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Paschal Prentice Banks (1816 - 1881)

Paschal Prentice Banks
Born in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married about 1844 in New Hampshire, United Statesmap
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Died at age 64 in Alstead, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United Statesmap
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Biography

Birth

Paschal Prentice Banks was born at Alstead, New Hampshire, on 26 Aug 1816, the son of Andrew Adams Banks and Fanny (Livermore) Banks.[1] He is named in the will of his father, made in November 1870.[2]

Marriage

Paschal Prentice Banks married Lydia Adeline Thayer.[3] No record of the marriage has been found, but the death record of Adeline Banks names as her parents Larned Thayer and Lydia Silsby.[4]

Children

The 1869 history of Acworth, New Hampshire, says that Paschal and Adeline (Thayer) Banks had one child, Charles Banks, who died young.[3] An Ancestry.com profile says that Charles was born at Alstead on 8 Feb 1845 and died there on 22 May 1849, but it cites no sources, and none have been found.[5]

Biographical Details

In 1850, Pascal (sic) P. Banks, 32, farmer, and Adaline L. Banks, 30, were living at Alstead in the household of Adaline's sister, Sophia Rachel (Thayer) Prentiss, and her family.[6]
In 1856, Paschal P. Banks and his brother, Gardner George Banks, purchased a sawmill on Warren Brook in East Alstead.[7]
In 1860, Paschal P. Banks, 42, farmer, and Adalin (sic) Banks, 40, were living at Alstead with Harry M. Downer, 40, laborer, Mary Downer, 26, and Amos C. Cumming, 22, laborer.[8]
In 1862, Paschal P. Banks represented Alstead in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[9]
In 1870, Paschal Banks, 54, paper manufacturer, and Adaline Banks, 51, keeping house, were living at Alstead.[10]
In 1880, Paschal P. Banks, 63, paper manufacturer, Adaline L. Banks, 60, his wife, keeping house, and Addie M. Thayer, 9, a boarder, were living at Alstead.[11]

Will

Paschal P. Banks of Alstead, New Hampshire, made his will on 17 Apr 1857, naming his wife Adaline L. Banks, who is also named as the executor.[12]

Death

Paschal P. Banks, papermaker, died from meningitis at Alstead, New Hampshire, on 28 Mar 1881, with his age at his death reported as 65.[13]

Probate

The Court of Probate of Cheshire County, New Hampshire, on 1 Apr 1881 appointed Adaline L. Banks to administer the estate of her late husband, Paschal P. Banks of Alstead.[14] On 14 Mar 1882, Adaline L. Banks having died before completing the administration, the court appointed Frederic Leroy Prentiss of Alstead to complete the administration of the estate.[15]

Sources

  1. ↑ Walter Eliot Thwing, The Livermore family of America (Boston, Mass., 1902), page 176
  2. ↑ Will of Andrew A. Banks, in New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (Ancestry Record 8996 #324679, subscription required; see Ancestry Sharing Link) [database on-line] > Cheshire > Probate Estate Files, 1769-1885 > image 1239 of 1293. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New Hampshire County, District and Probate Courts.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 John Leverett Merrill, History of Acworth: With the Proceedings of the Centennial Anniversary, Genealogical Records, and Register of Farms (Springfield, Mass., 1869), page 273
  4. ↑ Death record of Adeline Banks, in New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947, database with images, FamilySearch > Index to deaths, early to 1900 > Bancroft to Brown > FHL film #004243485 > image 89 of 5035; Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
  5. ↑ Unsourced Ancestry Profile for Charles Banks; also an unsourced FamilySearch profile
  6. ↑ Pascal P. Banks family, in the Thos. R. Prentiss household, in United States Census, 1850, database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Alstead > household 33 > family 38 > image 5 of 34; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  7. ↑ Helen H. Frink, Alstead Through the Years: 1763-1990 (Alstead, N. H.: Alstead Historical Society, 1992), page 114
  8. ↑ Paschal P. Banks family, in United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Alstead > household 124 > family 127 > image 14 of 33; citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  9. ↑ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of New-Hampshire, at Their June Session 1862, page 7
  10. ↑ Paschal Banks family, in United States Census, 1870, database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Alstead > > household 229 > family 222 > image 24 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  11. ↑ Paschal P. Banks family, in United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch > New Hampshire > Cheshire > Alstead > ED 46 > household 68 > family 71 > image 5 of 21; citing NARA microfilm publication T9, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C., n.d.)
  12. ↑ Will of Paschal P Banks, in New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (Ancestry Image, subscription required; see Ancestry Sharing Link) [database on-line] > Cheshire > Estate Files, B1289-B1352, 1879-1882 > image 773 of 1315. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New Hampshire County, District and Probate Courts.
  13. ↑ Death record of Paschal P. Banks, in New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947, database with images, FamilySearch > Index to deaths, early to 1900 > Bancroft to Brown > FHL film #004243485 > image 96 of 5035; Bureau Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord.
  14. ↑ Grant of administration on the estate of Paschal P. Banks to Adaline L. Banks, in New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (Ancestry Image, subscription required; see Ancestry Sharing Link) [database on-line] > Cheshire > Estate Files, B1289-B1352, 1879-1882 > image 752 of 1315, Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New Hampshire County, District and Probate Courts.
  15. ↑ Grant of administration on the estate of Paschal P. Banks to Fred L. Prentiss, in New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982 (Ancestry Image, subscription required; see Ancestry Sharing Link) [database on-line] > Cheshire > Estate Files, B1289-B1352, 1879-1882 > image 756 of 1315. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New Hampshire County, District and Probate Courts.




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