Benjamin Banneker

Pictures Courtesy of: Tina Allen & Connye Moore-Richardson, Wanda Watson

BENJAMIN BANNEKER GATHERING - BALTIMORE, MD NOVEMBER 1, 2014

Benjamin Banneker Foundation: http://www.bannekerfoundation.com/

Benjamin Banneker Log Cabin Benjamin Banneker Museum Benjamin Banneker Museum Museum Lett Settlement Quilt Benjamin Banneker Marker Benjamin Banneker Statue Log Cabin Derelys (Nelson) Brown Mwalimu Keita Lee (Descendant Aquilla Lett's Son William) & Barbara Moore Jones (Descendant Joseph Tate & Margaret Lett Tate) Wanda Watson Ralph Birt and Robert Lett (Descendant of Elijah and Elizabeth Caliman Lett) Mwalimu Keita Lee & Carissa Ann Lett (Daughter of Robert Lett) Althea Richardson & Conchita Awkard (Desendant Otha Caliman & Mary Elizabeth Patterson Caliman) Stephanie & Douglas Lett & Wanda Franklin Watson (Grand children of Harold A. Lett) Tera Green, Marsha Sanders, Diana Green

Tina Allen was commissioned to sculpt Benjamin Banneker
One of her other pieces - Frederick Douglass

Benjamin Banneker was African American mathematician and amateur astronomer, calculated ephemeredes for almanacs for the years 1792 through 1797 that were widely distributed.

The Lett family is descended from the marriage of Samuel Delaney-Lett, who married Jemima Banneker. Jemima was born free in the 1730’s. Her grandmother was the Englishwoman Molly Walsh who had come to America as an indentured servant. Upon working off her indebtedness, she bought a farm and slaves. She freed one of the slaves “Banna Ka” of Senegal and married him. Their daughter Mary married a freed slave Robert who took the Bannaker surname (taken from the name Baana Ka) rather than to use the surname of his former master. Robert and Mary were the parents of Jemima and Benjamin Banneker.

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Peggy Seats, Founder/CEO

Washington Interdependence Council

Administrators of the Banneker Memorial

A Non-profit Organization #788994