Daniel Henshaw

Biography

HENSHAW, HINSHAW, or HINSHEW, DANIEL, Milton. He was sent to our country with his brother in their youth, says a doubtful tradition, was first of Dorchester, married Mary, widow of Nicholas Allen, who had been widow of Robert Pond, had Daniel, who died unmarried His wife died 19 November 1719, in 83d year.

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Daniel Henshawe (Daniel Henshaw, Daniel Hanshaw).

Born 1644, son of William Henshaw and Katherine Houghton.

Joshua Henshaw's pedigree (prepared in 1701) conflicts on Daniel's date of birth: "aet 55 ann." (making his birth about 1646) "- and about 7 years @ 1651" (making his birth about 1644). The "Hinshaw and Henshaw Families" lists his date of birth as 1644. His gravestone shows when he died in 1732, it was in 6 Ye 90[th] YEAR OF HIS AGE (making his birth about 1642).

Daniel was deported to New England with his brother Joshua in 1653. (The Hinshaw/Henshaw book lists the date of deportation as 1654).

He married Mary (Bull) Allen [Mary Bull, Mary Ball]. Mary, daughter of ?? Bull or Ball "of Bury St. Edmund in Co. Suffolk, and widow of 1) Robert Pond and 2) Nicholas Allen of Dorchester in New England". She was born about 1636.

Mary had first married Robert Pond, by whom she had children: Mary Pond, born Jul 14 1657. Martha Pond, born Apr 13 1660. (possibly also) Sarah, married Desire Clap. When Robert Pond died, Mary secondly married on Jul 3 1663 to Nicholas Allen or Ellen, who also later died.

Mary died Nov 19 1719, aged 83.

Daniel Henshawe died Aug 25 1732, age 90, and is buried in Milton Cemetery, Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

A short biographical sketch of Daniel was published in the 1860 "Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England" [edited here only to eliminate abbreviations]:

HENSHAW, HINSHAW, or HINSHEW, DANIEL, Milton. He was sent to our country with his brother in their youth, says a doubtful tradition, was first of Dorchester, married Mary, widow of Nicholas Allen, who had been widow of Robert Pond, had Daniel, who died unmarried. His wife died 19 November 1719, in 83d year.

The Story of Joshua and Daniel

Thomas Henshawe of Lancaster had a son William Henshawe, who married Katherine Houghton in 1630 and had sons Joshua (born c1643) and Daniel (born c1644). William had a large estate, which included Wavertree Hall (or Wartre Hall). William was killed at the storming of Liverpool in 1644 (during the English Civil Wars) while fighting against King Charles I. William's wife, Katherine Houghton, died in 1651. About 1652, the orphans Joshua and Daniel were "fraudulently abducted" and sent to New England. They came to Dorchester, Mass., where they resided during their minority. According to family tradition, they were in the care of the Rev. Richard Mather, who came from Lancashire, England, and was responsible for their care, and for the money sent with them for their support and education, and for setting them up in business.

Peter Ambrose, the boys steward, is suspected of having been responsible for sending the boys out of England for the purpose of getting possession of their property, for before they were sent away they had been in his care for several years, and after their departure he retained possession and died in the occupation of the estate. Peter Ambrose suposedly claimed that Joshua and Daniel had been sent off to school in London, where they both died of the plague. However, when Peter Ambrose died about 1653, he left the following provision in his will:

... Also my will and mind is and I hereby give and bequeath to Joshua and Daniel Henshawe, late sons of William Henshawe, late of Toxteth aforesaid deceased, who are now in New England, so much money as shall make up what already hath "ben" by me laid forth for them and expended for them for their voyage to New England and otherwise, the sum of thirty pounds, to be paid them at such time as they shall have attained full age and shall give a sufficient discharge for the whole thirty pounds. ... In 1688, Joshua made his will and in the early part of the next year he returned to England for the purpose of recovering the large property left by his parents. When Joshua arrived in England he found Peter Ambrose's son, Joshua Ambrose, in possession of, and claiming rights to, the estates, as heir to his father Peter Ambrose. Joshua filed a bill in Chancery Court against Joshua Ambrose, but not being then prepared to prove his paternity, he returned to Dorchester and procured the necessary evidence.

Meanwhile, Joshua Ambrose, as defendant, filed an answer to the Chancery bill. At a subsequent term of the court, in 1690, the plaintiff (Joshua Henshaw) not appearing, the bill was dismissed. In 1692, after Joshua Henshaw's return to England, his case against Ambrose was restored to the court's docket and kept there for nearly thirty years!

In 1719, when it became certain that a decision was about to be rendered in favor of Joshua Henshaw, Ambrose invited Joshua to dinner, with a pretence of a desire to compromise. Soon after the dinner, Joshua Henshaw was seized with an illness, from which he died in a few hours. The Chancery suit was then dropped from the docket for lack of a plaintiff!

Thus the estate of William Henshaw, heir to Thomas Henshaw, was forever lost to the family.

References

1. http://www.rawbw.com/~hinshaw/cgi-bin/id?189 cites
   1. The "New England Historical and Genealogical Register", vol 22, 1868, The New England Historical and Genealogical Society. This issue includes a complete copy of the recorded pedigree of Joshua Henshaw.
   2. An article appearing in the magazine "Hobbies", February 1967, titled "At the Sign of the Crest - Henshaw Coat-of-Arms", by Hazel Karft Eilers copy supplied by Fontella Hinshaw.
   3. Contribution from Tom Henshaw.
   4. "Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England", volume 3,
   5. James Savage, Boston: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1860-1862.
   6. "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.
   7. http://www.findagrave.com.
   8. "Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England", volume 2
   9. James Savage, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1965; http://www.ancestry.com.
   10. "Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England", volume 2
   11. James Savage, Genealogical Publishing Company; American History and Genealogy Project: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage/bk2/henshaw-hig....