Richard (Handee) Hendee Jr. (1666 - 1742)

Born 1666 in Windham, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Smith) Hendee — married 1 Mar 1693 in Windham, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1742 at about age 76 in Windham, Connecticut

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Biography

Richard Hendee ... ^[1] "Richard Hendee was one of the first proprietors of Killingworth, Conn. In 1689 He purchased Land in Joshuas's Tract. He settled their as early as 1691 in 1692 he was granted the privilege of building a dam and Saw mill on Beaver Brook, also a half mile of land adjoining for Timber and Pasture. Richard Hendee was admitted an inhabitant 30 May 1693. Do you have information about Richard Hendee? Please contribute to his biography. Everything on WikiTree is a collaborative work-in-progress.

Ensign Richard Hendee, Jr. b. 1666 Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, New England m(1). Sarah Smith 1 Mar 1693 Windham, Windham County, Connecticut [Sid and Arline (Griffith) Nash Family Tree - http://nash.wwc.edu/Genealogy/Nash-Griffith/49.htm?searched=Hendee; Sid Nash email: sid@wwc.edu] d. 6 Feb 1742 Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, about age 73 yrs bur. 1742 Windham Center Cemetery (Also known as: Old Burying Ground), Windham Center, Windham County, Connecticut [Windham County Cemetery - Find A Grave Memorial# 46396873 - https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46396873; Diane McQuivey, Boise Idaho 83704 - http://www.mcquivey.org/genealogy/pages/5424.htm] Occupation: attorney (“ In 1700 he [Exercise Conant] appointed his son-in-law, Richard Hendee, his attorney to sell lands in Lebanon, [Connecticut]”) ["A history and genealogy of the Conant family in England and America, thirteen generations, 1520-1887”; FREDERICK ODELL CONANT, M. A., PORTLAND, MAINE, U. S. A. (1887) - https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy00cona/historygenealogy00cona_djvu.txt]

“By his [Ensign Richard Hendee] first wife, Sarah Smith, he had one son, Jonathan, who is the ancestor of the Pittsford, Vt., Hendees.” [THE CONANT FAMLLY IN AMERICA - http://www.archive.org/stream/historygenealogy00cona/historygenealogy00cona_djvu.txt]

Richard Hendee, Sr.] , was born about 1665 . He went to live in the family of his grandfather, John Elderkin (b. 1616) , and became an inhabitant of Norwich [Connecticut]. His sister Hannah married, January 14, 1685 , Samuel Belding, of Wethersfield. In 1691 he [Ensign Richard Hendee] and others from Norwich settled at “Joshua 's purchase,” Windham, Connecticut, and he had a house built there, on what was called the Hither Place, on the north side of Old Windham street. [Ensign Richard] Hendee bought his land of Captain James Fitch, and was then unmarried. [Ensign Richard Hendee married Sarah Smith about 2 years later in 1693.] “Joshua's tract” was named for the son of Uncas, the Indian sachem, and the land was granted to Norwich men.

Hendee was one of those granted the mill privilege of Beaver Brook, Windham. He was on the list of admitted inhabitants, May 30, 1693. A new pound [enclosure for wandering livestock] was ordered built at the southeast corner of his lot in 1698. Children: Joshua, married (first) Elizabeth Wheelock, born July 18, 1709, at Preston, Connecticut; (second) September 30, 1726, Mercy Standish , descendant of Captain Myles Standish, of the "Mayflower"; Joshua settled in Coventry, Connecticut; Jonathan, owned the covenant in 1725, at Windham; settled in Coventry; married, February 12, 1740, Martha Millenton, five children; Asa, mentioned below.” [Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I-IV, WILLIAM RICHARD CUTTER, originally published New York, 1911 - https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE983544]

. . . the settlers came in rapidly and in 1691 the inhabitants petitioned the General Court for a town grant, Joshua Ripley, John Cates, Jonathan Crane, Joseph Huntington, William Backus, Jeremiah Ripley, Jonathan Ginnings, Richard Hendee, John Backus and John Larabee being signers to the petition. The names have been familiar to the inhabitants of the town to this day. These petitioners were all residents of the Center.” [1]

Ensign Richard Hendee, Jr. m(2). Elizabeth Conant 17 Oct 1695 Mansfield City, Tolland County, Connecticut ["The Hendee/Hendy Family" - http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mach/hendee_page.html; ENSIGN RICHARD First, (1) son of RIchard and Hannah (Elderkln) Hendee, was born about 1665 or 1667 m. Elizabeth Conant. Oct., 17; 1695.; who was BAPT July. 29, 1677, at Beverly. Mass., and D., Sept., 23, l763, at Windham, Conn., daugh. of Exercise and Sarah (------) Conant. Richard Hendee's will is dated, Jan., 20, 1741/2, and was recorded, Feb., 24, 1742/3 Richard, D., Feb. (6) 1742/3 aged 76 years (g.s.) at Windham, Conn. (See biography)" [Hendee Family History compiled by Lee W. Hendee Portland, Michigan 1965 Donated to The Library of Michigan (Lansing, Michigan) by Gardner Otto Stockbridge, Michigan 1971]

Elizabeth Conant and Richard Hendee had the following (9) children:^[2]

1. Hannah, b. 25 Dec. 1697; married _____ Hurd
2. Sarah, b. 16 Apr. 1700; married _____ Casey
3. Caleb, b. 12 March 1704; probably died young
4. Josiah, b. 25 Apr. 1707; married and had children
5. Elizabeth, b. 28 Apr. 1710; married _____ Brown
6. Barzillai, b. 18 June 1713; married and had children
7. Asa, b. 25 Aug. 1715; married and had children
8. Nathaniel, b. 10 Aug. 1718
9. Mary, b. 6 July 1720; m. _____ Dudley

Probate

In 1745, Mary (Hendee) Dudley documented that she received from her father's estate a sum of money and that Barzillai Hendee was the executor.^[3]

Sources

• "A history and genealogy of the Conant family in England and America, thirteen generations, 1520-1887”; FREDERICK ODELL CONANT, M. A., PORTLAND, MAINE, U. S. A. (1887) - https://archive.org/stream/historygenealogy00cona/historygenealogy00cona_djvu.txt

• Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, Vol. I-IV, WILLIAM RICHARD CUTTER, originally published New York, 1911 - https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE983544

• Hendee Family History compiled by Lee W. Hendee Portland, Michigan 1965 Donated to The Library of Michigan (Lansing, Michigan) by Gardner Otto Stockbridge, Michigan 1971

1. ↑ Entered by John Ellis, Apr 6, 2013
2. ↑ A History and Genealogy of the Conant Family in England and America, Thirteen Generations, 1520-1887; By Conant, Frederick Odell, M.A., Privately Printed, Portland:1887 p. 166
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data:Connecticut County, District and Probate Courts.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F744-NJ4 : 11 February 2018), Richard Handy in entry for Barzillia Handy, 18 Jun 1713; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to John Ellis for starting this profile.
• Handee-5 was created by Roger Carrier through the import of RM Carrier Family Tree .ged on Apr 2, 2014.

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