Alson Hendrix (1792 - 1854)

Born 31 Jan 1792 in Weston, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Cynthia (Bunnell) Hendrix — married 6 Jan 1811 in Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Aug 1854 at age 62 in Oxford, New Haven County, Connecticut, United States

Biography

Alson Hendrix (or Hendrex) was born in Weston, Connecticut, on 31 January 1792, recorded as the son of Samuel Hendrix. He was a twin with sister Priscilla.^[1][2][3]

He died ^[4][5][6] 23 Aug 1854 in Oxford, New Haven, CT and was buried ^[7][8] in Brookside Cemetery, Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT. Alson married ^[9][10][11] Cynthia BUNNELL on 6 Jan 1811 in Quaker Farms, Oxford, New Haven, CT.

Sources

1. ↑ Connecticut: Vital Records (The Barbour Collection), 1630-1870 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Weston, page 26.
2. ↑ Compiled and edited by Jacqyelyn Ladd Ricker, The Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of Early Connecticut (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2006), p. 6151.
3. ↑ Rev. Hollis A. Campbell, William C. Sharpe and Frank G. Bassett, Seymour Past and Present (Seymour, Connecticut, W. C. Sharpe, 1902), p. 467.
4. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, p. 46. "Hendrix, Alson, died Aug. 23, 1854, age 63 yrs. Hendrix, Cynthia, wife of Alson, died Nov. 6, 1845, age 52 yrs." http://oxfordpast.com/bscemscan46.html.
5. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 139. "Alson Hendryx, d. Aug. 23, 1854, age 62 Mrs, Cynthia Hendryx, wife of Alson Hendryx, d. Nov. 6, 1845." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/139.html.
6. ↑ Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 467.
7. ↑ Charles Elwell, 1935 WPA Headstone Inscriptions - Brookside Cemetery, p. 46. http://oxfordpast.com/bscemscan46.html.
8. ↑ Brookside Cemetery Photograph - Oxford, CT. http://oxfordpast.com/cem7001.html.
9. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 102. "Married on the 6th day of January, 1811, by the subscriber, Alson Hendrix of Southbury to Cynthia Bunnel of Oxford. David Tomlinson, Justice of Peace." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/102.html.
10. ↑ W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford, p. 138. "From the Records of Christ Church, Quaker Farms ... Marriages ... Apr. 9. 1846, Alson Hendryx and Mrs. Lucy Kimberly, both of Oxford." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/138.html.
11. ↑ Sharpe, Seymour Past and Present, p. 467.

• W. C. Sharpe, History of Oxford (Seymour, CT, Record Print, 1885), p. 102. http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/toc.html. " ... of Southbury ..." http://www.our-oxford.info/Books/sharpe/102.html.
• 1820 Oxford Census.
• 1840 Oxford Census.
• 1850 Oxford Census. "Farmer."
• Compiled by Carole Magnuson, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records - Oxford 1798-1850., General Editor, Lorraine Cook White, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 2000, p. 47.
• Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, CD-Local and Family Histories: CT, 1600's - 1800's, (Produced in collaboration with the Genealogical Publishing Company, 2000), vol 1, p 450.
• Alson Hendrix on Oxford Past website, archived at archive.org on 19 November 2008. Current version of content is at http://www.oxfordpast.com/oxfordpas/aqwc399.htm#6998C6