1. William Henshall m Margerie Gyll
2.. Thomas Henshall (?-c1631) m - Kendrick
3... John Henshall (1611-c1687) m Elizabeth -
4.... William Hinshaw (?-1699) m Elizabeth -
5..... John Hinshaw (c1660->1768) m Elizabeth Belshaw
6...... Jesse Hinshaw (1720-1797) m Abigail Marshall (1724-1806)
7....... John Hinshaw (1747-1800) m Ruth (Pike) Weisner (1744-1795)
8........ Benjamin H. Hinshaw (1782-1866) m Annas Bowman (1790-1865)
9......... Seth Hinshaw (1818-1906)
+Sarah Gregg (1819-1882)
10.......... Asael Gregg Hinshaw (1839-1892) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
10.......... Isabel Hinshaw (1839-?) 9
10.......... Teresa Ann Hinshaw (1841-1924) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
10.......... Martha Marie Hinshaw (1843-1892) 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
10.......... William Henry Hinshaw (1845-1918) 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,11
10.......... Eunice Hinshaw (c1854-?) 12
+Martha Beeson (1841-1918)
| Seth Hinshaw [ID 00396] | Click here to switch to Ancestror Tree view:  |
Born 4-5-1818, Marlborough MM, Randolph County, North Carolina.2,3,7,11,12,13,14,15,16,17
At New Garden MM on 8-16-1834, Seth was granted a certificate to Duck Creek MM.18
At Duck Creek MM on 10-23-1834, Seth was received on a certificate from New Garden MM.2
He married Sarah Gregg, Mar 29 1838, Henry County, Indiana.1,3,8,9,19,20 Sarah, daughter of Stephen Gregg & Hannah Pickering, was born Jun 12 1819, Ohio.1,3,6,8,11,12,15,19
Spiceland MM on 2-21-1838 recorded "Seth Hinshaw Jr. and Sarah Gregg informed the meeting of their intent to marry. Consent of parents now had". On 3-31-1838, the meeting recorded "Seth Jr. and Sarah Gregg at liberty to marry".2
Seth and family were shown in the 1840 census, Henry County, Indiana, as follows:21
Seth and family were shown in the 1850 census (Sep 2 1850), Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana, as follows:14
Seth was a farmer and engaged in "teaming" (hauling).1,22
Seth was a member of a local committee in Greensboro involved in the first Women’s Rights Convention held in Dublin, Indiana in October 1851.23
Greensboro won a sort of fame as a center of anti-slavery advocates and was known to be a permanent "station" on the "underground railroad". This system was employed by abolitionists to transport slaves fleeing from bondage to the land of freedom, usually Canada. The runaways were moved at night from one "station" to another until their final destination. The acknowledged leader and head of this group was Seth Hinshaw.24
Seth allowed his home to be used as a meeting place for anti-slavery advocates. The famed Negro abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, visited Indiana and Seth defied public opion and prejudice and kept Douglass at his home.24
Seth owned a store in which he would only sell products produced by free labor. He would not sell products made by slave labor. On the occasions when customers would complain about his prices being higher than some competetiors, Seth would reply, "That will test thy conscience, whether it is worth anything or not".24
Seth and family were shown in the 1860 census (Aug 9 1860), Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana, as follows:11
Seth and family were shown in the 1870 census (Sep 16 1870), Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana:12
Seth and Sarah were shown in the 1880 census (Jun 14 1880), Greensboro, Henry County, Indiana:15
Sarah died Aug 10 1882, age 63y 1m 23d.1,4,5,17
He then married Martha Beeson10,25 [Mattie Beeson4,16,25], Nov 18 188310,25, Henry County, Indiana10,25. Martha, daughter of Edward Beeson & Sarah Ann Johnson, was born Jul - 1841, Indiana.1,16,17,26
Seth and Martha were shown in the 1900 census (Jun 2 1900), Greensboro, Henry County, Indiana:16
Seth Hinshaw died Dec 31 1906, buried Greensboro Friends Cemetery, Greensboro, Henry County, Indiana.1,17
Martha died 1918, buried Greensboro Friends Cemetery, Greensboro, Henry County, Indiana.1,17,26
A biographical sketch of Seth was published in the 1884 book "History of Henry County, Indiana":27
Seth Hinshaw was born in Randolph County, N. C., April 5, 1818, a son of Benjamin and Annis Hinshaw, natives of North Carolina, of Irish descent. In 1832 his parents moved to Wayne County, Ind., but a year later moved to Henry County and settled a mile west of Greensboro, where he cleared and improved a farm. In later life they sold the farm and moved to Greensboro, where the mother died, aged seventy-five years, and the father, a few months later, aged eighty-four years. Seth Hinshaw spent the earlier part of his life in teaming. His educational advantages were limited, and the knowledge he acquired was by personal application in his leisure hours. After his marriage he settled on a farm and devoted his time to that vocation for many years and now owns 160 acres of fine land, well improved, with good buildings. He is living rather retired, overseeing his farm, but letting the manual labor be done by younger hands. In 1836 and 1837 Mr. Hinshaw made two trips down the Mississinewa River, from Winchester to Lafayette, being one of five who volunteered to take the boats over the falls, the water in the river being very high and dangerous. March 29, 1838, he was married to Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Hannah Gregg. They have four children - A. G.; T. A., wife of R. P. Walton; Mattie;
The same 1884 book also noted:28
Seth Hinshaw, one of the early settlers, and for more than forty years a resident of Greensboro, was one of the first Abolitionists in the county, and was intimately connected with the management of the Underground Railroad. He was reared a Quaker, but withdrew from the society in the latter part of his life. He was eccentric, but a good citizen, hospitable and liberal. He was a merchant, but would sell nothing produced by slave labor.
Another biography of Seth was published in the 1920 book "History of Henry County, Indiana":4,29
SETH HINSHAW Ireland has doubtless contributed more to the population of the new world than any other foreign country and, wherever found, these sturdy emigrants from the Emerald Isle, as also their sons and daughters, are noted for their thrift and enterprise. The grandfather of the subject of this sketch was a native of Ireland and he and his wife, who was a native of Wales, immigrated to this country, their marriage occurring after their arrival here. They settled in North Carolina and there the father of the subject was born. He was reared under the parental roof and was married in his native state to Miss Annice Bowman, whose family were from Wa1es. Benjamin Hinshaw and wife reared a family of twelve children, nine sons and three daughters. All of their children lived to advanced years, the youngest being sixty-six years old at the time of his death. In September 1832, the father sold his North Carolina farm and came to Indiana, locating in Wayne County. After one year’s residence there he came to Henry County and bought eighty acres of land in Greensboro Township, where he lived for a number of years. He then moved into the town of Greensboro and remained there until his death, in his eighty-fourth year. When the subject of this sketch was brought by his father to this county he was but fourteen years old and he remained at home until he was eighteen years old. He had but limited opportunity for obtaining an education, being early thrown upon his own resources. He worked on a farm in Wayne County one year, but then came back to this county. Then he returned to his former employer in Wayne County. He teamed in the northwest and relates that he has driven as far as twenty miles without seeing a house or a living person. During the first year at this work he received nine dollars per month, the second year, eighteen dollars, and the third year, twenty dollars per month. Out of the wages thus earned he saved two hundred and twenty-five dollars, which he placed at interest. About 1838 he purchased eighty acres of land in the woods of Henry County and courageously started in to create for himself a home. It required many days of hard. Unremitting toil to accomplish this, but such progress did he make that he was at length enabled to add to his original purchase two eighty-acre tracts. In 1862 he erected a house in Greensboro and retired from the active pursuit of agriculture, having by his indefatigable industry, wise judgment and economy accumulated an estate worth probably fifteen thousand dollars. The subject was united in marriage with Sarah, the daughter of Edward and Sarah Ann (Johnson) Beeson. She was born in Henry County, Indiana, and was educated in the common schools and at Spiceland Academy, after which she taught in the schools of Hancock, Wayne and Henry counties. To Mr. and Mrs. Hinshaw there were born the following children: Asael, deceased; Tersa is the wife of Rufus Walton; Martha, deceased, is the wife of Alfred Hosier; William H. is married to Sarah Luthultz. Mrs. Sarah Hinshaw died in 1882 and in 1883 the subject was again married, the lady of his choice being Miss Mattie Beeson. She was the daughter of Edward Beeson and was born in 1814 [sic]. In their religion their creed harmonizes with that of the Society of Friends, in which society they are active and consistent members. Fraternally the subject has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1866. He has passed all the chairs of the local lodge, belongs to the encampment and has several times been a representative to the grand lodge. In politics he is an ardent Republican. He cast his first presidential ballot for Gen. William H. Harrison and in his younger days was very active in the campaign work of his party. He was elected and served as one of the three trustees of his township and has several times acted in the capacity of supervisor, as such superintending the construction of three school houses. Mr. Hinshaw has in all the relations of life proven himself equal to the responsibilities which have been thrown upon him and because of his many sterling qualities has won the regard of the entire community. His life career has been one of great activity and it presents much that is pleasing as well as profitable to young men just starting out upon the world’s great highway. Mr. Hinshaw possesses two valuable relics in the shape of parchment deeds, one dated April 3, 1829, and signed by President Andrew Jackson, and the other dated April 16, 1835.
Photo: Mattie (Beeson) Hinshaw gravestone Greensboro Masonic Cemetery
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