• Born: 1819, West Peckham, Kent, England
• Christened: 24 Oct 1819, St. Dunstan, West Peckham, Kent, England ¹
• Married: 21 Dec 1844, St. Michael's Church, East Peckham, Kent, England ²
• Died: 22 Jan 1878, Grecian St., Maidstone, Kent, England
• Buried: 30 Jan 1878, Maidstone, Kent, England ³

  Research Notes:

John son of Uriah Bamfield of W Peckham, labourer, and Elizabeth (baptismal record)

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At the time of the 1841 England Census John Banfield, aged about 20, ag lab, was with [his mother] Elizabeth Banfield, ind[ependent], were living in Stangons Green, Hadlow Kent.

At the time of the 1851 England Census John Banfield, aged 31, born in West Peckham Kent, married, ag labr., was with his uncle & aunt George and Mary Stone in West Peckham.

At the time of the 1861 England Census John Banfield, aged 41, born in West Peckham Kent, agricultural labourer, and wife Ann, aged 38, born in East Peckham Kent, were living at 9 Temple Court, Maidstone Kent. With them were sons: Uriah (13) of West Malling Kent, scholar, William (5) of Gravesend Kent, scholar, Henry (3) of Gravesend, and James (5 mo) of Maidstone.

At the time of the 1871 England Census John Banfield, aged 51, born in Peckham Kent, ag lab, and wife Ann, aged 49, born in Peckham Kent, were living at 1B Bore Alley, Maidstone Kent. With them were children: William (15) of Gravesend, ag lab, Henry (13) of Gravesend, scholar, James (10) of Maidstone, scholar, and Mary (8) of Maidstone, scholar.

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Maidstone.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held at the Town-hall on Friday afternoon, before J. B. Stephens, Esq., borough coroner, on the body of John Banfield, aged 58, a labourer, who met his death on Tuesday last. Henry Banfield, labourer, son of the deceased, living at 6, Sharp's yard, King-street, identified the body as that of his father. He stated that on Tuesday he was at work with his father for Mr. G. Chambers, in Grecian-street, where they were digging out a cellar. At about half-past four in the afternoon the deceased was wheeling a barrow of earth along a plank towards the quarry, when the wheel slipped off, and he fell back into the cellar, a distance of 5ft. His head came in contact with a rock, and when picked up he was insensible. At the time of the occurrence the deceased was not sober, and he had sometimes been a hard drinker. Mr. Hallowes, surgeon, stated that he saw the deceased before he died, and found him suffering from concussion of the brain, which might have been caused by a fall. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death."

The Kentish Gazette, Tuesday, 29 Jan 1878, p. 3