Josiah Henshaw

┌── Thomas Henshaw │ c1650-1700 ┌── Josiah Henshaw ────────────┤ │ 1695-1752 │ │ └── Hannah Cleveland │ 1653-1737 Josiah Henshaw ───┤ B: 1752 │ D: 1840 │ └── Dorothy Crawford Goodnow 1710-1770 M: Sarah Phipps ├── Mary Henshaw (1785-1875) ^1,2,3,4,5 ├── Increase Henshaw (1786-?) ^1,2,3,4,5 ├── Dolly Henshaw (1788-1869) ^1,2,3,4 ├── Eli Henshaw (1789-1868) ^1,2,3,4,5,6 ├── Josiah Henshaw (1791-1871) ^1,2,3,4,5 ├── Sally Henshaw (1793-1857) ^1,2,3,4,5 ├── Phebe Henshaw (1796-1849) ^2,3,4,7 └── John Phipps Henshaw (1798-1825) ^1,2,3,4,5

He married Sarah Phipps^1,2,6,9 [Sarah Phips¹, Sally Phips¹], Apr 22 1784^1,2,6,9, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts^1,2,6,9. Sarah, daughter of John Phipps & Rachel Lincoln, was born Mar 14 1757, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^2,9,10

Josiah was an uncommissioned officer in the Revolution, serving throughout the war in Washington's army and participated in all the battles fought by general Washington. He was wounded in the battle of White Plains.⁶

Josiah was described by his son Eli as "a stern, rigid Puritan, so proud of his service that he refused to take pension from the Government, saying that he fought for his country and not for pay." He was so arbitrary and reserved toward his children that they learned from him nothing of his history or ancestors.¹¹

Josiah Henshaw died Dec 26 1840, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.⁵

Widow Sarah was shown in the 1840 census enumeration of Revolutionary War pensioners, age 83, living in the household of son Josiah in Brookfield, Massachusetts.¹³

Sarah died Jul 18 1844, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; buried Brookfield, Massachusetts.¹⁴

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