1st wife: Nancy Pemberton, married 6 Nov 1820 , second wife Catherine married 1823.

Son of Vandiver and Elizabeth Wolford Banks.

Other children:
Martin W., 1832
Samuel G.,1836
MiltonG. ,,1836
Mary J., 1841
Clement P.,1843

The following is from contributor Evelyn L. Jones Christensen (46631821) :

Clement married Nancy Pemberton 11/6/1820...evidently she died after about a year.
Marriage Bond:
Know all men by these presents that we Clement Banks and Thomas Pembarton are held and firmly bound unto the common wealth of Kentucky in the penal sum of (pounds? dollars?) 50 the payment of which will and truly be made we bind ourselves, our heirs, etc. (?) jointly and severally, firmly by these presents sealed and dated this 6th day of
November 1820. The conditions of the above obligations is such that if there should be no legal cause to obstruct a marriage shortly intended to be solemnized between
said Banks and Nancy Pemberton daughter to Thomas Pemberton aforesaid.

Then this obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue.
Clement Banks
Thomas Pemberton

Teste
(?) Caldwell (the rest is illegible….probably Ct. Clk or something similar.
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Marriage Bonds
In Kentucky, a performance bond is posted when applying for a marriage license to assure the court that there is no legal reason to prevent the marriage from taking place. (If such a reason "crops up" then the bond amount must be paid.) A marriage bond is no guarantee that the marriage actually took place; and in some rural counties, where the clerk knew that parties involved, the bond might not be required at all.
Two parties were necessary to obtain a marriage license; and, since women had no contractual rights under Virginia law or early Kentucky law, this contract of marriage could not be arranged by the bride. As a result, the groom himself and a male relative/guardian of the bride obtained the license. The bondsman was usally the bride-to-be's father or brother; but a close friend or guardian of either party could (and often did) serve as bondsman instead.
Bonds dating from ca. 1860 to 1900 included that ages of the bride & groom and the places of birth of both parties as well as their parents. Beginning in 1902, the names of the parents are also given. (By 1900, the marriage bond had follen into disuse by some county clerks.)
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Some of the children listed for Clement and Catherine may be children of Clement's brother, Martin W. Their Mother died when they were young.
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Clement was extensive researched by Nancy Brown Tomlin. Nancy was Clement's 2nd great granddaughter. All this information came from her.

Catherine had a sister named Elizabeth.

Elizabeth Vanhook married Zachariah Jones. In his will, her father disowned Zacharia and Elizabeth if they didn't have any kids, whether between them or as a result of the death and re-marriage of either of them. Their 'inheritance' if they got it would be a share of a Negro woman named Nancy and her children.*

The reason we care if they had any kids is because we think that the William R. or W. Read Jones (maybe the same person by slightly different names) was their son. This William R. or Read married Catherine Vanhook's niece, Annis Vanhook, and she and the mysterious Jones man were the parents of Ann Jones Mourning.

(Part of the confusion is that Zachariah Jones' will names 'Annis, wife of William R'. But the marriage records says Anness Vanhook married Read Jones. Zachariah's will does not say Annis was his daughter. It just names her as a legatee. She was a widow when Zachariah's will was written. We can assume some sort of relationship between them, but no way of telling what it was.)

Just to make things more complicated, there are two girls, Elizabeth and Mary Jones, who we think are sisters of Ann Jones Mourning. They married John and Miles Gibson.

After Lawrence Vanhook, Jr. died, his widow, Rachel married a widower named John Gibson who we think was the father or Grandfather of John and Miles. We don't really have to be concerned about the Gibsons, but it would be interesting to know if the Jones family they married into was part of our Jones line.

These Van Hooks moved from NY to NJ to VA to NC and KY. It's hard to track them and the related families because the boundary lines of VA and KY and the county boundaries in both changed radically during that period. The counties split and divided endlessly.

*The historical side is people apparently bought shares or 'parts' of slaves. In 1820, a man purchased a slave who had been purchased from a woman who bought him from Lawrence Vanhook, Jr.'s heirs. She had to buy all 6 'parts' from various owners. The slave was freed by his last buyer.
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Information Source: Catherine was extensive researched by Nancy Brown Tomlin. Catherine is Nancy's 2nd great grandmother.

Clement married Nancy Pemberton 11/6/1820...evidently she died after about a year.
Marriage Bond:
Know all men by these presents that we Clement Banks and Thomas Pembarton are held and firmly bound unto the common wealth of Kentucky in the penal sum of (pounds? dollars?) 50 the payment of which will and truly be made we bind ourselves, our heirs, etc. (?) jointly and severally, firmly by these presents sealed and dated this 6th day of
November 1820. The conditions of the above obligations is such that if there should be no legal cause to obstruct a marriage shortly intended to be solemnized between
said Banks and Nancy Pemberton daughter to Thomas Pemberton aforesaid.

Then this obligation to be void else to remain in full force and virtue.
Clement Banks
Thomas Pemberton

Teste
(?) Caldwell (the rest is illegible….probably Ct. Clk or something similar.
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Marriage Bonds
In Kentucky, a performance bond is posted when applying for a marriage license to assure the court that there is no legal reason to prevent the marriage from taking place. (If such a reason "crops up" then the bond amount must be paid.) A marriage bond is no guarantee that the marriage actually took place; and in some rural counties, where the clerk knew that parties involved, the bond might not be required at all.
Two parties were necessary to obtain a marriage license; and, since women had no contractual rights under Virginia law or early Kentucky law, this contract of marriage could not be arranged by the bride. As a result, the groom himself and a male relative/guardian of the bride obtained the license. The bondsman was usally the bride-to-be's father or brother; but a close friend or guardian of either party could (and often did) serve as bondsman instead.
Bonds dating from ca. 1860 to 1900 included that ages of the bride & groom and the places of birth of both parties as well as their parents. Beginning in 1902, the names of the parents are also given. (By 1900, the marriage bond had follen into disuse by some county clerks.)
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Some of the children listed for Clement and Catherine may be children of Clement's brother, Martin W. Their Mother died when they were young.
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Clement was extensive researched by Nancy Brown Tomlin. Nancy was Clement's 2nd great granddaughter. All this information came from her.
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Contributor: Evelyn L. Jones Christensen (46631821) •