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Thomas Henshaw (1589 - abt. 1625)

Thomas Henshaw
Born in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, Englandmap
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Died about at about age 36 in Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Thomas was born in 1589 and baptised on 16 July 1589 at Stratford-on-Avon in the County of Warwick, England. He was the son of Thomas Henshaw and Joan Garlick.[1]

Marriage & Children

There is no universal consensus on the name of Thomas Henshaw's wife. A marriage record has been located for the marriage of Thomas Henshawe and Katharin Gowre on 2 July 1618 at Saint Lawrence Pountney, London, London, England.[2] This is often said to be the marriage of this Thomas Henshaw. However, he appears to have been conflated with Thomas Henshaw of Basset's Fee and Benton-Place, in Shipley, son of William Henshaw of County Sussex. Records exist to show that it was Thomas Henshaw, son of William Henshaw, who married 1st Jane Wistow, daughter of Richard Wistow of London, and 2nd Katherine, daughter of Walter Gower of Worcester.[3]

Correct wife of this Thomas Henshaw is Elizabeth Cresser. A marriage record has been located in Stratford-on-Avon, County Warwick, and their known children were born there.

  • 30 November 1615 - Thomas Henchew tow [sic] Eliza Cresser.[4]

Possible children of Thomas Henshaw and Eliza Cresser, of Stratford-on-Avon in County Warwick.[1]

  • 17 May 1618 - burial of Margret fil. to Thomas Hinshew.[5]
  • 29 December 1618 - baptism of "Margeret fillia Thomas Hinchue."
  • 6 March 1618/9 - baptism of "Margret fil. to Thomas Hinshew."
  • 5 August 1621 - baptism of "Christiana filia Thomæ Hinshaw."[1]
  • 2 October 1623 - Burial of Margerita ffilia Thomæ Hinshaw.[5]
  • 28 June 1624 - Burial of Christian daughter of Thomas Hinshow.[5]

There are four Margaret Henshaw's in the records:

  • One died May 1618, no birth date located.
  • One born c December 1618
  • One born March 1618/9
  • One died October 1623

I'm going to suggest that the Margeret/Margret baptised either on 29 December 1618 or 6 March 1618/9 was named for her sister who died the previous May 1618.

Since there seems to be only one Thomas Henshaw recorded as having children about this time in Stratford-on-Avon, I suggest that the two Margerets recorded in Dec 1618 and March 1618/9 are one and the same but recorded twice, perhaps with one date the birth date and one the baptism date. If this is accurate, then she died and was buried in October 1623.

Which would leave no Margaret Hinshaw, daughter of this Thomas Henshaw, to be the Margaret Henshaw who immigrated to Virginia as wife of John Gilliam.

Death

Most online family trees give a death date of 1624 for this Thomas Henshaw. A record of a burial in Stratford-on-Avon seems to support this date:

  • 27 January 1624/5 - Thomas Hinchew[5]

Marriage of Parents

On 22 Oct 1581 Thomas Henshaw was wed to Jone Garlick in Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire at the Holy Trinity Church.[6]

Research Notes

Who was Thomas Henshaw, Immigrant to Virginia Colony?

This is not the Thomas Henshaw who invested in The Virginia Company or London. He is also not the Thomas Henshaw who was living in Otterdam, Warwick River County by 1638. These sources may apply to Thomas Henshaw of Basset's Fee and Benton-Place, in Shipley, son of William Henshaw of County Sussex, who married 1st Jane Wistow, daughter of Richard Wistow of London, and 2nd Katherine, daughter of Walter Gower of Worcester. Or to his son Thomas Henshaw who was living in Billinghurst, County Sussex in 1634. More research needs to be done to identify the Virginia Thomas Henshaw.

Thomas Hinshaw is named as an Adventurer or Planter in The Second Charter of Virginia; May 23, 1609. [7]

On 18 July 1620 Thomas Henshaw is included in a list of Adventurers with the Virginia Company. This is an alphabetical list of all Adventurers, whether they actually went to Virginia or only invested in the Company, together with the amounts paid in. Thomas Henshaw is listed as having paid in ₤75. He has been listed twice, once as Thomas Henshawe and once as Thomas Henshaw, both listed as having paid the same amount. There are notes in the records that the lists were created more than once, at different times.[8]

A Thomas Henshawe is mentioned in a grant of land to Capt. William Brocas, Esqr., dated 12 April 1638. The land is described as "belonging to the Mills in the E. side, runing to the head of the Otterdams..."[9] The naming of "Otterdam" has generally been taken to refer to a location in Surry County, but Surry County did not exist in 1638. Further research reveals that the land referred to was in Warwick River County formed in 1634. The land was near "the Mills" on the headwaters of the Warwick River.

On 20 June 1646 Joseph Croshawe was granted 700 acres in Charles River County for transport of 14 persons, including Tho. Hinshaw.[9] This land adjoined Warwick River County. It has been suggested that the headright for Tho. Hinshaw was originally given to William Brocas and later transferred to Joseph Croshawe.[10]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Registers of Stratford-on-Avon, In the County of Warwick. Transcribed by Richard Savage. Registers of Baptisms, 1558-1652. London: Privately Printed for the Parish Register Society. 1897. Page 47, 93, 95, 100
  2. "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NKGN-19Z : 13 March 2020), Thomas Henshawe, 1618.
  3. County genealogies. Pedigrees of the families in the county of Sussex; ... by William Berry. London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1830.
  4. The Registers of Stratford-on-Avon, in the County of Warwick. Marriages, 1558-1812. Transcribed by Richard Savage, Esq. London: Privately Printed for the Parish Register Society. 1898. Page 27
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 The Registers of Stratford-on-Avon, In the County of Warwick. Burials, 1558-1622-3. Transcribed by Richard Savage. London: Privately Printed for the Parish Register Society. 1905. Pages 95, 104, 106, 108
  6. Warwickshire : Stratford-upon-Avon : Holy Trinity : Register of unspecified type : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/58187b2de93790eb7fe892ff : viewed 20 Apr 2021) marriage Thomas Henshaw to Jone Garlick 22 Oct 1581
  7. 2nd Charter of Virginia 1609
  8. Records of the Virginia Company of London
  9. 9.0 9.1 Nugent, Nell Marion, Abstracted and Indexed by. Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants, 1623-1800. In Five Volumes. Richmond, VA.: Press of the Dietz Printing Co., 1935. Page 83, 167
  10. Was Elizabeth Gilliam's mother the daughter of Thomas Henshaw?

See also:

  • Source: S-252888287 Repository: #R-847696456 Title: Virginia Census, 1607-1890 Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Note:
  • Repository: R-847696456 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Note:
  • Source: S-252888368 Repository: #R-847696456 Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Note:
  • Source: S-252888369 Repository: #R-847696456 Title: Family Data Collection - Births Author: Edmund West, comp. Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc Note:

Acknowledgments

  • Hinshaw-295 was created by Nalani Briggs through the import of Kupau-Vetu-Briggs Tree-4-13-2014-910PM.ged on Apr 13, 2014.




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Catherine (Gower) Henshaw is being unlinked as wife of Thomas Henshaw. It is uncertain which Thomas Henshaw was her husband. He may have been Thomas Henshaw of Basset's Fee and Benton-Place, in Shipley, son of William Henshaw of County Sussex.
Could the profile managers of this profile please review my comments and the query posted in G2G regarding Thomas Henshaw? I really would like some help in sorting out the problems, conflicts and inconsistencies in the information posted for him. Thanks very much for your help.
I’m sorry I don’t have the resources (mostly time) to devote to this, but at first glance it appears that you are absolutely right. First of all, he couldn’t have married someone in England in 1618 if he was already in VA in 1609. Then, there’s a land grant after his death in 1638 (although that could be a son, of course). I agree that further research is required and the events listed in this profile should be sorted out. We need to add a Research Required tag to this profile. I don’t have access to my computer at this time, can someone else do that please?
posted by A. (Johnson) Tomkins
I see that this profile was recently merged twice. I’m hoping it’s not the result of bad merges. :-/
posted by A. (Johnson) Tomkins
Henshaw-293 and Henshaw-216 appear to represent the same person because: same birth/death dates; same parents
Henshaw-293 and Hinshaw-295 appear to represent the same person because: some differences such as place of birth and name spelling but these two profiles represent the same person and should be merged
posted on Hinshaw-295 (merged) by Wanda (Reeder) Horn

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