Jeffrey Hemenway (1737 - 1819)

Born 1737 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Hepsibah (Crosman) Hemenway — married 13 Dec 1788 in Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Aug 1819 at about age 82 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Jeffrey Heneway was born about 1737 in Boston^[1], Massachusetts.

He was the husband of Nipmuc Native Hepsibah Crosman, and the grandfather of Civil War veteran First Sergeant Alexander Freeman Hemenway of the famous 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry.

He and his wife celebrated an "Indian wedding" on 13 December 1788 in Worcester, Massachusetts and married in a Christian church on 3 November 1792.^[1]

The Hemenways were descended from the "Hassanamisco" Native Americans of central Massachusetts.^[1] The Hassanamiscos were native to modern-day Grafton.^[2]

Military Service

Jeffrey served during the American Revolutionary War, fighting at Lexington and Bunker Hill.

Death

He passed away in 1819 and is buried at Hope Cemetery in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Carvalho
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Hassanamisco Nipmuc

• Carvalho, Joseph. Black Families in Hampden County, Massachusetts, 1650-1865. Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historical Society: 2011.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #6212737
• Wikipedia: Hassanamisco Nipmuc