Biographical Sketch of the Alexander BANE Family (1881); Chester County, PA

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from THE HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY, by Futhey and Cope
 
Bane, Alexander, of Merion, purchased 300 acres in Goshen in 1711 and settled 
thereon.  In 1713 he married Jane Moore, by whom he had children - Jane, Mary, 
William, Catharine, Alexander and Daniel. 
    William married Margaret, dau of Thomas Evans, about 1746 and had children - 
Alexander, Thomas, Elizabeth (married Jonathan Hoopes) William, Jesse, Nathan, 
Abner, Jane, and James.
    Mordecai Bain, probably a brother of Alexander, purchased, in 1716, 200 
acres of land in Goshen, where he died about 1747 leaving a second wife, Mary* 
and several children, viz; Mordecai, Nathan, James, Joseph, Mary, Samuel, Isaac, 
Sarah, Hannah, Rachel, Barbara and J
Jane.
    Nathan Bane, son of Mordecai, married, Dec 27, 1735, Mary cock, dau of Henry 
and Mary Cock , of Long Island, born 8, 8, 1711.  He died in Goshen 1748, 
leaving 8 children; Sarah married Thomas Hoopes 4, 28, 1763; James married Ruth 
Waln 4-25-1765; Elizabeth married Daniel Hoopes 11-11-1762; and Deborah married 
Samuel Rea, 4-14-1774.