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Christofel BENKER (c. 1680-?) descendants
(first 3
generations) Johannes Jacob BANKERT (1746-1825)
descendants Johannes BANKERT (1749-<1789) descendants
Christopher BANKERT (c. 1755-?) descendants
Jacob H.
BANKARD (1848-1883) descendants OTHER FAMILY
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 Old Town Wall |
 95 Banhof |
 Lang Alley |
 Rear of Dr. Emrich's structure |
The above pictures of Wachenheim were taken by Van Sauter during a trip to Germany in 2004. One of the residents pointed out the stretch of town wall that serves as the back wall of the Dr. Emrich building, that was probably a residence. The building itself fronted on what was later known as Banhof Street, No. 95. Christofel's property that burned was on what was known as Lang Alley, which is about a block up from the Emrich site. Lang Alley runs perpendicular to Banhof Street. What was 95 Banhof has been plastered over and new windows installed, making it look quite modern. The back of the house, however, is quite medieval. The house next to Dr. Emrich's bears a sign indicating it was built in the 1600s.
Settlement in America
After the family’s arrival in Philadelphia, all records concerning Christofel disappear. His family, including his daughters and sons-in-law, moved to southcentral Pennsylvania, settling on “Digges’ Choice” in the region between Hanover and York. Christofel’s wife, Anna Eva, shows up as a sponsor for her grandchildren in baptismal records in that area.
Johann Jacob Bankert’s
Family
Johann Jacob Bankert married Esther Sell in 1742. They had 14 children, 7 sons and 7 daughters. Six of each survived to adulthood and are mentioned in Johann Jacob’s will.
Johann Jacob's middle son, Christopher, sold his inheritance in 1803/1804, and apparently moved out to Ohio with his children, primarily to Butler, Warren, and Montgomery Counties. They settled near, and often intermarried with, a number of other Maryland and Pennsylvania families, such as Butt, Barkelow, Bachman, Selby, Catrow, Keister, Kercher, Kemp, Gebhart, Dotterer, Long, Lucas, Deardoff [or Deardorff], Morningstar, Erb, Nail, Rohrer, Selby, Sell, Stull, and Yingling, some of the same families they had intermarried with in the East. Click here for more information on the Ohio Bankers.
The
Family Name
The family name has gone through a number of variations, right from the very beginning. The Mortonhouse passenger list has it as "Bencker," although some of the transcriptions of that list render it "Benker" or "Benders."
Johann Jacob's surname was rendered "Banker" in his 1783 will and on a 1794 map of Maryland showing the location of his mill, "Benker" on his headstone at St. Mary's Cemetery in Silver Run, MD, and "Bankert" in many of the legal documents surrounding the sale of his estate.
Christopher, Johann Jacob’s son, is listed as “Bankard” in the 1790 and 1800 federal censuses of Frederick County, Maryland, and “Bankerd” in the legal documents of the sale of his inherited estate in 1803. The family that moved to Ohio was noted “Bankard” at first, but it was quickly changed to Banker in further documentation.
Variants
of the name that are current in the Pennsylvania-Maryland region
include Banker, Bankert, Bankart, Bankard, Bankerd, and Bangert.
In Ohio it is currently almost always Banker.
Who We Are
We are descendants of various parts of the Banker/Bankert/Bankard line. We welcome any additional information, photographs, etc., that will help us in our research. Please contact us with any questions or further information:
We also have a new e-mail address for the Bankert Family Roundtable: [email protected]
Family Reunions
2001
2002
2003
The 3rd annual Bankert/Banker/Bankard Family History Reunion was held at St. Mary's United Charuch of Christ in Silver Run, Maryland, on August 23 & 24, 2003. The turn-out was unbelievable, with lots of new family groups attending. Activities began at 6:00 PM on Saturday, with a meet-and-greet followed by a catered dinner and a talk focusing on "The Second Generation" by Gary Stein and Jan Bankert. Sunday morning included attendance at the UCC church service, followed again by the cemetery walk. The Sunday afternoon activities included a family history workshop for children led by Roberta (Banker) Stein, and the opportunity to share pictures and documents relating to the family. For photographs of the 3rd Annual Reunion, click HERE.
One of the decisions coming out of the 2001 reunion was to start a family newsletter to provide research notes, historical sketches and stories, more photographs as we uncover them, and to keep the family informed of what is going on. We have completed the first year of our Bankert/Banker/Bankard family (and related lines) newsletter. We call it Pioneer Chronicles. To view an image of the first page of past issues of the newsletter, click here. We plan on issuing the newsletter quarterly. At the reunions in 2001, 2002, and 2003, we developed a mailing list for the newsletter. If you were unable to attend the reunions and would like to subscribe to the newsletter, please e-mail us at [email protected]. If you have any family stories, recipes, photos, etc. that you would like to share, contact Roberta and Gary Stein at [email protected] or call 540-434-3763.