Served Committee of Observation, York Co., PA
Married 1st Rachel Brewer on 12 Aug 1738 and 2nd Antjin Anna Demaree in 1751.
Hendrick "Father Henry" Banta, son of Hendrickse Banta and Goertje (Gertrude) Albertse Terhune, was born 9 Dec 1718 at Hacensack, Bergen County, NJ and died 14 Oct 1805 at George Bergen's farm [now the Dutch Tract Cemetery} in Shelby County, Kentucky (Henry County KY Historical Society).
He married Rachel Brewer (also spelled Brouwer) 12 Aug 1738 at the Dutch Reformed Church in Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, New Jersey. They had six children and Rachel died age 32 on 3 Dec 1749. Henry married second to Antjin "Annie" Demaree on 24 Jan 1751 in the Dutch Church in New York. They became parents of fifteen more children. Henry's oldest son, also named Hendrick, died of smallpox in 1740, and the daughter-in-law was killed less than a year later by a falling tree, leaving nine orphan children - the youngest only six months old. Their grandfather, Henry Banta and his second wife, Annie Demareee, raised those children too.
Henry and family moved from Bergen Co NJ to Somerset Co NJ, where he was an Elder of the church at Bedminster 25 Oct 1758.
Ten years later, Henry and Annie and their children moved with the Dutch group to Conewego Colony near present-day Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Henry was a leader in the Conewego group, and was elected a member of the York County Committee at a meeting 16 December 1774. The York and Berkeley co militias were among the first to respond to the call of the Continental Congress to march to Washington's aid at the siege of Boston in July 1774. The cabin where this large family lived, across the road from the Low Dutch Cemetery in the Conewago valley. is still inhabited in 2013.
There are several men named Henry Banta, but at the time of removal to Kentucky around 1780, this Hendrick "Father Henry" Banta was fathering twenty-one children, three of whom died in infancy. Five of Hendrick's twelve children were under 12 years of age. Five or six of his sons were married, two of whom, Samuel and Peterius, remained for awhile in Pennsylvania, as did his three married daughters. Henry's family, who accompanied him in this toilsome, dangerous journey of several months' duration, consisted of his wife and twelve children, five of whom were under twelve years of age, and nineteen grandchildren, almost all of whom were under twelve years of age. 
(much of this info is from "The Banta Genealogy" by T. M. Banta )
Blessings,
carolyn (#47319116)
∼Henry Banta was the father of twenty-one children, and is said to have left a larger number of descendants than any other man in Kentucky. Records indicate he was buried on George Bergen's farm in Shelby Co., being the frist burial in that graveyard. He was a member of the church at Hackensack in 1741. He removed from Bergen County to Somerset County, N.J., and was an Elder of the church at Bedminster, Oct. 25, 1758. The baptismal records of that church have not been perserved, but at least four of his children were borh while he was living in that county, whose date of birth can be determined. About ten years later, with a colony from New Jersey he removed to Conewago, York County, PA., near the present site of Gettysbury, and was a member of the church there at its formation. m. (1) Rachel Brower (d. about 1750) at Schraalenburgh, Aug. 12, 1738; children: HENDRICK bp. July 27, 1740, m. Maria Stryker; ABRAHAM b. April 18, 1742, died in infancy; LEAH b. Jan. 15, 1744, m. Jacobus Monfort. ABRAHAM b July 7, 1745, m. Margrieta Monfort. ALBERT b. April 20, 1747, m. Styntie Monfort. GEERTRUID b. Dec. 3, 1749, m. Frans Monfort. (2) ANTIE DEMAREST bp. Dec. 23, 1733. Children: RACHEL b. Dec. 19, 1751, m (1) Theodore Williamson; (2) Simon Van Arsdale. SAMUEL b. June 13, 1753. m. Dynn Dorland. PIETER b. Feb. 9, 1755. m. Elizabeth Cosijn. JOHN b. Sept., 1756, m. (1) Mary Magdalena Shuck Durle; (2) Agnes Shuck; (3) Nancy Van Nise. DANIEL fingagrave #6402744 b. 1765, m. Annie Shuck Durie. JACOB m. Catharine Voorees. MARY m. Henry Shively. ANT Name /a bp. Oct. 23, 1769, m. Barnett Rynierson. DAVID, bp May 31, 1771, m. Mary DeMott. ISAAC bp Aug. 24, 1773. ANGENITIE b. July 23, 1775, m. William Gordon. HENDRICK b. March 1, 1778. m. Molly Van Arsdall.∼PVT Continental Line Rev. War
Married 1st Rachel Brewer on 12 Aug 1738 and 2nd Antjin Anna Demaree in 1751.
Hendrick "Father Henry" Banta, son of Hendrickse Banta and Goertje (Gertrude) Albertse Terhune, was born 9 Dec 1718 at Hacensack, Bergen County, NJ and died 14 Oct 1805 at George Bergen's farm [now the Dutch Tract Cemetery} in Shelby County, Kentucky (Henry County KY Historical Society).
He married Rachel Brewer (also spelled Brouwer) 12 Aug 1738 at the Dutch Reformed Church in Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, New Jersey. They had six children and Rachel died age 32 on 3 Dec 1749. Henry married second to Antjin "Annie" Demaree on 24 Jan 1751 in the Dutch Church in New York. They became parents of fifteen more children. Henry's oldest son, also named Hendrick, died of smallpox in 1740, and the daughter-in-law was killed less than a year later by a falling tree, leaving nine orphan children - the youngest only six months old. Their grandfather, Henry Banta and his second wife, Annie Demareee, raised those children too.
Henry and family moved from Bergen Co NJ to Somerset Co NJ, where he was an Elder of the church at Bedminster 25 Oct 1758.
Ten years later, Henry and Annie and their children moved with the Dutch group to Conewego Colony near present-day Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Henry was a leader in the Conewego group, and was elected a member of the York County Committee at a meeting 16 December 1774. The York and Berkeley co militias were among the first to respond to the call of the Continental Congress to march to Washington's aid at the siege of Boston in July 1774. The cabin where this large family lived, across the road from the Low Dutch Cemetery in the Conewago valley. is still inhabited in 2013.
There are several men named Henry Banta, but at the time of removal to Kentucky around 1780, this Hendrick "Father Henry" Banta was fathering twenty-one children, three of whom died in infancy. Five of Hendrick's twelve children were under 12 years of age. Five or six of his sons were married, two of whom, Samuel and Peterius, remained for awhile in Pennsylvania, as did his three married daughters. Henry's family, who accompanied him in this toilsome, dangerous journey of several months' duration, consisted of his wife and twelve children, five of whom were under twelve years of age, and nineteen grandchildren, almost all of whom were under twelve years of age. 
(much of this info is from "The Banta Genealogy" by T. M. Banta )
Blessings,
carolyn (#47319116)
∼Henry Banta was the father of twenty-one children, and is said to have left a larger number of descendants than any other man in Kentucky. Records indicate he was buried on George Bergen's farm in Shelby Co., being the frist burial in that graveyard. He was a member of the church at Hackensack in 1741. He removed from Bergen County to Somerset County, N.J., and was an Elder of the church at Bedminster, Oct. 25, 1758. The baptismal records of that church have not been perserved, but at least four of his children were borh while he was living in that county, whose date of birth can be determined. About ten years later, with a colony from New Jersey he removed to Conewago, York County, PA., near the present site of Gettysbury, and was a member of the church there at its formation. m. (1) Rachel Brower (d. about 1750) at Schraalenburgh, Aug. 12, 1738; children: HENDRICK bp. July 27, 1740, m. Maria Stryker; ABRAHAM b. April 18, 1742, died in infancy; LEAH b. Jan. 15, 1744, m. Jacobus Monfort. ABRAHAM b July 7, 1745, m. Margrieta Monfort. ALBERT b. April 20, 1747, m. Styntie Monfort. GEERTRUID b. Dec. 3, 1749, m. Frans Monfort. (2) ANTIE DEMAREST bp. Dec. 23, 1733. Children: RACHEL b. Dec. 19, 1751, m (1) Theodore Williamson; (2) Simon Van Arsdale. SAMUEL b. June 13, 1753. m. Dynn Dorland. PIETER b. Feb. 9, 1755. m. Elizabeth Cosijn. JOHN b. Sept., 1756, m. (1) Mary Magdalena Shuck Durle; (2) Agnes Shuck; (3) Nancy Van Nise. DANIEL fingagrave #6402744 b. 1765, m. Annie Shuck Durie. JACOB m. Catharine Voorees. MARY m. Henry Shively. ANT Name /a bp. Oct. 23, 1769, m. Barnett Rynierson. DAVID, bp May 31, 1771, m. Mary DeMott. ISAAC bp Aug. 24, 1773. ANGENITIE b. July 23, 1775, m. William Gordon. HENDRICK b. March 1, 1778. m. Molly Van Arsdall.∼PVT Continental Line Rev. War
Served Committee of Observation, York Co., PA
Married 1st Rachel Brewer on 12 Aug 1738 and 2nd Antjin Anna Demaree in 1751.
Hendrick "Father Henry" Banta, son of Hendrickse Banta and Goertje (Gertrude) Albertse Terhune, was born 9 Dec 1718 at Hacensack, Bergen County, NJ and died 14 Oct 1805 at George Bergen's farm [now the Dutch Tract Cemetery} in Shelby County, Kentucky (Henry County KY Historical Society).
He married Rachel Brewer (also spelled Brouwer) 12 Aug 1738 at the Dutch Reformed Church in Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, New Jersey. They had six children and Rachel died age 32 on 3 Dec 1749. Henry married second to Antjin "Annie" Demaree on 24 Jan 1751 in the Dutch Church in New York. They became parents of fifteen more children. Henry's oldest son, also named Hendrick, died of smallpox in 1740, and the daughter-in-law was killed less than a year later by a falling tree, leaving nine orphan children - the youngest only six months old. Their grandfather, Henry Banta and his second wife, Annie Demareee, raised those children too.
Henry and family moved from Bergen Co NJ to Somerset Co NJ, where he was an Elder of the church at Bedminster 25 Oct 1758.
Ten years later, Henry and Annie and their children moved with the Dutch group to Conewego Colony near present-day Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Henry was a leader in the Conewego group, and was elected a member of the York County Committee at a meeting 16 December 1774. The York and Berkeley co militias were among the first to respond to the call of the Continental Congress to march to Washington's aid at the siege of Boston in July 1774. The cabin where this large family lived, across the road from the Low Dutch Cemetery in the Conewago valley. is still inhabited in 2013.
There are several men named Henry Banta, but at the time of removal to Kentucky around 1780, this Hendrick "Father Henry" Banta was fathering twenty-one children, three of whom died in infancy. Five of Hendrick's twelve children were under 12 years of age. Five or six of his sons were married, two of whom, Samuel and Peterius, remained for awhile in Pennsylvania, as did his three married daughters. Henry's family, who accompanied him in this toilsome, dangerous journey of several months' duration, consisted of his wife and twelve children, five of whom were under twelve years of age, and nineteen grandchildren, almost all of whom were under twelve years of age. 
(much of this info is from "The Banta Genealogy" by T. M. Banta )
Blessings,
carolyn (#47319116)
∼Henry Banta was the father of twenty-one children, and is said to have left a larger number of descendants than any other man in Kentucky. Records indicate he was buried on George Bergen's farm in Shelby Co., being the frist burial in that graveyard. He was a member of the church at Hackensack in 1741. He removed from Bergen County to Somerset County, N.J., and was an Elder of the church at Bedminster, Oct. 25, 1758. The baptismal records of that church have not been perserved, but at least four of his children were borh while he was living in that county, whose date of birth can be determined. About ten years later, with a colony from New Jersey he removed to Conewago, York County, PA., near the present site of Gettysbury, and was a member of the church there at its formation. m. (1) Rachel Brower (d. about 1750) at Schraalenburgh, Aug. 12, 1738; children: HENDRICK bp. July 27, 1740, m. Maria Stryker; ABRAHAM b. April 18, 1742, died in infancy; LEAH b. Jan. 15, 1744, m. Jacobus Monfort. ABRAHAM b July 7, 1745, m. Margrieta Monfort. ALBERT b. April 20, 1747, m. Styntie Monfort. GEERTRUID b. Dec. 3, 1749, m. Frans Monfort. (2) ANTIE DEMAREST bp. Dec. 23, 1733. Children: RACHEL b. Dec. 19, 1751, m (1) Theodore Williamson; (2) Simon Van Arsdale. SAMUEL b. June 13, 1753. m. Dynn Dorland. PIETER b. Feb. 9, 1755. m. Elizabeth Cosijn. JOHN b. Sept., 1756, m. (1) Mary Magdalena Shuck Durle; (2) Agnes Shuck; (3) Nancy Van Nise. DANIEL fingagrave #6402744 b. 1765, m. Annie Shuck Durie. JACOB m. Catharine Voorees. MARY m. Henry Shively. ANT Name /a bp. Oct. 23, 1769, m. Barnett Rynierson. DAVID, bp May 31, 1771, m. Mary DeMott. ISAAC bp Aug. 24, 1773. ANGENITIE b. July 23, 1775, m. William Gordon. HENDRICK b. March 1, 1778. m. Molly Van Arsdall.∼PVT Continental Line Rev. War
Married 1st Rachel Brewer on 12 Aug 1738 and 2nd Antjin Anna Demaree in 1751.
Hendrick "Father Henry" Banta, son of Hendrickse Banta and Goertje (Gertrude) Albertse Terhune, was born 9 Dec 1718 at Hacensack, Bergen County, NJ and died 14 Oct 1805 at George Bergen's farm [now the Dutch Tract Cemetery} in Shelby County, Kentucky (Henry County KY Historical Society).
He married Rachel Brewer (also spelled Brouwer) 12 Aug 1738 at the Dutch Reformed Church in Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, New Jersey. They had six children and Rachel died age 32 on 3 Dec 1749. Henry married second to Antjin "Annie" Demaree on 24 Jan 1751 in the Dutch Church in New York. They became parents of fifteen more children. Henry's oldest son, also named Hendrick, died of smallpox in 1740, and the daughter-in-law was killed less than a year later by a falling tree, leaving nine orphan children - the youngest only six months old. Their grandfather, Henry Banta and his second wife, Annie Demareee, raised those children too.
Henry and family moved from Bergen Co NJ to Somerset Co NJ, where he was an Elder of the church at Bedminster 25 Oct 1758.
Ten years later, Henry and Annie and their children moved with the Dutch group to Conewego Colony near present-day Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Henry was a leader in the Conewego group, and was elected a member of the York County Committee at a meeting 16 December 1774. The York and Berkeley co militias were among the first to respond to the call of the Continental Congress to march to Washington's aid at the siege of Boston in July 1774. The cabin where this large family lived, across the road from the Low Dutch Cemetery in the Conewago valley. is still inhabited in 2013.
There are several men named Henry Banta, but at the time of removal to Kentucky around 1780, this Hendrick "Father Henry" Banta was fathering twenty-one children, three of whom died in infancy. Five of Hendrick's twelve children were under 12 years of age. Five or six of his sons were married, two of whom, Samuel and Peterius, remained for awhile in Pennsylvania, as did his three married daughters. Henry's family, who accompanied him in this toilsome, dangerous journey of several months' duration, consisted of his wife and twelve children, five of whom were under twelve years of age, and nineteen grandchildren, almost all of whom were under twelve years of age. 
(much of this info is from "The Banta Genealogy" by T. M. Banta )
Blessings,
carolyn (#47319116)
∼Henry Banta was the father of twenty-one children, and is said to have left a larger number of descendants than any other man in Kentucky. Records indicate he was buried on George Bergen's farm in Shelby Co., being the frist burial in that graveyard. He was a member of the church at Hackensack in 1741. He removed from Bergen County to Somerset County, N.J., and was an Elder of the church at Bedminster, Oct. 25, 1758. The baptismal records of that church have not been perserved, but at least four of his children were borh while he was living in that county, whose date of birth can be determined. About ten years later, with a colony from New Jersey he removed to Conewago, York County, PA., near the present site of Gettysbury, and was a member of the church there at its formation. m. (1) Rachel Brower (d. about 1750) at Schraalenburgh, Aug. 12, 1738; children: HENDRICK bp. July 27, 1740, m. Maria Stryker; ABRAHAM b. April 18, 1742, died in infancy; LEAH b. Jan. 15, 1744, m. Jacobus Monfort. ABRAHAM b July 7, 1745, m. Margrieta Monfort. ALBERT b. April 20, 1747, m. Styntie Monfort. GEERTRUID b. Dec. 3, 1749, m. Frans Monfort. (2) ANTIE DEMAREST bp. Dec. 23, 1733. Children: RACHEL b. Dec. 19, 1751, m (1) Theodore Williamson; (2) Simon Van Arsdale. SAMUEL b. June 13, 1753. m. Dynn Dorland. PIETER b. Feb. 9, 1755. m. Elizabeth Cosijn. JOHN b. Sept., 1756, m. (1) Mary Magdalena Shuck Durle; (2) Agnes Shuck; (3) Nancy Van Nise. DANIEL fingagrave #6402744 b. 1765, m. Annie Shuck Durie. JACOB m. Catharine Voorees. MARY m. Henry Shively. ANT Name /a bp. Oct. 23, 1769, m. Barnett Rynierson. DAVID, bp May 31, 1771, m. Mary DeMott. ISAAC bp Aug. 24, 1773. ANGENITIE b. July 23, 1775, m. William Gordon. HENDRICK b. March 1, 1778. m. Molly Van Arsdall.∼PVT Continental Line Rev. War
Family Members
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Hendrick Banta
1740–1777
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Lea Hendrickse "Leah" Banta Monfort
1744–1795
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Pvt Abraham Banta
1745–1793
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Albert Banta
1747–1820
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Charity Banta Montfort
1749–1828
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Rachel Banta VanOsdol
1751–1831
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Samuel Banta
1753–1833
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John Banta
1757–1815
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Daniel Banta
1765–1827
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Mary Banta Shively
1767–1844
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Ann Banta Reynerson
1769–1852
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Hendrick "Vestus" Banta
1778–1854
