Heather’s
6th great grandfather
When Bani Teague
was born on February 27, 1742, in Plymouth, Massachusetts, his father, Daniel,
was 23 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 24. He married Joanna Darling on March
29, 1766, in Middleborough, Massachusetts. They had four children during their
marriage. Joanna passed away in 1775, after only 9 years of marriage. It is
said that he remarried twice more: once to Sarah Tuttle, and also to Lucy
Lincoln. Bani Teague fought against the British during the Revolutionary War.
He died on January 15, 1820, in Oxford, Maine, having lived a long life of 77
years.
The source for
his birth record is just an index, meaning, I haven’t seen the document with my
own eyes, but it has been transcribed by a genealogist. I do have strong belief
it was transcribed correctly.
His 3rd
marriage to Lucy Lincoln took place on 1 Nov 1795, and here is the record:
A History of
Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine was
published in 1915 by the Maine Historical Society and Oxford County Clerk. They
did not find much about Bani at the time of publishing:
But they did publish a history of his early settlement
in Buckfield:
Another book, A
History of Turner, Maine, from its Settlement to 1886, (published in 1887) elaborates
on the mill that Bani, Jr. built. I did not reproduce it here since Bani Jr. is
not in our direct lineage. But that same book includes a frontispiece
that possibly indicates Bani’s property. See Lot No. 2 at the bottom.
Bani survived to
be a Revolutionary War pensioner. I personally transcribed his statement.
April 18, 1818
I, Bani Teague, of Buckfield in the County
of Oxford in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on oath declare that I served
in the War of the Revolution as a soldier in the Army on the continental
establishment and in the Massachusetts Line for the term of twelve months and
longer, that I enlisted into service at Middleborough in the County of Plymouth
and Commonwealth aforesaid on or about the last day of December in the year
seventeen hundred seventy five into a company commanded by Captain William Reid
belonging to a Regiment commanded by Col. John Bailey of Hanover for the term
of twelve months, and marched immediately to Boston, thence, after the British
Army left it, to New York, upon which place I returned with the Army and was
afterwards on duty at various places with said company on North River and
having served my said period of twelve months through I was discharged from
said service to some places on said North River, but what part and place I can
not remember.
After the above term had expired, I again
enlisted into said service under Captain Hays of Waymouth, and served out eight
months being the term of my enlistment, chiefly at West Point, and was
discharged not having received any regular discharges in writing at the close
of either period of my services.
I further declare that I am a resident Citizen
of the United States of America, that I am not bound on any pension list of
said United States and that by reason of my reduced circumstances in life, I am
in need of assistance from my country for support.
Following Bani’s letter are 2 letters of testimony
from fellow soldiers Elisha Bisby and Hezekiah Stetson, confirming that they
served with Bani in the war. I transcribed Elisha’s letter because it contained
more details about Bani’s service as well as a statement that they had been
inoculated for small pox together.
I, Elisha
Bisbu of Sumner in the County of Oxford in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
testify and say that I served in the Army of the United States in that War of
the Revolution, as a soldier during the first years service so called,
commencing on the first day of January, seventeen hundred & seventy six –
that on that day, having previously enlisted into said service, I was attached
to a Company commanded by Captain William Reid, which was then organized at
Roxbury near Boston, belonging to the Regiment Commander Col. John Bailey of
the Massachusetts Line.
Then I
further say that Beni Teague, now residing in Buckfield in said County, was also
a private in said Company, having enlisted for the year, that he marched to New
York with said Company, and although I was detached from said Regiment into
another Corps soon after our arrival at New York, yet I am confident that said
Teague did continue in said company in said service during the whole of said
year, as I was in the habit of frequenting said company and usually saw him
there in said capacity of a soldier.
And I further
state that I met with said Teague at Albany in the month of March in the year
seventeen hundred & seventy eight, at which which time said Teague
ascending to my present recollection was a soldier in said service as I was
myself, he being at that time and place innoculated for the small pox from my
arm. ~Elisha Bisbu
Bani’s application was approved and his pension # is
S38428.
Here is Bani’s probate record which helps us
approximately verify his date of death. It is interesting that the judge’s name
is “Judah Dana”, which initially confused me into thinking that this was Bani’s
son. But no, Judge Judah Dana is not the same person as Bani’s son Judah
Teague. Bani’s burial location is unknown.
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