Edward Bangs

M, #12748, b. Oct 28, 1591, d. Mar 5, 1678
Relationship9th great-grandfather of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr.
Father*John Bangs b. circa 1566, d. Feb 11, 1632
Mother*Jane Chaire b. circa 1570, d. Feb 11, 1632

Family 1

Lydia Hicks b. Sep 6, 1612, d. circa 1634
Child

Family 2

Rebecca Hobart b. Dec 29, 1611, d. circa 1679
Children

Chronological Events

Marriage* Edward Bangs married Lydia Hicks, daughter of Robert Hicks and Margaret Winslow
Birth*Oct 28, 1591 Edward Bangs was born on Oct 28, 1591 at Panfield, Essex, England, United Kingdom
 He was the son of John Bangs and Jane Chaire
Emigration*Jul, 1623 Edward Bangs emigrated in Jul, 1623 from England, United Kingdom, on the ship "Ann." 
Immigration*Jul, 1623 He immigrated in Jul, 1623 to Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States, arriving in America on the ship "Ann." 
Marriage*circa 1636 He married Rebecca Hobart, daughter of Edmund Hobart and Margaret Dewey, circa 1636 at Massachusetts, United States
Death*Mar 5, 1678 Edward Bangs died on Mar 5, 1678, at age 86 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.1 
Burial*Mar 6, 1678 He was buried on Mar 6, 1678 at Cove Burying Ground Cemetery (Unmarked), Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Find A Grave Memorial# 70549329.2 
Book Excerpt* 
Edward Bangs arrived in America on July 1623, on the ship "Ann" - Source: http://www.magma.ca/~mmackay/wc16/wc16_094.html

Edward Bangs was born in England, probably in 1591. In his will, written in 1677, he says he is aged 86 years. He is probably the same Edward Bangs who was baptized in 1591 at Penfield, County Essex, England, the son of John and Jane (Chavis) Bangs.

Edward Bangs arrived in Plymouth in 1623 on the Anne.

Edward Bangs married Lydia Hicks sometime after 1627. Robert Hicks, Edward’s father-in-law, had arrived in Plymouth in 1621 on the Fortune. The rest of the Hicks family – Robert’s wife Margaret, and their three children, Samuel, Phoebe and Lydia, arrived on the Anne (as did Edward Bangs). Edward and Lydia Hicks Bangs had one son, John. Lydia died in the mid-1630s. Edward remarried, to Rebecca [last name uncertain]. Edward and Rebecca had 9 children.
Edward Bangs served on several town committees, and held a responsible position within the community.

Edward Bangs and his family moved to Cape Cod in the 1640s when the town of Nauset (later renamed Eastham) was being established. In Nauset, Edward was licensed to sell alcohol.

Edward Bangs died in 1677/78.

http://www.conovergenealogy.com/ancestor-p/p20.htm:
Edward Bangs signed his will and several deeds. He was grandted land in the amount of four acres as a passenger of the Anne in 1623 in the division of land in 1623 at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He emigrated on July 31, 1623 from Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts; sailed on the Anne. In the 1627 Plymouth division of cattle "Edward Banges" was the thirteenth person in the twelthe company in 1627. He was committee to lay out land Plymouth, MA on January 3, 1627/28. In 1633 Edward Bangs was listed as a freeman at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He held the position of committee to divide meadow on July 1, 1633. He was committe to assess taxes, Plymouth, MA on January 5, 1634/35. He was commtiiee to assess taxes, Plymouth, MA on March 1, 1635/36. He was Plymouth representative to reunite Plymouth and Duxbury (but did not serve) on March 14, 1635/36. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on October 4, 1636. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on January 3, 1636/37. On March 7, 1636/37 Edward Bangs was listed as a freeman at Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. He held the ofiice of Grand Jury in Plymouth, MA on March 7, 1636/37. He was committee to allocate hay ground, Plymouth, MA on March 20, 1636/37. He was committee to allocate hay ground, Plymouth, MA on October 2, 1637. He was grand jury, Plymouth, MA on June 5, 1638. In 1639 Edward Bangs was listed as a freeman at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; listed as gone in Plymouth County. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on September 3, 1639. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on December 3, 1639. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on March 3, 1639/40. He was committee to allocate hay ground, Plymouth, MA on June 1, 1640. He was grand jury, Plymouth, MA on June 2, 1640. He was granted ten acres of meadow in the South Meadows on November 2, 1640. He was committee to lay out highway, Plymouth, MA on February 1, 1640/41. He was committe to lay out land Plymouth, MA on February 1, 1640/41. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on August 3, 1641. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on September 6, 1641. "Edward Banges" was granted a parcel fo fourscore acres of upland about "Warrens Wells" on September 7, 1641. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on December 7, 1641. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on March 1, 1641/42. He was grand jury, Plymouth, MA on March 1, 1641/42. "Wheras fourscore of upland are formerly granted to Edward Banges at Waren's Wells, he now desiring to have some land near his house, it is granted that he shall look out a parcel of land, which upon view shall be laid fourth for him, and to be deducted out of the 80 acres he should have at Warren's Wells" on October 17, 1642. In Plymouth section of list of men able to bear arms in 1643. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on June 6, 1643. He from Joyce Wallen, widow for L8 "all that her house and messuage situate and being at Hobs Hole or Wellingsly with the garden place and uplands thereunto adjoining on September 7, 1643. He was petit jury, Plymouth, MA on November 7, 1643. He resided at at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, before 1645. He was treasurer, Eastham, MA between 1646 and 1665. He was Eastham highway surveyor on June 1, 1647. He was Eastham highway surveyor on June 4, 1650. He was Eastham highway surveyor on June 3, 1651. He sold land to Samuel Hicks of Plymouth for L3, 10s "a parcel of marsh meadow lying at the high pines on the Salthouse Beach" on June 22, 1651 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was committee to lay out highway, Plymouth, MA on February 24, 1652. He was Deputy to Plymouth Court for Eastham on June 7, 1652 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was grand jury, Plymouth, MA on June 7, 1652. He was an inkeeper on October 6, 1657 Edward Bangs at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He was coroner's jury, Plymouth County, MA on October 30, 1667. On May 29, 1670 Edward Bangs was listed as a freeman at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts. He left a will on October 19, 1677 at Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.


The last will and testament of Edward Bangs:

"This 19 of October 1677 I, Edward Banges, aged 86 yeers, being well stricken in years and now knowing the day and houre when God may call mee hence, yett being in health and perfect memory, doe leave this as my Last Will and Testament.

"First, I make my son, Jonathan, my whole and sole Executor to whom I give all my Purchase Land att Namskekett and that way lying between Namskekett and satuckett Brooke lying next to meddow graunted to Governor Prence, bounded by a ditch runing from the upland towards the creeke, two acres and an half be it more or lesse, bounded att the other end by a creeke. And I give him all my Purchase Land att Paomett and all privilidges therunto belonging, and I give him an acree and an half of meddow ling att a place called The Acars, alsoe one acree lying att the harbour’s mouth, alsoe I give him a parsell of upland and meddow lying att Rocke Harbour which I had in exchange of John Done. Alsoe all those things which I have att his house I give unto him.

"Secondly, I give to my son, John, that twenty acrees of upland att Pockett that hee hath built upon, and five acrees more adjoyning to it to run from end to end. And I give him that land which I have att Pockett Iland and two acrees of meddow that lyeth att the Boate Meddow next to that which hee bought of Daniell Cole, and three quarters of an acree att the head of the Boate Meddow.

"Thirdly, I give unto my son, Joshua, the house that I lived in and all the housing belonging to it, and twenty eight acrees of land adjoyning to it that lyeth neare it, and I give him three acrees of meddow att the Boate Meddow, lying at the Sandey Banke, and one acree of meddow that lyeth att the Boate Meddow which is called the Salt House Acree, alsoe four acrees of meddow lying att the head of Blakstish Creek. Likewise I give to Joshua fourteen acrees of upland that lyeth att Pockett next to the land of Jonathan Sparrow.

"Fourth, I give to my son Jonathan’s eldest son, Edward Banges, twenty five acrees of upland lying att Pochett Field, be it more or lesse, alsoe I give unto him one acree of meddow att Rocke Harboare att the head of the meddow next to Leiftenant Roger’s and half an acre of meddow lying att Great Namsckett which I bought of Daniell Cole.

"Fiftly, I give unto my daughters, my Daughter Howes, my Daughter Higgens, my Daughter Done, my Daughter Hall, my Daughter Merrick, and my Daughter Atwood, four pounds apeece at my decease. And I give to my grandchildren, viz, the children of my daughter, Rebeckah, deceased, four pounds att my decease onely with this proviso respecting the legacye given to these my daughters and grandchildren: that the estate left att my death doth amount to soe much; otherwise what is left be equally devided amongst them – the grandchildren to have a seaventh parte. and heerunto I doe sett my hand and seale.
Edward Banges."

"An Agreement made betwixt John Banges and Jonathan Banges, the sonnes of Edward Banges, deceased, this sixt day of March in the yeer of our Lord one thousand six hundred seaventy and seaven in reference to a parsell of land given by the said Edward Banges in his Last Will and testament to his grand child, Edward Banges, the son of Jonathan Banges: that the said John Banges shall make use of this land rent free untill the said Edward Banges, to whom the land is given, comes to be of age. Or, incase the said Edward dies before hee comes to be of age, then untill such a tearme of yeers on which hee would have bine of age if hee had lived. Alsoe, it is agreed by them that the said John Banges, during the time of making use of this land, shall not carry off any of the stones or timber except it be for the fencing of the said land in particular, excepting onely that middle fence which not att the making of this Agreement runs betwixt the field and pasture."3
 

Citations

  1. [S57] Gravestones - Capecodgravestones.com, online at http://www.capecodgravestones.com
  2. [S58] Gravestones - Death Cert, Find-A-Grave, BillionGraves.
  3. [S771] Personal Knowledge - Valentine, Jack.