John Banks was a son of Samuel Banks and Hannah Ogden.
He married Deborah Newman in 1749.
Father of 12 children.
A farmer, his property was located in the Middle Patent, on the west side of Bedford-Banksville Road, in North Castle, Westchester County, New York.
Overseer of road repairs for the Middle Patent in 1767 and 1768.
His home was ransacked and the family's possessions were plundered in 1782 during the American Revolutionary War by Lieutenant Colonel James Holmes, a former patriot turned loyalist, and his band of men from the Corps of Westchester County Refugees.
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John Banks and Deborah Newman were the parents of the following children.
1. John Banks, b. 1750.
2. Deborah Banks, b. 30 November 1752.
3. Hannah Banks, b. 23 November 1753.
4. Samuel Banks, b. 18 April 1755.
5. Joseph Banks, b. 22 March 1758.
6. Jonathan Banks, b. 29 August 1759.
7. Sarah Banks, b. 10 March 1761.
8. Diadama Banks, b. 17 December 1762.
9. Martha Banks, b. 3 July 1764.
10. Alanson Banks, b. 16 June 1766.
11. Rachel Banks, b. 30 March 1768.
12. Benjamin Banks, b. 15 February 1770.
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Martha Banks, wife of James Lyon and a daughter of John Banks and Deborah Newman, gave this account of her remembrances when her father's home and farm were attacked toward the end the Revolutionary War, as recorded in The McDonald Papers shortly before her death in 1849.
"Once toward the close of the war, early about daylight of a Sunday morning in the Fall, I think, Colonel Holmes at the head of a party of Refugees came to my father's house in the Middle Patent. Father had been guarding the cattle all night. They were for safety kept in the yard, where they could be seen. The first we knew they broke and cut the windows with their swords. My father was abed with the curtain drawn. They surrounded the house and forced the doors, and demanded all our money. My father gave them his pocket book, which contained only one dollar. They demanded more. Father said that was all he had, etc. A gentleman now spoke, 'How d'e do, Mr. Banks?' 'I don't know who you are', said father, much frightened and trembling like a leaf. 'What! Don't you know an old neighbor?' 'No', said my father, 'I don't recollect you.' 'I am Colonel Holmes', replied the stranger. My father then reasoned with and shamed Colonel Holmes for allowing an old acquaintance to be robbed. He replied, 'That is the usage of war.' Just before this I heard them say, 'Give up your money or you are a dead man.' I ran into the room in my nightdress, and knocked up the muzzle of a gun pointed at my father's breast. They took off all our bedclothes and most of our other clothes, which we never got again. They inquired for my brothers and took one of them a prisoner. Then they inquired for the other brothers. I told them the others had gone to Bedford for a force to take them. They then left my father's in a hurry and retreated. A few plunderers remained behind to take off what remained of our clothes."
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He married Deborah Newman in 1749.
Father of 12 children.
A farmer, his property was located in the Middle Patent, on the west side of Bedford-Banksville Road, in North Castle, Westchester County, New York.
Overseer of road repairs for the Middle Patent in 1767 and 1768.
His home was ransacked and the family's possessions were plundered in 1782 during the American Revolutionary War by Lieutenant Colonel James Holmes, a former patriot turned loyalist, and his band of men from the Corps of Westchester County Refugees.
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John Banks and Deborah Newman were the parents of the following children.
1. John Banks, b. 1750.
2. Deborah Banks, b. 30 November 1752.
3. Hannah Banks, b. 23 November 1753.
4. Samuel Banks, b. 18 April 1755.
5. Joseph Banks, b. 22 March 1758.
6. Jonathan Banks, b. 29 August 1759.
7. Sarah Banks, b. 10 March 1761.
8. Diadama Banks, b. 17 December 1762.
9. Martha Banks, b. 3 July 1764.
10. Alanson Banks, b. 16 June 1766.
11. Rachel Banks, b. 30 March 1768.
12. Benjamin Banks, b. 15 February 1770.
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Martha Banks, wife of James Lyon and a daughter of John Banks and Deborah Newman, gave this account of her remembrances when her father's home and farm were attacked toward the end the Revolutionary War, as recorded in The McDonald Papers shortly before her death in 1849.
"Once toward the close of the war, early about daylight of a Sunday morning in the Fall, I think, Colonel Holmes at the head of a party of Refugees came to my father's house in the Middle Patent. Father had been guarding the cattle all night. They were for safety kept in the yard, where they could be seen. The first we knew they broke and cut the windows with their swords. My father was abed with the curtain drawn. They surrounded the house and forced the doors, and demanded all our money. My father gave them his pocket book, which contained only one dollar. They demanded more. Father said that was all he had, etc. A gentleman now spoke, 'How d'e do, Mr. Banks?' 'I don't know who you are', said father, much frightened and trembling like a leaf. 'What! Don't you know an old neighbor?' 'No', said my father, 'I don't recollect you.' 'I am Colonel Holmes', replied the stranger. My father then reasoned with and shamed Colonel Holmes for allowing an old acquaintance to be robbed. He replied, 'That is the usage of war.' Just before this I heard them say, 'Give up your money or you are a dead man.' I ran into the room in my nightdress, and knocked up the muzzle of a gun pointed at my father's breast. They took off all our bedclothes and most of our other clothes, which we never got again. They inquired for my brothers and took one of them a prisoner. Then they inquired for the other brothers. I told them the others had gone to Bedford for a force to take them. They then left my father's in a hurry and retreated. A few plunderers remained behind to take off what remained of our clothes."
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John Banks was a son of Samuel Banks and Hannah Ogden.
He married Deborah Newman in 1749.
Father of 12 children.
A farmer, his property was located in the Middle Patent, on the west side of Bedford-Banksville Road, in North Castle, Westchester County, New York.
Overseer of road repairs for the Middle Patent in 1767 and 1768.
His home was ransacked and the family's possessions were plundered in 1782 during the American Revolutionary War by Lieutenant Colonel James Holmes, a former patriot turned loyalist, and his band of men from the Corps of Westchester County Refugees.
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John Banks and Deborah Newman were the parents of the following children.
1. John Banks, b. 1750.
2. Deborah Banks, b. 30 November 1752.
3. Hannah Banks, b. 23 November 1753.
4. Samuel Banks, b. 18 April 1755.
5. Joseph Banks, b. 22 March 1758.
6. Jonathan Banks, b. 29 August 1759.
7. Sarah Banks, b. 10 March 1761.
8. Diadama Banks, b. 17 December 1762.
9. Martha Banks, b. 3 July 1764.
10. Alanson Banks, b. 16 June 1766.
11. Rachel Banks, b. 30 March 1768.
12. Benjamin Banks, b. 15 February 1770.
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Martha Banks, wife of James Lyon and a daughter of John Banks and Deborah Newman, gave this account of her remembrances when her father's home and farm were attacked toward the end the Revolutionary War, as recorded in The McDonald Papers shortly before her death in 1849.
"Once toward the close of the war, early about daylight of a Sunday morning in the Fall, I think, Colonel Holmes at the head of a party of Refugees came to my father's house in the Middle Patent. Father had been guarding the cattle all night. They were for safety kept in the yard, where they could be seen. The first we knew they broke and cut the windows with their swords. My father was abed with the curtain drawn. They surrounded the house and forced the doors, and demanded all our money. My father gave them his pocket book, which contained only one dollar. They demanded more. Father said that was all he had, etc. A gentleman now spoke, 'How d'e do, Mr. Banks?' 'I don't know who you are', said father, much frightened and trembling like a leaf. 'What! Don't you know an old neighbor?' 'No', said my father, 'I don't recollect you.' 'I am Colonel Holmes', replied the stranger. My father then reasoned with and shamed Colonel Holmes for allowing an old acquaintance to be robbed. He replied, 'That is the usage of war.' Just before this I heard them say, 'Give up your money or you are a dead man.' I ran into the room in my nightdress, and knocked up the muzzle of a gun pointed at my father's breast. They took off all our bedclothes and most of our other clothes, which we never got again. They inquired for my brothers and took one of them a prisoner. Then they inquired for the other brothers. I told them the others had gone to Bedford for a force to take them. They then left my father's in a hurry and retreated. A few plunderers remained behind to take off what remained of our clothes."
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He married Deborah Newman in 1749.
Father of 12 children.
A farmer, his property was located in the Middle Patent, on the west side of Bedford-Banksville Road, in North Castle, Westchester County, New York.
Overseer of road repairs for the Middle Patent in 1767 and 1768.
His home was ransacked and the family's possessions were plundered in 1782 during the American Revolutionary War by Lieutenant Colonel James Holmes, a former patriot turned loyalist, and his band of men from the Corps of Westchester County Refugees.
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John Banks and Deborah Newman were the parents of the following children.
1. John Banks, b. 1750.
2. Deborah Banks, b. 30 November 1752.
3. Hannah Banks, b. 23 November 1753.
4. Samuel Banks, b. 18 April 1755.
5. Joseph Banks, b. 22 March 1758.
6. Jonathan Banks, b. 29 August 1759.
7. Sarah Banks, b. 10 March 1761.
8. Diadama Banks, b. 17 December 1762.
9. Martha Banks, b. 3 July 1764.
10. Alanson Banks, b. 16 June 1766.
11. Rachel Banks, b. 30 March 1768.
12. Benjamin Banks, b. 15 February 1770.
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Martha Banks, wife of James Lyon and a daughter of John Banks and Deborah Newman, gave this account of her remembrances when her father's home and farm were attacked toward the end the Revolutionary War, as recorded in The McDonald Papers shortly before her death in 1849.
"Once toward the close of the war, early about daylight of a Sunday morning in the Fall, I think, Colonel Holmes at the head of a party of Refugees came to my father's house in the Middle Patent. Father had been guarding the cattle all night. They were for safety kept in the yard, where they could be seen. The first we knew they broke and cut the windows with their swords. My father was abed with the curtain drawn. They surrounded the house and forced the doors, and demanded all our money. My father gave them his pocket book, which contained only one dollar. They demanded more. Father said that was all he had, etc. A gentleman now spoke, 'How d'e do, Mr. Banks?' 'I don't know who you are', said father, much frightened and trembling like a leaf. 'What! Don't you know an old neighbor?' 'No', said my father, 'I don't recollect you.' 'I am Colonel Holmes', replied the stranger. My father then reasoned with and shamed Colonel Holmes for allowing an old acquaintance to be robbed. He replied, 'That is the usage of war.' Just before this I heard them say, 'Give up your money or you are a dead man.' I ran into the room in my nightdress, and knocked up the muzzle of a gun pointed at my father's breast. They took off all our bedclothes and most of our other clothes, which we never got again. They inquired for my brothers and took one of them a prisoner. Then they inquired for the other brothers. I told them the others had gone to Bedford for a force to take them. They then left my father's in a hurry and retreated. A few plunderers remained behind to take off what remained of our clothes."
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