┌── Daniel Henshaw
│ 1701-1781
┌── Benjamin Henshaw ──┤
│ 1730-1793 │
│ └── Elizabeth Allen Bass
│ 1703-1774
Elizabeth Henshaw ───┤
B: 1755 │
D: 1847 │
└── Elizabeth Lord
?-1761
M: John Meigs
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Elizabeth Henshaw [ID 01724]
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Elizabeth Henshaw1,2,3,4 [Rebeckah Henshaw5].
Born Jul 5 1755, Middletown Township, Middlesex County, Connecticut.2,3,4,5,6
She married John Meigs, Jan 18 1781, Fair Haven Church, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.2,3,6,7,8,9 John, son of Jonathan Meigs & Grace Starr, was born 1753, Middletown, Connecticut.3,6
John served as a lieutenant in Colonel Samuel B. Webb's regiment, Connecticut Line, during the Revolution. He was a member of the original Society of the Cincinnati. His brother, Return Jonathan Meigs, was a distinguished colonel.3
Children:6
Return John Meigs, born Aug 30 1782; died Augusta, Georgia; unmarried.
Benjamin Henshaw Meigs, born Mar 27 1784; married Ellen Vandyke, of N.Y.
Elizabeth Lord Meigs, born Dec 8 1785; died Apr 28 1792.
Richard Montgomery Meigs, born Aug 8 1787; married Maria Keeler.
Sally Maria Meigs, born Mar 28 1789; married Dr. Erastus Williams.
Esther Lopez Meigs, born Feb 24 1791; married Nov 25 1809, Solomon Lusk.
Joseph Henshaw Meigs, born May 18 1793; lived in Clarksville, Georgia.
George Lord Meigs, born Feb 23 1796; died in Knox, aged 50.
John died 1826, Hartford, Connecticut.3
After John died, Elizabeth moved to Farmington, Connecticut, about the time her daughter Esther married Thomas Lee, Esq.6 Elizabeth drew a pension from government of $280.00 per annum.6
Elizabeth Henshaw died Mar 5 1847, age 95, marked by a large red stone monument.3,6
Sources
- Henshaw genealogical chart, author unknown;
Contributed by Donald Craig Henshaw.
- GEDCOM archives at http://www.kindredkonnections.com.
- Lineage Books of the Charter Members of the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution (www.ancestry.com).
- Extracts from the family bible of Daniel Henshaw, reprinted in
"Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families", Vol. III; The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine;
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1982;
- The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS)
International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Connecticut.
- Andrews, A.H., "Genealogy and Ecclesiastical History of Farmington, Connecticut", Chicago, Illinois, 1867.
- "Connecticut Marriages to 1800" (www.ancestry.com).
- "Our Family: A Little Account of it for my Descendents", by Sarah Edwards Henshaw,
Oakland, California, 1894, contributed by Donald Craig Henshaw.
USIGS scan: http://www.usigs.org/library/books/families/Henshaw1894
- http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/source_files/middletown_1church_marr.htm.
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