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Here is some family history which may have been obtained from the following book, which I have not seen, or read, and "am in the process of trying to locate a copy.
A Partial History and Genealogical Record of the Bancker or Banker Families by Howard James Banker of Greencastle, Indiana, published 1909.
In Holland, the Banckers were sea captains.
Gerrit, from whom the Gerard Banckers are descended, settled in Albany, having arrived in this country in 1653.
Laurens, apparently no relation to Gerrit, settled in Sleepy Hollow now Tarrytown.
Among the notable early families with whom the Banckers are connected are the Van Rensselaers, Rutgers, dePeysters, Remsens, Beekmans, Van Vlecks, and the Peeks of Peekskill.
Van Rensselaer Connection:
Anna Bancker, b. Albany, April 1, 1670, daughter of Gerrit, m. Johannes de Peyster, who was mayor of New York City in 1698 and died 1711. They had 12 children of whom;
John (de Peyster) b. 1694, m. Anna Schuyler and had 2 daughters, of whom;
Anna (de Peyster) m. Volcker Petrus Douw, son of Petrus Douw and Anna Van Rensselaer.
John de Peyster Douw, son of Anna Schuyler de Peyster and Volcker Petrus Douw, m. his 3rd wife Catherine D. Gansevoort, daug. of Leonard Gansevoort and Maria Van Rensselaer.
Evert Bancker, b. Albany 1665, m. Elizabeth Abeel. Inn 1692 he furnished supplies for the Fusilliers in King William's War. In 1695 he was appointed Mayor of Albany by the Common Council.In 1711 he was one of the managers of the expedition against Canada in Queen Anne's War. He and his wife had 13 children.
Gerardus Bancker, b. Albany in 1706, m. in 1731 his first cousin Maria de Peyster, daug. of Johannes de Peyster and Anna Bancker. He served in the Albany County Militia under Col. Philip Schuyler and had at least 6 children including;
Gerard Bancker, Treasurer of New York Colony from 1778-1798. He died unmarried.
Catherine de Peyster, duagh. of Anna Bancker and Johannes de Peyster, m. Hendrick Rutgers and her daughter Anna, m. her 2nd cousin William Bancker who was b. in New York in 1736 and became a prominent merchant. Bancker Street, later Madison Street was named after him.
Gerard is a name frequently occuring in the Bancker family. A Gerard Bancker m. Catherine Stagg in the Dutch Reformed Church in New York on November 12, 1799.
Another Gerard Bancker d. in New York in 1848, leaving a widow, Sarah Ann.
In 1853 a Gerard Bancker and his wife, Phoebe, sold some land in Yonkers.
This last Gerard is tied in to my mothers side of the family. They had 1 or 2 daughters, one of whom was Alice, who m. John H. Cooper who was b. 1837, d. July 9, 1918, Alice d. Oct 17, 1916, and Mary Adelaide who m. Chauney Kilmer.
If anyone can supply me with any addittional information, it would be greatly appreciated, for what I have written is all that I know.
Sincerely,
Randy Weeks, Dartmouth, Ma.
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