Moses Hendrick

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor # A054960

Biography

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Moses was born about 1718. He was the son of Adolphus Hendrick of Hanover Virginia and Elizabeth Sarah Hubbard. He filed his will 1794, citing his wife as Ruth and three sons, Amos Obed ( Obediah) and Jeremiah. Widow Ruth filed bond for will on 22nd February, 1796 He was a Quaker in good standing with The South River Monthly Meeting. From South River MM records children are Moses b. 1758, 8,16, Cloe, 1763, 4,5, Sarah, 1764. 11, 24, Judith, 1766, 9, 7 , Obediah, (Obed) 1767. 10 ,26 Betty, 1769, 11, 3. Jeremiah 1772, 10, 20. Ruth, 1774, 12, 17, Moses Jr. 1778, 2, 12

GEDCOM Note

(Research):«i»Note:«/i» A Quaker. From his father he inherited 400 acres on Deep Creek in Cumberland County.

Moses was listed as a tithable in the household of Benjamin Hubbard in Amelia County in 1752. It was probably about 1752 that Ruth and Moses married and moved to Halifax with the rest of the Echols'. William Echols Jr. sold Moses land in Halifax in February 1765. Witnesses to this transaction were Joseph Collins and William Marchbanks.

Ruth's father and brother, both named William, joined the Quakers. On 17 June 1758, South River Monthly Meeting "received by request" William Echols Sr. and his son William. The same day Moses Hendrick and his wife Ruth (Echols) Hendrick "request membership through Halifax Monthly Meeting" into South River Monthly Meeting. At the December meeting they were "received by request and referred to care of South River Monthly Meeting."

Moses was a Quaker until 18 August 1797 when the South River Monthly Meeting in Halifax County dismissed him "for purchasing slaves and holding in bondage those whom he had [freed] some time past."

Several relations appointed Moses an executor of their will. They were his father-in-law William Echols Sr., cousin James Hendrick in 1769, brother-in-law Benjamin Hubbard in 1770, and brother-in-law William Echols Jr. in 1788. Moses died in Halifax County about 1795 (will dated 26 Sept. 1794, recorded 22 Feb. 1796). Thomas Terry, James Chappell, and James Old witnessed his will.

He identified eleven children and left the "Negroes" in the care of his wife until her death when they were to be freed. She immediately freed all twelve. Ruth moved to Ohio and Fairfield Monthly Meeting in Highland County received her on 30 March 1811.