Mercy Banks
September 1730–
Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
The Life of Mercy
When Mercy Banks was born in September 1730, in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Benjamin Banks III, was 24 and her mother, Mary TREADWELL, was 22. She married Abel Platt on 23 March 1749.
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Family Time Line
Abel Platt
1723–1779
Mercy Banks
1730–
Marriage: 23 March 1749
Spouse and Children
Abel Platt
1723–1779Male
1730–Female
MARRIAGE
23 March 1749
23 March 1749
Parents and Siblings
1706–1805Male
1708–1743Female
siblings
(4)
1730–Female
Hezekiah Banks
1736–1742Male
1739–1811Female
Rhoda Banks
1741–1811Male
World Events (6)
1776
Age 46
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1781 · British Forces Capture Fort Griswold
Age 51
The capture of Fort Griswold was the final act of treason that Benedict Arnold committed. This would be a British victory. On the American side 85 were killed, 35 wounded and paroled, 28 taken prisoner, 13 escaped, and 1 twelve year old was captured and released.
1791
Age 61
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
Name Meaning
1 English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived on the slope of a hillside or by a riverbank, from northern Middle English banke (from Old Danish banke). The final -s may occasionally represent a plural form, but it is most commonly an arbitrary addition made after the main period of surname formation, perhaps under the influence of patronymic forms with a possessive -s.2 Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bruacháin ‘descendant of Bruachán’, a byname for a large-bellied person. The English form was chosen because of a mistaken association of the Gaelic name with bruach ‘bank’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- Mercy Banks, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
- Mercy Banks, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
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