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An American Family History

Hanke Family

  also spelled Hanke and Hank  
 

John Hanks was born about 1676 in England.

He married Sarah Evans on December 11, 1711 at Gwynedd Monthly Meeting. She was daughter of Cadwallader Evans and Ellen Morris Evans

John Hanks (1712),
Jane Hanks (1714, married John Roberts)
Elizabeth Hanks (1716),
William Hanks (1719)
William Hanks (1720),
Samuel Hanks (1723)
Joseph Hanks (1725),
Sarah Hanks (1728)

John's will was dated December 12, 1730 and proved on May 31, 1731.

After John died, she married Thomas Williams.




 
     
 

John Hanks was born abou 1712. He was the son of John Hanks and Sarah Evans.

He married Margaret Williams in 1737 at the Gwynedd Meeting in Montgomery County, Pennsyvania.

John Hanks (1738),
Christina Hanks (married Michael Feezel),
Susannah Hanks,
Eleanor Hanks,
Hannah Hanks (1760, married Asa Lupton), and
Margaret Hanks (1755, married William Cherrington),
William Hanks (1755)
Caleb Hanks (1752)
Jane Hanks (1745)

In 1777 Margaret Hanks and her daughters, Susannah, Elenor, Hannah and Margaret, transferred from Gwynedd to Hopewell Monthly Meeting in Frederick County, Virginia.

In 1778 Susannah and Eleanor were disowned for marrying out of unity.

In 1781 Margaret was disowned for allowing her daughter to marry contrary to discipline in her home.

In 1784 Margaret Hank was head of a family of 4 near the site of Broadway, Rockingham Co. In 1785 John Hank was head of a family of 6 near the site of Edinburg, Shenandoah County." See US 1790 census.  Not sure this is same man.

In 1787 Hannah married Asa Lupton.

 
 

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