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Terri, Your Ann was the daughter of James and Ann (Bragg) Bangs. James Bangs, born about 1810, was the son of Jonathan Bangs and his first wife, Betsey (Boswell) Bangs, who married 1797 in Clinton, Maine. James Bangs and Ann Bragg married about 1830. He died 18 Oct 1856 at age 41 and is buried at Knox Corner Cemetery in Knox, Waldo County, Maine. On 25 Dec 1856, Ann married her brother-in-law, Knowles Bangs. Children of James and Ann (Bragg) Bangs: 1.SARAH JANE BANGS (b. ca. 1831) married 1. _____Bates and 2. 1856, Emery B. Clements. Sarah J. Bates (age 19) living with James and Ann for the 1850 Census. 2.JOHN B. BANGS (b. 26 Sep 1834) married Hannah B. Weed. John died 1902 in Seattle, WA. 3.JONATHAN BANGS (b. ca. 1836) living with Esbun E. Weed family Monroe, ME for the 1860 Census. 4.ELIZABETH L. BANGS (b. ca. 1838) 5.ANN BANGS (b. ca. 1840/41) married Esbun E. Weed. 6.MARSHALL BANGS (b. 1846/47)living with Knowles and Ann for the 1860 Census (age 13). Died 24 Mar 1903 in Seattle, WA. 7.EMMA JANE/EMMAGENE BANGS (b. ca. 1849) living with Knowles and Ann for the 1860 Census (age 11). Children of Knowles and Ann (Bragg) Bangs Bangs: 1.Unnamed daughter (b. ca. 1860) age 4 months on 1860 Census. There may have been others. I have never seen the 1870 or 1880 Census for Waldo County. Jonathan Bangs was born about 1770/71 in Maine (probably Gorham). He came to Waldo County in 1795. His age at the time of his death on 2 Dec 1843 was given as 72 in "The Republican Journal" (a Belfast newspaper), 15 Dec 1843 edition. Jonathan Bangs "of 25 Mile Pond Settlement" (now Unity, ME)filed an intention to marry Betsey Boswell "of Sandy Stream Settlement" on 10 Jun 1797 in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine. Jonathan married his second wife, Amelia (Philbrick?)sometime prior to his death in 1843. Amelia Bangs, widow, was living in the home of Nathan Aborn for the 1860 Census. The children of Jonathan Bangs: 1.ANNA BANGS (b. ca. 1798/9) married Benjamin Bryant 6 Dec 1817. 2.MARY BANGS (b. ca. 1800)married Nathan White 12 Oct 1826 3.KNOWLES BANGS (b. 1805) married 1. 1830, Abigail Clark and 2. 1856, Ann (Bragg) Bangs, the widow of his brother, James Bangs. 4.JANE BANGS (d. 1839, age 30) buried Knox Corner Cemetery, Knox, ME 5.JAMES BANGS (b. ca. 1810) married Ann Bragg about 1830. James died 1856. 6.RELIANCE BANGS married Stephen Chase 23 Dec 1832. Jonathan Bangs (b. ca. 1770/71) parents are unknown. In various sources, his parents are given as Jonathan and Deborah (Hurd) Bangs, Barnabas and Lourahama (Elwell) Bangs and James and Deborah (Cates) Bangs. I am still looking. My husband is a descendant of Knowles Bangs and his first wife, Abigail Clark. Luanne Sterling Mank
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