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William Henry

Born [date unknown] [location unknown]

Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

[sibling(s) unknown]

Husband of Thomison (Benson) Henry — married before 1770 [location unknown]

Husband of Elizabeth (Unknown) Henry — married 25 Apr 1793 in Orange, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Father of Benson Henry, Frances (Henry) Roberts, Jeremiah Henry, Agatha Agness (Henry) Maxwell, Adulla Patsy (Henry) Maxwell, William Henry, Belfield Henry and Zachary Henry

Died about 1809 [location unknown]

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2 Sources

Biography

Parents

unknown

Marriage

Name: William Henry

Gender: Male

Spouse Name: Thomison Benson

Spouse Birth Year:

Marriage State:

Death and Burial

unknown

Research Notes

1778. Culpeper County, Virginia. 20th July . . . William Henry and Tomason his wife of the County of Culpeper and the Colony of Virginia selling 197 acres of land "lying and being in the County and Colony aforesaid and in the fork of the Conway and Rappidann Rivers and founded as follows, to wit, . . . together with all houses and houses Edificies Buildings Gardens fences Meadows feedings woods Underwood's ways waters and water Courses and every part and parcel thereof . . . " William Henry signed with his Mark.^[1]

1782. Culpeper County, Virginia. Virginia tax payers. . . . William Henry || one poll || two slaves || Culpeper County^[2]

1809. Orange County{?] || Chancery, 29 Aug 1809. || || Elizabeth Henry, widow of WILLIAM HENRY, deceased, vs. || || Benson Henry, || || John Maxwell and wife Agnes, formerly Agnes Henry, || || Thomas Maxwell and wife Dully, formerly Dully Henry, || || Thomas Roberts and wife Frances, formerly Frances Henry, || || Benjamin Henry, || || Joel Henry, || || BELFIELD HENRY, || || Zachariah Henry, || || Jemima Henry, and || || Jeremiah Henry, || || children of said WILLIAM HENRY, deceased. (Issue of 11 Nov 1809)^[3]

DNA Chalkboard

MRCAs: William Henry and Thomason Benson

Using GedMatch: Genesis Multi Kit Analysis

Descendants of Benson Henry

A945894 Tom Brooks 5th g-gson

A693498 James Shannon 5th g-gson

Descendant of Adulla Henry

A056476 Sarah Guess 6th g-gdaughter

Private Wikitree account

T297248 William Lunsford

Tom, James, and William

share 4 DNA segments :

Chr2: 3.5cM, 235 SNPs (7,056,183–8,099,581)

Chr8: 3.1cM, 252 SNPs (139,286,075–140,267,889)

Chr9: 3.5cM, 237 SNPs (129,609,815–131,995,919)

Chr12: 3.5cM, 345 SNPs (77,600,617–79,944,776)

Tom, James, and Sarah share DNA segment

Chr5: 3.7cM, 425 SNPs (36,662,361–38,708,578)

Not enough for Wikitree confirmation, but it does indicate a common ancestor. (amb 16:48, 3 December 2018 (UTC))

Sources

↑ Deed books, 1749-1901 ; index to deeds (grantor and grantee), 1749-1913 ; general indexes to miscellaneous liens, 1922 familysearch. Accessed 11 Jun. 2022.
↑ Virginia tax payers, 1782-87, other than those published by the United Stated Census Bureau hathitrust. Accessed 23 Mar. 2024. page 59.
↑ The Virginia Genealogist. Washington, DC: J. F. Dorman, 1957 - 2006. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009.)

Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Virginia Census, 1607-1890. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. [1]

See also:

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149645130/william-henry: accessed 21 July 2023), memorial page for William Henry (1734–1809), Find a Grave Memorial ID 149645130; Undocumented; Burial Details Unknown; Page created by Ann Berry McNair (contributor 47146355).

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:

~1.56% John Henry : 23andMe
~0.78% ~0.78% Cecilia Bentley : 23andMe
~0.78% David White : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~0.78% V Pounders : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A112576 [compare], Ancestry member benotforgot
~0.78% Tom Brooks : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A945894 [compare]
~0.78% James Shannon : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A693498 [compare], Ancestry member MikeNTex
~0.78% Lynn Sartin : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A646164 [compare]
~0.78% Michael Franklin : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member mjf_franklin
~0.78% Kevin Hollingsworth : AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JR5243493 [compare], Ancestry member kevin_83
~0.78% ~0.78% Mary (Kreeger) Rayner : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Denise526073
~0.39% Sarah Guess : 23andMe, GEDmatch A056476 [compare] + AncestryDNA
~0.39% John Catalano : 23andMe + AncestryDNA
~0.39% Jennie Vance : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dorothyvance58
~0.39% ~1.56% Winona Lunsford : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Kljae
~0.39% Daniel Jackson : AncestryDNA, Ancestry member djackson3789
~0.39% ~0.39% Wanda (Boyette) Poole : AncestryDNA
~0.39% William Lunsford : Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T297248 [compare], FTDNA kit #420159

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Comments: 4

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David White

Yes, I have found sources showing the William Henry that married (Jemimah) Tomasen Benson. I will post them here.

We must be careful, in this case and all genealogical research, to separate individuals of the same name and time, according to their relations to others, their location, occupation, etc.

Please separate William Henry, husband of Tomasen Benson, and the William Henry who was the brother of Patrick Henry.

They may have been cousins, or whatever, but there ARE two William Henry individuals.

posted Feb 03, 2020 by David White

David White

It is stated that the William Henry, who is the father of Benson Henry, Agatha Agnes (Henry) Maxwell, is not the William Henry who is the brother of Patrick Henry. This is a major issue that I have not seen any actual data proving yes or no. This is very frustrating. Apparently, they lived in the same area in Virginia. The book "Thomas Maxwell of Virginia and Georgia and his Descendants with a number of Allied Families", compiled by Annie Norman, Helen Maxwell Longino, and Annie Lou Maxwell, states records that John Maxwell (b. 1763) wed Agatha Agnes Henry, and a bondsman was Benson Henry, who married John's sister Keziah Maxwell. They further write that Agnes Henry was the daughter of William Henry and Thomason Benson of Madison Country, Virginia.

posted Nov 06, 2018 by David White

Angela Trigg

I'm wondering if you have the sources you could add for the wife being Jemimah? W.W. Henry, the early biographer for Patrick Henry only mentioned Alice Taylor, and his find-a-grave profile says that that William who married Jemima isn't the same as the William, bro. of Patrick, but unfortunately whoever put it there didn't say what made them come to that conclusion.

posted Apr 11, 2017 by Angela Trigg

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