┌── Josiah Henshaw
│ 1695-1752
┌── Josiah Henshaw ──┤
│ 1752-1840 │
│ └── Dorothy Crawford Goodnow
│ 1710-1770
Josiah Henshaw ─────────┤
B: 1791 │ ┌── John Phipps
D: 1871 │ │
└── Sarah Phipps ────┤
1757-1844 │
└── Rachel Lincoln
M: Elizabeth Green
├── Eli Forbes Henshaw (1818-1895) 1,2,3
├── Elizabeth Green Henshaw (1821-?) 1,3
├── Charlotte Phipps Henshaw (1822-?) 1,3
├── Adeline Henshaw (1825-1912) 1,3,4
├── Caroline Henshaw (1825-1843) 1,3
├── Martha Jane Henshaw (1827-?) 1,2,3
└── Sarah Allen Henshaw (1829-1902) 1,2,3
M: Frances C. Mansfield
Josiah Henshaw [ID 02796]
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Born Aug 13 1791, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.1,5,6,7,8
Josiah lived in West Brookfield, Massachusetts.1,8
He married Elizabeth Green, May 3 1817, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.1,5,9,10 Marriage intention published Apr 7 1817.11 Elizabeth was born 1790.10
Josiah and family were shown in the 1850 census, Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts:2
Josiah Henshaw, age 59, born in Massachusetts; farmer; $5000 real estate.
Elizabeth Henshaw, age 60, born in New Hampshire.
Daniel O. Dane, age 16, born in Massachusetts; laborer; attended school.
John Crockfiel.. [unclear], age 22, born in Massachusetts; laborer.
Elizabeth died Jul 10 1856, West Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; age 66.10,11 Medical: Elizabeth died from consumption.11
He then married Frances C. Mansfield12 [Fanny C. Mansfield8, Frances Cutler12], Nov 12 185712, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts12. Frances, daughter of John + Dorothy Cutler, was born Mar 14 1793, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.8,11,12
Frances had been previously married to a Jacob Mansfield,12 Aug 17 1819, Brookfield, Massachusetts,11 by whom she had several children.11
Josiah was shown in the 1867 Worcester, Massachusetts City Directory:13
Henshaw, Josiah, farmer, Howard Lane, Tatnuck
Josiah and family were shown in the 1870 census (Jun 14 1870), West Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts:8
Henshaw, Josiah, age 78, born in Massachusetts; farmer.
Henshaw, Fanny C.M., age 75, born in Massachusetts; "keeping house".
Living in the same dwelling with Josiah was the family of son Eli.14
Josiah Henshaw died Feb 24 1871, West Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; age 79y 6m.1,10,11,15 Medical: Josiah died from pneumonia.11
Photo: Josiah Henshaw
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Photo: Marriage Record of Josiah Henshaw & Elizabeth Green Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Photo: Birth Record of the Children of Josiah Henshaw & Elizabeth Green Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Photo: Marriage Record of Josiah Henshaw & Frances C. Mansfield Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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Sources
- Contribution from Phil Henshaw.
- 1850 census, Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; roll 341, page 80, dwelling #143.
- Birth Record of the Children of Josiah Henshaw & Elizabeth Green; Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts;
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; http://www.ancestry.com.
- "Genealogical Register of Plymouth Families", by William T. Davis,
1899, Boston, MA, Damrell & Upham publishers.
- Contribution from Joan Shirk () citing:
Vital records of Brookfield, MA.
- Birth Record (1) of the Children of Josiah Henshaw & Sarah Phipps; Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts;
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; http://www.ancestry.com.
- Birth Record (2) of the Children of Josiah Henshaw & Sarah Phipps; Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts;
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; http://www.ancestry.com.
- 1870 census, West Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; page 384B (sheet 40), line #29, dwelling #282, family #344.
- Marriage Record of Josiah Henshaw Jr. & Elizabeth Green; Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts:
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; http://www.ancestry.com.
- Gregg Trueman database:
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/person.aspx?tid=141301&pid=-2046966862.
- Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; http://www.ancestry.com.
- Marriage Record of Josiah Henshaw & Frances C. Mansfield; Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts:
Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; http://www.ancestry.com.
- Worcester, Massachusetts City Directory, 1867; http://www.ancestry.com.
- 1870 census, West Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; page 384B (sheet 40), line #31, dwelling #282, family #345.
- Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate Index, Vol. 1 & 2, July 1731-1881; http://www.ancestry.com.
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