Ophelia (Henson) Cesar (abt. 1785 - aft. 1849)

Born about 1785 in Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Joseph Cesar — married before 1812 in Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States

Died after 1849 after about age 64 in Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Ophelia was Mashpee Wampanoag.

Ophelia (Henson) Cesar has German Roots.

Ophelia (Henson) Cesar was born about 1785. She was the daughter of Anthony Henson, Sr. and Martha Pocknett. She passed away after 1849. Ophelia was of German and Native American ancestry.

Birth:

• 22 Nov 1785: Ophelia (Henson) Cesar. Father: Anthony Henson. Mother: Martha. Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Marriage:

• Before 1812: Joseph Cesar, Sr. Mashpee, Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Children:

1. Kenedy Cesar. b.
2. Joseph Cesar. b. 29 Sep 1812.^[1]

• 1849:

1. Caesar, Ophelia 62 F Marshpee
2. Caesar, Joseph 42 M Marshpee
3. Caesar, Lucy 18 F Marshpee
4. Caesar, Adrian T 10 M Herring Pond^[2]

Her 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.

Her 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.

Anthony Henson, Sr. 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).^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-D86M?i=4&cc=2061550
2. ↑ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~usnatttp/wampanoag/briggsrpt1849.htm
3. ↑ https://nativenortheastportal.com/bio/bibliography/henson-anthony-1788