+-- Thomas Henshaw
                                           |    1680-1726 
                     +-- William Henshaw --+
                     |    1715-1801        |
                     |                     +-- Mary Brooks
                     |                          1688-?    
Joshua Henshaw ------+
B: 1767              |
D: ?                 |
                     +-- Ruth Woolcott
                             ?-1813 
M: Elizabeth Nichols
   +-- Baxter Henshaw,  1792-c1871
   +-- William Henshaw,  1795-?    
   +-- Isaac Hincher,  1796-1806 
   +-- Leonard Henshaw,  1798-1861 
   +-- Alvan Henshaw,  1800-1871 
   +-- Lucy Henshaw,  1803-?    
   +-- Eliza Henshaw,  1803-?    
   +-- Hiram Henshaw,  1805-?    
   +-- Royal Henshaw,  1808-c1851
   +-- Caroline Henshaw,  1812-1897 
   +-- Ruth Henshaw,  1813-?    

Joshua Henshaw     [ID 02971]

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    (Joshua Henshaw)^a    (Joshua Hencher)^b    (Joshua Hincher)^c

Born Feb 6 1767, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^c,d    Joshua and brother Oliver were twins.

He married Elizabeth Nichols, about 1792, probably Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^b    (Ruth Nichols)^a    Joshua Hencher, of Brookfield, Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Nichols published their intentions of marriage on Mar 26 1792 in Brookfield, Massachusetts.^b    Elizabeth was born about 1770, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^e

Elizabeth died Jul 9 1844, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; buried Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, Massachusetts.^e

Joshua is shown in the 1850 census, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts, age 83, living in the household of his son Baxter.^d   

SOURCES

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

(b) "Vital Records of Sturbridge, Massachussetts To the Year 1850",
"Sturbridge Marriages to the Year 1850", New England Historic Genealogical Society,
Boston, MA, 1923.

(c) Contribution from Tom Henshaw citing:
Vital Records, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; page 126.

(d) 1850 census, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; roll 343, page 56, dwelling #64.

(e) Contribution from Tom Henshaw citing:
Vital Records, Brookfield, Worcester County, Massachusetts; page 499.

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