I did have that Wilson was born in 1808 and that he died on July 20, 1856. I'm not sure where this info came from (maybe Biographies of Gloucester, Salem, & Cumberland Co.'s, NJ, John F. Bodine), but it does not match the Bible info. I will go with the Bible info unless something more accurate comes up.
The Bible says Wilson "departed this life June 11th In the Year of Our Lord 1844, Aged 45 Years." This would mean he was born about 1799.
The Bible records below come from the Bible of Wilson L. Bodine and his wife Rebecca Baner. There is also a Bible record of their daughter Ann G. (Bodine) Crammer, and their son, Jesse Evans Bodine. Ann was married to Samuel Weeks Crammer. Jesse was married to Maria Mott. I found these records on LDS film #856856 which is a microfilm of genealogical records from eastern and western Pennsylvania. I think these records were all contributed by D.A.R. members. About 2/3 of the way through this film there are fifteen or so pages contributed by Miss Emily V. Smith. She was the Chairman of Genealogical Records for the Peter Muhlenberg Chapter, N.S.D.A.R. The title of her contribution was "Robert Smith and Allied Families." The description says, "Copies of records from an old Account Book (1769), Family Bibles (5), three dated Sillhouettes and other records found in the Woodbury Courthouse (County-Seat of Gloucester County, New Jersey) and in the Pennsylvania Historical Society (Philadelphia)." I believe these three Bibles were in the possession of Miss Smith. She at least had the Jesse Evans Bodine Bible. Wilson was Miss Smith's great-grandfather. Ann G. (Bodine) Crammer was her grandmother. Elisha Collins Smith and Frankalena Woodward (Crammer) Smith were her parents. Miss Emily V. Smith was born February 27, 1885.
Wilson L. Bodine and Rebecca Baner Family Bible
Wilson and Rebecca Baner Was Married March the 28 In the year of our Lord 1819.
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Bodine, Ann G. Was Born March the 29th In the Year of Our Lord 1820
Bodine, Eliza Was born January the 7th In the Year of Our Lord 1822
Bodine, Jesse E. Was Born February the 4th In the Year of Our Lord 1824
Bodine, Budd Was Born January the 18th In the Year of Our Lord 1827
Bodine, Rebecca Was Born October the 5th In the Year of Our Lord 1829
Bodine, John Was Born February the 29th In the Year of Our Lord 1832
Bodine, Martha Was Born September the 3rd In the Year of Our Lord 1834
Bodine, Wilson L. Was Born March 28th In the Year of Our Lord 1837
Bodine, Charlotte Was Born February the 25th In the Year of Our Lord 1840
Bodine, Sarah Isabel Was Born June 11th In the Year of Our Lord 1843
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Bodine, Martha Departed this life November the 11th In the Year of Our Lord 1835 Aged 1 year 2 months and 8 days.
Bodine, Wilson L. departed this life June 11th In the Year of Our Lord 1844, Aged 45 Years.
Bodine, Rebecca departed this life November 5th In the Year of Our Lord 1850, in the 51st year of her age.
Bodine, Wilson L. Jr. departed this life May 20th In the Year of Our Lord 1856 in the 19th Year of His age.
Bodine, Sarah Isabel departed this life March 28th 1862 in the 19th Year of her age.
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Jesse Evans Bodine & Maria Mott Family Bible
Married - On the 29th day of August 1844 - Jesse Evans Bodine and Maria daughter of Thomas and Rachel Mott.
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Bodine, Jesse Evans son of Wilson L. and Rebecca Bodine was born February 4th at Philadelphia, Pa.
Bodine, Maria Librand daughter of Thomas L. and Rachel Mott was born January 26th, 1824 at Tuckerton, New Jersey.
Bodine, Emma Melvina daughter of Jesse and Maria Bodine was born Sept. 26th at Tuckerton, New Jersey.
Bodine, Wilson son of Jesse and Maria Bodine was born at Elkridge, Pa. [someone penciled in the middle initial "C." for Wilson.]
Bodine, Anna Isabel daughter of Jesse E. and Maria Bodine was born at Trenton, N. J. November 16th 1848.
Bodine, Mary Ellen daughter of Jesse and Maria Bodine was born at Trenton, N. J. July 10th 1851
Bodine, Lizzie Virginia daughter of Jesse E. and Maria Bodine was born at Trenton, New Jersey September 18th 1853
Bodine, Minnie Leonore daughter of Jesse E. and Maria Bodine was born at Trenton, Jew Jersey April 5th 1866
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Bodine, Charles Wilson - Died on the 8th Day of April,....son of Jesse and Maria Bodine.
Bodine, Mary Ellen - February 12, 1883 Third daughter of Jesse E. and Maria Bodine, at Hillcrest N. J. (now Trenton).
Bodine, Minnie L. - February 7th, 1896 youngest daughter of Jesse E. and Maria Bodine, at Hillcrest, N. J.
Bodine, Jesse Evans - Sept. 14, 1896 at Hillcrest, N. J. (Age 72 Yrs.)
Bodine, Anna Isabel - August 14, 1905 second daughter of Jesse E. and Maria L. Bodine at Hillcrest, N. J.
Bodine, Maria L. - Widow of Jesse E. Bodine died November 1, 1914, age 90 yrs.
Bodine, Amy H. - died September 15, 1918, age 91 yrs. (Sister to Maria L. Bodine and daughter of Thomas and Rachel Mott of Tuckerton, N. J.)
Note from Dave: Amy Mott was married to Budd Stirling Bodine, Jesse's brother, and son of Wilson L. Bodine, Sr.
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Samuel Weeks Crammer and Ann G. Bodine Family Bible
Crammer, Samuel Weeks and Ann G. Bodine were married March 27th 1839
Births
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This lists eleven children of Samuel W. and Ann Crammer:
Mary E. Crammer, Feb. 5, 1840
Hannah A. Crammer, April 2, 1841
George W. D. Crammer, July 12, 1842
Wilson B. Crammer, April 7, 1844
Frankalena W. Crammer, March 11, 1846
William F. Crammer, Dec. 2, 1847
Jonathan E. Crammer, June 30, 1849
Ann Rebecca Crammer, April 2, 1851
Samuel E. Crammer, July 17, 1853
Budd S. Crammer, Nov. 21, 1855
Emily V. Crammer, Jan. 16, 1859
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From either this Bible or the Bible of Elisha C. and Frankalena W. Smith, there is a death date for Ann G. (Bodine) Crammer:
Ann G. Wife of Samuel W. Crammer Departed this life November 26th 1874. Age fifty five years Eight months and three days.
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There is more information on who the Crammers married and from two Smith Bibles that I did not add here.
From: HR Dewey
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2023
Subject: RE: Rebecca Baner m Wilson L Bodine
Dave ---
I've been digging away on Rebecca Baner…. Although I'm still brickwalled on her parents, I did confirm/clarify some things, and have a hypothesis to offer….
I confirmed her birth place is indeed New Jersey (1850 census plus 1880 census records for her children consistently report Rebecca's birthplace as New Jersey).
1818-1825 Rebecca residing in Philadelphia via Old St. George ME Church records. Both Rebecca and Wilson Bodine are listed in the records. Wilson's name appears as early as 1817. Rebecca's name is listed as both Rebecca Baner and Rebecca Bodine, which is expected given their 1819 marriage. Also the eldest of their 3 children (Ann, Eliza, Jesse) were born in Pennsylvania; their birth dates coincide with the Philadelphia residency window.
By 1827 (birth of Budd S. Bodine) the family is back in New Jersey.
My hypothesis is that Rebecca Baner ties into the Abraham Baner family line from Upper Township, Cape May County, but I don't have documented proof.
For the last 10 years, I've been researching Baner connections to West Jersey / South Jersey… chasing the documents and mapping connections. The name is unique, which makes it a bit easier to chase.
Abraham Baner (arrived before 1706, died after 1731) - purchased land and settled in Upper Township, Cape May County, NJ in 1715. Abraham had 2 sons, Isaac stayed in Cape May and John removed to Bucks County, PA.
In mapping the dates and issue, there is a possible alignment with:
Samuel Baner (1780 - Bef. 1817) - son of Isaac Baner II (1756-1792), son of Isaac Baner I (1723-1803), son of Abraham (Bef. 1694-After 1731)
married Ann Hutson (possibly Hudson) (1781-unknown).
Married 1 Oct 1799 in Gloucester, NJ
1800 Quaker meeting records indicate Samuel Baner married a 1st cousin, which led to his disownment from Religious Society of Friends.
(I'm brickwalled on Ann, unable to establish her parents or prove 1st cousin relationship.) Disownment unfortunately means the issue of Samuel Baner were not documented in Quaker minutes. I was able to eliminate other potential Baner males as fathers because (1) they weren't alive at time of Rebecca's conception or (2) they are heavily documented in Quaker minutes, for which she is not mentioned.
According Cape May County Historic Museum's Baner File - there are Baner family tree notes based on the memory of Bernice Baner (1802-1883). From her recalled history, Samuel and Ann Baner had 4 sons: Reuben B, Isaac, George, William. No mention of additional children and there's a notable absence of females. I'm brickwalled here too - haven't been able to pick up a document trail for any of these 4 sons either.
There was a Baron Isaak Baner (1662-1713) arrived about 1695 and by 1703 settled in Penn's Neck, West Jersey. 4 children are documented - 1 died as an infant, the other 3 returned to Sweden. I suspect there are additional children who were not recorded, and there's a longstanding suspicion Abraham Baner of Cape May County is connected to Baron Isaak Baner (I'm the 3rd generation of family genealogists to try to tackle that question without luck).
If you'd like access to my Ancestry - Baner Family Tree, please let me know. Happy to share the bits of information I was able to secure.
Best,
Helen
From Ronny Bodine:
Mary Elizabeth Sinnott in her "Annals...", p. 172, reported the deaths of Rebecca Bodine as 5 Nov 1851 and of Wilson Bodine as 20 July 1856. Yet, in 1850, Rebecca Bodine, age 50, was head of her household which included 5 children. The death of Rebecca Bodine, at age 60, was recorded in the Burlington County Death Records for November 1850 with "old age" cited as the cause of death. Wilson Bodine is absent from the county death records and their deaths were not reported in the local newspapers. The correct dates of death for Wilson and Rebecca Bodine and information relative to their children were recorded in the family's bible and are noted herein.