+-- William Henshaw
                   |    1742-1796 
                   |
                   |
William Henshaw ---+
B: 1767            |                       +-- Nathaniel Gilbert
D: 1822            |                       |
                   +-- Elizabeth Gilbert --+
                        1746-1826          |
                                           +-- Jane Ballard
M: Jerusha Brace
   +-- Polly Henshaw,  1789->1865
   +-- Julia Henshaw,  1791-1838 
   +-- Joseph M. Henshaw,  1794-1869 
   +-- William Henshaw,  1796-1884 
   +-- Ester Henshaw,  1798-1852 
   +-- Jerusha Henshaw,  1801-1871 
   +-- John Henshaw,  1801-?    
   +-- John Brace Henshaw,  1803-1875 
   +-- Harriet Henshaw,  1807-1855 
   +-- Ursala Henshaw,  1809-1860 
   +-- Horace W. Henshaw,  1811-1898 
   +-- Elizabeth Henshaw,  1814-?    

William Henshaw     [ID 04484]

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Born Sep 10 1767, Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut.^{a,166,b,173,c}

William served as a boy with his father in the Continental Army during the Revolution.^a

William lived in Wells, Connecticut.^d

He married Jerusha Brace, Jan 11 1787, New Haven Second Church, New Hartford, Litchfield County, Connecticut.^c,e,d,166    Jerusha was born in near Sincoe, Townsend, Ontario, Canada.^b,173

William and family were shown in the 1790 census, Wells, Rutland County, Vermont:^f

Jerusha died 1822, Canada.^g

William and Jerusha both died of typhus fever in Canada while en route to Michigan.^g   

SOURCES

166. Henshaw history and genealogy manuscript, original by Holmes Hart Henshaw, 1930; updated in 1995 by Donald Craig Henshaw and others.

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

(a) Lineage Books of the Charter Members of the National Society of the
Daughters of the American Revolution (www.ancestry.com).

(b) Contribution from Kristen Wagner-Henshaw.

(c) John Banes database: http://www.eskimo.com/~banes.

(d) "Connecticut Marriages to 1800" (www.ancestry.com).

(e) Contribution from Tom Henshaw.

(f) 1790 census, Wells, Rutland County, Vermont; roll M637-12, page 46.

(g) Posting Apr 28 1999 to the Michigan GenWeb Kent County Biographies:
http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Mi/KentBios/233.

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