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     Benajah Brown Gentry was born in 1733 at Hanover Co., Virginia, USA.^3,4 He married NN Austin in 1760
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His 1st of 2 wives.^5,3 Benajah Brown Gentry married Anny Jones in 1781.^6,3

Benajah Brown Gentry died on 8 December 1830 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.^1,4
Benajah Brown Gentry was buried after 8 December 1830 at Burial details unknown ;
From Find a Grave:
Benajah Brown Gentry
Birth     1733, Hanover County, Virginia, USA
Death     3 Dec 1830 (aged 96–97), Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Burial     Burial Details Unknown
     Born in Hanover Co., VA, 1733, and his will was proved in Albermarle Co., January 1831. He lived for a few years in Louisa Co., but finally bought a home on Biscuit Run, three miles south of Charlottesville, VA., in Albemarle Co., in the year 1764. He married first, a Miss Austin; second a Miss Jones of Culpepper Co. He was a successful planter and owned a number of negro slaves. He was a man of fine character, well beloved by his neighbors, a leading member of the Baptist Church, and very active and zealous in religious work. He could read his Bible from memory, and always lead the singing in church. In 1817 he transferred all his property to his son Robert, although his death did not occur until 1831, at the great age of 98. He had six children by first wife. (includes listing of 14 children) ("The Gentry Family in America" by Richard Gentry, 1909; published by Grafton Press, NY)
     Departed this life of Friday, the 3rd of December, in Albemarle County, Mr. Benajah Gentry, in the 98th year of his age. He has left an aged and affectionate wife, many children, relations and friends to bemoan his loss. He was a professor of religion for 50 years, and acted in the capacity of deacon in the Baptist Church, at Pine Grove, until prevented by the infirmities of age. He was not one of those professors who barely have the name; but by a pious walk and godly conversation, adorned the doctrine of his profession. Reader, could you have witnessed his last struggles - hear his many prayers offered to his God, in whom his faith was unshaken, and heard him call on the pious Brother who was present, 'to help him to praise God forever and forever.' (which were the last words he was heard to utter) - methinks it would have been sufficient to convince the stoutest heart, that his hope would carry him through the valley and shadow of death, in which he feared no evil. He was at times tortured with the most excruciating pains for upwards of a month; yet he expressed in all his conversation an entire resignation to the divine will. He was a most striking example of that faith which kindles love in the heart, and produces the sweet fruits of meekness, gentleness - and every Christian grace and virtue. He is lost to his pious wife and children on earth, but they are consoled in the belief, that his sanctified spirit rests with unutterable joy in the work of love, there they will soon meet him, to join with him, to swell the chorus of perfected praise forever.
Communicated.
(The Religious Herald - State Baptist paper; Dec. 17, 1830, Pg 199, Col. 5; in VA Baptist Historical Society, University Richmond, VA)
Will of Benejah Gentry of Albemarle Co., VA dated 6 Jun. 1820; proven in court 3 Jun. 1831 (Albemarle Co., VA Will Book 10, Pg 185-6).
Names:X Benejah Gentry his mark`
Executors: William Dunkum, James Gentry, and Robert Gentry
Signed in the presence of Jeremiah A. Goodman, Rowland H. Goodman, William Dunkum
("Gentry Family Gazette & Genealogy Exchange" Number 58, March 1995; Vol. X, Pg 43-45 - incomplete text)
Benajah Gentry, DAR Ancestor #A044120
Service Description: Juror, Albemarle Co. 1779; Confiscated property of Tories
b ca 1733 Hanover Co., VA
d 3 Dec. 1830, Albemarle Co., VA
(DAR Genealogical Research System)
Family Members
Parents
     Nicholas Gentry II 1697–1779
     Jane Benajah Brown Gentry 1705–1779
Spouses
     Unknown Austin (m. 1760)
     Anny Jones Gentry (m. 1781)
Siblings
     Robert Gentry 1730–1814
     Elizabeth "Betsy" Gentry Haggard 1731–1820
     Simon Gentry 1735–1792
     Martin Gentry 1747–1827
     Samuel Gentry
Half Siblings
     Moses F. Gentry Sr 1722–1808
     David Gentry Sr 1724–1812
     Nicholas Gentry III 1728–1803
Children
     Thomas S. Gentry 1782–1819
     James Gentry 1786–1861
     John Walter Gentry I 1790–1860
Originally Created by: Jay
Added: Sep 30, 2011
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 77361225.⁴

His estate was probated in January 1831 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.³

     Benajah Brown Gentry left a will on 6 June 1820 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA;
Per FaG Memorial:
Will of Benejah Gentry of Albemarle Co., VA dated 6 Jun. 1820; proven in court 3 Jun. 1831 (Albemarle Co., VA Will Book 10, Pg 185-6) names:
     Wife Anny
Son Robert Gentry
Dau Fanny Gentry
Son John Gentry
Sons William Gentry and Thomas Gentry
Daughters Jane Fulcher and Cathy Gentry
Daughter Sarah Sarden (sic)
X Benejah Gentry his mark`
Executors: William Dunkum, James Gentry, and Robert Gentry
Signed in the presence of Jeremiah A. Goodman, Rowland H. Goodman, William Dunkum
("Gentry Family Gazette & Genealogy Exchange" Number 58, March 1995; Vol. X, Pg 43-45 - incomplete text.)⁴

     Nathan Gentry married Marianna Black.²
Nathan Gentry was born circa 1741 at Hanover Co., Virginia, USA.¹
Nathan Gentry died before 13 March 1784 at Louisa Co., Virginia, USA.¹

His estate was probated on 13 March 1784
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Per Gentry [1909:44]: "Moses Gentry, with Nicholas Gentry as security, gave bond as his administrator on March 13, 1784."

     Lucy Sims was born in 1726 at Virginia, USA.² She married Moses F. Gentry, son of Nicholas Gentry II and Mary Jane Brooks, in 1740 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.^1,3

Lucy Sims was buried in 1829 at Burial details unknown ;
From Find a Grave:
Lucy Sims Gentry
Birth     1726, Virginia, USA
Death     1829 (aged 102–103), Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
Burial     Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Burial Unknown currently
Wife of Moses Gentry
Family Members
Spouse
     Moses F. Gentry Sr 1722–1808
Children
     Claborn Gentry 1775–1852
Created by: Derik Herron
Added: Aug 25, 2015
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 151225767.²
Lucy Sims died in 1829 at Albemarle Co., Virginia, USA.²
      ; Gentry [1909:36]: "His wife, Lucy Sims, was noted for her religious zeal and church work. She lived to be nearly one hundred years of age, surviving her husband many years. After his death, which occurred in 1808, she kept an inn, or tavern, her home being suitably located on the main road from Lynchburg to Richmond."¹

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Per Gentry [1909:36-37]:
Children :
1. James (10).
2. Moses, settled in Western Kentucky; no issue.
3. John P. (11).
4. Benajah (12), born Jan. 10, 1780.
5. Claybourn (13), born in 1775.
6. Nicholas (14).
7. David, died without issue in 1839, and willed his property to his nephew Addison Gentry, and others.
8. Elizabeth, married Rev. James Haggard, her first cousin, and they settled in Kentucky. (See page 238.)
9. Jane, married James Maxwell of Virginia.
10. Frances, married Thomas Fitzpatrick.
11. Joanna, married Joseph Walters.
12. Polly, married John Gentry, son of her uncle, Martin Gentry, and settled in Kentucky.

Per FaG Memorial:
Father: Nicholas GENTRY b: BEF 30 MAY 1697 in St. Petersberg Parish, New Kent Co, Virginia USA c: 30 MAY 1697 in New Kent County, Virginia USA
Mother: Mary Caine BROOKS b: 1699 in Hanover County, Virginia USA

Marriage 1 Lucy Joy SIMS b: 1740 in Albemarle County, Virginia USA
Married: 1766 in Louisa County, Virginia USA 1
Children
1. James GENTRY b: 1768 in Louisa County, Virginia USA
2. Frances GENTRY b: 1769 in Albemarle County, Virginia USA
3. Moses GENTRY b: 1769 in Albemarle County, Virginia USA
4. Jane GENTRY b: ABT 1773
5. Claybourn GENTRY b: 1775 in Albemarle County, Virginia USA
6. John Pleasant GENTRY b: 1778 in Albemarle County, Virginia USA
7. Marie Lee GENTRY b: ABT 1778
8. Benajah GENTRY b: 10 JAN 1780 in Albemarle County, Virginia USA
9. Mary "Polly" GENTRY b: 2 APR 1781 in Albemarle County, Virginia USA
10. Nicholas GENTRY b: 1782 in Albemarle County, Virginia USA
11. David GENTRY b: 1784 in Albemarle County, Virginia USA
12. Elizabeth Jane "Betsie" GENTRY b: 1786 in Albemarle County, Virginia USA
13. Joanna Elizabeth GENTRY b: in Albemarle County, Virginia USA

Sources:
Text: ORAL: Barbara Rommel Brown (BBrown6575@aol.com)
Type: Book
Author: Richard Gentry
Periodical: The Gentry Family in America 1676 to 1909
Publication: The Grafton Press
Page: p 33

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lpertelt&id=I6164.^1,3

     Hester (Porter?) Simms was born circa 1840 at Missouri, USA; aged 10 in 1850 census.²
     Hester (Porter?) Simms was listed as a resident in Judge James Lovell Simms J.P. and Elizabeth Pratt's household in the census report on 20 August 1850 at District 99, Warren Co., Missouri, USA; p. 35A, lines 10-12, Dwelling 105, Family 105
10 SIMMS, James L. 58 [1792] M W Farmer $1500 VA
11 " , Elizabeth 52 [1798] F W VA
12 " , Hester (Porter?) 10 [1840] M W MO.³

     Capt. Tunstall Banks was born circa 1722 at King and Queen Co. (now), Virginia, USA.^4,3,5 He married Sarah Baylor in 1747 at King and Queen Co. (now), Virginia, USA.^6,3,5

Capt. Tunstall Banks died in 1790 at King William Co., Virginia, USA.^3,5
     Reference: TUNSTALL of NORTH CAROINA
"There has been too much controversy about the early Tunstall's in Virginia to undertake to write about them accurately. Mrs. Phillip W. Hiden has written an excellent review of a book by Whit Norris entitled ''The First Tunstalls in Virginia'' (59V 367-370) (see also 14V -444). This book is very excellent in its presentation of later generations.
Therefore, this account starts with Colonel Richard Tunstall of King and Queen, who was born about 1700, inasmuch as he was Deputy County Clerk of Essex from 1721 to 1724. He was residing in that County in 1724 (9V-436). In 1733-35 he was a Justice of the County Court of King and Queen. (Exec. Journals of Council, Vol. 4-299). From 1741 to 1757 he was Clerk of the County Court of King and Queen. (Stratton Major Parish Vestry Book, pp. 42, 116). Also he was appointed Clerk of Committee of Propositions and Grievances in the House of Burgesses, Sept. 1744.
In the above Parish Register he is referred to as ''Captain, Major, and Colonel'' of King and Queen in sequence from 1741to 1757. He was elected to the House of Burgesses in 1766, succeeding John Robinson. (B. J. 1766-69, p. 4). He served 1n this capacity during 1767 and 1768. He was Chairman of the Committee of Safety in 1714 for King and Queen. His son-in-law, George Brooks, was Vice-chairman, his son John was Clerk, and his son Richard and nephew Tunstall Banks were members.
Col. Richard Tunstall married Ann, daughter of Leonard Hill of Essex County, whose will dated May 12, 1728, proven May 1728, mentions his daughter Ann Tunstall. Ann Hill, born in 1708, first married Dr. James Walker in 1724, as evidenced by the Bible records of her grandson, James W. Maury (27V-376). Dr. James Walker was born March 7, 1692. His children were: Mary Walker, born Nov. 22, 1724, married James Maury, Nov. 11, 1843; died March 20, 1798; and Leonard James Walker, born Nov. 1726, died May 1733. (Id.)
Colonel Tunstall lived on the Mattapony River, and while he and his wife were away from home his two young daughters went wading 1n the river and were drowned. He died before 1782, for the King and Queen tax rolls for that year show that his estate consisted of 1203 acres of which Richard Tunstall, Jr., later received 665 acres in the 1783 rolls. If Col. Tunstall left a will, it perished in the destruction of the King and Queen records.
The most authoritative list of his children was made by his granddaughter• Lucy Tunstall Williams and confirmed by her son, our old friend John Buxton Williams in a letter dated Jan. 27, 1882. (14V437). His statements about other families have been proven correct. (See 17 C - 306; H. S. F., Vol., p. 343.)
Mrs. Williams said: "My grandfather (the said Richard Tunstall) had five sons and five daughters; their names were: RICHARD; LEONARD; THOMAS; JOHN; and my beloved father, WILLIAM; the daughters were: ELIZABETH; CATHERINE; ANN; HESTER; and Aunt BROOKE'. Aunt Brooke was HANNAH TUNSTALL who married George Brooke. (14V437)
William Tunstall, son of Colonel Richard and the beloved father of Mrs. Williams, was born ca. 1736 in King and Queen. He attended Dr. Robertson's School in King and Queen 1760-61 (33V291). He moved to Halifax Co., Va., where in June 1767, he became the first County Clerk of the County of Pittsylvania.* He lived in the western part of the county and on Jan. 1, 1777, his plantation fell in Henry County when it was formed from Pittsylvania. He therefore became ineligible to hold the Clerks office in Pitts. Notwithstanding his ineligibility, he was re-elected Clerk of Pitts, which office he held until 1791.
He was Major of the Pittsylvania County Militia, Nov. 23, 1773 (0. V. 2, p. 275). He became Lt. Colonel Sept. 27, 1775 (19V307). On June 20, 1778, he became County Lieutenant of Pittsylvania, which office he resigned March 23, 1780. (9V 266-415).
Colonel William Tunstall married Elizabeth (Betsy) Barker, born ca. 1745, daughter of Thomas Barker and his wife, Mrs. Ferebee Savage Pugh. On her mother's side she was descended from Ancient Planter Thomas Savage, who arrived at Jamestown Jan. 8, 1608 (A. P. P. 240); on her father's side from Richard Warren of the Mayflower (Index 2065). The date of her marriage 1s unknown, but it was long before the will of John Blagg of Henry County was probated, for John Blagg in his will dated Feb. 22, 1781, bequeathed to ''My Godson, William Tunstall, son of William Tunstall a widowed negro woman and her children. ''If said William died then to Peyton Randolph Tunstall'' unto Thomas Barker Tunstall my sorrel mare. (W.B. 1-1779-99, p. 49).
Thomas Barker, Betsy's father, was appointed Provincial Agent of North Carolina in England in 1761, and Betsy must have accompanied him inasmuch as her portrait was painted by the celebrated English portrait painter, William Hogarth, who was never in America.
In 1791, Colonel William Tunstall resigned his offices 1n Pittsylvania and Henry Counties and moved to Bertie County, N. c. The exact date of his death is not known, but he was plaintiff or defendant in several suits in Henry County, and at the April Session 1793, three of them were abated by the death of Col. William Tunstall. (M1nutes 6, pp. 21-87).
The will of Betsy Barker Tunstall was dated June 17, 1803, and probated November Term 1803, in Bertie County. In it she mentions nine of her ten children and a ''Granddaughter Ruth V. Tunstall, daughter of Edmund Tunstall of Virginia.'' Ruth was the daughter of Betsy's daughter Ann (Nancy) who had married her first cousin, Edmund Tunstall."⁷

; From "Descendants of William BANKS": (p. 6):
"Tunstall Banks was the eldest son who inherited under the will of the first William Banks the estate "Mantapike" in King & Queen. In February 1759, he had its entail docked and soon after sold it to George Brooke, husband of his first cousin, Hannah Tunstall (Hening's Stat., viii. 474; Bagby's Hist., 51).
About 1765-7, he was a Justice of King & Queen.
In April 1767, he was defendant in a suit by his kinsmen Tunstall and Brooke.
On 12 December 177 4, he was elected to the Committee of Safety and probably rendered other Revolutionary service.
In 1782, he was taxed with 230 acres in King & Queen and himself appraised some lands on that tax roll.
He married Sarah (maiden name unknown) and left (unident fied) descendants.
Source: 'THE FIRST TUNSTALLS IN VIRGINA" by Whit Morris (1950) - p 7.

At some time prior to 1758, Manatpike had passed to his son, Tunstall Banks, who sold the entire plantation to George Brooke in 1764. Tunstall Banks then moved to his plantation in King William County.
He had been named in the Commission of Justices of King & Queen County and on the Committee of Safety.
Source: "Old New Kent County (Virginia) : Some Account of the Planters, Plantations, and Places" by Malcolm H Haris - Vol. 1:p.414."⁵

; See Parker Wood Family Tree by Rachel Potter for a proposal regarding the possible ancestry of John Banks through Tunstall Banks.

Rachel leaves open two key possibilities:
1. That John might have been the son of Lynn Banks and Sarah Proctor, but she mentions a DNA test that adds credibility to his father having been Tunstall: "Rachel has DNA matches with descendents of Baylor Banks (1755-1815), who could have been John's brother. Or match is from somewhere else?" N.B. Baylor Banks was a son of Tunstall.
2. Tunstall Banks May have married twice, or his wife's name is confused:
m1 Sarah Jane Richards
m2 Sarah Baylor?⁸ He witnessed the death of William Banks in 1748 at Virginia, USA; "William Bankes of King and Queen count (will dated November 10, 1709), had issue, Ralph Banks, who died about 1735, leaving issue William Banks (Hening, V., p.214). the last-mentioned William Banks died in 1748, leaving issue, Tunstall Banks, his eldest son and heir, living in 1759 (Hening, VII. p. 294). Mile Banks and John Banks were members of the Virginia Company." (p. 234.)^9,10 Capt. Tunstall Banks was "Justices of the Peace of Colonial Virgina, 1757-1775"
Justice of the Peace
also listed, Richard Tunstall between 1766 and 1772 at King and Queen Co., Virginia, USA.¹¹

     Sarah Baylor was born circa 1723 at King and Queen Co. (now), Virginia, USA.² She married Capt. Tunstall Banks, son of William Banks and Ann Tunstall, in 1747 at King and Queen Co. (now), Virginia, USA.^3,1,4

Sarah Baylor died circa 1806 at King and Queen Co. (now), Virginia, USA.²
     Sarah Baylor was also known as Sarah Jane Richards.³

     Caleb Percy Shoebridge was born circa 1882 at England; Aged 24 on 1906 marriage record. He married Fern Abigail Meek, daughter of Oscar Lelan Meek and Annie L. Cresap, on 6 August 1903 at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Co., California, USA,
;
Her 1st husband
California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980
Original data: California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1830-1980. California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images.¹

     William Banks married Ann Tunstall, daughter of Richard? Tunstall and Ann Leonard.⁴
William Banks was born in 1707.⁴
William Banks died in 1748 at Virginia, USA; "William Bankes of King and Queen count (will dated November 10, 1709), had issue, Ralph Banks, who died about 1735, leaving issue William Banks (Hening, V., p.214). the last-mentioned William Banks died in 1748, leaving issue, Tunstall Banks, his eldest son and heir, living in 1759 (Hening, VII. p. 294). Mile Banks and John Banks were members of the Virginia Company." (p. 234.)^5,6
      ; From "Descendants of William BANKS": (pp. 3-4): "William Banks inherited Mantapike under the provisions of his father's will and was resident here in 1742.
In add ition to the Mantapike tract, he owned a mill and adjacent lands in King W illiam County.
At some time prior to 1758, Manatpike had passed to his son, Tunstall Banks, who sold the entire plantation to George Brooke in 1764.
Source: "Old New Kent County (Virginia) : Some Account of the Planters, Plantations, and Places" by Malcolm H Harris - Vol. 1: p 414.⁷ "

     Ralph Banks was born in 1684.³
Ralph Banks died circa 1735 at Virginia, USA.^1,3
      ; From "Descendants of William BANKS": (p. 2)
"Ralph Banks resided at Manatpike and at his death it was left to his son, William Banks, who was resident here in 17 42.
Source: "Old New Kent County (Virginia) : Some Account of the Planters, Plantations, and Places" by Malcolm H Harris - Vol. 1: p 414."
"According to one family tradition, Thomas was the ol dest son, but he was disinherited because he married a Quaker. Although the will of h is father, William Bankes, is no longer extant, ii was for this reason that Ralph, the second eldest son, inherited the entire estate.
Source: "Moran Exodus from Offaly" by Patrick E Moran."³ He witnessed the death of William Banks in 1748 at Virginia, USA; "William Bankes of King and Queen count (will dated November 10, 1709), had issue, Ralph Banks, who died about 1735, leaving issue William Banks (Hening, V., p.214). the last-mentioned William Banks died in 1748, leaving issue, Tunstall Banks, his eldest son and heir, living in 1759 (Hening, VII. p. 294). Mile Banks and John Banks were members of the Virginia Company." (p. 234.)^4,5

     William Banks was born before 1643 at Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire, England; per Ray H Banks' Report on William Bankes:
"There is one tradition reported by James William Banks of Virginia. He was a William Bankes descendant from part of the family that lived continuously in Virginia and was born in 1849. He indicated there were multiple brothers from his family who came to America according to his family's tradition. (Reba Fitzpatrick Lea in her 1945 book, The Lea Family in Nelson County, Virginia, p. 80, based on a 1934 interview with James.) This tradition is seemingly incompatible with another tradition among the descendants of William's grandson Thomas. This latter tradition claims William was a son of Sir John Bankes of Keswick, Cumbria, and Corfe Castle, Dorsetshire, but as mentioned above, the Sir John Bankes family has an entirely different genetic profile."^3,4 He was born in 1643 at Alkham (prob.), co. Kent, England; Parker Wood Family Tree says b. 1643, prob. Alkham, Kent, England or was it VA?¹ He married Mary Tunstall, daughter of Richard Tunstall and Mary Savage, in 1680.³

William Banks died after 11 October 1709 at King and Queen Co., Virginia, USA; Date of will.⁵
William Banks died before 10 November 1709 at King and Queen Co., Virginia, USA; Date of probate of will.³

His estate was probated on 10 November 1709 at Virginia (now), USA.³

     Reference: Descendants of William Banks, found on Parker Wood Family Tree: "Stanley Simpson originally shared this on 7 Oct 2019"
See attached pages in *.jpg and *.pdf formats.⁶

William Banks immigrated to Virginia, USA; NB: Year of immigration is not given. His father is recorded as immigrating in 1635, before William was born.
U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Virginia; Page Number: 152
Name     William Banks
Arrival Place     Virginia
Primary Immigrant     Banks, William
Source Publication Code     9450
Annotation     Published extracts from The Magazine of American Genealogy, section 4, nos. 1-27 (1929 - [1932]). Good compilation but incomplete, since publication of the magazine was suspended; it contains names from beginning of alphabet through 'Battles' only. Source
Source Bibliography     VIRKUS, FREDERICK A., editor. Immigrants to America before 1750. An Alphabetical List of Immigrants to the Colonies, before 1750, Compiled from Official and Other Records. Surnames 'A through Battles.' Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965. 220p.
Household Members (Name)     William Banks.⁷

; From "Descendants of William BANKS": (p. 1)
"William Bankes appears in the records of York Co., Virginia, on 24 January 1660. He is known to have llived in New Kent, Co., which was created from York Co. land in 1654 and he died on 10 November 1709 in King & Queen Co., which was created from New Kent Co. landi n 1691.
He was often referred to as "William Bankes of King & Queen Co." and called his land there his "Home Dividend." or his ''Dividend Land and later "Mantapike".
Source: "Moran Exodus from Offaly" by Patrick E Moran.³

Reference: Ray H Banks' Report on William Bankes
Posted Dec 13, 2018 by Rachel Potter
See attached pages in *.jpg and *.pdf formats.⁸ William Banks was also known as William Bankes.⁵ GAV-8.
William Banks was mentioned in a land transaction in 1683 at Mantapike, King and Queen Co., Virginia (now), USA,
Memo: From "Descendants of William BANKS": (p. 1)
"Edward Digges, esq. Gent on April 18, 1653, was granted a tract 1of land containing 700 acres, called Mantpoyick, lying on the north side of the Mat tapony River, running from a small creek up by the river southeasterl to Mattoones Creek (Land Patnt Book n° 3, p 32). The title to this land did not remain long in the name of Digges who sold it to Thomas Baxter prior to 1656,which link in the title was set forth in the repatent to William Banks, which was entered on 20 October 1689 for 1.079 acres. It had belonged to Adam Holland in the meantime and he sold it to William Banks in 1683.

William Banlks was the owner of this plantation at the time, of his death in 1709, when it passed to his son, Ralph Banks, by the provisions of his last will and testament.

Source: "Old New Kent County (Virginia): So:me Account of the Planters, Plantations, and Places" by Malcolm H Harris - Vol 1: p 414.³
He witnessed the death of William Banks in 1748 at Virginia, USA; "William Bankes of King and Queen count (will dated November 10, 1709), had issue, Ralph Banks, who died about 1735, leaving issue William Banks (Hening, V., p.214). the last-mentioned William Banks died in 1748, leaving issue, Tunstall Banks, his eldest son and heir, living in 1759 (Hening, VII. p. 294). Mile Banks and John Banks were members of the Virginia Company." (p. 234.)^9,10

     James Bankes was born in 1600.¹
     GAV-9.

James Bankes immigrated in 1635 to Virginia, USA; U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Place: Virginia; Year: 1635; Page Number: 163, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010, Provo, UT, USA
Name     James Bankes
Age     35
Birth Year     abt 1600
Arrival Year     1635
Arrival Place     Virginia
Primary Immigrant     Bankes, James
Source Publication Code     1219.4
Source Bibliography     COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1607-1660. 1988. 600p.
Household members
Name     Age
James Bankes     35.^1,2,3

     Mary Tunstall was born in 1663.¹ She married William Banks, son of James Bankes, in 1680.¹

Mary Tunstall died in 1709.¹
     GAV-8.

     Thomas Banks married Mary Davis.¹
Thomas Banks was born in 1682.¹
Thomas Banks died in 1754.¹

     William Banks married Elizabeth Martin on 13 September 1753.^1,2

William Banks died in 1763.^1,2
      ; From "Descendants of William BANKS": (p. 3): "William BANKS and Elizabeth MARTIN had the following children:
i. WILLIAM4 BANKS was born on 6 December 1753.
ii. ELIZABETH BANKS was born on 8 March 1756.
iii. RALPH BANKS was born on 1 June 1759. He married (1) CATHERINE (BANKS). He married (2) MARTHA VENOBLE on 9 December 1778.
iv. MILDRED BANKS was born on 14 January 1762. She married (1) WILLIAM GAINES. He was born in 1757. He died in 1851.² "

     Thomas Banks was born at Halifax Co., Virginia, USA.¹ He married Sarah (?)¹

Thomas Banks died on 19 October 1775.¹
      ; From "Descendants of William BANKS": (p. 3): "Thomas BANKS and Sarah (BANKS) had the follov.1ng children:
i.     JOHN4 BANKS. He married (1) SARAH TRAYLOR.
ii.     DUNSTON BANKS. He married (1) POLLY TRAYLOR."

     Thomas Banks married Susannah Priddy-Hunt at Granville Co., North Carolina, USA,
; His 2nd wife.^1,2 Thomas Banks was born in 1709 at Granville Co., North Carolina, USA.^1,2 He married Sarah Chandler in 1743
; His 1st wife.^1,2 Thomas Banks married Betty White in 1748
; His 3rd wife.^1,2
Thomas Banks died on 28 June 1789 at Elbert Co., Georgia, USA.^1,2

     Sarah Chandler was born at Caroline Co., Virginia, USA.^1,2 She married Thomas Banks, son of Ralph Banks, in 1743
; His 1st wife.^1,2
Sarah Chandler died in 1747.^1,2