+-- Thomas Henshaw
                                        |   c1650-1700 
                   +-- Thomas Henshaw --+
                   |    1680-1726       |
                   |                    +-- Hannah Cleveland
                   |                         1653-1737 
William Henshaw ---+
B: 1715            |                    +-- John Brooks
D: 1801            |                    |
                   +-- Mary Brooks -----+
                        1688-?          |
                                        +-- Mary Bruce
M: Priscilla Reed
   +-- Mary Henshaw,     ?-1811 
   +-- William Henshaw,  1742-1817 
   +-- Sally Henshaw,  1744-?    
   +-- Hannah Henshaw,  1746-?    
   +-- Thomas Henshaw,  1748-?    

M: Ruth Woolcott
   +-- Ruth Henshaw,  1759-?    
   +-- Deborah Henshaw,  1763-?    
   +-- Joshua Henshaw,  1767-?    
   +-- Oliver Henshaw,  1767-1844 
   +-- Abigail Henshaw,  1770-?    

William Henshaw     [ID 02952]

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    (William Henshaw)^a    (William Hencher)^b,c    (William Hincher)^d,e,f

Born Dec 21 1715, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.^g,e,h

He married Priscilla Reed, Mar 8 1739, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.^i,d,j,k    (Priscilla Read)^g    (Persilla Read)^e    Priscilla, daughter of Thomas Reed & Sarah Sawyer, was born Aug 8 1715, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.ⁱ

In 1775 William served as private in Capt. Peter Harwood's company, Col. Ebenezer Learned's regiment, Massachusetts Line.^e

Priscilla died Nov 24 1748, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^l

He then married Ruth Woolcott, Nov 6 1755, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^b    (Ruth Wolcott)^c

William Henshaw died Sep 10 1801, West Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^g,e,f

Ruth died Jun 13 1813, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^l

Note: Birth recorded as William Henshaw.^h    Death recorded as William Hincher.^f    Marriage to Priscilla Reed recorded as William Henshaw.^a    Her death recorded as Persilla Hincher.^l    Marriage to Ruth Woolcott recorded as William Hencher.^b,c    Her death recorded as Ruth Hincher.^l   

SOURCES

(a) Contribution from Tom Henshaw citing:
Vital Records, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.

(b) Contribution from Tom Henshaw citing:
Vital Records, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; page 339.

(c) Bailey, Frederic W. "Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800".
New Haven, Conn.: Bureau of American Ancestry, 1897-1914.

(d) "Early Massachusetts Marriages".

(e) The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution,
Lineage Books, Volume 84.

(f) Contribution from Tom Henshaw citing:
Vital Records, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; page 500.

(g) Cleveland/Graham database: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/l/e/richard-w-cleveland/index.html.

(h) Contribution from Tom Henshaw citing:
Vital Records, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; page 119.

(i) Contribution from Tom Henshaw.

(j) The LDS IGI - Massachusetts.

(k) Contribution from Tom Henshaw citing:
Vital Records, Woburn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts;
Cleveland, James Butler. "Descendents of Moses Cleveland" (Munsell Printers, 1881).

(l) Contribution from Tom Henshaw citing:
Vital Records, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; page 500.

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