1. William Henshall m Margerie Gyll
2.. Thomas Henshall (?-c1631) m - Kendrick
3... William Henshawe (c1608-1644) m Katherine Houghton (1615-1651)
4.... Joshua Henshawe (1643-1717) m Elizabeth Sumner (?-1728)
5..... Joshua Henshaw (1672-1747) m Mary Hay Webster (1672-1747)
6...... Daniel Henshaw (1701-1781) m Elizabeth Allen Bass (1703-1774)
7....... William Henshaw (1735-1820) m Ruth Sargeant (1743-1769)
8........ William Henshaw, Jr. (1767-1772)
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William Henshaw, Jr. [ID 04583]
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Born Feb 17 1767, Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.1,2,3,4
William Henshaw, Jr. died Jun 9 1772, Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts; buried Rawson Brook Burial Ground, Main Street, Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts.1,2,3,5 Per Leicester, Massachusetts, records: William was killed carelessly by a boy who put a gun loaded with shot near to William's head and fired same.5,6
William's death was reported in a Boston newspaper on Thursday, June 11, 1772:7
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At Leicester, Mass., on Tue. last a six-year-old son of William Henshaw was accidentally shot and killed by another lad.
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The "Massachusetts Spy" reported on June 18, 1772:8
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We hear from Leicester that on Tuesday last a very melancholy accident happened in that town. A son of Mr. William Henshaw, about 5 years of age, and another lad being in a chamber playing with a gun, which they thought was not loaded, the lad put the muzzle of the gun to the ear of Mr. Henshaw's son, when it went off with a whole charge of partridge shot, which tore his head to pieces and killed him instantly.
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There is mention of William's death in the book "The Orderly Book of Colonel William Henshaw":9
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The third child, William, a sprightly, promising boy, -- his constant companion in the employment of the field and elsewhere, -- he took an especial delight in teaching, as, with a father's fondness and pride, he looked hopefully to the child's future. His sudden and shocking death, at the age of six years, in the father's absence, and by the shot of a gun, caused an anguish not to be relieved by words. He long remained speechless on this occasion, and for many years he mourned over such a loss. This took place June 9, 1772.
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Photo: William Henshaw, Jr. death record Town records of Leicester, Massachusetts
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Photo: William Henshaw, Jr. gravestone Rawson Brook Burial Ground
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Sources
- "History of the Henshaw Family", a handwritten manuscript identified as a copy of a letter written
August 16, 1829 by Daniel Henshaw of Boston (probably #4588 to Joshua Henshaw Hayward of
Boston (probably a son or grandson of Sarah Henshaw Hayward); part of the manuscript
collection titled "Henshaw family Papers, 1757-1892" archived at the American Antiquarian Society,
Manuscripts Department, 185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609-1634.
- Contribution from Lizbet119 () citing:
Henshaw family bible archived at the Massachusetts Historical Society.
- http://www.findagrave.com.
- Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988; http://www.ancestry.com.
- Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988; http://www.ancestry.com.
- Henshaw genealogical chart, author unknown;
Contributed by Donald Craig Henshaw.
- "Genealogical Data from Colonial New Haven Newspapers", By Kenneth Scott, Rosanne Conway; http://books.google.com.
- Posting Oct 15 2012 by Pauline Merrick () to MAWORCES-L.
- "The Orderly Book of Colonel William Henshaw"; http://books.google.com.
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