John Bankes was the half brother of my 8 x Great Grandmother, Anne Rand.
The portrait to the left shows John Bankes, Citizen & Haberdasher of London.
John Bankes was born c.1652 and became a Haberdasher and Mercer (by trade) of the City of London. He was connected with the Levant trade by way of silk dealing. Admitted to the Freedom of the Haberdashers’ Company in 1672, Banks became Master in 1717, and died the following year. All that is known about his family is to be found in his will and the associated tree of beneficiaries that has developed from it. From this document he is known to have had two half-brothers and three half-sisters.
He set up a Charitable Trust which is the subject of another post.
John died on 23rd March 1720 and was buried in Deadman's Place Burial Ground, Southwark. This is now unmarked ground under the Southwark Village Car Park in Thrale Street, Southwark.
Comments