Squire John I. Banta was born on 19. Oct. 1791. He was baptized at Dutch Reformed Church, Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, New Jersey. He married
Wyntje Westervelt on 12. Dec. 1812 at Dutch Reformed Church, Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, New Jersey. Squire John I. Banta was in the lumber buisiness bt 1828 - 1832 at New York City, New York County, New York. He resided at at New York City, New York County, New York, bt 1829 - 1832. He was a Justice of the Peace Squire John I. Banta a 1832 at Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, New Jersey. He married
Cornelia Blauvelt on 29. Jun. 1836.
Squire John I. Banta was shown in the census on 5. Aug. 1850 as a farmer.
He and
Cornelia Blauvelt appeared on the census of 5. Aug. 1850 at Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey,
; real estate value 10,000.00. Squire John I. Banta died in Nov. 1852 at age 61; the name on his tombstone is John Banta, Esquire.