Jonathan Bangs1

M, b. 1640, d. 19 November 1728
FatherEdward Bangs b. c 28 Oct 1591, d. b 5 Mar 1678
MotherRebecca Hobart b. c 29 Dec 1611, d. 1679
     Jonathan was born in 1640 in Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts. Jonathan married Mary Mayo, daughter of Captain Samuel Mayo and Thomasine Lumpkin, on 16 July 1664 in Eastham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts.2,3 Jonathan's wife, Mary, died on 26 January 1711 there in Harwich, leaving him a widower.4 Jonathan married 2nd Sarah (?) circa 1712 in Massachusetts. Jonathan's wife, Sarah, died on 11 June 1719 there in Harwich, leaving him a widower.5 Jonathan married 3rd Ruth Cole on 23 July 1720 in Eastham.6 Jonathan's wife, Ruth, died in June 1728, leaving him a widower. Jonathan departed this life on Friday, 19 November 1728 in Eastham at age 88 years.7 He was buried there in the Old Burying Ground. The inscription on his tombstone reads: Here lyes buried ye body of Capt. Jonathan Bangs aged 88 years decd. 19 November 1728.4

Family 1

Mary Mayo b. c 1648/49, d. 26 Jan 1711
Children

Family 2

Sarah (?) b. c 1642, d. 11 Jun 1719

Citations

  1. [S290] Nickerson Family Association, The Nickerson Family, Part I [1973].
  2. [S1522] Robert S. Wakefield, Additons and Corrections to Torrey's New England Marriages, page 159 - Bangs, Jonathan (1640-1728) & 1/wf Mary Mayo (-1711, in 66th yr); 16 July 1664; Eastham; (MD 4:29).
  3. [S1523] Eastham and Orleans, Mass., Vital Records, page 29 - [Vol. I, Pt. II, p. 15] Jonathan Bangs and Mary Mayo married the 16th Day of July in the yeare 1664.
  4. [S1215] Glade Jan Nelson, Identifying Mercy, wife of Thomas Hinckley of Harwich, Massachusetts as Mercy [Bangs] [Hinckley] Cole, page 215.
  5. [S1215] Glade Jan Nelson, Identifying Mercy, wife of Thomas Hinckley of Harwich, Massachusetts as Mercy [Bangs] [Hinckley] Cole, page 215 - She was in her 78th year & was buried with him.
  6. [S1215] Glade Jan Nelson, Identifying Mercy, wife of Thomas Hinckley of Harwich, Massachusetts as Mercy [Bangs] [Hinckley] Cole, page 215 - Jonathan married Ruth [Cole] Young at Eastham with intentions 23 July 1720.
  7. [S2125] Harwich, Mass., Vital Reords, Page 35.