Sarah (Elvaston) Henshaw (abt. 1782 - 1870)

Born about 1782 in Bredon, Leicestershire, England

Wife of William Adams — married 5 Nov 1804 (to 26 Jul 1820) in Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Thomas Henshaw — married 6 Jun 1833 (to 19 Apr 1842) in Marston Upon Dove, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1870 at about age 88 in Marston upon Dove, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Sarah Elvaston is recorded as being born in Bredon (Breedon Hill ?), Leicestershire and Newbold, Leicestershire. No birth record has yet been sourced.

Sarah married on 5 November 1804 at St Helen's, Ashby de la Zouch to William Adams of Marston on Dove. John Underwood and Joseph Hallam stood as witnesses.^[1]

Sarah had 7 known children during her marriage.

In 1820, William Adams passed away and Sarah remarried in 1833 to Thomas Henshaw. Thomas was a widower from Marston Upon Dove. Samuel and Martha Blood stood as their witnesses.

Sarah and Thomas took in her grandsons, Frederick Adams and William Hardwick, sons of Miriam (Adams) Hardwick. Frederick stayed with Sarah until he sailed to New Zealand in 1857. John Adams, Sarah's youngest son, lived with her until his marriage in 1842. John Adams worked as a Shoe Maker.

Thomas Henshaw 2 died in 1842 aged 58 and Sarah remained in the village being of Independent Means, recorded as a 'Landed Proprietor' (owning land and receiving an income off it) 1 on the 1851 census.

By 1861 Sarah, now 82 had moved into Blakely House with John and Ann Archer.

Sarah Henshaw, Age 82, Estimated Birth Year 1779

Relation Head, Gender Female

Where born Newbold, Leicestershire, England

Civil parish Hilton, County/Island Staffordshire

Sarah Henshaw 3 died in 1870 aged 92 and was buried on November 9 1870, St Mary's Churchyard, Marston Upon Dove.

Sources

• https://www.dfhs.org.uk/parish_records_search.php BURIAL

• https://ancestry.com.au

England Census 1841, 1851 1

Derbyshire England, Church of England, Marriages & Banns

Derbyshire England, Church of England Baptism Registers (children)

Derbyshire England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910 - Burial FHL 1042074 2 3

• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP47-N83F 1st MARRIAGE
• https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBX7-GXQ 2ND MARRIAGE + IMAGE
• "England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBX7-B9S : 30 November 2017), Sarah Henshaw, 09 Nov 1870; citing 09 Nov 1870; citing Burial, Marston upon Dove, Marston upon Dove, Derbyshire, England, Derbyshire Record Office, England; FHL microfilm 1,042,074.

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7SG-TXQ : 13 December 2017), Thos Henshaw, Marston Upon Dove, Derbyshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGG9-L98 : 10 November 2017), Sarah Henshaw, , Staffordshire, England; citing , Staffordshire, England, p. 20, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.

1. ↑ https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5817fe59e93790eb7f00affc/sarah-elvaston-william-adams-marriage-leicestershire-ashby-de-la-zouch-1804-11-05?locale=en