John Henderson Jr. (bef. 1746 - 1790)

Born before 1746 in Albemarle Co., Virginia

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Died 1790 after age 44 in Charlottesville, Albemarle Co., Virginia, United States

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Biography

John was born before 1750.

John Jr. , was the owner, by gift from his father and father-in-law, of a large quantity of land lying below Milton, and in the Biscuit Run Valley. He was manifestly a man of influence on his own account. He was a magistrate, and filled the office of Sheriff, though in consequence of the loss of the early records the time is not known. He died in 1790, only four years after the death of his father.

His wife was Frances, daughter of John Moore, and his children Bennett, Matthew, William, Mary, the wife of Hopkins Lewis, Frances, the wife of John Hines, Sarah, the wife of Micajah Clark, and Elizabeth , the wife of Peter Martin.

Bennett emigrated to Jessamine County, Kentucky, about 1800, and Matthew followed him a few years later.

William, who married Rebecca, daughter of John Hudson, conveyed six hundred acres on Biscuit Run to Walter Coles in 1806, when he presumably joined his kindred in the West.

John Hines lived at the Pillars of Hercules, now known as Millington, sold the place in 1807 to Thomas Fhis, and removed to Kentucky, where after his decease his widow became the wife of John Nicol, of Allen County.

Hopkins Lewis lived on a farm on Biscuit Run given his wife by her father, but his management of it was so intolerable, that in 1801 the court took it from his control, and in 1827 his seven children, scattered over Kentucky and Tennessee, appointed attorneys to dispose of it.

CHILDREN

Bennett

Matthew

William

Mary

Frances

Sarah

Elizabeth

Surviving Albemarle court papers show John jr. as Sheriff of Albemarle County in 1773.

John was born about 1746. He passed away about 1790.

Note: DNAmatches to offspring of John Henderson and Lucy Frances Moore of Albermarle, Virginia.

Sources

See also:

• History of Albemarle County in Virginia
• HISTORY Of AlBEMARlE, 227
• Weisiger, Benj. B. Albemarle County Virginia Court Papers 1744-1783 p 41
• Handwritten family tree belonging to Mary Page Covington inherited by Fowler-11239 (image attached)
• Albemarle County Marriages, 1780-1853, in three volumes Abbreviation: Albemarle Marriages Author: Vogt, John;Kethley, T. Willliam, Jr. Publication: Iberian Publishing Co., Athens, GA, 1991. Citing: Page: vol. 1, p. 67 (accessed before 9 September 2011)
• "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6DZV-JZ59 : 28 June 2022), John Henderson in entry for Peter Martin, 24 Dec 1785; citing Marriage, Virginia, United States, Circuit court clerk offices, Virginia.

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LJRD-GXZ

Acknowledgements

• Unsourced family tree handed down to Eric Flint.