Samuel Banfill, (of Exwick House)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Cloth merchant & partner with Antony Gibbs in Gibbs Granger & Banfill

Notes:

He was associated in business with Antony Gibbs from before 1783; partner with him in Gibbs Granger & Banfill, cloth makers of Exwick, 1785 or 6 to 1789, and without him in their successors Granger and Banfill 1789 - 1814, and Banfill Shute & Co. 1814 to at least 1828. He resided at Exwick House, 1786 - 1830 (1786-9 with Antony Gibbs). The history of his firms is in the book 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs. His nephew, William Mardon, was an apprentice or clerk to Antony Gibbs 1802-8, and another nephew, Samuel Banfill Mardon, was in Antony Gibbs & Sons Arequipa House 1822-30. He was author of sundry pamphlets (see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J. A. Gibbs, p. 225 and Additions to it of 1927).

Samuel married Anne Gibbs on 19 Apr 1784 in Exeter, Devon. Anne (daughter of George Abraham Gibbs, of Pytte and Anne Vicary, of Dunkeswell) was born on 22 Jun 1757 in Exeter, Devon; died on 25 Mar 1828 in Exwick House, Exwick, Devon; was buried in Exeter, Devon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]