James HANKS
Born in Dinwiddie, Va Colonial on 1759
Father Richard HANKS
Mother: Mary HINDS
GRANDFATHER William Hanks Jr
Birth: 14 FEB 1679, Richmond County, VA.
Death: 1 MAY 1732, Richmond County, VA.
William lived out their lives in Richmond County, VA. where he did leave a will.
This will named only his oldest son and instructed him to teach his brothers the carpenter trade.
Birth dates of children are from North Farnham Parish records.
and Mother HESTER C MILLS
SIBLINGS
William HANKS, III
John HANKS
Hannah HANKS
Sarah HANKS
Richard HANKS
Susannah HANKS
Thomas HANKS, II
James HANKS
GREAT GRAND PARENTS William Hanks Sr and Sarah Byrd
m about 1650, Richmond County, VA.
William's Death: about 1704.
Children:
William HANKS, II
Luke HANKS
John HANKS
JAMES' Military Service: Lincoln County, NC. American revolution.
DAR
Death: 13 APR 1839, Wilkes County, NC.
NOTES
Born in Dinwiddie Co, VA and migrated to NC with his father's family.
He served in several campaigns during the American revolution and married his wife Mary Starrett in Lincoln Co, NC while still in the Army.
They made their first home in Lincoln Co, NC where their first five children were born.
LIVED AND BURIED
They lived near Trap Hill NC on a farm which is now part of the Stone Mountain State Park and it is an unproven family tradition that they were buried in the old Lyons family cemetery near Trap Hill.
Census records, private records and known family kinships identify their children as listed.
Mary Starrett
Born in 1760 to William Starrett and Ruth.
Mary married James Hanks and had 9 children.
She passed away on 1840 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
Marriage: 26 AUG 1779, Lincoln County, NC.
Sources
1. The Hanks Family of North Carolina & Virginia David Andrew Sturgill. 1989, rev 1994,1998. pg 11.
Children
David Hanks
Mary Hanks 1790-Unknown
Richard Hanks 1780-Unknown
Rebecca Hanks Fowlkes 1784-1856
John Hanks 1783-1861
Catherine Hanks 1795-1876
William Hanks 1788-1870
Elizabeth Hanks 1795-1860
Susanna Hanks 1796-Unknown
David Hanks 1782-1898
James HANKS
Born in Dinwiddie, Va Colonial on 1759
Father Richard HANKS
Mother: Mary HINDS
GRANDFATHER William Hanks Jr
Birth: 14 FEB 1679, Richmond County, VA.
Death: 1 MAY 1732, Richmond County, VA.
William lived out their lives in Richmond County, VA. where he did leave a will.
This will named only his oldest son and instructed him to teach his brothers the carpenter trade.
Birth dates of children are from North Farnham Parish records.
and Mother HESTER C MILLS
SIBLINGS
William HANKS, III
John HANKS
Hannah HANKS
Sarah HANKS
Richard HANKS
Susannah HANKS
Thomas HANKS, II
James HANKS
GREAT GRAND PARENTS William Hanks Sr and Sarah Byrd
m about 1650, Richmond County, VA.
William's Death: about 1704.
Children:
William HANKS, II
Luke HANKS
John HANKS
JAMES' Military Service: Lincoln County, NC. American revolution.
DAR
Death: 13 APR 1839, Wilkes County, NC.
NOTES
Born in Dinwiddie Co, VA and migrated to NC with his father's family.
He served in several campaigns during the American revolution and married his wife Mary Starrett in Lincoln Co, NC while still in the Army.
They made their first home in Lincoln Co, NC where their first five children were born.
LIVED AND BURIED
They lived near Trap Hill NC on a farm which is now part of the Stone Mountain State Park and it is an unproven family tradition that they were buried in the old Lyons family cemetery near Trap Hill.
Census records, private records and known family kinships identify their children as listed.
Mary Starrett
Born in 1760 to William Starrett and Ruth.
Mary married James Hanks and had 9 children.
She passed away on 1840 in Wilkes, North Carolina, USA.
Marriage: 26 AUG 1779, Lincoln County, NC.
Sources
1. The Hanks Family of North Carolina & Virginia David Andrew Sturgill. 1989, rev 1994,1998. pg 11.
Children
David Hanks
Mary Hanks 1790-Unknown
Richard Hanks 1780-Unknown
Rebecca Hanks Fowlkes 1784-1856
John Hanks 1783-1861
Catherine Hanks 1795-1876
William Hanks 1788-1870
Elizabeth Hanks 1795-1860
Susanna Hanks 1796-Unknown
David Hanks 1782-1898