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He was a member of the York Town Militia in 1757, along with John Perkins (Mary's father). Aaron was with Gov. Pownall at Fort Point and Castine in May, 1759, and was among petitioners for creation of township of Castine (as a prospective settler there) 3 January 1762 (ref. Wilson Museum Bulletin, III:14, Fall, 1988); settler at Bagaduce in 1765 (Brooks' Hist. of Castine, Brooksville & Penobscot). {cf. NEHGR 07/1890,p.261} During the 1760s and 1770s he resided along the shore opposite Banks Island (now Nautilus Island), which he claimed (- Ellenore W. Doudiet, "Majabigwaduce: Castine, Penobscot, Brooksville" [Castine: Castine Scientific Society, 1978], p. 102, which reports that Hosea B. Wardwell, Esq., in his address 14 September 1887 at the Centennial Celebration of Penobscot, stated that Banks was a hero of the French and Indian Wars, and "under General Amherst was at the capture of Montreal.") Aaron and Mary settled at Castine in the spring of 1765 and his lot included the old French fort (now behind the Roman Catholic Church). On 7 August 1779 the Americans burned his house and the British occupying Fort George (believing he had consented to this burning to deprive them of a hiding-place for their patrols) carried off the family as prisioners. They returned to Castine after the war. He sold the Castine home 21 September 1785 to Dr. Oliver Mann and moved to Penobscot, where he remained and farmed.
"Maine Place Names and the Peopling of its Towns," Ava Harriet Chadbourne (Freeport, ME: Bond Wheelright Co., 1957), p. 2: "In 1779 Aaron Banks, after his home was burned at the siege of Bagaduce, moved to the head of Northern Bay and settled in what is now Penobscot. He was born in York, Maine, enlisted in the French and Indian war under Captain James Cargill and was ordered to assist in building Fort Pownall. He then went to Castine (Bagaduce) and was transferred for service under General Amherst to Montreal in 1760. He was discharged in 1764 and walked to York, Maine. He then married and returned to Bagaduce, and became a successful farmer, sometimes engaged in navigation." Phil Perkins, Castine historian, believed (1995) that Aaron Banks' home was at or near the NE corner of Court and Dresser Streets. John Peters' survey of 1787 shows the Aaron Banks' property as a strip from the Bagaduce estuary to Penobscot Bay including Blockhouse Point, generally including (or fronting the east side of) Tarrantine (formerly Broadway) Street.
Charles Bracelen Flood, "Rise, and Fight Again" (New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1976), pp. 202-03, reports that following the burning of his house "What now happened to Aaron Banks and his family was all too typical of this struggle that had so many aspects of a civil war. The Americans had burnt his house partly because it was too good a place for British patrols to hide, but also because they thought he was a Tory. Now, when Banks brought his shocked family into the British lines, the British promptly marched Banks and his family down to the water to be rowed out to confinement aboard the sloop of war 'North'; the British thought Banks had consented to the burning of his house, to deny the British a good advanced post, and might be a spy for the Americans." Flood also reports (p. 203) that among Banks' frightened children were daughters who would marry Scottish members of the British military force who remained in America, Olive Banks marrying five years later Commissary William Reidhead of the Highlanders and her sister Esther marrying William's brother David, also in Castine with the Highlanders. "The French at Pentagoet, 1635-1674," Alaric and Gertrude Faulkner (1987), p. 39: "Reuben Gray sold the lot containing the fort [Pentagoet] to one Aaron Banks in 1765, and the primitive homestead on the property was apparently abandoned." "Brooksville, Maine," Walter A. Snow (Downeast Graphics, 1976), pp. 57-58, reports: "When he [Aaron Banks] was 21, he enlisted in the provincial army and was stationed at Fort Pownal, assisting in the building of the fort in 1759. In July, 1759, he was transferred to Gen. Amherst's command and was at the capture of Ticonderoga, and at the capture of Montreal Sept. 7, 1760. He was discharged in the winter of 1764. ...He was a Loyalist but remained in this country."
George A. Wheelers "History of Castine, Penobscot and Brooksville, Maine," (privately printed in Cornwall, NY, 1923), pp. 167-8: "The subject of this sketch was born in York, Maine, June 1, 1738. He married Mary Perkins, of York, who was a sister of John and Daniel Perkins, of Bagaduce. His death occurred on the ninth of August, 1823, at Penobscot. At the age of twenty-one years, Mr. Banks enlisted in the provincial army, for the defense of the colonies against the French and Indians. He was first stationed at Fort Pownal, and assisted in building that fort, early in the summer of 1759. In July of that year, he was transferred to General Amhersts command, and was with that command at the capture of Ticonderoga. He was also with General Amherst, at the capture of Montreal, September 7, 1760. A treaty of peace was made at Paris, between England and France, February 10, 1763. In consequence of this, Mr. Banks was honorably discharged, early in the winter of 1764. He and twelve others, were obliged to walk through the wilderness from Montreal to York, in the depth of winter, with no covering for their couch at night but the 'starry decked heavens,' and depending for their food upon the game shot upon the way. In the spring of 1765, Mr. Banks brought his wife and infant daughter to Bagaduce. He is said to have bought the farm first settled by Reuben Gray, on the Neck - being that now principally owned by Charles J. Abbott, Esq. - and to have built his house near the deep gully, not far from Mr. Webbs house. At the time of the skirmish at the half-moon battery, during the siege of 1779, Mr. Banks house was burned by the Americans. He and his family were detained, for upwards of three weeks, as prisoners on board the British sloop North. After peace was declared, he moved to that part of Bagaduce which is now Penobscot, where he remained until his death. No descendants bearing his name exist at this day. His daughter Elizabeth, however, who was married to Colonel Jeremiah Wardwell, became the mother of a family of seven sons and four daughters. She died in Penobscot, November 26, 1853, aged 89 years, 5 months, and 21 days."
"The French at Pentagoet, 1635-1674," Alaric and Gretchen Faulkner (ME Historic Preservation Commission, 1987 - ISBN 0-935447-03-2), p. 39, states Reuben Gray [q.v.] sold the lot containing the fort [Pentagoet] to one Aaron Banks in 1765, and the primitive homestead on the property was apparently abandoned."
See "History of York, Maine," Charles Edward Banks (Baltimore: Regional Publishing Co., 1967), Vol. 1, p. 343. Banks, op. cit., Vol. 2, p. 214 lists him as a member of the York Train Band in 1757.
Aaron Banks is listed in "The Artificers and Inhabitants Who Built Fort George, Penobscot, 1779-1780" in "The Maine Genealogist" magazine (Vol. 26, p. 60; 2004) as providing two oxen in 1779.
Aaron's will (found at York Historical Museum, York Maine): "In the name of God - Amen - I Aaron Banks of Penobscot in the County of Hancock being weak in body, but of sound and perfect mind and memory, blessed be Almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last will that and testament in manner following (that is to say) I direct that my body be decently buried and that all my just debts and funeral expenses are to be paid by my Executor herein named - and as to my estate, I dispose of it in manner following: first I give and bequeath to my daughter Polly, the wife of Samuel Wardwell, sixteen hundred dollars out of which sums just debts and funeral expenses are to be paid: Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Betsey, the wife of Jeremiah Wardwell, five dollars. Al so I give and bequeath to my daughter Lucy, the wife of Benjamin Milliken , the sum of Five dollars. Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Olive Redhead, the sum of five dollars. Also I give and bequeath to my daughter Esther Castin, the sum of five dollars. Also I give and bequeath to my son Aaron the sum of five dollars. Also I give and bequeath to Samuel Wardwell of Penobscot in the County aforesaid Mariner to be held in trust for the comfortable maintenance and decent burial of my wife Mary if she should survive me, the sum of one hundred dollars. It is my will and desire that if my wife Mary should not survive me that the sum of one hundred dollars be put in trust for comfortable maintenance and decent burial of my said wife Mary should be give to my daughter Polly. In case there should not be so much money of my estate as is mentioned in this will is it my will and desire that it should be divided among several legatees in proportions to the sum bequeathed and in case there should be more money of my estate that is mentioned in this will, I give and bequeath to my said daughter Polly. It is my will that the said several sums of money shall be paid to the said respective legatees within twelve months after my decease, and I appoint Samuel Wardwell aforenamed the sole Executor of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all my former wills and testament by me made. In witness hereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twelfth day of March in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and twenty three."
"American Migrations, 1765-1799: The lives, times and families of colonial Americans who remained loyal to the British Crown . . . .," Peter Wilson Coldham (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2000), p. 34: "Banks, Aaron of Fort George, Penobscot, yeoman. Claim sworn Lincoln Co., MA, 1784, for a house and furniture burned by the Americans; crops and cattle taken by the British (13/90/34-36)."
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"The Bangor Historical Magazine, Vol. 7", Joseph W. Porter, Ed. (Bangor, ME: Charles Glass & Co., 1892), pp. 25-26: "The Early Settlers of the Town of Penobscot," Hosea B. Wardwell, Esq.:
"Aaron Banks was born in York, Me., June 1, 1738, We know nothing of his parentage of his youth. The first we know of him is that at the age of twenty-one he enlisted in the Provincial army for the defence of the Colonies, against the Indians and French. He was under the command of Capt. James Cargill, and early in the season of 1759, was with his company ordered to Wasaumkeag point to assist in building the fortification there called Fort Pownal. While there Gov. Pownal desired to see the ruins of Castine's fort at Bagaduce, now Castine and ordered Capt. Cargill with twenty of his men to make ready the sloop Massachusetts for the expedition. They landed with Banks and others, and viewed the ruins of the French settlement, houses, fields and orchards wasted by the ruthless hand of war. Banks liked the place so well that he resolved when he obtained his discharge from the army that he would make his home in Bagaduce.
"In July of this year, 1759, he was transferred to the command of General Amherst, and participated in the capture of Ticonderoga. He was also with Gen. Amherst at the capture of Montreal, Sept. 7, 1760, where for his good conduct he was made a corporal. He remained at Montreal in the discharge of his duties until early in the winter of 1764, when he took an honorable discharge and with twelve others set out for York, Me., afoot through an unbroken wilderness, depending for food upon the game shot on the way, and with no covering at night but a hastily constructed camp of evergreen boughs. Though an exceptionally cold and rough winter they all arrived at York in good health. Remembering the pleasant orchard at Bagaduce his thoughts turned eastward, and having married Mary Perkins, daughter of John Perkins of York, in April, accompanied by his wife and her brothers Daniel, Stover and John, he came to Bagaduce. Banks found that Mr. Reuben Gray had settled on his chosen lot. For a trifling consideration he bought Mr. Gray's right and at once set himself at work with right good will to make a comfortable home for himself and his young bride. Thanks to the thrifty Frenchman who had preceded him he had an abundance of apples and pears for the taking. He became a successful farmer and was also somewhat engaged in navigation. He had a sloop Polly which was captured by the French on her way from Cuba to Castine, 1799, but as he failed to file the papers at the proper time his descendants have not been able to substantiate their rights before the court of claims.
"During the siege of Bagaduce, Aug. 7, 1779, Banks' house, being in the range of the American battery on Nautilus Island, was burned by them, partly as a military necessity and partly from a spirit of revenge for his supposed sympathy with the enemy. Then he and his family were confined on board the British sloop North for consenting to the burning of his house and acting, as they supposed, as a spy for the Americans. He was released after the retreat of the Americans. He never rebuilt his house, but soon thereafter moved to the head of Northern Bay and settled on lot No. 82, now in Penobscot, where he died Aug. 9, 1823, aged eighty-five years and two months.
"He was, it is said by those who knew him, a perfect model of manly beauty, six feet two inches high, straight as an arrow and lithe as a panther, mild and agreeable in his manners, with a keen sense of the ridiculous, and a lover of harmless fun.
"He had a sister married to a Littlefield and another a Moody. Their descendants may be found in Waldo County, Maine.
"He was a deeply religious man, and from boyhood to his death was a faithful member of the Orthodox Calvinistic church, and never was known to omit his daily prayers and devotions. He had four sons aud five daughters, but has no descendants bearing the name of Banks.
"His eldest son, Eben, at a very early age was a midshipman on board a British man-of-war, and rose from rank to rank until he became a captain. After a service of more than twenty-three years, with his wages and a good store of prize money, he started for home and friends. It is supposed he was killed and thrown overboard in mid ocean, first being robbed.
"Josiah, who married Avis Lowder, of Baugor, shipped on board a brig in Portland, bound for Cuba. Neither crew nor brig was ever heard from.
"James was pressed and carried on board a British ship, and in attempting to escape from his involuntary servitude by swimming, was shot while in the water and devoured by sharks.
"Aaron, Jr., married but left no descendants. He died at the age of eighty, the result of a fall.
"Elizabeth married Jeremiah Wardwell, Olive married William Reidhead, Esther married David Reidhead, Polly married Samuel Wardwell, and Lucy married a Mr. Milliken, all of whom have left numerous descendants."-- {Belfast Journal, 1890.
For a detailed history of the area, see "Penobscot, Maine 1761-2011," Mark E. Honey (Bangor, ME: Snowman Printing, 2011) [distributed by the Penobscot Historical Society]
"Lem - A New England Village Boy: A Castine Boyhood Remembered," Noah Brooks (Castine, ME: Castine Historical Society, 1988), pp. 113-117, tells of a witch supposed to haunt Aaron Banks house.
Aaron Banks was accepted in 2009 as a Patriot ancestor by the S.A.R. (NSSAR member # 73197).
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[18372] Elijah m. (1) ca. 1820 Dianna _____ and (2) Eunice D. Phelps. (per letter 31 Jan 1989 to Wanda Thomas, 1815 99th Ave. SE, Everett, WA 98205 from the Wayne Co., NY historian).
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[51423] Find A Grave memorial 58921997 offers Albert's obituary: "Albert S. Herrick, 86, died August 3, 2012 at an Ellsworth hospital. He was born in New Brunswick, Canada November 13, 1925 the son of Frank L. and Annie M. (Garland) Herrick. Growing up, Albert told of how they caught fish, trapped animals and had large gardens to feed the family and he continued his love of the outdoors. He served in the US Navy during WWII and was a former registered Maine guide. He owned and operated the Lamoine Kennels for many years. Before having his own kennels, he worked as a veterinary assistant in Ellsworth. He enjoyed going on many moose hunting trips with his son David's family. Albert was a member of the Lamoine Fire Dept and cooked many meals there, but was famous for his clam chowder. He also belonged to the Lamoine Grange and Lamoine Baptist Church. He is survived by his son, David Herrick and wife Julie; daughter, Susan Sanchez and husband Jim all of Lamoine; grandchildren, David Herrick, Jr., Anne Herrick and Jordin Sanchez. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Hildred (Jordan); daughter, Julie Anne; brother, Edwin Herrick; sisters, Annie Smith and Muriel Wilbur."
[53548] Experience is said to be daughter of Paul Sears (1710-1790) & Anna Atkins (1713-1783; m. 31 January 1730 in Eastham, Barnstable Co., MA).
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