John Hendren (1710 - 1794)

Born 1710 in Market Hill, County Armagh, Ireland

Husband of Margaret Ann (Jasper) Hendren — married 1738 in Prince William County, Virginia Province, Colonial America

Descendants

Died 8 Nov 1794 at about age 84 in Rowan, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

John Hendren is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A054876.

John Hendren performed Patriotic Service in North Carolina in the American Revolution.

John Hendren

Birth

Date: 1715

Place: Armagh, Ulster Co., Ireland

Date: 1710

Place: Market Hill, Neurey Co., Ulster Co., Ireland

John was born in 1710. John Hendren ... He passed away in 1798.^[1]

Religion

Religion: Quakers

The area John & William were born in is now Northern Ireland, southwest of Belfast. William was an apprentice in the weaving business when he decided to immigrate.

Around 1733 he and his brother John came to America as indentured servants. William was indentured to the widow Howell, who resided in Richmond County Virginia, for consideration of his passage expenses.

While in her service he followed his occupation and courted her daughter Annorah, whom he married around 1734. William wrote his will on November 11, 1765 and died in Richmond or Prince William County on February 2, 1768. ^[2]

Will

"In the name of God Amen William Hendron of North Franham parish and county of Richmond being sick and weak but of sound memory thanks be to God for the same do make and ordain this my last will and testament revoking all wills by me heretofore made. First and (?) I commit my soul to God who gave it and my body to be decently buried at the discretion of my friends(?). I give and bequeath to my son William Hendren my large bible, my young horse and saddle, one weaves loom with suitable geer thereto.(?) I give and bequeath to my son Dowden Howell Hendren one weaves loom and one set of (?) geer. Item I give and bequeath to my son Robert Hendren one weavers loom with suitable geer thereto. Likewise one feather bed and furniture where (?) Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Lydia Hendren one be and furniture, one I commonly called (?) and my large looking glass. Item I give and bequeath to my daughter Ann Hendren one feather bed and furniture and one small gilt trunk. Item I give & bequeath to my daughter Sally O'Griffin (?) one feather bed and furniture for her part of my estate. Item I give to my son John Hendron for his part of my estate both (?) then shillings cash to be paid to him by my executors. Item I give to my son William Hendren and his heirs my right of the plantation whereon I liv as by lease from Col. John Tarpley provided he allows his mother to live peacibly in same tenament during her widowhood. Item I give to my loving wife Annorah Hendren the use and benefitt of all my estate not yet (?) during her widowhood. Item my will and desire is that at the death of my wife or marriage that (?) given her be equally divided between my children hereafter mentioned Mary Glascock William Hendren Lydia Hendren Ann Hendren Dowden Howell Hendren and Robert Hendren or their surviving heirs. Lastly I constitute my loving wife and my son William Hendren executors of this my last will in witness wereof Ive set my hand & seal this the elevnth day of November 1765."

(?)(?) Mary Glascock William (his mark) Hendren. Test. John Wilmer (?) Judith (her mark) Bryant, William Algar. At a court held for Richmond County the 2nd day of May 1768 This will was presented in court by Annorah Hendren and William Hendren the executor therein named who made oath thereto according to law and being proved by th oaths of William Algar and Judity Bryant __________."* ^[3]

• All misspellings are the way the will was actually worded.

Military

Name: John Hendron Event Type: Military Service Event Date: 03 Sep 1782 Event Place: Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States Event Place (Original): Salisbury, Wake, North Carolina, United States Gender: Male ^[4]

Other Family Members

Name: John Hendron Event Type: Census Event Date: 1790 Event Place: Rowan, North Carolina, United States Page: 300 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) ^[5]

John T Hendren Birth: 1710 County Armagh, Northern Ireland Death: Nov. 8, 1794 Rowan County North Carolina, USA

~ JOHN HENDREN ~ Father-in-law of William R Campbell, my 4th great grand uncle

Weaver & Tatter of Lace

Father: William Oliver Hendren, paternal grandfather of wife of my 4th great grand uncle, (Birth: 1692, Markethill, Armagh, Northern Ireland - Death 1717 in Virginia British Province)

Mother: Mary Esial, paternal grandmother of wife of 4th great grand uncle, (Birth: 1697, UK, Ireland - Death: 1717, Virginia British Province

Siblings: William Esial Hendren, uncle of wife of my 4th great grand uncle, (Birth: 1712, Neurey, Armagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland - Death: 2 Feb 1768, Richmond, Wise, Virginia British Province) married: Annorah Howell (Birth: 1715, Armagh, Ulster, Northern Ireland - Death: May 1768, Richmond, Wise, Virginia British Province); Downer Hendren (Birth: 1714, Ireland - Death: 1779, Virginia Colonial America)

Marriage and Children

Married (Abt 1738, Prince William County, Virginia British Province): Margaret Ann Jesper, mother-in-law of my 4th great grand uncle, (Birth: 15 Dec 1714, Richmond, Wise, Virginia British Province - Death: 1788, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA)

Children:

1. William Hicks Hendren Sr., brother-in-law of 4th great grand uncle, (Birth: 1739, Prince William County, Virginia British Province - Death: 7 Jan 1838, North Wilkesboro, Brushy Mountain, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA); first married: Letticia Charlotte "Letty" Taylor Hendren (Birth: 1746, Fauquier County, Virginia British Province - Death: 1783, North Wilkesboro, Brushy Mountain, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA); second married: Sarah R Mullis (Birth: 1768, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA - Death: 6 Feb 1856, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA);
2. John Hendren, Jr. (B: 1742, Prince William Co., VA) married (1762): Elizabeth;
3. Mary Hendren (B: Abt 1744, Prince William Co., VA - 01 Sep 1797, IN) married (Abt 1763, Charles Co., MD:) Stephen Roland (B: Abt 1744);
4. Rosanna Hendren (B: 1746, Manassa, Prince William Co., VA - Vevay, Switzerland, Indiana) married (30 Aug 1781, Goochland, VA): Issac Adams;
5. Margaret Hendren (B: Abt 1748, Prince William Co., VA);
6. Nancy Ann Hendren (Campbell) (B: 1750, Manassas, Prince William, VA - 12 August 1849, age 99, Metropolis, Massac, IL) married: William R. Campbell (Born: 1746, Manassas, Prince William Co., or Culpeper Co., VA - 1840, Bureau Co., IL) S/o Pierce (Perciphull) Adam Campbell (Born: 1735, Scotland - Died: 1781, Iredell Co., (then Rowan Co., NC) & Elizabeth Sarah Morgan (B: 1735, Ireland - 1798, Iredell Co., NC) D/o Theophilus Morgan, Sr.;
7. Sarah Hendren (B: Abt 1756);
8. Oliver Hendren (B: 11 Sep 1759, Manassas, Prince William Co., VA -05 May 1801, Davie Co., NC: Burial: Rowan Co., NC) married (16 Aug 1788, Rowan County, NC): Ariana Ijams (B: 1767, Rowan, NC;
9. Elijah T. Hendren (B: 1761 or 1765, Prince William Co., VA - Abt 1831, TN) first married (07 Feb 1799, Richmond, Madison, KY): Hannah Fowler (B: 09 Jul 1779, Richmond, Madison, KY - 1810, Richmond, Madison, KY) second married (05 Sep 1813, Richmond, Madison County, KY): Rebecca Goss (B: 1797, Richmond, Madison, KY - 1830, Richmond, Madison, KY) Check out Jolly Ridge, Madison, KY

who is Brantley Bryan Hendren (B: 23 Nov. 1776)?

Death and Burial

Died: 8 Nov 1794, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA

Burial: Stephen Hendren Family Cemetery, Brushy Mountain Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, USA ^[6]

John was born in 1712. He passed away in 1794. He and his brother William, b. 1712, came to Richmond County, Virginia. William had been a weaver's apprentice in Ireland. When they came to America, William indentured himself to the widow Howell and later married her daughter Annorah. I believe John might have been indentured to the Glasscock family; he was acquainted with them, even later in NC.

About 1741 John and Margaret Ann moved to Prince William Co., now Fauquier Co. VA, where he had a tobacco plantation until 1766. He was also possibly a weaver. In his will he leaves his looms to his daughter Nancy.

In 1741, John Hendren, Peter Glascock & William Glascock, witnessed a deed for Owen & Mary Lord in Prince William Co., VA He had a least one slave, Delia, mentioned in Nov 1752 in the P.W. Co. Minute Book. in 1743 John witnessed a deed for Peter and Jane Glascock on Slaty Run in P.W. Co. Peter Glascock witness a deed for John & Margaret and their son William (a child) for land on Slaty Run, 8 Jul 1743.

Sometime in 1782, Peter Glascock and his family left for Rowan Co., NC, along with other families in Fauquier Co., VA. I believe John Hendren was one of those. (I'm not sure about that date; there were Glascocks in the Dutchmans Creek area by 1774).

On 4 Nov 1784 the State (of NC) grants (at 50 shillings the 100 acres) to John Hendren, 519 acres on Dutchman's Creek, near Henry Railback and Gregory Glascock.

On 12 aug 1786 there was a deed from John Hendren to Stephen Noland fo 263 1/2 acres of land on Dutchman's Creek. (There was a Hendren's Branch in that area.)

In 1787 John bought 100 acres on Dutchman's Creek in Rowan (now Davie) Co., NC.

John's will was proven in Rowan Co., NC on 6 Nov 1794 by James Noland and witness by (among others) Stephen Noland, his son- in- law.

Buried in the Stephen Hendren Family Cemetery, Wilkes Co., NC F.A.G. paper states John was a weaver and tatter of lace. ^[7][8]

Sources

1. ↑ A source for this information is needed.
2. ↑ information was from Terry Meinke
3. ↑ Title: Linda (Noland) Layman. Most of her information came from Mrs. McCubbin's microfilm records, a genealogist in the Rowan, NC area.
4. ↑ "North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WT-GJ5L : accessed 15 July 2017), John Hendron, 03 Sep 1782; citing Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina, United States, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-TT4 : accessed 15 July 2017), John Hendron, Rowan, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 300, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #75139240
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 April 2020), memorial page for John T Hendren (1710–8 Nov 1794), Find A Grave: Memorial #75139240, citing Stephen Hendren Family Cemetery, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Glenn Ellis (contributor 47410127).
8. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Linda (Noland) Layman.

Rev. Robert Hendren's Family Record. William Hendren's will of 1765 mentions his wife Annorah.

Most of the NC information is from the files of a local genealogist, Mrs. McCubbin, which I saw years ago at the LDS Library in Statesville, NC The same information was in the "Abstracts of Deeds of Rowan Co., North Carolina, by Mrs. Stahle Linn, of Salsibury, NC.

Prince William Co., VA, Deed Book 1749-1752.

• This person was created through the import of Crowell1_2010-09-21_01.ged on 22 September 2010.
• Thank You to Linda (Noland) Layman.