Ancestry of
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

American “Fireside” Poet

Joseph Banks

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 38 
  • Father:
  • Richard Banks 
  • Mother:
  • Elizabeth Alcock   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1667 
  • Birth Location:
  • York, York Co., Maine 
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  • Death Date:
  • ABT 1744 
  • Death Location:
  • York, York Co., Maine 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Harmon
  • Marriage Date:
  • 28 Feb 1694/1695 
  • Marriage Location:
  • York, York Co., Maine 
  • Child:

  Tabitha Banks (Ahnentafel No:19 )

• Sources for Joseph Banks

  • ¹ Pitman, H. Minot and Katharine Patterson Boyd Hunt, Boyd-Patterson Ancestry, Tucson, Arizona: Unknown (1967), 28, 34, 65.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 148, 183.