Ruhamah Henshaw

                                            ┌── Nicholas Hancher
                                            │    1705-1777 
                   ┌── William Henshaw ─────┤
                   │    1736-1799           │
                   │                        └── Rebecca Smith
                   │                            c1707-?    
Ruhamah Henshaw ───┤
B: 1778            │                        ┌──  William Anderson
D: ?               │                        │
                   └── Agnes Ann Anderson ──┤
                       c1745-<1806          │
                                            └── Mary Lauren
M: Seth Duncan

Ruhamah Henshaw     [ID 01688] Click here to switch to Ahnentafel view: Ahnentafel View

Ruhamah Henshaw1,2 [Ruhamah Hanshaw3, Rhumah Henshaw4,5,6, Rhuamah Henshaw7, Rhuamey Henshaw7, Rhuomey Henshaw8, Ruamah Henshaw9].

Born 1778.9  

On 11 Mo. 15 1792 at Hopewell Friends MM (Virginia), Ruhamah Hanshaw, Hiram Hanshaw and William Hancher all witnessed and signed the marriage certificate of David Griffeth and Ruth Butterfield.3  Note that this makes Ruhamah's reported birth date of 1778 questionable as she would have been only 14 at this marriage, probably too young to be signing a marriage certificate.  

She married Seth Duncan, Dec 25 1792, Frederick County, Virginia.1,2,4,7,9,10,11  Seth, son of Matthew + Sarah Duncan, was born Jun 29 1771, Virginia.7,10,12,13,14  

Children:12

Matthew J. Duncan, born Aug 20 1795, Kentucky; died Aug 20/29 1848, Larue County, Kentucky; married Mary/Nancy Miller, Dec 18 1817, Nelson County, Kentucky. 10
Seth Duncan; died c1864.
Eliza Ann Duncan.
Sarah Maria Duncan.

Ruhamah settled in Kentucky.1,2,4,5  

In 1806 Ruhamah and family were living on the Licking River in Pendleton County, Kentucky.14  In 1808 Ruhamah and family were living in Bourbon County, Kentucky.14  

Ruhamah and family were shown in the 1810 census, Stoner, Bourbon County, Kentucky:15

Seth Duncan household:
1 male under age 10.
1 male age 10-15.
1 male age 26-44 [Seth].
2 females under age 10.
1 female age 26-44 [Ruhamah].
2 slaves.

About 1815 a William Bell of Berkeley County, Virginia and Seth & Ruhanna Duncan of Nelson County, Kentucky signed a power of attorney to recover from the estate of Wm and Ann Henshaw of Berkeley County, Virginia.16  


Sources

  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.
  2. "Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania", Volume II. John W. Jordan & James Hadden, editors. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York, 1912. Contributed by David H. Henshaw ().
  3. "Hopewell Friends History, 1734-1934, Frederick Co., Virginia",
    Shenandoah Publishing House, Strasburg VA, 1936. (www.ancestry.com).
  4. "The West Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly", Vol. 4, No. 2, April 1904. The West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society, Charleston, W.VA. Article "The Henshaw Family" by Valley Virginia Henshaw. Contributed by David H. Henshaw ().
  5. Family group sheets created by Frances G. Brumley, citing Henshaw family bible records, Greene County, TN court & cemetery records, and several secondary sources. Contributed by Ruth Jenkins ().
  6. "History of Henshaws in Scotland, in England and in America to the Present Time", Edith Henshaw Kuntz, 1956; contributed by Don Henshaw.
  7. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) International Genealogical Index (IGI) - Virginia.
  8. Contribution from Tommy Karns (), citing:
    William Henshaw's will, Superior Court Will Book I, pages 388-390,
    Frederick County Court, Winchester, VA.
  9. "Family Tree Maker, Family Archives, World Family Tree", Vol. 3, by Broderbund Software, a collection of individual family group submissions.
  10. The Church Of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS) computerized Ancestral File.
  11. "Virginia Marriages to 1825" (www.ancestry.com).
  12. RootsWeb WorldConnect data by Kathie Thatcher ().
  13. RootsWeb WorldConnect data by Richard Hopkins ().
  14. RootsWeb WorldConnect data by Richard A Thomas ().
  15. 1810 census, Stoner, Bourbon County, Kentucky; roll 5, page 238.
  16. Bell to Duncan POA, posted Jul 2 2004 to the Barren County, Kentucky message board:
    http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.barren/12734/mb.ashx.


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