1. Thomas Henshaw (c1650-1700) m Hannah Cleveland (1653-1737)
2.. Josiah Henshaw (1695-1752) m Dorothy Crawford Goodnow (1710-1770)
3... Josiah Henshaw (1752-1840) m Sarah Phipps (1757-1844)
4.... Eli Henshaw (1789-1868) m Abigail Sanford (1796-?)
5..... Marshall Henshaw (1820-1900)
+Frances Jane Whitaker (c1826-1863)
6...... Marshall Whitaker Henshaw (1850-1852) 1,2
6...... Frances Maria Henshaw (1852-1917) 1,2
6...... Emma Irene Henshaw (1854-1937) 1,2,3
6...... William Marshall Henshaw (1863-1863) 1,2
+Mary Long (1839-1913)
6...... Howard Clement Henshaw (1869-1870) 1,2
6...... Mary Dana Henshaw (1871-?) 1,2,3
6...... Arthur Williston Henshaw (1872-1961) 1,2,3,4
| Marshall Henshaw [ID 02801] | Click here to switch to Ancestror Tree view:  |
Born Oct 3 1820, Bethany, Wayne County, Pennsylvania.1,2,3,4,5
Marshall was graduated from Amherst College in 1845 and was a tutor there, 1847-49. He was principal of the academy at Derry, N.H., 1849-53; principal of the Byfield, Mass., academy, 1853-59; professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at Rutgers, 1859-63; principal of Williston seminary, East-hampton, Mass., 1863-76; and a lecturer on natural philosophy at Amherst, 1881-90.4
Marshall received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of the City of New York in 1863 and that of D.D. from Amherst in 1872. He was the author of The Greek Verb (1860).
He married Frances Jane Whitaker, 1849.1,2 Frances, daughter of Jonathan Whitaker, was born about 1826, Massachusetts.2,5
Marshall and family were shown in the 1850 census (Aug 15 1850), Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts:5
Frances died 1863.1
He then married Mary Long, Jul 27 1864, Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.1,2,6 Mary, daughter of Rev. Clement Long & Rhoda E. Rockwell, was born 1839, Ohio.1,3,6,7
Marshall and family were shown in the 1880 census, Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts:3
Marshall Henshaw died Dec 12 1900, Amherst, New York.1,2,4,8
Marshall's death was noted in the "Brooklyn Daily Eagle" (Brooklyn, New York) on December 12, 1900:8
PROFESSOR HENSHAW DEAD Springfield, Mass., December 12 -- Professor Marshall Henshaw of Amherst College died suddenly this morning.
Mary died 1913.1
A biographical sketch of Marshall Henshaw was published in "The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans":9
HENSHAW, Marshall, educator, was born in Bethany, Pa., Oct. 3, 1820; son of Eli and Abigail (Sanford) Henshaw, and grandson of Josiah and Sarah (Phipps) Henshaw. His grandfather, an uncommissioned officer in the Revolution, served throughout the war in Washington's army and participated in all the battles fought by that general. He was wounded in the battle of White Plains. After the war he settled at West Brookfield, Mass., and refused a pension from the government. Marshall Henshaw was graduated from Amherst college in 1845 and was a tutor there, 1847-49. He was principal of the academy at Derry, N.H., 1849-53; principal of the Byfield, Mass., academy, 1853-59; professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at Rutgers, 1859-63; principal of Williston seminary, East-hampton, Mass., 1863-76; and a lecturer on natural philosophy at Amherst, 1881-90. He gave up active work on account of defective learning. His only son, Arthur Williston, was graduated from Lehigh university in the department of electrical engineering in 1894, and became connected with the General Electric company, Schenectady, N.Y. Marshall Henshaw received the honorary degree of LL.D. from the University of the City of New York in 1863 and that of D.D. from Amherst in 1872. He is the author of The Greek Verb(1860). He died at Amherst, Dec. 12, 1900.
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