Ancestry of Bruce Archibald Hamilton: Eighth Generation

210. Magdalena8 Banta (Abraham9, Cornelius Epke10, Epke11 Jacobs, Jacob12 , Epke Louesa13 Banta) (#192) was born in Tappan, Rockland, Ny 8 Oct 1736. Magdalena died 1776 at 39 years of age. Her body was interred in Brick Church Old.

She married John Forshee 1759. (John Forshee is #191.) John was born in New York, New York, Ny 15 Jan 1733. John was the son of John Foshay and Catherine Waldron. John died 21 Apr 1818 in Ramapo, Rockland, Ny, at 85 years of age. He was christened 17 Apr 1733. (See John Forshee for the children resulting from this marriage.)

She was christened 31 Oct 1736. BIRTH: per DAR notes on FORSHEE from Helen Hamilton Ackerly Sep 1996, (photocopy of 1944 typescript of Shuart Bible by Alice E. DeBaun): "Born at Tappan 10-8-1736, Died 1776 - is buried in Brick Church old Cemtary, no stone." !BIRTH: per "Belle" "David T. Myers" email 18 May 1997: b 8 Oct 1736 Tappan, West Chester, N.Y. married Johannes Forseur. This is all I know on this family. Her parents are Abraham Banta b 8 June 1712 married Annaetje Van Horn Had 4 children have more information on them. Paretns are Cornelius Epke Banta b Holland married Magdalen Demarest Parents are Epke Jacobs 1620 Netherlands married to Sitske Dircks had 5 children have more information on them. Parents Jacob b 1592 married Roytske Sickedr show only one child could be many more. Parents Epke Louesa Banta b 1570 married Sil Cornelisda Show only one child, but could have many more. Books: Theodora Banta, "A Frisian Family: The Banta Genealogy" 1893 Elsa M. Banta, "Banta Pioneers and Records of the Wives and Allied Families", 1983, 2nd printing 1985. per letter from author, RR 5 Box V118, Viroqua, WI 54665 of 18 Jul 1997 "the book I wrote ...can be ordered from Higgenson Book Co., 148 Washington St., P.O. Box 778, Salem, MA 01970. 508-745-7170, fax 508-745-8025." "A Summary of Research on the Family Tree of Hedrick Banta III, A Pioneer in the Kentucky Wilderness" by Franklyn Frick, The Second Boat. Vol 3 No. 2 "Foshay Family of Philipse Manor", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, v.188 n.3 (July 1987), pp.158-159: bap. 31 Oct 1736.

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