mansfield, Tolland Co., Connecticut.
  • WILLIAM HANKS, b. 23 Oct 1728, Saquish Island in Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA; d. 30 Jul 1807, Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT.
 

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  • JOHN HANKS, b. 05 Oct 1730, Saquish Island in Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA; d. 23 Feb 1815, Greenwich, Washington, NY.

  • RICHARD WHITE HANKS, b. 08 Nov 1734, Saquish Island in Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA; d. 02 Feb 1810, Thetford, Orange, VT At Aged 76 Yrs 8 Months.

  • URIAH HANKS, b. 04 May 1736, Saquish Island in Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA; d. 04 Jul 1809, Mansfield, Tolland, CT.

  • BENJAMIN HANKS, b. 20 Aug 1738, Saquish Island in Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA; d. Apr 1810, Ashford, Windham, CT.

 


Notes for Benjamin Hanks Jr.

 

 

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  • MARY HANKS, b. 07 Jun 1741, Plymouth, Plymouth, MA; m. GERSHOM HALL, 07 May 1767, Mansfield, Tolland Co, CT.
  • SILAS HANKS, b. 20 May 1744, Saquish Island in Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA; d. 03 Jun 1828, Mansfield, Tolland, CT.
  • RACHEL HANKS, b. Abt. 1746, Saquish Island in Plymouth Harbor, Plymouth, MA; d. 18 Apr 1756.
 

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  		 HANKS, WILLIAM, from Suffield, Conn., settled on the present homestead of Alex. Clayton. He was an enterprising though eccentric man.  He planted a vineyard north of his house, which, for a while, was promising, but the boys would steal his grapes, which so vexed him that he let it run down.  On many places in West Pawlet a vine derived from this vineyard still flourishes.  He built a grist mill on Pawlet river just below the Frary bridge.  He died in 1807, aged 79; his widow was burned to death in 1809, aged 73.  His sons, who settled in this town, were Oliver, Joseph and Arunah.

Children of WILLIAM HANKS and HANNAH SARGENT are:

  • SARAH4 HANKS, b. 08 Jul 1759, Mansfield, Tolland Co, Conn; d. 06 Sep 1759, Mansfield, Tolland Co, Conn.

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  • LEVI HANKS, b. 28 May 1761, Mansfield, Tolland Co, CT; d. 19 Dec 1835, Addison, Addison Co, VT.
  • SARAH HANKS, b. 22 Nov 1762, Mansfield, Tolland Co, Conn; m. SOLOMAN LEONARD, 27 May 1784, Windsor, Berkshire, MA.
  • JERUSHA HANKS, b. 03 Dec 1764, Mansfield, Tolland Co, Conn; d. 08 Oct 1796; m. HARMON GIBBS.
  • ELEAZER HANKS, b. 09 Jul 1766, Mansfield, Tolland Co, Conn; d. 18 Sep 1766, Mansfield, Tolland Co, Conn.
  • ELEAZER HANKS, b. 05 Jan 1768, Mansfield, Tolland Co, Conn; d. Panton, Vt..
 

 

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  • ARUNAH HANKS, b. 24 Mar 1770, Mansfield, Tolland Co, Conn; d. 14 Sep 1830, Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT
    • HANKS, ARUNAH, m. Lucy, da. of Jacob Perkins, and succeeded to the homestead.  Of his seventeen children, but few survive, and only one, Arunah, Jr., remains in town, who married a daughter of Abel Robinson.  Mr. Hanks died in 1830, aged 60; his wife in 1860, aged 88.
  • JOSEPH HANKS, b. 14 Jun 1772, Probably At Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT; d. 27 Aug 1848, Bloomfield, Essex Co, NJ.
    • HANKS, JOSEPH, ran the grist mill his father built.  He raised a numerous family, and with most of them removed to West Virginia, in 1816.  His eldest son, Jarvis, was a drummer boy, at the age of 14, in the war of 1812.  He afterwards became noted as a landscape and portrait painter, at Cleveland, Ohio.  His next son, Festus, became a Presbyterian minister in New Jersey, where he died in early life
  • OLIVER HANKS, b. 31 Dec 1774, Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT; d. 12 Aug 1778, Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT.
  • JARVIS HANKS, b. 10 Dec 1776, Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT.
  • OLIVER HANKS, b. 07 Dec 1778, Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT; d. 1859, Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT At Aged 82 Years.
 

 

 

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 History of the town of Pawlet, Rutland Co, Vermont

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Born 07 Dec 1778 HANKS, OLIVER, settled at West Pawlet. 

OLIVER HANKS  b 07 Dec 1778  Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT,  d 1859  Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT Age 82 Years.
He married (1) DIADEMA PORTER 25 Feb 1799 in Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT. She died 1840 age 63.
He married (2) REBECCA ROSS Abt. 1841.
     
Children of OLIVER HANKS and DIADEMA PORTER are:

  • WILLIAM5 HANKS, b. Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT.

  • CAMILLUS HANKS, b. Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT; m. FANNY (Jane?)NELSON.and moved to Ohio

  • MARCIA HANKS, b. Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT; m. SYLVANUS B. LATHE

  • AMANDA HANKS, b. Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT; d. Infancy.

  • ROMEO P. HANKS, b. 11 Aug 1800, Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT.

  • JONATHAN SAFFORD HANKS, b. 17 Aug 1810, Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT; m. SARAH ATKINS.
  • ERMINA HANKS, b. 24 Sep 1812, Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT; d. 24 Jul 1891, Olive Twp, Meigs Co, OH.
  • GALUSHA HANKS, b. 06 Jan 1816, Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT; m. LOVINA PEPPER.
  • ISAAC HANKS, b. 15 Feb 1818, Pawlet, Rutland Co, VT; m. LUCINDA WHEDEN. Wisconsin

Oliver Hanks He held the position of magistrate fifty-one years, and secured and retained the confidence of the community through this long period.  His decisions, seldom appealed from, were never reversed.  His knowledge of legal forms enabled him to perform much of the law business required by the people.  He was in the legislature four years and solemnized 93 marriages.  


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The 1810 census for Pawlet Vt, shows

  • Oliver 32
  • Deidamia 33
  • Romeo 10
  • Marcia 7
  • William 4
  • Camillus 2

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 The 1820 census for Pawlet Vt, shows
  • Oliver 42
  • Deidamia 43
  • Romeo 20
  • Marcia 17
  • William 14
  • Camillus 12
  • Jonathan Safford 10
  • Ermina 8
  • Galusha 4
  • Isaac 2

 

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 The 1830 census for Pawlet Vt, shows
  • Oliver 52
  • Deidamia 53
  • Ermina 18
  • Galusha 14
  • Isaac 12

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 In the 1840 census
  • Galusha Hanks 24
  • Lovina Pepper 22
  • William 5
  • Ellen 3
  • Erminia 1

HANKS, GALUSHA, m. Lovina, da. of Simeon Pepper, and settled at West Pawlet.  They have a family of twelve children, three of whom, were in the service.  Of their daughters, Martha m. Merritt W. Clark, of Poultney, and Olive J. m. Walter’ S. Warner.

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 		 In the 1850 census,

  • Galusha Hanks 34 Shoemaker

  • Lovina 32

  • William 14

  • Martha 11

  • Oliver 9

  • Franklin 7

  • Margaret 6

  • George 4

  • Walter 3

  • Ellen 1

 

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 		 By the 1860 census

  • Galusha Hanks 45 shoemaker

  • Lovina 43

  • Laura 8

  • Camillus 7

  • Cliff 6

  • Charlton 4

  • Oscar 4

  • Elot?? Pepper 68

  • Ellen Hanks 11

Ellen Hanks marries Hiram B. Hawley in 1868.  She is 19, he is 25.  How did they meet if she lived in Vermont and he lived in New York -- 200 miles away.

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 		 In the 1870 census

  • Galusha Hanks 54

  • Lovina 53

  • William 14

  • Carmillus 17

 

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 The 1880 Census

  • Galusha 64

  • Camillus 27

  • Walter 32

  • Margaret 36

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  • 1920 Census

 

 

 
 

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  • 1930 Census