79. Nathan BANNISTER (7)(2) was born in Jul 1746 in Brookfield, Worcester, MA. He died in 1825 in Boylston, Worcester, MA.(4) Nathan came from Waltham or Weston and settled in Shrewsbury and then was the first of the family to settle in Boylston, MA. They lived in the southwest part of Shrewsbury North Precinct (now Boylston) where he had a farm and saw/ grist mill. He was one of the highway surveyors in 1760. Nathan went to work for Daniel Whitney and married his daughter and they settled on her father's place, which has been known in Boylston ever since the incorporation of the town of Boylston as the Banister Place. Nathan built the house and other buildings, and also took over and ran the saw/ grist mill. The Mill has had at least three different locations since it was first built. First near the outlet of Sewell pond, then about midway between the pond and the present Mill Road and finally the last location on the mill road leading form the Worcester Road as Morningdale to the Shrewsbury Road now known as Sewell Street at the Banister house. This road known as Mill road was laid out as a town road and built between 1811-1813, shows the probable date of the erection of the mill upon its last site. At that time the Banisters added to the business of the Saw/Grist Mill , a nail Shop for the manufacture of hand wrought nails. There was another nail shop in Boylston which probably did a larger business than the Banister's conducted. This other was that of Lieut. Aaron Sawyer at Sawyer's Mill on the South Branch of the Nashua River which had unlimited water power and had a connection with the Nail Factory or Blacksmith shop, Saw/grist mill or Clothiers Mill and Oil Mill.
He was married
to Sarah WHITNEY (daughter of Daniel WHITNEY and
Thankful ALLEN) on 17 Dec 1769 in Shrewsbury, Ma.
Sarah WHITNEY was born on 9 Sep 1749 in Shrewsbury, Ma. She died in Jun
1817 in Brookfield, Worcester, MA.(6)
Nathan BANNISTER and Sarah WHITNEY had the following children:
+197 i.
Joseph BANNISTER.
+198 ii.
Thankfull BANNISTER.
+199 iii.
Nathan BANNISTER.
+200 iv.
Daniel BANNISTER.
+201 v.
Sarah BANNISTER.
+202 vi.
Seth BANNISTER.
+203 vii.
John BANNISTER.
204 viii.
Luke BANNISTER was born on 16 Mar 1786 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, MA.
(4) He died on 9 Feb 1801 in Shrewsbury, Worcester,
MA.(4)
+205 ix.
Mary (Polly) BANNISTER.
+206 x.
Emery BANNISTER.
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