+-- Benjamin Henshaw
                                                 |    1730-1793 
                            +-- Joshua Henshaw --+
                            |    1765-1840       |
                            |                    +-- Mrs. Huldah (Stillman) Sumner
                            |                                   
Caroline Hayward Henshaw ---+
B: ?                        |                    +-- Ashbel Burnham
D: ?                        |                    |
                            +-- Esther Burnham --+
                                 1768-1853       |
                                                 +-- Hannah Sage
M: Samuel Cox

M: George Johnston Holt

Caroline Hayward Henshaw     [ID 04497]

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    (Caroline Hayward Henshaw)^a    (Caroline Howard Henshaw)^b,173

She married Samuel Cox.^c,170,173

She then married George Johnston Holt, May - 1823.^{d,a,170,173,c}    George was from Quebec, Canada.¹⁷⁰

Apparently the Henshaw and Holt families were quite friendly.    Note that Caroline's brother George married Maria Holt and sister Esther married Charles Holt, and also brother John named his first son George Holt Henshaw.

After their marriage in 1823, the newlywed couple was the subject of a charivari, the custom of local young men harassing a newlywed couple, especially when there was a large age difference between the new spouses.    This charivari ended tragically when a man was killed, apparently by Caroline's brother, Charles.^d    George Holt was charged with "aiding & assisting" Caroline's brother Charles in the murder of a John Swails (see Charles for details).

Child:^a

SOURCES

170. "Our Family: A Little Account of it for my Descendents", by Sarah Edwards Henshaw, Oakland, California, 1894, contributed by Donald Craig Henshaw. USIGS scan: http://www.usigs.org/library/books/families/Henshaw1894

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

(a) Contribution from Eric Litchfield ().

(b) Contribution from Tom Henshaw.

(c) RootsWeb WorldConnect data by ().

(d) Contribution from Mike Sainsbury (), citing:
The Montreal "Gazette", Jun 11 2006; John Kalbfleisch's "Second Draft" column, revisiting historic stories from the Gazette.

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