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THE BANKS FAMILY OF BISPHAM & BLACKPOOL
EDWARD BANKS, Mary's father, was baptised in 1730 and died in 1784 aged 54 At the baptism of his daughter Mary he was described as a carpenter of Bispham. Her mother Jane was born in 1733 and died in 1818 aged 85 Edward and Jane Banks had several children. Mary Banks was baptised 10th Feb 1760 and married George Lewtas on 1st August 1784 aged 24 in St Chad’s Poulton. She died in 1827 aged 67 and is buried at St Chad’s. Mary was the sister of Robert, Thomas and Henry Banks; by marriage they became related to the Bailey, Topping, Cocker and Thornber familiesHer brother Robert Banks was baptised in 1762 and died in 1838 aged 76. He married Ellen Bailey on 29th December 1808. Robert’s will, signed 26th April 1838, gives great detail of the family connections. Another brother, Henry, was the owner of the Lane Ends Hotel. In 1831 Alice Henry’s eldest daughter married Rev. William Thornber who wrote ‘The History of Blackpool and its Neighbourhood’ A year later his second daughter Jane married Dr John Cocker.return to lewtas homepage
