Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
Complied June 12, 2025 - Person Sheet
Death30 Jun 1837, Roanoke, Genesee, New York Age: 79
BurialKnowlesville Cemetery, Ridgeway, Orleans, New York
ReligionRevolutionary War Soldier (S 9809 from Index of Revolutionary War Pension Applications)
FatherJoseph Bannister (1711-1795)
MotherMary Hinds (1715-1799)
Spouses
Birth27 Jul 1761, Brookfield, Worcester, Massachusetts663
Death16 Dec 1802, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts664 Age: 41
FatherAbner Brown (1714-1790)
MotherMehitable (Lincoln) Russell (1727-1801)
Marriage9 Nov 1780, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts665
Marr MemoMarried by Reverend Josiah Kilburn "on ye evening of ye day he was ordained."
Death1808, Massachusetts
Marriage9 Feb 1803
Notes for William Bannister
Was a Fifer in the Revolutionary War. Served at Ticonderoga
Quoting from the Congregational Church records, "June 16, 1793, The Church of Christ in Chesterfield have this day by mutual consent and agreement, excommunicated William Bannister from the fellowship of this church and cast him out into the dark and wicked world. Attest: Benj.Ieirce, Church Clerk".
Date: 1808
Place: Phelps, New York
Date: FROM 1809 TO 1819
Place: Galen, New York
Date: 1820 - 1822
Place: Wolcott
Date: 1823 - 1825
Place: LeRoy, Genessee County
Date: 1826 - 1831
Place: Yates
Date: 1835+
Place: Stafford, New York
Memo: Lived in the part of Stafford, New York known as Roanoke.
He served in the Revolution, enlisting in July 1776 as a fifer for the term of four months and marched to Ticonderoga to help fortify the fort against the British. In April 1777 he volunteered for two months and again went to Ticonderoga, but was driven out of the fort by the British. On the second day of retreat he was in the battle at Hubbardstown. Discharged, he went home only to return immediately and was in the battles of Saratoga and Bemis Heights. A full description of his service is in his application for a pension.
Quoting from the Congregational Church records, "June 16, 1793, The Church of Christ in Chesterfield have this day by mutual consent and agreement, excommunicated William Bannister from the fellowship of this church and cast him out into the dark and wicked world. Attest: Benj.Ieirce, Church Clerk".
Date: 1808
Place: Phelps, New York
Date: FROM 1809 TO 1819
Place: Galen, New York
Date: 1820 - 1822
Place: Wolcott
Date: 1823 - 1825
Place: LeRoy, Genessee County
Date: 1826 - 1831
Place: Yates
Date: 1835+
Place: Stafford, New York
Memo: Lived in the part of Stafford, New York known as Roanoke.
He served in the Revolution, enlisting in July 1776 as a fifer for the term of four months and marched to Ticonderoga to help fortify the fort against the British. In April 1777 he volunteered for two months and again went to Ticonderoga, but was driven out of the fort by the British. On the second day of retreat he was in the battle at Hubbardstown. Discharged, he went home only to return immediately and was in the battles of Saratoga and Bemis Heights. A full description of his service is in his application for a pension.