1. William Henshall  m Margerie Gyll 
 2.. Thomas Henshall (?-(c1631)
 3... John Henshall (1611-(c1687) m Elizabeth - 
 4.... William Hinshaw (?-1699) m Elizabeth - 
 5..... Thomas Hinshaw (c1680-?) m Mary Marshall (c1685-?)
 6...... Jacob Hinshaw (1710-1796) m Rebecca Mackey (c1716-1796)
 7....... Benjamin Hinshaw (1738-1840)
          +Elisabeth Hinshaw (1750-1823)
 8........  Thomas Hinshaw (1775-?)
 8........  Absolem Hinshaw (1775-1833)
 8........  Jacob A. Hinshaw (1778-1826)
 8........  Elizabeth Hinshaw (1780-1823)
 8........  Mary Hinshaw (1785-?)
 8........  Abigail Hinshaw (?-1819)
 8........  William Hinshaw (1789-1854)

Benjamin Hinshaw     [ID 00131]

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Born 1738, Ireland.^1,3

He married Elisabeth Hinshaw, about 1772.^1,2,42,a    Elisabeth Hinshaw, daughter of Absolom Hinshaw & Rebecca Haddock, was born 10-27-1750, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.^3,29,105,212

Disowned by the Quakers for Revolution activity (joining the Regulators), so few records known.^1,183

Elisabeth Hinshaw died Apr 18 1823, buried Cane Creek MM, Snow Camp, Alamance County, North Carolina.^b

Benjamin Hinshaw died 1840, Chatham County, North Carolina; buried Cane Creek MM, Snow Camp, Alamance County, North Carolina.^b,1

According to the dates in (1) the book "The Hinshaw and Henshaw Families", he would have been 102 years old at his death!

Not only is the 1840 death date questionable because of his then exceptional lifespan, but also Benjamin appears to have died before 1817^c as he did not sign the marriage certificate for his daughter Abigail in 1817,²¹⁷ as was customary and would have been expected.    An unidentified Elizabeth Hinshaw did sign daughter Abigail's marriage certificate,²¹⁷ so perhaps Elizabeth, who would have been 67 years old in 1817, might have lived beyond that year (although it might have been a different Elizabeth Hinshaw who signed the certificate).   

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.

2. "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy", by William Wade Hinshaw, in many well-stocked libraries.

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

29. "Society of Friends Register Transcripts - Grange Monthly Meeting", microfilm number 0571396 in the LDS Family History Library.

42. A manuscript titled "The Hinshaw Family" by Thomas D. Hamm - submitted by Fontella Hinshaw.

105. A Search Report commissioned from the Ulster Historical Foundation based upon records in the Public Records Office of Norther Ireland.

183. "Hinshaw Family Genealogical Notes", apparently prepared for William Wade Hinshaw by Edna Harvey Joseph; LDS FHL microfilm #1571899, Items 7-8

212. Grange Monthly Meeting, Births, Marriages, Deaths; Religious Society of Friends in Ireland (Yearly Meeting), Dublin; microfilm number 571396 (items 5-7) in the LDS Family History Library

217. Society of Friends, Cane Creek MM Records; LDS FHL microfilm #0371251

(a) Contribution from Julie Avedikian () citing:
A Lupton/Hinshaw family history book compiled by cousins.

(b) http://www.findagrave.com.

(c) Conclusion.

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