HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



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Elinor Banes, the daughter, married 

 7 mo. 26, 1694, Thomas Duer, of Bucks 

 county, where are left numerous of their 

 descendants. In the Duer family bible 

 is found the record of the birth of the 

 three eldest children of her brother William 

 Banes. 



William Banes, probably soon after 

 the termination of his term of service 

 with Joseph Stedman, married and lo- 

 cated in Southampton township, Bucks 

 county, where a tract of land is marked 

 with his name on an early survey, though 

 no deeds appear of record to or from 

 him. He died prior to May 23, 1729, 

 when letters of administration were 

 granted on his estate. His widow Eliza- 

 beth, maiden name unknown, survived 

 him many years, her will dated Decem- 

 ber 27, 1768, being probated September 

 16, 1771. The children of William and 

 ElizalDeth Banes were ten in number, and 

 as follows: I. Joseph Beans*, born Sep- 

 tember 24, 1708, died 1771, married May 

 17) '^733, Esther Evans, and had children: 

 John, James, Mathew, and Seth. 



2. Mathew Beans, born December 10, 

 1709, died in Buckingham township, 

 Bucks county, in April, 1791, married 

 first, May 2, 1734, Margery Paxson, 

 daughter of Henry, and second. May 18, 

 1763, Elizabeth, the widow of Edward 

 Rice; had three children by first wife; 

 Jonathan; Ann, wife of Amos White; 

 and David. By the second: Aaron, Eliz- 

 abeth and Moses. 



3. James Banes, born about 171 1. died 

 July, 1749, was a blacksmith in South- 

 ampton, married October 22, 1742, Eliza- 

 beth Sands. Had children: Phebe, Jesse 

 and Elizabeth. 



4. Timothy Beans removed to Sole- 

 bury in 1738, joined Buckingham Friends' 

 Meeting and married Rebecca Paxson, 

 sister to his brother Mathew's wife. Re- 

 moved to Tinicum township in 1755. and 

 in 1783 removed with his family to Fair- 

 fax, Virginia. 



5. Thomas Beans lived in Southamp- 

 ton township until within a short time 

 of his death, in Abington township, 

 Montgomery county, in March. 1792. He 

 was a large landowner in Southampton, 

 Warminster and Abington. He married 

 April 9, 1739, Jane Sands, daughter of 

 Richard, and granddaughter of Stephen 

 and Jane (Cowgill) Sands, and they were 

 the parents of five children: Nathan, born 

 June 3, 1740, died April 5, 1828; Isaac, 

 born January 17, 1742; Thomas, born Oc- 

 tober 3, 1744, see forward;' Stephen, born 

 Julv 8, 1753; and Jane, born December 8, 

 1758, married Griffith Miles. The family 

 were members of Southampton Baptist 

 church, where Thomas and Jane were 



♦The name for some reason became early corrupted 

 into Beans, all of the children of William, except 

 James, signing it in that manner, though the children 

 of Joseph and the grandchildren of some of the other 

 sons later spelled it Banes. The name is spelled in 

 this narrative in the form used by the person referred to. 



baptized April 15, 1749. Thomas mar- 

 ried second, November 25, 1772, Eliza- 

 beth Hollingshead, who survived him. 



7. William Beans removed to Bucking- 

 ham in 175s, died there May 23, 181 1, 

 leaving an only son Joshua, the grand- 

 father of the late Joshua Beans, Esq., of 

 Doylestown. 



8. Jacob Beans, born 1729, died No- 

 vember 13, 1807, in Solebury township. 

 Became a member of Buckingham Meet- 

 ing in 1745, and married Sarah Hartley, 

 by whom he had eight children: Han- 

 nah and Rachel, who died young; Jo- 

 seph; Benjamin; Tamar, married David 

 Newburn; Asenath, married Robert 

 Walker; Ann, married Benjamin Taylor; 

 and Mahlon. Sarah, the mother, died July 

 29, 1795, and Jacob married, second, Han- 

 nah I den. 



9. Elizabeth Banes married November 



2, 1749, Richard Sands, and left numer- 

 ous descendants. 



10. Elinor, who died unmarried. 

 Thomas Banes, third son of Thomas 



and Jane (Sands) Banes, born in South- 

 ampton township, Bucks county, October 



3, 1744, died January 23, 1828. He was a 

 member of Captain Folwell's company 



, of Southampton Associators in 1775. He 

 succeeded to the Southampton home- 

 stead at the death of his father, and also 

 owned other land in Southampton and 

 Warminster. His widow Mary died 

 April 7, 1836, at the age of eighty-five 

 years. Their children were: William 

 Banes, born August 4, 1770. died Janu- 

 ary I, 1803, married Ann Miles; Samuel 

 P. Banes, married Ann Dennis and lived 

 and died in Churchville. Southampton; 

 Elijah, see forward; Elizabeth, inarried 

 Elias Yerkes; and Sarah married Thomas 

 B. Worthington. 



Elijah Banes, youngest son of Thomas 

 and Mary, born on the old Southampton 

 homestead in 1790, inherited the greater 

 part of it and lived thereon all his life, 

 dying September 10, 1861. He married 

 Ann Evans, and they were the parents 

 of nine children: Elizabeth, marriea 

 William Garwood; Margaret C., died in 

 infancy; Jonathan C., died in Moreland 

 in 1897; Isaac D.; Angeline, married Levi 

 Antrim; Jane C., not married; Elmira, 

 married John Knowles; Gustavus A. B., 

 not married, has visited many of the 

 countries of Europe and all of America; 

 and Dr. Samuel Thompson Banes. Ann 

 Banes, the mother, survived her hus- 

 band and died October 10, 1871. 



DR. SAMUEL THOMPSON BANES 

 of 845 North Broad street, Philadelphia, 

 is the youngest son of Elijah and Ann 

 (Evans) Banes. He was born in South- 

 ampton township. Buck county, April 

 16, 1846. His early education was ob- 

 tained at the Southampton school and 

 at the Loller Academy, at Hatboro. He 

 later took a course at the Carversville 

 Normal Institute, Carversville, Pennsyl- 



