Descendants of Edward Bangs


Generation No. 1

1.  EDWARD2 BANGS  (JOHN1) was born Abt. 1591 in Chichester, England, and died 1678 in Eastham.  He married (1) REBECCA HOBART.    He married (2) LYDIA HICKS Abt. 1628, daughter of ROBERT HICKS and MARGARET WINSLOW.  She was born Abt. 1628.

Notes for EDWARD BANGS:
--arrived at Plymouth in 1623 in the "Ann."
--baptized 28 October 1591 in Panfield, Essex, England
--may have had an earlier wife than Lydia
--there was also a John Bangs in Plymouth at an early date but there is a problem placing him

Notes for REBECCA HOBART:
--he married Rebecca but whether her last name is Hobart is in question
	
Children of EDWARD BANGS and REBECCA HOBART are:
2.	i.	REBECCA3 BANGS, b. Abt. 1635.
3.	ii.	SARAH BANGS, b. Abt. 1638; d. Feb 1683.
4.	iii.	JONATHAN BANGS, b. 1640; d. 1728, Harwich.
5.	iv.	LYDIA BANGS, b. Abt. 1642.
6.	v.	HANNAH BANGS, b. Abt. 1644.
	vi.	JOSHUA BANGS, b. Abt. 1645; d. 14 Jan 1709; m. HANNAH SCUDDER, 01 Dec 1669, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts1; b. Abt. 1651.
	vii.	BETHIA BANGS, b. 28 May 1650; m. GERSHOM HALL, Abt. 1669; b. Abt. 1648, Barnstable.
7.	viii.	MERCY/MARY BANGS, b. 15 Oct 1651.
8.	ix.	APPHIA BANGS, b. 15 Oct 1651.

	
Child of EDWARD BANGS and LYDIA HICKS is:
	x.	JOHN3 BANGS, b. Abt. 1638; m. HANNAH SMALLEY, 23 Jan 1660, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts2; b. 04 Jun 1641.


Generation No. 2

2.  REBECCA3 BANGS (EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1635.  She married JONATHAN SPARROW 26 Oct 1654 in Eastham, son of RICHARD SPARROW and THEODORA.  He was born Abt. 1633 in England, and died 21 Mar 1707.

Notes for REBECCA BANGS:
--died leaving five children

Notes for JONATHAN SPARROW:
--of Eastham
--may have had another son, Richard, who died young
	
Children of REBECCA BANGS and JONATHAN SPARROW are:
	i.	REBECCA4 SPARROW, b. 30 Oct 1655; d. Feb 1740, Harwich, Massachusetts; m. THOMAS FREEMAN, 31 Dec 1673, Harwich, Massachusetts; b. Sep 1653, Eastham, Massachusetts; d. 09 Feb 1716, Harwich, Massachusetts.
	ii.	JOHN SPARROW, b. 02 Nov 1656; d. 23 Feb 1735; m. APPHIA TRACY.
	iii.	PRISCILLA SPARROW, b. 13 Feb 1658; m. EDWARD GRAY.
9.	iv.	LYDIA SPARROW, b. Abt. 1660.


3.  SARAH3 BANGS (EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1638, and died Feb 1683.  She married THOMAS HOWES 1656, son of THOMAS HOWES and MARY BURR.  He was born in England, and died 20 Nov 1676.

Notes for THOMAS HOWES:
--brought to New England by his parents;
	
Children of SARAH BANGS and THOMAS HOWES are:
	i.	REBECCA4 HOWES, b. Dec 1657.
10.	ii.	THOMAS HOWES, b. 02 May 1663; d. 22 Nov 1737.
11.	iii.	JONATHAN HOWES, b. 25 Feb 1669; d. 05 Jan 1761.
	iv.	SARAH HOWES, b. 29 Oct 1673; m. (1) STEPHEN HOPKINS, 19 May 1692, Harwich, Massachusetts3; b. 15 Jul 1670; m. (2) JOSEPH HAWES, 03 Jul 1746.

Notes for SARAH HOWES:
--had children by her first husband
--the problem with the Sarah Howes' is the similarity of name and time period; so another Sarah is sometimes identified as marrying Daniel Sears.

Notes for STEPHEN HOPKINS:
--Daniel Sears?


4.  JONATHAN3 BANGS (EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 1640, and died 1728 in Harwich.  He married (1) SARAH.    He married (2) RUTH COLE, daughter of DANIEL COLE and RUTH CHESTER.  She was born 15 Apr 1651.  He married (3) MARY MAYO 16 Jul 1664 in Brewster, Massachusetts4, daughter of SAMUEL MAYO and TAMZIN LUMPKIN.  She was born 1645 in Barnstable, and died 1711.

Marriage Notes for JONATHAN BANGS and MARY MAYO:
--married in Brewster or Eastham?

	
Children of JONATHAN BANGS and MARY MAYO are:
	i.	SAMUEL4 BANGS, d. 11 Jun 1750.
	ii.	REBECCA BANGS.
	iii.	MARY BANGS.
	iv.	HANNAH BANGS.
	v.	THOMASIN BANGS.
	vi.	MERCY BANGS, m. UNKNOWN HATCH.
	vii.	ELIZABETH BANGS.
	viii.	SARAH BANGS.
12.	ix.	LYDIA BANGS.
	x.	EDWARD BANGS, b. 03 Sep 1665; d. 22 May 1740; m. (1) UNKNOWN; m. (2) RUTH ALLEN; b. 1670.
	xi.	JONATHAN BANGS, b. 1670; d. 1670.
	xii.	JONATHAN BANGS, b. 1673; m. (1) ELIZABETH; m. (2) EXPERIENCE; m. (3) RUTH.


5.  LYDIA3 BANGS (EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1642.  She married (1) NICHOLAS SNOW.    She married (2) BENJAMIN HIGGINS 24 Dec 1661 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts5, son of RICHARD HIGGINS and LYDIA CHANDLER.  He was born 06 Jul 1640 in Plymouth, and died 14 Mar 1691.
	
Children of LYDIA BANGS and BENJAMIN HIGGINS are:
	i.	ICHABOD4 HIGGINS, b. 14 Nov 1662.
13.	ii.	RICHARD HIGGINS, b. 15 Oct 1664, Eastham; d. 27 Apr 1732.
	iii.	JOHN HIGGINS, b. 20 Nov 1666.
	iv.	JOSHUA HIGGINS, b. 01 Oct 1668.
	v.	LYDIA HIGGINS, b. May 1670.
	vi.	ISAAC HIGGINS, b. 31 Aug 1672.
	vii.	BENJAMIN HIGGINS, b. 14 Jun 1674; d. Died young.
	viii.	SAMUEL HIGGINS, b. 07 Mar 1677.
	ix.	BENJAMIN HIGGINS, b. 15 Sep 1681.


6.  HANNAH3 BANGS (EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1644.  She married JOHN DOANE 30 Apr 1662, son of JOHN DOANE and ABIGAIL.  He was born 1635, and died 15 Mar 1708 in Eastham, Massachusetts.
	
Children of HANNAH BANGS and JOHN DOANE are:
	i.	JOHN4 DOANE, b. 20 Mar 1663; d. Died young.
	ii.	JOHN DOANE, b. 29 May 1664; m. HANNAH HOBART; b. 04 Oct 1666.
	iii.	ANN DOANE, b. 25 Jul 1666.
	iv.	REBECCA DOANE, b. 12 May 1668.
	v.	ISAAC DOANE, b. 02 Jun 1670.
14.	vi.	SAMUEL DOANE, b. 02 Mar 1673.
15.	vii.	HANNAH DOANE, b. Abt. 1680; d. 06 Jun 1765.


7.  MERCY/MARY3 BANGS (EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 15 Oct 1651.  She married STEPHEN MERRICK 28 Dec 1670 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts6, son of WILLIAM MERRICK and REBECCA TRACY.  He was born 12 May 1646, and died 1705.

Notes for STEPHEN MERRICK:
--thought to be the one of the name who settled in Norwich, Connecticut.
	
Children of MERCY/MARY BANGS and STEPHEN MERRICK are:
16.	i.	MERCY4 MERRICK.
	ii.	STEPHEN MERRICK, b. 1673, Eastham.


8.  APPHIA3 BANGS (EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 15 Oct 1651.  She married (1) STEPHEN ATWOOD.    She married (2) JOHN KNOWLES 28 Dec 1670 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts7, son of RICHARD KNOWLES and RUTH BOWER.  He died 1675.  She married (3) JOSEPH ATWOOD 1677, son of STEPHEN WOOD/ATWOOD and ABIGAIL DUNHAM.  He was born Abt. 1650.

Notes for APPHIA BANGS:
--supposedly Apphia married Stephen Atwood
--It is either Joseph or Stephen Atwood

Notes for JOHN KNOWLES:
--killed by the Indians;
	
Children of APPHIA BANGS and JOHN KNOWLES are:
	i.	EDWARD4 KNOWLES, d. 1740.
17.	ii.	JOHN KNOWLES.

	
Children of APPHIA BANGS and JOSEPH ATWOOD are:
	iii.	FIVE CHILDREN4 ATWOOD.
18.	iv.	JOSEPH ATWOOD.


Generation No. 3

9.  LYDIA4 SPARROW (REBECCA3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1660.  She married (1) JONATHAN HIGGINS, son of JONATHAN HIGGINS and ELIZABETH ROGERS.    She married (2) WILLIAM FREEMAN, son of JOHN FREEMAN and MARY/MERCY PRENCE.  He was born 1660, and died 1686.

Notes for LYDIA SPARROW:
--born circa 1660 or circa 1684?--may be a daughter of Jonathan Sparrow's second marriage;--or perhaps her birthdate of circa 1684 was confused with her daughter, Lydia;--

	
Child of LYDIA SPARROW and JONATHAN HIGGINS is:
	i.	SAMUEL5 HIGGINS, m. MEHITABLE PHINNEY, 09 Oct 1718, Barnstable.

	
Child of LYDIA SPARROW and WILLIAM FREEMAN is:
	ii.	LYDIA5 FREEMAN, b. Abt. 1684, Eastham; d. Abt. 1716, Harwich; m. RICHARD GODFREY, 04 Feb 1702, Eastham; b. 11 Jun 1677, Eastham; d. Abt. 1741, Harwich.


10.  THOMAS4 HOWES (SARAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 02 May 1663, and died 22 Nov 1737.  He married SARAH HEDGE/ABIGAIL 23 Jun 1698.  She was born Abt. 1676, and died 24 Mar 1776.

Notes for THOMAS HOWES:
--drowned June 1, 1701 between Nantucket and the Main.
--probably another instance of the same name in the same time period.  The son, Thomas, is claimed by both.

Notes for SARAH HEDGE/ABIGAIL:
--Thomas Howes either married Sarah Hedge or an Abigail [Abigail Hussey?]
	
Children of THOMAS HOWES and SARAH HEDGE/ABIGAIL are:
	i.	MARY5 HOWES, b. Dec 1702.
	ii.	THOMAS? HOWES, b. 06 Mar 1701.

Notes for THOMAS? HOWES:
--see note for his father.


11.  JONATHAN4 HOWES (SARAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 25 Feb 1669, and died 05 Jan 1761.  He married SARAH Abt. 1694.  
	
Children of JONATHAN HOWES and SARAH are:
	i.	SARAH5 HOWES, b. 30 Jun 1695; m. PETER PADDOCK, 16 Mar 1720.
19.	ii.	DAVID HOWES, b. 30 Apr 1698; d. 04 Feb 1781.
	iii.	JONATHAN HOWES, b. 02 Apr 1701; d. 10 Jan 1719.

Notes for JONATHAN HOWES:
--killed by a whale;

20.	iv.	JOSHUA HOWES, b. 13 Jan 1704; d. 25 Nov 1738.
21.	v.	THOMAS HOWES, b. 17 May 1711.


12.  LYDIA4 BANGS (JONATHAN3, EDWARD2, JOHN1)  She married SHUBAEL HINCKLEY 1712, son of SAMUEL HINCKLEY and SARAH POPE.  He was born 01 May 1690.

Notes for SHUBAEL HINCKLEY:
-- This is probably the Shubael Hinckley of "Old York," Maine--moved to the vicinity of Kennebec, had four wives, twenty children and died at Hallowell aged 92.
	
Children of LYDIA BANGS and SHUBAEL HINCKLEY are:
	i.	SARAH5 HINCKLEY, b. 02 Mar 1713.

Notes for SARAH HINCKLEY:
--probably died early

	ii.	SAMUEL HINCKLEY, b. 05 Jan 1715.


13.  RICHARD4 HIGGINS (LYDIA3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 15 Oct 1664 in Eastham, and died 27 Apr 1732.  He married SARAH FREEMAN 1694.  
	
Children of RICHARD HIGGINS and SARAH FREEMAN are:
	i.	JOSHUA5 HIGGINS, b. 03 Dec 1695.
22.	ii.	ELEAZER HIGGINS, b. 09 Feb 1697, Eastham.
	iii.	THEOPHILUS HIGGINS, b. 06 May 1698.
	iv.	JEDEDIAH HIGGINS, b. 08 Feb 1700.
	v.	ZACCHEUS HIGGINS, b. 11 Jan 1702.
	vi.	ESTHER HIGGINS, b. 23 Feb 1704.
	vii.	DAVID HIGGINS, b. 05 Apr 1706.
	viii.	REUBEN HIGGINS, b. 06 Jan 1708.
	ix.	MOSES HIGGINS, b. 24 Mar 1711.
	x.	ABIGAIL HIGGINS, b. 08 Aug 1715.


14.  SAMUEL4 DOANE (HANNAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 02 Mar 1673.  He married MARTHA HAMBLEN 30 Dec 1696.  
	
Child of SAMUEL DOANE and MARTHA HAMBLEN is:
23.	i.	SIMEON5 DOANE, b. 1708.


15.  HANNAH4 DOANE (HANNAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1680, and died 06 Jun 1765.  She married JOHN COLLINS 22 Feb 1701, son of JOSEPH COLLINS and RUTH KNOWLES.  He was born 18 Dec 1674 in Eastham, and died 24 May 1765 in Chatham.
	
Children of HANNAH DOANE and JOHN COLLINS are:
	i.	SOLOMON5 COLLINS.
	ii.	SAMUEL COLLINS.
24.	iii.	MARTHA COLLINS.
	iv.	JOHN COLLINS.
	v.	HANNAH COLLINS.
	vi.	JOSEPH COLLINS.
	vii.	DAVID COLLINS.
	viii.	JANE COLLINS.
	ix.	ANNA COLLINS.


16.  MERCY4 MERRICK (MERCY/MARY3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1)  She married JOHN MASON.  
	
Child of MERCY MERRICK and JOHN MASON is:
25.	i.	MERCY5 MASON.


17.  JOHN4 KNOWLES (APPHIA3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1)

Notes for JOHN KNOWLES:
--Colonel;
	
Child of JOHN KNOWLES is:
26.	i.	WILLARD5 KNOWLES, b. Abt. 1711; d. 11 Mar 1786.


18.  JOSEPH4 ATWOOD (APPHIA3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1)  He married BETHIA CROWELL.  
	
Children of JOSEPH ATWOOD and BETHIA CROWELL are:
	i.	NINE CHILDREN5 ATWOOD.
27.	ii.	JOSEPH ATWOOD, b. 19 Feb 1720; d. 08 Feb 1794.


Generation No. 4

19.  DAVID5 HOWES (JONATHAN4, SARAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 30 Apr 1698, and died 04 Feb 1781.  He married HANNAH PADDOCK 27 Feb 1728.  
	
Children of DAVID HOWES and HANNAH PADDOCK are:
	i.	JONATHAN6 HOWES, b. 27 Nov 1729; m. REBECCA CHAPMAN, 30 Jan 1755.
	ii.	THANKFUL HOWES, b. 22 Apr 1731; m. ENOCH TAYLOR, 17 Jun 1751.
	iii.	ANTHONY HOWES, b. 08 Feb 1733; d. Died young.
	iv.	DAVID HOWES, b. 19 Sep 1735.
	v.	NATHAN HOWES, b. 06 Feb 1738; d. 30 Aug 1751.

Notes for NATHAN HOWES:
--drowned

	vi.	ANTHONY HOWES, b. 11 Dec 1742; d. 19 Jan 1743.
	vii.	ANTHONY HOWES, b. 01 Mar 1744; m. (1) MARTHA HOWES, 05 Jan 1767; b. 29 May 1745; m. (2) BETHIA HOWES, 24 Oct 1780; b. 04 Oct 1751.
	viii.	JOSHUA HOWES, b. 17 Sep 1746; m. (1) SARAH/MARY SEARS, 21 Nov 1771; m. (2) MARY PADDOCK, 22 Feb 1776.
	ix.	LEVI HOWES, b. 06 Dec 1749; m. DEBORAH BASSETT, 18 Nov 1773.
	x.	DESIRE HOWES, b. 11 Feb 1752; m. PETER HOWES, 26 Dec 1771.


20.  JOSHUA5 HOWES (JONATHAN4, SARAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 13 Jan 1704, and died 25 Nov 1738.  He married EUNICE ALLEN 26 Jul 1733.  
	
Children of JOSHUA HOWES and EUNICE ALLEN are:
	i.	SARAH6 HOWES, b. 23 May 1734; m. THOMAS NEWCOMB, 11 Dec 1756.
	ii.	MARY HOWES, b. 04 Aug 1737; m. STEPHEN TOBEY, 13 Nov 1766.


21.  THOMAS5 HOWES (JONATHAN4, SARAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 17 May 1711.  He married MERCY HEDGE 20 Oct 1737.  
	
Children of THOMAS HOWES and MERCY HEDGE are:
	i.	JOSHUA6 HOWES, b. 12 Jul 1738; m. MERCY HOWES, 02 Dec 1763; b. 28 Dec 1740.
	ii.	THANKFUL HOWES, b. 07 Jul 1740; d. 30 Mar 1741.
	iii.	THANKFUL HOWES, b. 01 Nov 1743; m. PETER SEARS, 12 Jan 1769.
	iv.	THOMAS HOWES, b. 27 Feb 1745; m. JERUSHA HOWES, 17 Jun 1773; b. 16 Mar 1753.
	v.	MERCY HOWES, b. 27 May 1750; m. JOHN HALL, 07 Jul 1771.

Notes for JOHN HALL:
--of Hebron


22.  ELEAZER5 HIGGINS (RICHARD4, LYDIA3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 09 Feb 1697 in Eastham.  He married SARAH.  
	
Children of ELEAZER HIGGINS and SARAH are:
	i.	ELEAZER6 HIGGINS, b. Abt. 1726.
	ii.	JOSEPH HIGGINS, b. 24 Mar 1728.
28.	iii.	ENOCH HIGGINS, b. Abt. 1730; d. 10 May 1807.
	iv.	JEDEDIAH HIGGINS, b. 16 Sep 1733.
	v.	RICHARD HIGGINS, b. 09 Nov 1735.
	vi.	ELEAZER HIGGINS, b. 24 Jun 1739.
	vii.	SARAH HIGGINS, b. 02 Nov 1740.
	viii.	HANNAH HIGGINS, b. 1742.


23.  SIMEON5 DOANE (SAMUEL4, HANNAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 1708.  He married APPHIA HIGGINS 1730.  
	
Child of SIMEON DOANE and APPHIA HIGGINS is:
29.	i.	JOHN6 DOANE, b. Abt. 1739.


24.  MARTHA5 COLLINS (HANNAH4 DOANE, HANNAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1)  She married MOSES GODFREY Abt. 1726 in Chatham, son of MOSES GODFREY and DEBORAH COOKE.  He was born Abt. 1705 in Chatham.
	
Children of MARTHA COLLINS and MOSES GODFREY are:
	i.	MARTHA6 GODFREY, b. 25 Dec 1727.
	ii.	HANNAH GODFREY, b. 02 Dec 1729, Chatham.
30.	iii.	EUNICE GODFREY, b. 24 Feb 1731; d. Liverpool. Nova Scotia.
31.	iv.	JOSEPH GODFREY, b. 07 Dec 1733, Chatham.
32.	v.	DEBORAH GODFREY, b. 16 Sep 1736.
	vi.	MOSES GODFREY, b. 10 Oct 1739, Chatham; d. 29 Oct 1739.
	vii.	MOSES GODFREY, b. 08 Jan 1741; m. TABITHA SEARS, 12 May 1763, Yarmouth, Massachusetts.
33.	viii.	JOHN GODFREY, b. 31 May 1743.
	ix.	ELIZABETH GODFREY, b. 12 Apr 1747; m. DAVID SMITH, 09 May 1764, Chatham.


25.  MERCY5 MASON (MERCY4 MERRICK, MERCY/MARY3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1)  She married JONATHAN SHAW.  
	
Child of MERCY MASON and JONATHAN SHAW is:
34.	i.	JONATHAN6 SHAW.


26.  WILLARD5 KNOWLES (JOHN4, APPHIA3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1711, and died 11 Mar 1786.
	
Child of WILLARD KNOWLES is:
	i.	TEMPERANCE6 KNOWLES, m. JONATHAN BASCOM.


27.  JOSEPH5 ATWOOD (JOSEPH4, APPHIA3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 19 Feb 1720, and died 08 Feb 1794.  He married DEBORAH SEARS 1742, daughter of DANIEL SEARS.  She was born Abt. 1722, and died 06 Jan 1796.

Notes for JOSEPH ATWOOD:
--moved to Chatham;
	
Children of JOSEPH ATWOOD and DEBORAH SEARS are:
	i.	SEVEN CHILDREN6 ATWOOD.
35.	ii.	SEARS ATWOOD, b. 26 Jul 1761; d. 01 Mar 1832.


Generation No. 5

28.  ENOCH6 HIGGINS (ELEAZER5, RICHARD4, LYDIA3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1730, and died 10 May 1807.  He married MARY ATKINS 21 Feb 1754.  She was born Abt. 1734, and died 26 Apr 1807.
	
Children of ENOCH HIGGINS and MARY ATKINS are:
	i.	URIAH7 HIGGINS.
	ii.	REUBEN HIGGINS.
	iii.	ENOCH HIGGINS.
	iv.	ELIZABETH HIGGINS, m. EDWARD WHITTLE.
	v.	SARAH HIGGINS, m. NATHAN HARDING.
	vi.	MARY HIGGINS, m. JEREMIAH NEWCOMB.
	vii.	ELEAZER HIGGINS, b. 1759.
36.	viii.	EPHRAIM HIGGINS, b. 05 Jul 1769; d. 28 Mar 1846.


29.  JOHN6 DOANE (SIMEON5, SAMUEL4, HANNAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born Abt. 1739.  He married BETTY SNOW Abt. 1761.  
	
Child of JOHN DOANE and BETTY SNOW is:
37.	i.	TIMOTHY7 DOANE, b. 13 May 1762; d. 19 Jan 1822.


30.  EUNICE6 GODFREY (MARTHA5 COLLINS, HANNAH4 DOANE, HANNAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 24 Feb 1731, and died in Liverpool. Nova Scotia.  She married JOSIAH GODFREY 07 Jul 1748 in Chatham.  He was born 1728.
	
Child of EUNICE GODFREY and JOSIAH GODFREY is:
	i.	SUSANNA7 GODFREY, m. STEPHEN SMITH, Abt. 1771.


31.  JOSEPH6 GODFREY (MARTHA5 COLLINS, HANNAH4 DOANE, HANNAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 07 Dec 1733 in Chatham.  He married MEHITABLE HAMILTON 07 Jun 1756 in Chatham, daughter of SAMUEL HAMILTON and BETHIA STEWART.  
	
Child of JOSEPH GODFREY and MEHITABLE HAMILTON is:
	i.	SARAH7 GODFREY, b. 09 May 1757, Chatham; d. Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia; m. ISAAC KENNEY, 10 Jun 1775, Liverpool, Nova Scotia.

Notes for ISAAC KENNEY:
--of Barrington, Nova Scotia;


32.  DEBORAH6 GODFREY (MARTHA5 COLLINS, HANNAH4 DOANE, HANNAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 16 Sep 1736.  She married (1) TIMOTHY RIORDAN 21 Feb 1753 in Chatham.    She married (2) CRISP ROGERS 30 Oct 1765 in Chatham, son of CRISP ROGERS and MARY YATES.  
	
Children of DEBORAH GODFREY and CRISP ROGERS are:
	i.	BETHIA7 ROGERS, b. Abt. 1768.
	ii.	MARY ROGERS, b. Abt. 1770.
	iii.	GODFREY ROGERS, b. Abt. 1772.
	iv.	EUNICE ROGERS, b. Abt. 1773.
	v.	DEBORAH ROGERS, b. Abt. 1775.
	vi.	NABBY ROGERS, b. Abt. 1776.
	vii.	PATTY ROGERS, b. Abt. 1780.


33.  JOHN6 GODFREY (MARTHA5 COLLINS, HANNAH4 DOANE, HANNAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 31 May 1743.  He married RUTH 29 Nov 1764 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.  
	
Children of JOHN GODFREY and RUTH are:
	i.	HANNAH7 GODFREY, b. 10 Sep 1765.
	ii.	WILLIAM GODFREY, b. 29 Jan 1768; d. Dec 1792.
	iii.	RUTHY GODFREY, b. 19 Mar 1770.
	iv.	MARTHA GODFREY, b. 23 Jan 1772.


34.  JONATHAN6 SHAW (MERCY5 MASON, MERCY4 MERRICK, MERCY/MARY3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1)  He married BETHIA HALL, daughter of NEHEMIAH HALL and BETHIA WILLIAMS.  
	
Child of JONATHAN SHAW and BETHIA HALL is:
	i.	JONATHAN7 SHAW, m. LYDIA GUSHEE.


35.  SEARS6 ATWOOD (JOSEPH5, JOSEPH4, APPHIA3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 26 Jul 1761, and died 01 Mar 1832.  He married AZUBAH COLLINS 31 Oct 1782, daughter of SOLOMON COLLINS.  She died 10 Nov 1832.
	
Children of SEARS ATWOOD and AZUBAH COLLINS are:
	i.	JOSEPH7 ATWOOD, b. 25 Sep 1783.
38.	ii.	SOLOMON ATWOOD, b. 06 Aug 1785; d. 26 Mar 1848.
	iii.	DAVID ATWOOD, b. 29 Aug 1787.
	iv.	JOHN ATWOOD, b. 20 Aug 1789.
	v.	SEARS ATWOOD, b. 31 Mar 1792; d. Died young.
	vi.	JAMES ATWOOD, b. 04 Feb 1801.
	vii.	AZUBAH ATWOOD, b. 18 Oct 1805.


Generation No. 6

36.  EPHRAIM7 HIGGINS (ENOCH6, ELEAZER5, RICHARD4, LYDIA3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 05 Jul 1769, and died 28 Mar 1846.  He married NANCY RICH 21 Nov 1793, daughter of JOSIAH RICH and JERUSHA COLE.  
	
Child of EPHRAIM HIGGINS and NANCY RICH is:
	i.	JOHN KNOWLES8 HIGGINS, b. 28 Feb 1795, Wellfleet, Massachusetts; m. (1) THANKFUL SNOW NEWCOMB; d. 17 Jan 1829; m. (2) RUTH WILEY, 02 Jan 1830; d. 16 Dec 1860.


37.  TIMOTHY7 DOANE (JOHN6, SIMEON5, SAMUEL4, HANNAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 13 May 1762, and died 19 Jan 1822.  He married JEDIDAH HIGGINS 07 Mar 1781.  She died 04 Mar 1847.
	
Children of TIMOTHY DOANE and JEDIDAH HIGGINS are:
	i.	TWELVE CHILDREN8 DOANE.
	ii.	BERIAH DOANE.
	iii.	TIMOTHY DOANE.
	iv.	JOHN DOANE.
	v.	ISAAC DOANE.
	vi.	NANCY DOANE.
	vii.	ABIGAIL DOANE.
	viii.	HETTY DOANE.
	ix.	BETSEY DOANE.
	x.	SALLY DOANE.
	xi.	MELINDA DOANE.
39.	xii.	LEWIS DOANE, b. 24 Sep 1787.


38.  SOLOMON7 ATWOOD (SEARS6, JOSEPH5, JOSEPH4, APPHIA3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 06 Aug 1785, and died 26 Mar 1848.  He married LUCY SMITH 08 Dec 1814, daughter of STEPHEN SMITH and MARGERY.  She died 29 Nov 1868.
	
Child of SOLOMON ATWOOD and LUCY SMITH is:
	i.	SIX CHILDREN8 ATWOOD.


Generation No. 7

39.  LEWIS8 DOANE (TIMOTHY7, JOHN6, SIMEON5, SAMUEL4, HANNAH3 BANGS, EDWARD2, JOHN1) was born 24 Sep 1787.  He married TAMZEN FREEMAN 19 Mar 1812, daughter of ABNER FREEMAN.  
	
Children of LEWIS DOANE and TAMZEN FREEMAN are:
	i.	TRUMAN9 DOANE, b. 28 Dec 1812.
	ii.	LEWIS DOANE, b. 28 Feb 1815.
	iii.	FREEMAN DOANE, b. 23 Dec 1816; d. Died young.
	iv.	FREEMAN DOANE, b. 07 Apr 1819.
	v.	JULIA A DOANE, b. 01 Sep 1821; m. LEANDER CROSBY.
	vi.	TAMZEN DOANE, b. 10 May 1825; m. CLARINGTON MAYO.
	vii.	BENJAMIN DOANE, b. 03 Jul 1827.

Notes for BENJAMIN DOANE:
--unmarried; died at a young age

	viii.	OLIVER DOANE, b. 10 Dec 1831; m. SARAH C HARDING, 11 Mar 1873.



Endnotes

1.  William Montgomery Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699,  (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 1926), --Bangs, Joshua and Hannah Scudder, 1 December 1669, Plymouth, Mass.
2.  William Montgomery Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699,  (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 1926), --Bangs, John and Hanah Smalley, 23 January 1660, Plymouth, Mass.
3.  William Montgomery Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699,  (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 1926), --Howes, Sarah and Stephen Hopkins 19 May 1692, Harwich, Mass.
4.  William Montgomery Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699,  (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 1926), --Bangs, Jonathan and Mary Mayo, 16 July, 1664, Brewster, Mass.  --in another section of the book: Mayo, Mary and Jonathan Bangs, 16 July 1664, Eastham, Mass.
5.  William Montgomery Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699,  (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 1926), --Bangs, Lydia and Benjamin Higgins, 24 December 1661, Eastham, Mass.
6.  William Montgomery Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699,  (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 1926), --Bangs, Mercy and Stephen Merrick, 28 December 1670, Plymouth, Mass.
7.  William Montgomery Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699,  (Pompton Lakes, New Jersey 1926), --Bangs, Appiah and John Knowls, 28 December 1679, Eastham, Mass.  --actual spelling.