Hannah L. (Hinshaw) Macy (1789 - 1866)

Born 8 Feb 1789 in Lost Creek Mm, Jefferson, TN, USA

Ancestors

Wife of William Louis Macy — married 1809 in Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Feb 1866 at age 77 in Mooresville, Indiana

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Sharon Hinshaw-Payne [send private message]

Biography

Born 2-8-1789, Lost Creek MM, Jefferson County, Tennessee, daughter of William Hinshaw Jr, and Mary Hunt.

She married William Louis Macy, 3-1-1809, Lost Creek MM, Jefferson County, Tennessee. William, son of Barachiah Macy and Lucinda Barnard, was born 10-4-1786, New Garden MM, Guilford County, North Carolina.

William's mother Lucinda Barnard was the daughter of Benjamin Barnard and Eunice Fitch. Eunice Fitch descended from John Howland of the Mayflower.

Marriage announcement of William Macy and Hannah Hinshaw:

Whereas William Macy, son of Barachiah Macy of Jefferson County and state of Tennessee, and Lucinday his wife, and Hannah Hinshaw daughter of William Hinshaw deceased of the county and the state aforeseaid and Margaret his wife, having declared their intention of taking each other in marriage before several monthly meetings of the people called Quaker, at Lost Creek in the county aforesaid, according to the good order used among them: and having consent of parents and parties concerning their said proposal was made of and allowed by the said meetings.--

Now these are to certify that who it may concern, that for the full accountability of their said intentions this first day of the third month in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, they, the said William Macy and Hannah Hinshaw appeared in a public assembly of the aforesaid people, met together at their public meeting house at Lost Creek aforesaid, and the said William Macy taking the said Hannah Hinshaw by the hand did in very solemn manner plainly declare that he took the said Hannah L. Hinshaw to be his wife, promising through divine assistance to be with her a true and loving husband, until death should separate them: and then and there in the said assembly the said Hannah Hinshaw in like manner declared that she took the said William Macy to be her husband, promising through divine assistance to be a true and loving wife unto him, until death should separate them: or words to that effect:

Moreover they, the said William Macy and Hannah (she according to the ceremony of marriage assuming the name of her husband) as a further confirmation thereof did then and there so then and there to these presents set their hands.

And we whose names are hereunto subscribed being, amongst others present, at the solemnizing their marriage and subscription in manner aforesaid as witnessed hereunto have also to these presents subscribed our names the day and year above written.

signed:

William Macy

Hannah Macy':

Barachiah Macy

Elihu Macy

Jane Davis

Hepzibah Pierce

Elizabeth Woodward

Rebeccah Thornburgh

Rachel Bates

Lydia Maulsby

Charity Mills

Rachel Williams

Susanna Mendehall

Hanna Swain

Sarah Lea

Matilda Canaday

Mary Mills

Sarah Mills

Lydia Morgan

... Morgan

Nehemiah Ellis

Abraham Woodward

Isaac Williams

Isaac Hammer

Samuel Mills

Henry Thornburgh

Robert Peirce

William Bales

Seth Mills

Henry Canaday

John Mills

Richard Williams

John Swain

Samuel Swain (?)

Henry Lewis (?)

Efrain Lee

William Mills

David Maulsby

George Peirce

Thomas Peirce

Children of Hannah Hinshaw and William Macy:

1. Jonathan B. Macy, b. Mar 7 1810; m. Matilda Pierce.
2. Nathan Hinshaw Macy, b. Aug 16 1811; m. Susannah Lewis.
3. Alvin J. Macy, b. Feb 26 1813; m. Mary Lewis.
4. Elihu C. Macy, b. Dec 26 1814; d. May 23 1816.
5. John Hinshaw Macy, b. Nov 28 1816; m. Elmira Marshall.
6. Lucinda Macy, b. Aug 30 1818; m. Thomas Marshall Hadley.
7. William Monroe Macy, b. Mar 18 1820; m. Julia Ann Mills.
8. Margaret Ann Macy, b. Mar 22 1822; m. Levi S. Hadley.
9. Sarah Macy, b. Nov 23 1823; m. Thomas Lindley Hadley
10. Perry T. Macy, b. Aug 17 1825; m. Charity Mills.
11. Ira C. Macy, b. May 28 1828; m. Achsa Johnson.
12. Ruth Macy, b. Jan 9 1830; m. Miles S. Hadley.
13. Mary Ann Macy, b. Oct 1 1831; m. Albert Hadley.
14. Lydia Ann Macy, b. Apr 16 1834; m. John F. Hadley.

Hannah and family were shown in the 1860 census (Jun 23 1860), Mooresville, Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana:

William Macy, age 73, born in North Carolina; farmer; $6000 real estate; $600 personal property.

Hannah Macy, age 72, born in Tennessee.

Malinda Macy, age 20, born in Indiana; house work.

John Elliott, age 35, born in North Carolina; hand on farm; cannot read or write.

Hannah L. Hinshaw died 19 Feb 1866 (aged 77), Morgan County, Indiana, and is buried in White Lick Cemetery, Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana.

Sources

• "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy" Vol. 1, by William Wade Hinshaw
• The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - North Carolina.
• "Our Ancestry" - Family Records of Members of Blount County, Tennessee, Genealogical & Historical Society, 1988, in the Tennessee State Library and Archives.
• "Genealogy of the Macy family from 1635-1868", by Silvanus Jenkins Macy; Albany: Joel Munsell, 1868 (LDS film #1206440, Item 1).
• "The Hinshaw and Henshaw Families", by William Hinshaw; edited by Milo Custer; private printing, Bloomington, Illinois, 1911; Frank I. Miller Co., printers. LDS microfilm number 1402822.
• The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Tennessee.
• "Tennessee Marriages to 1825" (www.ancestry.com)
• 1860 census, Mooresville, Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana; roll M653-284, page 580, line #2, dwelling #247, family #256.
• "Hinshaw Family": a collection of family group sheets by Edna Harvey Joseph; LDS FHL microfilm #1572018 items 8-10 and #1572019 items 1-4
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7151678/hannah-macy) : accessed 19 January 2021, memorial page for Hannah Hinshaw Macy (3 Apr 1788–19 Feb 1866), Find a Grave Memorial no. 7151678, citing White Lick Cemetery, Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Greg Derylo (contributor 46561377) .