Banskett, Sylvia

Sylvia Banskett (d.1854)

Keene, NH

Sylvia Banskett was born around 1810 and lived her life as an enslaved woman of color.  Historical documentation regarding her story is largely undiscovered to date.  What has been recovered is a single death record from Keene, NH, in 1854.  According to the city’s annual report of vital records, Sylvia Banskett died on June 1, 1854, in Keene.  Cause of death is listed as “a slave.”

A search on Ancestry.com for the surname Banskett and the race “Black” in New England in the1800s reveals only one record, Sylvia Banskett’s death. The surname Banskett appears in South Carolina and Georgia records.

SOURCE MATERIALS

New Hampshire Death Records, Keene, 1854- Ancestry.com

GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY

SYLVIA BANSKETT, born in 1810. She died in Keene, NH, on June 1, 1854 “a slave.”