Sophronia (Atus) Henry (abt. 1807)

Born about 1807 in Machias, Washington, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Peter Henry — married 25 Dec 1832 in Machias, Washington, Maine, USA

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Machias (Atusville) Maine

Biography

Sophronia (Atus) Henry is a part of US Black heritage.

Sophronia Atus was born free in Machias, Maine in 1807. She was the daughter of former slave London Atus and Eunice Foss, a woman of English ancestry.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Drisko, George Washington, Narrative of the Town of Machias, The Old and the New, The Early and the Late (Press of The Republican, Machias, Maine, 1904, 575 pages), p. 425. Cit. Date: 24 Oct 2022.

• 1850 Census: "1850 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Machias, Washington, Maine; Roll: 273; Page: 34b; Line Number: 35
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8054 #9745126
  Sophrona Henry (35) in Machias, Washington, Maine, USA. Born in Maine.
• 1860 Census: "1860 United States Federal Census"
  The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Machias, Washington, Maine; Roll: M653_455; Page: 907; Family History Library Film: 803455
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7667 #44577864
  Sophronia Henry (49) in Machias, Washington, Maine.
• 1870 Census: "1870 United States Federal Census"
  Year: 1870; Census Place: Machias, Washington, Maine; Roll: M593_563; Page: 350A
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7163 #33074281
  Soprona Henry (59), Keeping House, in Machias, Washington, Maine. Born in Maine.