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Sarah (Hinsen) Pompey (abt. 1790)

Sarah Pompey formerly Hinsen
Born about in Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married before 1818 in Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United Statesmap [uncertain]
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Biography

Sarah (Hinsen) Pompey was born about 1790.

Possible father: Anthony Henson, Sr. was former Hessian soldier under the command of General Burgoyne in the British army. Henson came to live at Mashpee at the close of the Revolutionary War.

Possible mother: Martha Pocknett was a Mashpee Native American woman, and they lived in the Great Neck portion of the tribal lands, neighbors to a handful of other fellow soldiers of German descent.

Henson was enumerated in a community census in 1793 and by then he and Martha had four or five children in the household, including Christopher (b. 1782), Ophelia (b. 1787), and Anthony, Jr. (b.1789).[1]

Birth:

  • about 1790: Sarah was born at Mashpee, Barnstable, Mass.[2]

Marriage:

Before 1810: John H. Pompey and Sarah Hinsen were married before the birth of son, John. In 1810, John Pompey has 4 people in his household.[3]

Children:

  1. John H Pompey. b. 1819 in Nantucket, Massachusetts. d. 1906.[2]

Research Notes

  1. There is a Hinsen family at Mashpee in 1849. Christopher and Susannah Hinsen. Both 65yo. [Born about 1784]. Christopher Henson could possibly be Sarah's brother.[4]
  2. 1861. Christopher and Susannah Hinsen. Both 77yo. [Born about 1784].[5]
  3. 1862 Mashpee Census: Christopher Hinsen, 80yo. b. 04 Feb 1782. Suddy (Wells) Hinsen, 80yo. b. 16 or 26 Feb 1782. Daughter of James and Hannah Wells.[6]

Sources

  1. ↑ https://nativenortheastportal.com/bio/bibliography/henson-anthony-1788
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NW15-9H3 : 14 December 2022), Sarah Hinson in entry for John H Pompey, 1906.
  3. ↑ "United States Census, 1810", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2W-94L : Thu Jul 20 15:46:00 UTC 2023), Entry for John Pompy, 1810.
  4. ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usnatttp/wampanoag/briggsrpt1849.htm
  5. ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usnatttp/wampanoag/earlerpt1861.htm
  6. ↑ 1862 Mashpee Census|https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8979-DDZV?i=37&cc=2061550




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