Henry Cantrell (abt. 1616 - abt. 1682)

Born about 1616 in Jamestown, Virginia Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Shaw) Cantrell — married 11 Oct 1640 in Kniveton, Derbyshire, England

Descendants

Died about 1682 at about age 66 in New Castle, Lawrence, Pennsylvania [uncertain]

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Son of William Cantrell, the first Cantrell in North America. William arrived from England with Captain John Smith in Jamestown, Virginia on April 20, 1607

Biography

Henry Cantrell was a Virginia colonist.

Henry Cantrell was part of a Southern Pioneer Family.

In the year 1616 and the thirteenth year of the reign of King James I of England, a son was born in Jamestowne to William and Mary Cantrell. He was named Henry. For eight years his father had been closely associated with the new colony of Jamestowne having first arrived there in 1608.

Henry grew up quickly among the wheeling and dealing of a newly rich tobacco empire and by the age of fourteen was involved in the trans-oceanic trade of the "noxious weed." That year he came as a passenger on the Unicorn landing at Blunt Point and was responsible for overseeing the loading of a few hogsheads of tobacco for shipment to England.

"In 1631, Henry sent some tobacco to his brother William, then in England. Henry and his shipment of tobacco crossed the Atlantic on the Unicorn."^[1]

In 1638 and 1640 Henry was granted a total of 950 acres of land in Charles City County, Virginia. A land transaction in Charles City County, dated 5 January 1664, indicates he no longer owned this land.

On N. & S. side of the head of MOYSES R, bounding S. on HENRY CANTRELLs land, now in possession of Mr. HORSMANDEN, ...^[2]

It is said that Henry was married to a lady named Alice. He was 19 years old when his first son Richard was born in 1635. Another son, Henry, was born in 1639.

In that year Henry was back in Virginia and is listed as an inspector or the tobacco crop, and was a Justice of Charles County, Virginia; he adminstered the oath to men of experience and dignity, who were appointed Inspectors of Tobacco Crops.

Henry returned to Derbyshire, England and opened a tobacco shop, to which his brother shipped goods. Henry married Margaret Shawe 11 Oct 1640, in Kniveton, Derbyshire, England.^[3] She was born in Creech, Derbyshire, England 10 Aug 1619.

Henry died in 1682 in Lawrence, Pennsylvania.

Research Notes

The information included above and not directly sourced has been copied and/or paraphrased from material posted on various family trees on ancestry.com. I have been unable to find sources supporting birth, first marriage, death information. Ancestry.com and familysearch.org have been searched for this information and nothing has been found. I have done internet searches using both Google and Bing search engines with no results. I must assume that whoever originally posted this information had access to sources I do not have. If anyone can include relevant sources, it would definitely be appreciated. Shirley Dalton 17:45, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ McCartney, Martha W. Virginia Immigrants and Adventurers, 1607-1635; A Biographical Dictionary, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., p. 185
2. ↑ Early Virginia Families Along the James River: Their Deep Roots and Tangled Branches, Charles City County - Prince George County, Virginia. Foley, Louise Pledge Heath, Compiler. Volume II; Second Printing, 1990; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland. pp 36, 58 Ancestry.com Image
3. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVWN-D5T : 13 March 2020), Margaret Shawe in entry for Henry Cantrell, 1640.

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of mostrecentforgramps.ged on 13 September 2010.
• Cantrell-1231 was created by Rebecca Davis through the import of Holland Family Tree.ged on Dec 6, 2014.