┌── Thomas Hinshaw
                                                     │    1764-1822 
                       ┌── Stephen Hinshaw ──────────┤
                       │    1803-1854                │
                       │                             └── Rebecca Holliday
                       │                                  1764-1848 
Millicent Hinshaw ─────┤
B: 1827                │                             ┌── John Hoover
D: 1887                │                             │
                       └── Gulia Elma Maria Hoover ──┤
                            1806-1873                │
                                                     └── Millicent Winslow
M: Ellis Wright Jessup

Millicent Hinshaw     [ID 01299]

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Millicent Hinshaw^1,2,3,4,5 [Milicent Hinshaw⁶, Millison Henshaw⁷].

Born Oct 15 1827, on the family homestead, Randleman, Randolph County, North Carolina.^{1,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11,12}  

She married Ellis Wright Jessup^2,3,4,7,8 [Ellis Wright Jessop⁷], Jun 11 1846^2,3,4,7,8, Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana^2,3,4,7,8.  Ellis, son of Abraham Jessup & Hannah Wright, was born Nov 15 1824, Wayne County, Indiana.^{3,8,9,10,11,12,13,14}  

Millicent ("Milly") and Ellis lived for a time near Carmel, Indiana.  Later they lived near Eagletown.  They finally settled, lived for years and died on a farm home two miles north of Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana.⁸  

Children:^{8,9,10,11,12,13}

Millicent and family were shown in the 1850 census (Aug 31 1850), Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana:⁹

Millicent and family were shown in the 1860 census (Jul 14 1860), Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana:¹⁰

Millicent and family were shown in the 1870 census (Jul 28 1870), Pike Township, Marion County, Indiana:¹¹

Millicent and family were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 1 1880), Washington Township, Hendricks County, Indiana:¹²

Millicent Hinshaw died Mar 22 1887, at the old family homestead, near Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana.^3,4,8  

After Millicent died, Ellis remarried on Oct 9 1887 in Hendricks County, Indiana to Susan Morrison,^18,19 and was again widowed.¹⁴  

Ellis was shown in the 1900 census (Jun 23 1900), living in the household of son George in Washington Township, Hendricks County, Indiana:¹⁴

Ellis died Mar 26 1909, at the old family homestead, near Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana.^3,8  At his death there were living eleven children, thirty-two grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.⁸  

The following biographical sketch of Ellis Jessup appeared in the 1885 "History of Hendricks County" (pg 745-746):²⁰

Ellis W. Jessup, a prominent farmer of Washington Township, was born Nov. 15, 1824, in Wayne County, Ind.  His parents, Abraham and Hannah Jessup, were natives of North Carolina, and in their youth moved to Wayne County, Ind., where they were married.  In 1833 they moved to Hamilton County, where the mother died in September, 1840, and the father in July, 1852.  They had a family of ten children--Mary, Jane, Hannah, Elizabeth, John C., Alfred T., Ellis W., Allen, Rachel, and Cyrus; the last three are deceased.  Ellis W. Jessup was reared in Hamilton County.  He was married June 11, 1846, to Millie Hinshaw, a native of North Carolina, born Oct. 15, 1827, daughter of Stephen and Elma (Hoover) Hinshaw, early settlers of Hamilton County.  To Mr. and Mrs. Jessup have been born thirteen children--Zelinda J., John T., Hannah E., Alcinda H., Mary E. (deceased), Addie M., George W., Rosa A., Charles W., Sylvester M., Frank (deceased), Maud A. and Minnie B.  In the fall of 1868 Mr. Jessup moved from Hamilton to Boone County, and a year later to Marion County, where he remained till 1876, when he came to Hendricks County and settled on his present farm in the southern part of Washington Township.  He is a successful agriculturalist and owns 120 acres of well-cultivated land, with all modern improvements, making it one of the finest farms in the township.  He and his wife are members of the Christian church.

Sources

1. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - North Carolina.
2. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Indiana.
3. "Genealogy of the Herbert Hoover Family", Herbert Hoover Institute, 929.2 H789 in a local library.
4. "Genealogy of Hinshaw/Henshaw" by DoraLee Harvey Hatley (see Mary Jane Hinshaw), in the LDS Family History Library, microfilm #0982181, item 4.
5. "Additions, Corrections, & Comments - Abstracts of the Record of the Society of Friends in Indiana", by Roger S. Boone, 1978, Springfield, Ohio; In the Newberry Library in Chicago.
6. Family bible, originally owned by James F. Haines, passed down to Martha Ruddell Haines & Enos Hinshaw, then to James Thomas Hinshaw, Etta Margaret Hinshaw, George Wesley Hinshaw, and Raymond James Hinshaw. Contributed by Hilfred Hoffman ()
7. "Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850", Indiana State Library, Genealogy Division: http://www.in.gov/library/genealogy.htm
8. Manuscript titled "Thomas Hinshaw 'The Little Irish Weaver' And Others" by John E. Hinshaw, Urban-Side-On-The-East, Emporia, Kansas, 1911.
9. 1850 census, Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana; roll M432-148, page 28, line #5, dwelling #19, family #19.
10. 1860 census, Carmel P.O., Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana; roll M653-263, page 392, line #9, dwelling #1248, family #1248.
11. 1870 census, Augusta Station P.O., Pike Township, Marion County, Indiana; roll M593-337, page 483, line #30, dwelling #318, family #318.
12. 1880 census, Washington Township, Hendricks County, Indiana; roll T9-0283, ED 139, page 543B, line #12, dwelling #13, family #13.
13. RootsWeb WorldConnect GEDCOM from Jo Martin ().
14. 1900 census, Washington Township, Hendricks County, Indiana; roll T623-376, ED 40, page 11A, line #40, dwelling #219, family #223.
15. 1850 census, Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana; roll M432-148, page 28, line #10, dwelling #20, family #20.
16. Speculation.
17. 1860 census, Carmel P.O., Clay Township, Hamilton County, Indiana; roll M653-263, page 391-392, line #40, dwelling #1246, family #1246.
18. Indiana Marriages, 1845-1920; http://www.ancestry.com.
19. WPA Index to Marriages in Hendricks County, Indiana; USGenWeb Archives:
    http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/in/hendrick/wpa/marriage/mar-i-k.txt.
20. Posting Nov 4 2000 by Meredith Thompson () to Hendricks County, Indiana Biographies:
    http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/In/HendricksBios/245.

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