Elkanah was a son of Edward Bangs & Rebeckah Doane.
He was married to Susanna Dillingham.
He has a memorial for him as Elkanath Bangs in Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
Elkanah was a son of Edward Bangs & Rebeckah Doane.
He was married to Susanna Dillingham.
He has a memorial for him as Elkanath Bangs in Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
Inscription
To the Memory of
ELKANAH BANGS,
(FATHER OF DEAN BANGS,)
who was in the privateer
service of the Revolution;
was taken prisoner with three
of his neighbors, and died on board
the Jersey prison ship at Wallabout
Bay, New York, in July 1777.
Aged 44 years, this
CENOTAPH
is respectfully dedicated by his
great grandson Isaac Sparrow,
son of Dean Bangs, who settled
upon this farm in the year
1800.
Gravesite Details
VETERAN - AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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