John Henderson (abt. 1799 - 1855)

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (McKenney) Henderson — married after 18 Apr 1825 (to 1 Sep 1850) in New Portland, Somerset, Maine, United States

Husband of Jacintha (Davis) Robbins — married 6 Dec 1851 (to 12 May 1855) in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States

Descendants

Died 12 May 1855 at about age 56 in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States

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Biography

JOHN HENDERSON

b.c.1800 ? Oldtown

m.1. int. 18 Apr. 1825 New Portland, ALICE McKENNEY of Madison (b.c.1802, d. 30 Aug. 1850 Rockland)

m.2. 6 Dec. 1851 Rockland, CYNTHIA DAVIS (b. 20 Oct. 1829 Mount Desert, m.2. 21 Oct. 1859 Rockland, James Robbins (b.c.1836, murdered 15 June 1879 Rockland) d. 17 Dec. 1907 Rockland) 38403

d. 12 May 1855 Rockland

John was a lime burner and moved to Rockland about 1844.^[1] John was listed in the 1850 census for Rockland, as being a laborer, along with his wife, Alice, and his children Mary, Lincoln, Samuel and Eliza.^[2]

1850 Census for Rockland

On the 5th of Jan. 1846 John and Alice Henderson of Thomaston loaned Isaac and Alice McKenney of Madison $650 and held the mortgage on their home in Madison, lot No. 2, of 105 acres. The agreement states that Isaac and Alice McKenney shall live there for their lives "and receive their support out of the proceeds of said farm, and to have one horse that is now on said farm with a sleigh & wagon at the disposal of said Isaac & Alice his wife. Also one cow & one Bull calf to be for the exclusive use & benefit of said Isaac & Alice. Also one yoke of Steers 4 years old past three cows & twenty five sheep are to remain on the farm for the benefit of said McKenney & wife until a mortgage running to John L. Tenner paid and then they are to be the property of said Henderson to be used for the support of said McKenney and Henderson. All the farming tools Plows Harrows Carts Sleds and every description of property now on the farm are to be the property of said Henderson…"^[3] This mortgage was paid off on the 5th of June 1848.^[4]

After John's death, Cynthia married James Robbins who was also a lime burner and was listed in the 1860 census for Rockland with Cynthia and her children Francis and Henrietta.^[5]

James and Cynthia are in the 1870 census for Rockland with her daughter Henrietta.^[6] James was murdered in June 1879 by a prisoner, S. Haines, as he tried to escape from the city jail. James was the officer in charge.^[7]

Cynthia was listed as living in Rockland at the time of the 1900 census with her grandson Charles Eldridge and his wife Nellie and their son Arthur.^[8]

1900 Census for Rockland

Children

First six children with Alice, last two with Cynthia.

• I. John W.- b. 29 Sept. 1829, d. 18 Nov. 1849 Rockland

• II. Thomas- b. 14 May 1831, m. 2 Jan. 1848 Rockland, Elizabeth Squirer

• III. Lincoln L.- b. 6 July 1833, int. 12 Apr. 1853 Rockland, Catharine F. Dodge, d. 3 June 1889 S. Thomaston

• IV. Mary S.- b. 14 May 1836, m. R.A. Harper

• V. Samuel J.- b. 11 Apr. 1838, m. 15 Sept. 1861 Anne S. Campbell

• VI. Elizabeth L.- b.c.1848

• VII. Francis E.- b. 15 Apr. 1852 Rockland, ME, m. Henry Eldridge (b. 24 Jan. 1840 Belfast, ME, d. 2 May 1910 Saco, ME), d. 26 July 1908 Kennebunkport, ME

• VIII. Henrietta B.- b.c.1853, int. 11 Apr. 1870 Rockland, John Currey

Sources

1. ↑ History of Thomaston, Rockland, and South Thomaston- Cyrus Eaton, Hallowell, 1865- Vol. II, pp.263-4
2. ↑ 1850 Census for Rockland- p.78
3. ↑ Somerset Co. Deeds- Vol. 58, p.401; Vol. 61, p.83
4. ↑ Somerset Co. Deeds- Vol. 66, p. 245
5. ↑ 1860 Census for Rockland- p.67
6. ↑ 1870 Census for Rockland- Ward 3, p. 12
7. ↑ Shore Village Story- A History of Rockland- Rockland Bicentennial Comm., 1976- p.81
8. ↑ 1900 Census for Rockland- Ward 3- Sup. Dist. No. 108, Enumeration Dist. No. 148, Sheet No. 9

• Rockland, Belfast, Saco, Kennebunkport & Maine V.R.

• Cyrus Eaton, History of Thomaston, Rockland and South Thomaston Maine, Masters, Smith & Co., 1865