Mary Ames Banks
Mary Ames (Eames) Banks (1811-1876) was born 4 Oct. 1811 in Vinalhaven, Hancock Co., Maine. She was the daughter of Thomas Ames and Lydia Burgess. She married Job S. Banks on 4 Jul. 1838 in Vinalhaven, and they had five children. She was baptized by Wilford Woodruff on 19 Nov. 1837 on the North Fox Island, Hancock Co., Maine. She died 13 Jul. 1876.
Footnotes
Mary Ames (LHVM-YNX), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 3 Nov. 2022). Mary Ames Banks, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/mary-ames-banks, accessed 9 Aug. 2022). Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (1860-2000), “Local Jurisdictional Records [electronic records], circa 1922 / Early Membership Record / Records / Volume B,” entry for Mary Banks, p. 190, image 193/321, MS 30683; Church History Library (https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/, accessed 3 Nov. 2022). Charles Albert Eugene Long, Matinicus Isle, Its Story and Its People (Lewiston, Maine: Lewiston Journal Printshop, 1926), p. 145; digital images, GoogleBooks (https://books.google.com, accessed 7 Nov. 2022). "Town and vital records, 1785-1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 7 Nov. 2022); Thomas Eames and Lydia Burgess, marriage intention, 18 Oct. 1806, Vinalhaven, Hancock Co., Maine, p. 414; citing Vinalhaven, Knox Co., Maine, Town Clerk, image 227/837; DGS 7596929. "Town and vital records, 1785-1892," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 3 Nov. 2022); Job S. Banks and Mary Ames, marriage, 4 Jul. 1838, Vinalhaven, Waldo Co., Maine, p. 307; citing Vinalhaven, Knox Co., Maine, Town Clerk, image 318/837; DGS 7596929. Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (1860-2000), “Local Jurisdictional Records [electronic records], circa 1922 / Early Membership Record / Records / Volume B,” entry for Mary Banks, p. 219, image 222/321, MS 30683; Church History Library (https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/, accessed 3 Nov. 2022).
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Excerpt:November 10, 1837 ~ Friday NOV 10th I took the parting hand with Mrs. Woodruff & other friends walked to Br Ames from thence in company with Valentine Ames to John Kents we crossed the thoroughfar^e^ to the South Island to Mr Isaac Crocketts I Preached at his house Mr Crockett in some respects is a wonderful man {I dreamed a wonderful dream at his house} In dreams and visions &c distance of the day 7. miles ...Dates:November 10, 1837 November 11, 1837 November 12, 1837 November 13, 1837 November 14, 1837 November 15, 1837 November 16, 1837 November 17, 1837 November 18, 1837 November 19, 1837 -
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