Display Patriot - P-108211 - James BANFIELD/BANDFIELD Jr
James BANFIELD/BANDFIELD Jr
SAR Patriot #:
P-108211
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Birth: 01 May 1747 / / England Death: 02 Feb 1832 Ithaca / Tompkins / NY
Qualifying Service Description:
He served as a Private in the Company of Captain Andrew Hines in the Regiment of Colonel Otho Williams of the Continental Line
Additional References:
NSSAR # 94593
DAR Patriot Index, Book 1, pg 33
Rev War Pension Number: *S45228
28th-35th Annual Reports, NSDAR. Senate documents (United States Congress, Senate). Government Printing Office: Washington, DC. Revolutionary Service as a Private in Col Otho Williams' (MD) regt, source, United States War Dep, Pension List, Document 55, pg 358, dated 20 January 1920
New York Record Pension under Law dated, 18 March 1818
The cemetery is located south of Ithaca on on Stone Quary Road, just north of King Road
Author: Mark Andrew Davis
James Bandfield Sr. was born on 1 May 1747 in England [his pension indicates 1749]. His surname is also written as Banfield, but as he was illiterate, it is unlikely he had a preferred spelling. His pension file also lists him as James Bandfield Senior. This doesn’t necessarily indicate he had a son named James but could mean there was a younger man of that name in the same area.
He was married about 1780 to Tabatha Jones in Tomkins County, New York. Tabitha died on 19 August 1823. Their known children were:
Edward was born in 1782 and married Martha “Paty” Cooper.
Peter was born on 3 January 1785 and married Mary Oliver.
Agnes was born about 1797 and married James Wilson.
Eleanor was born on 4 February 1798 and married Phineas Nelson.
Dorcas was born 23 June 1803 [gravestone] and married Jonathan Boardman.
Anna was born on 23 October 1806 and married Harry Hugg.
David was born on 15 November 1807 and married Marjorie Cooper.
After the death of his wife Tabitha in 1823, he married a second time to Melinda Owens. They had no known children.
He enlisted at Oldtown, Maryland on 28 December 1776 for a three-year term as a Private in the 1st Company of Captain Andrew Hines in the 6th Maryland Regiment of Colonel Otho Williams of the Continental Line. He remained with the Company until he was discharged in Morristown, New Jersey on 28 December 1779.
The Patriot died on 2 February 1832 in Ithaca, Tompkins County, New York. The couple’s joined stone can be found at Kings Cemetery. It is contemporary with his death and his epitaph reads:
“James Banfield, Born In England 1747 Died At Ithaca Feb, 2, 1832
He was 7 y.rs a Soldier in the Revolutionary WAR
Weep not for me ...”
Sources:
Revolutionary War Pension file S45228
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