Genealogy of Patty Rose
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| Notes for Sgt. Christopher BANFIELD | ||||||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BANFIELD, Christopher, b. ab. 1636, was about Newington 1661-1663; juryman for Dover 1664; sergeant Kittery 1700; lot layer, appraiser. In 1667 Rowland Flansell and he were partners. In 1672 and 1675 he was in York Court for living away from his wife. He m. 2d Grace widow of Richard Miller (and bought in the Miller heirs); 3d Sarah (Libby), widow of Richard Rogers of Eliot. Died 5 May 1707; his widow was living in 1729. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The first settler that is known immediately north of the mouth of Sturgeon Creek was Christopher Banfield or Banefield. He married Grace, widow of Richard Miller, and later Sarah (Libby-Tidy) Rogers. The earliest mention of him is in 1672, and he is called sergeant in 1700. He wrote his name and acted as a surveyor. On the occasion of his marriage to widow Rogers he deeded to John Tidy, her son by a former marriage, forty acres "on the Northwest side of Sturgeon Creek," "abutting on Newichawannock River." There is no record of Banfield's family. Samuel Banfield witnessed a deed in Kittery in 1709, and Hugh Banfield witnessed a will in Portsmouth in 1715. [ref 33:119] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||||||
| Notes for Sarah* LIBBY | ||||||||||||||
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sarah, b. ab. 1654; m. 1st Robert Tidy, 2d Richard Rogers, 3d Christopher Banfield. [ref 22] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SARAH LIBBY, born in Scarborough, in the year 1653; married ROBERT TIDY. He was the first, and perhaps the only person of his surname that settled in Maine or New Hampshire. He first appeared as one of the Black Point garrison in 1676. His family afterward lived at Kittery, where his widow married second, ___ Rogers, and third, Christopher Bampfield. She was living in Kittery, a widow, in January, 1729. Children: John, Elizabeth, Hannah, Mary. [ref 25:28] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sarah, b. about 1654; m. (1) Robert Tidy of Scarborough; m. (2) Richard Rogers of Eliot; m. (3) Christopher Banfield of Kittery. [ref 46:2-466] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | ||||||||||||||
| Last Modified 16 Sep 2004 | Created 4 Jan 2005 |