Daniel Hemenway (1719 - 1794)

Born 2 Feb 1719 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Bigelow) Hemenway — married 7 Jun 1743 in Marlborough, Massachusetts

Husband of Elizabeth (Johnson) Hemenway — married 1 Oct 1768 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Husband of Abigail (Williams) Hemenway — married 4 Nov 1783 in Shrewsbury, Worchester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 15 Nov 1794 at age 75 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Daniel Hemenway (1732-1815) was a minute man at the Lexington Alarm and a delegate to the convention that framed the State Constitution. He was born in Framingham; died in Framingham. Also No. 54003.

He was a delegate to the convention that framed the state constitution. He was born at Framingham and died at Shrewsbury. Reference: Daughters of the American Revolution. p. 230 Mrs. Sarah Emily Wheeler Bunge, descendant.

Daniel, was a soldier who fought in the Battle of Bunker Hill during the revolutionary war (HEMENWAY, Daniel of Framingham. Listed under Non-Commissioned Officers & Privates. SOURCE: [8] A History of Framingham, Massachusetts, page 160). Also, Asa, one of Daniel's sons, was at Bunker Hill in 1775 as well.

Hemenway Soldiers in the American Revolution: HEMENWAY, Daniel of Framingham. Listed under Non-Commissioned Officers & Privates. SOURCE: [8] A History of Framingham, Massachusetts, page 160, page 286-287 for birth and death information.

Biography

RECORD OF DANIEL HEMENWAY.

The genealogical record of the Hemenways, prepared by H. P. Hemenway, M.D., of Somerville, Mass., shows a regular line of descent from Ralph of Roxbury, 1634, to Daniel of Shrewsbury, Mass., 1750, whose father's family record appears above. In tracing from this point the line of descent in our branch of the Hemenway family, we take Daniel, the fourth child, and second son of Ebenezer of Framingham, and propose to trace his descendants, as far as may be, in chronological order, down to the present time (1880). Daniel, son of Ebenezer, b. in Framingham, Feb. 2, 1719, m. 1st, Ruth Bigelow, June 7, 1743, and both were admitted to the church from Marlboro to that of Shrewsbury, in 1750; Ruth d. May 4, 1768, aged 49, leaving 8 children. Daniel m. 2d, Elizabeth Johnson of Marlboro, Mass., Dec. 1, 1768, who d. Oct. 23, 1782, leaving one son. Daniel's 3d wife was Abigail, widow of Nahor Wheelock, m. 1783. He d. Nov. 15, 1794, in Shrewsbury, aged 75. fle was by trade a housewright. He framed the present (1847) meeting-house of Shrewsbury, the south one in Worcester, in which Rev. Mr. Whitney long officiated, and many other public buildings. He was one of the strong men of the town, was a warm patriot in the Revolution, and a delegate to the Convention that framed the Constitution of Massachusetts. Through Jacob, his next younger brother, he early became interested in the settlement of Vermont.

As early as Oct., 1762, we find the name of Jacob Hemenway among the patentees of Shoreham, Addison Co., Vt., a town lying on the shore of Lake Champlain. It was that fact, without doubt, that led Daniel to go there in 1783; and his going opened way for four of his eight sons eventually to settle in Vermont. At the first meeting of those patentees, of which there is any record extant, we find Daniel there (1783) as treasurer for the patentees, and their superintendent to oversee the laying out of the lands of the town. His son Asa's name also appears in the said record as a collector of taxes of said patentees. It is also known that Daniel took up land there, on which he built a log-shop, which afterwards was used as a chair-shop by his son Samuel, who removed to Shoreham in 1792, two years before his father's death. It is not known how many visits he may have made there, but he is known to have been in Shoreham and Bridport, the adjoining town, in the winter of 1791, three years previous to his death.

The children of Daniel Hemenway of Shrewsbury were —

I. Silas, b. Apr. 6, 1744.

II. Daniel, b. June 6, 1745. (?)

III. Susanna, b. Apr. 16, 1746. (?)

IV. Asa, b. Sept. 8, 1750.

V. Jacob, b. March 5, 1753.

VI. Samuel, b. Feb. 28, 1756.

VII. Jonas, b. Dec. 12, 1758.

VIII. Vashna, b. Oct. 13, 1761.

IX. Philip, b. June 9, 1776; son of Elizabeth.^[1]

Military

Daniel Hemenway performed Patriotic Service in Massachusetts in the American Revolution.

Daniel Hemenway is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A054589.

Daniel Hemmingway Sr. is honored by the Daughters of the American Revolution for patriotic service: 1) Moderator, Selectman, Assessor, Committee of Inspection and as a delegate to convention, delegate to the Provincial Congress. Daniel was born 02 Feb 1719 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay and died 15 Nov 1794 in Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Daniel married Ruth Bigelow, born 30 Dec 1719 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, on 07 June 1743. Ruth died 04 May 1768 in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Through Google Book Search, the full text of "A Genealogical Record of One Branch of the Hemenway Family, from 1634 to 1880," http://www.archive.org/stream/agenealogicalre00hemegoog/agenealogicalre00hemegoog_djvu.txt
2. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed April 27, 2019), "Record of Daniel Hemingway Sr.", Ancestor # A054589.

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