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William Henderson (abt. 1805 - aft. 1846)

William Henderson
Born about in Par. of Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotlandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 3 Jan 1835 in Par. of Logie, Stirlingshire Perthshire, Scotlandmap [uncertain]
Descendants descendants
Died after after about age 40 in Bridge of Allan, Stirlingshire, Scotlandmap [uncertain]
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Biography

William /Henderson/ [1][2]

Born about Sept 1805 Par. of Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland

Notes: Baptism in Kincardine by Doune parish, which is in Perthshire, but with no specific place mentioned. Mother Margaret came from Kincardine by Doune, and the 1841 census, in Stirlingshire, shows William as not born county. So either Margaret went home to Mum for the birth of her first born, or Archibald and Margaret were living there in 1805[3][4][5]

Baptised 30 SEP 1805 Par. of Kincardine by Doune, Perthshire, Scotland

Notes: entry reads: "Wilm Son to Archd Henderson & Margt McKewan" (Other HENDERSONs on same page: 25 Augt James to Jas HENDERSON & Elisabeth MURDOCK. Niad; 3 Jan 1806: Ann to John SHIRRA & Margaret HENDERSON. Chopa)[6][7][8]

Died 1846 AND 1851 probably at the Bridge of Allan, STI/Perthshire, Scotland

with William now likely to be the husband of Margaret SINCLAIR, he has to have been around for birth of dtr Janet, and isn't obvious in the 1851 census.
No previous searches of the more likely candidates 1855 and up, by age or place of dth, have turned out to be William, at least within Scotland.[4]

Marriage 03 JAN 1835 Par. of Logie, STI/Perthshire, Scotland

entry reads: "William Henderson and Margaret Sinclair both in this parish gave in their names for proclamation of banns for two days"[9][10]

Census

6 Jun 1841 Bridge of Allan, Logie (Perth), Perthshire, Scotland[5]

Name Sex Age Occupation Birth Place
William Henderson M 30 Smith Scotland
Mrs Henderson F 26 Perthshire, Scotland
Margaret Henderson F 2 Perthshire, Scotland

DNA

atDNA

Technically the following triangulations are really only confirming the inherited DNA came from either Archibald or Margaret.
Chromosome 11 Triangulated group from 20-45 mbp
MRCA Archibald HENDERSON and Margaret McEWAN m. 1804 Stirling
A533474 Stephen Barrie T247554 Ian G Dick 11 20,073,132 44,939,378 30.1
T439654 *HendRJH_HF-4 A533474 Stephen Barrie 11 21,373,165 72,866,813 43.3
T439654 *HendRJH_HF-4 T247554 Ian G Dick 11 21,373,165 45,028,555 26.8

Also

Chr 07 triangulated group from 15-23 mbp.
MRCA Archibald HENDERSON and Margaret McEWAN m. 1804 Stirling
The triangulation involves:
Ian Dick (GedMatch T247554), a descendant of William
two descendants of brother James' son William:
Lorna (GedMatch T087062) and Bill (Gedmatch T340674), and
J M Robertson (GedMatch T610222) a descendant of James's daughter Mary

Research Note

Without any positive sightings of William beyond 1855, and nothing confirmed prior to 1855, I (Lorna) had consigned William to the "unlikely ever to be solved" category of my family history.
The only likely candidate in the 1841 census had been claimed for another family, unquestioned until now (Dec 2012).
Thank you Robert for popping out of the woodwork in connection with William's sister-in-law Margeret COUPER and making me re-examine the gaps in my HENDERSON history.
Several have now been plugged, more questions asked, but in the process, I convinced myself that William, son of Archibald and Margaret (McEWAN) HENDERSON, had indeed survived beyond his baptism, married, and produced descendants, many of whom are in Australia. One even appears to have visited New Zealand long enough to register a child in Christchurch.
Love to hear from any descendants, particularly any with early photographs, or anyone willing to add to our knowledge of this extended HENDERSON family[11][4][12]
STOP PRESS:
atDNA results just in for a descendant of William and Margaret show a satisfying number of significant matches (many predicted at 2nd to 4th cousin level) with descendants of William's brother James Henderson-2297 14:45, 19 February 2016 (EST)

Sources

  1. Source: #S911 Marr. 3 Jan 1835 William HENDERSON & Margaret SINCLAIR, Logie, PER, rcvd Jun 1994
  2. Source: #S618
  3. Source: #S55 Bap. 30 Sep 1805 Wilm s/o Archd HENDERSON & Margt McKEWAN, Par. of Kincardine (PER), 364/00 0010 0152, copy d/loaded Dec 2012
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Lorna's Family History Musings, Dec 2012
  5. 5.0 5.1 1841 Census: "1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census", Reference: -; Piece number: -; Page: -; Schedule: 19, FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 31 March 2023), William Henderson (30), Smith, in Bridge of Allan, Logie (Perth), Perthshire, Scotland.
  6. Source: #S353
  7. Source: #S618
  8. Source: #S55 Bap. 30 Sep 1805 Wilm s/o Archd HENDERSON & Margt McKEWAN, Par. of Kincardine (PER), 364/00 0010 0152, copy d/loaded Dec 2012
  9. Source: #S911 Marr. 3 Jan 1835 William HENDERSON & Margaret SINCLAIR, Logie, PER, rcvd Jun 1994
  10. Source: #S55 Marr. 3 Jan 1835 William HENDERSON & Margaret SINCLAIR, Logie, PER, 374/00 0050 0211, copy d/loaded Dec 2012
  11. Source: #S911 Birth 1810 William s/o William HENDERSON & Jean DUNCAN, Cowie Hill, Par. of Logie, Stirlingshire, rcvd Jun 1994
  12. Birth 1908 George James s/o George & Violet TODD, ref. 1908/26074, extracted from BDM: NZ historical indexes (online) https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Search/
  • Source: S353 Correspondence re HENDERSON's at Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland between Yvonne BEAN /Lorna HENDERSON (Feb 1994)
  • Source: S55 Scottish Birth, Marriage, Burial entries (to 1854) http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php
  • Source: S618 OPR Index to births christenings marriages: Perthshire, Scotland OPR ref 371/1 for Lecropt, Perth; (3/8?)64/1 for Kincardine
  • Source: S911 Correspondence re William HENDERSON, Logie, PER between Jean TODD (Rockingham, Western Australia)/L McIntosh (NZ)

Acknowledgments

Thank you to L Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Henderson-2325 through the import of HENDERSONLornaAncestorsPlus1Desc4WikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 and merging profile Henderson-3970 after the import of HENDERSONWilliamSINCLAIRMargaret4WikiTreePlaceUpdated.ged on Mar 25, 2013. (Reference: 4216)





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