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The Banes or Beans families of Bucks County are descended from the old
Yorkshire family of Baines, the main branch of which have resided at
Baines Hall, Knowesthorpe, Yorkshire, for over seven hundred years.
According to Burke, the founder of theYorkshire family came from Scotland
and located in Yorkshire in1182, and they they as well as the Bayne,
Bane, and Bean families, of Scotland, representatives of whom have found
their way to America at different periods since 1650, claim descent from
Donalbain, son of Duncan, King of Scotland, and brother to Malcolm
Canmore, with whom and his son he several times contended for the throne
of Scotia, and has been immortalized by Shakespeare in "MacBeth." The
Yorkshire family of Baines have been knighted at several different
periods and has produced many famous men. Among the earlist converts of
George Fox (Quakers) in Yorkshire were Joseph and William Baines of
Strangerwaite.
History of Bucks County by Wm. Davis pg. 722
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