+-- Nicholas Hancher
                     |    1705-1777 
                     |
                     |
Elenor Henshaw ------+
B: 1737              |
D: ?                 |
                     +-- Rebecca Smith
                         c1707-?    
M: Jeremiah Archer

M: Robert Brownfield

Elenor Henshaw     [ID 00305]

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    (Elenor Henshaw)^1,70,132,133    (Eleanor Henshaw)^173,a    (Elinor Hancher)^a

Born 1737, Orange County, Virginia.^1,70,173

She married Jeremiah Archer, before 1756, probably Frederick County, Virginia.^a

Children:^b,a

Jeremiah died c1761, Nineveh, Stephens City, Frederick County, Virginia.^a,b    Will probated May 1761; final settlement 1765.^e

After Jeremiah died, Elenor's brother William was named guardian of Jeremiah's minor children.^f

She then married Robert Brownfield.^g    (Robert Brumfield)^a    (John Broomfield)¹⁷³    Robert was the executor of the estate of Elenor's first husband, Jeremiah Archer.^a

At Hopewell MM on 9 Mo. 6 1762, Elenor Brownfield (formerly Archer) was disowned for her marriage contrary to discipline.^h

Elenor and family moved to Kentucky.¹⁷³

Elenor might have had a descendent (perhaps a grandson) named Nathaniel Beasley (or perhaps Nathaniel Beasley was just someone who purchased land patent rights), as Beasley was issued a federal land patent for 100 acres of land in Ohio on May 25 1803:ⁱ

Know ye, that, in consideration of military service performed by Jeremiah Archer (a soldier for three years) to the United States, in the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment ... ... there is granted by the said United States unto Nathaniel Beasley assignee of Elenoer Archer assignee of the said Jeremiah Archer a certain tract of land, containing one hundred acres situate between the little Miami and Sciota Rivers, north-west of the River Ohio ...

Jeremiah Archer was originally entitled to the Bounty land granted by the within patent to Nathaniel Beasley, who claims under the said Archer.    War office, May 25 1803. A. Dearborn, Secy of War

SOURCES

1. "The Hinshaw and Henshaw Families", by William Hinshaw; edited by Milo Custer; private printing, Bloomington, Illinois, 1911; Frank I. Miller Co., printers. LDS microfilm number 1402822.

70. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Virginia.

132. "The West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly", Vol. 4, No. 2, April 1904. The West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society, Charleston, W.VA. Article "The Henshaw Family" by Valley Virginia Henshaw. Contributed by David H. Henshaw ().

133. "Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania", Volume II. John W. Jordan & James Hadden, editors. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1912. Contributed by David H. Henshaw ().

173. Henshaw genealogical chart, author unknown; Contributed by Donald Craig Henshaw.

(a) Contribution from Helen Austin ().

(b) RootsWeb WorldConnect data from Earle Copp ().

(c) Virginia Revolutionary War Records; http://www.ancestry.com.

(d) American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); http://www.ancestry.com.

(e) Contribution from Helen Austin () citing:
Frederick Co, VA; Will-Probate Order books May 1761 #9, p304; #10, p147,
May 1768 #14, p265, Feb 1771 #15, p265, Feb 1771, #15, p104;
May 1792 #23-1, p457, #23-1, p458; Apr 1800 #33, p258.

(f) Contribution from Helen Austin () citing:
Frederick Co. Records: Handley Library Archives, Julian Baker Papers 87 WFCH, Box 3;
Also Clayton Library, Houston TX on Feb 1996, microfilm, Index to Wills #1,
Frederick Co, VA 1743-1917; year 1765, Inventory 3, p 314, Acct 3, p 315.

(g) Contribution from Tommy Karns (), citing:
Information provided by Edward Arntzen & J. Duling;
Will of father Nicholas Henshaw, Sep 21 1774,
Berkeley County VA Will Book 1, page 109, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WVA.

(h) Contribution from Helen Austin () citing:
"Hopewell Friends History, 1734-1934, Frederick County, Virginia", p. 497.

(i) U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Official Federal Land Patent Records:
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov.

(j) Speculation.

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