William Slaughter Henshaw

┌── Nicholas Hancher │ 1705-1777 ┌── William Henshaw ─────┤ │ 1736-1799 │ │ └── Rebecca Smith │ c1707-? William Slaughter Henshaw ───┤ B: 1783 │ ┌── William Anderson D: 1836 │ │ └── Agnes Ann Anderson ──┤ c1745-<1806 │ └── Mary Lauren M: Harriet Brown Lyle ├── Robert W. Henshaw (?-1861) ^1,2 ├── Isabella Lyle Henshaw (1817-1891) ^1,3 ├── Mary Henshaw ¹ ├── Hugh Lyle Henshaw (1819-1861) ^1,3,4 ├── William Anderson Henshaw (1822-1881) ^1,3,5 ├── Ann Lavinia Henshaw (1825-1842) ^1,3 ├── Ruhmau Rebecca Moore Henshaw (1827-1836) ³ ├── Wallace Wellington Henshaw (1830-1854) ^3,5,6 ├── Harriet Biron Bailey Henshaw (1832-1870) ³ └── Susan Henshaw (c1835-?) ⁵

William Slaughter Henshaw^1,7,8,9 [William Sloughter Henshaw^10,11, William Slouth Henshaw⁶].

On 6 Mo. 12 1805 at Hopewell Friends MM (Virginia), William S. Henshaw signed and witnessed the marriage certificate of Joseph Hackney Jr. and Lydia Sidwell.¹²

William was a captain in the 5th Infantry, U.S. Army, 1808-1815, and served during the War of 1812.^9,13 Promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain, April 30, 1813.¹⁴

He married Harriet Brown Lyle^1,7,8,15 [Harriet Browman Lyle⁶, Harriet Byron Lyle^3,9,16], Sep 19 1816^1,7,8,15, Berkeley County, Virginia^1,7,8,15. Harriet was born Mar 12 1793, Virginia.^3,5,9,17

Note that William's neice Eleanor married a Hugh Lyle in 1821.⁸ Harriet's relationship to Hugh is unknown.

William was a Captain in the 5th Infantry, U.S. Army, from 1808 to 1815, serving actively through the war of 1812.^1,3,8,10,18

Widow Harriet Henshaw and family were shown in the 1850 census, Berkeley County, Virginia, as follows:⁵

The 1850 census shows the following Henshaws all living near each other in Berkeley County, Virginia:

Widow Harriet was again shown in the 1860 census, living with her son William in Berkeley County, Virginia:¹⁷

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