Banard, for Bainard, Banyard.
Bancroft, from Boncraft, near Warrington, Cheshire. See Butler.
Band, from Calvus or Le Band, England, 1083.
Bangs, for Banks.
Banks, from Banc, near Honfleur; England, 1130. The eminent savant, Sir Joseph Banks, a descendant.
Banner, 1180, Normandy, Le Baneor.
Bannester, from Banastre, now Beneter, near Estampes.
Banyard. Vide Beaumont.
Barbot, Normandy, 1188.
Barbour, from St. Barbe sur Gaillon, Normandy, where was situated the celebrated Abbey St. Barbara. (Vide British Family Surnames (Barber) London.) Barbour, a hamlet in Dumbartonshire. St. Barbe is on the Roll of Battle Abbey. William de St. Barbara, Bishop of Durham, 1143 A. D. Le Barbier, Court of Husting, London, 1258. John Barbour, a churchman and Archdeacon of Aberdeen (1357): traveled in France (temp. Edward III): employed in a high capacity in civil affairs: historian, poet, and Auditor of the Exchequer. James Barbour, born in Orange County, Virginia, U. S. Senator (1815-1825): Secretary of War: Minister to the Court of St. James. Philip Pendleton Barbour, brother of James Barbour, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. John S. Barbour (Virginia), member of Congress (1823-1833). James Barbour (Kentucky), Assistant State Auditor (under Helm): President Lexington and Danville R. R.: Cashier Branch Bank of Kentucky. Doctor Lewis Green Barbour of Louisville, late of Central University, is a finished scholar.